Missioner's Message

Dear Relatives,

The Episcopal Church has always sought to work together with people of other faiths to encourage balance and understanding where all people are equal: the marginalized and the powerful, the poor and the wealthy, men and women, children and the elderly. Our mandate promotes mutual respect and acceptance among God’s people, and has always encouraged an atmosphere of relationship building. The year has brought calls for advocacy around furthering the healing and reconciling work of the Doctrine of Discovery and poverty eradication. It has been my great privilege to connect leaders to common advocacy goals.

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News from the East

Bishop Carol Gallagher’s Wintertalk 2013 Sermon on Mission Mark 3

Our response to God’s love and forgiveness in our lives is simply to turn and share God’s love with others.  The compassion that Jesus places in our hearts urges us to care for the people in our lives. For many of us this is easier said than done and we don’t know exactly what we can do. So I will share two stories from my own life that might help us all to consider how we can live in to this call for loving service.

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News from the West

Bishop Mark Lattime’s Wintertalk 2013 Sermon on Mission Mark 5

Any reflection on the fifth Mark of Mission, the mark that speaks to the stewardship of creation, would find a perfect foundation in the words of the Psalm 104.  Psalm 104 is an ode to the earth as God’s creation.

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Indigenous Ministry News from the Diocese of Los Angeles

The Diocese of Los Angeles supports the activities of two traditional talking circles through the New Community Grant. The two circles are: First Women First Tuesday Gather-at-the-Fire (Los Angeles) and First Women First Wednesday Gather-at-the-Fire (Riverside).

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A Mother's Loss

My name is Elsie Dennis Dofelmier, and I am James’ mother. I felt it was appropriate for me to do the eulogy today. I brought him into the world, and I want my words to carry him out to the next world.

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Journey Youth, Diocese of Arizona: Holy Practices 9 Story Telling

“We do not become storytellers. We came as carriers of the stories we and our ancestors actually lived. Some of us are still catching up to what we are.”

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NEWS FROM THE LAKES AND PLAINS

Bishop Michael’s Wintertalk 2013 Sermon on Mark of Mission 2

Human beings have an empty space in us that can only be filled by the Divine. That would help to explain why so many in our culture today consider themselves “spiritual, but not religious.” It also explains why so many of us try to fill that spiritual void in our lives with substances, chemicals, alcohol and even other people. We are in fact hungry for God, even if we do not recognize it.

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Good News From Oklahoma

Thanks to a New Opportunities Grant, a new partnership between the Native American ministries of the United Methodist Church (UMC) and the Episcopal Church is starting to take shape in Oklahoma.

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Teaching Art and Culture in Oklahoma

A part of our mission at Whirlwind Mission is to support the art and culture of Native American Youth in Western Oklahoma.

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‘Pilgrimage of trust,’ Taizé Community come to Pine Ridge Reservation

Pilgrims from all over the world came May 24-27 to a hot and dusty stretch of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation prairie land bounded by the Black Hills and the Badlands to learn about and practice trust and reconciliation, overcome stereotypes, form friendships and grow in faith.

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Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America

November 15-16
Jackson, Mississippi

White Earth Tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor will be a panelist on the topic “Where is there hope for change?” Sarah Eagle Heart will also be present as additional resource.

Wintertalk
February 15-17, 2014
Seattle, Washington

Focus on clergy and lay leader confrence with Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) training.

New Community Gathering
March 13-16, 2014
Kanuga, North Carolina