The Penitential Season of Lent

Peg Chemberlin (Minn. Council of Churches) and Leith Anderson (Nat'l Assoc. of Evangelicals; retired pastor, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie) will address this question in a public forum at Humphrey Institute, Feb.16, 4-5:30 p.m. Details and free registration at <citizensleague.org/events>.

A Bell for St. Bart's

By Ann Daley, Bemidji, MN

Once upon a time there was a little church. It stood on the…

What Episcopalians Can Bring to Defeat the Marriage Amendment

by the Rev. LeeAnne Watkins

Respect the dignity of every human being.  Even those we don't agree with.

It's supposed to be what we are good at.  Aren't we the ones who like to roll around in the nuances, getting all mucky with intense thoughtful debate informed by scripture,…

It began with an excess of gift items after our spring garage sale.  Why not create a Christmas shop for children who otherwise would not be able to give Christmas gifts to their family?

So for 5 months we all collected ‘stocking-stuffer’ type gifts from family, friends, local businesses, and dollar stores.  By December 16 we had collected over 1000 gifts from any and every resource we could find, and over 300 shopping invitations had been given out by Hastings Family…

Christ Church, Grand Rapids raises $1207 for the "Nets for Life" campaign

by the Rev. Sally Cummings, Christ Church, Grand Rapids

November is traditionally Millennium Development Goals (MDG) month at Christ Church, Grand Rapids.

Each November the community chooses an organization that would help support the MDG's. This year that organization was "Nets for…

Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem needs our help

by Van Lawrence

St. Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis

The Episcopal Church in the Holy Land is struggling to survive. The emigration of Christians from the Middle East has reduced the…

Calvary, Rochester celebrates Ronald McDonald House partnership

by Amy Crockett, Calvary, Rochester

THANK YOU to all who participated in our first 'Calvary Kids' event on Saturday.  We had a great turn-out (44 kids, and 15 adults) to focus on our project for the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester. 

We had the…

Submitted by Van Lawrence

United States 

American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem     www.AFEDJ.org

The Episcopal Public Policy Network  …

Christ Church, Woodbury and St. David's, Minnetonka find themselves neighbors in Cardboard City

by Jamie Mair, Christ Church, Woodbury

At Cardboard City on a recent Frida y night,…

Over $160,000 raised for Christ Episcopal Church Old Frontenac Restoration

by Brad Stone

In 1868, after the Civil War, General Nathaniel McLean returned home to Frontenac, Minnesota where he built Christ Episcopal Church.  He…

Young Adults find their calling in Northern TEC Wisdom Team

by Maxine Kobinski, Joel Welinski and Willie Brakke

Great Northern TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) Weekend is a youth retreat for and by High school students.

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How do we get this Episcopal Exchange used more?  If can be a great tool for sharing resources and information.  But hardly anyone uses it.

Any ideas? 

Is you church using a WordPrss for creating web pages  and you want to learn more about using it.  Or dialog with others about how to do something.

Consider joining so we can share resources, ask questions, lessons learned, etc.

by Cindy Peterson-Wlosinski

Vicar, St. Andrew's by the Lake

What do Madeline Island, a Target parking lot and the State Fair have in common?  They are all great places to do 'dislocated exegesis'.  What in the world is that?  It is simply doing bible study in a place that is dislocated (or very different) from where we usually study scripture.

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submitted by Episcopal Community Services

Last fall Episcopal Community Services (ECS) was given three bicycles. They had been used but were in excellent condition. The owner had taken them to the Bicycle Shoppe on Lake Avenue where Larry Vogel checked them over, oiled them and made them ready for a new owner.  The donor even added bicycle locks for each of them. How thoughtful. During the…

by Rena Turnham, St. David's, Minnetonka

I consider myself a pretty good hostess, with years of practice and joy in the art of hospitality.  I greet people at my door, I enjoy planning and preparing meals, and setting the table is a creative effort for me.  Until now,…

(photo and story from the Rev. Marilla J. Whitney)

After I supplied yesterday at St. John's Mankato, some congregants pointed out the deep devotion of one individual, still in prayer in her pew, despite obvious preparations for a day at the beach.

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I am sure you are all as heartbroken as I am about the tales and pictures of starving children coming from the Horn of Africa where severe drought and lack of food is threatening the lives of millions of people from Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.

On Tuesday, July 26, I read a moving essay about this situation in the Opinion Exchange section of the Star Tribune (www.startribune/opinion.com) titled, “Please Don’t…