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| Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
August 6, 2010 Issue 8.1
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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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Weekly Prayer Calendar
| Aug. 8-Pray for the Church of the Province of South East Asia, and in the diocese pray for the Cursillo Secretariat.
Aug. 15-Pray for the Church of South India, and in the diocese pray for Education for Ministry program.
Aug. 22-Pray for the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, and in our diocese pray for the Ecclesiastical Court.
Aug. 28-Pray for the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, and in our diocese pray for the Episcopal Housing Corporation.
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Diocesan Calendar
| Aug. 20-21-Cursillo Team Meeting, All Saints' Episcopal Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
Aug. 21-Budget Committee Meeting, All Saints' Episcopal Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
Aug. 24-Commission on Ministry, 5 p.m. (EDT), place to be determined.
Aug. 31-Trustees & Council Executive Committee Meeting, Diocesan House, 425 S. Second St., Louisville. Noon (EDT).
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In our congregations
and beyond
| Aug. 6-Japanese Lantern Floating Ceremony, Cherokee Park, Willow Lake, Grinstead Drive and Lexington Road. 8 p.m. (EDT).
Aug. 8-Registration needed by this day for JustFaith Workshop, scheduled Aug. 14, St. Matthew's Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville.
Aug. 9-Dramatic reading of Thomas Merton's poem, "Original Child Bomb," and tolling of bell at Christ Church Cathedral, to mark 65th anniversary of bombing of Nagasaki. Noon (EDT).
Aug. 15-Open house at Bethany Spring Retreat Center, one mile from the Abbey of Gethsemani in New Haven.
Aug. 21-Screening of documentary "FUEL" and discussion workshop, St. Matthew's Church, 330 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (EDT).
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VBS plants renewal-mindednessBy Diane Perrine Coon, St. James, ShelbyvilleSara Johns of the Kentucky Department of Forestry shows teens from St. James Episcopal and First Presbyterian churches in Shelbyville how to plant native Kentucky grasses and plants. They are working in the permanent Butterfly Garden produced at Shelbyville's Red Orchard Park as part of the churches' joint "Renew! The Green Vacation Bible School." The Bible school was held July 19-23 at St James. Next March they will plant a nut tree grove on a one-third acre site. This park will have Kentucky native plants and grasses and restore habitat for many insects, birds and animals. The gardens will be part of the Park's educational programs.
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Good news about reading camp spread[PADUCAH] "Inside the dinosaur," Jayshawn Milliken figured correctly. His was an answer to Byron von Rosenberg's dangling verse, "Pinching the Dinosaur," and these are the first lines of a news story [Paducah Sun, July 13] about the second reading camp offered at Grace Episcopal Church. The camp was also featured in a television show, "Reflections," by Western Kentucky Community and Technical College that may be found here. The news story is published here with the permission of Paducah Sun reporter Steve Vantreese. Read more |
Local musicians to lead Cherub ChoirSt. Francis in the Fields, Harrods CreekBeginning in September, Cindy Williams and Matt Schaffner will lead the Cherub Choir at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Harrods Creek, to cultivate a love of music and further their knowledge of God's word. The Cherub Choir is for children age three through second grade. It will provide children with the opportunity to learn songs, motions and instruments to increase their understanding of God's love. Read more |
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Congratulations to Rev. Nancy Jo KemperBy the Rev. Greg Alexander, General Minister, Kentucky Christian Church Disciples of Christ
The Rev. Nancy Jo Kemper, the retired executive director of the Kentucky Council of Churches, and pastor of New Union Christian Church in Woodford County, was recently awarded the 2010 Yale Divinity School's William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice. Read more |
CONGRATULATIONS
U of L Episcopalian setting sail
Ellie Nolan, a University of Louisville sophomore and member
of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, has been accepted into a much sought-after work
study program for the Fall 2010 Semester at Sea voyage. Also on board with be faculty member Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has participated in the program several times and recently announced that he will retire from public work this year. Read more
Young adults ministry grant
The Young Adults ministry based at Christ Church Cathedral was one of nine such programs across the Episcopal Church to receive a Second Quarter 2010 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street. The ministry, administered by the Rev. Canon Amy Coultas, received $15,000 "over one year to support development of a young adults ministry." An Episcopal News Service story reported that Trinity "is supporting programs in the United States to help raise the
next generation of leaders, with more than $250,000 grants across the
country - from Connecticut to California - for young adult service
programs that foster civic engagement, community, and spiritual growth."
Kentucky's fittest woman
Episcopalian Michelle Yeager is known to many in the Diocese of Kentucky for her involvement and leadership in various church-related activities. Recently, however, the member of the diocese's Commission on Ministry, St. George's Community Center Board of Director and St. Matthew's Church became known to those of us who read the Courier-Journal as the "Fitness Maven." The Louisville newspaper profiled her accomplishments as a fitness competitor, which include being named Kentucky's Fittest Woman earlier this year and winning first place in her class at the Arnold [Schwartzenegger] Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
Dancing with beautiful diversity
Anna Rauh, 15-year-old daughter of Molly and Steve Rauh, members of St. Thomas Church, Louisville, was recently profiled in the Courier-Journal for winning an Award of Excellence for dance choreography from the Kentucky PTA Reflections Program. She was one of 24 in the state who advanced to the National PTA competition, which recognizes the accomplishments of students in literature, music composition, photography, visual arts, dance choreography and film (video) production. The newspaper reported she did not win, but said she was pleased with her work, a four-part production of ballet, modern dance, jazz and hiphop, created in response to the competition theme, "Beautiful Diversity."
