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Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
Feb. 19, 2010 Issue 2.3
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The Diocese of Kentucky is called to engage the world as a witness to
Christ
through worship, study, fellowship, evangelism, social justice
and service.
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Feb. 21 - Pray for the Anglican Church of the Congo; for St. George's Church, Louisville, the Rev. Ben Sanders, priest-in-charge; and for Diocesan Convention, Feb. 26-27.
Feb. 28 - Pray for the Church of England and for the diocesan Department of Christian Formation.
March 7 - Pray for the Diocese of Hong Kong and for the diocesan Department of Finance and Stewardship.
March 14 - Pray for the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean and for St. Thomas Church, Louisville, the Rev. Mike Lager, rector.
March 21 - Pray for the Ligurgical Consulation of the Anglican Communion and for the diocesan Department of Justice and Jubilee.
March 28 - Pray for the Bishop of Jerusalem and for the Department of Mission and Evangelism.
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Diocesan Calendar
This Month & Next
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Feb. 21 - Bishop Visitation at St. George's Church, Louisville.
Feb. 23-March 24 - Lenten Series with Bishop Gulick. St. Matthew's Church. Every Wednesday during Lent, beginning at 6:30 (ET).
Feb. 26-27-182nd Diocesan Convention, Grace Church, Paducah.
March 5 - Province IV Youth Event Design Team Planning, Townsend, Tenn.
March 9 - Trustees and Council Executive Committee meeting, Diocesan Offices, Louisville. noon to 1 p.m. (ET).
March 12-13 - School of Ministry, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
March 14 - Bishop visitation at St. Thomas Church, 9616 Westport Road, Louisville.
March 18-25 - Bishop at the House of Bishops Meeting, Camp Allen, Texas.
March 19 - Fresh Start, All Saints' Episcopal Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
March 19-21 - Tentative: Youth Council Trip.
March 23 - Commission on Ministry, Place TBA. 5 to 9 p.m. ET.
March 26-27 - Trustees & Council Overnight, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
March 29 - Bishop Dudley Trustees Meeting, Place TBA.
March 30 - Clergy Renewal of Ordination Vows Service and Ember Day Meeting, Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.
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Upcoming
All Saints' Events
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Feb. 19-20 - Fresh Start.
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More Events
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Feb. 19-20 - Interfaith Dialogue on Earth Care. Guest speaker Dr. Matthew Sleeth, 7 p.m. (CT) Feb. 19 at Western Kentucky University. Conference, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Feb. 20, Christ Church, 1215 State St., Bowling Green.
Feb. 24 - Episcopal Relief and Development Sunday.
Feb. 24 - First session of a Lenten program of catechesis with the bishop, St. Matthew's Church, Louisville.
March 7-9 - Lenten retreat, Church of the Advent, St. Mark's and St. Andrew's, Louisville.
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Young adults to have central spot on convention agenda
Looking ahead to the special electing convention this June, Bishop Ted Gulick wants to insure that younger generations of Kentucky Episcopalians have a chance to share their hopes and dreams for the Episcopal Church and its leadership with the people who will be voting for the diocese's eighth bishop.
To that end, he has invited several leaders and participants in college and young adults' ministries in the diocese to join him for a panel discussion during this convention on Saturday morning, Feb. 27.
As if to signal its importance, the panel discussion, "Generation to Generation: Unique Voices & Different Accents," has a central place on the agenda for the second day of convention. Scheduled from 9:30-10:30 a.m. (CT) in Grace Church's parish hall, the session will follow morning prayer and the bishop's annual address and immediately precede the first business session.
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More convention news
 Letters of Grace
In keeping with Paducah's reputation as an up and coming, thriving, progressive fine arts center in the midwest, Paducah's Convention and Visitors Center has produced a poster sure to catch the attention and admiration of Episcopalians there next week. Titled "Letters of Grace," the poster, created by the center's Fowler Black, depicts the letters of the alphabet found within architectural and other physical elements of Grace Church.
"As long as I can remember, the features of Grace Episcopal Church have attracted my attention through beauty and respectful appreciation," Black said in an email note. "Capturing things visually that can become part of a story (just like a scrapbook would), is something I've come to appreciate as well. This enjoyable photography project blends the beauty of the physical property and the capturing of a story."
Be sure to bring your wallet to convention. The posters and other items,including refrigerator magnets and individual 4 x 6 prints (great for spelling your name in a frame, says Black) will be on sale, and all proceeds will go to the church.
Planning a "green" convention
Having accepted the call from General Convention for Episcopalians and their churches to be good stewards of our world and its resources, Grace Church has applied an environmentally conscious approach to convention planning. Their approach has produced some immediately useful results, some even promising to be fun for convention goers.
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A reminder: Email your workshop preferences asap
If you are planning to attend a convention workshop, please email your preferences to libby_wade@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Doing so will enable your convention hosts to assign workshop rooms best suited to the anticipated participation. Not doing so, may mean sitting hunched up in a crowded room, if you can find a place to sit. The convention has several workshop offerings, any one of which could generate a crowd. A copy of the workshop schedule and descriptions may be found here.
