What We Do

Mission & Ministry in the Diocese

Our diocese has much to be proud of that provides great opportunities to enrich our ministry together. The Bishop’s Annual Ministries Appeal is an annual call for people throughout the Diocese to support specific ministries that offer hope to those in need in our own backyard. While we hope our new bishop will consider supporting these ministries, we know there will be opportunities to adopt new ministries as well. Some of the ministries supported are:

THE SUTTON SCHOLARS

The Sutton Scholars® High School Enrichment

Program helps Baltimore youth become confident, competent individuals by teaching them life skills necessary to develop socially and emotionally in order to achieve academic, workplace, and personal success. This was one ministry that almost everyone commented we should continue. Some suggested we expand this program to include more of the diocese than just Baltimore City.

THE CLAGGETT CENTER

The Claggett Center, located in western Maryland, has been a retreat and conference center for mission and ministry for our diocese since 1952. Set on over 220 acres in Adamstown, Maryland, along the Monocacy River, Claggett offers a variety of accommodations to serve not only guests, campers, and diocesan events, but also hosts a multitude of secular and religious non-profit groups including educational institutions and social justice organizations. Adults and youth give Claggett high praise as a place where they can find joy and peace. Raising the Barn is a capital campaign to renovate one of the most iconic buildings on campus. The project will create sacred space on the barn’s main floor and provide meeting room for 273 people with modern accessible amenities. Renovations to the lower level will provide dining for 192 people. The first round of fund raising, launched last summer, has already raised more than 80% of its $3 million goal.

MARYLAND EPISCOPAL PUBLIC POLICY NETWORK

The Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network is an advocacy program. We join the words “Faith” and “Justice” into a single term to reflect our belief that faith and justice are intimately bound together. God calls us—as individuals and as communities— to act on behalf of the vulnerable, weak, and oppressed. Through working together, we ask people of faith to revisit and renew their commitment to the Gospel and the common good by helping to promote the legislative priorities of our diocese.

The Episcopal Chaplaincy to Johns Hopkins

Hospital is a longstanding collaborative effort between the hospital and the Diocese of Maryland, providing emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, and staff. The Johns Hopkins Academic Medicine System has the only accredited Association for Clinical Pastoral Education program in Baltimore. Providing spiritual care to patients and their caregivers in a hospital setting gives students invaluable hands on chaplaincy experience while developing their pastoral skills.

READING CAMP

We are a safe place to learn and grow in new skills. Reading Camp provides tutoring in a day camp setting to strengthen children’s reading and writing. Qualified, caring volunteers offer comprehensive reading and writing support for elementary school children in an environment filled with love, healthy food, and lots of fun.

The College for Congregational Development is a comprehensive training program that seeks to nurture and develop congregational development practitioners from within existing parish lay and clergy leadership in order to help support parishes live into their calling, face challenges, and build connections between congregations.

THE COLLEGE FOR CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS’ CENTER (BISC)

Baltimore International Seafarers’ Center (BISC)

is an interfaith ministry rooted in the tradition of Christian hospitality, believing in unconditional love of God for all people and demonstrating this love thought a commitment to serving the personal and spiritual needs of seafarers in the Port of Baltimore.

GREENGRACE

GreenGrace is an expression of the commandments to love God and our neighbors. GreenGrace Ministry emphasizes the interconnectedness of all of us with the environment and the impact spiritual leaders and volunteers can have in promoting the need for climate action, environmental literacy, and care for creation supporting a healthful environment. Our new bishop should appreciate the need for environmental justice and help us move forward in that direction.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Youth Ministry is a vital part of diocese. Our youth are eager to have their voices heard and find ways to participate in the life of the diocese. The new bishop should be receptive to harnessing their energy and helping to cultivate these future leaders. This year members of the Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network’s Youth Advocacy Team met with state legislators and testified before the House Ways and Means Committee. Through gatherings such as “Happening” and through campus ministry, our young people are offering their distinctive take on The Episcopal Church and its future.

CAMPUS MINISTRIES

Campus Ministries is church on campus. It is an opportunity to have an Episcopal presence at universities and graduate schools and a way to engage young adults in not only the traditions of The Episcopal Church, but also enlighten them to the fact that ministry and participating in ministries is a way to faith and spiritual nourishment. A call to bring in the youth starts here.

There are 17 Episcopal Schools in the Diocese of Maryland. Some schools are affiliated with congregations while others are independent. The schools offer a range of Pre-K-12 education grounded in Episcopal values. These schools are critically acclaimed for their success in preparing students for higher educational pursuits.

EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS

Other ministries supported by the Diocese of Maryland include: Formation, Korean Ministry, Ministerio Latino, Music ministry, Older Adults Ministry, Reparations Grants, Social Justice and Reconciliation, Youth Ministry, Feeding Ministries, International Ministries, and Episcopal Schools. The Diocese also supports Cursillo, Daughters of the King, Episcopal Church Women, EFM, Happening and Trails 2 Truth. Almost all our parishes throughout the diocese proudly and faithfully support these and other ministries.

Please click here to learn more about The Bishop’s Appeal.