Prayers for the Caribbean in the face of Hurricane Matthew
October 3, 2016
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Hurricane Matthew, with 140-mph winds, is expected to bring torrential rain and destruction to the Caribbean.
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Tommy Crawford’s life was saved by The Book of Common Prayer…literally
October 3, 2016
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The book stopped a bayonet attack on a young soldier during World War I.
Knitting as ministry and mission
October 3, 2016
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A group of knitters at St. James Episcopal Church in Boardman, Ohio is showing their appreciation of veterans by creating prayer shawls.
The shadows that follow us
October 2, 2016
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“I continue to believe that we’re not free in this country, … There are spaces that are occupied by the legacy of that history that weigh on us. We talk a lot about freedom. We talk a lot about equality. We talk a lot about justice. But we’re not free. There are shadows that follow us.”
A pastor, an imam and a rabbi walk into a community center
October 1, 2016
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It’s not the beginning of a bad joke and it can’t happen yet, but soon! In Omaha NE, a campus is taking shape as the Tri-Faith Initiative comes to fruition. A joint property shared by Muslims, Christians and Jews. The Initiative involves the religious communities of Temple Israel, the American Muslim Institute and Countryside Community Church.
A parish turns a former bar into a community center
September 30, 2016
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In South Buffalo , a local Episcopal parish turned a building that used to be a bar into the St. Simon’s Genesis Center which will house a full kitchen, a food pantry, a clothes closet, support groups, and a medical clinic for the benefit of the neighborhood.
Anglican Church of Southern Africa rejects blessing of same-sex civil unions
September 30, 2016
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa voted on Friday to reject a proposal to allow “prayers of blessing” to be offered for people in same-sex civil unions under South African law.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the passing of Shimon Peres
September 29, 2016
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From The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs: [September 29, 2016] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry has issued the following statement
Southern African Anglicans in conversation on LGBTI pastoral care
September 29, 2016
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From the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (posted on its Facebook page): The Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s Provincial Synod is today beginning discussion on
From Forward Movement: Prayer through the final pre-election month
September 29, 2016
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Forward Movement is offering a structure for 30 Days of Prayer, beginning October 9 and ending on November 9, the day after the U.S. presidential
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