Summary

The Suffolk County News – Connecting a congregation – “I had a spiritual calling,” said Mother Lilo. “I wanted to help people in ways that truly affected their lives.”

Shelter Island Reporter – Islander’s art donated to East End church – Two contemporary artworks, Pale Male and Nail This, by Shelter Island artist Roz Dimon have been gifted to Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor

Montclair Local – Need to get out of the cold? daytime Respite Returns to Ton’s Kitchen – Homeless individuals and others needing daytime shelter in Montclair have one more place to go. Toni’s Kitchen has again opened up a daytime warming center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

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Connecting a congregation

The Suffolk County News – Sayville, NY

Interpreting the word of God to connect with a contemporary audience is a difficult task, but one in which curate, assistant rector Mother Lilo Rivera-Carr, of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Sayville, not only excels, but blossoms, as she relates everyday life to scripture for her congregants.

Originally from Massachusetts (her loyalty to the Red Sox/Patriots remains unconfirmed), Mother Lilo, who grew up in a Congregational Church, had artistic interests and studied to become a graphic designer. […]

Islander’s art donated to East End church

Shelter Island Reporter – Mattituck, NY

Two contemporary artworks, Pale Male and Nail This, by Shelter Island artist Roz Dimon have been gifted to Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor by Lyn and E.T. Williams, prominent art collectors who are members and long-time supporters of the church.

The artworks are given in memory of E.T.’s sister, JoAnne Williams Carter, also a revered member of the church and community. […]

Need to get out of the cold? daytime Respite Returns to Ton’s Kitchen

Montclair Local – Montclair, NJ

Homeless individuals and others needing daytime shelter in Montclair have one more place to go. Toni’s Kitchen has again opened up a daytime warming center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

The center opened in the second week of January, as temperatures plummeted in Montclair and the region. It was made possible in part by a $10,000 grant awarded by the Montclair Township Council at its Jan. 4 meeting. Additional funding comes from organizations working with Partners for Health, a Montclair based nonprofit organization providing grants to groups addressing health equality. […]

Indigenous children who died at boarding school finally make it home as tribes repatriate remains 

Episcopal News Service

Kirby Metoxen had long heard the stories of Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School from his parents, grandparents and other elders on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin, just west of Green Bay. He knew attending boarding schools like Carlisle had devastated earlier generations of Native Americans who were separated from their families, sometimes against their will. The U.S. government-backed education system’s intent was to force them to assimilate into white culture, at the expense of their own cultural identities. […]

New Bethany Ministries to manage soup kitchen operations at Trinity Episcopal Church

Lehigh Valley Regional News – Bethlehem, PA

New Bethany Ministries, a local nonprofit providing basic-need services, housing, and support aimed at lifting people out of poverty, said Wednesday it will oversee and manage Trinity Soup Kitchen food service operations at Trinity Episcopal Church on East Market Street in Bethlehem. […]