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| Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
April 9, 2010 Issue 4.2
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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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| Weekly Prayer Calendar
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April 11 - Pray for the Church of Ireland and in the diocese for Christ Church, Bowling Green, the Rev. Michael Blewett, rector, and Trinity Church, Owensboro, the Rev. Pat Connell, rector.
April 18 -Pray for the Anglican Communion in Japan and for St. Andrew's, Louisville, the Rev. Ben Maas, rector.
April 25 -Pray for the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East and for St. Matthew's Church, Louisville, the Rev. Lucinda Laird, rector.
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Diocesan Calendar
This Month |
April 9-10: School of Ministry, All Saints' Episcopal Center, Leitchfield.
April 9-11:Spring Youth Gathering, All Saints Episcopal Center, Leitchfield.
April 11: Bishop's Visitation to Christ Church, Bowling Green.
April 14: Bishop's Visitation to Trinity Church, Owensboro (6:00p.m. CT).
April 16-17: Fresh Start, All Saints' Episcopal Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
April 17: Ordinations of Mary Abrams, Mary Jane Cherry and Ed Lane to diaconate, 2 p.m., St. Matthew's Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville.
April 18: Bishop's Visitation to St. Andrew's, Louisville.
April 18: Bishop to preside over 130 Year Service of Celebration at Trinity Church, Fulton (5:30 p.m.).
April 20: Parish Administrators Day, Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville.
April 23-24: Christian Formation Conference, All Saints' Episcopal Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
April 25:Bishop's Visitation to St. Matthew's Church, Louisville.
April 27: Commission on Ministry, 5 p.m.-9 p.m. (ET). Place to be determined.
April 30: Kentucky Oaks Day. Diocesan offices are closed.
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Other Events
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April 11: Interfaith service and program to remember the victims of the holocaust, 7 p.m. (ET), Congregation Adath Jeshurum, 2401 Woodbourne Ave., Louisville.
April 16: Episcopal Church Home Luncheon and Style Show, The Omstead, 3701 Frankfort Ave., Louisville.
April 16: Youth-sponsored luau and fundraiser, 6 p.m. ET, St. Luke's Church, Anchorage.
April 22: 40th Earth Day Observance.
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America's first river chaplainRiver ministry pioneer Wilkinson to retire By Oliver Brewer, Seamen's Church InstituteThe Rev. James (Jim) R. Wilkinson retires this month after more than 11 years of service to the nation's inland waterways community as their first full-time, fully dedicated chaplain. In 1998, the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) called Wilkinson to head up Ministry on the River, a first-of-its-kind endeavor offering pastoral care to river mariners and their families in the United States.  Wilkinson is well known to congregations throughout the Diocese of
Kentucky. Not only has his office been based in Diocesan House in
Louisville, but he has traveled throughout the diocese, dedicated to
informing the congregations about Ministry on the River and encouraging their
involvement. At each diocesan convention, his involvement with the
parishes was made sweetly visible as deputies packed hundreds of pounds
of candy donated for Easter boxes for the mariners. As the Seamen's chaplain, his 'congregation' of mariners spanned thousands of miles of moving waters from Pittsburgh, Penn., to Greenville, Miss. Wilkinson visited mariners, often traveling with them on their vessels, and established a network of clergy and churches who serve as a resource to mariners traveling through their communities. Read more
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Episcopal priest urges faith community to speak out on climate change
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
Interfaith environmentalist Sally Bingham |
The Rev. Sally Bingham, an Episcopal priest and renowned interfaith
environmentalist, told a gathering of religious environmental activists
that as a people of faith they can no longer be silent or afraid to
speak out on global climate change, which is, she said emphatically and
repeatedly, "the most important moral issue of our time."
Climate change is real, happening now and has catastrophic potential
she made emphatically clear in the 30-minute talk, but she also
repeated that she has found cause for hope and not just "doom and
gloom." Religious leaders and people of faith from all traditions, she
said, have an important responsibility and role in responding to the
climate challenge.
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Act in your community this Earth Day!
From Interfaith Power & Light
Earth Day April 22 | [March 24, 2010] So much has changed since the first Earth Day 40 years ago. And one
of the most significant changes is YOU - people of faith - who have
come together to save God's creation. We have an unprecedented
opportunity in front of us. We must address global warming now.
Earth Day postcards available |
Interfaith Power & Light put together resources for you to use in your community this Earth Day, April 22.
Please join us and be a part of the global interfaith community that is
standing up to insist that loving God and God's creation in our hearts
goes hand-in-hand with our words, our actions and our legislation.
