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Alive & Well
The Episcopal Church Center in San Diego has partnered up with Photocharity to minister to the homeless youth of San Diego. This type of outreach is about second chances. Marquise Foster, the first...
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Can we live without letting go?
We all have parts of our lives that need to die in order to make room for new and meaningful growth. Mother Beth Tjoflat paints a wonderful picture of a time in which she experienced this. She had to...
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Resurrection People: Southside Abbey
Church is being resurrected in new and innovative ways every day. Followers of Jesus are coming out of the woodwork and sharing their gifts in new and exciting ministries. One place in particular,...
View ArticlePossibilities of New Life
The Rev. James B. Cook at St. Marks in Palm Beach Garden poses a very pertinent question in the following video: How do we live a resurrected life in the reality of this life? ‘Listen. Think. Pray.’ is...
View ArticleMission Enterprise Zones
Acts 8 will be reporting in the coming months on the innovative work funded through The Episcopal Church’s Mission Enterprise Fund. The General Convention 2012’s Resolution A073 established “the...
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Episcopal Development Agency of Thomasville
This is the first in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. The Episcopal Development Agency of Thomasville is...
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Planting Hmong Churches in The Episcopal Church
This is the first of a series of follow up reports by Acts 8 on the recipients of Church Planting grants funded through The Episcopal Church budget. The $100,000 grants are matched by local money to...
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Take a seat at the Abundant Table
This is the second of a series of follow up reports by Acts 8 on the recipients of Church Planting grants funded through The Episcopal Church budget. The $100,000 grants are matched by local money to...
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St. Joe’s Unplugged
This is the second in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. St. Joe’s Unplugged is a mission of St. Joseph’s...
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A Movable Feast Food Truck Ministry
Feeding the body and soul, A Moveable Feast is a new and innovative mobile food truck ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. This is no ordinary food truck, it is part chapel as well....
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Lessons from a Coffee Shop with a Church
This is the third of a series of follow up reports by Acts 8 on the recipients of Church Planting grants funded through The Episcopal Church budget. The $100,000 grants are matched by local money to...
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St. Columba’s Church Replant in Pa’auilo, Hawai’i
This is the third in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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Kairos West Community Center
This is the fourth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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Pacific Inland Northwest Exchange
This is the fifth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
View ArticleLaundry Love
Laundry Love from The Episcopal Church on Vimeo. The video above shows love in action with a ministry which any church of any size could take on if it is near a population of homeless persons. Watch...
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Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center
This is the sixth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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Cooking Up Justice in Virginia
This is the seventh in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on...
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Latino Ministry and Going Door to Door
This is the tenth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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Young Adult Ministry Development Team
This is the eighth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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Spanish Ministry in Los Angeles
This is the ninth in a series of reports on initiatives funded through the budget of The Episcopal Church in its grants to Mission Enterprise Zones. Acts 8 Moment also has a series of reports on those...
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$1.7M for New Ministry in the Episcopal Church: What Happens Next?
It is challenging to name a way of changing the church for the better through budgeting alone. In 2012, The Episcopal Church’s budget decided to do just that. Believing that funding innovative...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 25, 2015
Greetings from Salt Lake City! Today was the first official day of General Convention’s legislative activity, but your Roving Resurrection Reporters bravely took a break from practicing tapping the...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 25, 2015
First full day of legislative sessions, but who needs legislation when you’ve got resurrection? Let’s get to it. “A sign of resurrection in a Salt Lake City pedestrian crossing.” Shared on our...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 26, 2015
Day 2 of the legislative sessions began with a bang, as the news from the Supreme Court about marriage equality started filtering into Salt Lake City in the early morning hours. I received many reports...
View Article#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 27, 2015
Our apologies–the Resurrection Report is a little late due to technical difficulties. Insert your own “at least you didn’t have to wait three days” joke here. Well! Did anyone hear anything cool...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 28, 2015
No day of rest here in Salt Lake City, people of God. Your elected representatives at General Convention were a busy group today just like any other day. The day began early, with a march organized by...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 29, 2015
Happy Hump Day, General Conventionistas! That’s right–it may not seem like it now, but we’ve now reached the downhill slope, with only four legislative days remaining until adjournment. We received a...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: June 30, 2015
As the weather in Salt Lake City turns windy (seriously, did anyone else whisper to themselves “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore” this evening?), resurrection keeps on happening, just like the...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: July 1, 2015
Resurrection is not an easy thing. It requires death before it can occur. Today at General Convention has been a day celebrated by many, and mourned by others. The day began with worship to the sound...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: July 2, 2015
Wow. What a legislative day. Today the House of Deputies stood in session for almost seven full hours. Some resurrection moments from the floor today: The House of Deputies voted through an amended...
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#GC78 Resurrection Report: July 3, 2015
From beginning to end, the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church was filled with resurrection moments, moments where it was clear to everyone in attendance that this church was alive and...
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The Collect Call: Church Planting in the Suburbs
Image: Andrew Comings, published under a CC BY license. The budget passed at General Convention directed significant funding toward church planting. But the Episcopal Church is a little out of the...
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