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Greetings!
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In this issue, you will find stories celebrating ways we live our Christian calling through curiosity, generosity, and abundant humility. We hope they are an encouragement to you, your church, and your neighborhood. Thanks for reading!
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Register for Learn & Lead: Forming Faithful Leaders
Saturday, March 1st
9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Greenwich
Healthy, faithful, and effective churches require leaders who embody those same characteristics. But many churches suffer from a shortage of leadership and the overwhelming sense that too few people are doing too much of the heavy lifting. How can we raise up and form new healthy, faithful and effective leaders for the future?
The Congregational Development Commission invites all current and future leaders to a daylong seminar that will feature a keynote address from Bishop Knisely to set out his vision for Christian leadership in the Diocese of Rhode Island, as well as five workshops which will explore various aspects of this important topic.
Learn more or register online today.
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Lent is not Rocket Science by Bishop Knisely
The season of Lent prompts us to ask about the nature of our being and our role in the world.
This Lent, we invite you to explore the intersection of faith and science, creation and the cosmos, in a newly published daily devotional written by astronomer and physicist (and our very own Bishop of Rhode Island) W. Nicholas Knisely.
In Lent is Not Rocket Science: An Exploration of God, Creation and the Cosmos, Bishop Knisely reflects on every level of creation, explaining significant and sometimes complex scientific concepts in a clear, succinct way through the lens of faith, and invites us to ask our own questions and ponder a response.
Click for more information or to order this book of daily Lenten meditations.
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Episcopal Charities 5% over their goals
The Episcopal Charities Fund of Rhode Island set out to raise $400,000 in 2013.
It was an ambitious number, particularly in the current economic climate -- but you rose to the occasion in a big way.
Total donations in 2013 came to $420,000, or 5% over our goal!
Many, many thanks to donors, volunteers, and our social services agencies. Together, we are changing lives in our community. Read the full story or view our unique celebration.
St. Mary's calls new rector The Reverend Jennifer Pedrick has accepted a call to be the next rector of St. Mary's in Portsmouth.
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Gene Robinson to visit RI
Gene Robinson,the country's first openly gay Episcopal bishop, will visit Rhode Island this weekend.
Sat. Feb. 8th, 6:30 PM
Film screening and Q&A with Bp. Robinson
6:30pm at St. Luke's in East Greenwich
Love Free or Die follows Robinson from small-town New England to the Lincoln Memorial to Lambeth Palace as he calls for all to stand for equality. The film won a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for An Agent of Change.
Sunday Feb. 9, 2-4 PM
URI LGBTQ Center
Symposium Keynote
St. Augustine's URI
35 Lower College Road, Kingston
Robinson, who is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, will give the keynote speech opening a weeklong symposium hosted by URI's LGBTQ Center.
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