Bishop's Address
July 1, 2011
For two millennia Aristotle's geocentric view that our earth is the center of the universe prevailed. Then in 1514 Copernicus advanced the heliocentric hypothesis – that the sun is the center of the universe, and our earth, despite what the Bible says (Psalm 93:1, 96:10, 104.5, and 1 Chronicles 16:30), moves around it. In 1616, Galileo defended the Copernican hypothesis on the basis of what he observed through his telescope. The church declared him a heretic.
The year after Galileo died (1642), Newton was born (1643). In 1687, Newton set forth the classical mechanics of weight, force, and motion – a scientific view of the physical universe that held sway until 1905, when Einstein discovered that energy equals mass times the speed of light, multiplied by itself (E=mc2). Because of the rapidity of the speed of light, mass the size of a raisin has enough energy, Einstein realized, to power New York City for a day. His discovery totally transformed how we now live, so much so that in 1999, Time magazine named him its "Man of the Century"!
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Grant applications now accepted for Episcopal Church innovative leadership development programs
[June 16, 2011] Applications are now accepted for the 2012 Roanridge Grants, awarded annually for new and creative models for leadership development in small communities across the Episcopal Church.
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September is Recovery Month
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The Addiction Recovery Resource Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (ARRC) is marking Recovery Month by encouraging every parish in the diocese to participate in several opportunities designed to make people aware that recovery from addiction is possible and that The Episcopal Church is taking a leadership role in putting a public face on recovery. Join us by supporting these opportunities to the fullest.
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The Philadelphia Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians Presents: A Revival
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Revivalist: The Rev. Dr. Richard A. Dent, Pastor of the historic First African Baptist Church, Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. Tasty Dinners available for sale in the Parish Hall Undercroft from 5:00pm to 6:30pm to benefit the UBE Youth.
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Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church Chooses New Rector
(Philadelphia) – The vestry of Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church (TMC) announced today that, after a year-long nationwide search, the Reverend Donna L. Maree has been chosen as the new rector of the church. Maree, currently rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Warren, Ohio will begin her tenure at TMC in mid-August. A native of Pittsfield, Mass., she earned a masters degree in pastoral theology in 2000 from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
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Congregations now in the transition process
| Advent, Kennett Square
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Rector |
| Contact |
Ms. Bryan Bente at benteadvent@gmail.com |
| Address |
201 Crestline Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348 |
| Website |
http://www.church-of-the-advent.com |
| All Saints' Torresdale
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Rector |
| Contact |
Judith Winters at AllSaintsSearchCommittee@gmail.com |
| Address |
9601 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114 |
| Website |
http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org |
| Ascension, Parkesburg
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Part-time Interim |
| Contact |
Canon Jill Mathis at jillm@diopa.org |
| Address |
Second and West Streets, PO Box 193, Parkesburg, PA 19365 |
| Website |
http://mysite.verizon.net/bizx4h4z/index.html |
| Holy Trinity, Lansdale
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Part-time priest |
| Contact |
Canon Jill Mathis at jillm@diopa.org |
| Address |
407 North Broad Street, Lansdale, PA 19446 |
| Website |
http://www.lansdaletrinity.org |
| St. Christopher's, Oxford
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Rector (3/4 time) |
| Contact |
Canon Jill Mathis at jillm@diopa.org |
| Address |
116 Lancaster Pike, Oxford, PA 19363 |
| Website |
http://www.stchrisoxford.org |
| St. Mark's, Honey Brook
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Part-time Interim |
| Contact |
Canon Jill Mathis at jillm@diopa.org |
| Address |
1040 Chestnut Tree Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344 |
| Website |
http://www.stmarkshb.org |
| St. Thomas' Whitemarsh
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| Status |
Receiving names |
| Position |
Full-time Associate Rector for Children, Youth & Family Ministries |
| Contact |
The Rev. Marek Zabriskie, Rector, mzabriskie@stthomaswhitemarsh.org |
| Address |
Bethlehem Pike & Camp Hill Road, P.O. Box 247, Fort Washington, PA 19034 |
| Website |
http://stthomaswhitemarsh.org |
| Trinity Church, Solebury
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| Status |
Receiving names until July 15, 2011 |
| Position |
Rector |
| Contact |
Helen Montgomery at hsmontgomery82@aol.com |
| Address |
6587 Upper York Road, PO Box 377, Solebury, PA 189383 |
| Website |
http://www.trinitysolebury.org |
Applicants who are interested should submit their
profile and resume to Jill Mathis at jillm@diopa.org.
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