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13-ABCtv – Michigan teen makes history as one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the nation – Once girls were allowed to join the Boy Scouts, April’s goal was crystal clear…
The Oklahoman– St. Paul’s Cathedral came up with a creative way to help parishioners observe Ash Wednesday, Lent in spite of COVID – St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral’s efforts are literally in the bag…
The Living Church – 1 Peter: Real-Life Biblical Focus of Lambeth 2022 – The First Epistle of Peter, a text that speaks to “immediate pastoral problems” while also “rais[ing] an utterly compelling and inspiring vision of the call of God” will serve as the Biblical focus of the 2022 Lambeth Conference, says Archbishop Justin Welby in a video introduction launched in early February on the conference’s website.
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Michigan teen makes history as one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the nation
13 ABCtv – Muskegon, MI
Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America. The coveted achievement must be reached before the age of 18, and usually takes six years for scouts to meet all of the specific requirements.
A female scout from West Michigan wasn’t allowed to join the Boy Scouts until 2019, but earned Eagle Scout status in two years flat, allowing her to become one of the rare members of the nation’s inaugural class of all female Eagle Scouts, as well as the first female Eagle Scout in Muskegon County.
I’ve always just seen people in scouting,” said April Bowlin, 17. “I remember watching my older brother become an Eagle Scout and thought, ‘Oh, that’s cool, but I can’t do that though’ because I was a girl.” […]
St. Paul’s Cathedral came up with a creative way to help parishioners observe Ash Wednesday, Lent in spite of COVID
The Oklahoman – Oklahoman City, OK
With in-person services suspended in many local churches, religious leaders have found creative ways to observe Ash Wednesday and Lent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral’s efforts are literally in the bag.
The church, led by Dean Katie Churchwell, is offering parishioners “Holy Lent Bags,” which include items that individuals and families need to observe the Lenten season at home. The church, 127 NW 7, is distributing the bags in the days leading up to Ash Wednesday on Wednesday.
“Our goal with the Holy Lent Bags is that people will have a holy Lent, and a global pandemic doesn’t necessarily have to get in the way of that, regardless of whether people feel comfortable doing things in person,” Churchwell said. […]
1 Peter: Real-Life Biblical Focus of Lambeth 2022
The Living Church
The First Epistle of Peter, a text that speaks to “immediate pastoral problems” while also “rais[ing] an utterly compelling and inspiring vision of the call of God” will serve as the Biblical focus of the 2022 Lambeth Conference, says Archbishop Justin Welby in a video introduction launched in early February on the conference’s website.
The book, Welby says, helps the Church grapple with “real life” issues like “climate change, conflict, gender, identity, modern slavery, poverty.” He continued, “Many of our sisters and brothers experience these pressures on a daily basis. And when we meet in Canterbury, we must listen to the voices, to the testimonies, to each other.”
“The focus on the Bible and 1 Peter in particular, really will drive much of the Lambeth Conference and has been a huge part of the preparation for it,” said the Rev. Canon Jenn Strawbridge, who is playing a central role in developing Bible study resources for the bishops who will gather in Canterbury in the summer of 2022. […]
Local pastors ask for more changes to the revised Use of Force Policy
South Bend, IN
Leaders from Faith in Indiana gathered on the steps of the Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church on Thursday, calling on the city’s Board of Public Safety to reject the current draft of the Use of Force Policy.
The leaders feared the new Use of Force Policy is not clear enough, and want the board to ban officers from shooting at unarmed or fleeing suspects before the vote takes place.
“The policy as we see it is insufficient,” stated Reverend Gilbert C. Washington, of St. Paul Bethel Missionary Baptist, “If they don’t know what to do and when to do it, then it becomes a prerogative, and we don’t want the police acting on their own prerogative.”
The effort to reform the South Bend Police training manual, policy handbook and Use of Force Policy started a year and a half ago, after the deadly police shooting of car break-in suspect Eric Logan.
The incident sparked widespread protests and community meetings designed to reform the department, all to restore the public’s trust.
Faith in Indiana has taken an active role in the talks but remain concerned the policy allows lethal force against unarmed or fleeing suspects, explicitly wanting this to be prohibited. […]