Wednesday, April 1, 2020

KYP: Love your neighbor: Suspend in-person worship

A Pastoral Letter in Time of Pandemic
 
The United Church of Christ leadership is urging congregations and clergy to suspend all traditional worship services.
 
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Keeping the Faith during COVID-19
 
A Maryland pastor reflects on the necessity of communion in diaspora.
 
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Be the Church
 
Virginia UCC joins the indigenous community in response to COVID-19.
 
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A Desperate Need
 
To keep working their blood drive and food pantry, Maine church members don masks, gloves.
 
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A Sacred Service
 
A Wisconsin chaplain is ordained virtually with a service in two states.
 
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A Virtual First
 
Meeting online, the UCC Board gets an update on pandemic responses.
 
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Rooted in Love
 
GS 2021 theme and logo unveiled as UCC Board takes up Synod business.
 
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From the UCC Board
 
The UCC Board Chair sends a message to the wider church following the body’s virtual March meeting.
 
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The Coronavirus & the Climate Crisis
 
Join a webinar April 1 on connections and comparisons.
 
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From Nigel
Embrace those special partnerships in your life that extend love, concern and care.
 
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Weekly Update from the Anglican Communion News Service - 31 March 2020

Anglican website for evangelism, church growth resources launched

This Week's News

Archbishop Henry Ndukuba installed as new Primate of the Church of Nigeria
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The new primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Archbishop
Henry Ndukuba, installed at low-key service in Abuja.

Bishop’s wife and church secretary released by kidnappers in Nigeria
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Kidnappers release two Anglican women after more than a week in captivity

Anglican Church of Australia’s Board of Electors to hold fresh election
for primate
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The former Primate of Australia, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, was act as
interim primate pending the election of a successor to Archbishop Philip
Freier.

Blogs

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
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This Sunday (5 April) in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, Anglicans around the
world will be praying for the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean.
Here, the Anglican Communion News Service introduces the Province and
suggests items for prayer.

A Note of Hope from Rome
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Italy has been particularly badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. On Tuesday
morning (31 March) the death toll stood at 11,591 and is continuing to
rise. The Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Archbishop Ian Ernest,
offers a brief reflection on the current situation.

Seven Stages of Healing
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The Anglican Communion’s Director for Theological Education, the Revd Dr
Stephen Spencer, considers the mental health implications of the Covid-19
pandemic and reflects on the lessons to be learned by the disciples on the
road to Emmaus.

Feature

Anglican Communion Health Network advises on suspension of public worship
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Closing churches is “the loving thing to do” in the face of the growing
Covid-19 pandemic, the Bishop of Hertford said.

This week in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer


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, we welcome you to join us in prayer for:

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Mbhashe (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Elliot Williams
Wernyol (South Sudan) The Rt Revd Gabriel Kuol Garang

Thursday, 2 April 2020

Meath & Kildare (Ireland) The Most Revd Patricia Louise Storey
West Ankole (Uganda) The Rt Revd Johnson Twinomujuni
West Buganda (Uganda) The Rt Revd Henry Katumba-Tamale

Friday, 3 April 2020

Medak (South India) The Rt Revd A.C. Solomon Raj
West Lango (Uganda) The Rt Revd Alfred Acur Okodi

Saturday, 4 April 2020

Melbourne (Australia) The Most Revd Philip Leslie Freier
West Missouri (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Martin Field

Sunday, 5 April 2020 (Palm Sunday)

Pray for the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean

          The Most Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song - Archbishop,
Province of

          Indian Ocean &  Bishop of the Seychelles

 

Monday, 6 April 2020

Meru (Kenya) The Rt Revd Charles Mwendwa
West Malaysia (South East Asia) The Most Revd Ng Moon Hing
Idaho (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Brian Thom

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Mexico (Mexico) The Rt Revd Carlos Touche-Porter
West Tennessee (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Don Johnson
Ideato (Nigeria) The Most Revd Caleb Maduoma

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Michigan (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Bonnie Perry
West Texas (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd David Reed

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