The Boulder Daily Camera did a full-length feature on St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry, a Jubilee Ministry in Boulder County that provides health care for the uninsured and underinsured in the county. Until now, St. Benedict’s, which serves many homeless clients, has itself been homeless. But no more! St. Benedict’s now has a permanent home at the Sister Carmen Center.
Read the story and watch a video featuring the Rev. Sally Bowersox, executive director of St. Benedict’s.
During baseball season, “at home” takes on a doubly sweet meaning for the guests and volunteers of the St. Francis Center, thanks to some longstanding relationships with the Colorado Rockies.
Every spring, Aramark, the food service management company at Coors Field, hires upwards of 700 seasonal workers to get mountains of hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn and beer into the hands of hungry and thirsty fans when the Rockies are playing at home. Many of those jobs go to Denver’s homeless.
The Evergreen Chamber of Commerce has awarded Evergreen Christian Outreach, known as EChO, its “Nonprofit of the Year” Award for 2010.
EChO, a Jubilee Ministry since 2005, received the award because of its ability to provide food, clothing, household items and emergency financial assistance to a record number of clients in need, said Sharon Smith, executive director.
Oct. 8, Marriott Hotel City Center, Denver
Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m., Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster
Jubilee Ministry is a nationwide network of more than 600 social outreach organizations and ministries all affiliated in some way with the Episcopal Church. In Colorado, we have 24 Jubilee Ministry centers, including food banks, day shelters, feeding programs, prison ministries, health care ministries, ministries serving immigrants, Native Americans, children and other vulnerable populations. The Diocesan Jubilee Office works to promote the work of these ministries through education, communication, networking and advocacy.
As the world’s economies decline, we see the need to “feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick, and visit the imprisoned” (Matthew 25:35) more than ever both locally as well as internationally. Homes and pensions have been lost, and food banks are struggling to keep up with the increasing need. Jubilee Ministry is called to help the church live out its prophetic vision of empowering people to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before their god” (Micah 6:8).
By creating a direct and dynamic link between our theology and our ethics—the talk and walk of our faith—Jubilee Ministry involves our congregations in the important work of empowering people to change their lives.
Take action now to speak out against the recent military actions of the government of Sudan against the people of Abyei and the Nuba Mountains, which have resulted in the death and displacement of thousands of people, the burning of the cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Kadugli and the Nuba Mountains, the attack and killing of church members, and the wholesale destruction of church property. Fr. Oja Gafour, who leads the Sudanese Community Church, a Jubilee congregation in Denver, is from this region.
We have compiled various resources available to individuals and congregations who would like to become better educated on the issues surrounding immigration, and to begin engaging in thoughtful conversations around the issue and how Christians can faithfully respond to the challenges.
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An lengthy article, with multiple pictures, in the Fort Morgan Times about Caring Ministries, focusing on the changes to its thrift store, Twice As Nice, in the past year.
An article from Episcopal News Service highlights what Jubilee Ministries around the country – including the 32nd Avenue Jubilee Center in Denver and St. George’s in Leadville – are feeding the hungry.
Bobbi Meng, director of Caring Ministries of Morgan County recently spoke to the Fort Morgan Rotary Club, and the Fort Morgan Times covered her remarks.
Rebecca Jones | Diocesan Jubilee Officer
rebecca@colorado-jubilee.org