[Episcopal News Service] After a split over theology in the 1990s, there were only 12 members of the congregation left at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville. The church couldn’t pay its mortgage. By 2007, the church was in danger of closing.
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Leah Wise is a member of St. Paul’s Memorial Church (Episcopal) in Charlottesville. Here is her account of attending the service that recent Friday night when neo-Nazis surrounded the church.
Via: First-person account: the night neo-Nazis surrounded my church
May 7: Bishop’s Committee Meeting 8:15am
Bible Sunday after 10am Liturgy
May 14: Mother’s Day
Children’s Formation during 10am Liturgy
May 17: Liturgy at Friendship Village at 10:30am
Food Pantry 4-6pm
May 20/21: Varied Voices Weekend
Contemporary Conversation/Book Group after 10am Liturgy
May 28: Centering Prayer after 10am Liturgy
June 3: Elk Grove Village Farmer’s Market Opens
June 4: Pentecost
Bishop’s Committee Meeting 8:15am
Baptism of Claire Gilger during 10am Liturgy
Bible Study wraps up until we reconvene in the fall.
June 7: Food Pantry 4-6pm
June 11: Trinity Weekend
Adult Contemporary Conversation after 10am Liturgy
June 14-18: Rotary Fest
June 17: Elk Grove Village Parade 2pm -?
St. Nicholas will participate in the parade
June 17/18: Varied Voices Weekend
June 18: Fathers’ Day
June 21: Liturgy at Friendship Village at 10:30am
Food Pantry 4-6pm
June 24/25 Little Boots Rodeo at Prince of Peace Methodist Church
St. Nicholas will staff one of the game booths again
June 25: Centering Prayer after 10am Liturgy
NOTE: CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. HOWEVER, WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH ADVANCE NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THANK YOU.