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Clergy in theAM Publish New Ministry Resources
Passages: How Reading the Bible in a Year Will Change Everything for You By the Rev. Brian Hardin December 2011 The founder of the immensely popular Daily Audio Bible, Brian Hardin shows readers how reading through the Bible in a year will change their life and the lives of others. Passages shows readers how to read the Bible and offers practical ideas for immersing themselves in God's life-giving words. Here readers will discover that reading the Bible can be a breathtaking adventure. Learn more here. 
Be a Blessing: A Guide to Safe and Sane Pastoral Care By the Rev. Sherry Adams Ever wish you knew more about personalities or had taken additional classes in Pastoral Care to deal with the myriad personal problems brought to you on a daily basis? This book is meant to help! Written by a licensed psychologist and minister with over twenty years experience in counseling, this resource contains practical tips on how to recognize what you are in fact dealing with, and then what to do to be of significant help. Learn more here. 
The Christology of the Family By the Rev. Michael Lessard This book is about learning to care for one another as Christ cares for us. The family has been affected by our culture of entertainment and immediacy and lost sight of its primary purpose----to care for one another as the Good Shepherd cares for His sheep. The Christian family needs to reclaim the heart of the Gospel and create new disciples, not just church members. All disciples are to be caregivers, whether at home with family, at work, or in the Church. Learn more here. |
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Greetings!
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1
What a wonderful verse to usher in the Thanksgiving holiday. May we have thankful and joyful hearts for all the Lord is doing in our midst!
Blessings,
Cynthia P. Brust
Director of Communications, Chair of Winter Conference
Anglican Mission in the Americas
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Winter Conference 2012
Now Open: Winter Conference Registration!
Although Scripture is filled with examples of the presence and power of the Spirit operating in everything from the actual creation of our world (Genesis 1:2) to the transforming "new creation" of our personal lives (2 Cor. 3:18), the Holy Spirit has often been overlooked or ignored. At next year's Winter Conference in Houston, Texas, we will seek to correct this all too frequent omission. The theme for next year's conference will be "The Holy Spirit: Power for Mission."
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Bishop Terrell Glenn Resigns from theAM
 On November 9, during a regularly scheduled Council of Bishops meeting, Bishop Terrell Glenn resigned from the Anglican Mission and its Council of Bishops. With regret and sadness, the Council accepted Bishop Glenn's resignation, prayed with him and his wife Teresa and blessed them in their new season of ministry.
Read Bishop Murphy's letter to clergy and congregations about this news here.
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Rector's Daughter Releases Worship EP
 Annie Lawrence,
21-year-old daughter of the Rev. Quigg Lawrence, rector of Church of the Holy Spirit in Roanoke, Virginia, will release her first EP, Light Is Stronger, on November 22. Produced by Andrew Osenga, former lead singer and guitarist for Caedmon's Call, Light Is Stronger is filled with Annie's worshipful lyrics that speak powerfully to the truth of God's Word and His faithfulness to young people as they walk through life's struggles. Annie has studied under Andy Piercy and leads worship at her college church, helping fulfill Bishop Chuck Murphy's desire to raise the bar of worship in theAM.
Click here for a free download.
Learn more at Annie Lawrence Music.
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Parish String Band Ministers to Community
It never fails: Heads nod, toes tap and eyes light up as the six-member Pops Ole Tyme String Band of Prince of Peace Church in Melbourne, Florida, takes the stage. Several times a month, the group performs fun, familiar melodies that carry messages of Christ's love to audiences at local nursing homes, retirement communities and Alzheimer's daycare centers.
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Clergy Wives Find Respite at "Chosen" Retreat
 Though some had never met before, the group of 12 women had much in common. They were all wives of clergy in the Emmaus Mission Network, and they all came needing something. Whether it was rest, refreshment, discovery of their own identity and gifts, the power to forgive or just the knowledge they weren't alone, they found it at the recent "Chosen, Partners in the Harvest" retreat, a network-based gathering sponsored by bishops' wives to support clergy wives in theAM.
Learn how the retreat ministered to attendees.
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Students Focus on Christ at theAM Fall Youth Retreat
 From racing down waterslides to sitting in quiet contemplation, late-night giggle fests to discovering how Jesus ministered here on earth, the students who attended theAM's Fall Youth Retreat deepened relationships with each other and with Christ.
Take a sneak peek into the youth retreat.
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Parish to Hold First Service in New Building
 After a seven-month renovation process, Church of the Apostles, Columbia, is scheduled to hold their first service November 20 in a newly purchased building.
Pending this week's installation of phone lines and a water meter, as well as successful building and fire alarm inspections, the church will conclude a season of meeting in the South Carolina State Museum and begin a new one at 1516 Bull Street, right in the heart of Columbia. The site, previously used by Second Calvary Baptist Church, is less than a mile from both the State House and the University of South Carolina and stands at the intersection of several major traffic arteries that service Richland and Lexington Counties. Catalyst Architects of Lexington, South Carolina, assisted with design, and Hood Construction Company turned the design into designated worship space.
Leaders believe this new platform for ministry will help them fulfill their response to the Great Commission, as well as provide increased seating capacity and day-to-day control over facilities. They also believe the construction of their own sacred space will facilitate mutual encouragement toward faith and obedience.
Learn more at Apostles Columbia.
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