Welcome to Episcopal Village
Ancient wisdom proclaims 'It takes a village to raise a child.' What if this wisdom were applied to the church?
'Episcopal Village' (EPV) is a grassroots community and initiative, resourcing Episcopal dioceses, parishes and leaders for emerging/fresh expression mission with an Anglican ethos and 'village' (diocesan approach).
EPV offers diocesan clergy conferences on emerging mission, regional Episcopal Village mission events, Missio course in emerging mission (3 day or four quarterly weekends), missional internships for seminarians, missional residencies for pioneer missioners/ emerging church planters, and established clergy seeking new learning in mission.
UPCOMING EVENTS
+ EPISCOPAL VILLAGE - EAST EVENT: SEPT. 24-25 (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND) 
+ OPIATE MASS CONCERT & BENEFIT FOR ERD HAITI RELIEF FRIDAY OCT 22 | TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL | PORTLAND OR | 8 PM | $10
OPIATE MASS TICKETS LINK AVAILABLE HERE SOON!
Brian McLaren has said this about our Episcopal Village (EPV) vision:
It's interesting to imagine how differently history would have unfolded if John Wesley and the Methodist movement had been welcomed and given space for needed long-term innovation within the Anglican communion. The Episcopal Church in the USA, by wisely and courageously charting a path of breadth and inclusion in recent years, is well-placed for a kind of historical "do-over" now, at this "kairos" moment. In the coming years, hundreds, hopefully many thousands of new faith communities will be born. Could space be created for them, within the great tradition represented by the Episcopal Church, to form, experiment, innovate, grow, and serve? The EPV could be a catalyst for exactly that sort of possibility to be realized.'
We have also learned from President Obama and from community organizers, that grassroots organizing builds community and ownership. Grassroots mission development within our dioceses, is an egalitarian approach that is sustainable and empowering for all of our parishes, as when personal ownership of mission happens in a village, movements are born and transformation begins.
We are seeking partnership and support from others in the Episcopal Church (diocesan Bishops, parish clergy and lay leaders, The Church Center, The Episcopal Church Foundation, Cathedral Deans, Endowed Parishes... ) all who are excited to invest in the future of our church.
The average Episcopalian is around 62 years old. The average American citizen is around 32 years old. There is a large 'gap' that needs to be bridged, and the kairos for this is now.
A significant part of the solution is to cultivate, seed, and plant new and fresh expressions of church that are 'native' to emerging postmodern culture, and to help established parishes and leaders re:fresh and re:tool, for missional engagement in the 'Great Emergence'.
We are hopeful that grassroots, emerging leaders within the Episcopal Church will be blessed and released to incubate new and fresh forms of church and mission, and trusted with oversight of resources to cultivate new ministries capable of navigating today's culture and reaching out to today's generations 'peer to peer.'