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Are
You Ready for Lent?
Unlike
San Diego where we have little or no change of seasons, the
church has several seasons. We are fast approaching the season
known as Lent. I have collected a few excerpts from articles
about Lent and I thought I would share them.
Lent
“Lent”
comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencton
–
meaning “spring” or “lengthening” from
the time of year when the days grow long. The season begins on
Ash
Wednesday (February 22, 2012)
and ends with the Easter Triduum (Maundy Thursday through Easter
Day), covering 40 days (excluding Sundays which are little feasts
of the Resurrection). Some believe that the word “Lent”
may derive from the Latin lentare,
which means “to bend.” This understanding reinforces
a sense of Lent as a time of preparation for personal and
collective transformation. Having nurtured ourselves through
Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, Lent becomes the time to look
truthfully at ourselves and make changes.
In
the early church, Lent was the time of preparation for the
Easter, Pascha (Christian Passover) baptism of converts to
the faith. Persons were to receive the sacrament of “new
birth” following a period of fasting, penitence and
preparation. Just as the children of Israel had been delivered
from the bondage of Egyptian slavery, we are delivered from the
bondage of sin. The bible readings appointed for the Sundays in
Lent continue to offer us a short course on the meaning of
baptism – our sacrament of initiation into the Body of
Christ.
Observing Lent
The
custom is to mark the season of Lent by giving up some things and
taking on others. Both can serve to mark the season as a holy
time of preparation. Some examples of things people give up for
Lent include sweets, meat for all or some meals, and alcohol. In
most cases, giving up something for Lent can be made more
meaningful by using the money or time for another purpose. For
example, meal times on fast days could be spent in prayer.
Another example is that if you give up meat during Lent, the
extra money that would go to meat dishes can be given to a group,
such as World Vision, which works to end hunger worldwide. Some
things added during Lent are daily Bible reading, fasting on
Fridays, times of prayer, taking a course of study related in
some way to spirituality. Note that the season of Lent is forty
days plus the six Sundays. This is because Sundays are
celebrations of Jesus’ resurrection and are always an
appropriate day to lessen the restrictions of Lent. So that if
you have, for example, given up chocolate for Lent, you could
indulge in a weekly candy bar on Sunday. Lent is also an
especially appropriate time for the sacrament of confession.
While confession to a priest is not required to receive God’s
forgiveness, it can be a meaningful rite of reconciliation to
God.
I
leave you with this prayer.
Almighty
and eternal God, who drew out a fountain of living water in the
desert for the people…draw from the hardness of our hearts
tears of compunction, that we may be able to lament our
wrong-doing, and may merit to receive you in your mercy. Amen
(Latin,
late 14th century)
©2011
Sharon
Ely Pearson ~ Church Publishing Incorporated &
“Keeping a Holy Lent”, from King of Peace Episcopal
Church, Kingsland GA
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St. Timothy’s
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San Diego Diocese
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2011
Contribution Reports New
Men
& Women’s Bible Studies
Soul
Searching
Girl
Scout Cookies
S-O-U-P-E-R
Bowl
Thomas
Merton & Healing Service
Gospel
of Mark Study
Gathering
Around the Table
Institute
of Dialogue New
Game
Night New
Up-Coming
Services New
Voices
for Children
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Catch
the Spirit
Gala
Dinner New
Learning
Opportunities
Bishop’s
Appeal
Love
Songs
Requiem
Concert New
Celtic
Quiet Day New
Hire
an Episcopalian
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Outside the Diocese
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Parish
acolytes include those w/special needs
New
Jubilee
Ministry Grants New
Church
on the Path to Irrelevance
New
Churches
Stand Up
God
Particle?
Intersection
of Faith & Service
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News
Alert
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Men’s & Women’s
Bible Study, THIS Saturday, February 4th @ 10 AM
S-o-u-p-e-r Bowl Sunday,
February 5th
Get Your Girl Scout Cookies
on Sunday, February 5th too
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Sunday Forums
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February 5th
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Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton
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February 12th
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“Reflections on Today’s Readings”, led by Fr.
