The senior class of 2006 at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX made the senior gift to a Mildred Mbwando in the Diocese of Manicaland in Zimbabwe… Mildred Mbwando, mother of 6 girls, dedicated teacher and lay leader in the Anglican Church of the Diocese of Manicaland was sent to the Episcopal…
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Tom Jones came to Sewanee, and the School of Theology, in 2003 after serving in the Air Force for 28 years. A former jet engine mechanic turned pilot, Tom spent much of his career flying B-52Gs and RC-135s. His wife, Sharon, came to the mountain with him. Sharon spent her first year teaching Mathematics at…
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In a remarkable career that has spanned four decades, Bishop William Jones Skilton has selflessly and tirelessly worked to help others and serve God. A native of Cuba, he came to the United States at age 16 to work in a North Carolina camp, intending to stay only for the summer. But when the political…
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The Annual Board of Trustees Meeting occurred on April 21-22, 2006. The meeting was held in Charleston, SC. The Chair, The Rt Rev William Skilton, reaffirmed his commitment to SPCK/USA and its mission. He said, “It is still the best kept secret in the Episcopal Church.” It was noted that this fiscal year over 6,500 “recycled”…
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Dr. Dickson Chilongani, Dean of Msalato Theological College, Dodoma, Tanzania & The Rev Dr Paul Elliott, Rector of St Michael & All Angels, Stone Mountain, GA. They spent last Wednesday afternoon selecting books for Msalato Bible College. Both were very impressed with the selection of books available at the Adopt-A-Seminary Warehouse.
The following is from a letter from Dean Scott Kirby, Grace Church, Rice Lake Wisconsin: Dear Patti, Here is an update on “goings on” up here in the wilds of Western Wisconsin. I am now Priest in Charge of Grace Church in Rice Lake, so this Sunday I preached about Thomas Bray and SPCK/USA. I…
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SPCK/USA has been contacted by the Director of the CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION CENTER in the United States (CCC) about donating books to lending libraries in Pakistan, India, and Nepal. The CCC ministry is launching Christian lending libraries in major cities, towns, and villages. They are committed to developing a Christian spiritual environment across these countries, with…
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The Adopt-A-Seminary Program has the opportunity to work with three dioceses to help seminaries in third world countries
Last Lent Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Lockhart, TX handed out over 60 Mite Boxes to collect funds for SPCK/USA. And guess what…they collected over $130.00 to further the ministry of the Society. Today I received an email from Laurie Bell, Secretary at Emmauel. She wrote: “Last year during Lent we used mite boxes from SPCK.…
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Tom McCarty of Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, San Antonio, TX recently wrote to SPCK/USA’s Karen Joy describing all of the activity at Holy Spirit including participation in “Celebration in Ministry”…