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Bishop Reddall’s E-pistle: Cybersecurity Affects Everyone
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CYBERSECURITY AFFECTS EVERYONE
ITEMS OF INTEREST THIS WEEK
NEWS AROUND THE DIOCESE
WEEKLY CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
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November 1, 2019

CYBERSECURITY AFFECTS EVERYONE

Canon Nicole A. Krug
Diocesan Disaster CoordinatorYou sit down at your computer and open your e-mail program. As the mail loads, you see one with your Rector/Vicar/Bishop’s name in the “from” field and in the body of the e-mail is a plea that says they are helping a cancer patient and need you to buy some gift cards (possibly iTunes, Google Play or Amazon) for them to help lift the patient’s spirit. Once purchased, they ask you to scratch off the pin number on the back and send that and the gift card number to them. Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone.

 

ITEMS OF INTEREST THIS WEEK
Winter Family Camp Registration Open
Treat your family to Christmas in the Pines! From January 3-5, 2020 at Chapel Rock in Prescott, we’ll celebrate and ring in Epiphany together in a beautiful place with stories, campfires, carols, cocoa, crafts and lots of holiday fun to finish the season. Give yourselves the gift of time together at Chapel Rock! Register now. For financial assistance e-mail Jana Sundin, Canon for Children’s Ministries.
Arizona Churches Honor ‘People of the Land’

 

[ENS] The Diocese of Arizona is stepping up its efforts to give recognition to the “People of the Land,” including by creating an Indigenous Peoples of Arizona Day, which churches in the diocese can celebrate in future years on the second Monday of October – the Columbus Day federal holiday. Read more.
Nostalgia Is a Disease     
*** updated***The original link in the article below was incorrect. We apologize for any inconvenience.
[ECF] “We need to bring in families with young children.” Every struggling church recites this mantra. It’s no surprise. They are shrinking and graying and face a painful choice, change or die. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as attracting a single demographic. Read more.

 

 

NEWS AROUND THE DIOCESE

 

Endicott Peabody Feast Day

 

St. Paul’s (Tombstone) will be hosting a big celebration for Endicott Peabody Feast Day on Sunday, November 17 with service at 10:30 a.m. Church and town tours will be available after the service. Peabody was the young seminarian who raised the funds from Tombstone mine owners and miners, store owners, and gamblers like Wyatt Earp and his friends to build St. Paul’s in 1882. If you are planning to attend the festivities, please RSVP by calling the church office at (520) 457-8134 so the church can plan.

 

WEEKLY CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

 

Please go to the Diocesan Calendar for more detailed information about these events and others including services such as Taizé and Compline. Use our Find a Church feature to locate a church listed below.

 

Saturday, November 2

  • Bargains Galore and Book Shelf Bookstore
    @ St. Christopher’s, Sun City
  • Produce on Wheels With Out Waste
    @ St. John the Baptist, Glendale
  • 1st Godly Play Core Training @ St. Augustine’s, Tempe
  • DOK Fall Assembly @ Church of the Advent, Sun City West
  • Holly & Ivy Boutique @ Church of the Epiphany, Tempe
  • Contemplative Group Prayer
    @ St. Michael & All Angels, Tucson
  • Celtic Eucharist @ Church of St. Matthew, Tucson
  • Omega Service @ Christ the King, Tucson
  • Taizé @ St. Andrew’s, Sedona
Sunday, November 3
  • Holly & Ivy Boutique @ Church of the Epiphany, Tempe

Monday, November 4

  • Men’s Bible Work Bench @ St. Christopher’s, Sun City

Tuesday, November 5

  • Living with Loss Grief Support Group
    @ St. Raphael in the Valley, Benson
  • Taizé @ St. Michael & All Angels, Tucson

Wednesday, November 6

  • Intercessory Prayers @ St. Stephen’s, Sierra Vista
  • Eucharist & Healing Service @ St. Christopher’s, Sun City
  • Healing Service & Eucharist @ St. Matthew’s, Chandler
  • Centering Prayer & Lectio Divina
    @ Church of the Apostles, Oro Valley
Thursday, November 7
  • West Central Deanery Meeting
    @ All Saints of the Desert, Sun City
  • Taizé @ Grace St. Paul’s, Tucson
  • AZ Welcomes Refugees Meeting @ Grace St. Paul’s, Tucson
Friday, November 8
  • Campus Ministry/Young Adult Retreat @ Chapel Rock, Prescott
  • Mark Down’s Thrift Store @ St. Mark’s, Mesa
  • Centering Prayer Service @ St. Luke’s, Prescott
  • Tucson Corridor Deanery Meeting
    @ Church of St. Matthew, Tucson

PRAYERS
[click on the link above for the complete calendar]
November
  3  St. Paul’s Sudanese Mission, Phoenix
10  St. Stephen’s, Phoenix
17  Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix
24  Chapel Rock, Prescott

 

Remember in your Prayers of the People:

Our companion Diocese:

And those who have asked for our prayers:

  • All first responders
  • All members of the Armed Forces,
    especially those who are serving overseas
  • All those affected by incarceration
  • All those affected by recent weather, natural disasters, and
    civil unrest

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Bishop Reddall’s E-pistle: Cybersecurity Affects Everyone