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You've spent 40 days LEARNing about and PRAYing over the places in the Bible God urges us to ACT!  

Connect to these organizations or movements:

Civic Engagement

Bring the experiences and values of our faith into decisions about our nation’s public policy:

The Episcopal Public Policy Network advocates on behalf of the people of God to our elected officials.  

Global Partnerships

A compassionate response to human suffering in the world:

Episcopal Relief and Development provides relief in times of disaster and promotes sustainable development by identifying and addressing the root causes of suffering.

Live a Year of Service:

International:  Young Adult Service Corps

Domestic:  Episcopal Service Corps

Stewardship of Creation

Creation Care:  Plant a 'Good News Garden'

Racial Reconciliation

Becoming the Beloved Community:

The Episcopal Church's long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice.

Other ministries within the Episcopal Church

Here are ways you can improve the lives of those you encounter:

(from the Social Justice Bible Challenge edited by Marek Zabriskie)

• "live in 'right relationship' with God and others
• examine each relationship and all of our conduct, ensuring that we act at all times with fairness and equity in our daily transactions".  -Marek P. Zabriskie, Rector of St. Thomas, Fort Washington, PA
• engage
• contribute
• pay attention
• "share our gifts and knowledge with one another so that we become agents of God's care" -Mary M. and Jim Higbee, Episcopal Missionaries, South Sudan
• "you shall be called repairers of the breach; the restorer of streets to live in
• empty our own pantries to others may have enough to eat" -Robert W. Radtke, ERD, New York, New York
• "remind those in authority that they should neither neglect nor forget those under them who placed them in positions of leadership" -The Rev. Canon Vicentia Kgabe, College of Transfiguration, Grahamstown, South Africa
• if we are related to God, we have to care about the things God cares about
• do justice, love kindness, walk humbly
• "offer help indiscriminately, no matter what someone 'deserves'" - Sara Miles, St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, CA
• all people have something to offer 
• maintain a child-like spirit on your journey
• do not fear

Here is inspiration to keep up your energy:

Social Justice Bible Challenge Spotify Playlist