Thrift Store Help for Lakota Families in Nebraska
Father Lyle Martin is asking for help with fixtures and business staples for a new thrift store to supply forty Lakota families with the basic day-to-day necessities.
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Local Churches Feeling Financial Crunch
It makes sense that churches are starting to feel the sting from a slumping economy and the Wall Street meltdown. Often churches are where people show up for help. And at Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem more people have been showing up at the church's soup kitchen.
The church's Soup Kitchen Coordinator Liz Miller says the church has served almost 1,500 more meals for this year through September than during the same period in 2007.
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World Poverty Day: Recycle Cell Phones to Help End Poverty
Chris Johnson, Program Officer for Jubilee Ministy at the Episcopal Church Center, received an email about a wonderful program to help alleviate poverty by recycling used cell phones.
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Seeking Jubilation in Wyoming
Wyoming Episcopalians ARE living out the gospel command to feed the hungry and care for the oppressed. Trouble is, most congregations are so physically distant from one another, it’s hard to establish a sense of community, let alone build a network of supportive ministries. But that’s exactly what Mary Ellen Honsaker, the Jubilee Officer for the Diocese of Wyoming, is intent on doing.
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The Theology of Jubilee
A transcript of the 2008 Jubilee Training Event keynote presentation, "The Theology of Jubilee" is now available for download in the "Resources" section of our website.
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Assisting Forgotten Fathers: Homeless in Rural America
A lecture about homeless fathers present with their wives and children, a group rarely studied, especially in rural America, will be presented at Columbia University Medical Center on September 18, 2008.
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Summer Reading Camps
It’s not likely that one week at a summer camp and a small $1,500 investment is going to change a child’s life and set that child on the road that leads to economic self-sufficiency instead of poverty. But then, it’s not likely that a mustard seed will ever amount to much either. Or is it?
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Download a 2008 Jubilee Grant Application Here!
The 2008 Jubilee Grant application and cover letter are now available online. If you did not receive on in the mail, feel free to download and print an application.
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John Miers, DJO of Washington, Receives Award
John Miers, the Diocesan Jubilee Officer in the Diocese of Washington, was a recipient of Montgomery County's 2008 Path to Achievement Award.
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"Horns for Guns" Program, New Orleans
St. Anna's Episcopal Church has begun a program called “Horns for Guns”, a gun buy-back program that will offer musical instruments or photography equipment in return for guns. They are seeking donations of new and lightly-used musical instruments, as well as funds for the program and to purchase instruments.
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Christopher A. Johnson named new Jubilee Officer
The Rev. Christopher A. Johnson has been named the new jubilee officer for the Episcopal Church. He will oversee domestic justice issues in his new role. Johnson will begin his duties June 15.
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Dedication of St. Paul's Episcopal Church - A Sudanese Mission
Video about The Lost Boys in Sudan
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Jubilee Training Event 2007 - Photo Gallery
February 22-25, Vallombrosa Retreat Center in Menlo Park, CA
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Jubilee Center, Volume 7
A Jubilee Ministry Report, Volume 7 in the Jubilee Center Book Series.
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Triennial Jubilee Ministry Report for 2003 -2006
Throughout the 2003-2006 triennium Jubilee Ministry Centers have grown in number and in the quality of their ministry. There are over 650 Jubilee Ministry Centers throughout 13 countries. In the countries that are part of ECUSA we have “Designated Jubilee Centers;” in countries outside of ECUSA we have “Affiliate Jubilee Centers.”
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