Willy
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February 19th
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Vestry Meeting
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February 26th
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Philosophy
for Kids and by Kids
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St. Timothy’s
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Men’s
and Women’s Bible Studies – THIS Saturday, February
4th @ 10 AM
Bagels
and coffee at 9:45 AM and the studies begin at 10AM.
The
women’s group is studying the parables of Jesus using the
book “Parables, The Greatest Stories Ever Told” by
John White. They will be studying chapter
10, “The Pharisee & the Tax Collector”, (Luke
18:9-14)
for the next meeting. If
you don’t have the book, come anyway. Google
Preview of Book
Starting
in January the Men’s Bible Study will begin a new book. We
are reading the book is titled, “The Prophets, an
Introduction” by Abraham J Heschel. We will begin with the
first volume of Heschel’s book on the prophets. There is a
volume two which we can do after we have finished with the
introduction. Please read the second
chapter, “Amos”
for
the next meeting.
Please
be aware that there are three paperback editions to this book.
The introduction, volume II and a combined book with both the
introduction and volume II. Google
Preview of Book
(Combined)
Need
help finding the book?
The
Prophets, an Introduction by Abraham J Heschel ISBN-13:
9780061314216 ISBN-10:
0061314218
You
can purchase it used from www.alibris.com Book
on Alibris.com or
at www.half.ebay.com Book
on Half.Ebay.com
The
Prophets, volume II by Abraham J Heschel
ISBN-13:
9780061315572 ISBN-10:
0061315575
You
can purchase it used from www.alibris.com Book
on Alibris.com or
at www.half.ebay.com Book
on Half.Ebay.com
The
Prophets both introduction & volume II ISBN-13:
9780060936990 ISBN-10:
0060936991
For where to find this edition, see the following links. See
Google books or See
Amazon Marketplace books for New & Used or See
Alibris books for New & Used or See
Half.Ebay books for New & Used
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Girl Scout Cookies
After Sunday, February 5th’s
service, Parker will be selling the famous Girl Scout Cookies.
Stop by the table and pick up your favorites. Every Cookie has a
Mission: To Help Girls Do Great Things. If you haven’t
purchased your cookies yet, please wait until February 5th and
get them from Parker. Yum! Yum!
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S-O-U-P-E-R
Bowl Sunday will be held the same day as Super Bowl Sunday,
February 5, 2012.
Many times organizations that
feed the hungry can get food for pennies on the dollar. But they
need cash to buy that food. Churches all over the USA are
collecting cash and checks on S-O-U-P-E-R Bowl Sunday. St.
Timothy's has participated several times. All cash collected will
be divided evenly between Episcopal Community Services in San
Diego and Interfaith Community Services in Escondido. If you wish
to have money go specifically to one organization, please write a
check to that group. If you wish to both, please write a check to
each one. ECS and ICS use all the food that is donated to them,
but S-O-U-P-E-R Bowl Sunday is a way to help them obtain even
more food. Thank you very much.
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Soul Searching: The
Journey of Thomas Merton
Join Us for this DVD on THIS
Sunday, February 5th after coffee
hour.
This documentary goes to the heart of Merton’s spiritual
journey. Award-winning producer Morgan Atkinson spent years
researching Merton’s work, as well as interviewing Merton
friends, scholars and authorities on the spiritual life. The
picture that emerges from Atkinson’s study provides
provocative insights into the interior landscape of one of the
spiritual giants of modern times while capturing the haunting
physical beauty of the geography that both nurtured and shaped
Merton. Click
Here to view a clip from the DVD.
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They’re Out!!! The 2011 Contribution
Reports were mailed out.
If you did not receive yours, please contact the
church office. Please review and contact Ed Embick with any
questions.
Thank You!
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Gathering Around the Table
The next Gathering will meet on Saturday, February 11th
Stay Tune, Hosts & Group details are coming soon!!
Gathering Around the Table is an opportunity for us to meet for
an occasion of fun, food, laughs and most of all a chance to
enjoy one another. So, cast aside our daily routine and be
surprised by what we will learn about each other. It is a time
for 6 to 8 people with similar interests to pull together and
participate in a fellowship event.
Step beyond the Sunday Service, coffee hour, and bible study and
come be amazed what you will discover by Gathering Around the
table. Contact Marguerite Herrick for any questions.
