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Diocesan Staff

Open Hearts, Open Doors

Steps from the University of Memphis, Barth House Episcopal Center sits on Patterson Avenue, offering a place of respite and connection amid the energy of campus life. Located a block

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Missional Ministries
Candice Baxter

Service In the Garden at St. Columba

Yard-long purple beans hung like streamers from an arched trellis in the raised beds at St. Columba Camp and Retreat Center last season. They tasted like regular green beans, also

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Corinne Cowan and Emily Austin

Happening: A Tradition of Transformation

Over Presidents Day Weekend 2025, youth from West Tennessee gathered at St. Columba’s Schiebler Lodge for Happening #74, a biannual retreat for teenagers. Happening has been a part of the

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Bishop's Voice
Emily Austin

The 2025 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal

Dear Friends in Christ, This season of Epiphany, I invite you to participate in the 2025 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal (BMA). In 2021, our diocesan leadership team determined that we should

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Emily Austin

Diocesan Youth Council 2025 Appointments

The Diocese of West Tennessee is proud to announce the young people selected to serve on the Diocesan Youth Council. To learn more about diocesan youth ministry, go to EDWTN.org/ministries/youth-programs/.

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Emily Austin

Diocesan Convention 43 Report

The 43rd Diocesan Convention convened clergy, lay delegates, and visitors at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville under the theme “Go Forth and Be Bold” (Acts 28:31). This

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Emily Austin

General Convention Vlogs

Day 7 (June 26, 2024) Day 6 (June 25, 2024) Day 5 (June 26, 2024) Day 4 (June 25, 2024) Day 3 (June 24, 2024) Day 2 (June 23, 2024)

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Emily Austin

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

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News
Emily Austin

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

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Emily Austin

Diocesan Youth Council

The Diocese of West Tennessee is proud to announce the young people selected to serve on the Diocesan Youth Council. To learn more about diocesan youth ministry, go to EDWTN.org/ministries/youth-programs/.

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Faithfully Memphis Podcast

Bishop Phoebe Roaf of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee sits down with Memphians and others in Shelby County regarding the issues facing our community, as well as the ways in which to explore how our faith informs our perspective and unites people from a variety of backgrounds.