It can be hard just to get up in the morning, to face another day of feeling overwhelmed, unproductive and out of sorts. How will I get through unplanned homeschool lessons I don’t understand, keep toddlers entertained inside, handle the emotional swings of a teenager, and be nice to my husband? When will I get some alone time? Ever?

In preparation for Pentecost we are pleased to offer an introductory teaching time on what the scriptures say about the Holy Spirit - who he is, what is he like, what he does, and why you should have more of him in your life. We will go through a couple of teaching blocks with space for questions and discussion, and will end with prayer.

With a great deal of mixed feelings, I’d like to announce that I’ll be retiring at the end of this year as Canon for Church Planting. It’s been a great privilege for me to serve Bp John and all of you in this role.

I’ve come under the conviction that the way we are serving the poor now is actually how we needed to be serving the poor all along. My prayer is that as the crisis winds down for most of us, we will not forget that the poor will remain in crisis if we stop serving them.

Seeing people rise to the challenge quickly and efficiently to volunteer their time and specific skills to love their neighbor has been deeply encouraging to our family and we are excited to serve!

These theologians and artists found beauty in suffering.

A program called “The Church At Work” in Arlington banded ten churches together and helped raise $250,000 all to pay for rent for local families in need.

In this pandemic, I believe this Book of Common Prayer forms the rule of prayer that our hearts need to order what feels unruly and ever changing. It teaches us how to come to God in grief and lamentation, in repentance, and in authentic joy for His great acts of salvation.

Thanks to a technologically savvy and creative team, Jim and Kim’s wedding ceremony did not have to be postponed!

A couple of weeks ago, Epiphany delivered a trunk-full of break-room snacks and beverages for the 70+ employees at Arbor Terrace, along with a thank-you for their work.

Through generous donations, Immanuel is able to continue to feed families in need weekend meals.

Rock Recovery is a ministry based in Arlington, VA that provides clinical and community programs for people with eating disorders.

As Jesus' followers, we are called to remember the needs of our neighbors around the world, to love and serve them, to use our resources generously, and to pray. Incarnation's upcoming first-ever Global Week is an opportunity to do just that.

Unable to attend a Sunday service? Access services across the Anglican Church in North America via livestream here.

Like many experiences of great stress in our lives, this coronavirus season will make us better Christians or worse ones, but it won’t leave us unaffected. We will either trust the Lord more or we will give fear a greater hold on our hearts. We will either press in to Jesus or we will drift further away. We will come to realize how much we need in-person Christian community or we will conclude we do just fine by tuning in occasionally online.  

One of the things for which I am grateful is that Uganda is a model for how to handle epidemics. The government reacted quickly, even though many of these decisions have caused a bit of havoc.

Similar to almost every country and city around the globe, the CoVid-19 pandemic overturned our lives and community here at Christ Church Jerusalem. Here in the Holy City we have just concluded a Holy Week & Passover week like no other that we can remember.

We have been in lockdown for 6 weeks now and at least 3 more before the some things open up. It is doubtful that we can have public worship or large group gatherings before the summer. In my 15-minute report I share how we are managing and what the Lord is teaching us.

Due to the continued presence of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of the next few months, our Board of Directors has decided that we will not be able to go to Watermarks Camp for Camp Booyah 2020. We are so sad that we will not be together in one location this summer for Camp Booyah, but we are excited that we will be together virtually!!! That’s right!!! We will all be able to gather together for….