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| Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
May 28, 2010 Issue 5.3
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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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| Weekly Prayer Calendar
| May 30-Pray for The Church of the Province of Melanesia, and in the diocese pray for the electing convention on Saturday, June 5.
June 6-Pray for the Anglican Church of Mexico, and in the diocese pray for the All Saints' Summer Camp staff and for St. Mark's Church, the Rev. Dr. Charles Hawkins, rector.
June 13-Pray for the Anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma), and in the diocese pray for Senior High Camp and for St. Peter's of the Lakes Church, the Rev. Nick Jaeger, priest in charge.
June 20-Pray for the Anglican Church of Nigeria, and in the diocese pray for the Primary School Camp.
June 27-Pray for the Church of North India, and in the diocese pray for St. Paul's Church, Louisville, the Rev. Mark Feather, rector, and for St. Andrew's Church, Glasgow, the Rev. Suzanne Barrow, vicar.
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May 31-Memorial Day: Diocesan offices are closed.
May 31-Interfaith Path's to Peace Memorial Day Service, 11 a.m. (ET) Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville.
June 5-Special convention to elect eighth bishop, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville.
June 6-Bishop's visitation at St. Mark's Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave.,
Louisville.
June 6-11-Camp Staff Training, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
June 11-12-School of Ministry, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
June 13-Bishop's visitation at St. Peter's of the Lakes Church, 47 Black River Road,
Gilbertsville.
June 13-18-Senior High Camp, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
June 18-Diocesan Office closed.
June 19 - Consecration of the Rev. James "Jay" Magness as Bishop Suffragan of Federal Ministries.
June 20-25-Primary School Camp, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
June 25-27-Family Camp, All Saints' Conference Center, Leitchfield.
June 27-Bishop's visitation at St. Paul's Church, 4700 Lowe Road, Louisville.
June 27-Bishop's visitation at St. Andrew's Church, 910 Columbia Ave., Glasgow.
June 28-Bishop at Christ Church, 206 W. Poplar St., Elizabethtown.
June 28-July 1-Province Youth Event, Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee. Contact Beth Bojarski, diocesan youth and camp director, for details.
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May 29-Mission-Driven Car Show, St. Francis in the Fields Church, 6710 Wolf Pen Branch Road, Louisville. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (ET).
May 31-Interfaith Memorial Day Service, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville. 11 a.m. (ET).
June 4-Reception opening exhibit of paintings by Betty Meadows, General Presbyter of the Mid-Kentucky Presbytery. 5 to 9 p.m. (ET), Wayside Christian Expressions Gallery, 120 W. Broadway, Louisville.
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Walkabout videos online
Electing convention next week
Episcopalians from across the western half of Kentucky will Christ Church Cathedral  | elect a new bishop on June 5
at a special convention at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. The election is
being held to replace the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. "Ted" Gulick, who is
retiring as the seventh Bishop of Kentucky. Bishop Gulick has served the diocese as bishop since 1994.
For details about the electing convention and the search for a new bishop, including profiles of and written reflections by the nominees, visit the Bishop Search and Transition Committee website.
Videos of the four nominees' are available here. The videos were recorded May 14 when the nominees visited the diocese earlier this month and participated in walkabouts in Louisville and Hopkinsville. Videotaped was the session held in Bishop's Hall at the cathedral.
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Ascension members, bishop
went down to the 'river' to pray
Special to Episcopal News & InformationBishop Ted Gulick, assisted by the Rev. Karl Lusk, baptizes Mike Yaden. Photo provided by Church of the Ascension, Bardstown.
Click on photo to see more  | "It's our congregation's feast day, and we wanted to celebrate in a big way," said the Rev. Karl Lusk, rector of the Church of the Ascension, Bardstown. "We've grown remarkably in the last eight months, not only in number, about 28 people, but in the way we relate to each other as a faith community," he added. Read more |
In memoriamMay the light shine perpetual upon themThe Hon. Walter A. BakerFuneral services for Walter Baker, the Diocese of Kentucky's vice chancellor, will be at 11 a.m. (CT) Saturday, May 29, at the First Christian Church, 1100 N.
