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Sinsinawa Dominicans spread mission through collaborative farm programs

Margaret Plevak

April 18, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The Sinsinawa Mound Collaborative Farm, run by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, aims to make farming more affordable and accessible for those just starting out in the industry. People with less than 10 years of farming experience can rent a plot of land and equipment from the collaborative and access resources to help them create a business plan.

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How a Methodist Church Accidentally Became a Refugee Shelter

Josiah R. Daniels

February 16, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, Tukwila, Washington

Riverton Park United Methodist Church has become a shelter for people navigating the immigration and asylum process, hosting 200 to 500 people in the past year. The church recently received $500,000 in donations, spending the majority of it on supplies, staffing, legal assistance and other resources and services to continue supporting refugees.

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Western Oregon church hosts residential huts in parking lot as part of its housing ministry

David Paulsen

February 16, 2024 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church's overnight parking program offers those who are temporarily unhoused a place to stay, typically by camping in their cars or RVs. Recently, the Church partnered with local social service agencies to add three semi-permanent housing huts to their parking lot. Residents staying in the hut have access to amenities in the Church, like a kitchen, and are welcome to stay as long as they need to until they decide to move into more permanent accommodations.

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Diocese of San Joaquin nears its renewable energy goal, with 95% reliance on solar power

David Paulsen

November 08, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, California

The Diocese of San Joaquin in California worked together with a developer and local utilities to install solar panels at 14 of its locations to make 95% of its energy use renewable.

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Episcopal mobile ministry distributes necessities to people displaced by Maui wildfires

Shireen Korkzan

August 15, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

A Cup of Cold Water is a volunteer collaboration between four local Episcopal churches that has been providing assistance to residents who lost their homes in the recent wildfires through the group’s community outreach program. Since a day after the wildfires started on August 8, volunteers have driven a van around the island to distribute supplies like toiletries, food, clothing, bottled water and other necessities.

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One congregation's path to carbon neutral offers case study as diocese, denomination work toward 2030 goal

Lynette Wilson

August 04, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Davis, California

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church went carbon neutral. After installing an eclectic heat pump system, the California-based parish regained momentum on a years-long renewable energy path, updated all its appliances to eclectic, and installed another solar array.

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The Solution To Unused Church Space Might Be Toddlers

Bekah McNeel

July 12, 2023 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

Smart Church Solutions specializes in church use, ensuring these large community spaces don’t go underused, particularly in rural areas. To make use of these churches, programs like We Love All God’s Children are using them to provide early childhood education. The program started in 2019 and has since opened 14 centers in churches throughout the state. The program provides school supplies, playground equipment and also trains professional staff to administer the curriculum.

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Southern California Episcopal church plants drought-resistant native species in its gardens, becomes part of its natural environment

Logan Crews

June 28, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Laguna Beach, California

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach, California, planted drought-resistant native plants and installed a drip irrigation system on its property to curb wasteful water use. The new landscaping also includes a pollinator garden to support important species.

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What Happens When Christians and Muslims Translate Scripture Side by Side

Rachel Pfeiffer

June 02, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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Response Location: Chad

A Bible translation ministry, unfoldingWord, worked with the Church Growth Project of Chad to translate the Bible into 10 minority languages. The organizations held workshops to train those who speak the language that were interested in getting paid to translate the work, the majority of whom were Muslim, and worked in teams to do so.

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Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

Ron Kampeas

May 24, 2023 |

The Forward |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

High school junior Ezra Beinart founded an initiative that invites Palestinians to speak with young American Jews via video chat. The goal of the project, which has hosted six speakers so far, is to introduce Jewish teenagers to perspectives on Israel-Palestine that they may not be exposed to within their communities.

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