Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council, meeting October 17-21, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, approve and authorize the following, as recommended by the Task Force on Care of Creation and Environmental Racism and reviewed and recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Mission Within The Episcopal Church. The nine grants listed below total $115,000.

The distribution of the grants is subject to the full payment of the 2021 diocesan assessment or granted diocesan waiver.   

God’s Good Earth in Crisis:  Liturgies of Lament
St. Ann’s Church, Old Lyme, CT, Episcopal Church in Connecticut
$7,000

Faith and Community Tree Planting Collaboration for Equitable Climate Solutions
Episcopal Diocese of San Diego Creation Care Task Force, San Diego, CA Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
$15,000

Tree Equity at the Marfa Housing Authority
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Marfa, Texas, Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande
$8,000

Cultivating Beloved Community at Bethany House and Garden
Bethany House and Garden at the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, Topeka, KS, Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
$8,000

Environmental Justice: The Tree Equity Initiative
St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove, FL, Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida
$12,000

Daytona Beach Area Flooding Campaign
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Daytona Beach, FL, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida
$17,000

Episcopal Renewable Energy Nonprofit
Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, Fresno, CA
$25,000

Juntos Aprendiendo a Reforestar y Cuidar Nuestra Casa Comun (Learning Together to Reforest and Take Care of our Common Home)
Diocese of Litoral Ecuador
$13,000

 Generación Verde (Generation Green)
Jóvenes Episcopales de Cuba (Episcopal Youth of Cuba Organization), Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba, Episcopal Diocese of Cuba
$10,000