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It's a July Monday, the first day of this year's Kids in Community summer day camp program at St. Stephen's Church in Lynn, and things are already in high gear.  Some of the kids are doing indoor activities, some have overtaken the nearby Lynn Common for a boisterous game of Red Rover and…
Diocesan News
The diocesan mission strategy drafting team has released its draft and now invites the diocesan community’s response—in person, online or by phone—between Aug. 9 and Aug. 22.  The draft mission strategy is posted at www.diomass.org/new-mission-strategy. …
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For six summer weeks, 160 teenagers and 550 younger kids convene at six locations to eat breakfast and then get to work. And to have fun. Language arts, math and science, lots of reading and technology, and the arts. Then they’re off to the museum, the park, or the aquarium.It’s called B-SAFE:…
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"Sustainable Westford" on Westford Community Access TV highlights the SNAP Bonus Bucks program, to which St. Mark's Church is a contributor.  Bonus Bucks supplements SNAP federal food benefits so that families receiving them can shop at the Westford Farmers Market.  Hunger is not…
Diocesan News
The Episcopal bishops in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have issued a joint statement of support for Attorney General Maura Healey.  In her op-ed published in the Boston Globe, Healey expresses the importance of state law in the effort to end the bloodshed:  “In the face of utter…
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Following is a letter issued July 27 to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from Bishop Alan M. Gates regarding the diocese's new mission strategy, a draft of which will be available in early August for review.  The diocesan community is invited to respond to the draft at…
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Among the Brockton Enterprise's "Three Good Things that Happened Locally" feature is St. Andrew's Church in Hanover and the annual day out it hosts for women from Rosie's Place shelter in Boston. There’s some time at Humarock Beach in Scituate, lunch at the church and an invitation to browse racks…
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Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge will cease to grant degrees at the end of the upcoming academic year, the seminary’s board of trustees decided July 21 on a 11-4 vote, according to an EDS news release. No faculty or staff members will be laid off during the upcoming academic year, and…
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The Mystic Valley Area branch of the NAACP has announced that the Rev. Noah Evans, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church of Medford, will receive the first Community Service Award named after its esteemed first branch president, Wallace H. Kountze.Click the link above to read the full story.
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The Rev. Tim Crellin of St. Stephen's Church in Boston participated in the July 14 live forum "5 on Race in Boston" hosted by WCVB Channel 5, sharing how access to jobs can change lives and asking about the rights of young people of color during interactions with police.Click the link above to view…