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/. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
Vital Christian Community in West Tennessee
https://youtu.be/LlJ8yBafqR0 To 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 […]
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/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 […]