Fairtrade sales up despite recession
February 23, 2010
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Despite the recession Fairtrade products have shown sales growth according to Ekklesia
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Haiti: lest we forget
February 23, 2010
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…the medical director at Ochsner Medical Ochsner-West Bank said, the post-storm landscape of the U.S. Gulf Coast pales in comparison with the total devastation in the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region. But Laborde said he recognizes a common element in the aftermath of both disasters. “A hope that springs eternal,” he calls it.
A valentine to Bonnie Anderson
February 23, 2010
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President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson receives kudos from Richmond Times-Dispatch.
It’s discrimination to stop gay couples from taking vows in church
February 23, 2010
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… it is inconsistent to affirm the spiritual independence of the Church of England and simultaneously to deny the spiritual independence of the three small communities who seek this change for themselves.
Executive Council’s message to the church
February 22, 2010
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… this [Executive Council] meeting ranged from humanitarian concerns about Haiti and the ice storm in the Dakotas to economic justice concerns centering on a labor dispute at the Church Center to more pragmatic structural issues such as bylaws and Council norms…
Simplicity itself
February 22, 2010
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Many members of your congregation yearn for simpler lives. They see themselves as just a little strange, moving against the mainstream of American consumerism, odd ducks in a world of too much, too fast, too many. In bringing simple lifestyles to the center of your faith-filled conversations, think of Jesus’s own lifestyle, the things he said and did.
D.C. Catholic archdiocese gets out of the adoption business
February 22, 2010
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So the Archdiocese of Washington has gotten out of the foster care/adoption business, for which they’ve been receiving $2 million annually from the public purse. D.C.’s new same-sex marriage law requires all married couples to be treated equally, and because the Catholic church regards same-sex marriage as a crime against nature, it won’t be involved in placing and supervising children in homes where the two adults have been joined in such.
Church rater: a Consumer Reports approach to church shopping
February 22, 2010
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Every Sunday close to 350,000 churches open their doors to the public. How do you know what you’re walking into? What will the pastor be talking about? What kind of people attend? ChurchRater lets you read what others say about the church and rate your own experience. ChurchRater lets you talk back after sitting through a sermon.
Decline, and what to do about it
February 22, 2010
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The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council heard here Feb. 21 that church membership and Sunday attendance continued to decline in 2008, but also heard a call for the church to promote knowledge of the characteristics of growing congregations.
On the Jordan, ABC Williams lays a church cornerstone
February 21, 2010
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“This place is set apart for prayers for honouring the name of John the Baptist, the prophet of Bethany and for the praise of the most holy name of our Lord.”
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