LinksThe Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. This is the official Web site of the Diocese. Links to many other church related sites are listed here. The Episcopal Church in
the USA. This is the official Web site of the national church. The
General Convention of the Episcopal Church. This is the official
Web site for the national church's triennial convention occurring in
Minneapolis from July 30 to August 8. It is text heavy and a
trifle difficult to navigate. But it will tell you what the national
church thinks will be of interest to you. Louie Crew has put together
an excellent site
that may be a good starting point. It is easy to navigate and has links
to just about everything of interest, including an impressive list of
convention coverage. A third site, Every
Voice Network—Anglicans
United for Justice, assumes you already know something of the issues
facing the church at this convention. It offers the organization's
perspective on those issues. Episcopal Relief and
Development. Through grants for emergency relief, Episcopal Relief
and Development
responds to people in need in the United States and around the world.
A recent addition to the site is a response to conflict in Iraq. Anglicans Online.
This is an "unofficial" site put up by a
group of five "editors" living in the US and Britain. Most of the
content
that is referenced in the menu section stays constant and is a good
introduction to Anglicanism. The cover page, however, is done in a
journalistic style by the five editors and changes every week. Their
journalistic bent is unofficial and is strictly their own. The Lectionary
Page. This site provides a liturgical calendar
for upcoming weeks with links to the psalms and lessons from the
Episcopal Lectionary. The
Book of Common Prayer. This excellent site provides links to
virtually every Book of Common Prayer used in the Anglican Communion
since 1549. It includes, for example, every American Book of Common
Prayer from the book proposed in 1786 to the 1979 book currently in
use. Texts are available in plain text (ASCII), HTML (Web Page text) ,
Rich Text Format, Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, and Portable
Document Format (which requires the use of an Adobe Acrobat reader). The Oremus Hymnal. This online hymnal contains texts and MIDI files of public domain tunes used in much of the English-speaking world, with particular emphasis on the Anglican tradition. Currently, fifty-two Anglican hymnals from the past 140 years have been indexed, including the Hymnal 1982, the Hymnal 1940, and the Hymnal 1916, which may have been the first hymnal used at Epiphany Chapel and Church House. Hymns are played in a MIDI format. The Cyber
Hymnal. This site has over 3,900 Christian hymns and Gospel
songs from many denominations. You’ll find lyrics, scores, MIDI files,
pictures and history. Annapolis Area
Ministries, Inc. Epiphany is a member of AAMI, which provides
homeless shelters for adults and children. The Great War
Society. Member contributions of photos, essays and World War I
memorabilia of virtually every stripe and perspective are the
best part of this site. You can read, for example, an account of
a 35-year-old German conscript's life in the trenches in 1916;
the story of a woman in Texas who lays a wreath on the grave of a
different World War I veteran on All Saints' Day each year, or the
farewell letter of an Ohio infantry captain to his troops in 1919.
Included among the
offerings is a piece with
pictures from society member Jim Moeller telling about the
dedication of Epiphany's Peace Garden. An Internet
History of the Great War. This site, an affiliate program of cable
televison's History Channel, contains pictorial and textual information
on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst
calamities of modern history. Although it is one of the best World War
I sites on the Web, it's chief drawback is that the pages are slow to
download. |