May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Since May is National Mental Health Month, two of us would like to share one of the ways our local mental health court helps folks with mental health issues to lead productive lives outside of the criminal justice system. Our perspectives come from a judge who...
May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Malachi’s Storehouse, emergency food pantry located at St. Patrick’s in Dunwoody, is excited to announce that they are the recipient of a grant from Episcopal Community Foundation of Middle and North Georgia (ECF) of $10,400! This grant will be used to purchase...
May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the third year that the acolyte parents have switched places with their children on Acolyte Sunday..officially making this a St. Aidan’s traditionOn Sunday, May 7th St. Aidan’s celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Acolyte Recognition Sunday. It...
May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) announces its first two Small Acts of Charity grants to Cherokee Asset Learning for Leadership (CALL) in Macon and St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church (Decatur).“ECF has shifted its grant-making...
May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta has been recognized for its communications, marketing, and design efforts from four professional organizations, including Episcopal Communicators, the Religion Communicators Council, the Atlanta chapter of the American Marketing...
Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) grants $26,000 to local ministries and organizations fighting hunger. Funds were raised at 33rd Annual Atlanta Hunger Walk/Run.On March 5, 2017, the ECF partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank...
Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
As the Easter season nears its apex, one church is celebrating the occasion in more ways than one. Located in High Point, a wooded Sandy Springs neighborhood, the Church of the Atonement is going under a new name that comes with a resurrection for the 50-year-old...
Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
ATLANTA – A Muslim woman is to preach Tuesday during a service in which Episcopal priests and deacons will reaffirm the vows first taken at their ordinations.Soumaya Khalifah, executive director and founder of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta was chosen to...
Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Beginning in 2017, the Commission will be working even harder to encourage as much diversity as possible in each training session. Though we will continue the current practice of asking parishes to host a training day, we will limit the number of persons who can...
Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism is inviting all parishes in our diocese to read Living Into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America. This volume, which is edited by Catherine Meeks, consists of essays from her and six other...
