• Tips for Parishes Considering a Food Pantry Garden A food pantry garden is a wonderful ministry for a faith community. These gardens foster disciplineship, stewardship of the earth and social justice. They are places of gathering, hospitality and celebration. Given proper planning and upkeep, a faith-based food pantry garden will provide thousands of pounds of nutritious, organically grown food to families in need, as well as habitat for beneficial insects and wildlife for years to come.
  • Tips for Parishes Considering a Food Pantry Garden Is a food pantry garden right for your parish? Here is a list of things to consider.
  • Let’s Move! Faith Community Garden Guide Interested in faith gardens? This resource from the USDA includes many source more information about the gardening for faith communities.
  • Appreciative Inquiry at St. Mary's Manhattanville Our congregation has used the process of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to understand our strengths, core values, and hopes for the future, leading to enhanced ministry and energy for our mission. The first event in April 2007 was a great success. Attached are all the documents we used in the process.
  • Food for your Soul A Food for your Soul Pyramid developed at St. Patrick's in Dublin, Ohio.
  • Where There is Despair, Hope Four Southern Ohio priests and two laypeople have written a curriculum to equip congregations to apply Scripture, prayer and home-grown case studies to their community ministry.
  • Food - A Story I am a Parishoner in SC, and I have been writing my story for many months now. I wanted to offer something I wrote last summer.
  • Celebration of Life Collect The Celebration of Life is a liturgical celebration in use at Bluestone Farm and Living Arts Center. It was developed by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Spirit.
  • Spanish Translations of Spirituals and Hymns Singable translations of several African American spirituals (public domain) into Spanish.
  • Descripciones del Trabajo de la Junta Parroquial Este recurso incluye una descripcion del trabajo para todos los miembros de la Junta Parroquial. También incluye descripciones específicas para el Guardián Mayor, el Guardián Menor, el tesorero y el secretario. Este recurso proviene de La Guía de Recursos para la Junta Parroquial, disponible por la Fundación de la Iglesia Episcopal. Si desea una copia de este recurso, póngase en contacto con Miguel Escobar - [email protected].