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 | Embracing Christ, Engaging the World
September 3, 2010
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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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| Sept. 5-Pray for the The Episcopal Church of the Sudan, and in our diocese pray for the Department of Justice and Jubilee Ministries. Sept. 12-Pray for the Anglican Church of Tanzania in the Anglican Communion, and in the diocese pray for the Department of Mission and Evangelism. Sept. 19-Pray for the Anglican Church of the Province of Uganda, and pray for the Ordination and Consecration of the Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky. Sept. 26-Pray for The Episcopal Church (based in the U.S.), and in our diocese pray for the new Bishop of Kentucky Terry Allen White.
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Diocesan Calendar
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Sept. 6-Labor Day:
Diocesan offices are closed.
Sept. 7-Celebration of a New Ministry of the Rev. Jonathan Erdman, Calvary Church. 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 9-Clergy Ember Day, Bishop's Hall, Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sept. 9-Trustees & Council Meeting, Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. 4-8 p.m.
Sept. 15-Deadline for purchasing tickets for pre-consecration dinner.
Sept. 15-Deadline for clergy to reserve place for pre-consecration luncheon.
Sept. 16-19-Cursillo, All Saints Conference Center, Leitchfield.
Sept. 15-22-House of Bishops Meeting.
Sept. 24-Clergy meeting and luncheon with Presiding Bishop and Bishop-Elect, Galt House, Louisville.
Sept. 25-Pre-consecration reception and dinner with Presiding Bishop and Bishop-Elect. 6 p.m., Muhammad Ali Center.
Sept. 25-Service of Ordination and Consecration of Eighth Bishop of Kentucky. 11 a.m., Galt House, Louisville.
Sept. 26-Seating of new bishop at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville.
Sept. 28-Commission on Ministry. 5 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville.
Sept. 30-Budget requests and Mission Funding grant requests due. |
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Sept. 25 consecration plans on track
Make your reservations for dinner now
The Very Rev. Terry White at Christ Church Cathedral. Photo by Don Vish |
The deadline is quickly approaching if you wish to reserve tickets to attend a diocesan dinner the night before the Sept. 25 consecration of Bishop-elect Terry White as our eighth bishop.
The dinner, open to all, will be held at the Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., Louisville, on Friday, Sept. 24. Tickets, which cost $50 each, are required and must be purchased by Sept. 15, using the Transition Committee's ticket form. Read more
If you can't make it to the consecration the next morning at the Galt House, you can still watch it if you have a computer and Internet hookup. The full service will be webcast live, so check the Diocese of Kentucky website shortly before 11 a.m. (EDT) Sept. 25.
Finally, the day after the consecration, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., will officially seat the newly consecrated bishop during its 10 a.m. (EDT) Sunday service. Seating will be limited to about 350 and will be first come, first served. A casual potluck meal will be served after the service. |
Daring to Care at consecration
At Bishop-elect Terry White's request, canned goods will be collected at the site of his consecration as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky. The food will be distributed to Dare to Care in Louisville and to various food banks in the rest of the diocese.
Collection boxes will be placed at the doors to the Archibald Cochran Ballroom of the Galt House, 140 N. Fourth St., Louisville, where the consecration will be begin at 11 a.m. (EDT). Some of the food will be brought to the altar at the Offertory.
Protein-rich foods such as meaty soups and stews, peanut butter and tuna are especially needed. For a list, click here.
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and more consecration news
Choristers invited to sing at service
The Liturgical Committee for the Bishop's Consecration, through cathedral music director Robert Bozeman, has extended an invitation to our congregations' choir directors and choristers to be a part of the diocesan choir for the Sept. 25 service.
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Office closed
The Diocesan Office will be closed Monday, Sept. 6, in observance of Labor Day.
Celebration of new ministry
The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick, Jr., Bishop of Kentucky, and the People of Calvary Church invite your prayers and presence at the Celebration of the New Ministry of the Rev. Jonathan Mark Erdman on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The service will begin at 6:30 p.m. (EDT). Calvary is located at 821 S. Fourth St. in downtown Louisville. A reception will follow.
