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July 9, 2025

A WEEKLY eNEWSLETTER AND OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DELAWARE

Episcopal Relief & Development

Responding to Deadly Texas Hill Country Flooding

Episcopal Relief & Development web statement, July 7, 2025

 

Episcopal Relief & Development is helping local diocesan partners in Texas provide support to those impacted by the catastrophic July 4-5 Texas Hill Country flooding, which killed over 80 people (now reported to be over 100), with many more still missing. Episcopal Relief & Development is working with longstanding local partners in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas to help people most in need.

 

Please pray for the communities affected by the Texas flash flooding. Donations will help our local partners respond to the emerging needs caused by this disaster.

 

For over 80 years, Episcopal Relief & Development has worked with an extensive network of faith and community partners to advance lasting change in communities affected by injustice, poverty, disaster and climate change. Inspired by our faith, we reach over three million people each year by focusing on four interconnected priorities: nurturing the potential of caregivers and young children, reducing violence against women and girls, strengthening communities’ resilience to climate change, and facilitating humanitarian response to disasters. Together with our partners, we leverage what’s working well to drive impact, learning and sustainability. Together, we create lasting change. Join us: www.episcopalrelief.org/sign-up 

 

Read more here.

September 18, 2025

8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Christ Church, Dover

  • Stay current with time-saving techniques, expert design tips, and emerging tech (like AI) to boost your church’s communications with clarity and confidence.
  • Learn practical, creative tools to enhance your parish bulletins, photography, and visual storytelling — no matter your skill level or parish size.
  • Connect with fellow parish Episcopalians across the state and leave energized with ideas you can implement right away.

 

Workshop Tracks Include:

  • Visuals, Voice, and Vision: Communicating with Clarity
  • Bulletin Brilliance: Crafting Worship Bulletins That Work
  • From Smartphone to Camera: Photography That Connects 

 

We’re bringing in award-winning designers, creative experts, and communications pros — each one ready to share real-world strategies you can bring back to your parish, no matter its size or budget.

Celebrations of New Ministry

The Rev.’s Michael Kurth and Greg Wilson

The Rev. Michael Kurth

  • September 26, 6:00 p.m.
  • St. David’s Church, Wilmington
  • RSVP information will be forthcoming

The Rev. Greg Wilson

  • October 16, 6:00 p.m.
  • Grace Church, Talleyville
  • RSVP information will be forthcoming

It’s ‘T’ Time!

Churches Can’t Continue to Want More,

and Give Less

 

[This article (with image) first appeared in

The Living Church on November 16, 2003.]

 

by the Rev. Rita Nelson

 

One of the most successful stewardship campaigns I ever experienced was a non-event. There was no theme, no witnessing, no begging, no “thermometer of giving,” going up week after week, and no every-member canvass.

There was only one letter from the vestry sent to every member. There wasn’t even a pledge card attached, or in the pew next to the hymnals. The letter outlined the needs of the church for those three “Ts” – time, talent, and treasure – and then pointed out that what you gave to each of them was between you and God. That’s all. No follow-up phone calls, no follow-up letters. The giving that year was substantial. It covered all expenses and all necessary human resources. I imagine that happened because the people of God were responsible only to God.

 

In the 1950s and 1960s, mainline churches experienced a surge in growth. The post-war economy was in full bloom, and suburban sprawl began. From 1946 to 1964, a baby boom spurred the buying and building of new and larger homes. Churches flourished, and in order to accommodate burgeoning attendance during this period, new churches were built, and smaller churches were expanded. Churches thrived. The needs for time, treasure, and talent were spread among many people, and were met without a second thought. But things have changed. continue reading

October 18

St. Luke’s, Seaford

9:00 – 12:00 p.m.

 

A time for you …

to discover something

new within yourself!

Learn more about:

 

  • Discernment and the call to ministry
  • Stephenson School for Ministry
  • Lay ministry
  • Priesthood
  • Diaconate

 

 

RSVP by October 10

to the Rev. Jeffrey Ross 

For more information contact:

The Rev. Jeffrey Ross

Chair of the Commission on Ministry at jross@stpeterslewes.org

 

Upcoming Diocesan Events:

Parish Communications Conference

September 18

8:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Christ Church

Dover

Celebration of New Ministry

The Rev. Michael Kurth

September 26

6:00 p.m.

St. David’s

Wilmington

Celebration of New Ministry

The Rev. Greg Wilson

October 16

6:00 p.m.

Grace Church

Talleyville

Discernment Day

October 18

9:00 – noon

St. Luke’s

Seaford

Pre-Convention Presentations

(budget and resolutions)

November 12

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Zoom link here

Mtg ID: 894 2249 7838

Passcode: 177133

Pre-Convention Presentations

(budget and resolutions)

November 15

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Zoom link here

Mtg ID: 894 2249 7838

Passcode: 177133

Master Fund A,

Hybrid Meeting

November 21

4:00 p.m.

Clayton Hall, Univ. of DE

 

Zoom link here

Mtg ID: 837 0280 4449

Passcode: 950664

Annual

Convention

November 21 – 22

12 – 8 p.m. | 9 – 2:30 p.m.

Clayton Hall, Univ. of DE

Newark

Advent

Lessons & Carols

December 21

4:00 p.m.

St. Peter’s Church

Lewes

News around the diocese:

‘Link’ in to our community

Church announcements

Job Postings

Cycle of Prayer

Diocesan website

Churches in Delaware

Bishop of Delaware

Mission Support Office

St. Anne’s Episcopal School admissions hub

Province III

Episcopal News

Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs

Global Partnerships

Church Pension Group

Anglican News

Archbishop of Canterbury

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