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Lake Houston-Area Places of Worship Urge Hope, Adapt Services Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Rev. Bill Richter, rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Kingwood, said his church altered its services in stages, moving from restricting access to communion cups to canceling services entirely.
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In Common Austin 2020: Inspiration, Connection, and Action!
For the third consecutive year, clergy lay leaders, and community partners gathered for the Episcopal Health Foundation’s In Common event. The gathering serves as a place for Episcopal congregations and their community partners to dream big, be inspired, and create a vision with like-minded individuals and congregations interested in building healthier communities.
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Bishop Doyle Submits Op-Ed: Lean In … The Need for Society to Lean In, Reach Out, Care and Love During This Time
We will lose lives and health; but, if we lean in, we might not lose each other. Regardless of your faith or belief system, this is a time to lean towards one another – to lean towards family, friends, and coworkers.
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Abundant Harvest Needs Volunteers
With the global pandemic, the need for food has increased significantly. The Abundant Harvest Kitchen, part of St. Isidore, Spring, is on the front lines meeting the needs of the most vulnerable in our community. In this work, we are looking for partners to help staff a mobile non-contact food pantry.
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Grace, Alvin, Feeds Over A Thousand People in Drive-Thru Food Bank
The mobile food pantry has been providing food in Alvin on a weekly basis since January 3, 2020. We have partnered with Manvel Community Outreach and the Houston Food Bank in order to bring fresh food and produce to Alvin, an area that struggles with food insecurity.
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Church As ‘First Responder for the Soul’
The West Coast was an early flashpoint in the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. “It sort of came on fast here in Seattle,” said the Rev. Doyt Conn Jr., rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church. As of March 17, at least 56 people had died in Seattle and King County, Washington, more than a…
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Possible Resource for a Professionally Recorded Worship Service
In light of the necessity for virtual worship, for $100, a local professional producer/videographer is offering congregations a sleek and professional production for worship this Sunday (and in future weeks, as necessary). This is ideal for those who may not yet be “virtual self-sufficient”. The final product can be embedded into your websites and on…
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The Religious Meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation
W.E.B. Dubois observed in his history of the Reconstruction era that news of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation resulted in exuberant expressions of religious feelings among African Americans in the South. Beginning on January 1, 1863, with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Union Army camps became both bases of military operations and havens…
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How To Live Stream
How to livestream a public event
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The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Announces Commitment of $13 Million to Fund Racial Justice Projects to Repair and Commence Racial Healing
In an unprecedented move, the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, presented a Missionary Vision for a Racial Justice initiative that aims to repair and commence racial healing for individuals and communities who were directly injured by slavery in the diocese. The announcement was made at the…
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St. Mark’s, Austin, Forgives Over $500K of Medical Debt
In hopes of removing some financial burden to some families, St. Mark’s, Austin, forgave over $500k of medical debt with a gift of just over $5,000.
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Helping Refugees is a Religious Freedom Issue
We believe that the legal protection of religious freedom prohibits the federal government from prosecuting someone helping undocumented immigrants in a way that would otherwise violate federal law. The same is true of an individual offering sanctuary to immigrants seeking asylum: If the person is acting from a firmly held religious belief, then no federal…
