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Diocese of Kentucky News & Information
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March 14, 2011
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Kentucky Episcopalian Steven Hart, serving
in Young Adults Service Corps in Japan, is safe:
"I am safe and feel I am in a good place. I am mentally OK right now, if a bit shaken up," Hart said in an e-mail quoted by Episcopal News Service, which reported a second explosion had since hit the Fukushima plant.
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Lent: A Season
for Reflection
Click on the images for links
to resources
A Place to Begin
 'Listening to God'
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Weekly Prayer Calendar
March 20: In the Anglican Communion, pray for the Diocese of Mombasa (Kenya), and in the diocese pray for Christ Church, Bowling Green, the Rev. Michael Blewett, rector.
March 27: Pray for the Dioceses of Mount Kenya Central, South and West (Kenya) in the Anglican Communion; for the Spring House of Bishops in the U.S.; and for Home of the Innocents in the diocese.
Diocesan Events
March 15: Noon Lenten Eucharist and Lunch, every Tuesday through April 12, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville.
March 20: Bishop Visitation, Christ Church, 1215 State Street, Bowling Green.
March 23-30: Spring House of Bishops Meeting, Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, N.C.
Looking Ahead
April 2: Diaconal Discernment Day, St. Mark's Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave., Louisville. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (EDT). A second one will be held May 21 at St. Mary's Church in Madisonville.
April 8-9: School of Ministry, All Saints Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
April 9: Episcopal Church History, class by Dr. Robert Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary, All Saints Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CDT).
April 9:All Saints Board Meeting, All Saints Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
April 10: Bishop Visitation, Trinity Church, 720 Ford Ave. Owensboro.
April 12: Clergy Renewal of Vows & Blessing of Oils, St. Mary's Church, 163 N. Main St., Madisonville. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CDT).
April 13: Clergy Renewal of Vows & Blessing of Oil, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EDT).
April 15-16: Daughters of the King Spring Assembly, St. Luke's Church, 1206 Maple Lane, Anchorage. Board meeting and dinner, 5:45 p.m. (EDT) April 15. Full Assembly, 9-3 p.m. April 16 with registration 8:30 -9 a.m. (EDT). Bishop Terry White will present April 16 program, beginning at 9:45 a.m., on ""Model of Servant Ministry-Sister Emily Cooper."
April 17: Palm Sunday.
April 22: Good Friday, Diocesan Office Closed.
April 23: Great Easter Vigil, Christ Church Cathedral, 421 S. Second St., Louisville.
April 24: Easter Sunday.
April 25: Choral Arts Society Concert, St. Francis in the Fields Church, 6710 Wolf Pen Branch Road, Harrods Creek. 8 p.m. (EDT).
April 26: Commission on Ministry, place to be determined.
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A Lenten message from the bishop
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Bishop Terry Allen White
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Beloved, The Lenten journey has begun. The invitation in the prayer book reminds us of the marks of this season: prayer, fasting and self-denial. As a young and most zealous first-year seminarian, I approached the beginning of Lent with great seriousness, carefully designing a rigorous observance. It was the seminary's tradition to keep Ash Wednesday as a quiet day. Our leader was a venerable bishop, widely sought after as a retreat leader and spiritual director. I eagerly donned my cassock - the sure and certain sign of proper piety - and took my place in the chapel for Morning Prayer and the first address on prayer. I don't recall much of that first address, but most of the second address becomes fresh for me every year. That address on fasting was a remarkable experience, in part, because it was not at all what I had anticipated. Read more
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Bishop Terry White addresses convention at St. Matthew's. Photo by Don Vish
Visit our www.episcopalky.org for links to more photos from convention
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Bishop shares vision of diocesan ministry, says lean budget need not mean reduced ministry
By the Rev. Mary Jane CherryDiocese of Kentucky Communications Director"Coming Together" was not just a phrase, the theme for organizing the 183rd Convention of the Diocese of Kentucky on Feb. 25 and 26 at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville. The theme became the vision and spirit inviting Episcopalians in the western half of Kentucky to continue to discern with their new bishop what diocesan mission and ministry can - and will - be in 2011. Read more |
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The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Butcher assisted with the 1982 hymnal revision. Read more about him here
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Your input wanted
Is revised hymnal needed? churchwide survey seeks answer
By the Rev. Geoffrey Butcher, Trinity Episcopal Church, Russellville
The Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music is inviting input and comments about a possible revision of the Hymnal 1982. This comes as a directive from the General Convention "to conduct a feasibility study on the need for revision of the Hymnal 1982 by speaking to congregations, dioceses and all seminaries of this Church, and to report its findings to the 77th General Convention." Read more |
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Seminarians get scholarship raise; undergrads, tuition break
by University of the South, Sewanee
The School of Theology at the University of the South recently announced that the basic scholarship available to every student will be increased by $1,000. It will be applied to all students for the 2011/12 year. Tuition will be frozen at this year's level.
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'Built on Faith': St. Luke's chapel m
eets funding goal
By Mike Bowles, Episcopal Church Home
St. Luke's Chapel at the Episcopal Church Home
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Recent gifts and pledges from generous donors have allowed The Episcopal Church Home to meet the $3.5 million fund- raising goal and retire the remaining debt on the chapel.
