TheThe AlabamaAlabama EPISCOPALIANEPISCOPALIAN The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama • Pentecost • May-June 2009 / Vol. 94, No. 4 “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done.” John 13:15 2 • Mission and Outreach Weaving a Tapestry The Alabama Episcopalian Weaving a Tapestry of Mission May-June 2009 This issue is dedicated to mission and outreach. Through their gracious and generous outpouring of time, and Outreach in Our Diocese energy, and resources, individuals and parishes are sharing God’s love and meeting the needs of our sisters and By the Rev. Bill King brothers across Alabama, our nation, and our world.The stories on the following pages represent just a sampling of Much can be writ- those of all ages with educational and special needs, not to the almost countless mission and outreach projects initiat- ten about the acts of mention generous responses of human talent and financial ed and supported by the people of our diocese. goodness, charity, support at times of natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina For more information please visit our diocesan Web and justice practiced or the 1998 Level 5 tornadoes in Tuscaloosa and western site at www.dioala.org or contact Judy Quick, the chair of by those most dedi- Jefferson Counties that brought together Lutheran and our Department of Mission and Outreach and also our cated to outreach in Episcopal outreach efforts for the first time, or the tornado Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) representative, the Diocese of in the winter of 2008 that cut through Prattville in Autauga at
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