Episcopal Preaching Foundation Inc

Sermon Roundtable ("SRT") Previously, "The Preaching Congregation", funded by a five-year grant from Lilly Endowment, in which groups of congregants first receive instruction in the elements of sermon preparation, and subsequently provide affirmative feedback to their preacher on each Sunday's sermon. Launched in 2023 to be offered at the parish level, SRT is in the early post-launch stage and still gaining visibility in the Episcopal Church.

The Lay Preacher Training Initiative ("LPTI") The four-year grant from Trinity Church Wall Street (2021-2024 for the creation, pilot testing, and national rollout of this program concluded in December 2024. In June 2025, 12 Episcopal dioceses were actively training approximately 70 new lay preachers using the robust one-year curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum is now being adapted with funding from the Iona Collaborative of Seminary of the Southwest, for integration into the Iona Curriculum for training future clergy and lay preachers in the 30 dioceses subscribing to the Iona Collaborative curriculum. The LPTI program draws on EPF's self-study homiletics (preaching) curriculum developed in 2020 in partnership with Seminary of the Southwest's Iona Collaborative. The Lay Preaching program is now self-funding through a combination of subscription revenue from Dioceses and grants.

Online preaching conferences for Episcopal Clergy The Foundation delivered two online conferences in the first quarter of 2025: The Conference for Spanish Speaking Clergy in Mid-March, for 14 participants representing diverse regions of the Episcopal Church. This is the second year's offering of this two-day conference, which EPF has been requested to offer as an annual event. A two-day online preaching conference for Episcopal Deacons of Episcopal Province IV was held in February 2025 with 35 attendees.

The Shilling Award for Excellence in Preaching EPF offers each Episcopal seminary the option to confer this $1,000 award to an outstanding preacher. In this fiscal year, the award was made by six Episcopal seminaries.