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Online Edition - Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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The Bishop's Blog: Signs of God's Grace
Fight, flight - or freedom
Posted by the Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith on May 3, 2017
Fight or flight. Those have long been the first visceral responses whenever human beings feel threatened.
Flight was the first response after Jesus' gruesome death - by the men. In contrast, the women came to the tomb after the crucifixion, and they were the first ones to tell the story of the Resurrection. Not so with the men. They took off. The disciples fled to an upper room, locked down by their fear, because they figured they would be the next ones to be strung up on a cross.
And the risen Jesus meets them in their flight - breathes on them and shares his peace. And they are set free.
The following week's Gospel describes two followers of Jesus who are fleeing to Emmaus, which is no place really, except for being seven miles from Jerusalem, a city and situation that had become intolerable.
Read more.
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Joining God in Shaping Our Future
Enthusiasm for Dwelling in the Word leads to conversation-starting T-shirts
It was at a meeting of
St. Agnes' in Little Falls' Listening Excursion team that
Deacon Deborah Drake
suddenly got the idea for an experiment.
"I just came up with the slogan
We Dwell,
We Dwell
- kind of hip hop, you know - and everybody liked it." So Drake designed and ordered T-shirts from VistaPrint.com.
The congregation of St. Agnes' has been regularly Dwelling in the Word using Luke 10:1-12 ever since Drake and three members attended the Listening Excursion Kick-Off on March 4.
Read more.
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Church News
St. Andrew & Holy Communion completes GreenFaith Certification Program
On March 12, 2017, the congregation of
St. Andrew & Holy Communion (SAHC) in South Orange successfully concluded an eight-year effort when GreenFaith representative Nana Furman presented them with a banner commemorating their completion of the GreenFaith Certification Program. This process was started in 2009 and signifies many years of setting and achieving goals to make our church more attuned to preserving the environment.
Read more.
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Two Redeemer members join Al Gore's Climate Reality Project
In this first-person account, Shannon Falkner describes how she and fellow Redeemer, Morristown member Meghan Marohn were motivated to become Climate Reality Leaders through The Climate Reality Project, the nonprofit founded by former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore after the release of
An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.
Read more.
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May airings of
A Matter of Faith
On the second episode of
A Matter of Faith with a Bishop, an Imam and a Rabbi, a monthly series by NJTV that examines today's headlining news through the lens of faith,
Bishop Mark Beckwith, Imam W. Deen Shareef and Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz gives will talk to three guests about the epidemic of opioid addiction in New Jersey. Air dates:
Wednesday, May 24, 8 PM
Friday, May 26 2 AM
Saturday, May 27, 6:30 PM
Sunday, May 28 10:30 AM
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Listening Excursion Reflection
SAT, JUN 3 2017, 8:30 AM - 2 PM @ ST. ELIZABETH'S, RIDGEWOOD
Believing that God is inviting us into a new way of living together, on March 4, 2017 several congregations began a three-month period of listening and attending to what God is up to in our congregations, our neighborhoods and ourselves. On
Saturday, June 3, 2017 we will come together to REFLECT, share stories, and identify next steps on the journey of joining God in shaping our future.
Although this day is designed for teams from congregations that started this listening process on March 4, all are invited to attend.
Find out more and register online (deadline:
12 noon on Thursday, May 25).
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Anti-Racism Dialogues
FRI & SAT, JUN 2 & 3
SAT, OCT 7 & SAT, OCT 14
@ EPISCOPAL HOUSE
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Senior Ministries Evensong & Hegg Awards 2017
SUN, JUN 11, 3 PM @ ST. PETER'S, MORRISTOWN
On Sunday, June 11, you are invited to join Bishop Beckwith and Senior Ministries of the Diocese of Newark for the 21st Annual Senior Ministries Evensong and the presentation of the David P. Hegg II Lifetime Achievement Awards.
A reception will be held at 3 PM with the Evensong following at 4 PM.
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News from Episcopal House
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Diocesan staff donates 7,776 baby wipes to North Porch
What started as Finance Department staffer Leslie Thomas' personal Lenten discipline - to take on a good deed - spread to her Episcopal House coworkers. Under Leslie's organization, members of diocesan staff chipped in together to donate a total of
7,776 baby wipes
to
North Porch Women & Infant Centers.
Pictured (l-r): Nina Nicholson, Kay Lark, Paul Shackford, Canon Greg Jacobs, Noel Garcia, Giorvanna Larathe and Leslie Thomas. Contributors not pictured: Cecil Broner and Jim Caputo.
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Bishop Search/Nominating and Transition Committees Update
All applications to serve on the Bishop Search/Nominating or Transition Committees are due
this Friday, May 5. The Standing Committee hopes to announce the membership of the committees in mid-May. Please keep this effort in your prayers.
Follow Bishop Search updates at dioceseofnewark.org/bishop-search.
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News from The Episcopal Church
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Input requested for Black Ministries program
The search committee for the Episcopal Church Missioner for Black Ministries is seeking input as they discern the future paths for this important ministry.
The search committee asks black Episcopalians, clergy serving congregations that are historically or predominantly black, and others with experience and passion for ministry by and with black people to complete a survey located
here.
Responses will be used to formulate a vision for the office and for the position.
Survey will close on
Friday, May 5.
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