Features
4
Committing
to Christ
22
17
La Frontera
A Community
of Intention
25
A Secular Focus
1 Bishop’s Letter
13 Young Adult Service Corps
3 St. Mary’s at the U.N.
20 Characters of Camp
6 The Children’s Library
28 Translating Faith from Camp to
the Real World
8 Parish Youth Ministries
30 In Memoriam & Clergy Transitions
10 Sustainability in Haiti
31 Tribute to Mildred Lofton
11 EPIC Moms: It Takes a Village
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SUMMER 2016 / VOLUME 125 / ISSUE 2
THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE
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