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Following is a letter issued July 27 to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from Bishop Alan M. Gates regarding the diocese's new mission strategy, a draft of which will be available in early August for review.  The diocesan community is invited to respond to the draft at…

Among the Brockton Enterprise's "Three Good Things that Happened Locally" feature is St. Andrew's Church in Hanover and the annual day out it hosts for women from Rosie's Place shelter in Boston. There’s some time at Humarock Beach in Scituate, lunch at the church and an invitation to browse racks…

Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge will cease to grant degrees at the end of the upcoming academic year, the seminary’s board of trustees decided July 21 on a 11-4 vote, according to an EDS news release. No faculty or staff members will be laid off during the upcoming academic year, and…

The Mystic Valley Area branch of the NAACP has announced that the Rev. Noah Evans, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church of Medford, will receive the first Community Service Award named after its esteemed first branch president, Wallace H. Kountze.Click the link above to read the full story.

The Rev. Tim Crellin of St. Stephen's Church in Boston participated in the July 14 live forum "5 on Race in Boston" hosted by WCVB Channel 5, sharing how access to jobs can change lives and asking about the rights of young people of color during interactions with police.Click the link above to view…

About 50 people gathered on Main Street in Sandwich on July 13 to hold a candlelight vigil after the shootings in Baton Rouge, Dallas and St. Paul the previous week.  The Rev. Thomas Ferguson of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sandwich spoke before the crowd and noted that in his short time as…

Lynn is trying to bridge the divide between the community and the police through conversation. The Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) held a community vigil and training at Bethel AME Church on July 12. Religious leaders, residents, police officers and children came together to discuss what…

Following is a letter issued July 12 to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from Bishop Alan M. Gates regarding the violent tragedies of the last week.Dear people of the Diocese of Massachusetts,Last weekend I made a two-day silent retreat at the Trappist Abbey in Western…

Summer is a great time to slow down, relax and enjoy one another’s company. At St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sudbury, there is a new summer tradition that reflects that slower summer pace: the cookout Eucharist.Every Wednesday in July, St. Elizabeth’s parishioners gather for a come-as-you-are Eucharist…

The online dating service Christian Mingle is now open to same-sex searches, and some are saying it's a victory for the church as the whole. "It might seem like a trivial thing that this Christian website is opening up," the Rev. Jeff Mello of St. Paul's Church in Brookline explained, "but that…