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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A story + prayer emerge through an unplanned phone call between Wickford priest and poet Spencer Reece and his longtime spiritual director, Mary Jane Zapp. Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 9: “The Beginning of the Valuing of Every Single One of Us” 🏳️‍🌈 12-minute film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vl7...
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50 Years of Inclusion 🏳️‍🌈 | Fr. Spencer Reece & Mary Jane Zapp | Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 9
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌱 CONFERENCE INVITATION: “Common Ground: Finding Hope at the Intersection of Creation Care and Social Justice” October 3rd, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at All Saints’ Memorial Church, Providence Details + registration: onrealm.org/EpiscopalRI/...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 8 | On this 50th Anniversary of the Vote to Ordain Women, Canon Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew shares the story of her own ordination, following a sense of call she trusted since before the Episcopal Church said “yes.”
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On the heels of the “AI, Faith, and Being Human” Mini-Conference at Christ Church Westerly yesterday, here’s how we use (and mostly don’t use) AI in our films and social media communications. 🤖✨ — Rhode Island, Episcopal Church
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 11/09/2026
9/11 and the 25th Anniversary Today has been heavy, hard for many of my friends; weighty for the rest of us. We’re remembering a moment when this nation changed, when the world order changed and neither for the better - at… entangledstates.org/2026/09/11/9-11…
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9/11 and the 25th Anniversary
Today has been heavy, hard for many of my friends; weighty for the rest of us. We’re remembering a moment when this nation changed, when the world order changed and neither for the better - at least not that we can see with the light given us today. We took a long moment of silence and reflection in Morning Prayer as we gathered around the altar in diocesan house.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, 11 of our churches are joining in a Memorial Ringing of the Bells, and some are open for prayer: www.councilofchurchesri.org/911-memorial... We remember, and we pray for comfort and peace. (Collect from the Episcopal Diocese of NY. ✝️)
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
10 of our Episcopal churches will be ringing their bells in remembrance tomorrow, and several are open for prayer. Find a place to pray: www.councilofchurchesri.org/911-memorial...
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9/11 Memorial — Rhode Island State Council of Churches
At a vigil offered the first night of the attack, the Rev. Charles Ortman reminded his congregation that, despite the great evil they experienced that day, the “universe is still filled with unlimited...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rhode Island congregations! 🌱🌎🌱Creation Care grants are available from the Episcopal Church, with an Oct. 20th deadline to apply: www.episcopalchurch.org/grants/creat...
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Creation Care Grants – The Episcopal Church
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Rhode Island State Council of Churches has initiated a Memorial Ringing of the Bells for the 25th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. These Episcopal churches are participating 🇺🇸 : www.facebook.com/share/p/1bgT...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⭐️ Save the Date! ⭐️ Diocesan Convention is in Warwick this year. Friday, Nov. 6th: Eucharist at St. Barnabas (7 PM) Saturday, Nov. 7th: Business at the Crowne Plaza 📸s from last year’s convention at Park Theatre & Event Center in Cranston, Rhode Island.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 7 | Rev. Drake, Dick, Peg, Bethany, and Emerson tell the story of St. Augustine’s in Kingston, RI. 🎥 ⛪️ Horizontal version + more on Substack (always free): dearrichurch.substack.com/p/entry-7-be...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Prayer for a New School Year, on behalf of students of all ages returning to school in these next few weeks, as well as for those who may support them. 📚 #backtoschool #rhodeisland (Rev. Drake Douglas serves as Vicar and Chaplain at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on the URI campus in Kingston.)
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Happy Church Picnic/Barbecue/Luncheon Season to all who celebrate! 📷s: this year’s annual Lobster Roll Lunch at the Chapel of St. John the Divine in Saunderstown 🦞🍽️
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bishop @wnknisely.org participated in an AI panel discussion hosted by several East Bay libraries. Full conversation on YouTube:
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Can We Talk About AI? Virtual Panel Discussion
YouTube video by Barrington Public Library
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Last week, we published a mini-doc about Bishop @wnknisely.org and his call to ministry. Stories archive our communal hopes and wisdom. Community storytelling is community care, and we’re trying to tell stories in ways that are healthy for the whole Human Person. dearrichurch.substack.com
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🎥 SUNDAY, 08/09/26: Fr. Spencer of St. Paul’s, Wickford is profiled in an intimate documentary short premiering at the Rhode Island International Film Festival next Sunday, 08/09, as part of the LGTBQ+ Representation showcase. Tickets are $15. Apple Cinemas at Providence Place at 4 PM
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🌿 New Diocesan Vision Statement: “Proclaim & Grow” 🌲 With the help of the Diocesan Council, Bishop @wnknisely.org has written the following Vision Statement for the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 29/07/2026
I'd be grateful if you'd share this around. I'm happy to be in conversation with folks who might be interested in pursuing one of these grants.
