On #GoodFriday my Lenten devotional #TheDisciplesWay from #ForwardMovement encourages attending worship services rather than providing a verse of Scripture to reflect on. This seems like an excellent opportunity to remind (or inform) everyone that funds collected today as part of the #Episcopal Church’s #GoodFridayOffering benefit the #Anglican Province of #Jerusalem & the #MiddleEast You can learn more about this historic partnership, now in it’s 103rd year! or make a donation online at: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/good-friday-offering/

“No matter how we understand the causes of violence in the #HolyLand we can surely agree that we must support our fellow Anglicans in alleviating the devastating #humanitariancrisis now unfolding in #Gaza ,” [Presiding Bishop Sean] Rowe said [in a recent statement regarding last week’s missile attack on the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem]

Good Friday Offering

The history of the Good Friday Offering reaches back to 1922 when, in the aftermath of World War I, The Episcopal Church sought to create new relationships with and among the Christians of the Middle East. From these initial efforts which focused on a combination of relief work and the improvement of ecumenical and Anglican […]

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Picked this #book up last night at #EfM Can’t tell you how excited I am to spend #Lent learning how to be a more effective #ally & #disciple of Jesus (I’m also using The Disciple’s Way from #ForwardMovement for my Lenten devotional) I feel I am in a sort of unique position & am called to put my privilege to work more (& more effectively) on behalf of my #Trans 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 neighbors & family.

Fishing Without Bait 407: Forgiveness And moving forward withDumpster Fire Ryan Zane

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Forward Movement had a good pointer to an article this morning called "4 Reasons Visitors Do Not Return" by Doug Pow

https://www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/4-reasons-visitors-do-not-return/

#ForwardMovement #Episcopal #SoundFamiliar

4 Reasons Visitors Do Not Return - Lewis Center for Church Leadership

Lewis Center Director F. Douglas Powe says it’s important not only to attract visitors, but to create a space where they will want to stay. Congregations wondering why their visitors don’t return need to honestly assess how they respond to visitors and what their church has to offer. It is not unusual to hear a

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