At St. Michael’s we aim to animate Jesus’ vision of justice and love for all people as children of God, following where this vision leads and accepting the cost.
We plan to do this by:
- Educating ourselves and others to issues of inequality, their origins and effect upon people;
- Relating the Christian Gospel to current issues of social justice;
- Building and strengthening a community of awareness and response to issues of justice locally and globally;
- Connecting with other churches, faith traditions and secular organizations to bring about greater justice.
St. Michael’s has committed to promoting racial and economic justice in its mission as a church.
Sacred Ground, a film and reading based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith, has been offered as an in person study group at St Michael’s in the past and may be again, it is also offered periodically in “Tri-Dio” online groups (a collaboration of the dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont). Sacred Ground is part of the Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation and justice in our personal lives, our ministries and our society.