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  • Churches as Polling Sites
    Office of Government Relations | Podcasts

    Churches as Polling Sites

    ByChris Sikkema May 7, 2024Aug 18, 2026

    Episcopal churches can not only motivate people to vote through individual outreach, but they can also play integral roles in the processes that make our election happen. A parish serving as a polling site can be a critical way to help make voting more accessible. Serving as a polling site is also a helpful way…

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  • Election Protection in Action
    Office of Government Relations | Podcasts

    Election Protection in Action

    ByChris Sikkema Apr 25, 2024Aug 18, 2026

    Our guest speaker is Armani Eady, a national organizer from the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where she is a part of the non-partisan coalition, Election Protection. Ms. Eady speaks about Election Protection’s crucial role in the 2024 U.S. election. You will learn how you can collaborate to ensure…

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    Meet our staff officer for gender justice: Aaron Scott

    ByChris Sikkema Apr 25, 2024Jul 17, 2026

    I’m transgender, I’m a layperson, and I’m 39 years old. I grew up in a tongues-talking United Methodist Church in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, where my dad was the pastor. We were a poor congregation in a poor community, deeply divided over the inclusion and dignity of LGBTQ+ people. I remember thinking to…

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  • Vote Faithfully: Setting the Stage for Elections
    Office of Government Relations | Podcasts

    Vote Faithfully: Setting the Stage for Elections

    ByChris Sikkema Apr 11, 2024Aug 18, 2026

    The 2024 U.S. election season is well underway, as is our Episcopal election engagement, yet much remains to be done and much will unfold in the coming months. In our first installment for season 3 of Episco-pols, we set the stage for what it means to vote and vote faithfully. Rebecca and Alan explore aspects…

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  • Grant Story: UTO Board Member Visits Charlie’s Place at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church (2021 grant to the Diocese of Washington)
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    Grant Story: UTO Board Member Visits Charlie’s Place at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church (2021 grant to the Diocese of Washington)

    ByChris Sikkema Apr 5, 2024Jun 29, 2026

    By Mathy Milling-Downing, UTO Board Province III Representative Each month we like to share a story of where your thank offering has gone in recent years. This month, one of our Board members shares about her experience visiting Charlie’s Place. Founded in 1990 as a nondenominational, anti-hunger and homelessness ministry by the associate pastor of…

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    An update on Haiti (2024)

    ByChris Sikkema Mar 13, 2024Jun 30, 2026

    Over the past few years, Haiti has faced substantial political, economic, and humanitarian crises, as well as crises within the Episcopal diocese. The past few days have brought this into sharp relief, with violence, instability, and food insecurity escalating.   What is happening with political leadership? Haiti has been in a governance crisis for several years,…

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  • Grant Story: Rejuvenating Rivers: Creating Environmental Change-Makers Among Youth in South Africa (2022 Grant to the Diocese of Grahamstown)
    UTO - United Thank Offering

    Grant Story: Rejuvenating Rivers: Creating Environmental Change-Makers Among Youth in South Africa (2022 Grant to the Diocese of Grahamstown)

    ByChris Sikkema Mar 11, 2024Jun 29, 2026

    Each month, we like to share the story of where your thank offering has gone in recent years. This article is from the final grant report for this project. Give us an overview of how your project went.The project aimed to train, educate, and support a group of high school learners to become environmental change-makers…

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    Episcopal Church Statement on Deaths of Civilians Seeking Aid in Gaza

    ByChris Sikkema Mar 1, 2024Jul 17, 2026

    On February 29th, while waiting in line to receive food, over 100 people were killed and over 750 wounded in Gaza. At the time of writing, we cannot know exactly what happened, but it is a further example of the sheer horror that civilians are facing while trying to fulfill their most basic needs. As…

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    Episcopal Church statement on immigration reform (2024)

    ByChris Sikkema Feb 23, 2024Jun 30, 2026

    The Episcopal Church champions and advocates for humane policy towards migrants because of our belief that every human being is a child of God and must be treated with dignity. The Church has advocated for comprehensive immigration reform as an essential part of our call to love our neighbor as ourselves.  Episcopal Migration Ministries, a…

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    Summary of General Convention resolutions on abortion and women’s reproductive health (2024)

    ByChris Sikkema Feb 23, 2024Jun 30, 2026

    Originally published 17 May, 2019; updated 23 February, 2024 Clergy throughout The Episcopal Church counsel those in their care who struggle with issues relating to infertility, family planning, pregnancy, childbirth, and adoption. Our ordained and lay leaders walk alongside Episcopalians and others who struggle with this intimate and sacred aspect of human life. Over the…

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