From The Bishop February 17, 2010
A Lenten Message
This week's Please Note is a Lenten message featuring a meditation from the Archbishop Oscar
Romero, who served the people of El Salvador and was assassinated in 1980
while he was saying mass in San Salvador. Click here for a copy of the meditation.
Watch the Bishop's Message
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Two Upcoming Special Events: Deacons Tea and Clergy Study Day
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Tea about Deacons Sunday, Feb. 28, 4:30 pm, All Saints, GreensboroAre
you a priest? Lay person? Member of a parish discernment committee? Are
you trying to discern a call? Ask
questions, and meet deacons and priests who work with deacons in our diocese. Click here for more information. Clergy Study Day 2010Thursday, March 11, at Duke Divinity School, 8:30 to 3:30
The Voice in the Wilderness
Prophets and Prophetic Ministry: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives. Click here for more information. |
Upcoming Diocesan Events Click on underlined events for more information
February 21-22 - Diocesan Council Retreat (corrected date)February 26 - 28 - Youth Outreach Weekend sponsored by the South Region, Registration underway February 27 - Safe Church Training, St. Anne's, Winston-Salem, 8:30 am-noon March 6 - East Region Wardens' Conference, St. Mark's, Raleigh Click here for additional conference dates March 11 - Education for Ministry (EFM) Mentor Training, St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, Stoneville March 11 - Fresh Start March 11 - Clergy Study Day, Duke Divinity School, Featuring Ellen Davis March 15 - Standing Committee Meets March 18 - Interim Clergy Meeting, Holy Comforter, Burlington March 19 - 21 - Happening #54, Haw River State Park Regional Wardens' Conferences - In March and April. Click here for more information. Grant Forms Available Now: MRST Grant Applications online - Deadline is April 15. Lex Mathew's Scholarship for Women - Deadline is March 15. For Sale: Fleece jackets with the Diocesan Shield. Cost is $40. Proceeds to benefit Stop Hunger Now. Contact Lisa Aycock.
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News from Around Our Diocese Click on underlined events for more information
February 18 - Chatham Hall invites Diocese of NC to event with author Phyllis Tickle. Click here for more information.
February 23 - Discussions on "Is There a Christian Response to the Great Recession?" Sponsored by Community United Church, Raleigh, 814 Dixie Trail, 7:30- 9 pm
February 26 - The Gospel of Mark, with Tracy Radosevic, professional storyteller, 7 pm, St. Michael's, Raleigh
February 26 - 28 - Penick Village 5th Annual Art Show & Sale Fundraiser Proceeds to benefit the Benevolent Assistance Fund.
February 28 -
Deacon Tea at 4:30 pm - Learn more about the ministry of
Deacons, All Saints Episcopal Church,
Greensboro, NC
February 28 - March 3 - Kanuga Conference: Nonviolence - A Faithful Response
March 6 - Youth Day, campus of UNC Charlotte sponsored by UCF For more information, click here.
March 19 - Penick Village Garden Cottage Grand Opening, 4-9 pm, Southern Pines, NC
March 20 - A Seminar on the Preservation of African American Churches in Eastern NC, 9 am to 4 pm, Tarboro, NC
Registrations Underway:
Prepare/Enrich Workshop for facilitators working with
premarital or married couples, Church of the Nativity, Raleigh. Workshop is
March 12, 9 am to 4 pm. Registration ends February 26.
Province IV 19th Annual HIV/AIDS Retreat Kanuga Conference Center. Event takes place June 11-13
Appalachian Institution Retreat: "Christianity and the West," at Lake Logan. Event takes place August 1-5. Contact Ward Purrington.
Wanted,
Grand piano in good condition for Lake Logan Epis. Conference Center. Contact Ward Purrington.
Wanted: A baptismal font for an emerging congregation in Raleigh called Emmanuel Episcopal
Church (Anglican formerly known as St. Ambrose Igbo). Contact the Rev. Martin Anagbogu, who recently celebrated his American Citizenship, Sept. 2009. Congratulations!
If there is something that you would like to announce here, email us and please give title of event and no more than 100 words in description.
Announcements will normally be posted for the four weeks prior to the event.
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