[Jersey Journal] If a prospective pastor were looking at a church's attendance of six people for Sunday services, they might pass on that assignment. Not Deacon Erik Soldwedel.
For the fifth year in a row, Episcopal congregations in towns across northern New Jersey will take to the streets on Ash Wednesday, February 10, marking the beginning of the Christian holy season of Lent by giving “Ashes to Go.”
This piece was published as an op-ed in the Star-Ledger on December 12, 2015.
This weekend marks the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. It is the second anniversary of the Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath, organized by Faiths United Against Gun Violence, which invites religious communities across the country to engage in prayer, advocacy and witness against the epidemic of gun violence, which claims 30,000 lives a year in America.
[Clifton Journal] St. Peter's Episcopal Church remembers 14 local victims of gun violence, including two of Clifton, with a Memorial to the Lost.
[The Jersey Journal] Enough.
That was the message a group of nearly three dozen religious and community leaders sent today about the violence that has plagued Jersey City's southern neighborhoods in the last two months.
[The Ridgewood News] During the holiday season, we sometimes need a reminder of the basic gifts we are lucky to have – food, water, family and a safe home with a warm bed in which to sleep.
[NJ.com] Nearly 100 New Jersey religious leaders have signed a letter urging Gov. Chris Christie as "a man of faith" to reconsider his widely-publicized statements that the nation refuse all Syrian refugees, even "orphans under age 5."
Candidates standing for office at the Annual Diocesan Convention must complete anti-racism training. Workshops hosted by the Dioceses of NJ and NY fulfill our diocesan requirements.
Candidates standing for office at the Annual Diocesan Convention must complete anti-racism training. Workshops hosted by the Dioceses of NJ and NY fulfill our diocesan requirements.