Gifts from multiple donors in honor of 2010 Cornerstone Award Winner Sarah McNeal Few, coupled with a large gift from an anonymous donor, filled the chapel chalice to the top. As the poster indicates, we were "Building on Faith" that the chapel, consecrated in June of 2009, would be fully funded using only charitable monies and no resident fees. We can now say that it was "Built by Faith"! Read more
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Worship, music, workshops and more
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 At the cathedral
Noon Lenten services Beginning this Tuesday, March 15, Holy Eucharist will be offered in the chapel at Christ Church Cathedral every Tuesday in Lent at noon. This Eucharist will have music and the opportunity for prayers of healing. A light Lenten lunch of soup and salad will follow in Bishop's Hall. Eucharist and Lunch are designed to fit the noon lunch hour. Take time in your weekly schedule to pray, reflect, and break bread. The cathedral is located at 421 S. Second St. in downtown Louisville. Diocesan-wide invitation to the Great Easter Vigil The Very Rev. Mark Bourlakas and congregation of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Louisville have invited all congregations in the Diocese of Kentucky to join them and Bishop Terry White for the Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday evening, April 24. A note from the bishop about the service follows. Read more |
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Preaching conference will feature Borg, Levine, others
by National Episcopal Preaching Conference
Sermon writing got you down? Clergy and seminarians will gain practical tools for improving their preaching March 21-24 during the second National Episcopal Preaching Conference at Kanuga.
The conference features an impressive lineup of presenters, who will focus on the theme "Preaching the Passion and Resurrection." They include best-selling author and renowned Bible scholar Dr. Marcus Borg; the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Kittredge, New Testament professor at Seminary of the Southwest; Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, New Testament professor at Vanderbilt University; and Dr. Richard Lischer, preaching professor at Duke Divinity School. Read more
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Choral Arts Society will perform at St. Francis
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Feeling call to become a deacon?
The Diaconal Discernment Days, cosponsored by the Diocese of Kentucky's Commission on Ministry and the Diocesan School of Ministry, will be held April 2 in Louisville and May 21 in Madisonville. They are intended to provide information for individuals discerning a call to the diaconate and for spouses/partners to learn more about ordained ministry. There is no cost for the conference. Fill out the online application form and have it signed by your rector/vicar. Return it one week prior to the discernment day that you plan to attend. |
Bishop to speak at DOK assembly
 Registration is underway for the Daughters of the King Spring Assembly, which will be held April 15 and 16, 2011, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Anchorage. Presentations will be given by Bishop Terry Allen White and the Rev. Ellen Morrell, rector of St. Peter's Church in Louisville. Read more |
Registration underway for Province IV congregational development conference
by Gene Willard, Province IV AdministratorThe Episcopal Church' Province IV Congregational Development & Evangelism ministry network will be hosting a conference May 12-14 at Dubose Conference Center at Monteagle, Tenn. The conference, "Leadership Marks to Create and Grow Vital Congregations," is aimed at representatives from small parishes. Visit http://www.prov4cde.org/Content/Marks_of_Leadership.asp for additional information and a registration form. Conference planners need to know by March 31 whether you and/or your colleagues will be attending. Read more |
Registration being taken for July music conference
The 61st Sewanee Church Music Conference will be held Monday, July 11,
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DuBose Conference Center
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through Sunday, July 17, 2011. Featured lecturers include Episcopal priest and author the Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton and the Rev. Dr. Susanna Metz, director of the Center for Ministry in Small Churches at the University of the South's School of Theology. The conference annually brings 150 musicians and clergy from across the country to the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, Tenn., and the University of the South in nearby Sewanee, Tenn. Read more |
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Episcopal Church offers Lenten materials
Lent began on Ash Wednesday last week. The 40-day season is a time of reflection, prayer, penance and meditation. The Lenten season concludes with the celebration of Easter on Sunday, April 24. Resources, meditations and study guides to provide a means to experience a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lentRead more
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News from the wider church
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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop's message for Lent: "Are you traveling light on the earth?"
By The Episcopal Church Office of Public AffairsNoting that the season of Lent has traditionally been in "solidarity with those to be baptized," Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an invitation to deepen our Christian practices in her Lent 2011 message. The Presiding Bishop's video Lenten message, taped at Chapel of Christ the Lord at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City, is available on the home page of the Episcopal Church website: www.episcopalchurch.org Read more |
Presiding bishop's statement on Japan
in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami
The Episcopal Church is praying for the people of Japan, particularly Bishop John Kato, the clergy, and people of the Diocese of Tohoku in the aftermath of this devastating earthquake. We will continue to pray with Japan as she seeks the lost and begins to bury the dead. May they rest in peace, and may all those who mourn find comfort. We know the aftermath will be long and difficult, and we assure you of our solidarity. We are grateful that most other parts of the Pacific have withstood the passage of the first tsunami. May we all be reminded that we live on a fragile earth, in continual process of creation and destruction, and that we share a common responsibility for healing wherever we are able. |
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Focus on same-gender blessings
Live webcast set for churchwide consultation
of Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music
By The Episcopal Church Office of Public AffairsThe Episcopal Church Office of Communication will live webcast all the plenary sessions of the March 18 and 19 churchwide consultation by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM). The two-day consultation will center on the 2009 General Convention Resolution C056 to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources for same-gender blessings. The plenary sessions will provide information about the work the SCLM and its task groups have accomplished to date in developing these resources. The live webcast will be available (but is not at publication) at www.episcopalchurch.org/live/sclm Read more |
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Dear Readers,
If you or your church or organization have news of interest to Episcopalians, especially Lenten programs and services, please send us your stories and, if possible, photos for possible publication online and in the E-blast. Preferably, the articles will be sent as Word documents by email to maryjane@episcopalky.org.
A special request
With our Lenten journeys underway and Easter just weeks away, we want to make it easy for people searching online for Holy Week services to find them in our diocese. If you would like to see your church's services included in our list, please send us the times and dates of your Holy Week services and include your church's street address, city and website address.
Faithfully,
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Mary Jane Cherry
Communications Director
Diocese of Kentucky
502-584-7148 or 1-800-222-DIOC(3462)
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