Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Good Stuff in TEC: New Jersey/Kentucky/Oregon

A brief article in The Toms Rivers Times

Christ Episcopal Church Introduces ALPHA

TOMS RIVER - ALPHA is a practical introduction to the basics of Christianity, centered around a meal, music, video presentation and small group discussion.

The 10-week program will begin on September 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 415 Washington Street.

Please call the church at 732-349-5506 to register, or for more information, visit their Web site, http://www.christchurchtomsriver.org/

http://tomsrivertimes.micromediapubs.com/news/2008/0917/community_news/026.html

Also Louisville Kentucky

St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 4700 Lowe Road, beginning Sept. 17. Ten-week Alpha Course with supper at 6:30 p.m., music and discussion of questions of life and the Christian faith.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080906/NEWS01/809060475/1008/NEWS01

and

Hillsboro Oregon

Holy communion will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Sunday. Father Chris Cole will leave for a position in Texas after this service. A going-away picnic will be held at the Zimmerly's after church.

Alpha Course has been rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 15, and will meet weekly, for 10 weeks, to explore spirituality. The William Temple House West Food Pantry is open Tuesdays, 4-7 p.m., at the church.

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/argus/index.ssf?/base/lifestyle/122063341183060.xml&coll=6

1 comment:

Celinda Scott said...

Good to know Alpha is being offered in Louisville (Diocese of Kentucky). I heard that Stacy Sauls++.
bishop of the Diocese of Lexington (also in Kentucky), refused to allow Alpha to be used by parishes in that diocese on the grounds that it was a "foreign" course. I hope my source was incorrect.