Rental Rebate Energy Assistance
The Connecticut Rental Rebate Program will be accepting applications until September 15, 2009. To qualify you must be 65 years or older or disabled at any age. Your income limit is $30,500 for a single person and $37,500 for a couple. The checks will be paid out the first week in November.
It is time to contact your local energy assistance program to apply for assistance for the upcoming winter. If approved for energy assistance, those who heat with gas will be eligible for the matching program.
Acknowledging Changing Circumstances
This is an excerpt that appeared in the St Monica's Bulletin of July 19, 2009.
The House of Bishops voted by margin of 3 to 1 on July 15 "to acknowledge changing circumstances" that call forth a renewed pastoral response from the church for considering same-gender blessings. The resolution now heads to deputies for approval. The resolution noted that bishops, "particularly those in dioceses within jurisdictions where same-gender marriage, civil unions, or domestic partnerships are legal, may provide generous pastoral response to meet the meed of the members of the Church."
The Deputies also approved Resolution A138, which changes church canons to implement a mandatory pension plan for lay church employees who work at least 1,000 hours a year.
Diocesan Day of Awareness and Diocesan Day of Repentance
Bishop Andrew D. Smith sent a document regarding the Diocesan Day of Awareness and the Diocesan Day of Repentance to the clergy and wardens of the Parishes of the Diocese of Connecticut. There is an except of the document in the July, 2009 blog.
Candidates for Bishop
The candidates for Bishop of Connecticut are listed in the July, 2009 blog.
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