It’s not too late to get involved!!
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Institute
for Dialogue – Friday, February 17th @ 7 PM
What
is dialogue and how can we use dialogue to improve our everyday
life and the lives of those around us? Did you know that dialogue
is possible with nature, animals, and our environment – not
to mention ourselves and others?
Dialogue
is a gift that can bring healing and meaning to every
relationship. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church is proud to
sponsor the Institute for Dialogue. The aim of the institute will
be to practice dialogue among the students and then put it in
practice in our everyday life. There will be lessons on theory
and the philosophy of dialogue as well as read great written
works by Martin Buber and Maurice Friedman, the founders of the
dialogical philosophy.
The
Institute for Dialogue bearing the name of the renowned scholar
of Buber, Maurice Friedman, is dedicated to the interdisciplinary
and multidisciplinary study of dialogue, in theory and practice.
The
institute was founded as a place where interested individuals
could hear and share reflections and insights about the nature,
purpose of dialogue in the whole spectrum of human affairs as
well as ways to enhance and promote dialogue.
We
examine the role of dialogue in everyday life, and among others
in the fields of psychology, literature, politics, anthropology,
religion, philosophy and sociology
David
Barzilai, Ph.D., is Co-director of the Institute with Maurice
Friedman.
This month’s session
will be held at St. Timothy’s Parish Hall.
Dr. Maria Tillmanns
will be speaking on “Decision
Making and Self-Deception”.
This promises to be another conversation and genuine dialogue.
Here
are some of Dr. Maria Tillmanns credentials:
Doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in
1998
Philosophical counseling practice in the Netherlands from
1989–93
Board member of the Dutch Association for Philosophical Practice
in Amsterdam (1989-93)
President of the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling and
Psychotherapy (ASPCP) (1996-97)
Joint practice in philosophical counseling with Dr. Friedman:
Philosophical Counseling through Dialogue
Taught at UCSD for nearly 10 years in their Teacher Education
Program, Human Development Program and Department of
Communications
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Game
Night!
Saturday, February 18th @ 6:00 pm
Bring
your Family
and your Favorite
Game!!
BFFG
Enjoy a spaghetti dinner and play your favorite
game. Price of the dinner will be announced. It is important that
you sign up so we
know how many people will be there for dinner. The sign up sheet
is found on the bulletin board in the narthex.
This is a great
time to get better acquainted with each other and introduce a
friend or neighbor to our church family.
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Bridges
to Contemplative living with Thomas Merton
On Wednesdays during the Healing Service.
This series gently leads participants on a journey toward
personal spiritual transformation and a more contemplative and
peace-filled life. The first booklet has eight-sessions that
offer an introduction to Merton and contemplative living through
prayers, readings from Merton and other spiritual masters, and
questions for group dialogue.
If you are interested please pick up the materials available in
the Narthex.
Either you look at the universe as a very poor creation out of
which no one can make anything, or you look at your own life and
your own part in the universe as infinitely rich, full of
inexhaustible interest, opening out into the infinite further
possibilities for study and contemplation and praise. Beyond all
and in all is God. -Thomas Merton
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Gospel
of Mark: Jesus-Powerful, Courageous, Trusting
The Bible study meets on Tuesdays, @ 6:30 PM.
The Gospel of Mark: Jesus-Powerful, Courageous, Trusting. The
portrait of Jesus we find in Mark is one of a powerful man,
confident of his choices, but thoroughly trusting in God even as
he faces persecution and ultimately death. Those who struggle in
their discipleship are comforted to read in Mark's gospel how
even Jesus' followers so often fail to understand the depth and
breadth of Jesus' power and authority. Mark's words are an
encouragement to uncertain disciples of all the ages to see
clearly the path Jesus invites us to follow. This series will be
8 weeks.
·
The
Foundation of the Gospels
·
The
Galilean Ministry Begins
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Teaching
and Preaching
·
A
Man Who Does Everything Well
·
Visions
of the Kingdom
·
What
is Power?
·
Signs
of the End
·
Death
into Life
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Up
Coming Services, So Save the Date!
