by adotsadmin | Dec 1, 2016 | Mission, Seasonal, Updates
I feel more than a little strange when venturing into stores this time of year. It’s an other-worldly feeling that’s grown as our family Christmas traditions and values have changed and solidified over the past nine years. For the Moorman family (my immediate family...
by adotsadmin | Nov 29, 2016 | Events, Updates
I take a seat at the lay leaders’ gathering, at a table with three ladies excitedly chatting away. By their familiar tones, it seems clear to me they’ve known each other for years. An arch-introvert, I pluck up a little courage to ask a probably silly question, if...
by adotsadmin | Nov 28, 2016 | Mission, Updates
The Giving Tuesday movement is swiveling the spotlight from materialism to charitable giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving for the fifth year in a row. Online donors – over 700,000 in more than 70 countries – gave an estimated $116 million last year to charitable...
by adotsadmin | Oct 24, 2016 | Events, Updates
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:12-13 (ESV) We are often earnest in our desire to pray, but are unsure where to begin… or how to lead prayer...
by adotsadmin | Oct 18, 2016 | Church Planting, Updates
When Fr. Daniel and Holly Adkinson returned to their roots in Athens, GA, to plant a church – St. Thomas Anglican – it initially felt more like starting from scratch than coming home. “We moved here by ourselves, but the Lord had partners in mind for St. Thomas,” says...
by adotsadmin | Oct 17, 2016 | Updates
Rachel joined the ADOTS staff in September 2016 as a writer for various ADOTS online and print publications, helping the diocese, its parishes, and its ministry partners tell their stories. A graduate of the Ball State University Honors College with a BA in...
