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Steve Abdow, the Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Diocese, has compiled a comprehensive list of contacts and activities regarding tornado relief and recovery. Click here for full details and how you can help.
Bishop Gordon P. Scruton has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2012. He was called to the Diocese 15 years ago. Read a letter from the Bishop on his decision and from the president of the Diocesan Standing Committee in related stories in this online-only edition of the July 2011 Pastoral Staff.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Come, Holy Spirit…help us hear a word from you tonight…and help us put the word we hear from you into practice in our lives, through Jesus Christ out Lord. Amen.
I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to join with you, my sisters and brothers in Christ, with my bishop…
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a; Matthew 2:1-12
During the Christmas season we often see pictures of manger scenes, that we see indoors and outdoors, nativity figures and Christmas pageants. Usually in the manger scenes, we see shepherds and three kings bringing…