leer en español In the Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong in Ghana, The Rev. Christian B. Owusu launched a faith-based initiative designed to amplify the voices of young people within the Church and strengthen relationships across generations. His project, Embracing “Young Tongues” in the Church, sought to create spaces where adolescents and young adults could … Read More »
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Why We Tell the Story: Intergenerational Evangelism in Northwest Brooklyn
Leer en español Drawing from his ministry at Saint Paul’s Carroll Street and Christ Church Cobble Hill—two distinct Episcopal parishes located just blocks apart—Durango Jenkins designed a project to strengthen intergenerational evangelism by helping communities articulate and share the Christian story. Working in neighborhoods marked by deep curiosity, dense residential life, and a wide diversity … Read More »
Evangelism at Burning Man
Alex Leach participated in a team of leaders to bear witness to the Holy Love they experience at Burning Man, by offering worship and spiritually-based conversation, and to share what they learned about ministry with the Spiritual But Not Religious with the wider church. All the team members were experienced Burners, and they credit their full … Read More »
Gathering Around Our Table: Breaking Bread, Building Relationships
With the goal of exploring evangelism through the dinner worship experience, Cate Anthony planned and led an experience of ecumenical hospitality at her internship site, Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, CT. Her work included extensive communication among other local parishes, research and development of a table liturgy, and conducting storytelling training workshops for members of the … Read More »
Youth Chaplaincy
She served as chaplain to the “You Must Be Born Again”-themed trip for middle-school aged children from Melbourne, Florida, who shared many first-time experiences.
Baptismal Formation
She developed and field tested a retreat curriculum for parents and godparents in the parish setting.
Contemplative Evangelism
He was trained in Zen Buddhism and met with Christian ministry leaders in Japan, and developed a new model for area ministry in the Diocese of California. His travesl also included St. Benedict’s monastery, St. Benedict’s retreat house and the Contemplative Outreach Center in Denver.
Spiritual Disciplines for the Homeless
Lobban worked with classmate Diane Pike to offer a Cursillo-style retreat in a San Antonio homeless shelter.
Chaplains on the Harbor
Inspired by her study of liberation theology at EDS, the Rev. Sarah Monroe used an EES grant to visit several street ministries and to research and prepare a series of Bible studies and liturgies for use with economic refugees in the Diocese of Olympia. Her subsequent work in the Chechalis River Basin of Grays Harbor County, Washington … Read More »
Mission to the Holy Land
She made two trips to Israel/Palestine. For the first, she lived and worked in the rural Northern West Bank, assisting in parish ministry and working in the olive fields. For the second, she lived in an affluent middle-class Palestinian Muslim neighborhood and worked at the Sabeel headquarters, assisting in the coordination of an ecumenical, international … Read More »