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This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features St. David’s Episcopal Church in Friday Harbor, WA. According to a church press release, St. David’s received a $2,364 grant to “establish a community composting program for the church campus.” Share on Facebook Is establishing a composting program something your congregation could do to reduce its waste and thus... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features the pro-indigenous, pro-water work of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in St. Paul, MN, in partnership with Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. Share on Facebook According to a church press release, St. Mary’s received a grant for $5,000 for “a project to host a trip for members of non-tribal congregations... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features All Saints Episcopal Church in San Leandro, CA. [Image removed due to copyright and privacy request] According to a church press release, All Saints received a grant for $6,420 to “support the development of new chapters of the Holy Hikes ministry through advertising, administrative support and communications.” All Saints... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Chapel Hill, NC. Share on Facebook According to a church press release, Church of the Advocate received two grants totaling $9,600 “to support the education, communication and digital resources production efforts of the Piedmont Patch project expansion of food production.” What is... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features solar energy at Trinity Episcopal Church in Bloomington, IN. Share on Facebook In 2017, the Episcopal Church approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local ministries. Every Thursday, we highlight some of that exciting work here. Maybe your own parish or diocese could do a similar local project! According... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features the E.D.E.N. Garden of St. Mark’s and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Rochester, NY. Here is a church that has “mowed grass, picked up trash, pulled weeds, spread compost, handed out food, anointed those who sought healing, danced with our kids, watched the sun go down on the front steps with... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features Grace Church in the Diocese of Virginia! Share on Facebook Last year, the Episcopal Church approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local projects, including many great ideas that your parish or diocese could do too. Every Thursday, to help highlight the exciting work happening across God's church and... Continue Reading →
The Episcopal Church is not just in the USA. Did you know that Province 2 includes both the Dioceses of Haiti and Cuba plus the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Province 8 includes Taiwan, and Province 9 includes five other countries in Latin America? This week’s Episcopal Climate News local project spotlight features Catedral... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local project spotlight features Kivalina Epiphany Church in the Diocese of Alaska. Kivalina is connecting with the Dioceses of Olympia, Oregon, and California to build awareness of climate justice, build relationships, and develop videos of their presentations. Share on Facebook The Episcopal Church has approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local... Continue Reading →
The Episcopal Church has approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local projects, including many great ideas that your parish or diocese could do too. Every Thursday, to help highlight the exciting work happening across God's church, we highlight one here! Share on Facebook As part of a town-wide green event, St. Luke's Episcopal Church... Continue Reading →
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