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‘Becoming Beloved Community’ 2024 grant recipients named
Forty Becoming Beloved Community grants supporting the work of racial justice, healing, reconciliation, and creation care were approved by The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council during its April meeting. The grants total $226,930.
Episcopal Church appoints Aaron Scott as first gender justice staff officer
Faith-based organizer Aaron Scott has been named gender justice staff officer—a new Episcopal Church position called for by the 80th General Convention that is dedicated to LGBTQ+ and women’s ministries. He will start on April 29.
Registration open for Young Adult and Campus Ministries leadership conference
Episcopal leaders who work with young adults (ages 18-30) on and off college campuses are invited to register for a leadership conference June 3-7 at St. Asaph’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
‘Nuevo Amanecer’ conference celebrates Latino/Hispanic ministries, welcomes families
Registration is open through May 1 for Nuevo Amanecer (“New Dawn”) 2024, a popular biennial gathering that celebrates Latino ministries across The Episcopal Church. The June 3-6 event is co-hosted by the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries and Kanuga, a retreat center near Hendersonville, North Carolina.
United Thank Offering: Over $1M awarded for projects welcoming ‘the stranger’
The Episcopal Church Executive Council approved more than $1 million in United Thank Offering grants supporting 20 innovative mission and ministry projects during its April meeting.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks to Executive Council
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the opening remarks of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting April 18-20 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from the president of the House of Deputies
The following is a transcript of the opening remarks of President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting April 18-20 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Episcopal Church awards 2024 Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants
The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church has awarded 19 grants, totaling $140,000, to young adult and campus ministries from dioceses across the U.S. The recommended grant applications were approved during the council’s January 2024 meeting.
