We have a New Rector at St. Timothy’s

English: Shield of the US Episcopal Church, colors from http://www.episcopalchurch.org/imageshop_11785_ENG_HTM.htm. The shield was adopted in 1940. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Our long period in the wilderness is ending!

The Wardens and Vestry announced today the call of The Rev Jeff Frost of Redding to be our new Rector.

This is good news!

I have had the good fortune to work with Jeff Frost as the liaison between the Diocese of California Executive Council and the Diocese of Northern California  on the issues of church vitality and growth.  He has been a good partner in this process.

We welcome Jeff to St. Timothy’s and know that God must surely love us unconditionally to send him to our flock.

 

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Episcopal Church News & Information Resources

Stop laughing and check out some of these useful news and information resources to keep current on church news events, controversies and developments close to home and around the Communion:

Pacific Church News. The journal of the Episcopal Church in Northern California. Subscribe to the online version and get it by email each time. This is a useful way for the search committee members to keep up on church issues across Dioceses.

DioBytes is the DioCAL version of St. Timothy’s 411.  You can also subscribe to it by email.  It posts all the current DioCal rector and priest vacancies and the status of their search processes. Archives of previous DioBytes are available at http://community.icontact.com/p/diobytes

Anglicans Online. An independent and progressive website for Anglicans worldwide with the most comprehensive links to numerous key websites of interest to Anglicans.

Episcopal News Service. Top Stories, Daily News and Features. See www.Episcopalian.org for current Church news.

The Book of Common Prayer as compiled by Charles Wohlers, with links to various on-line versions.

Anglican Church Timeline, from AD 44 through to the present.

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Fire Hits River City Food Bank and Diocese of Northern California Offices

A four-alarm fire destroyed the River City Food Bank, at 1322 27th Street in downtown Sacramento and damaged offices of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, including Bishop Barry Beisner’s office at 1318 27th Street on October 21^st.

The fire was centered on “The Annex,” where communications, youth and young adult ministry services, and the Episcopal Foundation of Northern California and other offices were housed. The River City Food Bank serves about 30,000 people locally and is closed while it looks for a new location. About 8,000 pounds of food was destroyed by the fire.

Cash donations can be made to the River City Food Bank to help rebuild their inventory and help them get back in business ASAP.

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