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Diocese of North Carolina Shares House of Bishops Statement on the Accountability of Bishops
posted on Sep 25, 2023 The House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church met via Zoom September 19-23. Both Bishop Sam Rodman and Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson were in attendance and wished to share the statement issued at the close of the meeting by the House of Bisho...
Read MoreDiocese of North Carolina Accepting Applications for Second Offering of Lay Preacher Training Initiative
posted on Sep 20, 2023 The Diocese of North Carolina is now accepting applications for its second offering of the Lay Preacher Training Initiative , a program of the Episcopal Preaching Foundation. The goal of the program is to develop lay preachers within their local...
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North Carolina Disciple / Historiographer's Welcome
Disciple: The Calling of Laywomen
posted on Sep 11, 2023 Wanting to help
By Lauren Graeber
The Episcopal Church, and the Diocese of North Carolina, is deep in its reckoning of its racial history. But communities of color are not the only groups whose gifts were not immediately recogni...
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North Carolina Disciple / Affordable Housing / Collaboration & New Communities
Disciple: Building a Partnership
posted on Sep 11, 2023 Holy Spirit, Greensboro, discerns how to serve its community
By Summerlee Walter
There is a tragic irony to the modern housing market: As community prosperity increases, so does homelessness. While homeowners benefit from increased pr...
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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing / Historiographer's Welcome
Disciple: Unburied History
posted on Sep 11, 2023 How St. Mark's, Huntersville, is honoring the lives and legacies of formerly enslaved people
By Summerlee Walter
Elizabeth McCoy-not her family surname, but the one she received from the people who once owned her-was better known as...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Feeding Body and Soul
posted on Sep 11, 2023 As families continue to struggle with the lingering economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, ministries that meet basic needs-including feeding ministries-remain in high demand. While churches across the Episcopal Diocese of ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Fire Watch
posted on Sep 11, 2023 A community comes together to stand watch
By Christine McTaggart
Thunderstorms are a summertime way of life. In fact, the weather forecast through June, July and August is often the same every day: hot and humid with a chance of�...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Seeking the Next Right Thing
posted on Sep 11, 2023 By Bishop Sam Rodman
The last weeks of June were eventful this year in more ways than one. I returned from a three-month sabbatical. We held our annual Clergy Conference gathering at St. Paul's in Winston Salem, this year led by Emily P....
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North Carolina Disciple / Formation
Disciple: Reimagining Curacies Completes its Pilot Cohort
posted on Sep 11, 2023 Lessons learned from reimagining along the way*
By Christine McTaggart and the Rev. Nathan Kirkpatrick
It seems like only yesterday the Diocese of North Carolina shared the news that it was selected to receive a nearly $1 million Li...
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North Carolina Disciple / Formation
Disciple: Just a Closer Walk with Thee
posted on Sep 11, 2023 Bishop Sam goes on sabbatical
By Bishop Sam Rodman
Pilgrimage has a long-standing tradition in the spiritual practices of faithful followers of Jesus. The practice cuts across geographic, cultural, ethnic, political and, ultimatel...
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