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Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina Offer Prayers for Afghanistan and Encourage Action to Support Refugees
posted on Aug 27, 2021 “Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” - Jeremiah 31:15-17 Ra...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Called to Be Partners
posted on Aug 25, 2021 When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat u...
Read MoreBishops Commend Swindell Committee's Liturgy of Lament, Longing and Hope
posted on Aug 23, 2021 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We write to introduce and invite you to share in a creative, expressive and deeply faithful liturgical offering for the season we find ourselves in as the fall approaches. A Liturgy of Lament, Longing and H...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Disruption, Disappointment and Decision
posted on Aug 18, 2021 J esus said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from hea...
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Meet the Church
Meet St. Thomas', Sanford
posted on Aug 16, 2021 St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church began in 1879 as a mission of St. Bartholomew’s in Pittsboro, with members meeting in each other’s homes until 1896, when the first mission church was completed. Legend has it that the parishioners c...
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The Third (and Last) Cycle of the Journey to Racial Equity Begins Sept. 14
posted on Aug 11, 2021 REGISTER FOR THE JOURNEY TO RACIAL EQUITY
Almost 900 people took part in the first two sessions of "The Journey to Racial Equity," a three-part series offered by the Diocesan Racial Justice and Reconciliation Committee (RJRC). The response...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Living Proof
posted on Aug 11, 2021 J esus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying,...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Bread of Life
posted on Aug 4, 2021 Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down ...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Jesus Diet
posted on Jul 28, 2021 T he next day, when the people who remained after the feeding of the five thousand saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
When they found him on the ...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Living God’s Abundance
posted on Jul 21, 2021 J esus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples....
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