June 26, 2013
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The Time to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform Is Now 


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This week's Please Note features an interview with Mauricio Castro of the North Carolina Latino Coalition about North Carolinians' support for comprehensive immigration reform and the compelling reasons why it is important to voice your support for reform now.

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Bishop Michael B. Curry, Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple and Bishop Alfred C. Marble of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina voiced their support today for the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act that prevented married same-sex couples in states that recognize their marriages from enjoying the same federal legal protection and benefits that married different-sex couples enjoy:

"We give thanks for today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down provisions of DOMA and take a step toward full marriage equality. While we respect that many of our brothers and sisters of all religious stripes are undergoing personal, congregational and denominational discernment regarding what their faith says about marriage equality, our faith leads us to view the Supreme Court's decision as a blessing.

 

"As the first book of the Bible declares, every human being has been created in the 'image of God.' Our value and worth as people derives from holding that image within us, and that value and worth is conferred equally to all. In this way, human equality was decreed by God at the Creation. The recent decision by the Supreme Court heads in the direction of acknowledging that truth of God. There is more work to be done before we realize full human equality for all in our nation and in our world. But we are thankful for this important step on the journey to 'freedom and justice for all.'"


Upcoming Diocesan EventsUpcoming

Find more information about events here, or view the diocesan calendar here.       

 

Many of the Education for Ministry (EfM) groups in our Diocese are already enrolling their groups for the fall semester. If you are seeking to join a group and begin this dynamic four year program, click here. $725 of scholarship money is available for those not already receiving a reduced enrollment fee who are in need of tuition assistance. For more information, please contact Shelley Kappauf.

June   

  

27 - Diocesan Council meeting

 

28 - Full payment for HUGS Camp due.  

 

29 - Transitional Deacons Ordination, 11:00am, Good Shepherd, Raleigh.  

 

July

 

1 - Ordination to the Priesthood of the Rev. Kara Slade, 6:00pm, St. Stephen's, Oxford. Bishop Curry will ordain on behalf of Bishop Philip Duncan of the Diocese of Central Gulf Coast.  

  

1 - Annual Celebration of the Rev. Pauli Murray, 7:00pm, St. Titus, 

Durham. July 1 is the day that Pauli Murray, Durham's first saint is honored on the Episcopal Church calendar. The Rev. Stephanie Yancey, St. Luke's, Durham, will preach and celebrate.   

 

4-5 - Diocesan offices closed for Independence Day.    

 

6-13 - HUGS, Haw River State Park, Browns Summit. A special camp for special people, HUGS pairs special needs campers with buddies who help them enjoy a traditional week of summer camp that makes sure to include everyone in the fun!

 

13 - HUGS 25th Birthday Celebration, 10:00am, Haw River State Park. Bishop Anne will lead the birthday Eucharist followed by a picnic lunch. Register for the celebration here.  

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July Around the Diocese bulletin inserts are now available here.
NC Episcopalins Arrested as Witnesses

Several Episcopalians, lay and ordained, have been arrested in acts of civil disobedience related to Moral Monday over the past few weeks. While all have been released, we ask that you please keep them in your prayers:
the Rev. Deb Blackwood,
Leigh Bordley, the Rev. Jane Holmes, the Rev. Randell Keeney, Page McCullough,
Chris Ringwatt, Amanda Smith, Ron Sutton, Harry Watson and
the Rev. Lawrence Womack.

If you know of more names to add to the list, please email summerlee.walter
@episdionc.org.
The Bible ChallengeChallenge

Read this week's meditation from the Rev. Amy Huacani, the 30th weekly Bible Challenge reflection from clergy across the Diocese.

Convention Updates

Convention will arrive sooner than you think. Remain up-to-date with the latest information here.
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July

 

21 - 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Rev. John Heinemeier's Ordination, 4:00pm, St. Cyprian's, Oxford. Bishop Curry will preside, and Dr. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, Mt. Pisgah Baptist, Brooklyn, New York will preach.  

 

Do you have an old church bell that needs a new and loving home? St. Joseph's, Durham, is looking for a church bell to put in its Main Street courtyard to signal the call to prayer for their  

Daily Offices and celebrations of Holy Eucharist. If you have a bell you'd like to donate, please contact the Rev. Karen Barfield.  

 

 

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