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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 17, 2024
posted on Dec 17, 2024 The Reign of God Wherever the human heart is healed, justice gains a foothold, peace holds sway, an ecological habitat is protected, wherever liberation, hope and healing break through, wherever an act of simple kindness is done, a cup of ...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Rejoice!
posted on Dec 13, 2024 Dear Saints, On this upcoming third Sunday in Advent, we have reasons to rejoice! For one, it's Gaudete (the Latin word for rejoice). Also called Rose Sunday, it dates back to the Middle Ages when Advent was observed as a penitential time. Ga...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 10, 2024
posted on Dec 10, 2024 From Kingdom to Kin-dom Is it possible to imagine the worldview of kingdoms and empires transforming into a worldview of kin-dom and compassion? Imagine how different life would be right now if Christianity could become a place for sacred ...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Happy Feast of St. Nicholas
posted on Dec 6, 2024 Dear Saints, Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas (Dec. 6) an observance we will transfer to this coming Sunday when St. Nicholas will visit our children in the Nursery and Godly Play, leaving treats in their shoes as was his custom. Be sure to g...
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Feast Day of St. Nicholas
posted on Dec 6, 2024 December 6 is the feast day of St. Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop from Myra, in what is now Turkey; he's the patron saint of children and sailors, renowned for his generosity. In many parts of the world, on the evening of December 5th, child...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter December 6, 2024
posted on Dec 6, 2024 The Episcopal Church is thankful for the release of Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old Anglican Palestinian woman, who has been in Israeli custody since April 6. We give thanks to God for answered prayers and to the advocates who have worked tirelessly t...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column December 3, 2024
posted on Dec 3, 2024 Let us weep for the world Let us weep for the world We are breaking apart, so we can love it back to wholeness. Let our hearts be stretched by great sorrow and love, so they will never contract to being less than human. ...
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Weekly Rector's Note
The Season of Advent
posted on Nov 29, 2024 Dear Saints, This Sunday we begin the season of Advent, which marks the beginning of the church year. Advent is a time of preparation, expectation and prayerful yearning for the birth of Christ and his coming again. We will have special music, ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column November 26, 2024
posted on Nov 26, 2024 The Richness of Creation Power-over dynamics, whether they be gender based or race based or class based are not compatible with equality. They are about inequality. This is why the rising tide of prejudice expressed as anti-Semitism or r...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Gratitude, Justice and Eucharist
posted on Nov 22, 2024 Dear Saints,
As we prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday next week, this Sunday we will be experiencing our gratitude through an Instructed Eucharist. The word Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, comes from th...
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