Diocesan News

As the COVID-19 pandemic began, diocesan youth missioner the Rev. H. Mark Smith found himself in video meetings with youth workers at a diocesan as well as national level, discussing youth ministry in the time of COVID-19, and the common desire to move youth from mourning the grief of what they are losing into action and a way to feel like they’re making a contribution to their communities. It was out of these conversations, Smith said in an interview, that came the idea for the diocesan-wide youth ministry outreach campaign, Our World, Our Future: Young People Responding to Urgent Needs.

This year’s summer camp programs at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., have been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The center’s executive director, John Koch, and board president, the Rev. Natasha Stewart, announced the suspension on May 13.

The bishops issued the following notice on May 12, 2020, to clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership, regarding extension until July 1, 2020, of the directive for no in-person public worship or gatherings in churches.