Yuri Rodriguez is a gifted and experienced musician. She dreams of using music to invite people to experience Jesus incarnated in the lives of Latinas, and to be transformed by the Good News in their stories of hope, faith and resilience. She is planning a concert of secular songs about women named María, which will … Read More »
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Encountering the Spirit in Agrarian Ministries
Sarah Mast (SSW ‘23) and spouse Greg Mast dream of leading an affirming, land-based liturgical community. They are using grant funding to visit several communities to explore how they experience and share Christ’s love. They will use what they learn to convene a diverse community in Austin and pilot several worship services.
Holy Play: Meeting God in Musical Improv
Will Parker believes that evangelism is relational. He has used grant funding to convene a musical improv group, with the specific purpose of connecting what they are doing as artists to what they are called to do as Christians. His dream for the project is two-fold: that the members of the troupe will experience personal … Read More »
Spirit-Led Community Outreach
David Patiño is inspired by liberation theology to build a justice- and healing-grounded kindom. He is leading an evangelism campaign in the Latino/Hispanic community surrounding St. Mary’s, Harlem. His work involves leadership building, pastoral care, prayer and worship, and storytelling. To date he has been busy learning about the community groups and getting to know … Read More »
Cross Roads
The Rev. Marcia Sadberry is developing a bicycle ministry that uses discovery rides to build community between church members and those beyond the church community. She hosted a well-attended pilot ride on Good Friday ‘21, which will be repeated as a Stations of the Cross ride on Good Friday ’22. She has a core group … Read More »
StorySharing as Evangelism: An Invitation to Mutual Ministry as Reconciliation
The Rev. Joe Hubbard is working with his spouse, Ashley Dobbs Hubbard, and their colleague Jorin Hood to invite rural and marginalized communities in the Diocese of Navajoland into a storysharing process about how they have experienced God’s presence in pandemic. They dream of building community in the Diocese and telling the story of the … Read More »
Miracle Messages Podcast: Audio Stories of Unhoused People Living in the San Francisco Bay Area
Maryann Philbrook’s idea for a grant came from her volunteer work as a mentor with Miracle Messages, a nonprofit that works nationally to help unhoused persons rebuild their social support systems. She was inspired to engage church and non-church members with the voices of people on the margins. She has completed four podcasts, and discussion … Read More »
Bringing Darkness Into Light: Sharing Stories of Redemption from Men on Arkansas’ Death Row
The Rev. Dcn. Kathy McGregor recorded a live presentation of On the Row, a theatrical performance that allows audiences to hear the voices of death row innmates through actors, and thereby encounter the humanity of the incarcerated. She was hoping this format would allow her to travel more widely, and offer the video to more … Read More »
Treasure in the Field
Jennifer Allen is coordinating the development of Bethany House and Garden, a diocese of Kansas project of creation care and racial reconciliation. Treasure in the Field, her EES grant, is an effort to give the homeless a voice in community decision-making. She has held numerous meetings with community members from a variety of contexts, and … Read More »
Apostles of Sensitiveness
Demarius Walker began with a vision to convene a group of Apostles of Sensitiveness, following the work of Howard Thurman, who would witness how to follow the Way of Love in the divisive political climate of 2020. He wanted to do in-person work with a group of students and members of an Episcopal church, but … Read More »