Clergy: White stoles will be worn.
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Cathedral Arts 2010-2011 season
The Cathedral Arts Series has announced its 2010-2011 program of concerts and evensong services, which includes the annual Advent Service of Lessons and Carols. The series begins with a Sept. 12 concert. Christ Church Cathedral is located at 421 S. Second St. in downtown Louisville. A copy of the series schedule may be downloaded here. |
Film on 'Black Like Me' author to premiere
 Local filmmaker Morgan Atkinson's new documentary about world renowned Civil Rights champion John Howard Griffin will premiere in Louisville on September 16, proceeds going to support Interfaith Paths to Peace and the filmmaker's future projects. Griffin was a close friend of Thomas Merton, but gained an international reputation as a champion of Civil Rights for AfricanAmericans when in the late 1950s he temporarily dyed his skin black and traveled in the Deep South trying to experience first hand the evils of America's version of apartheid. He chronicled his experience in the best selling book, "Black Like Me." Read more |
Interfaith service will counter Qu'ran burning
A special interfaith service has been scheduled in Louisville as a way of honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and to offer a peaceful, positive alternative to a Qur'an burning ceremony planned for that day by Florida's Dove World Outreach Center.
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Giants, wizards, rattlesnakes & alien slime on Peace Education Program Fall agenda
The Peace Education Program in Louisville has planned a one-day workshop this month that will teach participants some pretty cool-sounding games of cooperation for youngsters and a three-day institute developing skills in conflict resolution, mediation and prejudice reduction that our church leaders and volunteers may want to take back to their congregations.
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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 and his quartet will be performing again at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville this Fall, he reported, and they are available to perform various kinds of music at other churches. Contact him at dicksisto@aol.com or 812-923-7297.
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News from the Wider Church
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Presiding officers, Executive Council urge congregations to study Anglican Covenant
By Matthew Davies, September 03, 2010
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson and Executive Council member Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine are calling on all Episcopal congregations to engage in discussion of the proposed Anglican Covenant at some time during the next two years. The Episcopal Church leaders suggested in a Sept. 3 letter that congregations consider organizing a discussion group on the covenant during Advent (2010 or 2011) or Lent (2011 or 2012) or at another time before General Convention in 2012. Read more |
Pick books & other resources 
"A Door Set Open: Grounding Change in Mission and Hope" by Peter Steinke. ISBN# 978-1-56699-403-3 Alban No. AL403, paper, $12.60
[The Alban Institute] We resist change less when we associate it with mission and fortify it with hope. So argues longtime congregational consultant Peter Steinke in his fourth book, A Door Set Open, as he explores the relationship between the challenges of change and our own responses to new ideas and experiences. Drawing on Bowen systems theory and a theology of hope, as well as his experience working with more than 200 congregations, Steinke makes the case that the church has entered an era of great opportunity. Theologian and sociologist Ernst Troeltsch said the church had closed down the office of eschatology. Steinke reopens it and draws our attention to God's future, to a vision of hope for the people of God.
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"Transitional Ministry - A Time of Opportunity" from Church Publishing, edited by Molly Dale Smith, foreword by Loren Mead, 194 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $20
 [Church Publishing, Inc.] "Transition" is the word we use to describe the time following significant change. In congregations, that change might be the departure of the pastor, a catastrophe such as Hurricane Katrina or 9/11, or simply the changes caused by growth. Transition calls for clergy with special training to respond to the needs
generated by the special time. "Task, training, and time limit" are the hallmarks of transitional ministry. Trained intentional interim clergy must have the skill and experience to lead congregations during transition.
However, transitional or interim ministry has a bad reputation in some places. As one diocesan leader said, "We have never had a church in this diocese that was so bad off that an interim was needed." ... Intentional interim ministry can be medicine for the sick, but in most cases it is better compared to vitamins that are taken to promote health.
This book seeks to clear up misconceptions and present an accurate and up-to-date picture of transitional ministry and to describe the various settings in which this
specialized ministry can be helpful.
Read more at Episcopal Books and Resources online.
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Mary Jane Cherry
Editor
maryjane@episcopalky.org
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