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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
 A Lenten Gift from St. Martin’s-Ellisville. This year forty-three parishioners contributed to a collection of 46 meditations. The daily readings cover the 40 days – as well as the six Sundays — of the Lenten season. Mary Drastal contributed the original cover image; Ruby Downs and Janet Theiss produced the books in the church office. (more…)
Tags: Lent, meditation, Prayer, Reading, reflection, Resource
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
 From the Presiding Bishop
The people of Haiti have suffered a devastating earthquake, and it is already clear that many have died and many more are injured. Even under “normal” circumstances, Haiti struggles to care for her 9 million people. The nation is the poorest in the western hemisphere, and this latest disaster will set back many recent efforts at development. I urge your prayers for those who have died, been injured, and are searching for loved ones – and I urge your concrete and immediate prayers in the form of contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development, who are already working with the Diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop
The Episcopal Church (more…)
Tags: Episcopal Relief and Development, Haiti, Prayer, Presiding Bishop
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Mobile Sculpture Celebrates a Season of Peace and Justice
Members of Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End folded over 1000 origami cranes and assembled them into a mobile which was installed in the church sanctuary on Sunday, September 13. (more…)
- Trinity-CWE Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108, ph 314-361-4655, www.trinityepiscopal.net
Tags: Art, Exhibit, Peace, Prayer
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
Bishop Michael Smith and the people along the Red River of the North appreciate your continuing prayers. Bishop Smith’s most recent pastoral letter adds, “People from around the country are contacting us to be assured of their prayers during this battle with the Red River. I ask for those prayers to continue, specifically that the levees, dikes and sandbags will hold and for strength and protection for those on the front lines.”
Prayers and notes from around the country are being added to the diocesan blog. (more…)
Tags: Blog, Prayer
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Sometimes in a project’s life the well-intentioned beginning is weighed down with repeated revisions, to the point of becoming hard to remember its original purpose. This might be the case with the diocesan prayer cycle.
All parochially attached clergy were added to the cycle; then long lists of clergy somewhere in the Lui Diocese. As the lists kept growing, the internal project to check and double check spellings and all the associated clergy became quite the cottage industry.
Curiously, or maybe not so, few are the parishes that actually include the diocesan prayer cycle in Sunday prayers.
In form, we are going back to prayer book basics. (more…)
Tags: Lui, Prayer
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
There are many horrific stories coming from the Sudan; details are often sparse and hard to process. Some recent articles from the national church:
The Rev. Mike Kinman posted Advocacy Action to Help the People of Lui and Mundri
The Rev. Dan Handschy, rector of Church of the Advent in Crestwood and part of the mission team that recently returned from Lui, has been in touch with the Episcopal Office of Government Relations in Washington and will continue to relay their counsel as to how we can best use our political power to pressure our government to enforce the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Our diocesan Mission team reported that they spoke with Lui Diocese secretary Vasco on 2/12. He is currently in Juba and thought we would want to know the following: (more…)
Tags: Lui, Mission, Prayer, Sudan
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Last November we heard requests to the the knitters and crocheters of the Diocese to help with a scarf making project to distribute to patrons of Trinity-CWE’s soup kitchen. The in-gathering was at Diocesan convention, where the scarves were blessed by Bishop Smith during the closing Eucharist. We noticed an extraordinary number of scarves in the procession and asked the Rev. Lydia Speller to catch us up with the rest of the story.
She reported that usually these knitting projects attract about 90 participants. “To our amazement we collected almost 300 scarves from all over the Diocese of Missouri; from congregations large and small. The children of Scruggs School made holiday cards and Sue Healey made scarf ministry tags which said
This scarf was made with love and prayer by the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. As you wear this scarf know that you are wrapped in God’s love. (more…)
- St Mark-St Louis St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 4714 Clifton Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109, ph 314-832-3588, www.saintmarks-stl.org
- Trinity-CWE Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108, ph 314-361-4655, www.trinityepiscopal.net
- Trinity-Jeff County Trinity Episcopal Church, 202 West Miller Street, De Soto, MO 63020, ph 636-586-2542, www.trinityjeffersoncounty.org
Tags: Homeless, Mission, Prayer, Social Justice
Posted in 1-Making Disciples, 3-For the Life of the World, Diocese-wide, St Mark-St Louis, Trinity-CWE, Trinity-Jeff County | No Comments »
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Debra Smith, one of our mission trip coordinators for the work of the Companion Diocese Committee reports (on 1/21): Today we found out from Lui Diocesan Secretary Vasco Tadu that people are fleeing the Mundri Diocese and going to Lozoh in the Diocese of Lui. Lozoh is Advent’s sister parish.
The situation in the Mundri diocese is bad, with the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) killing and kidnapping. Please pray for the people in the Mundri Diocese who are under attack, and the people in Lui Diocese, especially in Lozoh, who are taking care of IDPs (internally displaced persons) from Mundri.
Tags: Companion Relationship Committee, Lui, Mission, Prayer, Sudan
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Christ Church Cathedral will hold a Prayer Service for our nation, outgoing President George Bush, and for President-elect Barack Obama. This service will begin at 9 am. Immediately following will be a viewing of the Inaugural Ceremonies.
Throughout the day, the Cathedral will be open for anyone who wishes to stop by and offer a prayer.
- Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St., St. Louis, MO 63103, ph 314-231-3454, www.christchurchcathedral.us
Tags: Prayer, Special Service
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Ecumenical Prayer Service celebrates
Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity For St. Charles County in Lake St. Louis
Sunday, January 18, 2009
3:00 PM
Seven local congregations representing the Roman Catholic Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, United Church of Christ, The Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church and United Methodist Church will come together for an Ecumenical celebration worship service.
The service will be held as part of the area’s observance of the Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and take place at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 500 Cedar Circle Drive (just off Hwy 40), Lake St. Louis, MO 63367. (more…)
- Transfiguration Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, 1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd., Lake St. Louis, MO 63367
ph 636-561-8951, www.transfigurationchurch.org
- Trinity-St Charles Trinity Episcopal Church, 318 S. Duchesne, St. Charles, MO 63301, ph 636-949-0160, www.trinity-stcharles.org
Tags: Interfaith, Prayer, Special Service
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