“These are God’s creatures, too.” By Christine McTaggart It’s the time of year when many churches celebrate pets and the love between them and the people they call family with …
Disciple: The Hungry Pet Food Bank
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Collaboration & New Communities
Disciple: Mission Endowment Spotlight: Deepening a Relationship to Open New Doors
By Christine McTaggart Why is all of the race-related violence we see on the news happening? Where is the anger coming from? Isn’t racism over? What is white privilege? What …
Disciple: Cottage Grove for LIFE!
Proving the impact of “being with” instead of “doing for” By The Rev. Beth McKee-Huger Too often, we as church flit through a neighborhood, “doing for” people what makes …
Disciple: A Day of Service
St. Margaret’s, Waxhaw, deepens relationships in and outside the church By Christine McTaggart When a congregation approaches its leadership and requests more opportunity to engage with its community, it’s …
Disciple: Beer and Hymns
Mission Endowment Spotlight By Christine McTaggart We live in a world where it’s possible to be entertained constantly. Think about it – there’s not a moment of any day …
Disciple: Mission Endowment Grant Spotlight: Walking the Walk
How street ministry is leveraging community assets in southeast Winston-Salem By Summerlee Walter In January 2014, the Rev. Chantal McKinney, current vicar at Ascension, Advance, began to hear a new …
Disciple: Feeding Mind, Body and Spirit
Mission Endowment Fund Spotlight: Galilee Ministries of East Charlotte By Christine McTaggart It began with conversation. In the summer of 2013, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church had closed, leaving a void …
Disciple: A Sweet Partnership
By Summerlee Walter During the Rev. Richard Joyner’s first year serving Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, he buried more than 30 people under the age of 45. The bodies he …
Disciple: Faithful Roots
Habitat for Humanity has a long-standing relationship with people of faith By Diocesan Staff in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity is an organization rooted in faith, founded …
Disciple: Living Into a New Era
How one small church became a catalyst for revitalizing a community By Bruce Elliott St. Paul’s, Salisbury, is the keystone church in an unfolding and very unlikely story. It features a …
Disciple: Imagine the Possibilities
New Mission Endowment Grant offers opportunities for outreach on broad scale By Diocesan Staff Have you ever had a great idea but no way to launch it into action? Have …
Disciple: Two Decades, One-to-One Success
How the Augustine Literacy Project is shaping lives. By Ele Ross 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Augustine Literacy Project® (ALP), an outreach ministry of Holy Family, Chapel Hill. Linda McDonough, …
