This exclusive Diocese of Maryland project invited anyone with a shoe box, leftover PEEPS and some imagination to create a diorama of a Bible story, parable or Psalm featuring PEEPS brand candies. These beloved marshmallow creations that have become a mainstay of Easter baskets are now the central characters in entries to the diocese’s All God’s PEEPS contest.
The goal of this Easter season project was to inspire people to read the Bible and provide a fun and educational activity for individuals, groups and families. We present this contest with the blessing of Just Born, Inc., makers of PEEPS.
All God's PEEPS winners announced at Diocesan Convention! Click here to view the winning entries.
Nets for Life: From our Diocesan Family to the Families of Africa
Through Episcopal Relief and Development we will send mosquito nets to help stop the spread of malaria, which kills 3,000 children every day in Africa. The nets cost $12 each and are treated with an insecticide that can help protect a family for up to five years.
Children of all ages in all parishes are invited to participate through collecting money to buy nets and by using brief lesson for children for each of the Sundays of Lent (March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29) about the Millennium Development Goals, Malaria and Malaria-Prevention and plenty of great facts about bugs!
Read a letter from our bishops
Download the Nets for Life offering box top
Download the Nets for Life flyer
Sunday, March 1
The First Sunday in Lent
BUGS! Bugs are everywhere. Ants scurry on the ground. Bees sip nectar from the flowers. Butterflies and moths fill the sky with color. Bugs are good – bees make honey. And bugs can be harmful – wasps sting when we get in their way – "Go away," they say, "you're too close! Back off!"
March 8
The Second Sunday in Lent
MOSQUITOS. Mosquitoes for us here are a bother – they sting and leave welts on our arms and legs and make us itchy. But mosquitoes in other places make children sick. Inside the mosquito is a parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite is a microorganism, so tiny we can only see it with a microscope.
March 15
The Third Sunday in Lent
YUCKY MEDS. Children who have malaria can take medicine for it. But the medicine doesn't always work or their parents cannot buy it and it tastes bad! Someday there will be a vaccine – a shot like we have for measles or chickenpox – and no one will get malaria. Maybe you will be the person who will discover the vaccine!!
March 22
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
In Africa and other places where there is malaria, children and their families sleep under nets because there are no screens in their windows to keep out the mosquitoes. The nets are dipped in insecticide, bug repellant, and so even if they are torn they still will keep the children safe while they sleep.
This boy has his bed net over his bed. He is all ready for a safe night’s sleep!.
March 29
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
SLEEPING SAFELY. Something that can help children sleep more peacefully in Africa and other places where there is malaria are bed nets. When children have bed nets above and around their beds, they don’t have to be afraid that they will get mosquito bites while they sleep and maybe get malaria.
Dear God, thank you for all the people who keep children safe. Thank you for the people who make nets and for the people who dip them in insecticide. Thank you for the people who hand them out. Thank you also for our homes, with screens and windows.
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