Committed to Outreach

The Diocese of Nebraska in actively engaged in mission to the world, through Episcopal Relief and Development (link to ERD) and outreach to those in need within our own borders.

OUTREACH OUTSIDE THE DIOCESE:
  •  MISSION TO THE SUDAN:

Above is a picture of Sudanese women carrying water to use in mixing mortar for the Mission being built in BOMA, Sudan.  The Missionary from the Diocese of Nebraska is The Rev. Daniel Kuot Deng, a native of the Sudan, who is building a mission compound in a remote area of the Sudan called the Boma Region.  Fr. Daniel is sponsored by Church of the Resurrection’s foundation C.O.R.E. and the Diocese of Nebraska. He spends several months each year raising funds for the mission, and then returns to the Sudan to minister to the people of Boma. 

For more information about this mission, please contact The Rev. Judy Yeates at Church of the Resurrection, Omaha Nebraska.  402-455-7015.

  • MISSION TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
  • Missionaries Deacon Bob and Ellen Snow have lived and ministered in the Dominican Republic for over 10 years.  Working with Bishop Julio Holguin they coordinate mission trips from Nebraska and other dioceses, and help with ministries throughout the Dominican Republic. 
  • Collegio Kids – a scholarship program to allow poor children to go to grade school in the Dominican Republic - sponsored by St. Matthew’s Church, Lincoln.  For information about either of these missions, please contact St. Matthew's Church, Lincoln, 402-435-2226.
 Camp Coast Care – Katrina Rebuilding efforts
  • Several parishes have organized trips to Camp Coast Care in the Gulf Coast to aid with the rebuilding efforts in this area so devastated from Hurricane Katrina in 2006.  In addition, the Diocese donates to the “Darkness Into Day” campaign to maintain the priests and people of churches torn apart in the hurricane during their rebuilding efforts.
  • OUTREACH WITHIN THE DIOCESE:
  1.      In 2006, the Alleluia Fund provided a grant to bring The Rev. Elizabeth Montes, Multicultural Missioner to St. Peter’s in the Valley, Lexington, and St. Christopher’s, Cozad to begin a ministry to the growing Hispanic population in Lexington and the surrounding area. 
  2. For information about this mission, please contact St. Peter's in the Valley in Lexington, 308-324-6199.
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