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Anglican Leadership Institute Convenes September 6

The Anglican Leadership Institute (ALI), which was born of a vision cast by Bishop Mark Lawrence, will begin its 11^th session on September 6. Since the initial session in 2016, 151 Fellows have graduated from the Institute which brings emerging Anglican leaders together for a unique learning experience in principles of leadership built upon the foundation of Anglican Formularies and the Jerusalem Declaration. This session, which will meet at the FOCUS Study Center in Massachusetts, will bring together 15 participants (pictured below) from 12 different countries. Read more.

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The Latest Edition of the #Anglican Diocese of #SouthCarolina Enewsletter–'The Anglican Leadership Institute (ALI), which was born of a vision cast by Bishop Mark Lawrence, will begin its 11th session on September 6. Since the initial session in 2016, 151 Fellows have… pic.twitter.com/mL4eqphGEk

— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) September 5, 2023

If you’re a child — or a former child — you know how hard it can be to summon the energy to leave the house each day for school. It’s early in the morning, and you are tired. Maybe you have a test or a social situation that’s making you anxious. Staying in bed often seems easier.

For as long as schools have existed, so have these morning struggles. Nonetheless, children overcame them almost every day, sometimes with a strong nudge from parents. Going to school was the normal thing to do.

Then, suddenly, it wasn’t.

The long school closures during the Covid pandemic were the biggest disruption in the history of modern American education. And those closures changed the way many students and parents think about school. Attendance, in short, has come to feel more optional than it once did, and absenteeism has soared, remaining high even as Covid has stopped dominating everyday life.

On an average day last year — the 2022-23 school year — close to 10 percent of K-12 students were not there, preliminary state data suggests. About one quarter of U.S. students qualified as chronically absent, meaning that they missed at least 10 percent of school days (or about three and a half weeks). That’s a vastly higher share than before Covid.

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"Attendance at school has come to feel more optional than it did before the pandemic."

Where Are the Students? – The New York Times https://t.co/4CrHydaKqS

— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) September 5, 2023

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or you can download it also there and there is more if you are interested there.

The Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter),
Painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665),
Painted between 1636-1640 pic.twitter.com/xFXHIAbC0s

— Christian (@edenelixirs) February 17, 2023

Give us some time to get fully up to speed-KSH.

#labourday morning @summervillesc #chswx #scwx #southcarolina #lowcountrylife #beauty #sunlight #thegiftoflife ⁦@EdPiotrowski⁩ #laborday2023 pic.twitter.com/TRzo6y06Yv

— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) September 4, 2023

O Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow after us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Here comes the sun 😍#sunrise #goodmorning #tuesdaymotivations #Weather @ThePhotoHour pic.twitter.com/NtloxMdlQ7

— The Wild Massy 🌳 (@TheWildMassy) September 5, 2023

And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came; and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway.[a] And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.” But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

–Mark 14:66-72

Who's been enjoying the sunshine in the #YorkshireDales? ✋ It looks like it's going to be another scorcher today! 😎

This photograph was taken previously on a similar morning – #Buttertubs Pass looking towards #Swaledale.

Enjoy your day!

📸 Alex William Helin pic.twitter.com/SkZXO5FImi

— Yorkshire Dales National Park (@yorkshire_dales) September 5, 2023