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 from…
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…
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 focus our…
Pastor Michael Douglas named St. Columba Interim Executive Director
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the appointment of Pastor Michael Douglas as the Interim Executive Director of St. Columba Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center, located in Memphis.…
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/.…
Deacons Champion Creation Care in West Tennessee
In the Ordination of Deacons, there is a sentence in the Examination stating, “You are to interpret to the Church the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world.” This sentence…
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/.…
A home to Happening of West Tennessee for over 30 years, St. Columba gratefully welcomed back teenagers for Happening 70 in February 2023. A spiritual awakening weekend, participants prayed, dance, sung, played Mud Volleyball and had deep experiences with their faith and with each other.
St. Columba and New Growth
When my wife and I moved to Memphis in September of 2018, I entered a world of construction. I had been called to serve as a new associate rector at…
College Night always draws a smiling crowd! College students gather together for prayer, a meal, and fellowship each Sunday evening.
A Place For You to Be: The Barth House
Barth House is a place for you to be. That’s all you have to do—just be. You can study, work, pray, socialize, eat your lunch, use the WiFi, and find…
Recovering Food, Feeding Hope
Recover Food, Feed Hope, an outreach ministry based at Church of the Holy Communion, evolved from efforts to feed the Constance Abbey community during the pandemic. Volunteers started gleaning in…
