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 Episcopal Relief and
Development, the emergency relief agency
of the
Episcopal Church, deployed $25,000 in
humanitarian
assistance to families suffering as a result
of last
month’s immigration raid on a leather goods
factory in
New Bedford. ERD made the grant March 16
following
an appeal from Bishop Shaw’s office. New
Bedford
congregations are community partners in
assisting
the families: Grace Church raised $2,000 in
collections at its March 11 services and St.
Andrew’s
Church will help direct the ERD aid by
working
with the
YMCA and other community organizations. St.
Andrew's will welcome Mayan families into its
April
vacation and after-school program for
school-aged
children who live in New Bedford’s North End. Trinity
Church in Boston opened its doors to a
rally by
the
Center to Support Immigrant Organizing on
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Children are especially vulnerable to the
dangers of
the world, and the church has a vital role to
play in
protecting them, according to presenters at the
Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM)
conference just concluded in South Africa.
More than 400 people from 30 of the Anglican
Communion’s 38 provinces attended the March 7-14
TEAM conference to review the communion’s
response to the Millennium Development Goals
and how
the church can do more as one of the world’s
largest
grassroots development networks.
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Summer anti-violence programs are one way the
Episcopal Church in Massachusetts is playing
a role
in protecting city children and youth.
At the May 3 program, Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet Mary
Oliver will read from her newest collection,
Thirst, and
other selections. Tickets are $30 ($15 for
students)
and can be purchased online at www.diomass.org.
Listen to Mary Oliver's audio meditation “Six Recognitions of the Lord."
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Rock music, biblically rich lyrics and yoga
are features
of two creative worship formats
that reflect young adult ministry in the
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
In response to the movement to Make Poverty History, St. Andrew’s Church (3 Maple Street, Framingham) will celebrate a special U2 Eucharist on Sunday, April 29, at 5 p.m. This special multi-generational Eucharist will feature music from the catalog of the world-famous Irish rock band U2. The Rev. Dr. Paige Blair, New England Coordinator for Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation, will be the featured preacher. Read the story from St. Andrew's. Read "Episcopal church taps U2 for liturgy" from the Boston Globe. The Crossing turns 1 ~ join the party!
Celebrate life and the spirit as The Crossing
marks its one-year anniversary on Thursday,
April 19,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in
Boston. For the past year, this emerging church
worship has
been gathering young adult churchgoers and
seekers
alike every Thursday to share a fresh take on
ancient
church traditions of worship and spiritual
practice. “This birthday/worship party will
move your
soul and your hips and make you proud to be an
Episcopalian!” said the Rev. Stephanie
Spellers, the
cathedral’s Cox Fellow and Minister for Radical
Welcome. For more information, visit www.thecrossingboston.org
(see "blog" on
the sidebar for regular updates), e-mail the
community
at thecrossing@diomass.org, or call
617-482-4826, ext. 318.
Coming this fall: This
spring’s Hip-Hop Mass
at the
cathedral has been postponed.
Instead,
mark your
calendar for
a Learning Party for the Hip-Hop Mass on Oct.
12-13.
This two-day event will be filled with worship,
interactive
workshops, great food and a fresh, hip-hop
take on
our ancient traditions. For the word on the
Hip-Hop
Mass, visit www.HipHopEMass.org.
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Take a moment for prayer and reflection while
online
this Lent. “Five Lenten
Prayers,” used with permission generously
granted by
their author, the Rev. Jennifer Phillips, are
taken from
Gleanings: Essays on Expansive Language with
Prayers for Various Occasions. Voice
recording is
graciously offered by Christine Jugueta.
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 Responding to the recent
Anglican
Primates'
Communiqué, the Episcopal Church's House of
Bishops, meeting March 16-21 in Navasota,
Texas, adopted three resolutions that
address the relationship of the Episcopal
Church with the Anglican Communion.The first asks the church's Executive Council
to join the bishops in declining acceptance
of an outside pastoral council and primatial
vicar to care for dissenting dioceses and
congregations. A second resolution asks for
a meeting with the archbishop of Canterbury,
Rowan Williams, and his council. The third
resolution describes the theological and
ecclesial reasons for the bishops' decisions.
A fourth statement provides fuller
explanation of the bishops' concerns.
Full texts of the resolutions and statement
are available at
www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_84148_ENG_HTM.htm.
Read "A Message to God's People" from the
House of Bishops at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_84198_ENG_HTM.htm.
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March 27: “Successful Stepfamilies:
Yours,
Mine and
Ours,” a conversation with Dr. Judy Osborne,
part of
the “Beyond the Daily
Grind: Talking About Issues that
Matter” series, 7 p.m. at the
Parish of Saint Paul,
Newton
Highlands.
March 27: Episcopal City Mission Lobby Day
March 29: Lenten Fire preaching
series concludes,
12:15 p.m. at the Cathedral Church
of St. Paul.
April 3: Holy Tuesday at the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
12 p.m. service with
blessing of holy oils and anointing of
persons in healing vocations and ministries,
with the Rev. Martin Smith, preacher. “Cure
of Souls” workshop with Martin Smith follows.
April 5: Maundy Thursday at the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
12 p.m.
April 6: Good Friday at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
12-2 p.m., with meditations offered by Boston
Globe columnist Derrick Jackson and Devin
McLachlan, Rector of Parish of the Messiah,
Auburndale.
April 21: The
Hip-Hop
Mass at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
Boston, has
been postponed.
April 28: “The Welcoming
Church” workshop at St.
Chrysostom’s Church, Wollaston
April 29: U2 Eucharist,
5 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church,
Framingham
May 3: Evening with Poet
Mary Oliver to benefit
Episcopal Church summer anti-violence
programs for
city youth
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