Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I greet you in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I am writing to you as we look ahead to Holy Week, with its focus on our Lord’s sacrificial offering of love on the cross.
The Good Friday Offering of our Church is one way to help connect the love of Christ on the cross with our support of the ongoing ministry of love and compassion carried out by our Anglican sisters and brothers throughout the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
Whether funding a hospital in Gaza or the West Bank, or an eye clinic in Aden, or women’s programs, or summer camps and leadership training for young people, the Good Friday Offering is making a difference in the lives of so many. I have witnessed this Jesus-inspired compassion and commitment at work with my own eyes. I believe our partnership with those who keep the faith of Jesus alive in the region, where our Lord walked and began his movement, is a significant aspect of our work as part of the church catholic.
I hope you will participate in this effort. Please visit www.episcopalchurch.org/good-friday-offering where you will find bulletin covers, bulletin inserts, and other helpful information. Any questions about this program may be directed to the Rev. Canon Robert Edmunds, our Middle East Partnership Officer. He can be reached at redmunds@episcopalchurch.org.
Thank you for considering this important witness to the love of Jesus across our Church. May God bless you and keep you always. I remain
Your brother in Christ,
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
