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Sky Lake Ecumenical Scripture Institute

The following note is from Earl Trygar, rector, St. Mark's, Moscow: Attached you will find a brochure for the Sky Lake Ecumenical Scripture Institute.  I have attended this event before and have enjoyed it.  It is part education, part retreat. So far at least 5 of our clergy are attending.  At the one I attended last year it was comprised of mostly lay persons.  It is a beautiful setting and the fellowship is wonderful.  Addison Wright is very interesting and the sessions are very interactive. (Check out the bio in the brochure) Please pass this on to all.

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Share the Bread Newsletter 2

September 27, 2006 ... A newsletter from the Evangelism Committee of the Diocese of Bethlehem. For a version with additional online features you may subscribe directly.

Download share_the_bread_newsletter_sept. 27, 2006.pdf

 

Parish Files

Updated November 28

Bethlehem (Cathedral), Morgantown, Stevensville, Whitehall

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St. Stephen's, Wilkes-Barre celebrates new ministry

Download Archdeacon Howard Stringfellow's sermon and photos from the Celebration of New Ministry of St. Stephen's, Wilkes-Barre, with their rector, Father Daniel Gunn, September 24.

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St. Brigid's boat floats ... halfway

The youth group of St. Brigid’s, Nazareth tied for second prize for the most original boat in the Float Your Boat Festival in the Lehigh Canal, at Sand Island in Bethlehem.

The group had constructed an eight-foot boat with a Viking design as part of the Diocese of Bethlehem Children’s Sabbath/Cruising to Equity program last fall.

Built from a refrigerator carton, the boat (nicknamed Moe) served as the collection point for monthly donations of items for the needy. Though Moe was not meant to be seaworthy, Dean Bob Schenkel, priest in charge suggested that a canal voyage might be a fun and a fitting ending for the vessel.

Read the whole story (with photos) below.

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Mt Pocono's walk on MySpace

Trinity Episcopal Church in Mount Pocono, through the efforts of its webmaster Erik Gregory, has launched its own page on MySpace.com. Trinity is the first church in the Diocese of Bethlehem and one of only a handful of churches to do so across the nation.

Download Rob McMahon's article below and visit Trinity's site on MySpace.

Download mt. Pocono's MySpace.pdf

Life is Tasty

This is the new website of the youth ministries of the Diocese of Bethlehem. The name and concept are creations of our diocesan youth council. The site itself is designed by Josh Frank, youth missioner at Church of the Epiphany, Clarks Summit, who is available for freelance website design work.

The name Life is Tasty springs from a recent theological exercise done by the youth council. The desire is that we revel in every good gift God has given us.

Download Demery Bader-Saye's article about this.

Download Lifeistasty.pdf

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Diocesan Convention 2006

Proposed resolutions, persons nominated for diocesan offices and committees, as well as a convention schedule may be downloaded below.

Download resolutions_of_the_2006_convention.pdf

Download report_of_the_2006_nomination_committee.pdf

Download 2006_convention_schedule.pdf

Additionally, a letter from Archdeacon Stringellow that covered convention registration, hotel rooms, the banquet at the nearby Masonic Temple, child care, the convention preprint and pre-convention meetings may be accessed here.

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I've uploaded the October edition of Diocesan Life here. It probably won't be arriving in snail mail boxes until the end of September or early October. I have uploaded each page separately so you can choose to download only the pages that may be of interest to you.

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Local Events/Celebrations/Fund Raisers

[Updated October 22, 2006]

Events, celebrations, fund raisers at local parishes and parish-related ministries. If you don't see your event below, send info to Bill Lewellis. See diocesan events at a separate diocesan calendar.

[Updated October 22, 2006]

Events, celebrations, fund raisers at local parishes and parish-related ministries. If you don't see your event below, send info to Bill Lewellis. See diocesan events at a separate diocesan calendar.

The Justice of Healing

When do we receive healing? Where does healing come from? How is it related to justice? What does a Syrophoenician woman have to do with Jesus? What do people in the Middle East have to do with us?

This week we encounter the anniversary of 9/11. We have marked the time for five years. We return again to a time, a place of remembrance. Consciously or unconsciously we revisit a time of horror and tragedy and terrorism. It is hard to enter those waters again. But as I contemplate this anniversary I find I am compelled to take stock in terms of healing. Where has there been healing over the past five years, and where has there been none? Where has there been justice, and where has there been none? Healing and justice, justice and peace.

Download the sermon given by Canon Anne Kitch, Sept. 10, at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem.

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On Stumbling Blocks and Unconditional Love

The Rev. John R. Francis is rector of Christ Church, Reading. This past July, in Philadelphia, John’s daughter and two friends were violently attacked and robbed by three armed men. John’s reflection on that trauma is in the form of a letter to the parishioners of Christ Church published in the September edition of the parish newsletter. Download John's reflection below.

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The Spirit of God stirs still over the chaos

This neighborhood is full of people living in chaos. The other day as I walked to work down Linden Street from 10th to 5th, at 10:00 in the morning, a bar room was open for business between 8th and 7th, and every stool had someone sitting on it.

I have nothing against drinking. Not a day passes when I do not go home from work and have a drink myself. But there's something startling about seeing people bellied up to a bar for a shot and a beer when in my world they should be at Starbucks having a latte.

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Diocesan Convention 2006

A recent letter from Archdeacon Howard Stringfellow to clergy, diocesan convention delegates, alternates and visitors covered the following matters:

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