Since 1991 The Rev Dwight Ogier has been collecting and bringing recycled theological books to the Adopt-A-Seminary Program. U-Hauls from North Carolina and car and truck loads from Georgia … from churches and parishes where he had shared the story of SPCK/USA’s ministry of recycling theological books. Last month Fr Ogier donated over 1,600 books…
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“As Ray Stevens would say, ‘It’s me again, Margaret.’ We have passed our 1979 Prayer Books on to several mission stations on the reservations, and I wondered if SPCK could located pew editions of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. We have decided to use it (it’s canonical for our province) and although I have…
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The Rev James Yarsiah writes, “Hopefully the 20 foot container will be shipped to Liberia during the month of September.  Among the many church items that we have received, are the following: approximately 400 fairly used 1979 Books of Common Prayer and approximately 600 1982 & 1940 Hymnals to be distributed among congregations in Liberia. …
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SPCK/USA is grateful to Suffragan Bishop-Elect Dena Harrison, Diocese of Texas, for inquiring about sharing a part of her theological library with the Adopt-A-Seminary program. Harrison, 59, won election on a third ballot, winning the majority vote from clergy and lay delegates to a specially called diocesan council at Christ Church Cathedral. She is the…
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Yes, the books are on the way to the port in Charleston, SC where they will be loaded into a 20′ container…destination, Monrovia, Liberia. It was exciting to see the 16-wheeler Yellow Freight truck pull up to the warehouse. 42 boxes weighing 1,589 pounds, over 950 theological books, with a value of over $10,000.00 were…
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Several months ago SPCK/USA received a phone call from Deacon Jim Benbrook, Deacon-in-Charge of The Church of Good Shepherd. He was looking for Spanish Prayer Books and 1982 Hymnals.  During Deacon Benbrook’s seminary years at the School of Theology Sewanee, TN, he worked with SPCK/USA’s Adopt-A-Seminary Program. He knew that from time to time we would receive Spanish…
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In SPCk/USA’s Easter Greeting, we shared with you the story of a woman in New Orleans whose New Oxford Annotated Bible was destroyed in the hurricane. I searched our supply of Bibles in the Adopt-A-Seminary warehouse and found tucked in the corner on a bottom shelf SPCK’s only copy of the Bible. This Bible was…
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The Revs Titus Presler and Jane Presler Butterfield are leaving July 28th for Zimbabwe. With them they will be taking 231 more theological books for Mildred Mbwando in the Diocese of Manicaland. This brings the total of theological books shipped to THe Anglican Diocese of Manicaland Lay Training Center to over 330. The prayer of…
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Under the watchful eye of The Rev James Yarsiah, The Diocese of South Carolina and St Andrew’s Episcopal Mission Church, Charleston, coordinated a campaign to solicit theological books and materials, 1940/1982 Hymnals, 1979 Prayer Books, and vestments for the Diocese of Liberia. A twenty-foot container has been filled with relief items and theological books to be…
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There we were…Patti Joy Posan, Executive Director of SPCK/USA and Carol Marsh, Diocesan Representative-at-Large…Sunday afternoon, June 11th, ready to share the story of the mission and ministry of the Society with the delegates, young adult presence, bishops, and visitors to the General Convention. From the opening of the exhibits to the closing on June 20th, we…
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