Faith and Finance: A Transformative Partnership

The Episcopal Church in Delaware and

Lerner Accounting Students / University of Delaware

The parishes have a need. The students have a skill. And, a volunteer program from the Department of Accounting and MIS at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics brings them together.

“It’s been … very, very rewarding on both sides,” said Judith Lane Gregory, canon for finance for the Episcopal Church in Delaware (similar to a CFO). The parishes get much-needed accounting expertise and the students get experience auditing a nonprofit.

Each spring, the participating UD Lerner accounting students, usually in their first or second years, begin by reviewing the Delaware diocese’s audit program. This prescribes the steps needed to accomplish the parishes’ financial audit. Students kick things off by traveling to St. Paul's in Camden, Delaware, auditing the parish of the Diocesan Council Treasurer, Francis (“Frank”) Daniels. Read complete story here.

Welcome to Justin L. Smith

St. Anne's Episcopal School, head of school

The St. Anne’s Episcopal School Board of Trustees is extremely happy to announce that Mr. Justin L. Smith will be the new Head of School beginning on the first of July. After a national search lasting eight months, which identified many outstanding candidates, Justin became the unanimous choice of the board, as the preeminent candidate to lead St. Anne’s next chapter. More information here.

The Episcopal Church in Delaware extends a heartfelt welcome to Justin and his family.

Celebrations of New Ministry

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The Winter 2023/2024 edition of

Delaware Communion

Feature Article

Part four of a four-part series:

My Journey in The Episcopal Church

My Journey in The Episcopal Church as a Black Woman (and a daughter of a bishop)

by Cynthia Primo Martin

Read the magazine here

Issue: January 3, 2024