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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 8:00 AM EST
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8:00 PM EDT
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The Episcopal Church Reconciliation Committee
Episcopal Church of New Hampshire
603-224-1914
leaton@nhepiscopal.org

2019 Lenten Series with Black Heritage Trail

The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire is honored to partner with the Black Heritage Trail of NH to offer a collection of short readings on little known historic figures from NH's African American community for our 2019 Lenten Program.

For each day in Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 6th, we will publish these stories to help educate us all on what we have never been taught. They will help us to see the impact and contributions of African Americans who have shaped our lives together as a community.

The stories will be posted on Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire's website and The Episcopal Church of NH's website. Additionally, they will be posted daily on our Facebook page. Register below to receive daily emails with one of these stories.

The Reconciliation Commission also encourages parish study groups to read together Becoming Beloved Community: The Episcopal Church's Long-Term Commitment to Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice and Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America, edited by Cathering Meeks, to learn more about the origins and meaning of "the Beloved Community" and many ways the Spirit draws us closer to its realization.

Please join us in prayer:

Becoming Beloved Community Prayer

Creater of All,

When you send your Holy Spirit to us in baptism,

You invite us into deep communion with you and with one another,

In this moment, as we work together to Become Beloved Community,

Inspire us to tell the Truth about the Church and Race,

that we may persevere in resisting evil, and come to you,

and to one another, to repent and be forgiven.

Strengthen us to engage with our words and actions,

And our careful listening, the Dream of a Beloved Community,

Where God's Good News is proclaimed and fully lived.

Flood us with your love, that we learn to love ourselves,

And each other; and become reconcilers who seek the

face of Jesus in our neighbors, and ourselves.

Teach us to practice your way of love,

that we will strive for justice and peace in our Churches,

our neighborhoods, our institutions and our systems.

Bless us, that as followers of Jesus Christ,

We may work together to realized your dream for us:

Your children united in thought, word and deed, in You.

We ask these things in the name of Jesus our Redeemer,

and the Holy Spirit who moves within us to sanctify us. Amen

- The Rev. Teresa Gocha, Vicar at Church of the Messiah, North Woodstock

May we fulfill our baptismal vow of promoting justice, peace and love by entering this Holy Season of Lent with an openness to listen, to wait, to pray and to open our eyes and ears.

Regards,

The Episcopal Church of NH Reconciliation Commission