Financial crisis hits churches
December 2, 2008
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Churches around the country are discussing how the economic news in the US and around the world will affect giving to the local church and
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If the Episcopal Church got adventuresome
December 2, 2008
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In such a brave new world I hope the Episcopal Church would move swiftly to begin seeking partners throughout the world in order to sustain the possibility of broad, relational graceful, generous, inviting catholicity. One of the first steps would be a move to begin planting churches in England.
Amazing Grace project unites voices
December 2, 2008
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Thousands of voices, including choirs, congregations, chaplains and soldiers, are to be blended together in one giant, online hymn sing to help support the Anglican Church’s ministry in Canada’s remote north.
Hunger increasing
December 2, 2008
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The economy is really tough on poor and hungry people. In our own country, you can go to the nearest food pantry — they’ll tell you. The government’s just coming out with data on hunger in 2007. So we know that last year, the number of hungry children increased by 50 percent. And that’s before the economy got really bad.
Cluett to assist in reorganizing dioceses
December 1, 2008
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Rick Cluett, Archdeacon emeritus of the Diocese of Bethlehem, has been asked to serve in a new role at the Church Center.
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December 1, 2008
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A number of folks have been having problems leaving comments on stories over the holiday weekend. The issue seems to be related to a change
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2008
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The Presiding Bishop has written a pastoral letter about today’s observance of World AIDS Day. In her letter she call on all Episcopalians to lobby the coming Obama administration to “make the fight against AIDS at home and around the world a priority”.
Reaching out saves a congregation
December 1, 2008
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Many congregations in the Episcopal Church, in regions that have been hard hit due to changing economic conditions and conflict in the denomination, have been struggling to survive. One congregation in Tennessee has come back from the brink by opening its arms and its doors to some of America’s newest arrivals.
Online Advent calendar returns
November 30, 2008
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The Diocese of Washington’s fifth annual online Advent Calendar supports the Bokamoso Youth Program of Winterveld, South Africa. Each day from December 1 through Christmas, visitors can open one of the calendar’s windows to find links to a daily meditation, the daily office and a videotaped interview with one of the scores of young people who have benefited from Bokamoso’s work.
St. John the Divine restored
November 30, 2008
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It does not seem unreasonable to think that the cathedral has not looked this good since it was first dedicated, on Nov. 30, 1941, after the nave was completed. As 10,000 people watched, immense gray curtains parted at the east end of the nave, permitting a view all the way to the apse.
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