‘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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“Mission Challenges amid Israel-Hamas War” – still time to register for Nov. 16 Mission Thursday
Registration continues for the Nov. 16 Mission Thursday webinar that will focus on “Mission Challenges amid the Israel-Hamas War.” Sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), the webinar will be held at 1 p.m. Eastern on Zoom. Register here at Eventbrite for the free, one-hour event. All are welcome. Mission in Israel, Palestine and Gaza has been […]
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“Mission Challenges amid Israel-Hamas War” will be focus of Nov. 16 Mission Thursday webinar
Mission challenges amid Israel-Hamas war will be focus of Nov. 16 Mission Thursday.
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