From our Sacred Ground in Action and Simpler Living Creation Care MinistriesIn these often dark times, we wonder what difference we can make when so many issues – the climate emergency, racial injustice, voting inequities – seem to be insurmountable. This excerpt from The Episcopal Church Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN)/Episcopal Office of Governmental Affairs … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action and Simpler Living Creation Care Ministries PrayerGracious God, we thank you for the warm rich soil and our indigenous neighbors’ rich wisdom. Help us also to be wise in ways of listening to how we can learn to nurture our gardens and the make abundant fruit of your earth … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry: Just a reminder that Juneteenth, 6/19, is almost here. Make sure to attend in-person/livestream services and the Faith Forum this Sunday, all of which, will feature our guest the Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson. Reserve your free ticket for the Old Globe Axis Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 18 from 12 … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action ministry (SGIA)Juneteenth! You may know about this important date in our history, celebrated each year on June 19: do you know the WHOLE story? Please learn more about this critical date for our neighbors in this evocative short clip. Then register for the Juneteenth 10-Day Reading Plan: meditations that … READ MORE…
So much of what we learn about our history takes place through the arts. There’s still time to get tickets for transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project performance of Echoes of Lemon Grove. The work is inspired by the local history of the 1931 Lemon Grove Incident involving a school desegregation court case. Themes include identity, family, cultural histories, rials … READ MORE…
From Our Sacred Ground in Action Committee (SGIA): First, we mourn the tragic deaths and suffering from the shootings in Buffalo, NY and Orange County this past week. Click here to read Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Pastoral Statement. Action: The Episcopal Public Policy Network asks: Please take this moment to contact your members of Congress to urge the passage of … READ MORE…
From the Sacred Ground in Action Ministry:In Rev. Carol Worthing’s current Book Study. The Church Cracked Open by Stephanie Spellers, participants have been continuously reminded the we must name the wounds in order to heal; and “before you reconcile you must reckon.” This wonderful series below can move us along the path of naming the wounds so that … READ MORE…
Content curated from our Sacred Ground in Action (SGIA) Committee Posted on December 19, 2009 by Catherine Roth Cudjo Lewis is considered the last survivor of the last slave ship to enter the United States. Born around 1841 to a Yoruba family in the Banté region of Dahomey (today Benin), he was given the name Oluale … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground In Action Committee Prayer Almighty God, Source of all that is, Giver of every good gift: You create all people in your image and call us to love one another as you love us. We confess that we have failed to honor you in the great diversity of the human family. … READ MORE…
From our Sacred Ground in Action (SGIA) Committee Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was “the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women. Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Her parents, Owen and Minerva, were Louisiana sharecroppers who had been born into slavery. Sarah, their fifth … READ MORE…