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WPRI Providence – Providence church carries on 103-year-old parishioner’s wish to help the less fortunate – What started as an idea to help those living on the margins 40 years ago has blossomed into so much more for 103-year-old Elsie Nickerson…
Merrill Foto News – Ascension Episcopal Church welcomes Rev. Amy Heimerl as Vicar – The Rev. Amy Heimerl has accepted a call and started service as Vicar of Ascension Episcopal Church in Merrill on a part-time basis. Rev. Amy Heimerl is a 1990…
The Living Church – Nebraska Parish, Yazidi in Thriving Relationship – A long-established relationship continues to thrive between a Lincoln, Nebraska, Episcopal parish and a non-Christian minority community that has faced worldwide discrimination and genocide.
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Providence church carries on 103-year-old parishioner’s wish to help the less fortunate
WPRI TV – Providence, RI
What started as an idea to help those living on the margins 40 years ago has blossomed into so much more for 103-year-old Elsie Nickerson.
Thankful for all that she had, Nickerson started a soup kitchen at Saint Peter’s and Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church back in the 1970s.
“I felt there was a need for it,” Nickerson said.
She never thought that, four decades later, it would also become a food pantry, thrift store and so much more. […]
Ascension Episcopal Church welcomes Rev. Amy Heimerl as Vicar
Merrill Foto News – Merrill, WI
The Rev. Amy Heimerl has accepted a call and started service as Vicar of Ascension Episcopal Church in Merrill on a part-time basis. Rev. Amy Heimerl is a 1990 graduate from Merrill High School. She earned a B.A. in Education from St. Norbert College, a special education degree from UW-Stevens Point, a health education degree from UW-LaCrosse, and a M.A. in Education from Viterbo University. She was an educator for 27 years and focused on working with students with emotional and behavioral struggles and who learn differently. She was instrumental in developing the Link Crew Program at MHS. […]
Nebraska Parish, Yazidi in Thriving Relationship
The Living Church – Lincoln, NE
A long-established relationship continues to thrive between a Lincoln, Nebraska, Episcopal parish and a non-Christian minority community that has faced worldwide discrimination and genocide.
The Yazidis are an ancient community originally from the Middle Eastern area of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Tukey. The Yazidis are Kurdish, not Muslim, which has been a source of confusion and derision for centuries. In August 2014, the Yazidi faced genocide by ISIS, with a reported 7,000-plus men, women, and children killed. As a result of this terror, thousands fled the Middle East to start their lives in exile, including to the United States. […]
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Applications open for General Convention Official Youth Presence 2022
The Episcopal Church invites teens age 16 to 19 to apply to become part of the 80th General Convention’s Official Youth Presence, a group whose members have seat and voice in the House of Deputies.
Diocesan Profile Published, Now Accepting Nominations
The Bishop Search Committee is pleased to announce the Diocesan Profile has been published and requests nominations for the election of the 12th bishop of Louisiana. The Diocesan Profile articulates who we are as a diocese and where God is calling us to go.
Completed nomination packets should be emailed to nominations@edola.org or mailed to Jay Albert, dcn., 335 Carr Drive, Slidell, LA 70458, for arrival no later than Friday, December 31, 2021.
Apply soon for Constable Fund and Roanridge Trust grants!
Deadline: Dec. 12
These grant opportunities are offered annually by The Episcopal Church.
Constable Fund: These grants focus on work in the area of religious education.
Roanridge Trust: These grants support leadership development in small towns and rural communities.