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Sharing songs -- and lifeTwo seemingly different groups in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, recently began building relationships with the help of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The first is the children who live with parents or guardians at the St. Vincent de Paul Transitional Housing Center in Coeur d'Alene. Each Monday evening, a small group of St. Luke's volunteers works with the c...
Service is the mantra for youth at Union of Black Episcopalians conferenceThis year's conference and meeting of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) found the youth participants not only engaged in strengthening their faith, but in being of service to others....
Ecumenical conference in Washington D.C. seeks path to 'peace in Jerusalem'Promoting a peaceful, two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict has seldom been more discouraging or difficult, delegates to the annual Churches for Middle East Peace Conference, held in Washington, D.C., April 20-22, heard from a variety of experts. But this work is more important than ev...
Virginia Seminary Celebrates Earth Day with Kreitler Environmental LectureIn celebration of Earth Day, Virginia Theological Seminary launched the first Kreitler Environmental Lecture on April 22, featuring biblical scholar and environmentalist Dr. Ellen Davis, professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, speaking on "Becoming Human: Biblical Int...
NCC Eco-Justice Program challenges congregations to address climate changeThe National Council of Churches (NCC) Eco-Justice Program challenges "congregations to take action to address climate change" in their resources for Earth Sunday 2008, "The Poverty of Global Climate Change."...
Seamen's Knit 4 Lent initiative to serve mariners working in Gulf CoastEpiscopal knitters and groups across the country are invited to include "Knit 4 Lent" as part of their Lenten discipline. The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) is hoping to gather 4,000 of the very popular hand-knit or crocheted hats in the 40 days of Lent for mariners working in the Gulf Co...
A greenhouse grows mosquito netsWhen Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visited St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City to bless their greenhouse in January 2008, she inadvertently planted the seeds for a very successful fundraising campaign on behalf of Episcopal Relief and Develo...
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