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Religion & Politics – Remembering the Right Rev. Barbara Harris, the First Female Bishop in the Anglican Communion

Washingtonian – For Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, gratitude means constantly “seeking out the good.” – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, who publicly condemned President Trump for posing with a Bible in front of St. John’s Church in June

Sun North Port – COVID-19 can’t stop Christmas, North Port fundraiser returns, ‘we love it’ – The Port Charlotte woman was, in fact, the first Christmas tree buyer Friday at St. Nathaniel’s Episcopal Church. The North Port parish had sold them for years.

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Good Book Club – The Gospel Of Mark | Epiphany 2021

Begin 2021 with the Gospel of Mark! The Good Book Club returns to read the earliest and shortest of the four gospels, starting Friday, January 1, 2021, through Shrove Tuesday, February 16.

Mark opens with words from the prophet Isaiah: “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,” and indeed the gospel itself serves as a messenger for the life and ministry of Jesus. Written around 65-75 CE, Mark proclaims the good news that Jesus is the messiah and Son of God.

The full reading list for the Gospel of Mark is on the website.

Remembering the Right Rev. Barbara Harris, the First Female Bishop in the Anglican Communion

Religion & Politics

When President Trump had protesters cleared from Lafayette Square near the White House in June, so that he could stand on the steps of St. John’s Episcopal Church and display a Bible for the cameras, he did not give the church’s clergy the opportunity to speak. Given what happened next, however, he may as well have handed them a megaphone. The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, who as Episcopal bishop of Washington is the denomination’s leading cleric of the region, suddenly had a national platform to talk about racial justice. […]

For Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, gratitude means constantly “seeking out the good.”

Washingtonian

When President Trump cleared Lafayette Square to use St. John’s as a photo op, there was a lot of anger and pain. How did you find healing and gratitude after that?

That was a very troubling period, and we were trying to be a presence of calm and solidarity and love in the midst of all that. Where the gratitude came from, for me, was the overwhelming response from people all across the country. I have stacks of cards and letters from people who were grateful for a witness who spoke of a rightful use of our sacred texts, and [who had] a willingness to hold up a different vision of who we are as a country. […]

COVID-19 can’t stop Christmas, North Port fundraiser returns, ‘we love it’

Sun North Port – Port Charlotte, FL

The Port Charlotte woman was, in fact, the first Christmas tree buyer Friday at St. Nathaniel’s Episcopal Church. The North Port parish had sold them for years, and Towne was first in line as volunteers unloaded fir trees wrapped in netting from a tractor-trailer.

“Because they’re gorgeous,” she said when questioned why travel so far to retrieve one. “We love it.” […]

Woodbury church, Morris camp volunteers organize plan to feed families

The Register Citizen – Morris, CT

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church members in Woodbury recently decided to form a “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” effort to regularly prepare and deliver meals twice a week to Waterbury families.

In response, according to Rector Tuesday Rupp, Dylan Mello, Northwest Region missionary for the Episcopal Diocese in Connecticut, got in touch to help.

Mello secured a grant from the Diocese to fund the mission and enlisted help from Camp Washington in Morris. The plan was to have the Director of Food Services prepare the meals to be delivered by a group of twelve volunteer drivers. […]