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Jan. 8-9-School of Ministry, All Saints' Episcopal Center, Leitchfield.
Jan. 10-Bishop Visitation at Trinity Church, 720 Ford Ave., Owensboro.
Jan. 16-Ordination of the Rev. Hilary Bogert at Grace Church, Amherst, Mass.
Jan. 17-Bishop Visitation at St. James Church, 326 S. Main St., Shelbyville.
Jan. 23-Names of the nominees for eighth bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky will be reported by the Standing Committee.
Jan. 24-Bishop Visitation at Church of the Advent, 901 Baxter Ave., Louisville.
Jan. 26-Commission on Ministry. 5-9 p.m. (ET). Meeting location was not available.
Jan. 29-Urban Ministry Strategic Planning Meeting at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 10 a.m. to noon (ET).
Jan. 31-Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. Ellen Morell at St. Peter's Church, 8110 St. Andrew's Church Road, Louisville. 4 p.m. (ET).
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Jan. 3-Pray for the Anglican Church of Australia and for the Diocesan staff.
Jan. 10-Pray for the Church of Bangladesh and for Trinity Church, Owensboro, the Rev. Pat Connell, rector.
Jan. 17-Pray for the Anglican Church of Brazil and for St. James Church, Shelbyville, the Rev. Peter Whelan, priest in charge.
Jan. 24-Pray for the Anglican Church of Burundi and for the Church of the Advent, Louisville, the Rev. Tim Mitchell, rector.
Jan. 31-Pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, and for the new ministry of the Rev. Ellen Morell, rector of St. Peter's Church, Louisville.
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Greetings and Happy New Year!
You are receiving this first issue of E-newsletter because you are an Episcopalian and a member of a congregation in the Diocese of Kentucky, are involved with a diocesan-affiliated organization or are a friend who has shared your email address with us.
As the banner suggests, this newsletter is a work in progress. It will be sent twice a month at least, eventually weekly to inform our members, friends and subscribers about current news and information we believe will be of interest to them. While this E-newsletter is being published through the diocesan office, we want it to be a digest of news and information from our congregations and affiliated organizations and occasionally from the wider church.
With that end in mind, we encourage you and your churches to send news items, articles and photos that you believe will be of interest to our readers. Obviously, the banner heading this newsletter is temporary, so suggestions for a name and logo also are also being accepted for consideration by the diocese's new communications committee.
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Convention registration underway
Deputation credentials due Jan. 15
 For the first time, online registration and payment is being taken for diocesan convention. Registration and payment by mail, however, are still an option.
Registration forms may be downloaded from our Web site or obtained by sending an email note to Betty Williams. Registrations due by Jan. 17.
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 When the weather outside is frightful
The Diocesan Office follows the Jefferson County public schools' policy for inclement weather closings.
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Two ordained in December at cathedral
By Janet Irwin, Contributing Writer
On Dec. 21, the day of the longest "night" in the calendar year, a couple of hundred people gathered at Christ Church Cathedral to participate in an ordination service that launched two women as carriers of light to the world.
They are the Rev. Dr. Mary Ann Mertz, who was ordained a priest, and the Rev. Suzanne Warner, who was ordained a deacon. They were ordained by Bishop Ted Gulick, who told those gathered that this was the first time he has led an ordination service at which a priest and a deacon were ordained.
Mertz, a communicant at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville, is the lower school chaplain at The Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa.
Warner, a communicant at St. Andrew's Church in Louisville and student at Sewanee School of Theology, has returned to the seminary to complete her preparation for the priesthood.
[Editor's note: In the foreground, the Rev. Suzanne Warner offers the chalice to Janet Irwin. Beside Warner is the Rev. Dr. Mary Ann Mertz. More photos taken by Donald Vish may be viewed at his Flickr site.
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Recent state Supreme Court decision leads to taxes on church rental property By W. Robinson Beard, Chancellor
The Kentucky Supreme Court last May reversed a decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals and
held that real property owned by a church but not used continuously for church
purposes is subject to real property, ad valorem, taxes. As a result, recently the Diocese of Kentucky has had to agree
that the rectory at Trinity Church in Fulton, which has been rented to a non
church member, will be subject to state, local and school taxes beginning in
2010.
