Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Manhattan “has fed the hungry for 25 years now without missing a single weekday, including the morning after the fire,
This is one of those man bites dog stories:
“We owe our existence as a parish to the Soup Kitchen,” says the Rev. William A. Greenlaw, rector of Holy Apostles’ (Chelsea, NYC). “It has put us on the map. Many who are now vestry members began as Soup Kitchen volunteers.”
Is your church’s welcome too little, too much, or just right?
Good Shepherd of the Hills of Cave Creek, Arizona and its involvement in issues of migration and day laborers will be seen on ABC’s Nightline.
Churches are changing how they collect offerings and tithes as plastic is replacing cash. More and more people use debit and credit cards and pay bills online or with automatic withdrawals. Younger generations in the church don’t carry cash anymore.
The nasty divorce over Grace Church and St. Stephen’s Parish took another turn yesterday, when the vestry of one faction told its parishioners not to participate in a potentially watershed vote.
A stalwart group at Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s former parish, St. Augustine’s in Southwest D.C., is fighting to keep his legacy alive. In January
The Rev. Canon Lloyd S. Casson, clergyman and noted leader in the Episcopal Church, will be honored June 3 by the Wilmington, Delaware community and his parish as he officially retires after 43 years of ministry.
A native Delawarean, Casson has served for 10 years as the rector of the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, a unique parish formed out of the union of two historic Episcopal churches in Wilmington, Delaware—one with a predominantly white membership and the other predominantly black—committed to being an instrument of reconciliation and diversity.