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Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, November 13
Transcript: Greetings, beloved. In Christ. The holiday season is fast approaching, and if you are finding yourself a little lacking in holiday spirit, I encourage you to go and serve someone across the Episcopal Church in Colorado, we have amazing outreach ministries from Grace's Kitchen in Cortez to Laundry love in Colorado Springs from the Ministry of St. George's [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, November 6
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. It's the morning after our presidential election and I am feeling all sorts of things. If you are feeling those things, I invite you to hold them, to offer them as a representation of your spirit to the Lord your God. And I offer you these words. Will you continue in the apostles teaching, [...]
Faith Beyond Fear: An Ecumenical Message for Truth and Unity in a Divisive Election Season
Transcript: Bishop Kym Lucas: I'm Kym Lucas, bishop of the Episcopal Church in Colorado. Bishop Meghan Johnston Aelabouni: I'm Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bishop Kristin Stoneking: And I'm Kristin Stoneking, bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church. Bishop Kym Lucas: Together as ecumenical [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, October 23
Transcript: Hello, beloved in Christ. Today, I am bringing you greetings from the planning for sabbatical discernment retreat here in Richmond, Virginia. I am gathered with my fellow bishops here, and we were given three questions to ponder this week. Who are you? What is your purpose? And what do you need? The first question was fairly easy for [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, October 16
Transcript: Rev. Kym Lucas: Greetings beloved in Christ. I hope that you are enjoying the beauty and the blessing of this day. From the time I was little, my maternal grandmother, who died when I was 21, instilled in me the importance of voting. She contended that voting was a civic privilege and that too many people had struggled [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, October 9
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. It is October and that means it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And as is my habit, I am bringing you another video emphasizing the importance of early detection and regular mammograms. Did you know that there are different types of breast cancer, and that the type of breast cancer can dictate everything from [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, October 2
Transcript: Greetings beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. I know that you like me, have seen the pictures, the videos of all of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene. For me, most heartbreaking were the pictures of Asheville underwater. I grew up going to Asheville with my family. I grew up going to [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, September 25
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well in this day. If you have, perhaps like me, found yourself feeling somewhat disheartened by the violence in our society over the last couple of weeks, know that I understand. The shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia was painful. Another assassination attempt on a former president mixed [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, September 18
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. September 15th marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage month. It is a month of celebrating the contributions of Spanish-speaking Americans to our culture, and those contributions have come in the form of understanding who we are as a nation, in the form of amazing food and art and literature. As an avid reader, I [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, September 4
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this beautiful day. And it is a beautiful day that our Lord has made, and I hope that you are rejoicing and are glad in it. One of my personal spiritual disciplines is to meditate on a passage shared by the brothers of the Society of St [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, August 28
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. We are coming upon the Labor Day holiday weekend, and for those of us who have the gift of leisure time, I hope that we don't forget to give thanks for that. I also hope that we take the time to give thanks and to pray for those from whose labors we benefit. I [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, August 14
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. It is back-to-school time. All over our great state of Colorado, all over our country, kids are heading back to school. And whether it's someone's first day of first grade, or whether it is, like it is for my twins, the first day of their senior year, this time is filled with excitement and [...]
Just Peace
Dorit and Mary speaking at Women's and Men's Coffee at Church of Ascension, Pueblo on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Dr. Mary Segall, member of the vestry of the Church of Ascension in Pueblo has just returned from a visit to Palestine. Mary joined a delegation of 23 American Christians, pastors and lay people, activists all, some who have [...]
Phishing: Fraudulent Emails, Text Messages, Phone Calls, & Social Media
A recent threat to churches is impersonation scams targeting key personnel. The scheme involves cybercriminals mimicking clergy or other staff or colleagues. Criminals typically pose as personnel in positions of authority and ask victims to perform money transfers, pay invoices, or send the attacker sensitive data. Phishing messages can come from a growing number of sources, including: Email Phone calls [...]