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Anglican Communion Science Commission funding to support young science-and-faith leaders | Anglican Communion News Service
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
✨🪐 BISHOP ORIGIN STORY 🌙✨ In #DearRhodeIslandChurch” Entry 6, Bishop W. Nicholas Knisely shares how he came to understand his call as a priest and scientist. #rhodeisland #episcopalchurch
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The Story of Bishop W. Nicholas Knisely's Call to Ministry | Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 6
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 29/07/2026
Dear Rhode Island Church; Entry 6 We're continuing our series on the people and the communities of the Episcopal Diocese. This latest one features my own story, and how I made the journey from one way to seeking God to another....
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Dear Rhode Island Church; Entry 6
We're continuing our series on the people and the communities of the Episcopal Diocese. This latest one features my own story, and how I made the journey from one way to seeking God to another. You can find the full post here (and it includes our new Diocesan Vision Statement.) And here's the video which is linked in the post above (hosted on Youtube):
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It’s easy to see why we call it Communion. 📷✨ Eucharist photos from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s visit to Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport on Trinity Sunday at the end of May.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
☀️🌊 At the beginning of the summer, members of the Province 1 Indigenous Peoples Justice Network gathered for a day of prayer at the site of the Mohegan Bluffs Battle. St. Ann’s by-the-Sea hosted as part of a larger remembrance effort for the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yesterday, the General Synod of the Church of England gave final approval for a new feast day, the Festival of Creation in Christ, to be celebrated each year on the first Sunday in September (this year, on 9/06). For Episcopal resources: newcreationliturgies.org/seasonofcrea...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Pt 2! 🇺🇸 For the first time, Bishop Knisely gave the invocation and marched in the Bristol 4th of July parade alongside local clergy, including Canon Ginny Wilder St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. This was also Canon Ginny’s first Bristol 4th — and the town’s 241st.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
For the first time, Bishop Knisely participated in the Bristol 4th of July Parade and gave the morning’s invocation. Now in it’s 241st year, Bristol’s is the oldest continuously held Independence Day parade in the country. Happy 4th! 🇺🇸🎉 #episcopal #rhodeisland
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Last day of June feeling. 🏳️‍🌈 You’re loved onward and always, 365 days a year, and the Episcopal Church will always be proud to stand alongside you. (Clips from our time at Rhode Island Pride.)
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 25/06/2026
Exciting news from our diocesan camp and conference center.
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Rhode Island diocese launches solar project to support camp ministry, congregations
[Diocese of Rhode Island] After nearly a decade of planning and collaboration, construction has begun on a 2.9-megawatt solar energy project at the Episcopal Conference Center (ECC), a ministry of …
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Now on YouTube and Substack: “I Could Not Say Yes Alone”: An Ordination Story with The Rev. K Casenhiser | Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 5 m.youtube.com/watch?v=eWKM...
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"I Could Not Say Yes Alone": An Ordination Story with Rev. K | Dear Rhode Island Church, Entry 5
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A 20 mph gust of wind blowing our tent into the river at 8 AM didn’t stop our clergy and volunteers from celebrating and loving our hearts out at Rhode Island PrideFest this weekend! 🏳️‍🌈 We handed out buttons, candy, stickers, safe s*x items, smiles, and support. The Episcopal Church welcomes you.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
featuring Cheryl (she/her) from The Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist in Newport, Rhode Island You are loved. 🏳️‍🌈💙 … Video description: an Episcopalian grandmother tells the story of her 20 yo granddaughter coming out to her at a family function
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congratulations to Holy Trinity Church in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and to The Rev. K Elaine Casenhiser, who was officially instituted as Holy Trinity’s rector in last Thursday’s Celebration of a New Ministry! Thank you to all who gathered to support this new chapter! ✝️ (PSA: last photo contains 🐈🐈‍⬛)
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ordinary Time began the Monday after Pentecost, but this is the first Sunday clergy wear green (because last week was Trinity Sunday). 🌲✨ Ep. 3 of “Rev. Barbie’s Clergy Closet,” where we talk about why Episcopal priests wear the things they wear: #EpiscopalPriestBarbie #dearrhodeislandchurch
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, joined Trinity Church on Trinity Sunday to lead worship and to celebrate their tricentennial. We’re grateful for the Presiding Bishop’s visit to our diocese and for his encouragement to our oldest, still vibrant parish! ⛪️
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🌈✨ Dear LGTBQ+ Community:
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Happy Trinity Sunday! This is Episode 2 of “Rev. Barbie’s Clergy Closet,” where we talk about why Episcopal priests wear the things they wear. ✝️ Next Sunday is Episode 3: Ordinary Time. 💚 #EpiscopalPriestBarbie #dearrhodeislandchurch
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 30/05/2026
Because God is a Perfect Unity that emerges from the perfect Love of three persons, and because, as the Bible says in Genesis: humanity is created in the Image of God, then humanity is meant for relationship and for love. We get that wrong a great deal, but that is why we are.
