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2025 Easter Message from Bishop Russell Kendrick
I’m not sure if it’s still true, but for most of my life, I remember that every year on Easter Sunday, one of the major television...
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Apr 204 min read
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Love, Grace, and Curiosity: An Invitation to The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church is full of love, grace, and curiosity. If your interest in learning more about The Episcopal Church has been...
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Jan 241 min read
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2024 Christmas Message from Bishop Russell Kendrick
In the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, there is a scene when Clark Griswold decorates his house with thousands of...
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
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2024 Easter Message from Bishop Russell
There is a story told about a teacher who asked her students what Jesus first said on Easter after he was raised from the dead. The...
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Apr 1, 20243 min read
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Bishop's Address from the 53rd Annual Diocesan Convention
Video forthcoming 53rd ANNUAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION BISHOP’S ADDRESS THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THE RT. REV. J....
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Feb 24, 202413 min read
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2023 Christmas Message from Bishop Russell
Opening Up the Way to God I live in the house in which I was raised. It was designed and built by my dad in 1965. It is situated along...
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Dec 22, 20233 min read
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Get Lost - An Advent Message from Bishop Russell
Every year the church begins a new year on the first Sunday of Advent. It begins with readings that strongly implore us with very...
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Dec 1, 20234 min read
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Bishop Russell - Sabbatical Message
Dear friends, As we walk again the journey of Holy Week, I am beginning my three-month walkabout, better known as a sabbatical. By the...
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Apr 3, 20231 min read
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Remembering Our Veterans - A Views From the Bishop's Chair Reflection
REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS Last Sunday I participated in the baptism and confirmation of a veteran who served in the US Army. Like many...
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Nov 10, 20223 min read
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A message from Bishop Russell on the tragedy at Saint Stephen's in Vestavia Hills
Dear friends, “Love endures all things, bears all things. Love never ends.” I Corinthians 13:7 It is because of the power of that eternal...
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Jun 17, 20222 min read
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