From time to time,  we will be posting news of the Rev. Lauren Stanley and her activities as an appointed missionary in the Episcopal Diocese of Renk, Sudan.

 

Mid-April update from Renk, Sudan

April 13, 2008

 

Home Again

March 11, 2008

 

It’s not about being bald; it’s about being bold

November 14, 2007

 

 

After being called home by Bishop Lee in November 2006 due to rising danger,

 The Rev. Lauren Stanley is temporarily back in Sudan as a missionary for the National Church.

Below is a letter she wrote upon her return.

 

Latest plans 

August 23, 2007        

           

 

Back in Renk after too long gone

August 7, 2007

 

 

Cold, wet blessings

September 12, 2006

 

 

Depending on the kindness of strangers

August 16, 2006

 

If Only I Could

June 7, 2006

 

 

Wondering what to do, what to say

May 5, 2006

 

 

Tears of joy and thankfulness

April 22, 2006

 

 

Day and night, this new cathedral buzzes with excitement

March 25, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

             

 The Rt. Rev. Francis Gray, The Rev. Lauren Stanley, and The Archbishop of Canterbury,   Rowan Williams at the consecration of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Renk.

 

 

Cathedral opened amid great joy, vibrancy

March 6, 2006

 

 

 

 

                       

Virginia Episcopalian Special Report

on the Consecration of St. Matthew's Cathedral

 

 

 

 

The Rev. Lauren Stanley with several of her students on the day of the final exam for her class, Introduction to Theology.  In front is Father Jacob, the first Episcopal priest in Renk; second row, l-r: Mother Grace, Barsaba, Mother Martha; back, l-r: Jock, Father Isaac, the second Episcopal priest in Renk, Mother Lauren, and Stephen, a former Lost Boy studying to become a priest.

 

 

 

Sudanese church leading the way, right down the middle

2/15/06

 

 

Mountain-top highs and valley lows

[These events took place on Thursday and

 Friday, 19 and 20 January, 2006.]

01/24/06

 

 

 

 

A little change here, a little change there, and pretty soon ...

01/18/06

 

 

   11/25/05   
                    
   

 10/05/05

 

 

Tell the story

9/14/05

 

 

St. Matthew's Cathedral

8/24/05


 

The preceding articles by the Rev. Lauren Stanley may have also appeared in Knight Ridder/Tribune or McClatchey-Tribune News Service papers.

  
 

A good website re: events in Sudan is www.sudan.net