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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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Scripture Lessons – The Fourth Sunday of Lent (RCL-C)
Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32
Today’s Gospel is one of the most familiar parables of Jesus. It is an encouraging and refreshing story…but if we hear it as Jesus intended, it will shock us…as it shocked and angered the people who first heard Jesus tell…