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Epiphany is a vibrant, growing community of faith serving the Near West Side. We are a multi-faceted diversity of God's People living and working in this crossroad of four very different Chicago neighborhoods. We worship, serve, and thrive in a broad cross section of economic status, race, ethnicity, national origin, education, sexual orientation, gender identification, and age in this rapidly changing urban intersection.
| Because God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth (Acts 17:26), and Christ instructed us to love God and neighbor (Mt. 22:37-40), doing for others as we would do for him (Mt. 25:31-40), we have in the last 15 months re-focused our worship, mission, and ministry to look outward beyond ourselves and our walls. To that end, we worship twice weekly in many settings inside and outside our building. |  |
 | A great example of our new spirit is this past summer's collaboration with the Mexican Consulate and the United States Department of Agriculture to provide a summer feeding site. Meigan+, Bishop's Committee members Renee Mandeldove and Audrey Howard-Davis, and Consul Selene Barcelo created a community partnership involving 5 organizations and providing 21,650 meals over 11 weeks, operating in our parish house. Television coverage and newspaper articles about our missionary service to God's children have brought newcomers to Epiphany! We will again be a host site for this coming summer. If you would like to get involved with this worthwhile cause, please don't hesitate to contact us! |
| Another good example of our new spirit is last summer's project to transform the abandoned playground in front of 211 S. Ashland into a garden for our whole community. Under the leadership of Meigan Cameron+, the parish obtained extraordinarily generous donations of plants, trees, and landscaping design services. With the hard work of the parish members and friends, the lot was cleared and completely replanted. This year, despite the drought, the garden has flourished with the work of the parish and men of Higgins House. The garden, with its great old mulberry tree, now offers a welcoming, shady neighborhood gathering spot and has been a gateway for new members. To see what's been going on recently in the garden and elsewhere around the congregation, click here. |  |
