Young adults rarely carry much cash. Few of them carry checkbooks or even use checks. If your church has not set up methods for offering monthly drafts for pledges and electronic giving from a smartphone, then it’s past time to get serious about this subject. Giving is a vital aspect of our faith and blesses the…
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Jim Dorn, Rector, St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Clermont, took the stage and announced that the School of Theology has been brought back to the center of campus. Sewanee’s website states this about the School of Theology: The School of Theology has added to its alumni ranks countless bishops, including three of the last four presiding bishops…
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On behalf of Bishop Brewer, we are sad to report that the Rev. Terry Jackson died on Saturday, December 26. Terry was rector at St. James in Leesburg from 1973 to 2004. His daughter Shelley Ryan was just ordained a priest in January in Kentucky. Your sympathies and condolences may be sent to his widow,…
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Steve Schneeberger, the diocese’s new youth consultant, is here to help small- to medium-size churches find a youth leader. On behalf of the Emmaus School, he is offering to furnish these churches with a youth leader who will serve for 10 months. The Youth Ministry Institute will provide training for these youth leaders at a…
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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” —Mark Twain I kept thinking about that quote when I was composing my response to the recent meeting of the archbishops at Canterbury. I was hesitant; I knew it would be…
[ Read More]Want to suck the energy out of a meeting? Allow the Hog to dominate. Stay silent for the Bog. Invite the Frog. The Hog likes to hear himself speak. He goes on and on, jumps into every conversation, and is quite pleased with his extensive knowledge of all things, from plumbing to liturgy, from budgeting…
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