Outreach

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have issued a joint statement calling for prayer, fasting [...]

Bishop DeDe will be at Christ Church in Jordan this Saturday, May 13, 2017 to lead the church’s annual Blessing of the Bikes. She spoke to David Paulsen of Episcopal News Service in advance [...]

image above: Open doors at Church of the Saviour in downtown Syracuse. Over 130 churches, synagogues and meeting houses throughout New York State—including many CNY Episcopal churches—will open [...]

Abraham Deng is a member of the vestry of St. Paul’s Church in Syracuse. Having come to Syracuse as a refugee from Sudan, Mr. Deng is a leader of the Sudanese congregation at St. [...]

Image above courtesy of the Young Adult Service Corps. Mr. Ben Hansknecht of St. Peter’s Church in Cazenovia (and son of The Rev. Jeanne Hansknecht) will spend a year volunteering in the [...]

In recent years, deaths by drug overdose and suicide have been on the rise in the North Country region of our diocese. Steve Virkler of the Lowville Journal & Republican interviews Fr. Ed [...]

Feature image, above: The Rev. Barb Schmitz, Interim Rector of St. John’s Church in Ithaca, with completed dresses in the church sanctuary. Photo by Susie Backstrom. Article by Susie Backstrom, [...]

Above: The 14th Mission of Miracles Team. Photo by Jim O’Neill. The 14th Mission of Miracles team to our Companion Diocese of El Salvador returned to Central New York in early February [...]

A version of this letter and resource list originally appeared in the February 2, 2017 issue of The Messenger. Dear People of Central New York, As Christians, we are diverse in our opinions and [...]