Young women learning computer science at a CREA library in Nicaragua. Elizabeth Gregory Home provides many services for homeless women at their drop-in day center.

Parishioner-Sponsored Grant Applications Due August 10

Thanks to parishioners’ generous giving at our Have a Heart fundraiser in February, Service & Outreach can once again can provide small grants to selected charitable organizations nominated by parishioners. A funding pool of $10,000 is available for a limited number of grants of up to $2,500. Applicants must be pledging members of Epiphany Parish who actively support the nominated organization, either through their financial donations or volunteer efforts. The nominated organization must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a humanitarian focus.

Last year, three organizations were nominated by parishioners and were awarded grants: CREA (Tamara Philips), Elizabeth Gregory Home (Sophie Hager Hume) and Saint Luke’s Ballard (Bobbie Spaeth).

Please carefully read the Grant Guidelines to determine if your organization meets the stated funding criteria. The guidelines and Grant Application and Budget Forms are also available on the Service & Outreach page of the Epiphany Parish website. If you have questions about your eligibility or the application, please contact Sue Cary (sue.cary@comcast.net, 206-714-2099). Applications are due Sunday, August 10, 2025. Notification of awards will be made in September.

Grant Guidelines Grant Application and Budget Forms

Standing for love in sorrowful places

By Holly Boone

Haiti. Gaza. Ukraine. Isn’t it remarkable that in some of the worst theaters of human suffering today, Epiphany is there, standing for love?

I use that phrase because that was AFEDJ’s theme of its spring fundraising campaign: Standing for Love: Transforming Lives in the Holy Land. I am pleased and deeply grateful that Epiphany contributed $15,000 to that campaign. And $10,000 to the Haiti Micah Project for destitute street children. And $25,000 to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for humanitarian help for the people of Ukraine.

Our gifts are not only money, although without question that money provides life-saving and life-giving help for people caught in one form or another of unholy human savagery. What our financial gifts also offer to those suffering that savagery is proof that somewhere in the world, someone thinks of them, cares for them, with kindness and love.

At many Epiphany events you’ve probably seen the red aprons stitched with “Epiphany is here!” I’m glad those aprons are being worn by Epiphany volunteers at so many places in Seattle—at Teen Feed, Ronald McDonald House, Operation Nightwatch, and Angeline’s Day Center for Women. Those aprons and the people who wear them stand for love, too.

Isn’t it wonderful that Epiphany can stand for love here and there, in Haiti, Gaza, and Ukraine?

Celebrate with the graduates in Guatemala this November Do you enjoy traveling well off the beaten path? Want to learn more about Epiphany‘s support of a small school for Mayan youth in Guatemala? Travel with us November 6 – 17 to attend graduation ceremonies at Nicolás Christian School in the beautiful Ixil region of the Guatemalan highlands. Trips usually include a few days in Antigua, a World Heritage Site. All of us who have traveled to the Ixil can tell you it is a life-changing experience. To learn more, contact Holly at brausboone@msn.com. Travelers must be confirmed September 1. Last year Ann Beck, Margaret Petersen, Amanda Eap and Holly Boone attended the graduation and had a great time. Check out our travelogue. Thanks from Teen Feed By Ann Beck A few weeks ago, I got an email from Janine Kennedy, Acting Executive Director of Teen Feed. We had sent Teen Feed $5,000 in April to use as matching funds to help spur giving at Give Big. Apparently, it worked! Here’s her message of thanks to all of us at Epiphany. Ann, I keep marking time on my calendar that gets consumed to CALL you PERSONALLY, not only to say THANK YOU for the generous matching gift this month from Epiphany for GiveBig—it helped us make what we thought would be $10,000 turn into $25,000 in support for kids! It also assisted us with an extra bump to get staff and volunteers certified in CPR + First Aid in service of those youth at risk of emergency intervention. The peace of mind you allowed was incredible knowing we are in readiness to serve. I’m enclosing a picture of our post-training silliness. Thank you for your continued partnership!       Open Meal Service volunteer opportunity By Mary Weiss OSL Serves provides no-cost, nutrient dense, and culturally relevant meals to shelters, tiny house villages, permanent supportive housing units, Open Meal Service sites, children’s programs, elder programs, asylum seeker meals, homeless veteran meals, and other organizations needing nutritional support. They currently prepare, deliver, and serve 7,000 meals each day! Epiphany is seeking volunteers to help prep these meals at the OSL Serves on Saturday, June 21 from 9:45–12:00 pm. All ages are welcome! If you would like to know more about this organization or would like to sign up please contact Mary Weiss at marybethanyweiss@gmail.com or Amanda Eap at amanda@epiphanyseattle.org. “Raise your words and not your voice. It is the rain that grows the flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi Things you can do soon Every Tuesday and Wednesday: Prep and pack food bags for the YWCA Food Bank or deliver food to clients’ homes. Thursday, June 19, 11:30 am–2:00 pm: Serve lunch at Angeline’s Day Center for Women in Belltown. Saturday, June 21 from 9:45–12:00 pm: Prepare meals with Open Meal Service.   Monday, June 23, 12:45–4:00 pm: Prepare dinners for families with a sick child at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Thursday, June 26, 6:30–8:30 pm: Prepare a meal for young people on the streets at a church in the University District. Saturday, June 28, 9:00 am–3:00 pm: Build tiny homes at Sound Foundations NW in south Seattle. Contact Amanda to volunteer for any of these activities.   Volunteer Opportunities Operation Nightwatch Community Dinner, Capitol Hill Every Tuesday, 5:00–6:30 PM  Help Nightwatch staff and volunteers set up, serve food, and clean up.    Ronald McDonald House, Sand Point Dates vary, 12:45–4:00 PM  Prepare dinners for families with a sick child at Seattle Children’s Hospital.   YWCA Central Area Food Bank, Madrona  Tuesdays and Wednesdays Prep and pack food bags Tuesday or Wednesday morning or deliver groceries to clients’ homes Wednesday afternoon.  Tiny Home Build, Sound Foundations, South Seattle   Fourth Saturdays, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM  Swing a hammer with Epiphany friends building tiny homes, proven stopovers for people moving from the streets to permanent housing.  Operation Nightwatch Nightly Meal, Nightwatch Dispatch Center  Third Saturday of odd-numbered months, 7:00–10:00 PM Epiphany’s night to cook and serve food to 150 or so clients before they head for various city shelters for the night.  Teen Feed, UCC Church, University District  Fourth Thursday, January–October, 6:30–8:30 PM Epiphany’s crew makes enchiladas for young people living on the streets. YWCA Angeline’s Day Center for Women, Belltown Third Thursday of the month, 11:30 AM–2:00 PM Serve lunch to women using Angeline’s drop-in services for the homeless.