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Trustees and Council adopts sexual harrassment policy
The Diocese of Kentucky's Trustees and Council has approved a
policy that prohibits sexual harassment of and by diocesan personnel, who include clergy, lay employees and volunteers working on behalf
of the diocese, its mission churches and its camp and conference center.
The policy requires that church personnel working in the diocesan
offices and missions receive sexual harassment training by the end of March. The policy does not apply to the diocese's parishes, but it may
be used as a model for those who do not already have a policy in place,
the Rev. Canon Joan Smith reported to the trustees.
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Diocesan communications being expanded
Committee formed, church communications conference being planned
Communications in the Diocese of Kentucky are "a-changing," and more
change is to come in the coming months thanks to the assistance of an
18-member committee formed last fall.
The committee is charged with
envisioning and implementing an integrated communications plan using
current and new media technologies and resources. They are also
assisting with the planning of a media "fair" of workshops for lay and
clergy members involved in church communications.
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Bojarski called to serve St. Thomas
The Rev. Mitch Bojarski, associate rector at Christ Church in
Bowling Green and chaplain for Western Kentucky University students,
has accepted a call to serve St. Thomas Episcopal Church in
Campbellsville.
In announcing the call at the Dec. 17 Trustees and Council meeting,
Bishop Ted Gulick said Mitch's experience with college students at
Western will be important at St. Thomas at this time. The church, he
said, has been attracting both students and professors from
Campbellsville College.
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Whelan to continue at St. James
The Rev. Peter Whelan, a retired priest in the diocese, has been reappointed to serve for another year as priest in charge at St. James Episcopal Church in Shelbyville.
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St. Paul's Hickman selected for calendar
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Hickman, Kentucky, is one of 53 churches
to be featured in the Historic Episcopal Churches Engagement Calendar for
2010. The calendar, the last in a series of 20 to be published, includes one
church from every state and the District of Columbia.
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Kentucky Refugee Ministries' head to retire
Ceremony honoring her service this week
Carol Young, executive director of Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM),
is retiring this month after 18 years of service, the last 10 years as
its director. A ceremony honoring her service is scheduled for
Thursday, Jan. 7.
KRM is designated as one of The Episcopal Church's Jubilee Ministries and is affiliated with Episcopal Migration Ministries.
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Places to go, things to do
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Two centering prayer workshops planned
Four Rivers Deanery's workshop on Jan. 30
 A Centering Prayer Workshop with the Rev. Geoffrey Butcher, canon
pastor at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, will be held Saturday,
Jan. 30, at Grace Episcopal Church in Hopkinsville. Butcher has coordinated pastoral care and lay ministries at the
Nashville cathedral for the last 16 years. As an accomplished
church musician and liturgist, he brings a rich variety of worship
opportunities to this centering prayer retreat. Read more
St. Mark's workshop Feb. 6On Feb. 6, an Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. (ET) at St. Mark's Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave., Louisville. Sally Lambert, workshop leader, has been involved in centering prayer since attending a workshop several years ago with the Rev. Tom Ward, chaplain emeritus at the University of the South. She has led numerous retreats and workshops on centering prayer and is on the Leadership Committee of Contemplative Outreach of Kentucky. Read more |
Worship
Service celebrating a new ministry
On Monday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. (ET), the new ministry of the Rev. Ellen Morell will be celebrated at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 8110 St. Andrew's Church Road, in Louisville.
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Music in our churches
Organ Concert and Choral Evensong
On
Sunday, Jan. 10, 5 p.m. (ET) at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville,
John Linker, Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington, will perform an
organ concert followed by Evensong sung by the Girls Choir from Christ
Church Cathedral, also from Lexington. Christ Church Cathedral is
located at 425 S. Second St. in downtown Louisville.
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Health and wellness ministries workshop
Ministering to the Health of Your Congregation, a workshop sponsored by The Norton Healthcare Office of Church and Health Ministries, will be offered on Jan. 21 and 23.
Representatives of area churches' health ministries are invited to attend one of these sessions and join health care professionals and others interested in learning about faith community nursing and the promotion of health and wellness within faith communities. Call (502) 629-2700 to register.
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We hope to hear from you and wish you a blessed 2010,
Mary Jane Cherry
Editor
maryjane@episcopalky.org
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