A WEEKLY eNEWSLETTER AND OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DELAWARE |
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The Episcopal Church in Delaware
Rocks Delaware Pride Festival
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Our Festival Instagram Story
to view Instagram story, click on image below
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Love, Acceptance, and Joy
by Lola Michael Russell, diocesan staff writer
...There were people of all ages and ethnicities, gay and straight, fabulous outfits and down to earth jeans, and exciting sounds of music and laughter. “Being here at Pride is a wonderful reminder that we are not
alone." — Mitchell Frizzell...
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Love is Love is Love, Amen
by Cana Hartman, youth advisor
...A small percentage of those who stopped by were faith family members, but by far they were strangers who were interested in exchanging some words of love and affirmation and interested in hearing more about the Episcopal Church...
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Who Moved My Cheese?
A new look and approach for
Diocesan Communications
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The ECD communications team is thrilled to unveil a new look and approach to our diocesan communications! With great excitement, we present to you a fresh and innovative direction that seeks to foster enhanced engagement, connection, and accessibility within our community.
As a diocese, we recognize the importance of effective communication in conveying our message of faith, love, and service. Our new look encompasses a modern and visually appealing design that reflects the vibrancy and dynamism of our diocesan community.
Your thoughts, ideas, and feedback are invaluable to us as we continue to evolve and refine our approach. We invite you to check it out and see what's new by clicking on the button below.
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Prayer
in the Episcopal Church in Delaware
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Cycle of Prayer: This week (week of June 11), in our diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we hold up in prayer Camp Arrowhead and Memorial House. For the diocesan Cycle of Prayer, click here.
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Daily Psalm and Prayer, an offering from the diocese
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Prayer for our Country on Flag Day:
Almighty God, you have given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly pray that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in your Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to your law, we may show forth your praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in you to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Read today's Psalm and Prayer here
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The Episcopal Church in Delaware posts daily psalms and prayers here.
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Fun Fact
Question: "While we meet here, in Convention assembled, thousands upon thousands will drop, in foreign lands, from sheer exhaustion and hunger." Which diocesan bishop at which convention in which year said this?
Clue: This convention took place at the Church of the Ascension, Claymont.
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This Date in Christian History
Two Christian Writers
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On this date in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), abolitionist, author, and daughter of Congregationalist minister Lyman Beecher, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. She published more than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, (vehemently denounced in the South, where possessing it was dangerous) that catapulted her to international celebrity and secured her place in history. She believed her actions could make a positive difference. Her words changed the world. When she met Abraham Lincoln in 1863, he reportedly said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!" More information
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On this date in 1936, English writer G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) died. Authors from T.S. Eliot (who penned his obituary) to H.G. Wells, a longtime friend and debating opponent, expressed their grief. After the funeral, Pope Pius XI declared the rotund writer (a convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism) Defender of the Faith. Perhaps best known for his Father Brown novels, Chesterton wrote works of literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology, and composed such profound and perfect lines as “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” More information
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