Ray St., in Glasgow. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. (CT) Friday, May
28, at A.F. Crow and Son Funeral Home, 201 East Washington St., Glasgow. Baker was well known and much respected throughout Kentucky and beyond, described in an editorial by The Courier-Journal as the Henry Clay of our time. A
former state senator and state Supreme Court justice, Baker died Monday at
his home in Glasgow after fighting cancer for several months. He was
73. Read moreThe Rev. Mainert J. PetersonFuneral services for the Rev. Mainert Jordon Peterson, 92, will be at 4 p.m. (ET) Saturday, May 29, at St. Luke's Chapel, 7504 Westport Road, Louisville. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. (ET), and a reception will follow the service. Peterson died Thursday, May 20, at the
Episcopal Church Home in Louisville. Peterson, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Louisville from 1969 until his retirement in 1982, served for 20 years in Mexico and
Central America and was featured, along with his wife Virginia, in the movie, "Challenge in the Sun," a film detailing the extent of the Episcopal Church missions in
Central America. Read more |
Bishop-Elect James "Jay" Magness receives required consents
[May 27, 2010] The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori has announced that Bishop-Elect James "Jay"
Magness as Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries has received the
required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. His consecration is set for June 19 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Read more |
St. Mary's deacon and wife honored
May 9 was an unusually festive Sunday at St. Mary's
Bobbi and Tom Mills  | Episcopal Church in Madisonville. Not only was it Mother's Day, but a
surprise celebration was planned to recognize with appreciation the 58
years of loyal and dedicated service of the Rev. Deacon Tom Mills and
his wife Bobbi. Read more |
Academy for special needs students
to open at St. Andrew's Church
 Work is underway to open an academy for children with special needs from kindergarten through the 12th grade at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2233 Woodbourne Ave., in Louisville.
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Interfaith Memorial Day service will feature youth at cathedral
With Karen and Burmese dancers, readings and prayers from Hindu, Baha'i and Muslim children, and music by recording artist Andrea Davidson, Interfaith Paths to Peace, in cooperation with a number of local groups, will host a unique Interfaith Memorial Day Service. The service, which will begin at 11 a.m. (ET) on Monday, May 31, is unique because it honors not only military dead but also civilian dead in all U.S. wars. The cathedral is located at 421 S. Second St., Louisville. Read more |
Peace postcards from around world
on display at cathedral, Ali center
 A display of more than 650 postcards, hand illustrated by individuals
throughout the world with images of how they envision peace, is now on display
at the Muhammad Ali Center, but visitors to Christ Church Episcopal
Cathedral in Louisville also may get a glimpse of what peace looks like
on postcards exhibited there as well. Read more |
General Presbyter will display
paintings at Wayside gallery
Known by many for her leadership as the General Presbyter of the
Mid-Kentucky Presbytery, she now has another public title added to her
name: Betty Meadows - Painter. So reads the announcement of an
exhibition of her work to open next week at Wayside Christian Mission's
Expressions Gallery in Louisville. Read more
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Former youth and camp director
to return for watercolor retreat
 Watercolorist Bates Toon, a name familiar to many Christian educators,
parents and campers in years past, is returning to the Diocese of
Kentucky to lead a three-day "Watercolor Retreat." Read more
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Retreat with Episcopal author Sam Portaro planned in August by Mississippi diocese
The Rev. Dr. Sam Portaro, a prolific writer whose works include the Bright and the Best: A Companion to Lesser Feasts and Fasts, will be leading a summer weekend retreat for spiritual renewal in August in Mississippi.
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Inspiring parish vitality is focus of leadership conference
The Province IV Congregational Development & Evangelism network is preparing for the second of three identical conferences on building leaders (lay and clergy) in order to inspire parish vitality.
The next conference will be June 9-11 at Kanuga Conference Center, near Hendersonville, N.C.
Entitled "Leadership Marks for Creating and Growing Vital Congregations," it features a wide array of noted speakers and church leaders.
Registration is available online at the website: www.marksofleadership.org
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News from the wider Church
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Haiti cathedral's murals could be resurrected, experts say
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
 [Episcopal News Service, May 27, 2010]
Some of the world-famous murals that adorned the walls of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti's
Holy Trinity cathedral prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake, and gave
Haitians of all faiths a vision of their place in the stories of the
Bible, could be preserved and possibly even restored.
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General Seminary announces financial plan
[Episcopal News Service, May 20, 2010]
General Theological Seminary's
Board of Trustees has agreed on a series of steps that they say will
assure that the Manhattan-based school will continue "for the next
several years."
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Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion
[ACNS, May 28, 2010] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan
Williams, in his Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion, encourages
Anglicans to pray for renewal in the Spirit and focus on the priority
of mission, so that "we may indeed do what God asks of us and let all
people know that new and forgiven life in Christ is possible."
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ENGLAND: Bishops issue statement
on women in the episcopate
[Episcopal News Service, May 18, 2010]
The House of Bishops of the Church of England
has issued a statement in support of a committee report and draft
legislation that could pave the way for women to be consecrated as
bishops.
The legislation - and its accompanying 142-page report - will be
debated at the next session of General Synod, the church's main
governing body, when it meets in July.
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