On behalf of the National Church, Reverend Melanie Mullen. Director of Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care, was a key speaker for the national rollout of OneHomeOneFuture program which is supported by 31 denominations and organizations. Messiah will be offering programs using OneHomeOneFuture in the near future.
On October 4th OneHomeOne Future hosted a national webinar to roll out their resources for groups to share. In a historic moment, 31 US denominations and faith organizations including The Episcopal Church joined together to launch this multi-faith campaign to strengthen vitality, relevance, and community connection across generations – to care for our shared home – in local congregations nationwide.
One Home One Future is a campaign that educates, activates, and supports clergy, congregants, youth, and all spiritual people in meaningful and just solutions locally, regionally, and nationally in ways that are accessible and positive. One Home One Future offers you several inspiring pathways to engage, to meet you where you are and help your congregation, including:
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him." Colossians 1:16
OUR NATIVE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. We gather onthe unceded land of Lenapehoking. We would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Lenape people- past, present and future. As our faith teaches us to be stewards of the Earth, we acknowledge and offer deep gratitude to this land, and water that supports us. Please join in that acknowledgement, in that respect and in that gratitude- in your prayers, and in your actions
Parishioners recently participated in the Chester Juneteenth gathering at the gazebo. (June 17, 2022)
Here is the blog posted from the Community of Saint John Baptist (a religious order for women in the Episcopal church) JUNETEENTH! Sister Victoria Michelle and Sister Linda Clare assisted with the Juneteenth Celebration sponsored by The Church of Messiah's Social Justice Team and held at the Borough of Chester Central Gazebo on June 17, 2022. This interfaith celebration included several speakers, hymns accompanied by Messiah Music Director Laura Bassett, and prayer offerings.
The celebration included a statement about the history of Juneteenth which finally became a federal holiday in 2021. In addition, the Stand Up for the Other Pledge was read; this pledge was established by Rabbi Deb Smith, who participates with Sr. Eleanor Francis in CSJB’s monthly Interfaith series.