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#EveningGoodNews Recap: May 8-14
posted on May 15, 2020 At a time when headlines do little to lift spirits, we could all use a little good news. And there is good news to be found all throughout the Diocese of North Carolina, and every night at 6p.m., we are sharing a good news story of our faith and...
Read MoreSummer Nutrition Program Starts Early at St. John's, Wake Forest
posted on May 15, 2020 For the past three summers, Joy Shillingsburg of St. John's, Wake Forest , has led the government-funded Summer Nutrition Program (SNP) in partnership with a coalition of Wake Forest church and civic groups. In summer 2019, the program fed more ...
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Deacon Reflections
Deacon Reflection: Do Something About It!
posted on May 15, 2020 One of the joys about being selected to lead a diocesan committee is that you get to “drive the boat,” and as the one who drives the boat, you often get to decide where the boat goes.
A few weeks ago during a Board of Directors mee...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Spirit of Truth
posted on May 13, 2020 Jesus said, ”If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him n...
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Affordable Housing
St. Mary's, High Point, Offers Temporary Shelter and Builds Community
posted on May 11, 2020 These honored guests can’t go out to the movies, so St. Mary’s, High Point brings the movies to them.
When St. Mary’s built a new Community Life Center a few years ago, the church included showers, storage facilities and othe...
Read More#EveningGoodNews Recap: May 1-7
posted on May 8, 2020 At a time when headlines do little to lift spirits, we could all use a little good news. And there is good news to be found all throughout the Diocese of North Carolina, and every night at 6p.m., we are sharing a good news story of our faith and ...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Our Way Home
posted on May 6, 2020 Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and ...
Read MoreChrist’s Beloved Community/Comunidad Amada de Cristo, Winston-Salem, Receives Hunger Grant from ELCA
posted on May 1, 2020 All of us at Christ's Beloved Community/Comunidad Amada de
Cristo, Winston-Salem, were overjoyed to hear we had received a $500
hunger grant from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
We are located in Southside, in a food deser...
Read MoreThe Art of Practicing our Faith in the Shadow of COVID-19: Next Steps on the Way Forward in the Diocese of North Carolina
posted on Apr 29, 2020 As we look forward to the day when we can think about being
able to gather in person again, a committee consisting of clergy and lay
volunteers from across the Diocese of North Carolina has formed to address the
myriad considerations associate...
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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Good Shepherd
posted on Apr 29, 2020 Jesus said, "Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, an...
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