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News 12 The Bronx – Connecticut Glebe House considered birthplace of the American Episcopal Church – Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden is often referred to as the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church…
People.com – Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond Opens Up About Her Faith in Emotional Instagram Post – “As I walked into the sanctuary this morning, I could feel the inevitable lump start to form in my throat,” the Pioneer Woman wrote on Instagram…
Zip06.com – Kate Wesch: The New Rector at St. John’s – Fresh from 15 years serving parishes in Seattle, Kate Wesch is settling with her family in Essex as the new rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church. “I prayed about it,” she says. “It had the values we wanted.”
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Connecticut Glebe House considered birthplace of the American Episcopal Church
News 12 – Bronx, NY
The Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden located in historic Woodbury, Connecticut is often referred to as the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church.
The house was built between 1745 and 1750
A glebe is a farm that is given to a minister so that he can support his family.
In the year 1783, the Rev. Samuel Seabury was elected to become the first American bishop for the Episcopal Church in the United States and is why the Glebe House is known as the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church. […]
Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond Opens Up About Her Faith in Emotional Instagram Post
People.com – National
On Sunday, while traveling in Colorado, the Food Network star shared a picture of the Vail Interfaith Chapel with a heartfelt caption about her connection to the church. Drummond explained she hadn’t visited that particular church since December 2019, and had decided to go to their early morning Episcopal service.
“I chose it because I’d been wide awake since five am, and because I grew up in the Episcopal church and the liturgy is forever written on my heart,” Drummond, 52, wrote. “There’s just something about reciting the exact same prayers I memorized as a child; I still know every word.” […]
Kate Wesch: The New Rector at St. John’s
Zip06.com – Essex, CT
The voice answering the telephone said everything that needed to be said, and in a just three words: “This. Is Kate.” And Kate is Kate Wesch, the new rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Essex. She assumed her new position in February of this year.
Kate and her family crossed the continent to get here—she came from Settle, Washington where she had served two different churches over a 15-year period.
Kate follows Rev. Jonathan Folts, now the Episcopal Bishop of South Dakota, who served at St. John’s for some 15 years. Rev. Linda Spiers served as priest-in-charge during the interim period between the two ministers. […]