Summary

Episcopal News Service – The end may be near, but radical change can save the earth, says climate activist Mary Nichols – Unless radical changes are made in current energy use, “the guy with the sign that says, ‘The End is Near’…

Royal Oak Tribune – Women’s group makes placemats for Meals on Wheels of Troy, Rochester – The women of Crafting Kindness came together from four different organizations to create handmade placemats, to be distributed with Thanksgiving meals to senior citizens and others…

Countywide Sun – Stained Glass Restoration Illuminates Emmanuel Episcopal’s 125th Anniversary – Red, green, blue, gold—the glittering panes of glass come alive with color in the dusky light. For more than 100 years, sunlight has shown through the stained glass windows

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The end may be near, but radical change can save the earth, says climate activist Mary Nichols

Episcopal News Service – Los Angeles, CA

Unless radical changes are made in current energy use, “the guy with the sign that says, ‘The End is Near’ is right – probably before the end of this century,” environmental attorney and climate activist Mary D. Nichols told delegates attending the Nov. 13 annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles in Riverside.

But there is a great deal of hope if people of faith collaborate on solutions, added Nichols, a parishioner at St. James in-the-City Church in Los Angeles, delivering the biennial Margaret Parker lecture at Diocesan Convention. She had just returned from the Oct. 31 – Nov. 12 United Nations Climate Change COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland. […]

Women’s group makes placemats for Meals on Wheels of Troy, Rochester

Royal Oak Tribune – Rochester, MI

The women of Crafting Kindness came together from four different organizations to create handmade placemats, to be distributed with Thanksgiving meals to senior citizens and others. The women are members of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church; Ortonville United Methodist Church; Great Lakes Heritage Quilters and Oakland County Quilters Guild. They share a common goal of trying to brighten the world one stitch at a time. […]

Stained Glass Restoration Illuminates Emmanuel Episcopal’s 125th Anniversary

Countywide Sun – Shawnee, OK

Red, green, blue, gold—the glittering panes of glass come alive with color in the dusky light.

For more than 100 years, sunlight has shown through the stained glass windows of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Shawnee, lighting up the nave and illuminating what is possibly the single largest stained glass window in the state of Oklahoma.

Spanning 12 feet wide by 24 feet high, the stained glass piece is a key piece of Shawnee’s history.

Now, the window is taking on a new life.[…]