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		<title>St. David&#8217;s to Celebrate with Founding Rector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. David&#8217;s Episcopal Church, Peters Twp., is inviting former parishioners from its 63-year history to help celebrate its first year of renewal as a vibrant Episcopal congregation. The parish&#8217;s founding and longtime rector, the Rev. Gibb Watt, will be a featured speaker at the anniversary Eucharist at 10 a.m. on May 19. A cookout and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop McConnell Reports from Trip to Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2007, Bishop Dorsey McConnell has helped direct Pilgrim Africa, an ecumenical ministry of evangelism and redevelopment for northeast Uganda. &#160; Bishop McConnell is currently on a trip with several stops throughout Uganda and is taking time out of his hectic schedule to report back regularly via his new blog, Iron City Bishop. A tab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12th Annual Pittsburgh Pastoral Care Conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, May 17, 2013, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Keynote Speaker: Fr. Michael Plekon, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology/Anthropology in the Program of Religion &#38; Culture of Baruch University Opening Remarks: The Right Rev. Dorsey W. M. McConnell, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh&#160; Master of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off the Floor Pittsburgh: A non-profit furniture bank for families in need</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August, 2004, a woman felt called to stop her car on a side street of Wilkinsburg to inquire about the needs of a mother and 2 small children. She discovered that the family had virtually no furniture, and that they were literally eating and sleeping on the floor. Certain that no one should live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Opportunity to Participate: Sexuality Dialogue Planning Committee Report</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Diocesan Convention last November, Bishop McConnell promised that his decision concerning the blessing of same-sex unions and the ordination of persons in such unions would be informed (although not determined) by a diocese-wide dialogue, and announced the formation of a planning team to work with outside consultants to organise this dialogue. In February, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Grants Awarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New this year, the diocesan Social Justice and Outreach Committee (SJO)&#160;offered grants&#160;to support the efforts of creating and sustaining parish-based vegetable gardens. Depending on the location and circumstance, it is expected that such produce will be distributed through local food pantries or to support parish-based outreach efforts. These grants are intended to support Episcopal parishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Spring United Thank Offering Ingathering</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episcopal Church Women Spring United Thank Offering Ingathering Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Trinity Cathedral 328 Sixth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Celebrant &#8211; Bishop Dorsey McConnell Guest Performers &#8211; City Charter High School Choir Luncheon Cost: $15.00 payable at registration (Click here for a printable registration form with submission instructions) Click here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop McConnell Urges Prayers for the People of Boston</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends in Christ; After the horror yesterday in Boston, I was talking by phone with my son, a senior in college. He remarked that this kind of violence seems to be more and more common, and then he asked, &#34;Dad, how does this get better?&#34; It was one of those moments in parenting when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Expressions Vision Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, April 12, 2013, 2 &#8211; 5 p.m.&#160; St. Martin&#39;s Episcopal Church&#160; 285 St. Martin&#39;s Road&#160; Monroeville, PA 15146 &#160; &#160; &#160; Imagine church for those who don&#39;t do church. Come and explore new ways of building Christian community. What is Fresh Expressions? A fresh expression of church is a new form of church for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Ordination Exploration Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#39;s Ordination Exploration Day, to be held at St. Paul&#39;s Episcopal Church, Mt. Lebanon, on Saturday, April 13, will be interactive and informative. Participants will be able to meet Bishop McConnell and members of the Commission on Ministry. &#34;I&#39;d encourage anyone to attend this day who thinks that God may be calling them toward [...]]]></description>
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