This is thought to be the first time ‘flash mob’ has been used to generate a ‘random’ act of Christian worship. It took place [April 4], Saturday, at Liverpool One Shopping Centre.
Here is our weekly collection plate, offering a few of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations have done that made the news this past week. And other news and poems fit to print.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, reflects on the meaning of Easter for our lives.
We invite you to enter into meditation on the Way of the Cross. Episcopal Café “Speaking to the Soul” offers four versions of the Stations of the Cross at Multimedia Meditations.
Episcopal Life Online reports “..after meeting in a local community center for two and a half years, members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fallbrook
Many in Oklahoma and Texas are watching and waiting this Good Friday as fires sweep through their communities. Worshippers gather in safe places wondering if their homes and churches will be standing on Easter. Episcopal Cafe´ joins their prayers for safety in the midst of disaster.
Easter message from Bishop Suheil S. Dawani, Bishop of Jerusalem. The Episcopal Church has asked that our Good Friday collections go to the Diocese of Jerusalem.
All the major Anglican sites listed that are hosted in Brian Reid’s garage in Palo Alto went dark for much of yesterday. These include Thinking Anglicans, Anglicans Online and the House of Bishops/House of Deputies listserve (aka “HOBD). Palo Alto was knocked offline because of some fiber cuts which has left much of the Bay Area is in the “dark”.
Maundy Thursday is a foot-washing day for Christians, emphasizing mutual service. But a bishop has given the tradition a new twist by shining boots at St Pancras station to raise funds for Zimbabwe.
