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Connected to the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, and located on the ancestral homelands of our Wahpekute and Mdewakanton neighbors, Good Courage Farm is a place where neighbors of all faiths and none gather to work for food justice and to witness God’s renewing love for all of Creation. At Good Courage, friends of God and God's good Earth gather in worship, fellowship, community building and labor. Embedded in the beauty, abundance and travail of farming, Good Courage offers hospitality and space for service, sacrament and sabbath.

First Nations Kitchen is a justice-focused, Gospel-based ministry based in Minneapolis, with a new chapter opening soon in White Earth. It is by Indigenous people for Indigenous people, and its primary intent is to provide high-quality, fresh, organic food to Indigenous people who would not otherwise have access to it, in an environment of radical hospitality and cultural empowerment. 

Circle of the Beloved is an intentional community of four young adults living on Minneapolis' North side and serving with non-profits in the Twin Cities area. Circle is ECMN's chapter of the Episcopal Service Corps. The Circle community lives together in intentional Christian community that acknowledges and deepens kinship across many lines of difference, living out the values of kinship, rule of life, and reconciliation. 

University Episcopal Community blesses Minneapolis with stories and meals to respond to the crisis of social isolation with an experience of the Beloved Community. UEC members are 18-22 year olds in a period of transition: students at the University of Minnesota, Augsburg University, Minneapolis College, Normandale College, folks taking a break from school, or called to another path entirely. UEC is student-led. Peer ministers lead small groups, build connection, and some live together in intentional community. 

Since 1871, the National Episcopal Church Women, ECW, have championed women’s rights and the Christian foundation of God and family. They are an affiliate of the Episcopal Church and celebrate that Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Their women’s ministry and children’s programs feed, educate, and provide community grants around the world. They are a volunteer organization that creates a legacy for Episcopal Church Women to lead future generations with stewardship in Christ.

Spiritual direction is an ancient practice that has been a part of the Christian tradition since the third and fourth centuries when people sought guidance and wisdom from the mystics we now call the Desert Fathers and Mothers.  The primary purpose of spiritual direction is to help persons become more aware of God’s presence in their daily lives. To help them begin to see God’s action in the here and now and then to help them see how their lives are a response to that initiative.

The Commission for the Diaconate and all ECMN deacons, along with Bishop Loya, are inviting all faith communities in ECMN to take part in Advent for Afghans: Welcoming Our Newest Neighbors.  During the four Sundays of Advent, we will be raising awareness across the diocese for our Afghan allies that have made their way to safety in the United States and here in Minnesota.  

In October of 2019, an interfaith group led by Episcopalian leaders converged on the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building to demand that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement be evicted, or that the name of Minnesota's first Bishop, renowned for his partnerships with and defense of Indigenous people, be removed from the building that houses Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's deportation machine for the upper Midwest. This campaign launched an ongoing interfaith movement to have Minnesota declared a Sanctuary State.