The fight for high quality, accessible public education for our children has reached a new stage. Across the country we see many of the same problems… more money spent on prisons, less on public schools. More money spent on war, and less spent on creating jobs. In many of our cities, and in spite of…
Blessed Peacemakers: New book from Kerry Walters and Robin Jarrell
All of us yearn for a peaceable and just world, but some roll up their sleeves and set to work to make the dream real. Blessed Peacemakers celebrates 365 of them, one for each day of the year. Their stories are richly diverse. They share a commitment to peace and justice, but the various contexts…
Speech at Urban Caucus by the Rev. Rex McKee
On behalf of The Episcopal Church in Minnesota and The Episcopal Peace Fellowship welcome; we are honored to have Urban Caucus meet in Minneapolis. Welcome to the first state to defeat an amendment to limit the freedom to marry, and God willing, one of the next states to legalize same gender marriage. I serve…
Multi-faith Young Adult Nonviolence Internship Program
June 3 – July 7, 2013 Are you passionate about social justice? Interested in activism? Curious about other religious traditions? Muslim, Jewish or Christian? Ready to get your hands dirty – literally? Apply now to spend your summer with the Community of Living Traditions at the Stony Point Center. Join other young adults for eight…
EPF Colorado in Denver: Annual Pilgrimage
Urban Pilgrimage for Peace: EPF Colorado in Denver Image: 2010 Urban Pilgrimage March 29, 2013 GOOD FRIDAY Join EPF Colorado on Good Friday morning as we make our annual pilgrimage with Jesus and his loved ones: the homeless, the overlooked, the disadvantaged. We will meet at 1999 Broadway (click for a map) at 9:00…
A Resolution Submitted by Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Arkansas: Action to Reduce Gun Violence
Resolved, that the 141st Annual Convention of the Diocese of Arkansas, in response to the high number of mass shootings and daily deaths from gun violence, joins with many faith communities in an emerging moral consensus by calling for the following steps to be taken by lawmakers: A clear ban on all future…
House of Deputies President, Vice President issue letter on gun violence
From the President of the House of Deputies The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs House of Deputies President, Vice President issue letter House of Deputies President, Vice President issue letter on gun violence [March 1, 2013] Episcopal Church House of Deputies President the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings and Vice President the Hon. Byron…
MORE Prayer & Action in Washington, D.C.
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION SABBATH at the NATIONAL CATHEDRAL At the Cathedral, we are working toward a significant Sabbath weekend over March 14 – 17. Saturday will be an amazing day and we hope you will be here and will bring any and all your family and friends. We will begin at 11:00 with a…
New EPF Action Group : Gun Violence Action Group
General Convention Hearings, 2012 The Rev. Gary Commins, chair of EPF’s National Exec. Council from 2007-2009 issues a call: let’s form a new EPF Action Group! “The purpose of this Action Group is to work within the Episcopal Church and in our local communities to advocate for gun control. In this sense this Action Group…
Open Letter to Starbucks
Howard Schultz Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Corporate Office & Headquarters 2401 Utah Ave. South Seattle, Washington, 98134 Dear Mr. Schultz: On January 9, 2013, U.S. gun lovers celebrated their passion for firearms and anger at gun law proposals by striding into public and private establishments with lethal weapons. “Gun Appreciation Day” harkened…