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Priest from New York City called as rector
From Calvary Episcopal Church, Louisville
The Rev. Jonathan M. Erdman, the curate and youth minister at St.
Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City, has been called as the new
rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Louisville. His first Sunday will
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Greg Premo is new grandfather
All Saints' executive director Greg Premo has a new granddaughter, Andrea Paula. She was born on Good Friday, April 2.
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Holocaust program this Sunday
Each year, Interfaith Paths to Peace brings the community together to honor and remember the victims of the Holocaust and to ensure that the lessons of the Shoah are not forgotten. This year's program, "Limnot Yameinu - Number Our Days," will be at 7 p.m. (ET) Sunday, April 11, at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Ave., in Louisville.
The program will include the short film, "Jai," the story of a young girl who sees the numbers tattooed on her grandmother's arm and asks about them. Melvin Goldfarb, Leo Goldring, Abe Jakubowicz and Ann Klein, survivors who now call Louisville home, will share parts of their stories that evening. The noted community chorus, Voces Novae, and a youth choir with Sunday/Hebrew School students from Louisville's congregations will perform.
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ECH's benefit style show next week
The annual benefit luncheon and style show hosted
by the Episcopal Church Home's woman's board will be Friday, April 16
at The Olmstead, 3701 Frankfort Ave., Louisville.
Admission costs $25. Proceeds benefit the church home.
Devoted to the theme "Blossoms in the Bluegrass," the style show will
feature fashions by Ginna's. For more information, call (502) 267-9555.
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Fundraiser set for former camp counselor
A youth-sponsored Luau fundraiser will be held Friday, April 16 for Stephen Slaton, a former camp counselor and volunteer at All Saints' summer camps who was recently diagnosed with a serious illness.
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Save the date
Caring for creation workshop in May
"Compassion for Creation," a Work that Reconnects workshop offering inspiration and tools for creating a just and sustainable society, will be held Saturday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) at St Paul United Methodist Church, Louisville.
The central purpose of Work that Reconnects is to help individuals "uncover and experience our innate connections with each other and with the systemic, self-healing powers in the web of life." To register, call 502-897-2721 or write cultivatingconnections@insightbb.com
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Province IV conference to address creating cultures of church leadership
By Congregational Development/Evangelism Network
"Leadership Marks for Creating and Growing Vital Congregations," a
conference sponsored by Province IV's Congregational Development and
Evangelism Network, will be offered this Spring and Fall at three
Episcopal conference centers in the province. The conference workshops will address the
concern of many church leaders to "create a leadership culture" within
every congregation (and diocese) by equipping clergy and laity with
skills proven to be key to the guidance and development of ministry.
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Conference to address domestic poverty
By Lynette Wilson
[Episcopal News Service] Every day across the United States Episcopalians work in soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, health clinics, daycare centers and in social service capacities, striving for justice and peace among all people and in respect for the dignity of every human being.
Later this month April 28-30, a few hundred Episcopalians and others interested in social service are expected to gather in Newark, New Jersey, for "Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty," a conference designed to explore the nature of domestic poverty and the church's role in addressing it.
The conference is supported by Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Community Services in America and National Episcopal Health Ministries.
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News from the wider Church
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Be counted, or lose out, in the census
From the Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs
The Episcopal Church joins other voices around the United States in urging citizens to complete the census form, asking all to Be counted, or lose out!
The deadline is around the corner, so there is still time to participate. Census forms were issued via United States Post Office, and the last day to mail back the census forms is Friday, April 16.
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Haiti synod urged to 'stand up and walk'
By Mary Frances Schjonberg, April 08, 2010
[Episcopal News Service]
Gathering April 6-7 for an earthquake-postponed annual synod, the leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti heard its bishop's call to "stand up and walk."
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Church leaders to address global hunger
[Day 1] Celebrating its 65th anniversary of
weekly broadcasts, the "Day 1" national radio program hosted by Peter
Wallace will air a special four-part series beginning June 13 focusing
on "Faith & Global Hunger" in support of the Millennium Development
Goals. Four prominent leaders will address the issue, and a wide range
of audio, video, and text resources for individuals and church groups
will be available on a special website at Http://hunger.day1.org.
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News and photos from our churches and ministries are wanted for this electronic newsletter. Please contact me at the email address below if you have news and information you believe will interest our readers.
We hope you have a blessed weekend,
Mary Jane Cherry
Editor
maryjane@episcopalky.org
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