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Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corps: Deadline approaching for 2021-2022 placements
Applications for 2021-2022 placements with the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), the international missionary program of The Episcopal Church, will be accepted through Friday, April 9, 2021. YASC offers Episcopalians ages 21-30 the opportunity to follow the Way of Love into deeper relationship with God and the global Anglican Church while spending a year living and working with communities around the world.
Deadline approaching for Care of Creation Grants
The Episcopal Church’s Task Force on Creation Care and Environmental Racism is now accepting applications for its 2021 Grant Cycle.
Churches Beyond Borders issue statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Churches Beyond Borders, represented by Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry and the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have prepared a statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, 2021.
Evangelism Matters audioconference, an innovative approach to sharing, learning, and growing evangelism ministry
This spring’s Evangelism Matters conference invites participants to turn off the Zoom screen and “tune in” for an audioconference featuring podcast-style talks on the opportunity and challenge of evangelism today.
There is still time to apply for Episcopal Church scholarship applications for the 2021-2022 academic year
Applications are now being accepted for educational scholarships from The Episcopal Church for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Registration open for upcoming session of Virtual Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency course
Registration is now open for the next session of the Virtual Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency Course (VELMC), an innovative five-day intensive course designed for diocesan staff, clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians to gain practical knowledge and cultural competency for Latino/Hispanic ministry.
Applications accepted for the Julia Chester Emery 2021-2022 internship
In 2015, the United Thank Offering (UTO) Board launched the Julia Chester Emery internship program for young adults in honor of the countless women who served as UTO missionaries. The 2021-2022 internship will be a collaborative effort between The Episcopal Church’s Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care team (RJCC) and the Johnson Service Corp House (JSC), a part of Episcopal Service Corps, located in Chapel Hill or Durham, North Carolina.
Episcopal Church House of Bishops: sermon from the Presiding Bishop
The following is the text of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon at the House of Bishops, which is meeting virtually March 9-12, 2021.
“From Many, One” Webinars to Fuel Practice of Conversations Across Difference
A set of upcoming webinars promises to prepare Episcopalians to effectively listen, honor difference, and help to heal families, congregations, communities, and nations.
$133,516 awarded for Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants
On January 25, 2021, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church approved the grant applications recommended to them by the 2021 Young Adult and Campus Ministry Grant review team. A total of $133,516 was awarded to 20 grant recipients from across The Episcopal Church.
