How ACNA’s Matthew 25 Initiative can help grow and support your mission work

Always wondered about the work of the Matthew 25 Initiative (M25I)? Come learn how your church can grow in mission and ways M25I can support your work. During this session we will discuss specific examples within DOMA and elsewhere in the ACNA showing how churches are moving forward in mission as well as offering practical resources. Join Mary and David in this interactive and dynamic session.

The Rev. Dr. Mary Amendolia Gardner is an Anglican priest and Spiritual Director with Coracle. Previously she worked in government and in Anglican churches in both England and the US. As an associate priest at the Falls Church Anglican in Falls Church, VA, she served in Outreach working with refugees and asylum seekers. While Director of OneHeart DC’s outreach to Afghans, Mary mobilized and equipped churches in the DMV and nationwide to resource and serve incoming Afghans. She and her husband John are active in missions and attend Restoration Anglican Church in Arlington, VA.

The Rev. David Comeau lives in Richmond, VA with his wife Halie and four young children. He serves as Assisting Priest at All Souls Anglican, a church he helped plant on the south side of the city last Advent. Much of David's work is purposely "outward facing"--spending time in neighborhood spaces such as the neighborhood public school, the public library and an increasing amount of time in Richmond's largest emergency shelter and recovery program which is also located in their church's neighborhood.