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Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
March 4, 2010 Issue 3.1
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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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Has your church or diocesan organization undertaken fundraising or assisted in other ways with Haitian relief efforts since the devastating earthquake struck?
If you answered yes, then we want to hear from you for a story being prepared for the Spring issue of the new Diocese of Kentucky Quarterly magazine. Please send information about your relief work to maryjane@episcopalky.org by March 5.
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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; for the House of Bishops meeting in Texas March 18-25; 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 |
March 5 - Province IV Youth Event Design Team Planning, Townsend, Tenn.
March 9 - Celebration of new ministry of the Rev. Mitch Bojarski at St. Thomas Church, Campbellsville. Begins at 7 p.m. (ET).
March 12-13 - School of Ministry, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
March 9 - Trustees and Council Executive Committee meeting, Diocesan Offices, Louisville. noon to 1 p.m. (ET).
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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March 5 - Opening reception for Don Vish's photo exhibit at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 6-9 p.m. (ET).
March 7 - Organ recital and choral Evensong at St. Francis in the Fields, Harrods Creek. 5 p.m. (ET).
March 7-9 - Lenten retreat, Church of the Advent, St. Mark's and St. Andrew's, Louisville. First retreat session from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday, March 7, at Advent, 901 Baxter Ave.
March 14 - Violin concert by Jane Halliday and Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 5 p.m. (ET)
March 19 - ParenTeen seminar at St. Francis in the Fields, Harrods Creek.
6-9 p.m. (ET).
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The Rev. The Very Rev. The Very Rev. The Very Rev.
David Allen John Paul W. Nicholas Terry Allen
Boyd Downey Knisely White
Reflections by nominees for eighth bishop are available on Search Web site
The Bishop Search and Transition Committee has now published online a series of reflections by each of the four nominees for the eighth bishop of Kentucky.
The Bishop Search Web site
notes that a total of six reflections were written by the nominees over
the past several months in response to requests from the
Search/Nominating Committee. If you want to go directly to their reflections, click on the above photos.
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Photos by Dan Songer More convention photos
182nd Convention in retrospect
Voices, views of young adults are brought into discernment process for new bishop
The 182nd Convention of the Diocese of Kentucky approved a $1.5 million budget, elected a new slate of diocesan leaders and adopted a host of resolutions, but this annual meeting was not about business as usual, thanks to the bishop and a panel of young adult Episcopalians who cherish their church and want more from it.
Retiring in September, Bishop Ted Gulick focused his annual address on the convention's theme "Generation to Generation" and organized a "Generation to Generation Dialogue" that followed so, he reported, those entrusted with electing a new bishop in June could hear from an under-represented group of Episcopalians, the 20-something "Millennials" and their predecessors, the "Gen-Xers."
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More Convention Photos
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Bishop recalls 'extraordinary' moments of ministry in last annual convention address
Addressing the Convention of the Diocese of Kentucky on Saturday (Feb.
27), Bishop Ted Gulick claimed the bishop's primary role of over-seer
of the diocese as  he has in the past, reflecting on the achievements
and challenges of the prior year, but this year he did not offer his
vision for the future.
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Podcast
Photo by Dan Songer
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Sixteen elected, 36 appointments made
Sixteen clergy and lay members of the diocese were elected during diocesan convention to serve as officers or fill vacancies on diocesan
boards, committees and organizations. In addition, Bishop Ted Gulick
announced 36 one-year appointments to diocesan commissions and
committees. The annual meeting of Kentucky Episcopalians was held Feb. 26 and 27 at Grace Church in Paducah.
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Service: key to keeping self Christ-centered
A church must not proclaim itself except through service in Jesus, Bishop Ted Gulick advised convention guests in his homily delivered at Holy Eucharist Friday evening (Feb. 26).
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Organ recital and choral Evensong
at St. Francis in the Fields
Organist David Ouzts (Church of the Holy Communion, Memphis) will give a concert at 5 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, March 7, at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Harrods Creek.
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Violin concert and Evensong at cathedral
Jane Halliday, violin artist-in-residence, with Jack Ashworth and Wendy
Doyle will give a concert at 5 p.m. (ET) Sunday, March 14 at Christ
Church Episcopal Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville.
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Places to go, things to do
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New ministry to be celebrated
A service celebrating the new ministry of the Rev. Mitch Bojarski will be at 7 p.m. (ET) Tuesday (March 9) at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 116 S. Columbia Ave., Campbellsville.
Bojarski became St. Thomas's new vicar in January after serving for about two years at Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, where he was assistant rector and the college chaplain for Western Kentucky University students.
Clergy planning to attend are requested to take note that the liturgical color will be purple.
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ParenTeen seminar March 19 at St. Francis
Dr. Chap Clark, author of Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers and Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World, will lead a free ParenTeen seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. (ET) Friday, March 19, at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Harrods Creek.
The ParenTeen seminar is being offered for parents and other caring adults as a way to draw generations together with the goal of making a difference in the life of a teen. During the seminar, Clark will give strategies to help parents develop a more authentic, effective relationship with their teen.
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Don Vish photo exhibit to open March 5
"Poetry in the Landscape," a photographic exhibit of works  by
Louisville attorney, photographer and writer Donald Vish, will open at
Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville for the popular First Friday
Trolley Hop on March 5. Just as the exhibit's announcement promises,
no longer will "the familiar scenes and landmarks of our routine lives
blur into the background" when seen in Vish's photographs.
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Celebrate early Spring at Bethany Spring
Bethany Spring, The Merton Institute Retreat Center, offers retreats in
a peace-filled, rural setting. The Center is located just one mile from
the Abbey of Gethsemani in New Haven, Kentucky.
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News from the wider Church
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'Now is our new creation,'
Haiti bishop tells Episcopal Church
[Episcopal News Service]
Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin has written to the wider church saying that the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12 "was our baptism."
"Now is our new creation," Duracin wrote on March 5.
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Christian, Muslim leaders issue call to action for global peace
By Matthew Davies, March 04, 2010
Christian and Muslim leaders, gathering for a historic summit at Washington National Cathedral,
have committed themselves to "appeal to government and community
leaders to promote peace and reconciliation efforts worldwide."
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Please let us know what you would like to see included in future E-newsletters and send us news that you believe will be of interest to our readers.
Have a blessed weekend,
Mary Jane Cherry
Editor
maryjane@episcopalky.org
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