NEWARK ACTS

NEWARK ACTS has been a highly successful urban service program that for the past seven years has transformed the lives of more than 50 young adults from both here and abroad. Their efforts have benefited dozens of organizations and congregations throughout the Diocese of Newark. Now as our diocese prepares to call its next bishop in 2018, a new diocesan profile for the bishop is being created and a diocesan-wide survey is being initiated.

One cradle Episcopalian from the Newark diocese is taking over for another as head of NEWARK ACTS, the young adult program of service and Christian community that is now entering its seventh year.

[Jersey Journal] I recently stopped by the Hoboken Shelter and was greeted by a nice, young man in the reception office.  I since have run into him on the streets of Hoboken and just assumed he worked there, which he does.

But Spike Enzweiler, 24, is a volunteer with a relatively new program called Newark Acts, run by the Episcopal Diocese of Newark.  This year, he and three other young adults are spending at least one year, and perhaps two, in a Hudson County institution.

For the third year of the NEWARK ACTS Young Adult Urban Internship Program, three returning second-year interns are joined by six new interns -- including our first married couple! -- who hail from South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts and upstate New York.

In addition, two-time intern Richard Hogue is returning for a third year, this time to serve as part-time Program Assistant while also working for All Saints' CDC in Hoboken.

To learn more about the individuals who make up our third class of NEWARK ACTS interns, read more.

Deputies and guests at Convention had an opportunity to play a little, while at the same time making a visual sign of their commitment to the serious topic of children's justice issues.

Victoria Shao sees a direct connection between the service work she’s doing through NEWARK ACTS, a Diocese of Newark-sponsored program in its second year of accepting interns, and the work she hopes to pursue in the future.

Church of the Incarnation was founded in 1910 in Jersey City, at a time when African Americans in the neighborhood were traveling to upper Manhattan to find an Episcopal Church that welcomed them. On Sunday, Incarnation welcomed the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church to celebrate the Eucharist, culminating a year-long centennial celebration.

During the Advent season of reflection, examination and planning, it’s natural to consider "giving back" for the many blessings bestowed during the past year. But often, after reviewing the numerous needs of so many, a common question arises: What difference can just one person make?