Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana The Formation of the Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative After Hurricane Katrina A week after Hurricane Katrina, the Very Rev. David duPlantier, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, was listening to an NPR’s All Things...
Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Churchwork, Diocesan News
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
by Helen Rose Patterson, Restore the Mississippi River Delta, as originally published in the June 2019 issue of Churchwork Restore the Mississippi River Delta is a coalition of the National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund,...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
by Tiffany Wilson, St. Marks, Harvey, as originally published in the June 2019 issue of Churchwork We built an organic community garden in the front yard of our church using mostly repurposed materials. It is surrounded by a brightly colored picket fence and...
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by Dr. Caroline Caroson, Seminarian, The University of the South I received a UTO grant in January 2018 for my proposal “Pastoral Care to Refugees in the Arab World” and for work in the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. This was a terrific...
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by Lisa Lee, Co-chair of the Mission and Outreach Committee, and the Rev. Bryan Owens, Rector, St. Luke’s, Baton Rouge This year the parish church of St. Luke in Baton Rouge is responding to God’s call to more regularly and intentionally reach out into the community...
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by the Rev. Drew Rollins, Chaplain, St. Alban’s Chapel, Baton Rouge St. Alban’s Chapel is a mission-driven ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana that provides a place of refuge, hospitality, and worship for the students, faculty, staff, and wider...
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by the Rev. Rob Courtney, Rector, St. Paul’s, New Orleans “We need to have our own ministry.” I heard these words a lot in the wake of closing our St. Paul’s Homecoming Center in 2015. The Homecoming Center was the ministry our church formed in response...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
Churchwork reflection by Lindsey Ardrey, youth director, St. George’s, New Orleans Lately, I’ve fallen in love with the idea that the Old Testament books named after the prophets were written by poets and creatives who used the imagery of language to...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
September 2017 Churchwork reflection by the Rev. Tommy Dillon, rector, St. Margaret’s, Baton Rouge Can you minister to the world and serve God’s people from behind closed doors? Until about six years ago, St. Margaret’s sure tried. Attendance averaged just...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
September 2017 Churchwork reflection by the Rev. Jerry Phillips, priest-in-charge, Church of the Nativity, Rosedale I want to thank Editor Karen Mackey for the opportunity to extol the virtues of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Rosedale. It comes by...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Churchwork, Community Ministry, Reflections
September 2017 Churchwork reflection by the Rev. William Miller, rector of Christ Church, Covington Two years ago, Christ Church Covington made a very risky and unconventional decision. They hired me as rector! From the search committee to the vestry to the staff, the...
