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FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR CONGREGATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR CONGREGATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC As the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues, congregations can seek financial relief from the federal government. Here are details about relief currently available: PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM – WHAT CHURCHES NEED TO DO NOW **The Payroll Protection Program has been endorsed by the Standing Committee. You do not need their prior approval to apply. We only ask that you follow the guidelines to ensure that the loan is used for forgivable
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The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee Announces a Two Month Forgiveness of Parish Assessments
March 31, 2020 “Batter my heart, three-personed God; for, you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.” –From Divine Meditations 14, by John Donne East Tennessee Friends, I am writing to you on the death day of John Donne, poet and Anglican priest from the 17th century. I am writing to you in a time
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Annunciation Day Pastoral Update Letter by Bishop Brian, March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020 The Annunciation of the Lord Dear East Tennessee Friends, I am writing to you on a most holy day, the Annunciation of the Lord. This is the day in the Church calendar when we celebrate the announcing angel declaring to Mary that she is most favored by God and will conceive and bear a son, who will be named Jesus. In the Middle Ages, this story from St. Luke’s Gospel was depicted in sacred art with
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A Message from Bishop Brian March 19, 2020
A message from Bishop Brian with prayers and words of comfort for our community.
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A Statement from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee
A Statement from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee Friday, March 13, 2020 Father Brad Whitaker, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, has this afternoon been diagnosed with COVID-19. Last week, Fr. Brad sent a letter to the members of the church sharing that he began to feel ill shortly after returning from the annual conference of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes in Louisville in February. He was diagnosed and treated for pneumonia, which included a long period
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A Statement from Bishop Brian on COVID-19
March 12, 2020 Dear East Tennessee Friends, When St. Paul wrote to the Christian community in Philippi, he did so with thanks even as he was imprisoned. I write to you today with thanks even in the midst of the storm of the COVID-19 outbreak in our country and across the globe. As the facts on the ground have changed daily and hourly, I write to you now, hoping that this letter will remain helpful to you in uncertain
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