Trinity Episcopal Pride

You're invited to join Trinity Episcopal Church for two Pride celebrations in the Eastern Deanery.

Fort Wayne Pride

Date: July 26, 2025

Time: 12-7 p.m. (EDT); Setup at 11 a.m.

Where: Headwaters Park (East side)

333 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne

Whitley County Prism Fest

Date: September 20, 2025

Time: TBD

Where: TBD, Columbia City

Email Trinity with any questions.

2025 Fall Clergy Retreat - Save the Date

Date: October 13, 1 p.m. (EST)-October 15, 1 p.m. (EST)

Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center (Donaldson, IN)

With great excitement we invite you, Episcopal clergy from both dioceses in Indiana, to a joint clergy retreat focused on the spiritual practice of iconography. Our Fall 2023 EDNIN offering was such a success we thought it would be a great event to offer again and share with our fellow clergy from Indianapolis. Registration will open in August. If you prefer to attend the event but would rather not test your artistic abilities in the writing of an icon, there will be an optional track offering a book study based on icons available at the time of registration.

When a congregation opens its building for others to use, it may seem like a small, kind gesture. However, the resulting impact can be very big for both the church and for the space partner. St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Elkhart is experiencing this impact. Read their story here on the CBCP website

 Information provided by Linda Buskirk, CBCP Project Director.  

Episcopalians interested in applying for a Becoming Beloved Community grant are invited to register for a July 1 information session before applications open July 3. 

These grants are funded by the General Convention budget and are designed to support projects that seek to create sustainable, systemic change in truth-telling; sharing the dream of Beloved Community; practicing healing and reconciliation; and repairing the breach in institutions and society.

Since 2019, approximately 120 projects have received Becoming Beloved Community grants totaling more than $1 million.

Applicants should review criteria and additional information online. Priority will be given to initiatives that address policy advocacy, systems transformation, and environmental change strategies. Projects may include efforts to reform institutional policies, shift cultural norms, reallocate resources, or influence public systems and structures in ways that align with the vision of Becoming Beloved Community.

The deadline to apply for grants will be Aug. 31. Applications officially open online July 3.

Grants include seed grants up to $7,500 and impact grants up to $15,000. Seed grants are geared toward groups launching new projects or growing existing projects. Impact grants are aimed primarily at increasing the capacity, impact, and reach of communities and institutions already working to advance justice, healing, reconciliation, and creation care.

“These grants are seeds of communion. They help communities root deeper into God’s dream—where truth is told with courage, healing is practiced in community, and justice flows not as charity but as relationship restored,” said the Rev. Lester Mackenzie, chief of mission program and an Associate of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine community. “As one elder once whispered to me, ‘We do not walk alone—we carry one another home.’ 

“Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of God is within you’ (Luke 17:21). These grants call that kingdom forth. Yebo.”

The July 1 info session will be at 4 p.m. EST and include Spanish translation.

Read past press releases about Becoming Beloved Community grants.

Information provided by The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs.

Action Alerts

The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations (OGR) identifies opportunities for Episcopalians to participate in our democracy. Click this link to find an action alert that you are passionate about and send a message to your members of Congress.

Click here to read the Province V July newsletter.

Big Provincial Gathering 2026

Date: July 31-August 1, 2026

Where: St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Kalamazoo, MI)

Province V will be hosting another Big Provincial Gathering in the summer of 2026. If you are interested in being part of the planning for this event, please contact Heather Barta: provinceVcoordinator@gmail.com.