We are a part of the Diocese of Olympia, Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
Bishop Greg Rickel joins in "Resettling Afghan Refugees" - on YouTube, September 3, 2021 event with Diocesan staff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrzg1wNE5eA
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Statement from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on upcoming September 11 Anniversary:
Pastoral word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 [Sept, 8, 2021]
As followers of Jesus, and with our siblings in other faith traditions, we place great value on the act of remembrance. As we reflect on the solemn anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, we remember many loved ones lost and first responders who put their lives at risk, modeling the sacrificial love of Jesus, who said: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
While 20 years have passed, I also want us to pause and remember the days that followed these tragic events. There was a moment in the aftermath when people came together. We were praying, grieving, and also working together. Because in that moment, however fleeting it was, we knew with immediacy and vulnerability that we need God, and we need each other.
Memories of that tender cooperation—of love for each other as neighbors—serve as guiding lights for the present. Amidst the ongoing pandemic and natural disasters that have taken so many lives and pushed first responders to their limits, and amidst a worldwide reckoning with the sin of racism, we are called to become the Beloved Community whose way of life is the way of Jesus and his way of love.
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will deliver a blessing and sermon Sept. 11 and 12 as part of A Time and Space of Remembrance and Healing at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York, which served as a relief mission for recovery workers at Ground Zero for nearly a year after the buildings fell. Tune in online at trinitywallstreet.org/september-11.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Joins Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch on Climate Change Statement: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/joint-statement-on-climate-change-by-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-pope-francis-and-ecumenical-patriarch/?mc_cid=07170c05ef&mc_eid=307894c015
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We are a part of the Diocese of Olympia. The Diocese is made up of almost 100 congregations of Episcopalians across Western Washington state. Visit the Diocese's website at: https://www.ecww.org/
We are also part of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Visit the Church's website at: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/
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Statement from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on upcoming September 11 Anniversary:
Pastoral word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 [Sept, 8, 2021]
As followers of Jesus, and with our siblings in other faith traditions, we place great value on the act of remembrance. As we reflect on the solemn anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, we remember many loved ones lost and first responders who put their lives at risk, modeling the sacrificial love of Jesus, who said: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
While 20 years have passed, I also want us to pause and remember the days that followed these tragic events. There was a moment in the aftermath when people came together. We were praying, grieving, and also working together. Because in that moment, however fleeting it was, we knew with immediacy and vulnerability that we need God, and we need each other.
Memories of that tender cooperation—of love for each other as neighbors—serve as guiding lights for the present. Amidst the ongoing pandemic and natural disasters that have taken so many lives and pushed first responders to their limits, and amidst a worldwide reckoning with the sin of racism, we are called to become the Beloved Community whose way of life is the way of Jesus and his way of love.
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will deliver a blessing and sermon Sept. 11 and 12 as part of A Time and Space of Remembrance and Healing at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York, which served as a relief mission for recovery workers at Ground Zero for nearly a year after the buildings fell. Tune in online at trinitywallstreet.org/september-11.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Joins Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch on Climate Change Statement: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/joint-statement-on-climate-change-by-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-pope-francis-and-ecumenical-patriarch/?mc_cid=07170c05ef&mc_eid=307894c015
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We are a part of the Diocese of Olympia. The Diocese is made up of almost 100 congregations of Episcopalians across Western Washington state. Visit the Diocese's website at: https://www.ecww.org/
We are also part of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Visit the Church's website at: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/
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St. Bede's Episcopal Church
1577 SE Lider Rd Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-876-1182 bedeschurch@gmail.com Mailing Address PO Box 845 Port Orchard, WA 98366 |
