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On a gorgeous Sunday morning in May, even the most sleepy-eyed observer could hardly miss the first clue that the 10:15 a.m. service would be different: Most members of the congregation were dressed in their pajamas.Soon, the reason for their garb became apparent. The 12 members of the children’s…

"Forgiveness does not exclude punishment, but to take another’s person’s life is always sinful," the Rev. Sara Irwin of Christ Church in Waltham writes in response to the Globe's question:  Should Massachusetts reinstate the death penalty?Click the link above to read more.

The sign outside Trinity Episcopal Church reads “A Welcoming Community” and the pastor, the Rev. Johanna Barrett, truly makes everyone that enters her office feel welcome.  “One of things I have learned is that I continually need to learn new things or reach out to someone that can do what…

It’s a startling number.  Of the 1.3 million unaccompanied homeless youth in the United States, between 20 and 40 percent identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning.Given their large numbers and discrimination they face, a youth group at St. Stephen’s in Lynn called BE YOU…

Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 North Main St., Randolph, is celebrating 100 years of Christian ministry and witness in Randolph. The seed for the establishment of an Episcopal mission in Randolph was planted in 1912 at the corner of Orchard Street and Bartlett Road when a group of Episcopalians…

The Rev. Elibariki Phillip Kutta came to Grace Episcopal Church in North Attleboro through a series of unexpected events that brought him from Tanzania to the Boston area.Kutta became the parish's supply priest last July, and took on the role of priest-in-charge on Jan. 1.Kutta was born in…

For 130 years, Grace Episcopal Church in Medford has been honorably served by its 1885 Hook and Hastings pipe organ.Earlier this month, for the first time since its installation, the organ was completely dismantled piece-by-piece and sent to David E. Wallace and Co. organ builders in Gorham, Maine…

Jobs, not jails. That’s the focus of the Justice Reinvestment Act in Massachusetts and elsewhere. And Sunday, one of the program’s co-founders, Mass. state Rep. Byron Rushing, visited St. Stephen’s Memorial Episcopal Church to talk about that, and other things.Rushing, the House majority whip,…

Christian leaders from various traditions led an Armenian vespers service Thursday evening at Trinity Church in Copley Square to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.The service — whose leaders included Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and…

Grace Episcopal Church last weekend held a commissioning service for its former rector, the Rev. Maryalice Sullivan and her husband John.The Rt. Rev. Bishop Alan Gates, the bishop of the Massachusetts diocese, joined with the new church leader, the Rev. Phillip Kutta, to bless the couple, who are…