Episcopal Church
UTO grant funds Alaskan project to translate BCP liturgy into Gwich’in
http://www.newsminer.com/features/sundays/project-translates-episcopal-service-book-into-gwich-in/article_1ad309fe-198c-11ea-b2da-1fa14a53b58a.html
Lynchburg, VA parish bags 40,000lbs of sweet potatoes to support hungry households
https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/virginia-church-bags-40000-pounds-of-sweet-potatoes-to-feed-those-in-need
Local reaction to Montana bishop election
https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/first-woman-bishop-of-episcopal-diocese-of-montana-elected-to-post
Great story of a tiny Episcopal church in Tennessee with a big heart
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2019/12/09/rugby-tn-christ-church-episcopal/3845528002/
Local news story on the upcoming episcopal election in Oklahoma
https://oklahoman.com/article/5649430/episcopalians-meet-bishop-candidatesbrelection-is-saturday-at-st-pauls-cathedral
Alabama parish at forefront of effort to restore native plants
https://bhamnow.com/2019/12/11/whos-bringing-back-native-plants-to-the-landscape-of-alabama-take-a-look-and-see/
Virginia church attracts attention with new mural in narthex
https://www.newsadvance.com/entertainment/arts/st-paul-s-episcopal-church-spreads-beauty-outside-sanctuary-with/article_fd1f1bc0-c39f-527e-af1f-89c26f5f159a.html
The Rev. Donald Nickerson, who served as The Episcopal Church’s executive officer of General Convention from 1986 to 1998, has died
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/12/12/rip-the-rev-donald-nickerson-executive-officer-through-four-general-conventions-dies-at-80/
Anglican Communion
Interesting piece of Pope Francis visiting the Anglican centre in Rome
https://livingstonledger.com/francis-becomes-1st-pope-to-visit-an-anglican-church-in-rome/
Young people across the churches of the Anglican Communion are being sought to represent their regions on the new Anglican Youth Network as part of effort to revitalize communion churches
https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2019/12/youth-network-aims-to-breathe-new-life-into-anglican-communion-mission-.aspx
Other Interesting Items
I just thought this was a fascinating look into the topsy-turvy, Alice-through-the-looking-glass world of conservative religious thought
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/building-the-benedict-option-a-query/
Trouble in Truro
The rector of a prominent ACNA church, who had a unique relationship with the diocese of Virginia and retired bishop Shannon, has resigned his position and his orders in ACNA to become a Roman Catholic, but… He is also the subject of an investigation into mismanagement
http://anglican.ink/2019/12/06/truro-rector-resigns/
and
http://anglican.ink/2019/12/09/message-from-the-vestry-of-truro-parish-to-the-congregation/and
image: Local artist Megan Davies discusses the process of painting the mural on the ceiling at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Photo by