The Beginning--Houston to Africa and Back

Gihembe Refugee Camp, Rwanda, 

photo courtesy of Cultural Orientation Resource Center

 

"For you will be his witness to all the world

of what you have seen and heard." Acts 22:15

#ShareTheJourney with Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and eight Episcopal pilgrims as they participate in an 11-day pilgrimage to the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Pilgrims will travel to Nairobi, Kenya and Kigali, Rwanda. Among the planned visits are the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and the Gihembe Refugee Camp in Rwanda as well as operations supported by Church World Service's Resettlement Support Center (RSC)-Africa, and the UN refugee agency UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). The pilgrimage is funded through a Constable Fund grant awarded last year by the Episcopal Church Executive Council.

Participating in the pilgrimage are:

Jessica Benson, Diocese of Idaho
Spencer Cantrell, gender violence fellow, National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP), Diocese of Washington
Cookie Cantwell, Province IV Youth Ministries Coordinator, Diocese of East Carolina
The Rev. Canon Scott Gunn, Executive Director, Forward Movement, Diocese of Southern Ohio
The Rev. Canon Frank Logue, Canon to the Ordinary, Diocese of Georgia
Victoria Logue, Diocese of Georgia
The Rev. Burl Salmon, Middle School Chaplain and Dean of Community Life, Trinity Episcopal School, Diocese of North Carolina
Alyssa Stebbing, Outreach Director, Trinity Episcopal Church of The Woodlands, Diocese of Texas
Deborah Stein, Director, Episcopal Migration Ministries
Kurt Bonz, Program Manager, Episcopal Migration Ministries
Wendy Johnson, Communications Manager, Episcopal Migration Ministries
The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, Network Officer for Mission Personnel and Africa
Lynette Wilson, Editor/Reporter, Episcopal News Service

Join us in preparing for this pilgrimage by participating in our upcoming webinar on Congolese refugees. Read more.

Follow the pilgrimage using #ShareTheJourney or via Twitter (@EMMRefugees) or Facebook.

 

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