Global Partnerships
What Begins at Home
Our guest blogger for today is the Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church. Bishop Stacy Sauls preaching at the 2012 Diocese of Georgia Convention (photo from the Diocese of Georgia) Charity, my mother used to say, begins at home. I was never entirely sure what she meant by that, but […]
The Episcopal Church and Ecumenical Women: Advocating at UNCSW to end violence against women and girls
The Anglican Communion delegation to UNCSW at the Chapel at the Church Center for the UN, March 2013 The Episcopal Church has long been active in raising consciousness about the prevalence of violence against women and girls, one of the most prevalent forms of gender violence. A global dimension of this activism is its annual […]
Learn. Pray. Be Inspired. Act: The Anglican Communion Addresses Gender Violence
The Anglican Communion There are many blessings that come with being a member of the worldwide family of churches known as the Anglican Communion. One of them is how we can all come together and work towards affecting positive change around the world. Today we’d like to use our blog post to lift up some […]
Presiding Bishop Speaks to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
James Otis Sargent Huntington 25 November 2013 Chapel of Christ the Lord Opening of 16 Days Against Gender Violence The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preaches in the Chapel of Christ Our Lord at the Episcopal Church Center on November 25, 2013. […]
A Seafarers' Parable: Matthew 25
How often do we think about how the items we see on the shelves in stores around the world end up there? How often do we think about the men and women who help keep our global economy afloat? We’d like to introduce you, or perhaps re-introduce you, to the Mission to Seafarers, a global […]
Saudades. Esperença. Justiça.
World Mission Sunday is February 15! To prepare ourselves to celebrate the many ways in which The Episcopal Church participates in God’s mission around the world, we present these blogs from our missionaries. Guest Blogger: Rachel McDaniel from the diocese of West Tennessee, serving as a member of the Young Adult Service Corps in […]
World Mission Sunday- Feb 15, 2015
Young Adult Missionary Fred Addy at Hogar Escuela in Costa Rica. World Mission Sunday is an opportunity each year for Episcopal churches to celebrate worldwide ministry, and to think about the implication of our Baptismal promise to “seek and serve Christ in all persons,” (BCP 305). Churches are involved through companion relationships, prayers, giving, advocacy […]
Kansas to Kenya: Building Relationships and a Global Community
We are very fortunate to have a fantastic guest blogger, Jennifer Allen from the Diocese of Kansas, sharing some of her experiences in Kenya with us as we commemorate World AIDS Day. Jennifer Allen and Leah from the Masai Bead Collective Jennifer Allen is an Episcopalian from the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. She has traveled with Kansas […]
United Nations Day
A monitor in the meeting room of the Committee on Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) at the United Nations, to which the Episcopal Church was granted special consultative status in January 2014 (Photo by Lynnaia Main) United Nations Day is Friday, October 24. When Jesus instructed the disciples to heal the sick, welcome the stranger, feed the […]
Vulnerability in prayer
Mary Higbe and teachers in Eldoret, Kenya. Mary Higbe, after being on a team that worked with and trained teachers from the Anglican Diocese of Eldoret, June 2014: “I wrote of being asked by the Eldoret teachers to say the grace for tea. What I was given to say was a prayer for the teachers […]
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Alan Yarborough
Director of Government Relations andGlobal Partnerships