Parish Toolbox

Parishes and people of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh face significant choices this year about our continued relationship to The Episcopal Church.

http://www.parishtoolbox.org is a diocesan resource developed to help parishes and people make those choices.  Users will find a growing collection of documents, articles and opinion pieces designed to be useful at parish meetings and for personal study.  Most documents will be available formatted as pdf files for easy download and printing. 

Information on http://www.parishtoolbox.org is divided into three categories.  “Diocesan Resources” includes documents and articles created by the diocesan office.  They are intended to be useful in parish-level discussions about the future direction of the diocese.  “Advocacy Resources,” includes documents and articles created by people and organizations who support a particular perspective or strategy for the future.  Sources in this category will include documents and articles from both the conserving and progressive perspectives in the church.  I will make an attempt to clearly identify the source and basic perspective of articles posted in this category.  Articles in this category do not necessarily represent the perspective of the diocesan leadership. Finally, miscellaneous information will be filed as “Blog Posts.”

I am always interested in resources and submissions that might be appropriate for http://www.parishtoolbox.org.  Ideally, submissions will come from inside The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.  In all cases, I will maintain the absolute right to accept or reject submissions.  To make a submission, or suggest a resource, .

May God guide and direct us in the months ahead.  May “we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8.28).

Peter Frank,
Director of Communications