MDGs Around the Diocese


Virtual March for the MDGs

Learn more about how individuals and entire congregations can "march" with the bishops during the Lambeth Conference...



A Call for Grant Applications

The MDG Subcommittee of the diocese's Chartered Committee for Global Missions announces that grant applications for projects related to the Millennium Development Goals are now being accepted.

The application deadline for the next granting cycle is October 1, 2008.

More information, including grant criteria, is here...



ONE, the Campaign to Make Poverty History,
Asks That We Help Save the 2009 Budget

Learn how...



What the Bible Has to Say About the MDGs

MDG #1 - Cut in half the proportion of people (starting at the 1990 proportion) whose income amounts to less than a dollar a day, and who suffer from hunger.

Matthew 25: "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me."

Read more...



Bread for the World 2008 Offering of Letters

The Millennium Development Goals Committee encourages all congregations in the Diocese of North Carolina to take part in the Bread for the World 2008 Offering of Letters. Get the details here.



First Diocesan MDG Grants Awarded

Health in Harmony teamClick here for lots more information...



U2charist and the MDGs

Bishop Curry preaches at U2charistThe U2charist is a communion worship service in the Episcopal tradition that encourages participants to rally around the Millennium Development Goals by focusing on the music of the Irish rock band, U2. The music of U2 is full of faith-filled messages about global reconciliation, justice for the poor and oppressed, and caring for all God's children. To see how U2charists in the Diocese of North Carolina are calling people to a deeper faith and engagement with God's mission, click here.



MDGs at the Bishop's Ball

Bishop's Ball participants"Together we can." Learn more here...