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The Trinity: It teaches us about who we are, and what AI can’t be.
The encyclical released this week is being characterize primarily as a Critique of AI. But to be frank it’s not so much of AI as of the economics, and particularly the disparity between wealth and poverty that is behind AI’s rise. And also of the exploitation of people, the environment and the spiritual realm that seems to be happening too.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, attended and preached at an Evensong at Christ Church, Westerly this past Saturday. We’re grateful for his visit to our Diocese and for his reminder that we all belong to one another! 📸 courtesy Christ Church + Compass Rose Society
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congratulations to St. Matthew’s Church in Jamestown, Rhode Island and to The Rev. Louis Midura, who was instituted as St. Matthew’s Priest in Charge last Thursday!   Thank you to all who came to celebrate and support this new chapter of ministry on Conanicut Island. ⚓️
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congratulations to St. Michael’s Church in Bristol and to The Rev. Canon Ginny Wilder, who was instituted as St. Michael’s 19th rector in last Tuesday’s Celebration of a New Ministry — which concluded with a rainbow over Hope Street! 🌈✨
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Congratulations to The Rev. J. Matthew Ponder on his ordination on Saturday! Rev. Matthew serves as Curate at Christ Church in Westerly, Rhode Island. 🕊️ Thank you to all friends, family, and clergy who gathered to welcome him into the priesthood and to join us in gratitude for his ministry.
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Nicholas Knisely @wnknisely.org · 16/04/2026
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for members of the Anglican Communion to join Pope Leo in calling for peace I stand with the Pope in call for peace, says Archbishop of Canterbury “I urge Anglicans across the Church of England and the Anglican Communion to join with His Holiness in raising our…
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Archbishop of Canterbury calls for members of the Anglican Communion to join Pope Leo in calling for peace
I stand with the Pope in call for peace, says Archbishop of Canterbury “I urge Anglicans across the Church of England and the Anglican Communion to join with His Holiness in raising our voices for peace and justice throughout the world,” Archbishop Mullally said in the statement, released on Thursday afternoon. “I stand with my brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, in his courageous call for a kingdom of peace.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“Dear Rhode Island Church” is a new multi-platform storytelling initiative, anchored on Substack. The short film in this first entry of DRIC shares a vision from Bishop @wnknisely.org for our Diocese and beyond. 🎥✝️ dearrichurch.substack.com/p/entry-1-bi...
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Entry 1: Bishop Knisely on the Current Philosophical "Rummage Sale"
Editor’s Note:
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In the wake of Easter — and always — we’re so grateful for our clergy. Here’s a glimpse into last Tuesday’s Chrism Mass at @newporttrinity. Full album on our Facebook page! This prayer is “For Clergy and People” on page 817 of the Book of Common Prayer.
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“We are in a moment when rhetoric is in danger of spinning out of anyone’s control… this is a moment for deep prayer.” - Bishop @wnknisely.org More: entangledstates.org/2026/04/07/p...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An Easter message from Bishop Knisely @wnknisely.org Christ is risen. Alleluia! m.youtube.com/watch?v=UNhE...
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A Message from Bishop Knisely, Easter 2026
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This Tuesday of Holy Week, clergy from across the Diocese gathered at Trinity Church in Newport for Chrism Mass and to renew their ordination vows. We praise God for our clergy and the communities they serve!
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Image: sunset behind the steeple of Christ Church, Westerly #episcopalchurch #daylightsavings #dronerhodeisland #westerlyri
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A #lentenreflection from Rev. Anne at St. Columba’s Chapel in #MiddletownRI (part 2): www.instagram.com/p/DVMadSDkpx...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A Lenten reflection from Rev. Anne at St. Columba’s Chapel in #MiddletownRI: www.instagram.com/p/DVKIdBviSi...
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The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island @episcopalri.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
From Bishop Knisely @wnknisely.org: “Devastated by the news of today’s shooting in Pawtucket, I am holding all the victims and their families in my thoughts and prayers. I am also praying for the first responders as they grapple with the senselessness of this tragedy.”
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