Moving on, moving up - literally
The Revs. Tim Raasch, former rector of the Church of the Advent in Louisville, and Ellen Ekevag, recent vicar of Trinity Church in Fulton and St. Paul's in Hickman, have moved northward.
Tim has moved to Minnesota, where he recently established residency as a priest in that diocese.
Ellen continues to be a priest resident in our diocese but she has moved to Chicago, where her husband Per's work has taken them. Before leaving Kentucky, they had their first child, Anna.
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Floating lantern ceremony tonight
 A Japanese Lantern Floating Ceremony will be held Friday night (Aug. 6) at Cherokee Park to mark the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. Among the highlights of the candle-lighting ceremony will be an explanation of the significance of the traditional ceremony by the Rev. Arch Taylor, who spent many years living and working in Japan.
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Register for JustFaith by Sunday
The Diocese of Kentucky's Peace and Justice Division  will host a workshop on Aug. 14 to introduce "JustFaith," a social justice ministry formation program, to those who may be interested in offering the curriculum in their congregations.
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FUELs thinking about American oil dependence
"FUEL: Change Your Fuel, Change the World," the film documentary that won the New York Times' Critic Pick and was Jay Leno described as "fantastic!", will be shown Saturday, Aug. 21, as part of a workshop offered by Cultivating Connections and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville.
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Merton retreat center celebrates 33 years
Bethany Spring, the Merton Institute Retreat Center, will celebrate 33 years of offering hospitality to its guests with an open house on Sunday, Aug. 15. The center is located just one mile from the Abbey of Gethsemani in New Haven, Kentucky.
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Sisto to play Coltrane at Ascension
Vibraphonist Dick Sisto  | Louisville musician Dick Sisto, who hosts two public radio shows, including The Inner Ear, will perform the spiritual music of John Coltrane with his jazz quartet at 4 p.m. (EDT) on Sept. 19 at the Church of the Ascension, 211 N. Third St., Bardstown. Admission is free.
Sisto's appearance is part of a music series hosted by Ascension each year. Sept. 19 is the concluding Sunday of Bardstown's annual Bourbon festival, so you may want to arrive early and take in some of sights in Bardstown.
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Author on teens will lead workshop
Author Jennifer Gambler, a popular speaker, retreat leader and workshop presenter on the topics of spirituality, prayer and teen faith formation, will give a workshop in September at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church while she is visiting Louisville. Read more |
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News from the wider Church
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75th year marked
Effort to re-vamp Forward Day By DayBy Mary Frances Schjonberg [Episcopal News Service] The little booklets get tucked into purses, suit pockets and back pockets. They get taken out when their readers have a quiet moment to spend in prayer. For 75 years the Forward Day By Day booklets have been giving Episcopalians and others a page-a-day way to reflect on their faith. Read more |
ERD head finds cause for hope in HaitiBy Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] Despite the enormous challenges still facing Haiti nearly seven months after the magnitude-7 earthquake of Jan. 12, the president of Episcopal Relief & Development says he returned from a recent visit there with "tempered hope" for the country's future. "I went to Haiti prepared to be horrified and depressed and heartbroken, and I came away from Haiti feeling hopeful," Robert Radtke told ENS July 29. "That is not to minimize the plight of hundreds of thousands of people who are living in woefully inadequate shelter or struggling in other ways, but I came away feeling convinced the Haitians are determined to help themselves. We owe the Haitians -- and anyone else for that matter who wants to help themselves --our support." Read more |
Bulletin inserts from Episcopal News Service
Holy Women, Holy Men
Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints, the new book of commemorations on the Episcopal Church calendar (succeeding Lesser Feasts and Fasts),
was recently published for trial use. The Standing Commission on
Liturgy and Music has launched a one-year review period, during which
Episcopalians are encouraged to comment on the new book. ENS Weekly
bulletin inserts for August 8 provide information about the new volume
and the survey.
Voting: 'an act of faith,' 'our Christian duty'
Lily
Ickow, an intern for Episcopal Public Policy Network, notes that a major election will take place in November in
the United States in ENS
Weekly bulletin inserts for August 15. She reminds us that voting can be seen as an act
of faith and a Christian duty. Now is the time to register, she urges. "If we listen, and speak,
and vote," Ickow writes, "we can choose the world we want, and choose
leaders who will work with us to create it."
These bulletin inserts and others may be downloaded here.
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EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES
PICK
"A History of Modern Sudan" by Robert O. Collins, paperback, 360 pages, July 2008, $27.99.
[Cambridge University Press] Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north
and south, have exploded in Darfur.
In his latest book, Robert Collins, a frequent visitor and veteran scholar of the region, traces Sudan's history across two hundred years to show how many of the tragedies of
today have been planted in its past.
Read more at Episcopal Books and Resources online.
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