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September 2022 Rector Search Update
The Search Committee has faithfully met throughout this summer. We have finished and submitted all of the diocesan rector search requirements. The Rev. Percy Grant, the Canon for Ministry, has been a guiding support for our committee throughout this process as has Fr. Aaron Gerlach, our Diocesan Search Consultant. Debbie Chase, our exceptional parish administrator,…
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Volunteer at Bellwether Farm
Hello friends, We hope you are enjoying this lovely summer as much as we are! The chickens are clucking, the goats are nibbling, the sheep are yelling, the plants are growing, and we are in need of some volunteers! Bellwether Farm invites anyone and everyone to come help harvest and process produce every Tuesday and…
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July 2022 Rector Search Update
Patience. In Genesis 12, Abraham exercised patience after God promised he would be the father of many nations. Finally, when Abraham was 100 (and his wife Sarah was 90 years old), God gave them their son: Isaac. Though it took years of patiently waiting, they received the promise of God. And like Abraham, we at…
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A Message From Bishop Hollingsworth Following the Church Shooting in Alabama
Dear colleagues and friends, As the tragic consequences of gun violence continue to plague our country, we add to our prayers the people of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and the Diocese of Alabama. We commend to Almighty God the souls of the two victims who have died, and to Jesus’s healing…
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A Pastoral Word From Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on Shooting at St. Stephen’s
Dear friends in Christ: By now you are aware that last night a shooter entered St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, killing two children of God and injuring a third. Even as I write, I am on the way to the commemoration of the nine who were martyred in 2015 at Mother Emanuel…