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(1) Ian Douglas to lecture in Bethlehem, March 26. Deadline to register is March 16.
(2) Diocesan Training for Ministry, March 28, Wilkes-Barre.
(3) Christophany Goes Green, April 24-26.
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todayScoop todaySupplication todayShare (2) [From Virginia Knapp] The five churches of the Trexlertown Area Ministerium will present a cantata, The Living Last Supper, Wednesday April 1, 7:00 p.m., at St. Anne's Trexlertown. It is a beautiful and spiritually moving representation of The Last Supper set to music, sung by the five area choirs and supported by the words of the Apostles. Refreshments and fellowship will follow in the parish hall. Ample parking and handicapped accessible. A free-will offering will be taken to help support the emergency fund of the five linked parishes. For more info, call St. Anne's 610-398-3321 or Virginia Knapp 610-530-8330. todayShow The Spin Cycle (daily, weekly and blog): (A) For sprinters: todaySpin is uploaded almost daily to the newSpin blog. It's what you are now reading. (B) For joggers: newSpin, the e-newsletter,
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Harry Hart, husband of St. Thomas Morgantown rector Ellie Hart, was in an auto accident a few weeks ago. His car slid on ice and hit a tree. He has been in ICU at Reading Hospital with head and chest injuries. Ellie said a few days ago that Harry is breathing on his own, sat up for 3 hours, smiles and even laughs a bit. The next step is rehab. He will be moved to a nearby rehab for head trauma as soon as he is physically able. Please keep Ellie and Harry and their family in your prayers.
(1) Quiet Day at Mediator Allentown, March 14.
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[From Andy Gerns] Martin Niemoeller, who died 25 years ago yesterday, was not a perfect man. The stands for which he is most
famous did not come easily to him. He came to his resistance to
Nazi-ism slowly. He initially voted for Hitler's NSDAP
and was opposed to democracy in post-First World War Germany. It
took him time (and perhaps incarceration in concentration camps) to
repent of the anti-Semitism that he was raised in and taught all
through his schooling. It took time for him to come to his pacifism. His
painful and obviously hard won repentances and his courage to stand up
even when it challenged his own deeply held assumptions makes his
journey an even more heroic one. His journey is that of a man who
allowed Christ to call him, challenge him and change him. [More here]
RC Archibishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho of Recife, Brazil, announced the excommunication of the family of a 9-year-old
girl who had been raped and impregnated with twins by her stepfather
because they had chosen to have the girl undergo an abortion. Also excommunicated were the doctors who performed the procedure. Sobrinho made headlines earlier this month when he denounced the
distribution of millions of contraceptives for Carnival, the festival that precedes the beginning of Lent. More here and here.
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