5 Questions with Vicki Fitzsimmons

  1) How long have you been affiliated with Jubilee Ministries, and in what capacity? I have been involved with St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic, a Jubilee Ministry, since 2001. I had never heard of a Jubilee Ministry before then. The Reverend Ed Gustafson, then Executive Director of The Clinic, applied for Jubilee status a few […]

5 Questions with Rachel Babbitt

  1) How long have you been affiliated with Jubilee Ministries, and in what capacity? I am the Missioner on the Bishop’s team and am the Jubilee Officer for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. I learned about Jubilee when I was hired into the position. I have been doing this work for 15 months.   […]

Prison Ministries

Because the prison system can be a painful and damaging process for inmates and their families, these individuals are often in great need of being treated with dignity and compassion, as our faith calls us to do. Episcopal Prison Ministries works with inter-religious groups and government officials to assist inmates and their families, as well […]

5 Questions with Clara Gregory

    1) How long have you been affiliated with Jubilee Ministries, and in what capacity? I have been blessed to have served Christ as Diocesan Jubilee Officer for almost six years, since my original appointment to this position in November 2010 by the Right Reverend George E. Councell, 11th Bishop of the Diocese of […]

5 Questions with Vicky Partin

1) How long have you been affiliated with Jubilee Ministries, and in what capacity? As Lay Missioner of the Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry, I learned about Jubilee in the mid-1980’s, and the Ministry was designated a Center in l989.  I first had the opportunity of serving on the Advisory Council for Jubilee with Ntsiki Langford and […]

Samaritan House and All Saints' Episcopal Church Serve Neighbors

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”Matthew 25:40  On Saturday, June 7th, 2014, All Saints’, Lakewood members, friends, local government officials, and employees of various social service organizations, celebrated the grand opening of Samaritan House. […]

Fourteen Jubilee Ministry grants awarded for programs of mission and ministry work

Samuel McDonald, Deputy Operating Officer and Director of Mission for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, has announced 14 recipients of The Episcopal Church Jubilee Grants totaling $52,048 to support mission and ministry in 11 dioceses and one Anglican Communion partner. Jubilee Ministries are congregations or agencies with connections to The Episcopal Church, designated by […]

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St. John’s Episcopal, Columbus: Transforming a Community through the Power of Relationships

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Columbus, in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, has submitted their annual report for their 2015 Domestic Poverty Grant. The $17,600 grant, awarded last year, exists to engage Episcopalians in ministry among the economically impoverished in the United States, to provide the opportunity to the marginalized to overcome chronic adversities, to challenge […]

The Episcopal Church Grant Report: Where SewGreen@Rochester Goes from Here

This is the last in a series of posts about SewGreen@ Rochester (SGR), in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. SewGreen@Rochester, recipient of a 2015 Domestic Poverty Grant, has submitted their annual report. The $30,000 grant, awarded last year, exists to engage Episcopalians […]