2024 Do Good & Share Ministry Grant Recipients Named
Fourteen Do Good & Share Outreach Ministry Grants supporting outreach and community engagement have been awarded by the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. The grants total $36,772.00. The purpose of the Do Good & Share Ministry Grants program is […]
The Rev. Rob Courtney Appointed as Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee
The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Rob Courtney as its next Canon to the Ordinary. Father Rob’s service will begin on […]
2024 Laymen’s Conference
SAVE THE DATE 78th Annual Conference of the Episcopal Churchmen of TennesseeAugust 9-11, 2024St. Mary’s Conference Center in Sewanee, TN “Brothers Dwelling Together in Unity” http://tnchurchmen.org The Episcopal […]
A Case For Love
A Case for Love Film Screening Tuesday, January 23 at 7 p.m. | Malco Paradiso (Memphis) Join friends from our local Episcopal community for an evening of film and fellowship! On Tuesday, […]
Diocesan Convention 2023 Report
Convention attendees assemble care packages that will be distributed to unhoused people in Memphis by Community Alliance For the Homeless. On Friday, November 17, 2023, delegates and guests from across […]
A Message from Bishop Phoebe regarding the conflict in the Middle East
This is Bishop Phoebe Roaf of the Diocese of West Tennessee here with a message about the situation in the Middle East. My heart has been broken at the tragedy […]
Lent Guide 2023
The 2023 Diocese of West Tennessee Lent Guide is here. In addition to information on Lenten program offerings around our Diocese, this year’s guide includes poetry and reflections from Episcopalians in West Tennessee. Click below to […]
2023 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal
Dear Friends in Christ, For a moment, pretend it’s 2033. How do you see your church thriving? Perhaps thriving means your church is participating in meaningful community outreach. There could […]
2022 Lent Guide
Your guide to Lent in our Diocese is here. Explore a variety of opportunities to worship, learn, serve, and fellowship throughout the EDWTN during the season of Lent. Read & […]
Transformation & Hope: the 2022 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal
https://vimeo.com/676392841 Sisters and brothers, You are invited to participate in the 2022 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal which builds upon last fall’s Episcopal Mutual Ministry Review (EMMR) process. In October 2021, the […]
COVID-19 Update from Bishop Phoebe: August 4, 2021
To our Diocesan Family – As the summer draws to an end, we find ourselves still managing the COVID pandemic. Diocesan guidelines have incorporated the CDC’s directives as well as […]
Doing Good and Sharing Well
Through its innovative Small Church Initiative, the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee demonstrated that a congregation does not need a massive membership roll to make a monumental community impact. At […]
From Trail to Table
St. Columba has a way of bringing people to the right place at the right time. This year, two new members of the St. Columba team arrived with years of […]
St. Luke’s Jackson Celebrates $1 Million in Giving to Community
When Susan Francisco, a parishioner at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jackson, checked the box next to Outreach Committee on a parish time and talents form, she did not expect […]
Bishops of Tennessee Issue Letter to Governor Lee on Attempted Christa Pike Execution
October 1, 2026The Honorable Bill LeeGovernor of TennesseeNashville, Tennessee Dear Governor Lee: Grace and peace to you. We write as bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Episcopal […]
A New Rhythm for Special Friends
When Janie Morris started Special Friends Fellowship in 2016, she was looking for something her son Walker had lost when he aged out of a Christian ministry program: a place […]
Now Hiring: Part-Time Program Director (Dyersburg)
Dyersburg First United Methodist Church, serving as the host church, is partnering with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and other Dyer County churches and community organizations to launch an innovative, faith-based […]
Fostering the Future of the Church Started Yesterday
MC Hitt* My name followed by an asterisk has been on the back of every Calvary Episcopal Church program for the past two years. The asterisk denotes a youth representative: […]
Education for Ministry registration now open
Education for Ministry (EfM) was founded in 1975 at the School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. For 50 years, over 120,000 people have learned […]
Final Worship Services at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Church of the Good Shepherd, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Memphis)
Five congregations, including Holy Trinity, Emmanuel (Memphis), Good Shepherd, St. Joseph’s, and All Saints’, will soon be merging into one new congregation named St. Constance Episcopal Church, located at 1508 S. […]
GSL Episcopal School (Memphis) appoints new Head of Middle School and School Chaplain
Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School (GSL) is pleased to announce Pam Smith as our new Head of Middle School (Grades 5-8) and the Rev. Jessica T. Abell as School Chaplain. Pam […]