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St. Francis is getting to know its neighbors this summer by hosting concerts in their parking lot. All are invited! The Diocesan Creation Care Ministry team suggests a curriculum for your parish to explore a pastoral teaching on the environment. This week's hymn was written in 1865 and now is set to two different tunes. Robert Lehman, organist and choirmaster at St. Michael & St. George, gives us more history on this uplifting hymn. The picturesque town of Louisiana, Missouri sits directly on the banks of the Mississippi River, about 30 miles south of Hannibal. Calvary Episcopal Church was founded in this historic town in 1854 by Dr. John T. Worthington, a missioner who founded several Episcopal parishes in the region. Episcopal Relief & Development and its partners are responding to the earthquake and flooding disasters in Haiti. Your generous gift can help. Diocesan Archivist Sue Rehkopf offers helpful reminders to keep the contents of your safe deposit box accessible before there's an emergency. The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice debunks negative thoughts about evangelism and explains why we all need evangelism in our daily lives. St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis celebrated its 154th birthday on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Episcopal City Mission helped organize a poetry and prose SLAM! this summer to give youth in detention a chance to share their stories. This week's hymn was written by the first woman to attain a full professorship in an American theological seminary. David Sinden, organist and director of music at St. Peter's in Ladue, takes a closer look at a hymn that continues our "bread of life" theme from the past several weeks.
St. Francis Hosts Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series
Creation Care Weekly: Creation Care Curriculum
Hymn of the Week: August 29
Get to Know: Calvary Episcopal Church, Louisiana
Supporting the People of Haiti
From the Archivist: Safe Deposit Box Checklist
Why You Think You Don't Like Evangelism
St. Paul's Celebrates 154 Years
Celebrating the Power of Words with Youth in Detention
Hymn of the Week: August 22
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