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The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Ministry of the Rev. Dr. L. Murdock Smith
posted on Mar 17, 2022 The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Dr. L. Murdock Smith, who has served as the priest-in-charge at Christ Church, Albemarle, since 2019. Previously, Smith served as the eighth rector of St. Martin's, Charlotte, and has been a ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Service + Community = A Successful Formula
posted on Mar 16, 2022
How the Chatham Chuckwagon serves the Pittsboro community and inspires action beyond
By Summerlee Walter
For 14 years, the Community Lunch run by St. Bartholomew's, Pittsboro, has served a chef-prepared lunch once per week to an...
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Disciple: May the Lord Watch Between Me and Thee
posted on Mar 16, 2022
Setting boundaries without blame or shame creates more room for healthy communities
By the Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple
One of my favorite storylines in the Old Testament is the Jacob cycle, Genesis 25-35. Jacob, son of Rebec...
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Disciple: Let the World Come to You
posted on Mar 16, 2022 Welcoming the stranger becomes real
By the Rev. Maureen Flak
In August 2021, we all watched the fall of Kabul in Afghanistan. A feeling of helplessness washed over us as the images cascaded into our homes, images of people in de...
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North Carolina Disciple / Congregational Vitality
Disciple: Widening the Welcome
posted on Mar 16, 2022 St. Anne's new plan extends a welcome far beyond the church
By Christine McTaggart
When you think of what it means to welcome, where does it start for you? With an unlocked and open door? With a heartfelt hello? The offering of fo...
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North Carolina Disciple / Formation
Disciple: Walking the Path
posted on Mar 15, 2022 Labyrinths provide spiritual refuge and community outreach
By Summerlee Walter
Originally, labyrinths were places of myth, originating in the ancient story of Daedalus building an impenetrable maze for King Minos to entrap his minot...
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Disciple: Adding our Voice
posted on Mar 15, 2022 The discernment, intention and call of diocesan advocacy
By the Rev. Sally Johnston and Aleta Payne McClenney
One Wednesday morning each month, the Rt. Rev. Sam Rodman and the Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple, bishops of the Diocese of N...
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North Carolina Disciple / The Mission Strategy
Disciple: Mission Strategy: Build Your Snapshot
posted on Mar 15, 2022
By Christine McTaggart At the 206th Annual Convention in November 2021, the next steps relating to the diocesan mission strategy were shared as we looked ahead to the March Special Convention, the focus of which was the mission stra-te...
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Disciple: The Work of the Church Beyond the Diocese
posted on Mar 15, 2022 By Summerlee Walter As we celebrate the launch of the new diocesan mission strategy during the Special Convention on March 5, it bears remembering our Annual and Special Conventions, while crucial to gathering ideas and opinions from around ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: The Gift of Lenten Solitude
posted on Mar 15, 2022 By the Rt. Rev. Sam Rodman One of the most difficult, challenging and painful dimensions of the pandemic that has plagued us, literally, over the past two years is a sense of isolation. We have been cut off from one another in ways that ...
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