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/.…
St. Columba & Barth House Awarded Church Home Grants Totaling $1.5 Million
In December 2023, St. Columba Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center and Barth House Episcopal Center received some good news. They had each been awarded a Church Home Grant of $750,000.An…
Dorothy Wells elected Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi
The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee congratulates the Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells, Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church in Germantown, on her election as Bishop to the Episcopal Diocese…
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…
Journey to the Mountaintop:A Farewell to DuBose Conference Center
This past Spring, I found myself, power drill in hand, gazing down a long hallway of DuBose Conference Center lined with generations of Camp Gailor-Maxon photographs. My task was to…
A Message to the Diocese Regarding Staff Transitions
Dear Diocese of West Tennessee community: The Rev. Canon Sharon Alexander, a valued member of the diocesan leadership team over the past four years, is concluding her tenure as Canon…
Diocesan Youth Council seeks applicants
Responding to the spiritual needs of teens is about building trusting relationships. The Episcopal Church in West Tennessee strives to walk with young people and recognize their gifts for ministry,…
What We Have in Our Hands
I was born and raised in Africa. Life there is very different from life in America. There are many things I love and miss about Africa. My life here in…
A Message from Bishop Phoebe regarding the conflict in the Middle East
https://youtu.be/r8mcX5oQhSE?si=6UoCcwEfOycgpdhX 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…