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The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lorraine Ljunggren, interim rector of St. Stephen's, Oxford. Ljunggren has completed her call at St. Stephen's, and we wish her well as begins a new chapter in retirement. Gracious God, ...

How do we celebrate joyful moments, transitions and accomplishments in the midst of a pandemic? By adapting them to show our love and support while keeping a safe physical distance. That’s what schools, parents and churches have done for...

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ ...

The Diocese welcomes the Rev. Dee Shaffer as the new rector, time certain at Calvary, Tarboro. Shaffer most recently served as the rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Jesup, Georgia, in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. Shaffer is a gradua...

The Diocese of North Carolina welcomes the Rt. Rev. Scott Benhase as the new vicar of St. Cyprian's, Oxford. Benhase most recently served as the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, elected in September 2009. A major initiative of his...

My name is Wendy Merrill, and I am a deacon serving at St. John's , Charlotte. I was ordained this January (2020) so the role of deacon is still a bit new for me. When I was invited to write this reflection about myself as a deacon, my react...

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants c...

The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. William Carl Thomas, interim rector of St. Timothy's, Wilson. Thomas has completed his call at St. Timothy's, and we wish him well as he returns to the Diocese of East Carolina and heads into...

Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower w...

The Diocese welcomes the Rev. Connor Gwin as the new associate rector for family ministry at Christ Church, Charlotte. Gwin most recently served as the chaplain at Stuart Hall School, an Episcopal day and boarding school in the Episcopal Diocese ...