Comments for Episcopal Diocese of Spokane

Comment on The Rev. Jeffrey Neuberger Shares Memories of Holidays in Iraq at Ecumenical Service by Kay Rafferty

Kay Rafferty — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:33:30 +0000

Love this article about Jeff,and the Thanksgiving service, and then the ending prayer, “We Give You Thanks, O God.”

This is a prayer that gets around. Though she wouldn’t especially agree to attach her name to it, our own Kristi Philip, writer extraordinaire as well as a priest, wrote this prayer that we use every Sunday at St. John’s Cathedral. We love it so much we used the whole prayer as a theme in our debt campaign several years ago. It is so perfect to see it in the service and homily for Thanksgiving that Jeff led.

Comment on Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. Margaret Fisher by Dianna Woolley

Dianna Woolley — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:29:23 +0000

Margaret,

Congratulations on your new ministry!!! How lucky this congregation is to have you as their priest!!

XoxoDianna

Comment on Daughters of the King Instructed Eucharist by Patricia Branson

Patricia Branson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:47:14 +0000

thank you for sharing these photos….

Comment on Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. Margaret Fisher by dottie leland

dottie leland — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:13:37 +0000

Congratulations, Margaret ! St. Andrew’s is lucky to have you. May you have a wonderful and joyous holiday season with your new family. dottie leland

Comment on Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. Margaret Fisher by Cindi Abbott

Cindi Abbott — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:31:17 +0000

Yea Margaret! So pleased for you. You will be in our thoughts as you continue to grow in your new big adventure. Love, Cindi & Marj

Comment on Pre-convention clergy days and delegate gatherings Sept. 26-29 (UPDATED) by Elizabeth Pettit

Elizabeth Pettit — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:14:16 +0000

Yes, I know, Jeff. My husband and I are providing it!

Comment on Pre-convention clergy days and delegate gatherings Sept. 26-29 (UPDATED) by Neuberger

Neuberger — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:16:57 +0000

Elizabeth: Since that was posted a change has been made and the meeting on the 27th in Wenatchee will offer a light supper as well.

Comment on Pre-convention clergy days and delegate gatherings Sept. 26-29 (UPDATED) by Elizabeth Pettit

Elizabeth Pettit — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:26:56 +0000

Why is the 9/27 meeting from 4 – 7 the only one in which there will be no food?! Delegates from Omak have a two hour drive each way. When are they supposed to eat? I will have a 65 minute drive each way, and I don’t want to take an hour at a restaurant in Wenatchee before I head for home. Is there anything we can do about this?

Comment on Growing community at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church by Marilyn Wilder

Marilyn Wilder — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:14:26 +0000

A beautiful garden, a beautiful ministry.

Comment on Guest Article: Sowing Seeds by Mary Mendenhall

Mary Mendenhall — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:18:28 +0000

YES: we can’t even appreciate what we have ‘in’ the church until we reach out into the community around us. And the Rev. is right: the modern young person isn’t interested (much) in our ongoing debates; s/he wants to Belong, to Participate in something, and something worthwhile.

But mostly the Rev. is re-aligning our focus: as we increase our desire to ‘recruit’ others to church, we are unable to do so as long as we fail to grow deeper into our own faith. Constant Growing attracted me to the Episcopal church years ago.

Finally, a quote from a 20th-century evangelist might be appropos here: “God never intended the church to be a refrigerator, in which to preserve perishable piety, but rather an incubator, out of which to hatch converts.”

thank you for the article!