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Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina Offer Statement on the Sacred Worth of our LGBTQ Siblings
posted on Apr 22, 2021 As bishops, it is our sacred duty to invite the baptised to renew the promises made at our baptism. Among those promises is the vow to "respect the dignity of every human being." To that end, we are relieved to hear that Senate Bill 514 wi...
Read MoreStatement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
posted on Apr 20, 2021 The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina acknowledges and pays respect to past and present tribal members of the Indigenous nations who were forcibly expelled from the lands the Diocese of North Carolina now occupies or who experienced exploitatio...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Turning Down Stress by Turning Up Jesus with Silence
posted on Apr 14, 2021 J esus himself stood among the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in ...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Forgiveness and Resurrection
posted on Apr 7, 2021 W hen it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed t...
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Diocesan Gun Policy
Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina Offer Statement in Response to Recent Gun Violence
posted on Apr 1, 2021 A Collect for Life Together
O God, who binds us together and orders our shared life: Quell the hatred which enslaves us; forgive the violence we embrace and portray; and summon the better angels of our nature to reflect the image of th...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Trial of Jesus
posted on Mar 31, 2021 Due to it's length, today's Gospel is included after the meditation.
Meditating on John’s description of Good Friday in the fourth Gospel strikes a deep wound amid this pandemic. Although we know that this is not the end of the story,...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Tears and Joy at the Tomb
posted on Mar 31, 2021 E arly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said t...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Casting Out Hate
posted on Mar 26, 2021 On January 6, 2021, the Feast of the Epiphany, the world watched a different sort of liturgy unfold in real time at our nation's capitol. Participants gathered in Washington, D.C., in a revival-like environment. They listened to a fiery sermon a...
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Disciple: From Salisbury to Zimbabwe
posted on Mar 26, 2021 St. Luke's Episcopal Church Foundation funds projects locally and abroad
A senior memory care training program in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. A reforestation program in Kenya led by a Catawba College student. A lunch prog...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: To Zoom or Not to Zoom
posted on Mar 26, 2021
The people of St. Mark's, Huntersville, gather online for a Seder meal. Photo by Kelly Pope One of the "side effects" of the coronavirus pandemic has been the discovery-or expansion-of our use of video conferencing as part of the new nor...
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