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We would like to display photographs of your church on the walls of the Bishop Henry Center. Please mail your unframed 11x14 photographs of a church in the diocese to:

Alice Keenan

Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina

900B CentrePark Drive

Asheville, NC 28805

You may also send high-resolution photos by email. Please make sure they are sized to print cleanly at 11x14.

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Good Shepherd Participates in Strive to Revive Cardiac Arrest Rescue Program

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), the North Carolina Council of Churches, the American Red Cross and Rep. Becky Carney have selected GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH as one of 150 places of worship across the state to participate in Strive to Revive. The program aims to reduce deaths related to cardiovascular disease by providing automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) and CPR training to places of worship across North Carolina.

"Our congregation is committed to protecting the health of our members, and Strive to Revive helps us take this commitment to the next level,"  said Father Walter Bryan. "With many people attending our church each week, we have the potential to save lives spiritually and physically as we make a real difference in our community."

To learn more about Strive to Revive or to apply for an AED and CPR training, click here.

HOLY LAND PIGRIMAGE--ST. PHILIP'S, BREVARD

St. Philip's is coordinating a pilgrimage to the Holy Land the last two weeks in February 2014.  Led by Dr. Tom Lewis, a retired Presbyterian minister, the goal of the trip is for participants to have a tangible experience of the biblical landscape and the spirituality of the Holy Land.  Unlike a regular tour, the pilgrimage is an experience requiring involvement and an active roll in the day-to-day activities. These will include Morning Prayer, excursions, small group discussions, rest/reflection, meals, and will conclude with worship.  It is open to all interested parties and will be limited to twenty adults.

The group will fly to Tel Aviv and spend seven nights at the Sea of Galilee, followed by seven nights in Jerusalem.  Accommodations will be at very comfortable hotels. All breakfasts and most lunches/dinners will be included. It is hoped to keep the cost at approximately $4,500 per person, including airfare. An advance deposit will be required.

In addition to his congregational ministry, Dr. Lewis has served as Director of Spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary.  He is the author of the book,  Finding God.  In the last four years he has led five pilgrimages to the Holy Land. 

Questions may be directed to June Hough or Billie Begg.

• Sunday, May 5, 2013, 5:00 p.m.
• St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville

The Choir of St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, North Carolina, will sing Choral Evensong on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. with The Rev. Joel G. Hafer officiating. The choir will sing Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in Eb by Charles Wood, Anglican chant by Thomas Norris, and Prayers and Responses by Richard Ayleward. Anthems will be If ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis and Antiphon (Let All the World in Ev'ry Corner Sing) by Vaughan Williams.

 

The service will be followed by an organ recital by Dr. Brennan Szafron, Organist/Choirmaster at Church of the Advent in Spartanburg. Before coming to Spartanburg, Dr. Szafron was the assistant organist and choirmaster of Christ Episcopal Church, Grosse Pointe, MI, with whom he toured France and Switzerland in the summer of 2003. He was also a student at the University

of Michigan, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance, studying with Robert Glasgow. Other degrees include a Master of Music degree from Yale University, where his teachers were Thomas Murray and Martin Jean, and a Bachelor of Music degree, with distinction, from the University of Alberta, where his teachers were Jacobus Kloppers and Marnie Giesbrecht. At the age of 21, he became a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

Dr. Szafron will be playing the Bach Toccata in E Major (BWV 566), the Widor Scherzo from Symphony IV, the Sowerby Fanfare, and other works by Sweelinck, Bonnet, and Gerald Bales. The service and recital will be followed by a candlelight reception in the Parish Hall. For further information, please contact Director of Music Brad Gee at St. James Church at 828-694-6925 or by email.

• Sunday, June 9, 2013, 9:30 a.m.
• The Church of the Resurrection, Little Switzerland, NC