Coffee Hour At The Commons

In 2016 the Episcopal Church in Connecticut decided to reorganize itself into six geographic Regions. They hired missionaries to help the churches connect and collaborate. In the first season we met three missionaries, and now in the second season we're talking to the other three.    We talk about lay preaching, Laundry Love ministry, youth philanthropy leaders, and the role of the missionary in helping make connections that support the existing leaders.   "We get to connect what is already growing!" said Eliza. We don't have to do it ourselves, added Maggie, who talked about Celtic services, centering prayer, and eco-justice ministries in her Region.    If you've wondered what missionaries do, this will help explain it. You can hear the similarities and the differences among the missionaries, and the Regions. Eliza suggested that it might be about breaking down isolation, saying that parish ministry can be isolating, said Eliza for both clergy and lay leaders. So she thinks of her work and ministry as breaki