Growing God’s Holy Garden
Rebirth and restart are themes that have been on everyone's mind over the past year. Questions that we were already asking about the future of organized faith were only pressed…
2023 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal
https://youtu.be/O3thb_kujEc 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…
Vital Christian Community in West Tennessee
https://youtu.be/LlJ8yBafqR0To our diocesan family:I'm here to let you know about a special edition of our weekly e-newsletter that begins today.Last Thursday at Grace-St. Luke's in Memphis, there was a diocesan…
Holy Trinity parishioner Jeane Chapman and Reverend Hester assemble the more than 800 hearts that were collected. Photo courtesy of Sharon Alexander.
Wrapped In Love: Holy Trinity creatively responds to Alabama Church Tragedy
The Reverend Hester Mathes, priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity and chaplain of the Memphis campus of St. George's Independent School, was traveling when news broke earlier this Summer that a gunman…
Transformation & Hope: the 2022 Bishop’s Missionary Appeal
https://vimeo.com/676392841Sisters 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 diocesan leadership…
Dropped Donuts and Other Lessons Learned from a Semester at the Barth House
The highlight of our time on the front lawn on the first day of class? We were able to help many students find buildings, classrooms, and parking spots. A few of these brand new college students were near tears, anxious and worried. We were able to help, to offer a prayer, to lend a hand (and a donut). These sweet moments of ministry reminded us of our reason to be.
What Keeps Us Wanting More
I spend a lot of time in my role as a youth minister thinking back to my time as a youth - thinking about things I enjoyed doing, thinking about…
Church Home Grant to benefit Literacy Mid-South
https://vimeo.com/675913096 For immediate release: Contact: Jeff Hulett, (901) 859-9430 or jeff@jeffhulettpr.com At 9 am on Tuesday, February 15 at the Raleigh Public Library, 3452 Austin Peay Highway, leaders from the…
December Storm Disaster Relief
The storms that came through Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky the weekend of December 10 caused destruction that is still being covered by the national news. An EF3 tornado brought about significant damage in Henry County, Tennessee, where Grace Episcopal Church in Paris, Tennessee is located. Fortunately, Grace Church was not damaged, and no one in the congregation received significant damage or injury. Paris is not far from Mayfield, Kentucky, however, which received tremendous damage. In Henry County many homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed, along with barns and water wells.
