The Board of Directors of the Evangelical Education Society of the Episcopal Church (EES) honored the outstanding work of of the Rev. Emily Bloemker by awarding her the Rev. Dr. E. F. Michael Morgan Director’s Award. Bloemker, a 2009 graduate of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, is associate rector at St. Timothy’s in Creve Coeur.
Bloemker’s EES grant took her to Lui Diocese in Southern Sudan
in December ’08. While there she interviewed six women leaders – priests, a teacher, an NGO coordinator, and the wife of the Archbishop – who have survived the twenty-one year civil war. Women’s Work / Women’s War: Voices from Episcopal Women in Southern Sudan is a compilation their stories of war and faith in the context of stories from the life of Jesus and from women in the Bible.
“Emily Bloemker’s work is innovative gospel proclamation at many levels” said Day Dodson, Executive Director of EES. “The contextualization of sacred story in the experience of Sudani women, along with giving voice to the female leadership in the Episcopal Church of Sudan, inspires and strengthens the companion relationship on both sides.
The Morgan Directors’ Award is named for the Rev. E. F. Michael Morgan, Ph.D., who served on the board of EES for many years until his retirement in 2007. It is awarded annually to grantees whose work is deemed an exemplary fulfillment of EES objectives for innovation and gospel proclamation. EES awards Evangelism for the Twenty-First Century grants to Episcopalians in seminary communities, for innovative ministry projects. Students, faculty, staff and their spouses and partners are eligible to apply. Applications for the spring grants cycle must be submitted by February 1, 2010; applications for the fall cycle are due September 8, 2010. For more information visit www.ees1862.org or contact Ms. Day Dodson, Executive Director.
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