Young Adult and Campus Ministries
Book: People of the Way
“We have unique gifts to contribute to the church and society. What is required is a new kind of posture, one of learning, innovation, experimentation and discovery. Rather than assuming we have everything figured out and under control…we must embrace the identity of learners, even when learning entails failure.” For those whose bishops have not […]
Young Adult Heads to the Missionary Life in South Africa
Here’s a great video that Bishop Michael Curry, Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, made with Paul Daniels, St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Raleigh, who is one of our Young Adult Service Corps (YASC) participants. He is being deployed as a missionary to Grahamstown, South Africa. Want to know more about YASC? Visit their page on our website. Filed under: […]
Team Staffing Update
Happy All Saints! As Team Leader for the Formation and Vocation Ministries Team of The Episcopal Church, I am pleased to offer an update on some staff changes that are in play in two of our three offices. We are beginning the interviewing phase of discernment for the open Missioner for Young Adult and Campus […]
Virginia Theological Seminary “Spring Visit Weekend” for prospective students
College seniors who are thinking about graduate school or seminary should consider attending the Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) annual “Spring Visit Weekend” for prospective students: February 14-16, 2014. The weekend will introduce all that VTS has to offer and will provide prospective students an opportunity to: meet the faculty, experience the beauty of the campus […]
The Rev. Michael Angell named Episcopal Church Missioner for Young Adults and Campus Ministry
Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced the appointment of the Rev. Michael Angell as Missioner for Young Adults and Campus Ministry on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). In this position, Angell will coordinate the Episcopal Church outreach to young adults throughout the church in […]
Laying Fallow
Letting the ground lay fallow, unplanted, unyielding, is an ancient practice. Over the millennia we have of agricultural records, farmers have practiced some form of letting land rest, between rotating crops letting the soil just lay there for a time, fallow. In arid zones, this break allows more water to be stored in the earth […]
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Offers Spring Break Alternatives
Today we welcome guest blogger, Michael Kurth, who serves on the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) National Executive Council, and co-chairs their Young Adult Initiative. EPF Urban Pilgrimages Combine Social Justice and Faith Formation Quick. Close your eyes (figuratively, of course) – and imagine you’re on spring break. You are in Austin, Texas, home of cowboys, live music, and […]
Why Serve 2014: God at Work Through Relationships
Today’s guest blogger is Carlos de la Torre, who is a second year student at Virginia Theological Seminary and a Postulant from the Diocese of Connecticut. Currently, Carlos serves as a seminarian intern at a faith community in Washington D.C. Why Serve Formed Me Into the Person I Am Today In the summer of 2011, […]
Register Now for Why Serve 2014
Why ServeJune 5-8Church Divinity School of the PacificCost: $70, covers lodging, meals, and materials Young Adults (age 18-30) from the Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latino/Hispanic communities of The Episcopal Church, the Lutheran Church, and churches in communion with The Episcopal Church will gather in the summer of 2014 for five days of fellowship, training, discernment, self-care, […]
Kindling Conference will engage wider vision for 21st century church
Guest blogger, Steve Mullaney, is the Missioner for Young Adult and College Ministry for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and the Organizer for the University Episcopal Community at the University of Minnesota. Join Me at the Kindling Conference, July 28-31 All around The Episcopal Church something new is happening with people in their 20s and […]