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Tell Me Something Good, a web series from The Episcopal Church that launched in the fall of 2020, returns for a second season. This series highlights positive stories from around the church through conversations with a variety of guests.

New episodes of Tell Me Something Good will be released every two weeks beginning on April 13 and will be available for viewing, along with Season 1, on The Episcopal Church website here, on Facebook here, and on Instagram TV @theepiscopalchurch.

Hosted by Jerusalem Greer, Episcopal Church staff officer for evangelism, and the Rev. Canon Marcus Halley, dean of formation of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Tell Me Something Good continues to practice Episcopal evangelism in a digital space as the hosts seek, name and celebrate Jesus’ loving presence in the stories of people from throughout the church.

“When we started this project in 2020, our goal was to share the stories of people who, in the face of multiple crises were finding new, unconventional, simple, and creative ways of sharing the Good News in their context,” Greer said. “That same desire has carried us into a new season, as we find ourselves in the second year of a global pandemic, but with a good dose of hope on the horizon – which I think is reflected in each episode.”

Upcoming episodes include conversations with the following:

Episode 1 – April 13: Jocelyn Cassada, director of digital communications, Dr. Kirk Rich, director of music, and the Rev. Dr. Andy Barnett, associate rector, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, share how they have found Good News in working with the wider community of artists and musicians in Atlanta during the pandemic, and how they have formed greater community within their congregation across digital platforms.

Episode 2 – April 27: The Rev. Isaac Everett talks about the Charles River Episcopal Co-Housing Endeavor (CRECHE) Community in Boston, which creates and supports a network of mixed-income, intergenerational, co-housing communities in partnership with The Episcopal Church. This episode digs into what it means to equip all the baptized and to root our faith in home practices. It also highlights how following Jesus’ lead by asking “what do you need?” can revolutionize the Eucharistic experience.

Episode 3 – May 11: Aaron Jenkyn, lay missioner who oversees Christian formation and community ministry at Epiphany Episcopal Church, Newport, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, New London, N.H., speaks about what she has learned while working with families during a pandemic, and why people don’t need to learn about God as much as they need to know God now more than ever.

Episode 4 – May 25: The Rev. Nurya Love Parish, Plainsong Farm, Rockford, Mich., and Katie Forsyth, canon for evangelism and networking with the Episcopal dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, talk about the healing nature of getting one’s hands dirty in the garden and the gifts their dioceses have experienced by joining the Good News Gardens movement as a community of communities.

Episode 5 – June 8: Coming soon

Episode 6 – June 22: Coming soon

Find more information and ideas for Episcopal Evangelism here: https://episcopalchurch.org/evangelism-initiatives

Have ideas for shows or questions about Episcopal Evangelism? Email Greer and Halley at evangelism@episcopalchurch.org, or call 212-716-6219.

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On each episode of Tell Me Something Good, you can expect to hear the Good News of God’s great love from the perspective of farmers and mothers, pie-bakers and Sunday School teachers. Sharing the stories of how God is showing up in extraordinary and ordinary ways, guests from around The Episcopal Church chat with hosts Jerusalem Greer and Marcus Halley, exploring the themes of hope, curiosity, and innovation in their ministries and their lives.

Join us for new episodes twice monthly – here and on The Episcopal Church’s Facebook and IGTV Channel.

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Our Hosts

The Rev. Marcus George Halley serves the Episcopal Church in Connecticut as the Dean of Formation. He joined ECCT in October 2019 after serving as Rector of Saint Paul’s Church on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis and Missioner for Evangelism for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. In addition to serving as Dean of Formation, the Rev. Halley serves as Missional Priest-in-Charge of Church of the Holy Spirit in West Haven, Conn., and is on the Council of Advice for Evangelism for The Episcopal Church. He is the author of Proclaim: Sharing Words, Living Examples, Changing Lives (Church Publishing, 2019) and enjoys baking pies on his days off.

Jerusalem Greer is the Staff Officer for Evangelism for The Episcopal Church in the Office of the Presiding Bishop and a member of the Way of Love creation and leadership team.  She lives with her husband and two teenage sons on a hobby farm in rural Arkansas. Jerusalem also serves on the Council of Advice for Episcopal Relief & Development and is the author of At Home in this Life: Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises (Paraclete Press, 2015), and A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting and Coming Together (Paraclete Press, 2013), as well as several curricula. She enjoys binge-watching campfires on her days off.

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In this special episode of Traveling the Way of Love, we visit with the Tsedaqah community and others from Liverpool Cathedral in England. The participants tell us a bit more about what it has meant for them to practice their Christian understanding of Going, whether that has entailed crossing an enormous ocean or a quaint cobblestone street.

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Embracing Evangelism: A six-part digital course exploring our call to seek, name, and celebrate Jesus’ loving presence in the stories of all people – and then invite everyone to more. Each session features teachings on Episcopal evangelism, group discussion, and exercises to help Episcopalians understand the ministry and call to evangelism. The full Embracing Evangelism series consists of six video sessions, each under 45 minutes.

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The Way of Love is more than a program or curriculum – it is an intentional commitment to following Jesus as individuals, in small groups, and with our congregations. By turning, learning, praying, worshiping, blessing, going, and resting, we will deepen our spiritual lives, growing closer to God and each other.

These videos and primer cards can help you and your congregation or small group more fully engage each practice of the Way of Love – building a living faith and deepening your rule of life. You can play the videos as an introduction to each practice and use the printable primers to start building your personalized rule.

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This piece, featuring images and video from across our common life in The Episcopal Church, gives a brief overview of each of the seven practices of the Way of Love: Turn. Learn. Pray. Worship. Bless. Go. Rest.

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On our third and final episode of Inside Evangelism Matters, recorded live at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Fr. Lorenzo talks with two Episcopal evangelists who live and work the good news of Christ in their contexts.

Mr. Jordan Trendleman is a layperson from the Diocese of Northern Indiana. He describes his own journey to the Episcopal Church—a journey that led through punk rock, Zen Buddhism, and a very long meditation. Hearing the voice of a “nagging Jesus” that called (and continues to call) him, Jordan describes how authenticity, integrity, and faithfulness are keys to welcoming people to the loving, liberating, and life-giving way of Jesus.

Dr. Sandra Montes of Sugarland, Diocese of Texas, discusses her ministry of welcome and the particular blessings of Latino and Hispanic ministries. She touches on the important work of relationship-building that is based on mutual transformation, community, and honest invitation, in the hopes that the evangelistic spirit that is so clear in Latin American congregations takes hold of the wider Episcopal Church.

Inside Evangelism Matters is produced by The Episcopal Church Office of Communication.

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