Valerie Boey reports for WOLF/Fox 35 in Orlando:There’s a new church-sponsored, pilot program that helps people learn some of the ins and outs about the hospitality business. The program has been taking place in Miami for the last seven years, but it’s just now being tested in Central Florida. The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist and Hilton Hotels Worldwide have … [Read more...] about Church, Hilton Train for Jobs
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Healing and Goat’s Milk
Women veterans who become homeless have friends at Zion Church in Avon, New York. The small congregation offers the veterans a home in its former rectory, and a chance to learn skills in creating beauty supplies.Since November 2010, the parish has provided transitional housing at Zion House for up to six women at a time. They may stay for as long as two years, though most leave … [Read more...] about Healing and Goat’s Milk
St. James, Meet St. James
By William O. Daniel, Jr.In the 1840s architect John Carver received the drawings and measurements for St. Michael’s Church in Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, built circa 1230. He was commissioned in the 1840s to supervise the construction of St. James the Less Church, Philadelphia, following these designs. Nearly 170 years later, the soul of this building brings forth new life as … [Read more...] about St. James, Meet St. James
Transformative Art
Episcopal congregations in the former mill towns of Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill in northeast Massachusetts are helping at-risk youth find their way to success through the arts. Children receive tuition-free lessons in music, acting, cooking, and sewing.The programs have waiting lists. Each is limited by how much any single congregation can do alone. Trinity Episcopal Church … [Read more...] about Transformative Art
Mark Stevenson to Fight Poverty
The Living Church Foundation extends joyous congratulations to the Rev. Canon Mark Stevenson, a member of the foundation’s board.Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsThe Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, chief operating officer of the Episcopal Church, has announced the appointment of the Rev. Canon Mark Stevenson as domestic poverty missioner on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign … [Read more...] about Mark Stevenson to Fight Poverty