Domestic Poverty
The Episcopal Church Grant Report: SewGreen@Rochester Encounters Success (Part 3)
This is the third in a series of posts about SewGreen@ Rochester (SGR), in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 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 in ministry […]
The Episcopal Church Grant Report: SewGreen@Rochester Empowers Neighbors through Craft (Part 2)
This is the second in a series of posts about SewGreen@ Rochester (SGR), in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York. Read Part 1 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 in ministry among the economically impoverished […]
The Episcopal Church Grant Report: SewGreen@Rochester Empowers Neighbors through Craft
SewGreen@ Rochester (SGR), in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York, has submitted the annual report for their 2015 Domestic Poverty Grant. The $30,000 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 […]
Feed My Sheep: John 21:15
In 1994, the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts became a sponsor for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a federally funded child nutrition program whose goal is to feed food insecure children and teens ages 1-18 during the summer months when they do not have access to school meals. For 8 weeks each summer, the […]
SewGreen@Rochester's Grant Report
SewGreen@ Rochester, in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, New York, has submitted the six-month report for their 2015 Domestic Poverty Grant. The $30,000 grant, awarded last year, exists to engage Episcopalians in ministry among the economically impoverished in the United States, to provide opportunity to the marginalized to overcome chronic adversities, to challenge unjust structures […]
Naco Wellness Initiative Grant Report
The Naco Wellness Initiative, of Bisbee, Diocese of Arizona, has submitted the final report for their 2014 Jubilee Ministry Impact Grant. The grant exists to aid a Jubilee Ministry in making a positive and measurable impact in the lives of those in need. The Initiative serves the border region of southeastern Arizona and northeastern Sonora, […]
St. John's House
St. John’s House Learning and Development Center, of Huntington, Diocese of West Virginia, has submitted the final report for their Jubilee Ministry Development Grant. The grant exists to aid a Jubilee Ministry that has demonstrated a new or re-visioned strategy and methodology to make an impact both locally and beyond itself. The Center, located in […]
Visit to Church of the Epiphany's Welcome Table
“Jerusalem, my happy home, when shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joy when shall I see? Jerusalem, Jerusalem, God grant that I may see thine endless joy, and of the same partaker ever be!” Earlier in October, I took a trip to Washington, DC, as part of a […]
Dan, Teresa, and Metro CareRing
The following is an account of Dan and Teresa, participants at Metro CareRing: Dan and Teresa had both lost their jobs in the previous two weeks and were visiting Metro CareRing for the first time. Dan commented, “Last year, we donated food. I never thought we’d be on the other end.” As they shopped through […]
Catherine and Metro CareRing
The following is an account of Claudine, a participant at Metro CareRing in Denver, Colorado. Claudine recently went through a divorce. Her husband had been the primary breadwinner in the household, and after the divorce Claudine was “dead broke,” as she described it. She was living with family in a very cramped house. She tried […]
