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Linda Barber advises Charlie Whitney on his application to bring his fiancee to the United States from the Philippines. He was accompanied on his visit to Trinity Episcopal Church in Aurora, Illinois, by his grandparents. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service...
The development of Jubilee Ministry as the guiding concept of mission at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, in Lewistown, Pa., was the direct result of two significant circumstances.
In 1972, Hurricane Agnes brought massive flooding and destruction to the Lewistown...
Today, the St. Francis Center in Denver is a long-established refuge for homeless men and women in Denver, providing a place where up to 800 individuals a day may come to shower, get a change of clothes, see a doctor, store their belongings, get their mail or simply find a place of warmth and...
As I begin this article, I can only express my deep gratitude to each of you for the ministries you offer as an expression of your discipleship in Jesus. It has been a privilege for these past five years to be able to be a part of the developing evolution of Jubilee Ministry in the Episcopal...
Four people have served as National Jubilee Officer since Jubilee Ministry was born as a result of a resolution approved by the Episcopal General Convention in 1982. And while the ministry has changed dramatically over the intervening 30 years, some things have remained the same as ever.
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Urban Ministries of Durham has a long history in the downtown Durham community, and it’s intricately linked to Jubilee Ministry.
With leadership from area faith communities, including Episcopal churches, the Urban Ministries Center was founded in 1983 as a host site for area service...
If Jubilee Ministry were a person, it probably would have started thinking about settling down, putting aside youthful excess, and planning for the future by now.
It was 30 years ago, at the Episcopal General Convention meeting in New Orleans, that delegates finally approved Resolution...
Even before the creation in 1983 of “Jubilee Center” designations, St. Paul’s Church, Saginaw, Michigan, was deeply involved in the work of Jubilee.
The parish had sponsored the development of two urban low-income residences totaling over 200 units, operated an extensive feeding program...
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] The Social and Economic Justice Office of the Episcopal Church Center has awarded 108 Jubilee Ministry grants in 50 dioceses for 2011 and 2012 in four categories for more than $165,000 to support mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church....
Ministerios Nuestras Pequeñas Rosas began 25 years ago in a three-bedroom rental house in this gritty, factory town four hours from the capital, Tegucigalpa, because its founder, Diana Frade, recognized the need to educate and empower at-risk girls.
"I visited a boys' home in Tegucigalpa...
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Jubilee Ministries, created by an act of General Convention in 1983, encourage a ministry of joi
More than 170 Episcopalians, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, House of Deputies Presi
This week's bulletin inserts outline the work of Episcopal Appalachian Ministries, which serves
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updated February 24, 2017
History behind and responsibilities of the Diocesan Jubilee Officers
Octubre 2014
A paper for the Methodist Episcopal Dialogue, February 2003.
A paper by the Very Rev’d William H.
Prepared for the Dialogue of Episcopalians and Methodists at the Perkins School of Theology, Dal
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We are un–housed and housed people called by God into Christian community and ministry for the p
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