Justice and Advocacy Fellowship recipients announced for poverty alleviation and environmental stewardship
Samuel McDonald, Episcopal Church Director of Mission and Deputy Chief Operating Officer, has announced the recipients of the one-year and two-year Justice and Advocacy Fellowships for social justice and advocacy work for The Episcopal Church. The Justice and Advocacy Fellowships for Domestic Poverty and Environmental Stewardship, new initiatives of The Episcopal Church, will provide financial […]
Justice and Advocacy Fellowships applications accepted for poverty alleviation and environmental stewardship
Applications are now accepted for one-year and two-year Justice and Advocacy Fellowships for social justice and advocacy work for The Episcopal Church. The Justice and Advocacy Fellowships for Domestic Poverty and Environmental Stewardship, new initiatives of The Episcopal Church, will provide financial support for service, professional development and education to those who are engaged in […]
2013 The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) Conference: Flourish in Faith
Exploring stewardship as a response of faithfulness will be the major focus of the 2013 Conference of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on July 12 and 13 at the Episcopal Commons of Utah in Salt Lake City, Diocese of Utah. The conference, centering on the theme Flourish in Faith, is designed to offer congregational […]
Blessed to Be A Blessing: tools for stewardship campaigns
The Office of Stewardship is offering a program called Blessed to Be A Blessing, which offers new tools to enhance stewardship campaigns and features prominent writers from throughout the Episcopal Church. Blessed to Be A Blessing is a six-week series inviting reflection and discussion on stewardship principles and practices based on the Gospel readings from […]
Stewardship
Our personal response to God's generosity in the way we share our resources of time, talent, and money. Stewardship reflects our commitment to making God's love known through the realities of human life and our use of all that God has given us. It is also our service to God's world and our care of […]
From Ash Wednesday to Earth Day: Stewardship of Creation
I am writing this on Ash Wednesday. This evening an ash cross will be smeared on my forehead. I will be reminded that I am dust, and to dust I shall return. I will be reminded that, like Adam, I was formed from Earth. Stewardship is sometimes still narrowly understood as “what we do around […]
Episcopal Church offers six-week reflections on stewardship: "Feasting On Gratitude"
The Episcopal Church Office of Stewardship has developed a six-week series of readings, reflections and questions called “Feasting on Gratitude” to assist in discerning the practice of intentional and proportional giving to oneâs faith community. âFeasting on Gratitudeâ invites individuals and congregations to reflect and discuss stewardship principles and practices, based on the Sunday gospel readings […]
2011 The Episcopal Network for Stewardship Conference: Inspiring Generations in Generosity
Exploring avenues of generosity will be the major focus of the 2011 Conference of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on June 3 and 4 at Camp Allen in Navasota, TX. With the theme Inspiring Generations in Generosity, the 2011 TENS conference is a stewardship conference designed for clergy and lay leaders. Plenary sessions, workshops […]
New Episcopal Church video series features conversations with Walter Brueggemann on stewardship
www.episcopalchurch.org/stewardship An innovative video series featuring internationally known theologian and author the Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann addresses money, discipleship, stewardship and traveling with the Communion of Saints to nurture faith journeys from anxious scarcity to abiding in God”s abundant generosity. Companions on the Way: conversations on money, discipleship and stewardship is a series of four […]
2010 The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) Conference: Grace, Gratitude and Generosity
Internationally known theologian and author the Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann will preach at the opening Eucharist and will be a keynote speaker at the 2010 Conference for The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on July 30 and 31 in Indianapolis, IN. With the theme Grace, Gratitude and Generosity, the 2010 TENS conference is sponsored by […]
Healing Our Planet Earth: Stewardship of the Earth
Why have we called on the various parts of creation around here to teach us and show us the way? Godâs image is visible and detectible in all parts of creation; God is author of all. I was deeply struck by an image in that retelling of Genesis: âGravityâs tentative fingersâ¦â and later, âwith time, […]
The Annual Stewardship…, Proper 26 (A) – 2005
The annual stewardship season is fast coming to a close. We will be making decisions on how we share the gifts that God has given us with our church, and in other ways that touch lives and causes that are special interests of ours. We most often consider what we do based on our financial […]
The Stewardship of God’s Grace, Feast of the Epiphany – 2002
Like Isaiah before us, we have been visited with visions of darkness covering the earth, and thick darkness covering the peoples. We have seen the darkness that pervades what we now call Ground Zero. We have seen the smoldering darkness at the Pentagon. We have looked into a crater of darkness in Pennsylvania. We have […]
Spotlight: Lucinda Mosher
This is the next in a series of articles highlighting one of The Episcopal Church’s diocesan ecumenical and interreligious officers. Part of a national network, these officers are designated by their bishops to encourage wider unity in Christ’s church and collegial relationships with members of other religions. Lucinda Allen Mosher holds a Doctor of Theology […]
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris
Following are the opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, by House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting June 23-25 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
Bible Study: Pentecost 9 (C) – August 10, 2025
RCL: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 The part of Isaiah that this reading comes from was written before the Babylonian Exile and is part of a series of oracles against Judah and Jerusalem. Judah was the southern part of what was once the united kingdom of […]
Proving Scripture Wrong, Palm Sunday (C) – April 13, 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 or Luke 23:1-49 Palm Sunday is an invitation of the most extreme kind. If you picture a polite and proper written invitation to an important event, it’s usually on pretty, white paper and arrives quietly in your mailbox with a diffident request for an RSVP. Palm […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (C) – March 30, 2025
RCL: Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Joshua 5:9-12 During the wilderness years following the exodus from Egypt, God sustained the Israelites with manna, a miraculous bread from heaven. This experience prepared the people to enter the land God had promised to their ancestors. Now, under the leadership of Joshua, a […]