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Harry Potter and the church pledge drive
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Bishop Knisely issues statement on Charlottesville in cooperation with RI’s American Baptist leader
Rhode Island Religious Leaders Call Christians to Prayer This Weekend PROVIDENCE, RI--August 17, 2017--The following statement was issued today from the Rt. Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Dr. Tom Wiles, executive minist
Day of Healing, free school supplies, church wins grant & more
Read about all these things and more in our latest diocesan e-news.
Emmanuel Newport wins national grant to grow gardens and spirituality
Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Episcopal Church, some formerly unusable space at Emmanuel Church in Newport will become home to hydroponic crops. Emmanuel is one of 16 churches and related organizations receiving Stewardship of Creation grants
Jamestown parishioner gives new life to windows from movable chapel
In the spring of 1899 the Rev. Charles E. Preston literally took the Chapel of the Transfiguration to people on Jamestown Island. Now, more than 100 years later, several stained-glass windows in that movable chapel are getting
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Adam Eriksen on how a careful reading of the books of the Bible changes the way … - Girard and Galatians: Seeing what is hidden
I’ve been reading and working through the implications of Rene Girard’s insights … - First we pray, then we move.
It’s beyond our bearing. Another mass shooting has happened, this one the deadli …