Official Diocesan Blog

Praise Report: Burning the Mortgage at Church of the Savior

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Church of the Savior - mortgage burning
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On February 12, Church of the Savior in Ambridge, PA, held a ceremony to burn their now-paid-off mortgage papers in the alley behind their church. This financial feat was made possible by a capital campaign initiated in 2017, which raised over $350,000 in just five years—45% coming from Church of the Savior’s members and the remainder from outside donors—enough to fund much-needed upgrades to the building and to pay off the remainder of their $404,000 mortgage years earlier than expected. 

Reflections on the Start of Lent

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Collect for Ash Wednesday
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So it’s Lent. And what is Lent, anyway? We might perhaps think of it as that annual morose and mopey time of year, marked by giving up some treasured food or habit, that engenders a sense of holy deprivation which is supposed to be good for us. But neither moping nor deprivation is the point, nor the true value.

A Letter from the Anglican Bishop of Pittsburgh in Response to the Church of England General Synod

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Jude 3 Contend for the faith
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Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 
(Jude 3 ESV)


Beloved in Christ,
 

Do I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins?

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I believe in the forgiveness of sins.
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The other day I was praying Morning Prayer and came to the recitation of the Apostles’ Creed. As is often the case with those regular and well-known words, something jumped out at me: “I believe… in the forgiveness of sins.”

But do I? So many of us assent to this verbally but live something very different practically

How Can I Hear from the Lord?  

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A corner for prayer at the diocesan office
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A couple of weeks ago I encouraged us to approach this new year with the attitude, “Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.” That all sounds great, you might think, but how do I listen? How do I hear from the Lord? For that, there is a central source and a necessary attitude or habit.

The Institution of the Rev. Andrew DeFusco as Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Nashville

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The Rev. Andrew DeFusco
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This institution was rescheduled due to illness.

Deo volente, the Rt. Rev. Alex Cameron, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, will institute the Rev. Andrew DeFusco as rector of Church of the Redeemer in Nashville, TN, on May 3, 2023. Your prayers and presence are requested.