St Mathews Episcopal Church

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We will be meeting at the church again on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month in Tatum Lounge (or in the Parish Hall). If you know how to knit or crochet, or would like to learn - please join us. We have pattern books for you to select a project and teachers ready to help you. Our next meeting will be on May 11th. All are welcome to join and enjoy the fellowship!

Our Food Pantry clients have been so enthusiastic with our offering of books to children. Now, alas, our supply has almost gone. We are hopeful that the congregation would help us again. Do you have any gently used books at home? We would be most appreciative. Also, new books would be welcome. Please, ONLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS - we are concentrating on the youngsters! Thanks!

Reflections on the Episcopal Church's 2009 General Convention from the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion.

1. No-one could be in any doubt about the eagerness of the Bishops and Deputies of the Episcopal Church at the General Convention to affirm their concern about the wider Anglican Communion. Their generous welcome to guests from elsewhere, including myself, the manifest engagement with the crushing problems of the developing world and even the wording of one of the more controversial resolutions all make plain the fact that the Episcopal Church does not wish to cut its moorings from other parts of the Anglican family. There has been an insistence at the highest level that the two most strongly debated resolutions (DO25 and CO56) do not have the automatic effect of overturning the requested moratoria, if the wording is studied carefully. There is a clear commitment to seek counsel from elsewhere in the Communion about certain issues and an eloquent resolution in support of the 'Covenant for a Communion in Mission' as commended by ACC13. All of this merits grateful acknowledgement. The relationship between the Episcopal Church and the wider Communion is a reality which needs continued engagement and encouragement.

Verse of The Day
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” (Colossians 3:15)