St. James Episcopal Church - Alexandria, LA

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	Be a part of Tornado Relief You can assist those whose lives were devastated by the Oklahoma tornadoes ...(read more)
	Ways We Can Help in Oklahoma Bishop Jake communicates how we can help ...(read more)
	Message from Bishop Jake Bishop Owensby's thoughts on the destruction wrought by the Moore, Okla., tornado ...(read more)
	Mt. Olivet Cemetary History Read a history of Civil War Veterans buried in Mt. Olivet ... (read more)
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Serve at Manna House

Please be a part of this journey and volunteer to serve for about four hours on one of these Saturdays: June 22, August 17, October 19, December 21. Each Saturday will have a “team leader”, and 3 or 4 other volunteers. There must be at least one man on each team. We will help set up, serve meals, and clean up from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. – You will be provided details by the team leader. Sign up online now.
Questions? Contact Becky Elliott.

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Archbishop of Canterbury’s statement on the killing of Lee Rigby

[Lambeth Palace -- Press Release] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said today that “all our prayers and mine” are with the family of Lee Rigby, the British soldier killed in Woolwich on Wednesday. In a joint press conference in Leicester with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, the Archbishop praised the responses of different faith groups to [...]

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Former Bethlehem dean shepherded Delaware cathedral in final days

[Episcopal News Service] As the Very Rev. William Lane describes it, the typical Episcopal cathedral is a parish-plus: plus hospitality to the diocese, plus prophetic ministry to the community, plus a showcase for best practices in worship and programs. “Cathedrals are a strange bird in the Episcopal Church,” said Lane, who served as dean of [...]

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SAN DIEGO: Church center houses music program for homeless youth

[Diocese of San Diego] “I like all kinds of music,” said Kayla, a slight young woman with a panda bear hat and an air of sweetness and innocence. “There’s this song by Jason Aldean called ‘Don’t Give Up on Me’ that talks about love. I love that song! It makes me want to play guitar.” [...]

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Renewed commitment to witnessing Christ emerges at Gathering 2013

[Gathering -- Press Release] Snowcapped mountains formed the background this week in Colorado when 87 Generation X and Millenial clergy met to explore a hopeful vision for the Episcopal Church. Participants came from all over the country from a variety of contexts for ministry. There was no agenda beyond the intention to build relationship by [...]

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England: New legislative proposals for women bishops published

[Church of England] The Church of England has published new legislative proposals to enable women to become bishops which will be debated by the General Synod in July. This will be the first occasion that synod members have met since November 2012, when the previous legislation narrowly failed to secure the requisite majority in all [...]

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Seniors work together to bring fresh water, new life to village in China

[Episcopal Relief & Development -- Press Release] In Puxi Village, a tiny locale in the Hunan Province of south central China, Liqin (Lee-cheen) greeted her visitors warmly and invited them into her home for lunch. She had just been packing up a meal to take to her husband, who was doing farm work in the [...]

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Baptists and Episcopalians celebrate season of combined worship

[Diocese of Southern Ohio] The challenges were real, but the opportunities for a bold experiment in ecumenism outweighed them when the clergy and congregations of downtown Dayton’s Christ Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church worshiped together for five weeks in January and February. When Christ Church learned that demolition of two of its deteriorating chapel [...]

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