Exploring the Local Episcopal Church
Diocesan
News
Tune
in to diocesan happenings on the following website address: www.ang-md.org.
African
Team Ministries
Helping
Foreign Missions
Each
year, we sponsor a special sale of items from East Africa usually
in December. The proceeds help that country's missions, orphan
and refugee relief, and evangelism. For more information
on the items and the use of proceeds, click on: www.africanteamministries.org
The
Episcopal Church in America
Learn
more
Visit
the website for our national church to review issues and recent
events and to learn more about the Episcopal Church.
www.episcopalchurch.org.
Emergency
Response to International Disasters-
Episcopal
Relief and Development
The
Episcopal Relief and Development provides help to people in need
in the U. S. and all over the world. They respond to emergencies
by sending relief after natural and man-made disasters.
ERD funding is used to help with temporary shelter, food, clothing,
clean water, medical supplies, and other necessities after a crisis.
When disaster strikes, you can help - by sending
a donation to the ERD.
Click
on the following: web
site to make a donation and find out how funds are used.
If
making a donation to Haiti relief effort, indicate "Haiti."
Local
Outreach from Diocese of Maryland-
Episcopal
Community Services of Maryland
If you
are thinking of charitable giving, please consider the Episcopal
Community Services of Maryland. For information on what
this agency supports, feel free to visit: www.ecsm.org.
Episcopal
Retreat and Conference Facility-
The
Bishop Claggett Center
The Bishop
Claggett Center is the retreat, conference and camp facility for
the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Situated on a 277 acre
working farm in beautiful Frederick County, Maryland, Claggett
is in continuous operation throughout the year, hosting retreats
and conferences for spiritual growth, education and recreation.
Claggett also conducts an extensive program of summer camps and
conferences for youth and developmentally disabled adults.
Claggett offers a tranquil setting where groups come together
for team building and renewal in an atmosphere of Christian hospitality.
For a list of upcoming programs, click on: www.claggett.ang-md.org.
Choir
Training-
Royal
School of Church Music
The Royal
School of Church Music based in the UK, is the international music
arm of the Anglican Communion. They sponsor summer camps
for youth and adults to learn to sing Anglican music under a British-trained
director in a cathedral setting with excellent organ accompaniment.
St. Stephen's offers scholarship help for church members to attend.
Our Junior Choir choristers are instructed through teaching based
on the curriculum of the RSCM. Check out their website for
any questions you may have:
rscmamerica.org.
Social
Outreach-
Appalachia
Service Project (ASP)
For the
past seven years, the Episcopal Teens, the High School Youth Group
of St. Stephen's, has been travelling to various locations in
the Appalachian Mountains, for one week of intense work, repairing
homes of some of the needier inhabitants of that region.
They must raise their own money to fund their stay. Each
year they present various projects that would add revenue to their
savings. Hats off to these teens who enthusiastically embrace
this project every year!
For more
information on ASP, see: www.asphome.org.
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