Stewardship workshop details now available
The workshop, "Living our Faith: Stewardship in the 21st Century," will be an interactive dialogue with the Rev. Dr. Tim Mitchell, focusing on "best practices" for stewardship in your congregation. The topics covered will be those presented in this past year's TENS (The Episcopal Network for Stewardship) Conference, in which Mitchell participated. Topics will range from the general, "Stewardship & Giving: Increasing Financial Support in Your Church," to the specific, "Checklists for Your Pledge Committee." The workshop will be offered 1:30-2:45 p.m. (CT) Friday, Feb. 26, at Grace Church. It is one of 10 workshops offered Friday afternoon.
Getting to Center stage Friday night
If you are attending the convention banquet Friday night after the Seamen's Institute reception, you will not need to bring along a Google map, GPS or even a car to get there. Grace has arranged for the PATS (Paducah Area Transit System) Trolley to take people from the front door of the institute to the front door of the Carson Four Rivers Center.
Convention guests also should have no problem finding Center stage -- literally. Once inside, they will find another reception (with cash bar) in the lobby and Grace Church hosts on hand to escort them to the stage, "a dramatic setting in which to enjoy each other's company," promises the Rev. Libby Wade, Grace Church's rector. Deacon candidate Richard Paxton will be master of ceremonies for the banquet, which will include a brief welcome by Paducah Mayor Bill Paxton and the presentation of a Duke of Paducah certificate to our bishop.
In the meantime, while the adults are at the banquet, youth deputies will be treated to a pizza feast and an evening of bowling as they get to know each other under the supervision of Beth Bojarski, diocesan youth coordinator, and Stefan Jagoe, Grace Church's youth minister.
Clergy vestments for Holy Eucharist
For Friday's 5 p.m. Eucharist, the bishop requests that clergy wear the following vestments: those who are in procession should wear cassock, surplice and purple stole. Those who have been assigned to specific roles in the Eucharist are to wear an alb and purple stole.
Clergy are not expected to vest for the liturgy of morning prayer on Saturday.
Convention-Paducah connections
Get connected to convention by visiting the Diocesan Convention Web page, where you can find links to the proposed agenda, profiles of the nominees, resolutions, workshops and exhibits and much more.
Get connected to Paducah, by visiting the city's visitors information page at http://www.paducah.travel/.
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Apply for summer camp staff, volunteers
2010 will be the Year of the Superhero at All Saints' summer camps, and the diocesan youth department is currently recruiting summer camp staff and volunteers. Please spread the word to all qualified and interested
persons.
Available staff positions: program director (2), art director, music director, lifeguards/program assistant (2), counselors (4), junior counselors (4).
Available volunteer positions: counselors-in-training (2 per
week except Senior High), clergy, nurse/medical personel, cabin moms and dads, program assistance, other.
Download applications and find more information about the summer camp program and schedule here. Or contact Beth Bojarski, diocesan youth coordinator, at 270-202-0920 or bethb@episcopalky.org.
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It's not too early to make plans
for Spring Gathering at All Saints'
Beth Bojarski, director of the diocese's youth programs
It's almost time for Spring Gathering 2010!
The annual event is held at All Saints' Episcopal Camp and Conference Center on Rough River near Leitchfield. The gathering's theme will be "Global Awareness ... have you ever slept in a box?"
Posters
and registration forms will be available by the end of February (hopefully by Diocesan Convention)! If you'd like a registration form and haven't attended All Saints' programs in the past year, send Beth Bojarski a message with your address.
Invite your friends! The
Episcopal Prayer Book will be used for worship, but all religious
affiliations are welcome. Gathering is for students in 7 - 12 grade.
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Places to go, things to do
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Christ Church, Bowling Green, hosts
interfaith conference on earth care
 A reminder that Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green is co-hosting an "Interfaith Dialogue on Earth Care" this weekend along with Western Kentucky University and several other religious and environmental organizations.
The conference begins tonight (Feb. 19) at the Mass Media and Technology Hall
Auditorium at Western and continues on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Christ Church, 1215 State St., in downtown Bowling Green.
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Discernment institute invites applicants; deadline March 1
Laurie Saxton, University of the South School of Theology
[Sewanee, Tenn.] The Discernment Programs Office at the University of the South invites
undergraduate students at colleges and universities across the nation
to apply for the ninth Summer Discernment Institute to be held June
7-July 30. Applications for 12 placement openings (three of which are
set aside specifically for minority students interested in ministry)
are due by March 1. More information and a copy of the application form
can be found at www.sewanee.edu/lillyproj/lsdi.html or by calling 931.598.1869.
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Presiding Bishop issues challenge "to take on something new" in Lenten reflection
The Public Affairs Office of The Episcopal Church
"Take on something new" this Lent, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori challenges in her Lenten video reflection. Citing prayer, fasting and study as key elements for this penitential season, she notes, "Lent is a time to focus on what is important."
The Presiding Bishop's video Lenten reflection, taped at St. Mary The Virgin Episcopal Church in New York City, is available on the home page of The Episcopal Church website: www.episcopalchurch.org
In the liturgical calendar, Lent is the 40-day season leading up to Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year February 17. Easter is Sunday, April 4.
