Rise & Shine - January 31, 2021
A New Teaching
Rise & Shine, January 31st
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Mark 1:21-28
Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
Commentary from Facilitator Maggie Gough
This Sunday, we welcome the Rev. Grey Maggiano, rector of Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore, MD, will be joining us from 10:00 - 10:15 am on Sunday to discuss his church's work (outlined below). As he will only be able to join us for 15 minutes, please log in promptly at 10:00 am. We will give him the floor so that he can provide the overview of this work and his hopes. He’ll log off promptly at 10:1 5 am to join his congregation's worship service at 10:30am. Then we can discuss as a group.
Maryland Episcopal church commits $500,000 to reparations
(RNS) — A historic Episcopal church in Baltimore has committed to setting aside $100,000 to reparations, an initiative that will contribute to local racial justice causes.
Memorial Episcopal Church also pledged to contribute an additional $400,000 for reparations and justice over five years.
“Our church has a long history of, unfortunately, supporting racial segregation up until 1969, being active participants in it,” said the Rev. Grey Maggiano, rector of the church that was founded in 1860, on Tuesday (Jan. 26).
Continue reading Maryland Episcopal church commits $500,000 to reparations by Adelle M. Banks from AP News by Adelle M. Banks from AP News
The History behind Memorial Episcopal Church's name and why we feel it is time to re-dedicate this space
Over the last two years, Memorial Episcopal Church has dug heavily into our history in order to better understand what has come before us and to seek to answer a very simple question: “Why, in a city that is more than 60% African-American, in a neighborhood that is almost 50% African-American, is our congregation predominantly white?” While acknowledging that the roots of this are multi-faceted and complicated, we also recognize that our parish’s role as a leader in the segregation of our church, neighborhood and city for more than 100 years is a significant part of the answer.
Continue reading The history behind memorial episcopal church’s name and why we feel it is time to re-dedicate this space from Memorial Episcopal Church's website. from Memorial Episcopal Church's website.
In slavery, her family was owned by his. Now they attend a Baltimore church seeking to atone for its past.
The Rev. Natalie Conway’s tenure as the new deacon of Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore’s Bolton Hill was by all accounts going well last year when she received news that sparked a personal crisis and sent shock waves through the congregation.
One of Conway’s siblings, who was conducting genealogical research on their family, told her that some of their forebears had been slaves on a local plantation — and the people and the land were owned by none other than the extended family of Memorial’s founding pastor, 19th-century cleric Charles Ridgely Howard.
Continue reading In slavery, her family was owned by his. Now they attend a Baltimore church seeking to atone for its past by Jonathan M. Pitts from The Baltimore Sun. by Jonathan M. Pitts from The Baltimore Sun.
