Courageous Ground Task Force

The Courageous Ground Task Force formed over the summer of 2020 in response to the long overdue recognition that we are called by Christ to address the issues of systemic oppression, racism and other biases in ourselves and society.

The mission of the Courageous Ground Task Force is to:

Be courageous ground where all are celebrated as beloved Children of God.

The Task Force’s stated values are:

• All people are created in God’s image.

• Respect the dignity of every human being.

We have set the goals to work within our Church of the Epiphany family and within our community to:

• Engage openly in courageous dialogue, listening and critique.

• Challenge biases.

• Commit to ongoing analysis of systemic oppression.

• Learn from the marginalized.

• Reclaim Christianity by growing into the full stature of Christ.

We are very excited about the various opportunities for formation (for adults and children) and liturgy we have been planning. We started with an Advent formation opportunity called “Preparing to Become the Beloved Community”. We had 24 registrants for that series of mutually enriching discussions over four Wednesday evenings in December. More opportunities are planned for 2021 including a multicultural calendar of saint days. Additionally we plan to provide other resources and information of interest to this mission. Watch the Weekly STAR for book titles and links to articles, videos, etc.

We look forward to taking this journey with you.

Let us love each other as Christ loves us.