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COMMUNITY GARDENS 14
Eight churches across Rhode Island have them, and at last year’s Diocesan Convention a resolution was passed calling your parish to explore starting one. What is all the fuss about?
HAITI CLOSE UP 21
Up close with the Rev. Deacon Buck Close from St. Georges’, Central Falls. Buck was in Haiti during the earthquake and returned there again shortly after to provide relief.
APRIL SHOWERS BRING... MAY FEMA 26
Flooding across Rhode Island: what to do if your home has been flooded, what our churches are doing to help, and The Rev. Dennis Bucco’s flood story.
COLUMNS
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Openings 4
From the Bishop Body Building Living the Journey Together
NewsBriefs 8
Solar Sister in the Sudan Cathedral Restoration Update Mission Task Force Episcopal Charities Update Scenes
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Episcopal Life 28 Postlude 34
10 SPRING 2010 / RISEN
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