04/25/2008
Rogation Sunday - April 27, 2008
By Emily Everett
Information for clergy regarding the Rogation Sunday services will be continuously updated on our Environmental Stewardship web page.
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04/22/2008
Tornado Relief Benefit Concert
By Emily Everett
A Tornado Relief Benefit Concert will be held Friday April 25th from 6-9 p.m. at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 5400 Old Canton Road in Jackson. Bands featured are...
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04/22/2008
Good Shepherd preps to celebrate 150th Anniverary
By Emily Everett
The Church of the Good Shepherd, 109 West Claiborn, Terry, Mississippi, will hold its 150th anniversary celebration on June 8, 2008. The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. followed by a dinner on the grounds at 11:30 a.m.
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04/22/2008
Commemorating the Life of Medgar Evers
By Emily Everett
All Saints, St. Mark's, St. Christopher's, and St. Alexis of Jackson, MS are hosting a Commemoration of the Life of Medgar Evers at...
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04/22/2008
Remembering Gray Center
By Bill Horne
There is a sign that has adorned the entrance to Camp Bratton-Green and Gray Center for more years than most can remember. But there is one person who knows not only how long it’s been there but who made it and when. Charley Belote, son of Oliver Belote (who made this sign), serves today in pretty much the same way his father did long...
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03/16/2008
JaPerry Gilbert: Destination Graduation!
By The Rev. Debo Dykes
DESTINATION GRADUATION: JaPerry Gilbert!
When you work with people, in the next office or in the next cubicle, you get to know them in a unique way. You hear them on the phone from one day to the next and you begin to pick up the varying tones their voices make when they’re down, when they’re up; when they’re worried, when they’re just doing business. When Lily Gilbert, my dear friend,
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01/29/2008
Rubrixx's "Soothe the Soul...with Rock' n' Roll"
By The Rev. Debo Dykes
It was “the Rev.” Bob Seger who once sang, “Still like that old time rock’ n’ roll…That kind of music just soothes the soul…” And “Soothe the Soul” was just what the Rubrics did Saturday night at the 181st Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi Annual Council in Natchez, MS.
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01/24/2008
Bishops Advocate for Congregations for Children
By The Rev. Debo Dykes
At a press conference held at the state capitol today, January 24, Bishop Gray, Bishop Ward, and Bishop Latino joined in their efforts to support Congregations for Children.
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01/01/2008
Seeing the Face of God in Each Other
By The Rev. Debo Dykes
I once read of someone who had a friend who periodically lost her voice and had to speak in whispers. One day she called and whispered for fifteen minutes. It took a lot of energy for her to listen intently so that she could hear what her friend had to say.
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11/06/2007
Radner Brings "HOPE" for the Future of the Church
By The Rev. Debo Dykes
Participants of the Center for Formation & Mission conference, Hope Among the Fragments, were spellbound by the brilliant and bold message The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner brought to all present.
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