Lent Season
Ash Wednesday—Wednesday, February 22nd @ 6:30
PM
Seder Dinner — Thursday, March 29th @ 6:30 PM
Holy Week
Palm Sunday—Sunday, April 1st @ 9 AM
Tenebrae Service—Wednesday, April 4th @ 6:30
PM
Maundy Thursday Service – Thursday, April 5th
@ 6:30 PM
Good Friday Service—Friday, April 6th @ 6:30
PM
Easter Sunday—Sunday, April 8th @ 9 AM
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Voices for Children
Voices for Children is determined to help each and every
child in San Diego’s foster care system. Meeting this
ambitious goal means a CASA volunteer for every foster child who
needs one.
It means we must have the community’s help. It means we
need you.
If you are ready for the experience of a
lifetime…
If you are ready to create a child’s
future…
Please attend one of our INFORMATION MEETINGS on:
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (5:30-7:00pm)
Kearny
Mesa, Please call for location.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
(11:30am-1:00pm)
College-Rolando Branch Library
6600
Montezuma Road, San Diego, CA 92115
DOWNLOAD
FLYER
For more information call (858) 598-2235 or visit
www.speakupnow.org.
Thank you for your help!
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Catch
the
Spirit
Our Diocesan Annual Convention
Our 38th Annual Diocesan Convention will be held on February
10-11, 2012 at Crowne Plaza Hotel in San
Diego. Our keynote speaker is Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas. He
was elected bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Connecticut in
2009.
Bishop Douglas was the Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World
Christianity at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts and an associate priest at St. James’s
Church, Cambridge, Mass. Bishop Douglas has written extensively
on mission, missiology, and the Anglican Communion, and has
provided expert commentary and opinion for national media, print
and broadcast.
The convention will start at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 10.
The gala dinner is at 6:30 pm at the Crown Plaza on Friday
evening. On Saturday, February 11 the convention begins at 8:00
a.m. with the general session and Keynote Address at 11 a.m.
For more information see www.edsd.org/diocon2012
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Gala
Dinner
The
gala dinner on Friday night is open to all. Featuring the keynote
address by Bishop Douglas, the dinner is the highlight of our
convention weekend. Conversations cross congregational lines; new
friendships are formed; old friendships are renewed. Bishop
Mathes honors people recognized by their clergy for outstanding
service to the church and the world beyond. A slideshow featuring
congregational life from the past year sets the tone for a fun
evening of fellowship!
View
the menu here
Friday,
February 10
Crowne
Plaza Hotel
2270
Hotel Circle North, San Diego, 92108
5:15pm
Reception
6:30pm
Dinner
$55
for dinner. $3 for parking.
Register
Today
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Learning
Opportunities
Convention is the one
time of year when we gather together and discuss all things
church! It's a great time to hold learning opportunities (ie
workshops) to help you in your ministry. This year we are proud
to present innovative workshops from diocesan leaders. Some
workshop titles include: Volunteers: Your Undervalued Asset;
Spirituality and the Workplace; Beyond Meals; a Journey to End
Homelessness; and many more. Visitors may attend convention for
$35 and take advantage of all the learning opportunities,
exhibits and lunch on Friday. View all learning opportunities:
Click
Here
Register
Here
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Read
the New Mission Plan Prior to Convention
If
you would like to read the new Mission Plan for the diocese that
will be voted at this year’s convention, please click
here. This is a great way to see the “vision” of
our very own diocese.
A
small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith
in their mission can alter the course of history.” Mahatma
Gandhi
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Love
Songs for Valentine's Day
A
vocal quartet from Capella Gloriana accompanied by piano
four-hands performs love songs from Brahms to the Beatles
including the beloved Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 by Johannes
Brahms. For more information, please call 619-990-5751.
Sunday,
February 12
St.
Thomas of Canterbury
44651
Avenida de Missiones, Temecula, CA 92592
3:30pm
$10/adults;
children free
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Requiem
Concert in Poway
St.
Bartholomew's invites you to attend Mozart's Requiem. The entire
requiem will be performed with a full orchestra, soloists and
choir. The requiem was composed in 1791 and left unfinished
because of Mozart's untimely death. Franz Xavier Sussmayr, a
student of Mozart's, finished the work. This performance will
usher in the season of Lent which begins the following week on
Ash Wednesday.
