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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing
Disciple: The Icon Project
posted on Jun 8, 2022 St. Luke's takes the next step in exploring their racial history
By Christine McTaggart
In 2018, St. Luke's, Salisbury, embarked on a journey to learn more about their church's racial history (Disciple, Winter 2020). It was a journey ...
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North Carolina Disciple / General Convention
Disciple: Preview of the 80th General Convention
posted on Jun 8, 2022 The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, originally scheduled to gather July 7-14 in Baltimore, Maryland, is now, as of this writing, set to convene July 8-11. Though it was hoped General Convention would mark a return to being ...
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North Carolina Disciple / Formation
Disciple: Still Reimagining
posted on Jun 8, 2022 The pilot round of Reimagining Curacies enters its final year
By the Rev. Nathan Kirkpatrick
It was a meeting 11 months in the making. Three curates, three rectors, two bishops, two canons, one project director-all part of the R...
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North Carolina Disciple / Formation
Disciple: Choose Life
posted on Jun 8, 2022 By the Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple
"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ...
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North Carolina Disciple / Creation Care
Disciple: When We Planted, We Prayed
posted on Jun 8, 2022 Community gardens feed hungry neighbors and restore creation
By Summerlee Walter
There is nothing quite like the taste of a tomato straight from the garden, juicy and still warm from the sun, tinged with the sharp, green sm...
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North Carolina Disciple / Congregational Vitality
Disciple: Doing the Hard Work
posted on Jun 8, 2022 How St. Joseph's, Durham, weathered-and thrived during-the pandemic
By Summerlee Walter
The St. Joseph's church building is something of an anamoly on its Durham block. Built from beautiful Rowan County granite in a traditional style...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: New, Notable & Newsworthy
posted on Jun 8, 2022 Holy Spirit, Greensboro, Named to Community Placemaking Lab
Holy Spirit, Greensboro, was recently selected as one of six congregations to take part in the Community Placemaking Lab, a pilot initiative from the Ormond Center at Duke Univ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Special Convention Recap
posted on Jun 8, 2022 The Special Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina took place March 5, 2022, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. Affectionately nicknamed "The 206th Annual Convention-Part II," the gathering was, in fact, a continuation of ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: The Mission Strategy: Getting to Work
posted on Jun 8, 2022 From the inception of the mission strategy task force in January 2020, its work on the development of the diocesan mission strategy was shared at every stage. Stating from the start the mission strategy belongs to us all, the committee's dedica...
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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing
Disciple: Still a Sacred Space
posted on Jun 8, 2022 A new vision for All Saints', Warrenton, honors the past and serves the future
By the Rev. Dr. Brooks Graebner
Church buildings are deeply cherished by parishioners, and any time a church closes there is a sense of grief and loss in...
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