By Tom Carlson, Naco Wellness Initiative Executive Director Ten miles from St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bisbee, the COVID-19 epidemic triggered crippling food shortages in the border town of Naco, …
Diocesan News
Harvesting the Sun: Exploring Solar for Your Church
By the Rev. Canon Pam Hyde, Canon for Creation Care When I began as the Canon for Creation Care a little over a year ago, the most common question I …
The Road Back to Camp. Be here. Be You. Be Camp.
By the Rev. Canon Jana Sundin, Canon for Children and Youth and Deanna Fair, Summer Camp Manager We missed camp so much last year and are excited to share that …
Deacon Beacon: Spring 2021
The Rev. Pamela Bell Deacon Pam serves at St. Barnabas on the Desert in Scottsdale. I grew up in Phoenix first attending All Saints’, then getting married at Christ Church …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Easter Message / Mensaje de Pascua
This week’s E-pistle message is presented in video format in both English and Spanish. Click on either image below to watch Bishop Reddall’s video message. If you prefer to read …
Developing Positive Relationships with Asian Americans
By The Rev. Monica Whitaker, Rector, St. Andrew’s (Sedona) & Co-Chair, Diocesan Anti-Racism Committee Most of you know that I am of mixed race; a descendant of immigrants. My mother …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Communications Survey
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about communicating. Jesus, the Word of God, speaks, and the people listen. Sometimes huge crowds, other times small intimate gatherings of disciples. Jesus’ …
Answering Your Creation Care Questions
By the Rev. Canon Pam Hyde, Canon for Creation Care As Episcopalians, we have some standard ministries that we are familiar with. Ministries such as children and youth ministry, or …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Welcoming the Stranger
The situation on our southern border is in flux right now, as policies and practices change with the transition in presidential administrations. It’s a good prompt to review the diocesan …
Arizona Religious Leaders Urge Defeat of HB2648
Today, the Arizona leaders of the United Church of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and The Episcopal Church jointly sent the following statement to …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: Chapel Rock Sunday
The first Sunday in March is always Chapel Rock Sunday in the Diocese of Arizona. The camp and conference center is a jewel of our diocese, and a place many …
The Bishop’s E-pistle: The Anglican Cycle of Prayer
Messages began to flow in to my email yesterday morning from all over the globe: We are praying for you and the Diocese of Arizona. Tokyo, England, several places in …