Underhill recognizes that the institutional model, the “comfortable religious club,” is not a true embodiment of what the Church is called to be. Rather, each of us has a part to play in the mysterious work of God in the world, the Spirit’s work to restore, reconcile and heal.
Bishops meeting in New Orleans shifted gears today to focus on mission, spending the day working at locations in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The reports comes in reveal an image of people coming together to repair, rebuild, revitalize these commmunities, and of the Episcopal Church’s ongoing involvement in the process.
Episcopal Relief and Development has had an important role in the distribution of hundreds of thousands of nets used to protect sleeping children and their
Social networking tools on the internet are providing new ways of giving and getting involved. “You can donate money to a charity, but it seems like it just goes into a pile and you never know what really goes on there,” says Mr. Alamo. “With Kiva, you just pick someone out and lend to them directly and watch what they do and how they succeed. That was the main appeal.”
The violent death of Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels’ was remembered Saturday by 200 people who braved in 103-degree heat to honor the white seminary student
We worked for the one Bishop in Tanzania that was willing to stand up against signing the Anglican Church of Tanzania letter cutting off ties with the Episcopal Church. Bishop Mhogolo gathered all of us together to explain his position and told us that with all of the help that Africa needs, it is foolish to single out one organization for one sin.
On the lighter side of the news that’s breaking today, an article about a novel way of fund-raising to support mission work in the developing world was published in Christianity Today.
The Corporation for National & Community Service has released a new study of volunteerism in the United States. It shows a large decline in volunteerism in the last year, and also shows a wide difference in levels of volunteerism among different communities.
Their favorite place was Richmond, a dusty speck of a town with high unemployment between coastal Port Elizabeth and huge Johannesburg. Under the umbrella of a program started two years ago by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Poolesville (Maryland), the girls stayed two days to deliver food and play with local kids.
Monks of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE) are joining forces with a member of the Massachusetts National Guard to help men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan find a safe place to heal.