Borne out of ECCT's raising resources in the Joining Jesus in the New Missional Initiative, we have received more than $750k to distribute through grants over the next five years. Individual donors and parishes generously expressed their commitment to help our Regions explore new pathways of joining Jesus, who's already out there working among us.
"Entrepreneurial" is an adjective that inspires us to frame our ideas with innovation, gusto, creativity, and freedom. Removing or lessening the barrier of funding breathes life into the experience of sharpening an idea into a possibility. Questions to ask would include:
- What is Jesus drawing our attention to within our Regions?
- How can we join teams with other Episcopal parishes and allies and change our neighborhoods in new and exciting ways?
- What ideas have been percolating and just need thought partners (and funding!) to move an idea from a nudge to a reality that God imagines?
Join your two Region Entrepreneurial Teams (Task Force, who shaped the granting opportunity; and Granting Body, who will receive the applications and decide the awards), and your bishops and staff to learn more of what this is all about.
Explore how to "take God up on what God's inviting us to do" and invite others who share your big idea (even if it's not so big). We pray that the Spirit will guide us in this grand opportunity over the next several years.
Event details and the Zoom invitation will be provided in your registration confirmation.
If you have questions, contact the Rev. Canon Tim Hodapp at thodapp@episcopalct.org.
