Maryland Church News
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This publication is considered the Journal of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Published quarterly, MCN is a resource for Episcopalians throughout the diocese with messages from the bishops on current events and mission-specific issues, diocesan and parish news, features, information and events. It is a vital tool that mirrors where we are as a church and how we witness to our community, and provides an in-depth analysis of our mission.
Current Issue
Maryland Church News Summer, 2008
We give you thanks that from the beginning you have gathered and prepared a people to be heirs of the covenant of Abraham, and have raised up prophets, kings and priests, never leaving your temple untended. We praise you also that from the creation you have graciously accepted the ministry of those whom you have chosen. (Prayer of Consecration, BCP, p. 520)
Diocesan Convention may be over for this year, but the work continues. In this edition of MCN Online read about the ongoing efforts of the Task Force on Reparations for Slavery and contemplate a poem by famed Harlem poet Georgia Douglas Johnson. Good works continue at our churches as St. Mark’s Church, Lappans, shares its unique Lenten worship, St. John’s Church, Mt. Washington, feeds the hungry, and St. John's Church, Ellicott City, is honored for its commitment to Camp Amazing Grace.
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Previous Issues:
- Spring, 2008: Episcopal Schools in our Diocese
- Special Bishop Search Edition
- Winter, 2007 - Discerning the Call
- Fall, 2007 - Our Diocese: A Look at Who We Are
- Summer, 2007 - Women in Leadership
- Spring, 2007 - Urban Ministry
- Winter, 2006 - Youth and Christian Formation
- Fall, 2006 - Youth and Christian Formation
- Summer, 2006 - Change
- Spring (Lent), 2006 - Evangelism and Church Growth
- Winter, 2005 - Witnessing
Knitting instructions for St. Thomas' Habitat Blanket
“Knitting Together” from page 22 - Fall, 2005 – Stewardship Issue
- Summer, 2005 - Social Justice Issue
- Lent 2005 (Spring, 2005)
- December, 2004/January, 2005
- October/November, 2004
- June/July, 2004
- April/May, 2004
- February/March, 2004
- December, 2003/January, 2004
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