From Citizen-Times.com, Asheville Pastors speak out on need to end death penalty. Click here for the full article. ASHEVILLE — North Carolina’s criminal justice system is so fraught with cheating that lawmakers should eliminate the death penalty to keep innocent people from being executed, local pastors and an exonerated death row inmate said Tuesday. Speaking…
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Commitment Statement re: Park 51 Islamic Community Center
(Sign Commitment on line HERE) Ways to Reach Out to the Muslim Community HERE We the undersigned Episcopalians would like to express our support for the building of an Islamic Community Center two blocks away from Ground Zero. We believe that it will send a message to the world that the attacks of 9 years…
From NPR: We’re still learning about what happened on Sept 15, 1963 in Birmingham, AL
An excellent story on today’s Morning Edition recounts the untold tragedy of Johnny Robinson’s death. For the full story, click here. —- Sept 15, 2010 Forty-seven years ago this week, on Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The blast killed four little girls and became a tragic marker in…
EPF Chair Linda Gaither’s Sermon for 9/11
This will be delivered at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Slaterville Springs, NY this Sunday, Sept 12. It is based on the text Luke 15: 1 – 10. A lost sheep. A lost coin. I’ve never lost a sheep. But, through the years and lives of many beloved pets, I have lost both cats and dogs….
LABOR DAY Sermon by Tim Yeager
Sermon at St. James Cathedral, Chicago September 5, 2010 Proper 18 C – Full Text Jeremiah 18:1-11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working…
“Budrus” A New Film of Israeli’s & Palestinians Working Together
Budrus. You may have seen it yourself or read of this award winning documentary about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. I don’t want to give away the…
EPF Colorado Journey Into Peace Conference: Success!
Read Dean Eaton’s Sermon delivered the first night of Journey Into Peace, here REPORT FROM JOURNEY INTO PEACE: Fifty people from nine states gathered at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver the first weekend in August to learn new ways to make peace. “Journey Into Peace,” an event co-sponsored by Episcopal Peace Fellowship Colorado, Colorado Jubilee…
September 21st International Day of Peace
Prayer for Prayers of the People – September 19th: “Holy God, open our eyes to a fresh vision for a peaceful world and strengthen our will to seek alternatives to revenge and violence.” BULLETIN INSERTS for September 19th full sheet color here full sheet black and white here 1/2 sheet color here 1/2 sheet black…
End of American Combat Mission in Iraq
Message from President Obama: “Tonight marks the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. As a candidate for this office, I pledged to end this war responsibly. And, as President, that is what I am doing. Since I became Commander-in-Chief, we’ve brought home nearly 100,000 U.S. troops. We’ve closed or turned over to Iraq…
