2020 Conference Session: Harvesting Abundance: Agrarian Ministry in the Episcopal Church

This workshop will share best practices, ideas and inspiration for camps and conference centers that want to share the Way of Love through God’s good creation and abundance. Our orchard and field of exploration will be creation care and agrarian ministries of the Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion and beyond. It will also provide liturgical resources for food, agriculture and stewardship of creation. It will provide examples of agrarian work and prayer - ora et labora. We will do some indoor planting and plant blessings. We will also sample local Episco-pickles, Anglican-okra, Parish-preserves, Camp-jam and Cathedral-honey.

Presented by: Brian Sellers-Petersen currently serves in two roles, Missioner for Agrarian Ministry for the Diocese of Olympia and Senior Advisor for the Society for the Increase of the Ministry.. Up until 2018, Brian spent 30 years working for faith-based organizations engaged in international relief and development. From 2000-2018 he worked in a variety of positions with Episcopal Relief & Development. He was at the center of helping the organization grow from a small denominational organization to a global NGO that works in partnership with Episcopal, Anglican and ecumenical bodies including countless grassroots civil society organizations in over 40 countries. Prior to work with Episcopal Relief & Development he worked with World Vision; Bread for the World; All Saints Episcopal, Pasadena; and the Student Christian Association of South Africa. Brian is the author of Harvesting Abundance: Local Initiatives of Food and Faith published by Church Publishing Inc.