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Join the bishop for Lenten program
Bishop Ted Gulick will be leading a diocesan-wide Lenten program of catechesis at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville, beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The program, which help prepare those interested in confirmation, reception or reaffirmation, is open, however, to all who are interested in finding out more about your Episcopal Faith and its history. This will be an opportunity to grow in understanding of your faith, deepen your commitment to Christ and visit with the bishop before his retirement in September.
The sessions will be held throughout Lent, beginning at 6:30 p.m. (ET) each Wednesday. St. Matthew's is located at 330 N. Hubbards Lane.
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 Psalms to be used to move hearts and minds at join Lenten retreat
The Psalms of Lament will be the text for a Lenten retreat planned
and hosted by three Louisville Episcopal churches March 7-9 to help
participants examine their own hearts during this season of
"self-examination and repentance."
The retreat is hosted by Church of the Advent, St. Mark's and St. Andrew's Episcopal churches. As the retreat organizers note in their invitation, the poetry and
imagery of the Psalms, especially the Psalms of Lament, can be an aid
to self-examination. "In worship, study, quiet, and response, we will
spend time with four different Psalms of Lament, as we allow their
imagery to speak to our own minds, hearts, and souls."
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Check this out
Prayers of the People writers post Lenten reflections
From the Church of the Advent's Web site
Prayers of the People writers at the Church of the Advent in Louisville are writing weekly reflections
on the readings during the season of Lent. Starting with Ash Wednesday,
check back for a weekly reflection for Ash Wednesday and each Sunday.
Inspired by the style of the "Forward: Day by Day" prayer booklets, we
hope that you find these reflections enriching and that you have a
blessed and meaningful Lent! From, your Prayers of the People writers:
Charles, Michael, Jeff, Constance, and Maria.
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Haiti: Lenten reflection from Haiti's bishop
[Episcopal News Service] Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin offers the following Lenten
reflection, commenting on the situation in Haiti and the need for
faith, prayer and renewal in the midst of devastation caused by a
magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12. The text is provided in English and
French.
Reflection by The Rt. Rev. Jean Zaché Duracin, Feb. 17
'This situation delivers us into faith'
January 12 was a terrible day for the Haitian people. The earthquake
left not a soul untouched. There is not a single family that did not
lose a close friend or member: Mothers, fathers, siblings, in some
cases entire families disappeared.
As for resources, we have next to nothing. The wreckage is beyond imagination.
However, this situation delivers us into faith. I look at this as a baptism. ...
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Prepare to celebrate ER-D Sunday
The first Sunday of Lent, which is this Sunday (Feb. 21), has been designated as Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday, and the emergency and disaster relief arm of The Episcopal Church has prepared a Lenten meditations booklet to help Episcopalians prepare for this day and the Lenten season.
Developed by Sister Claire Joy of the Community of the Holy Spirit in New York City,
the 2010 Lenten Meditations booklet is devoted to the theme, "Healing ourselves and a hurting world." Its daily meditations are designed to encourage, challenge and inspire members
of our congregations to reflect on their lives and the steps they
might take to help those who live in need.
For more information or to order the booklet, call Episcopal Books and Resources (EBaR) at 1-800-903-5544 or visit http://www.er-d.org/ERDSunday
Searching for God in Rubble of Haiti'
LeadershipResources
LeaderResources, which offers downloadable Christian Formation
and congregational development materials, has announceed its release of
"Searching for God in the Rubble of Haiti," a resource created "to help
adults and youth process what happened in Haiti."
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News from the wider Church
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Recent multimedia resources on Haiti
[Episcopal News Service] Close to a month
after a Jan. 12 earthquake hit the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince,
images and descriptions of the damage continue to emerge, including two recent multimedia resources that have been added to the Episcopal Church's Web site. In a new video message available here, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori shares her experiences from her Feb. 8 visit to Haiti where she witnessed the destruction caused by the quake and its impact on the Diocese of Haiti.
"The devastation on the ground is as bad as you've seen on the news," the presiding bishop reports in the video.
The second resource is an Episcopal News Service 12-photo image gallery, available here.
The gallery features photographs taken by Eddy Alcindor, a Haitian who
assists the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti's communication efforts.
It follows another gallery, uploaded Feb. 9, that features photos
from Jefferts Schori's visit the previous day.
Alabama conference seeks to develop
Gospel-focused student ministries
The Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Ala., will host a
theology conference Aug. 10-12 that aims to see
the Gospel of Jesus Christ amplified and applied in student ministry.
Registration is underway.
Conference organizers, who noted a growing trend of focusing student ministry on moral
rules and emotional highs, say the conference, "Rooted: A Theology
Conference for Student Ministry," will emphasize theology, not methodology, and will concentrate on equipping student pastors
with greater grounding in the Gospel in order to
encourage students to follow Jesus.
The cost of attendance is $150 before June 1 and $200 from June 1 forward.
For more information or to register, visit www.rootedconference.com .
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Mary Jane Cherry
Editor
maryjane@episcopalky.org
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