Sunday,
February 19
St.
Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
16275
Pomerado Rd, Poway
4:00pm
$10
donation
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Celtic
Quiet Day at St. Stephen's
Join
the people of St. Stephen's, Menifee as they experience a journey
on the Celtic way. The day will include opening prayers by the
Rev. Clarke Prescott, a presentation on Walking the Inner Celtic
Path by Dr. Marlene Oaks, multimedia meditation with Sandy
Smolinski and a closing Celtic liturgy with Amanda Rines. Also
featuring: quiet times, stations on Celtic prayer, art, saints,
sacred places and wheel of the year, garden labyrinth, books and
spiritual resources provided by Kathryn Bunch, bookseller. Lunch
provided. RSVP to Rebecca
Costello,
951-679-6425.
Saturday,
April 21
St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church
26705
Murrieta Road, Menifee
9:30am
- 2:00pm
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Join
the Bishop's Appeal
What
does the Bishop's Appeal do? The appeal funds outreach, mission
support, and programs throughout the diocese including: clergy
support and continuing education, veteran ministries, seafarer's
support, micro-credit programs, seminarian support and more. If
you have already contributed to this important work... thank you!
To join with hundreds of other Episcopalians in supporting our
collective work, click the link below.
Donate
to the Bishop's Appeal
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Hire
an Episcopalian!
Looking for help with
housecleaning, yard work, landscaping, painting, or other odd
jobs around the house? Why not hire an Episcopalian? Our friends
at St. Mark's have lots of honest, hard working, reliable
parishioners looking for work to help support their families.
Contact St Mark's Ministries Coordinator Heather
Smith,
619-847-2856 and she'll match your need with the right man or
woman for the job!
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Parish’s
acolyte ministry includes those with special needs
[Episcopal
Diocese of Atlanta]
Victor
Catanzaro can’t see, and he can’t walk. And he
doesn’t have a lot of strength in his upper body. But he
can serve as an acolyte in an Episcopal church. How can this be?
Well, it takes a parish. [Read
More]
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Jubilee
Ministry grants awarded for Episcopal Church programs and mission
work
The
Episcopal Church
Office
of Public Affairs
January
31, 2012 (All day)
The
Social and Economic Justice Office of the Episcopal Church Center
has awarded 108 Jubilee Ministry grants in 50 dioceses for 2011
and 2012 in four categories for more than $165,000 to support
mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church. [Read
More]
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Church
on the path to irrelevance
by
George Packard, retired as the Bishop Suffragan of the Armed
Services & Federal Ministries in 2011
After
the dustup with Trinity Church over Duarte Park in Manhattan and
my arrest I thought it was a good idea to put the past aside and
gather some Episcopalians for coffee one block north of Zuccotti
Park. Before arriving I spent a half hour staring at that
infamous space with its barricades set aside and chained
together, made irrelevant by the court order favoring Occupy Wall
Street. Still, there was an ominous and newly-erected watch tower
glowering down on the far corner. It bristled with TV cameras.
The tower, a collapsible assembly hoisted up and down for better
police vantage, was tactically sensible, but given the strident
tone of police behavior it gave the look of Damascus. As our
meeting awaited, I shuddered, thinking, “Would the Church
cope or collude with this kind of future?” [Read
More]
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Churches
stand up for lives lost, take stand against violence
[Episcopal
News Service] A
few weeks into 2012, the Rev. Bill Terry already had at least 20
additions for the “Murder Board” outside
St.
Anna’s Episcopal Church,
near New Orleans’ French Quarter, including: [Read
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The search
for the ‘God Particle’
[Episcopal
News Service]
Last
month news accounts were breathlessly reporting that physicists
were ready to announce that they’d discovered, at long
last, the Higgs Boson – the so-called “God Particle.”
The news, when it came out, was much less exciting than the
earlier reports seemed to indicate. There was no discovery. There
was instead essentially just an announcement that there was one
last drawer to open to find the particle. And that the drawer
would be opened sometime this coming year. [Read
More]
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[Episcopal
News Service] Jordan Trumble fell in love with learning about
religion at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. But after
awhile, she realized studying the topic wasn't enough. "So
much of what I was learning in the classroom didn't …
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