The Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN)

The Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN) is a network of individuals and groups within the Episcopal Church. Below are the webpages of Diocesan and Parish Environmental Stewardship groups. If your group's webpage is not listed or if you need to update information, please send an e-mail to input[@eenonline.org] with the URL (don't forget to remove the square brackets on the address).

Please click on one of the links on the right to get to the list of groups in a province (don't forget to remove the square brackets on the address of the Diocesan Contacts).

Province 1

Diocese:	Diocese of Connecticut
Name:	Environment Committee
Contact:	The Rev. Cn. Erik Larsen

Diocese:	Diocese of Rhode Island
Name:	Environment Committee
Contact:	Mary L. Hitt

Diocese:	Diocese of Vermont
Name:	Environmental Ministry Team
Contact:	Inactive

Diocese:	Diocese of Western Massachusetts
Name:	Greening Grace, Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, MA (no Web presence)
Contact:	Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

Province 2

Diocese:	Diocese of New Jersey
Name:	Environmental Committee (no Web presence)
Contact:	Joseph Parrish

Province 3

Diocese:	Diocese of Easton
Name:	Committee on Environmental Awareness (no Webpresence)
Contact:	Edith Foley

Diocese:	Diocese of Maryland
Name:	Creation Care Committee, The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Baltimore, MD
Contact:	Paul Beares

Diocese:	Diocese of Pennsylvania
Name:	Sustainability Committee, Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Contact:	Larry Arrigale

Diocese:	Diocese of Pennsylvania
Name:	Sustainability Committee, at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia, PA (no Web presence)
Contact:	Charles Day

Diocese:	Diocese of Pennsylvania
Name:	Parish Facilities Committee, Trinity Episcopal Church, Swarthmore, PA
Contact:	Peter Weber

Diocese:	Diocese of Virginia
Name:	Stewardship of Creation Committee
Contact:	Rocco Tricarico

Diocese:	Diocese of Virginia
Name:	Environmental Ministry, Church of the Good Shepherd, Burke, VA (no Web presence)
Contact:	Susan Osborn

Diocese:	Diocese of Washington
Name:	Committee on the Environment
Contact:	Jane Osborne

Province 4

Diocese:	Throughout Province IV
Name:	Environmental Ministries at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Contact:	Joyce Wilding

Diocese:	Diocese of Alabama
Name:	Task Force for Stewardship of Creation
Contact:	Gerri Austin

Diocese:	Diocese of Atlanta
Name:	Stewardship of our Environment
Contact:	Stan Meiburg

Diocese:	Diocese of Central Florida
Name:	(Presently in formation)
Contact:	Paul McQueen

Diocese:	Diocese of Central Gulf Coast
Name:
Contact:	Michelle Bende

Diocese:	Diocese of East Carolina
Name:	No formal name (No Web presence)
Contact:	Betsy and Larry Overton

Diocese:	Diocese of East Tennessee
Name:	Environmental Ministry in East Tennessee
Contact:	Tupper Morehead

Diocese:	Diocese of Florida
Name:	Earth Stewardship Committee, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Gainesville, FL (No Web presence)
Contact:	David Miller

Diocese:	Diocese of Georgia
Name:	No formal name (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jaqui Belcher

Diocese:	Diocese of Kentucky
Name:	No formal name (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jerry Cappel

Diocese:	Diocese of Louisiana
Name:	No formal name (No Web presence)
Contact:	John Pine

Diocese:	Diocese of Mississippi
Name:	Stewardship of Creation Committee
Contact:	Andrew Whitehurst

Diocese:	Diocese of Mississippi
Name:	St. Andrew's Cathedral Environmental Stewardship Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jackie or Avery Rollins

Diocese:	Diocese of North Carolina:
Name:	Chartered Committee for Environmental Ministry (No Web presence)
Contact:	Tom Droppers

Diocese:	Diocese of North Carolina:
Name:	Holy Trinity Environmental Stewardship, Greensboro, NC (No Web presence except Yahoo Group)
Contact:	Eric Hoekstra. Subscribe to Group

Diocese:	Diocese of South Carolina
Name:	Environmental Stewardship at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville, SC (No Web presence)
Contact:	John Chaconas

Diocese:	Diocese of Southeast Florida
Name:	Environmental Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Mimi Howard

Diocese:	Diocese of Southwest Florida
Name:	Boniface Eco-Stewardship Team (B.E.S.T.) at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL.
Contact:	Kay McGimpsey

Diocese:	Diocese of Tennessee
Name:	Ad Hoc Environmental Ministry Team (no web presence)
Contact:	Emily Jones

Diocese:	Diocese of Tennessee
Name:	Earth Ministry: Living in Creation, Christchurch Cathedral, Nashville, TN
Contact:	Barbara Deneke

Diocese:	Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Name:	No formal name (no web presence)
Contact:	Deborah Johnson or Lauri S. Yeargin

Diocese:	Diocese of West Tennessee
Name:	Creation Care Ministry
Contact:	Jim Boyd or Gary Bridgman

