On March 13, 2016, the Episcopal Charities Foundation partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank and Atlanta-area faith organizations for the 32nd Annual Hunger Walk/Run at Turner Field. More than 700 Episcopalians walked, ran, or volunteered for the...
The Commission on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking honors programs that provide protection and care for at-risk children and help lead them into a full life in the Spirit. The Commission is aware that many congregations have programs that help prevent the trafficking of...
By Gina Duncan St. James, Marietta, Commission Lay RepresentativeThe diocesan Commission on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking is offering free, in-depth, three-hour trainings within the Diocese of Atlanta to educate our parishes on the issue of Domestic Minor Sex...
The Holy Innocents were the children massacred by King Herod in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16–18). Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Atlanta has found a way to honor the Holy Innocents of Our Day — the little girls and boys who die in...
Matthew 25:35 – 40 (NIV)35 For I was an hungry, and you gave me something to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink: I was a stranger, and you invited me in:36 I needed clothes and you clothed me: I was sick, and you looked after me:I was in...
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” -Matthew 20:28 (NIV)This Lenten journey has brought us to Good Friday, a day marked by nails and thorns and betrayal. It’s a day of solemn reflection, one...
With the first signs of Spring blossoming around us, it’s a good time to focus on our Spiritual Spring Cleaning. This week on our Lenten journey, we take stock of the thoughts that no longer serve us. And we let them go. Letting go helps our spiritual growth by...
Generosity is born in us when we realize how much we’ve been given. We have all experienced what it feels like to be the recipient of generosity, whether from a friend or loved one, or from God. Why not share this same feeling with others? Just as Jesus shows...
Corinthians 9:6-8But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a...
“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer by Brother David Steindl-Rast This season of abstinence is an interesting time to think about Gratitude and how a shift of perspective can...
