Wednesday, April 11, 2018 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
The Gaudet Committee announced the awarding of ten community grants for the 2018 program year. The Gaudet Community Grant provides funding for not-for-profit agencies that create, manage, and expand educational opportunities for African-American children within the...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
On February 17, members of All Saints’, River Ridge; St. Augustine’s, Metairie; St. John’s, Kenner; and St. Martin’s, Metairie, volunteered with the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation to plant 600 trees in Manchac, Louisiana, in an effort to...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
A service to celebrate the Rev. Absalom Jones and the Rev. RIchard Allen was held on February 17 at Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans. Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818) was the first black Episcopal priest and the pastor of the first black Episcopal congregation....
Sunday, December 31, 2017 | Community Ministry
by Tiffany Wilson, Member of the Environmental Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Happy New Year! Start your new year off right, recycle your Christmas tree! Across Louisiana, there are many different organizations that need your Christmas trees for...
Monday, November 27, 2017 | Community Ministry
by W.T. Branton, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Mandeville “I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.” -Matthew 25:36 Most of us don’t think about the people who are in prison. We read a news...
Thursday, November 9, 2017 | Community Ministry, Diocesan News
by the Rev. John Pitzer, CMA Chair Community Mission Appeal is a program where churches with specific ministries who are in need of financial assistance, go through the process of making application to the diocese. Once all the applications have been submitted, a...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Community Ministry
Churchwork reflection by Karen Mackey, communication director, Diocese of Louisiana “We are hoping to be in our new church building this time next year,” proclaimed St. Francis Senior Warden Gerald Rainey as he and his wife Janie sat down to reflect on the flood that...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | Community Ministry
Churchwork reflection by Meg Kendrick, assistant to the flood recovery coordinator From August 13 through the 15, Louisiana was inundated with rain – up to 4 trillion gallons of water fell during this period. This equates to filling over 6 million Olympic sized...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
Saturday, August 26, 2017 | Community Ministry
by Deacon Elaine Clements, Diocesan Disaster Coordinator Here are some reminders about what to do when disaster strikes that we hope you will take to heart and share with your friends and relatives. Do not self-deploy as a volunteer to a disaster area. We know...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 | Community Ministry
Four organizations received Gaudet Community Grants. We are catching up with them through Facebook: St. Anna’s, New Orleans St. Anna’s received two grants to support their Anna’s Place ministry. One was to support after school programming which is an...
Monday, August 21, 2017 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
St. Andrew’s, New Orleans, hosted and volunteered with Camp Able, a camp devoted to give a camp experience to children of diverse abilities.. This is the second year the church has opened the doors to the group. Philosophy of Camp Able: Camp Able is a vacation,...
