An Episcopal chaplain serving with the Air Force in Afghanistan is asking for quilts to be made for service men and women wounded there. The following are the guidelines for the quilts. 1. 4’x6′ finished size; 2. No fringing or…
Continue ReadingThanks to all who are baking pies for, or have volunteered to work at, the Band Concert Ice Cream Social on Friday, July 23, 2010. For those baking – please make fruit pies rather than cream pies as these hold…
Continue ReadingO God, whose Spirit guides us into all truth and makes us free: Strengthen and sustain us as you did your servants Elizabeth, Amelia, Sojourner, and Harriet. Give us vision and courage to stand against oppression and injustice and all…
Continue ReadingToday, the Episcopal Church commemorates Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman. This date was chosen because it is the anniversary of a seminal Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20,…
Continue ReadingMacrina was born in 327 in Cesarea, the eldest child of Basil and Emmelia. She was the granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder and sister of St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebastea. Her mother based…
Continue ReadingMerciful God, you called your servant Macrina to reveal in her life and her teaching the riches of your grace and truth: May we, following her example, seek after your wisdom and live according to her way; through Jesus Christ…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our…
Continue ReadingTickets for the Parish outing to attend a game of the Akron Aeros baseball team on July 18 have been purchased and will be distributed following worship services on Sunday morning, July 18. If you’ve purchased tickets, please look for…
Continue ReadingO Lord, who in a time of turmoil and confusion raised up your servant William White, and endowed him with wisdom, patience, and a reconciling temper, that he might lead your Church into ways of stability and peace: Hear our…
Continue ReadingTogether with Samuel Provoost of New York, William White of Pennsylvania was consecrated a bishop on February 14, 1787, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of Peterborough; the two thus became the…
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