By Donna Tildon-Archer, Task Force Member After several months and many drafts, the Prayer for Truth, Reparation, and Healing was completed by the Truth and Reparations Task Force in the spring of 2024. When we met to put the final touches on what we hoped would be...
Knowing that many Americans are anxious about the contentious climate in which the presidential campaign is taking place this year—and that no matter which way the election goes, a significant number of parishioners will be upset—St. Stephen’s Church is offering a variety of ways for the community to remember that all are children of God called into common mission together.
Diane Wright, diocesan Global Mission Advocate and member of St. Mary’s, Arlington and St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville, recently visited the Diocese of Central Tanganyika where she and her husband, Ed, spent time reconnecting with the people of Ndebwe Parish.
Today, after thousands of conversations and observations, Greg Lowden is still in Guatemala working to help the young people of Guatemala City break out from poverty.
It is my hope that the work of the Diocese of Virginia, through the Truth and Reparations Task Force, will offer a similar light of inspiration to generations to come.
Scripture tells us that we won’t know it all now, and not even later when we go to our heavenly home. But we have a Comforter, the Holy Spirit, and scripture to guide and level our paths on efforts and activities we undertake in God’s name.
Building relationships with siblings in Christ, both near and far, is at the heart of mission. While previously, only members of St. Barnabas who traveled experienced this firsthand, this time as a mission host community allowed the entirety of St. Barnabas to share in this experience.
On Sunday, August 11, 2024, Canon Heidi Kim worshipped at both Historic Christ Church in Weems and Grace Church in Kilmamock.
The proceeds from this year's Oyster Roast was given to a cause close to many hearts: Caroline County Habitat for Humanity. St. Asaph's presented Mac Williams, a Habitat for Humanity rep, a $4,000 check on July 29.
So here, I stand in the peculiar space of being a Black Episcopalian, living in the tense irony of a Black person in a colonial institution, instrumental in forming the theological and legal foundation for race-based enslavement in English North America.
