Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Youth, April 2023 prepared by Alvin R. Blount Diocese of East Tennessee Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood -Ibtisam Barakat -Kindle $9.99 -hardcover $11.89 -paperback $9.99 -208 pages -ages 11-15 -Square Fish -2016 -description: This memoir is set in Ramallah after the Six-Day War in 1967. The author tells what it is like to be a child whose life has been altered by war. We learn about her fear of hearing bombs and
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Children, April 2023 prepared by Alvin R. Blount Diocese of East Tennessee The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story -Aya Khalil -Anait Semirdzhayan, illustrator -Kindle $9.99 -hardcover $17.95 -36 pages -ages 4-6 -Tilbury House Publishers -2020 -description: A young girl wraps herself in a beautiful quilt given to her by her grandmother and she writes a poem about it in Arabic. This leads to a project that includes her entire class and not only
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Transcript Hi, I’m Bishop Brian. I want to invite you to reading a book together in the Easter season, “The City is My Monastery”-it’s by Richard Carter-on April 11th through May 30th for eight sessions, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.. We will take a look at this great new book reflecting on how you and I together can create intentional community either in person or online, to think about what it looks like to make a contemporary rule of life.
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Becoming Beloved Community Who’s Who in East Tennessee Featuring Denise Dean Denise Dean believes love is a verb and it informs all she does. It is her love for children that led her to start the East Tennessee Freedom Schools (ETFS) where she is the Executive Director. ETFS delivers the Children’s Defense Funds’ Freedom Schools® program that helps children fall in love with reading and engage in social and civic action. They operate three sites, two in Knox County and one in
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Originally Published as “Message from our Rector” in The Hoot by The Rev. Lou Parsons, Rector, St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Ooltewah March 2023 — Every year of serving in church, there is an additional discipline added to our Lenten practices: the Annual Parochial Report. The first of March is the deadline for the multiple-page report to be completed and filed with The Episcopal Church. Much of the report involves various calculations, from church attendance averages to financial reports. These reports are
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As The Episcopal Church’s Good Friday Offering enters its second century, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites bishops, congregations, and supporters—in his annual Lent letter—into “that selfless way of living” demonstrated by Jesus of Nazareth on the cross. First gathered in 1922, the initial Good Friday Offering was an intentional response of The Episcopal Church to support Anglican ministries in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East that were impacted by the devastation of World War I, the Spanish flu
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As Bishop Brian Cole prepared to travel to the House of Bishops gathering, he offered this reflection for the people of East Tennessee as we continue to journey through the season of Lent. Christ Leads Us Through All Seasons Hi, I’m Bishop Brian. In the middle of March, probably when you’re actually listening to this video, I will be at Camp McDowell near Birmingham, Alabama, for the spring meeting of the House of Bishops. Our theme this spring will
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Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Lomax, Jr. Recipe for Resistance Sunday, March 5, 2023 Let us bow in a word of prayer. Eternal and all-wise God, we give you thanks: for this day, for your goodness, for your mercy, and for your kindness. God, we are grateful to be gathered here today for this service, and we pray that your spirit and presence abide with us. Now, as we come to this preaching moment, pray that you
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Children, March 2023 prepared by Alvin R. Blount Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee Costs of items may vary depending on where they are purchased. Also, check with the Children’s Diversity & Justice Library, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, for resources that circulate. Little Miss Curls: Positive Affirmations -Ariana Nycole Brown -paperback $17.23 -24 pages -independently published -2023 -description: This useful resource helps kids to learn daily, positive affirmations to
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Youth, March 2023 prepared by Alvin R. Blount Diocese of East Tennessee Costs of items may vary depending on where they are purchased. Also, check with the Children’s Diversity & Justice Library, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919 We Deserve Monuments -Jas Hammonds -Kindle $10.99 -hardcover $10.63 -384 pages -ages: 14-18 -Roaring Brook Press -2022 -description: Avery Anderson is uprooted during her senior year in Washington, DC, when she
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