The March 7 Mission Thursday will discuss how global mission relates to church unity. How have people in mission experienced Christian diversity? Have some mission efforts fostered mutual understanding? Have some mission efforts promoted disunity? How can global mission help fulfill Jesus’ prayer “that they all may be one”? A panel will discuss these questions […]
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Celebrate World Mission Sunday on Feb. 11 – or any other time you choose!
The Episcopal Church’s World Mission Sunday, an annual observance designated by the 1997 General Convention, occurs on the Last Sunday in Epiphanytide – this year on February 11. But it can also be celebrated on any other Sunday of your choosing! Epiphany celebrates the showing forth of the light of Christ in all the world […]
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New Jersey and Cameroon nuns’ companionship with orphans is focus of Feb. 15 Mission Thursday
‘A Mission Companionship with Cameroon Orphans’ is the theme of the Mission Thursday to be held online on Feb. 15. Sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), the 2 p.m. webinar on Zoom will feature Sister Monica Clare, superior of the Community of St. John the Baptist in Mendham, New Jersey. Register for the […]
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Speakers for Missio will focus on how to be companions with Christians pressured by unrest, war and persecution
Speakers for Missio, the annual Global Mission Conference, will highlight ways to be in missional solidarity with Christians around the world who are pressured by civil unrest, gang violence, war and religious persecution. International speakers at the March 20-22 online gathering will be in conversation with their Episcopal counterparts about how constraints imposed by turmoil […]
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Registration opens for Missio conference – “Joining God’s Mission in Tension Times” – March 20-22 online
Registration is now open for the 2024 Missio, to be held online March 20-22, on “Joining God’s Mission in Tension Times.” Missio is free, and donations are welcome.
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Jerusalem Peacebuilders to present on “Nurturing Peacemaking in the Holy Lands” at Jan. 18 Mission Thursday webinar
Just as Good Friday precedes Easter, a moral reckoning for all parties involved (governments and non-state actors, local and international alike) in this growing tragedy will be necessary before the cycle of violence can abate and healthy political structures that pursue virtue, justice and equality emerge. Such vulnerability and honesty require first addressing the collective traumas that dominate Israeli Jewish and Palestinian identity.
This healing work is the interfaith ministry and mission of Jerusalem Peacebuilders. Founded in 2011, Jerusalem Peacebuilders
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Christmas: God’s missional moment
A reflection from GEMN executive director Titus Presler Dear Friends, Difference. The Christmas event is drenched with difference. The difference between the grandeur of God and the animal smells of a stable. The difference between the plenitude of God and the poverty of Mary and Joseph. The difference between the celestial realm and an audience […]
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Now in glory: Bob Snow, 1943-2023, longtime missionary deacon in Dominican Republic
The Rev. Robert Snow, longtime missionary in the Dominican Republic, died on Oct. 2 at age 80. His funeral took place on Oct. 24 at Holy Trinity Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. In announcing the death on Oct. 3, Bishop Moises Quezada Mota of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic said: Le informo a toda nuestra […]
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Now in glory: Douglas Huber, 1943-2023, public health expert and mission activist in Diocese of Massachusetts
Dr. Douglas Huber, long active in global mission in the Diocese of Massachusetts, died peacefully at home in Newton, Mass., on Nov. 7, following a short illness. Douglas served on the Jubilee Global Mission Commission of the diocese and worked on several Global Mission Summits that the commission organized. He worked in the Episcopal Church’s […]
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“Joining God’s Mission in Tension Times” will be theme of 2024 Missio online, March 20-22
“Joining God’s Mission in Tension Times” will be the theme of next year’s Missio, the 2024 Global Mission Conference for the Episcopal Church to be convened online by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), March 20-22. The Wednesday-Friday gathering will be held from noon to 3pm Eastern on each of the three days. The tension, […]
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