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Tapinto.net – Bowie Snodgrass Becomes First Female Rector at Vestry of Christ Church – The Vestry of Christ Church in Short Hills has called The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass as its 12th Rector…
The Living Church – Filling People with God – Once a month, 15 people roll out yoga mats inside their homes and hop on Zoom for a session with YogaSoul…
Los Angeles Sentential – Tutu Connects with God’s People Through Gift of Pastoral Care – Nontombi Naomi Tutu’s approach to ministry. After years of ignoring God’s call, she finally became ordained in 2016, and has been astounded by her deep love of pastoral care. While admitting that she has always enjoying speaking and preaching in public
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Bowie Snodgrass Becomes First Female Rector at Vestry of Christ Church
Tapinto.net – Short Hills, NJ
The Vestry of Christ Church in Short Hills has called The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass as its 12th Rector, effective immediately.
Rev. Bowie, as she is known, has served as the Priest-in-Charge at Christ Church in Short Hills since January 2019. She is the first woman to be called as Rector of this historic Episcopal church.
Snodgrass joined Christ Church in Short Hills as Curate in 2016 and subsequently assumed the role of Associate Rector, focusing on spiritual formation, newcomers and outreach. She is active in the Coalition of Religious Leaders of Millburn and Short Hills and launched a monthly Interfaith Bible Hour in collaboration with Temple B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, and St. Stephen’s, Millburn. She serves as the Chaplain at Christ Church Nursery School and has been a guest preacher at Saint Rose of Lima. Rev. Bowie also is a member of the Diocese of Newark’s Commission on Ministry on the Priesthood. […]
Filling People with God
The Living Church – Casper, WY
Once a month in Casper, Wyoming, 15 people roll out yoga mats inside their homes and hop on Zoom for a session with YogaSoul. It’s a gathering for people who love yoga, appreciate sacred texts, and don’t attend church.
“We always start with a centering practice that could be both yogic and Christian,” said Jessika Girod, an aspirant to ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church who coordinates YogaSoul and leads traditional worship at Christ Church in Douglas, Wyoming. “The stillness, the quietness. … There’s nothing you have to do or be. Just dwell in the presence of God.”
As the body loosens up, so does the spirit. Regulars at YogaSoul look forward to gathering in person as they used to before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then they’ll sit on their mats in a circle, have what Girod calls “an embodied experience,” and share in the Eucharist with a priest who practices yoga. […]
Tutu Connects with God’s People Through Gift of Pastoral Care
Los Angeles Sentential – CA
Surprising herself is one way to describe the Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu’s approach to ministry. After years of ignoring God’s call, she finally became ordained in 2016, and has been astounded by her deep love of pastoral care.
While admitting that she has always enjoying speaking and preaching in public, Tutu believed she was an introvert and was never inclined to get close to people. But, since joining the staff of All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills and being assigned as the minister of pastoral care, she realized that God had blessed her to spiritually bond with hurting people.
“It felt like a gift to me that people were allowing me into their lives in times of real difficulty and darkness that I could sit with people at hospital beds, when they were dying, or even celebrating the birth of a child” recalled Tutu.
“That is such an honor to be able to be with people at those times and I had not realized that until I was actually doing the work. Since then I have come to truly love pastoral care and the opportunity it gives for a truly meaningful connection with people.” […]