"Jubilee"
"Jubilee," a new documentary chronicling a 12-year relationship that comprehensively transformed both an affluent Episcopal Church and a Dallas neighborhood located in a high-crime area is now available online (click link below). The 30-minute documentary debuted at the conference "Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty."
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Domestic Poverty Summit - Called To Serve
Text of the Presiding Bishop's address at 'Called To Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty' in Newark, NJ on April 28, 2010.
'Called to Serve' addresses urban, rural poverty connections, church as community anchor
In her keynote address April 28 opening the conference, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori talked about the role the Episcopal Church and its parishes, programs and organizations play in addressing and attempting to alleviate poverty.

In 2009, General Convention passed resolutions calling for the establishment of a program to address domestic poverty (A155) and commending the presiding bishop for convening the 2008 summit and calling on Executive Council to continuing efforts in the church to address domestic poverty in the next triennium (A140).
New documentary chronicles transformation in Dallas neighborhood
A new Episcopal Church documentary about the 12-year relationship that transformed both an affluent Dallas parish and a high-crime neighborhood that residents called "a war zone" and was known locally as "the DMZ" will debut April 28. "Jubilee," depicting the changes in a 62-block area of Dallas, will have its premiere showing at 7 p.m. as part of a special conference, "Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty," which will begin on April 27 in Newark, New Jersey.
'Called to Serve'
More than 170 Episcopalians, the presiding bishop, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson and others interested in social service gathered here April 28 for "Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty," a conference designed to explore the nature of domestic poverty and the church's role in addressing it.