As we strive for justice and peace, we can learn from what each other are doing. We can share in our successes and collaborate on our challenges. Post your stories - from everyday advocacy (the little things that sometimes happen and you even don't realize they're advocacy until it's over) to parish and community efforts that you are a part of. This is the place for Episcopalians to share how we are striving for justice and peace! Take a few minutes to tell us how you've made a difference in your community. You'll be amazed at how just one story – yours – could inspire people around the world. We welcome your contribution!
In considering the question of teaching and learning, I am moved by the deep dilemma faced by the people in my diocesan community, who despair at the lack of response they experience when trying to engage their parishioners in concerns about the environment. Most are discouraged as they plod along, with a clear conviction that they need to do something. We are taking on this new challenge by becoming a support group for each other. Under the leadership of a seminarian from the Cathedral, We have created an Easter follow up, much like Lenten commitments we so often do in the church...
On Saturday, April 24 a dozen girls from Esperanza Acadeny, a Miguel Nativity school in Lawrence, Ma., will participate in a cleanup day in their city. The effort is sponsored by Comcast in conjunction with Groundwork Lawrence, a grassroots organization dedicated to bringing agricultural and 'green' spaces to the city. We at Esperanza are so proud of the outreach activities our girls do all year long. This is but one way they give back to their community. Joan Campbell, proud volunteer
"Do all you can for other people," he says. "That's what makes the world go round." I enjoy volunteering at The Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Louisville as time permits. KYRM helps in the resettlement of refugees from many places around the globe...
Shortly after purchasing a condo in Tucson, AZ, and joining a progressive Episcopal Church (GraceSt.Paul's) our associate rector intoduced us to Samaritan of Tucson and Humane Borders. One trip into Nogales, Sonora with a delegation from GSP Church was enough to persuate us that the alarming number of deaths in the borderlands was a matter that we could not ignore.
Imagine being a homeless five-year-old on the streets of one of the most violent, crime-ridden cities in the world: Tijuana, Mexico. That's the situation certain children escape when they arrive in our foster home called Dorcas House. Dorcas House shelters, loves and educates children whose parents are incarcerated. No other foster home will take them because of the stigma attached to the faults of their parents. I have been involved with Dorcas House for over two years, visiting the children on weekends, writing newsletters and representing the foster home at charity fairs. I know the difference I'm making in these many young lives. I also know how I have grown in my understanding of Mexican culture, immigration issues, abundance, poverty, and true wealth. I can tell you that true bounty is not found on Wall Street or Rodeo Drive. It's in the heart. These children have so much love to give, it bowls me over every time I step inside the courtyard of Dorcas House, a foster home nestled deep in the heart of Tijuana and supported by the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego.
Imagine being a homeless five-year-old on the streets of one of the most violent, crime-ridden cities in the world: Tijuana, Mexico. That's the situation certain children escape when they arrive in our foster home called Dorcas House. Dorcas House shelters, loves and educates children whose parents are incarcerated. No other foster home will take them because of the stigma attached to the faults of their parents. I have been involved with Dorcas House for over two years, visiting the children on weekends, writing newsletters and representing the foster home at charity fairs. I know the difference I'm making in these many young lives. I also know how I have grown in my understanding of Mexican culture, immigration issues, abundance, poverty, and true wealth. I can tell you that true bounty is not found on Wall Street or Rodeo Drive. It's in the heart. These children have so much love to give, it bowls me over every time I step inside the courtyard of Dorcas House, a foster home nestled deep in the heart of Tijuana and supported by the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego.
