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Old registers, whiteboard schedules, and a binder nobody can find. Sound familiar? We see you, parish offices. This is OpenChurch, and we're so glad to finally share a first look.
Nov 9 on the Church of England's calendar remembers Margery Kempe, the medieval mystic from Norfolk. She made pilgrimages to Canterbury, Rome, and Jerusalem, and her Book is often called the first English autobiography. Give thanks for faithful, unconventional prayer.
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In January, giving statements go to whatever address is on file. Sometime this month, work through the returned-mail pile and the change-of-address notes from the year. A statement that reaches the right house saves a phone call in February.
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Yesterday at St. Joseph's Seminary, four Brooklyn seminarians were ordained deacons. They will serve parishes in Rego Park, Bushwick, Bayside, and Woodside as they prepare for priesthood next June. Who in your parish first felt a call at the altar?
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Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, rose over the grave of St. Olav. Work began in 1070 and finished around 1300. It's the world's northernmost medieval cathedral, and pilgrims still walk there after nearly 1,000 years. nidarosdomen.no/en/attractio…
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Nov 8 on the Church of England's calendar marks the Saints and Martyrs of England: the many faithful, named and unnamed, whose prayer and witness shaped the Church there. A good day to give thanks for the quiet saints in your own parish's story.
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Ask every Advent program that wants bulletin space — choir concert, pageant, giving tree, Lessons and Carols — for copy by one shared deadline, a week before your printer's. One ask now saves three late emails the week of Thanksgiving.
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Myth: when someone leaves the parish staff and their login is removed, their records go too.
Reality: in OpenChurch, removing a login clears the account, but the sacramental register and the books stay intact. The last admin can't be removed, so no one gets locked out.
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Today Episcopalians remember Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary (d. 739). Yorkshire-born, he founded Utrecht and brought the Gospel to Frisia with a joyful heart. A good day to pray for church planters, and for every parish welcoming newcomers.
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For Catholic, Episcopal, Anglican, and many Lutheran churches, Christ the King (or Reign of Christ) is Sunday, November 22. Put it on this week's office calendar before Advent materials get ordered a week late.
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Before half the office leaves for Thanksgiving, ask who can cover Christmas Eve. Readers, ushers, greeters, livestream. Get the names while people are still around to answer or pass a role along.
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More than 15,000 handmade poppies hang from St Mary's West Bank in Widnes for Remembrance. Ages 2 to 92 helped; one suitcase arrived from Canada. The aim was reconnecting a scattered community. What could your parish make together before Advent?
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Canterbury Cathedral began in 597, when St Augustine arrived in Kent. It is the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and still a place of pilgrimage after 1,400 years. canterbury-cathedral.org/our…
Today the Church remembers St. Leonard of Noblac, a 6th-century hermit near Limoges who secured freedom for prisoners and founded an abbey on land given in thanks. A good day to pray for those behind walls, and for every parish visiting them with dignity.
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Four places should match this week: the website, outdoor sign, bulletin, and voicemail for Thanksgiving week. Closed days, when you reopen, and one pastoral emergency number — same wording in all four. The Friday caller then gets one clear answer.
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For everyone who is going through a hardship, struggle, pain, loss, the sun shines for everyone even on the darkest of days, we will be okay!
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Miss a required field when you add a household or change settings in OpenChurch, and a list at the top names every problem. Tap one and you land on that field. No more hunting for a toast that already disappeared.
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Thanksgiving weekend, and two of the 10:30 readers will be out of town. In OpenChurch, each volunteer can have their own link showing their upcoming spots. They pick someone from the list to ask, and when that person accepts, the schedule updates itself.
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Myth: a bilingual parish office has to pick one language for its software.
Reality: OpenChurch runs in English and Spanish. The parish sets a default, and each person can switch for themselves, so the secretary and the treasurer can each work in their own language.
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More than a thousand Navajo Nation residents face flooding this week. The Episcopal Church in Navajoland is coordinating relief as winter arrives—food, water, shelter, fuel. Holding them in prayer.
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