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  • From Casseroles to Congress ✓
    Ohio Episcopalians have found a way to boost low-wage neighbors out of poverty even if their own parish budgets are shrinking.
  • Resurrection Leadership ✓
    Do we really believe in resurrection? That is the question that the people of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas, asked themselves after closing St. Alban’s Memorial School, an Episcopal school that had served the children of Waco for 60…
  • Una instantánea de nuestro barrio urbano
    Lo más difícil de ver es lo que tenemos delante de los ojos.
  • A Snapshot of our Urban Neighborhood
    The photo project was designed to give the Vestry the opportunity to take a closer look at our neighborhood. It was not intended to lead directly into strategic planning, but rather to shift our perspective and open our eyes to creative possibilities…
  • De las comidas al Congreso
    Los miembros de la Iglesia Episcopal del estado de Ohio encontraron una manera de ayudar a sacar de la pobreza a sus vecinos de bajos ingresos incluso cuando los presupuestos de sus parroquias se están encogiendo.
  • Strengthening Communities From Within
    El Hogar and the Church in Honduras are providing a safe space where kids like Emanuel can learn, grow, and help create a better future for their communities.
  • Welcome Neighbor
    “Imagine our shock when she got off the plane with only one plastic bag. We thought there must be luggage, but that was all they had.”
  • Toward a Cultural Center in Jerusalem
    It has taken about seven years for the dream of a school in the Galilean town of Shefa’amr to blossom into the recently dedicated Episcopal Cultural Center—but that’s just one part of this wonderful story.
  • Parish Sewing Room Invites Participation
    “Phenomenal!” That was the word that parishioners of St. Ann’s, Old Lyme, Connecticut, kept saying as they visited the new sewing room in their undercroft.
  • Harvesters BackSnack Ministry
    Hunger is not just a Third World problem. Hunger does not discriminate. Young and elderly, black and white, male and female… the many faces of hunger are different, but the pain and the need are the same.
  • Changing the Lives of Mexico’s Poorest
    In a city where 80,000 children do not attend school and 6,000 children live on the street...
  • Sewing Factory For Hondurans Living With HIV/AIDS
    Our Episcopal congregations in Province 9 as well as our Anglican brothers and sisters in the two-thirds world can offer valuable lessons related to innovative models of financial sustainability and asset based community development.
  • Care for the Troops
    Every day, in airports across the nation, men and women in uniform are applauded for their military service. What a pleasant difference from my war.
  • Multigenerational Reading Camp
    In the first year of his episcopacy, Bishop Stacy Sauls was assessing the gifts and challenges facing the Diocese of Lexington. He saw the problems plaguing the Appalachian region: high levels of poverty and rampant illiteracy.
  • Adopt-A-Family Bikes
    About ten years ago, parishioners noted that many families requested bicycles for their children and themselves. For many, bikes served as their primary transportation to school and work.
  • On Patience & Planning
    I write to you from our temporary offices in Baton Rouge where we are the guests of St. James’ Episcopal Church.
  • Outreach Sparks Optimism, Vitality
    It used to be just a myth: Do something for someone else and you’ll have less time to think about your own problems.
  • Faith in Action: A Parish Audit
    What does your congregation do for others in Jesus’ name? Knowing your history is helpful in terms of planning your future.
  • Outreach: Getting Started #101
    We have been the Church Gathered, We are now the Church Dispersed.
  • Giving Away the Church
    “Giving from Our Abundance” sounds like a tired stewardship campaign slogan, but what might happen if a church did this?
  • Feed the Poor or Fix the Roof?
    There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but it was raining at St. Tiffany’s-in-the-Fields. Inside.