Summary

Daily Hampshire Gazette – Guest columnist The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas: Fasting and climate change – We fasted to break through the paralysis of disengagement and despair…

Murray Ledger & Times – Angels Attic contributions to HOPE Calloway, Need Line total more than $284K since 2018 – “The Angels Clinic is still trying to take care of people who have fallen through the cracks who meet our guidelines…”

Times Herald-Record – Historic Newburgh church celebrates ‘homecoming’ of new priest – After enduring the entire pandemic thus far without a priest, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Newburgh is welcoming back one of its own to lead the congregation…
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Guest columnist The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas: Fasting and climate change

Daily Hampshire Gazette – Northampton, MA

On Oct. 21, people concerned about the climate and social justice crisis rallied at Northampton City Hall to support five young activists in the Sunrise Movement who began a hunger strike that day in front of the White House. Sunrisers are pushing Democrats to pass legislation that matches the urgency and scale of the climate emergency. People supporting their demands for an ambitious climate agenda were invited to carry out a 24-hour fast. […]

Angels Attic contributions to HOPE Calloway, Need Line total more than $284K since 2018

Murray Ledger & Times – Murray, KY

About three years into changing its mission from primarily supporting the Angels Community Clinic, the Angels Attic Thrift Shop has provided a combined $284,000 to HOPE Calloway and Murray-Calloway County Need Line. […]

Historic Newburgh church celebrates ‘homecoming’ of new priest

Newburg – NY

After enduring the entire pandemic thus far without a priest, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Newburgh is welcoming back one of its own to lead the congregation.

On Oct. 4, the Rev. Mary Barber, 54, began her first job as a priest at the church that she has been affiliated with for 20 years, and where she and her wife, Alleyne Fraser, raised their two children. […]

Other News

139th Annual Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina
OnLine Friday, November 5, 2001 7-9pm.
Social Justice: We Are All Better Off… When We are All Better Off
Speaker: The Rt. Rev. Ann E. Hodges- Copple, Bishop Suffragan, of the Diocese of NC
Free Online registration and more information at www.ecw-nc.org

Nominations needed for National Board – Triennial Meeting July 2022

The ECW Nominating Committee invites you, an Episcopal woman, to submit names of possible nominees to the committee for election at the 2022 Triennial Meeting of the Women of the Church.  Job descriptions and qualifications can be found on the ECW website under the Resources section. We are seeking names for President, First Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Social Justice member.  Please send resume’, letter of endorsement, picture to Nominating Committee Chair, Marge Burke, 47 Merrill Road, Weare, NH 03281, or mmburke2@comcast.net  no later than November 15, 2021. Information about job duties and qualification requirements can be found on the NECW website.

Grant applications open for Episcopal Church Constable Fund, Roanridge Trust

Applications are open for two grant opportunities offered annually by The Episcopal Church—Constable Fund grants, which focus on religious education, and Roanridge Trust grants, which support leadership development in small towns and rural communities.

The application deadline for both is Dec. 12.