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Message from Bishop Kym: September 17
Bishop Kym Lucas: Greetings, beloved in Christ, I hope that you are well on this day. Today, I am very excited to introduce you to the newest member of the Office of the Bishop staff, the Reverend Deacon Sarah Bjornebo. Welcome, Sarah. We are so glad to have you. Canon Sarah Bjornebo: Thank you. I am so happy to [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: September 9
Greetings beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. It is September and fall is creeping ever closer in spite of our continued warm temperatures. Here in the office of the Bishop, I have decided on our Advent book study. I know it seems like Advent is far away, but it isn't really. And every [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: September 2
Transcript: Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. It is that time of year again, the time when churches are beginning their program year. And if part of your program you're planning has you thinking about what you might do for stewardship, I heartily recommend Project Resource. Project Resource is a collaboration whose [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Thursday, August 26
Greetings, Beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well this day. Today's video comes from Durango, where I am on the last part of my tour of the Western Slope this summer. But I wanted to express my own sadness over the death of Dolly Parton. I became a Dolly Parton fan early on. I loved that she [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Thursday, August 19
Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. On August 20th in 1965, an Episcopal seminarian named Jonathan Myrick Daniels was in Hayneville, Alabama. He was there because he had become convinced that civil rights were human rights. He was there in a nonviolent movement working for voter registration, working to procure rights for [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Thursday, August 12
Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well on this day. There is a quote from Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon that has influenced a great deal of my life. That quote is, "Begin as you mean to go on." Begin every activity, everything you do, as you mean to continue it. Set the intention for how you [...]
Message from Bishop Kym: Thursday, August 5
Greetings, beloved in Christ. I hope that you are well today. It is August, and that means all over Colorado and all over our nation, students will be returning to school. To that end, I am asking your prayers, asking your prayers for students, for teachers, for counselors, for administrators, for all those who do their level best to [...]
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 [...]