Congregational Vitality & Ministry, Diocese of Atlanta

10/22/2025

Licensed Lay Ministers using their gifts!

After the smashing 2024 pumpkin fest, “we all just walked back in it with a wonderful spiritual confidence,” Nivens said.

She had first visited Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church in 2021 after her husband died, drawn by the friendliness and eye contact of its members. After taking Episcopal 101, an introductory class on church history, beliefs, worship practices, and theology, she was ready to join St. Margaret’s.

Earlier in 2024, Nivens began discerning whether to become a licensed lay minister, a designation that permits people who are not clergy to provide pastoral care, sermons, Eucharist and more.

Read more in "Great Pumpkin Message at St. Margaret’s: 'Go forth and be wonderful'" here:

https://episcopalatlanta.org/news/pumpkins-st-margaret/

09/05/2025

The Episcopal Church of the Nativity joined with others to deliver 25,000 free summer lunches in Fayette County this summer!!!

The Diocese of Atlanta congregations are making an impact all across middle and north Georgia, loving and serving neighbors.

For the 21st consecutive year, volunteers have partnered to purchase, prepare, and deliver free sack lunches to students on free and reduced lunch.  PE ...

02/18/2025

The Diocese of Atlanta has four new postulants!

07/10/2024

A team from the Diocese of Atlanta attended the judicatory training for Faithful Innovations at Luther Seminary this week, so they can make this process available to parishes starting this fall. If you want to learn to listen deeply to God, each other, and your neighbors, if you want to discern your next most faithful steps, and experience transformation, contact the Canon for Congregational Vitality and Ministry Development about participating in this process.

04/09/2024

This team from the Diocese of Atlanta is at a Faithful Innovations training at Luther Seminary. In the fall, they'll be able to bring this to parishes in the Diocese of Atlanta who want to discern their next most faithful steps and join what God is already doing in their neighborhoods.

03/05/2024

01/28/2024

01/08/2024

Looking for a devotional for the new year? Forward Day-by-Day has a daily podcast. This month features devotionals by Dr. Beth-Sarah Wright.

While our offices are currently closed for the celebration of the birth of our Lord during this joyous Christmas season, please know that all Forward Day by Day February issues and the invoices have been sent and should be arriving in early January. For other concerns and orders, we welcome you to l...

01/02/2024

Prayers for all those who are sitting for their General Ordination Exams this week!! Those in the discernment process for priesthood typically take GOEs after they are ordained to the Transitional Diaconate. The Diocese of Atlanta has several taking GOEs this week. Prayers for all!!

09/28/2023

Check this out! Dr. Wright's work on DIGNITY is a lens that can be used to help develop congregations and faith communities to be more faithful, healthy, and effective.

Just under a month away from Dr. Sarah Beth-Wright’s one-day Conference! Join us in studying Dignity and the Authentic Life.

Registration: episcopalatlanta.org/events

07/06/2023

Excited and grateful to share a platform with four faithful people during the month of July.

The four voices include two clergy and two laypersons of the diocese. They are:

The Rev. Laura Masterson, Priest in Charge, St. Mary and Martha Buford

Canon Sally Ulrey, Canon for Congregational Vitality

The Very Rev. Dr Horace Griffin, Associate Priest of Pastoral Care at St. Luke's Atlanta

Luke Netto, Commission Chair of The Commission on Youth Ministry

Each week, read and listen in to hear from four unique voices of our diocese.