Diocese:	Diocese of Western North Carolina
Name:	Environmental and Creation Care Ministry (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jill Rios and Glenn Barnett

Province 5

Diocese:	Diocese of Chicago
Name:	Midwest Institute for Environmental Spirituality
Contact:	The Rev. John Crist

Diocese:	Diocese of Eau Claire
Name:	Environmental Stewardship Commission (no Web presence)
Contact:	Jeanne Stout (interim contact)

Diocese:	Diocese of Indianapolis
Name:	Earth Stewardship Group, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis (no Web presence)
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Missouri
Name:	Environment
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Southern Ohio
Name:	Ohio Interfaith Power and Light
Contact:	Meribah Mansfield

Province 6

Diocese:	Diocese of Iowa
Name:	Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
Contact:	Anne Moats Williams

Diocese:	Diocese of Minnesota
Name:	Minnesota Episcopal Environmental Stewardship Commission
Contact:	Tom Harries and Jill Peterman

Diocese:	Diocese of Minnesota
Name:	Northeast Minnesota Chapter, Minnesota Episcopal Environmental Stewardship Commission, Duluth, MN (no Web presence)
Contact:	Nelson Thomas or Jill Peterman

Diocese:	Diocese of Minnesota
Name:	Twin Cities' Chapter, Minnesota Episcopal Environmental Stewardship Commission, St. Paul, MN (no Web presence)
Contact:	Tom Harries or Wanda Copeland

Diocese:	Diocese of Nebraska
Name:	Green Sprouts (no Web presence)
Contact:	Betsy Blake Bennett

Diocese:	Diocese of North Dakota
Name:	Environmental Stewardship Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Bruce MacDuffie

Province 7

Diocese:	Diocese of Texas
Name:	Environmental Stewardship Council. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Austin, TX (No Web presence)
Contact:	David Hogan

Diocese:	Diocese of West Texas
Name:	Ecological Stewardship Committee
Contact:	Hall Hammond

Province 8

Diocese:	Diocese of Alaska
Name:	Alaska Interfaith Power & Light
Contact:	Paul K. Klitzke

Diocese:	Diocese of Arizona
Name:	Nature and Spirituality Program
Contact:	Phyllis Strupp

Diocese:	Diocese of California
Name:	Commission for the Environment
Contact:	Barbara Bisel or Sally Bingham

Diocese:	Diocese of California
Name:	Caring for Creation Group, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Orinda, CA
Contact:	Barbara Bisel

Diocese:	Diocese of Idaho
Name:	St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Sun Valley, ID, Green Team
Contact:	Mary Malkmus

Diocese:	Diocese of Nevada
Name:	Stewardship Commssion
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Northern California
Name:	Inaugural meeting on June 2, 2007 (no Web presence)
Contact:	Phina Borgeson

Diocese:	Diocese of Olympia
Name:	Bishop's Committee for the Environment (no Web presence)
Contact:	Nancy McConnell

Diocese:	Diocese of Olympia
Name:	Earth and Spirit Program, Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA (no Web presence)
Contact:	Marcy Lagerloef

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	Environmental Commission (no Web presence)
Contact:	Alice Speers

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	Christ Church, Lake Oswego, OR (no Web presence)
Contact:	Sue Hall

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	Good Samaritan, Corvallis, OR (no Web presence)
Contact:	Bill Becker

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Manzanita, OR (no Web presence)
Contact:	The Rev. Paul Barthelemy, vicar

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	St. Michael and All Angels, Portland, OR (no Web presence)
Contact:	Jane Peters

Diocese:	Diocese of Oregon
Name:	Trinity Parish, Ashland, OR (no Web presence)
Contact:	Gary Woodring

Diocese:	Diocese of Spokane
Name:	Environmental Sustainability Committee of the Social Justice Outreach Ministries (no Web presence)
Contact:	Nancy Macduff or Evita Krislock

Diocese:	Diocese of Spokane
Name:	Faith and Environment Network (ecumenical group)
Contact:	Lynda Maraby or Evita Krislock

Diocese:	Diocese of Utah
Name:	Regional Green Team for Northern Utah (no Web presence)
Contact:	Eli Powell

Diocese:	Diocese of Utah
Name:	Regional Green Team for Southern Utah (no Web presence)
Contact:	Eli Powell

Diocese:	Diocese of Utah
Name:	Regional Green Team for the Wasatch Front (no Web presence)
Contact:	Eli Powell

Reminder: don't forget to remove the square brackets on the address
before sending e-mails to the contacts

The EpEN is a national network of active lay and clergy persons within the Episcopal Church, USA, who share a common concern for the environment and a common belief in the presence of God in all Creation and who work to make these concerns and beliefs known throughout all Provinces and Dioceses within the church. Members come from around the Episcopal Church USA. The activities of the EpEN are focused on the areas of Reflection, Education, and Action. 

If you would like to contact any of these groups or to find out more about the EpEN, please click on the links on the left