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Homewood Star – Local church feeds food insecure students in the community – The Outreach Committee at Episcopal Church of the Ascension is addressing a serious need for some students in the community: hunger.
CBS 7 – Midland church planning to feed the city with free Easter brunch – Midland’s Longest Table” will take over the block to serve the community free brunch and host the city’s largest Easter egg hunt.
The Christian Post – Nearly 2 in 5 Americans think religion makes the country stronger: poll – In a study titled ‘Jesus in America’ released last week and written as a partnership between Ipsos and the Episcopal Church, 38% of respondents said they believe that religion in the U.S. “makes the country stronger
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Local church feeds food insecure students in the community
Homewood Star – Homewood, AL
The Outreach Committee at Episcopal Church of the Ascension is addressing a serious need for some students in the community: hunger.
The committee is currently supporting a total of 16 students at Vestavia Hills Elementary East and Cahaba Heights Elementary by having school counselors discreetly put bags of food in their backpacks once a week.
“While we are in a wealthy part of town, there are still people who live in poverty and are hungry,” said Jack Alvey, rector at Episcopal Church of the Ascension.
Midland church planning to feed the city with free Easter brunch
CBS 7 – Midland, TX
Thriving United and the Transform Church in Midland have big plans for Easter Sunday, they want to feed the entire city of Midland. Several families spend Easter hunting for eggs and breaking bread together. Some of us don’t have family in town to share the holiday with, but thriving united has a solution to that problem. On April 17th, the entire 100 block of Texas Avenue in downtown Midland will be blocked off. “Midland’s Longest Table” will take over the block to serve the community free brunch and host the city’s largest Easter egg hunt. Ty Johnson, Director of Community Outreach and Spiritual Development at Thriving United, says they have big plans for the event.
Nearly 2 in 5 Americans think religion makes the country stronger: poll –
The Christian Post – National
Nearly four out of 10 adults living in the United States believe that religion makes the country stronger, while fewer than one in 10 believe it makes it weaker, according to a new poll by Ipsos and The Episcopal Church. In a study titled “Jesus in America” released last week and written as a partnership between Ipsos and the Episcopal Church, 38% of respondents said they believe that religion in the U.S. “makes the country stronger,” which was the most popular response.
Neighbors File Complaints Against Ton’s Kitchen in Montclair, but no Citations so Far
Montclair Local – Montclair, NJ
When the pandemic hit in 2020, Toni’s Kitchen, with a mission of ending food insecurity in Montclair and housed at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for 40 years, stepped up its operations, more than tripling its outreach, and moving most of its operations to the parking lot.
The heightened need is not going away, said the Rev. John A. Mennell, rector of St. Luke’s, speaking on the behalf of Toni’s Kitchen Director Anne Mernin. But some neighbors were not happy with the increase in operations, which went from 4,300 weekly meals served indoors to 20,000 weekly meals either picked up from the parking lot or loaded into trucks for delivery.
Some dioceses ease restrictions on wine from common cup amid declining COVID-19 rates
Episcopal News Service – National
The common cup is back – at least in some dioceses of The Episcopal Church.
It’s another sign of the growing eagerness across the church to return to pre-pandemic liturgical practices after two years of disruptions. After a fall and winter surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the delta and omicron variants, dioceses and congregations are planning for a post-pandemic future that includes resumption of Communion wine from a cup shared by all communicants.