Get to Know OGR Week 1: The Basics
[…] both for our office & ELCA Advocacy, focusing on food & hunger, global health, trade, human trafficking & peacebuilding. Ms. Kisare’s previous work: Mennonite Central Committee U.S. & the UN International […]
40th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women Priests
[…] afoot everywhere, freeing her people from oppressors, and she enters all sorts and conditions of human beings bound for the glory of justice and peace. Together, we’re marching upward to […]
Episcopal Church domestic and global mission explored at special conference: Everyone Everywhere 2011
[…] Church and the Anglican Communion. Among the topics are: Asset-based Community Development; Communicating mission; Environment; Human trafficking; Immigration; Refugee resettlement/ministry; Young adults; Youth; and Models, Networking and Partnerships in Mission. On […]
UNCSW 2010: Episcopal young adults at UNCSW look to create a new Beijing
[…] woman and health, the rights of the girl child, violence against women, women in leadership, human rights of women, and women and education. Together with young adult delegations from the […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 3 (C) – 2019
[…] 19 The Psalmist describes the many ways that God’s laws and words are beneficial to humans: they bring justice and light, they impart wisdom, they have resurrection power for the […]
Binding Our Neighbors’ Wounds
[…] an integral part of a woman’s struggle to assert her dignity and worth as a human being.” As Episcopalians, we are encouraged to “advocate for government to address the specific needs […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 28 sermon by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
[…] as a church has been the willingness to tell the truth about that. Teaching about human trafficking and rape as a weapon of war has begun to restore bleeding women to […]
Episcopal Church, Anglican Women Gather for UN Commission meeting
[…] on guidelines and funding possibilities for international church based programs. – March 10 discussion “ Human Trafficking: The Way Forward” Presentations and discussions on engaging Faith Based Organizations and possibilities for […]
Deadline extended for 2017 New Community Clergy and Lay Conference
[…] the Standing Rock Reservation and the Dakota Access Pipeline, Black Lives Matter, mass incarceration and human trafficking, this conference is timely and pertinent. “The New Community Clergy and Lay Conference is […]
Presiding bishop expresses concern to Obama over Israel's seizure of aid to Gaza, ongoing blockade
[…] Gaza. Nine activists were killed May 31 when Israeli commandos boarded the six-ship convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, which has been under a heightened Israeli blockade since the militant […]
DON’T SPEND CHRISTMAS ALONE, SPEND IT WITH THE “GLORY GIRLS”: Glorifying God wherever they go
[…] the homebound that the Fire Department delivers. Delivering love, kindness and fellowship, and filling basic human needs to boot – all to the glory of God. We give thanks to […]
Reflecting on the 117th Congress
[…] the February 1 coup d’état and are responsible for the subsequent repression of fundamental freedoms, human rights abuses, use of indiscriminate violence towards civilians, and other gross atrocities. Bipartisan Infrastructure […]
Advent 4: Repairing the Breach in Institutions and Society
[…] relief: refugees, immigrants with or without documentation, prisoners and detainees in the criminal justice system, victims of human trafficking, and many others. What unjust systems and institutions in our society disproportionately target people of color? […]