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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Far Beyond Feeding and Tutoring
posted on May 12, 2014 St. Paul's Kids' Café expands to further mission and vision. By Kerry Nesbit
In September 1999, St. Paul's, Winston-Salem, joined two local churches to establish a Kids' Café program. The goal was simple: feed dinner to 25 hung...
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Disciple: Jesus Didn't Just Happen to Be in Jerusalem
posted on Apr 13, 2014 A Meditation on Holy Week By Bishop Michael Curry
On that first Palm Sunday, Jesus didn't just happen to be in Jerusalem. It wasn't the result of random forces accidentally colliding. It wasn't an unfortunate coincidence. His ent...
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Disciple: The Last Supper? Not So Fast
posted on Apr 11, 2014 A new class takes a look at how Jesus might have eaten... and how we can follow his example. By Christine McTaggart
At a time when it seems every week brings a new diet, tip, focus or approach to staying healthy, sometimes it get...
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Latino/Hispanic Ministries / North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Time of Transformation
posted on Apr 11, 2014 The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry is Building a Vision for the Future. By Diocesan Staff
In 1982, a single volunteer reached out to minister to the then-mostly Haitian migrant workers in eastern N...
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Disciple: Helping Priests Do Priestly Ministry...and Lay People Do Lay Ministry
posted on Apr 10, 2014 How the alternate part-time model of clergy employment is helping priests and lay people live out their baptismal covenants By By the Rev. Canon Cathie Caimano
Traditionally, small congregations in need of part-time clergy faced ...
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Disciple: More than Just Forgiveness
posted on Apr 7, 2014 The true definition of reconciliation By By Blythe Riggan
"Is there an answer to the question of why bad things happen to good people?...The response would be...to forgive the world for not being perfect, to forgive God for not ...
Read MoreTaking a Chapter from the Book of Mormon
posted on Feb 21, 2014 By The Rev. Rhonda M. Lee
Last night, my husband, Wayne, and I saw "The Book of Mormon" at the Durham Performing Arts Center. As expected, we both thoroughly enjoyed this irreverent-and, at times, admittedly obscene-send-up of every...
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Disciple: Living Epiphanically
posted on Jan 6, 2014 By The Rev. Rhonda Lee
When I was in the third grade, my music class spent several months learning American folk songs, many of them African-American spirituals. Since I grew up in Canada, those music lessons were mixed with the his...
Read MoreEpiscopalians Invented Christmas?
posted on Dec 20, 2013 By The Rev. Donald Lowery
Do you ever wonder how the modern Christmas celebration became so commercialized? When did gift giving and the frantic shopping that precedes it come to overshadow the worshipful celebration of the Lord Jes...
Read MoreAdvent: A Season of Real Joy
posted on Dec 1, 2013 By The Rev. Dr. Hector Sintim
Another season of Advent is upon us, which can be the coming of someone or something extremely special. It is a season of expectation of a savior who is come to prepare us for the kingdom of God. It is...
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