Additional Resources
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The Episcopal Church Club of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia, PA 19462-1221
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The Worldwide Anglican Communion
Episcopal Community Services
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
> www.episcopalpeacefellowship.org
Integrity
Union of Black Episcopalians
Anglicans Online
Official Church Texts
The Church of St. Luke & The Epiphany has a small but ever growing library for the use of its parishioners. People are welcome to borrow books to read, which are identified by a bright green label on the inside cover of the book. In addition to the church's library, the following are some suggestions for spiritual growth.
The Episcopal Church
USA
The Book of Common Prayer
New York Church Publishing Incorporated, 1979
The Holy Bible
(we use the New Revised Standard Version - NRSV - for Sunday worship)
Introduction to the Church
Webber, Christopher L. Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship. Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 1999.
Prayer and Spiritual Classics
The New Church's Teaching Series. This is a 13 volume series about the Bible, Prayer, History, Worship, Mission, Anglicanism, Theology and Tradition available from Cowley Publications. They are also available to borrow from our Library.
Other Texts
Depending on your interests and taste, almost anything from the following authors is probably worth a read.
C.S. Lewis
His work is dated but interesting.
L. William Countryman
Kathleen Norris
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Frederick Buechner
Anne Lamott
Particularly her biographical essays.