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…
March 31 Storm Relief
After the devastating tornadoes and supercell storms on Friday, March 31, there is severe damage in many parts of the Diocese of West Tennessee, as well as in Arkansas and…
Statement Regarding Tyre Nichols’ Death
To Members of Our Diocesan Community: Unfortunately, we have become accustomed to violent incidents in Shelby County. We now prepare for the release of the videotaped encounter between Tyre Nichols…
Diocesan Convention 2022
The 41st Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee gathered at Church of the Holy Communion (Memphis) Nov. 18-19, 2022. The Bishop and diocesan staff are grateful for our…
Amendment 3 Joint Statement
From the Episcopal Bishops of Tennessee Joint Statement on Amendment 3 We, the Bishops of the three Episcopal dioceses which comprise the state of Tennessee, are all agreed that the…
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…
The West Tennessee delegation to General Covention 80 in Baltimore, Maryland
General Convention 80 Report
Report of the Canon to the Ordinary 80th General Convention in Baltimore, Marylandby the Reverend Canon Sharon A. AlexanderThe meeting of the 80th General Convention in Baltimore, Maryland (July 7-11,…
A Safe Church Message from the EDWTN
So what’s the deal with Safeguarding /Safe Church? What are the training requirements?You may or may not have heard that Praesidium, which hosts the online training many congregations use, is…
