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Spreading the Word in Kentucky
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July 12, 2011
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Weekly Prayer Calendar
July 17: Pray for the Diocese of Peru in the Anglican Communion and for Norton Healthcare in the diocese. July 24: Pray for in the Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Southern Africa) in the Anglican Communion and for St. George's Community Center in the diocese. July 31: Pray for the Diocese of Qu'Appelle (Canada) in the Anglican Communion and for the Seamen's Church Institute ministry in the Episcopal Church. Diocesan Events & Beyond
July 10-15: Junior High Camp, All Saints Episcopal Conference Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
July 16: Camp Staff Wrap-up.
Looking Ahead
Aug. 4-6: Education for Ministry Training, All Saints Episcopal Center, 833 Hickory Grove Road, Leitchfield.
Aug. 13: Combined Christian Formation Conference, Dioceses of Lexington and Kentucky.
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Conveners named
Work progresses on organizing deaneries
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
Work on forming regional organizations of congregations known as deaneries in the Diocese of Kentucky is progressing, and by September four new deaneries are expected to be established in addition to the existing Four Rivers Deanery.
The formation of deaneries in our diocese is set out in Section II. 1.4 of the by-laws of Trustees and Council, which states "deaneries coordinate the talents of ministries of the Episcopal congregations in certain areas."
"Just as small groups build community and enable creative mission and outreach in all of our congregations, the same potential exists within our diocese. These small groups are deaneries, providing opportunities for clergy and lay leaders to gather regularly to build community, support one another in parochial mission and ministry, and engage in new forms of ministry that can be carried out more effectively when multiple congregations pool their gifts and resources," said Bishop Terry White.
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Dioceses plan comprehensive program for Christian Education Day
The Dioceses of Lexington and Kentucky have organized a comprehensive program of Christian Formation workshops for Christian Education Day next month that should offer something for anyone interested in the formation of their congregations' children, youth and adults.
Thirteen workshops are scheduled, the agenda including such titles as "Steeple Envy: Loving Your Group" (youth formation); "Faith at Home"; "Children's Chapel as Formation for All Ages" and "Builders, Boomers and Busters." A workshop on "Thinking Outside the Box" will look at "using Godly Play with those suffering from dementia." Sharon Eli Pearson, Christian formation specialist for Church Publishing, will give the keynote address.
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Nominees wanted
Letter from the diocesan nominations committee chair
By the Rev. Rose Bogal-Allbritten
Dear Clergy, Wardens and Diocesan Leaders:
To "work, pray and give for the spread of the kingdom of God" is one of the duties that we assume as Christians (BCP, p. 856). Stewardship is our personal response to God's generosity in the way we share our time, talents and financial resources. While it is easy to think of stewardship as something that happens on a congregational level, we need to remember that stewardship must not be limited to our response at the local level. We are also called to share our time, talents and financial resources to further the mission of the church at the diocesan level. Read more
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Auction items wanted for fundraiser
By Gwen O'Dea, St. George's Community Center Board
St. George's Community Center in Louisville will be celebrating its anniversary on Thursday, October 20, 2011, and the center's board of directors is currently soliciting items for the silent auction held during the annual fund-raising event.
The western Louisville community center offers innovative, educational programs year-round for youth from its neighborhood and has earned national recognition as a Freedom School site for African-American youth.
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Four Rivers Deanery holds quarterly meeting
By the Rev. Rose Bogal-Allbritten, St. John's Church, Murray
Twenty-one individuals representing seven congregations in the Four Rivers Deanery met  Saturday, June 4, 2011, to discuss common mission and to share information on outreach ministries.
The Four Rivers Deanery is located in the far western part of the Commonwealth. It comprises nine congregations: Grace Church, Hopkinsville; Grace Church, Paducah; St. John's Church, Murray; St. Mary's Church, Madisonville; St. Paul's, Henderson; St. Paul's Church, Hickman; St. Peter's of the Lakes Church, Gilbertsville; Trinity Church, Fulton; and Trinity, Owensboro.
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Worship, workshops, music
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Reception at 21C
Bishop Gene Robinson to visit Advent this Sunday
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The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, the bishop of the Diocese of New
Hampshire, will be visiting Church of The Advent this Sunday (July 17, 2011), and the Louisville congregation invites the people of our diocese to join them in welcoming him during his visit.
Robinson was elected the Bishop of New Hampshire on June 7, 2003, and his election was approved that August by The Episcopal Church's General Convention. He was consecrated the ninth bishop of New Hampshire on Nov. 2, 2003, making him the first openly gay priest in a committed relationship to become a bishop.
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EfM mentor training to be held next month
By the Rev. Rose Bogal-Allbritten, Education for Ministry
Training for Education for Ministry (EfM) mentors will be held at All Saints Conference Center on August 4-6, 2011.
The workshop will include a "Basic" session as well as a "Formation" session (Vocation). The cost is $260. This training is open to all current mentors as well as individuals interested in becoming mentors. Registration forms available online. Read more
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Kanuga hosts Liturgical Arts Conference
By Harmony Johnson, Kanuga Communications Director
Discover or develop your personal creative abilities Aug. 22-27 during the Liturgical Arts Conference at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, N.C.
New for 2011, this 14th annual event will include classes in floral arranging, visual art including collage and independent study. They will be offered among classes in photography, choir singing and direction, sewing, quilting and silk painting.
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Save the date
African-American scholar to lecture on anti-racist Christian sexual ethics, lead workshop on Christianity and violence against women
By Women's Center, Louisville Theological Seminary
The Rev. Dr. Traci C. West, professor of ethics and African American studies at Drew University Theological School, has been invited to give this year's Katie Geneva Cannon Lecture hosted by the Women's Center at Louisville Seminary. The lecture and post-lecture workshop will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, and Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.
West is a clergy member of the United Methodist church, the author of Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (1999), Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter (2006), and editor of Our Family Values: Same-sex Marriage and Religion (2007). Her current research project includes interviews with activists working to address sexual violence against women in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil.
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Congratulations and good wishes due
The Rev. Meghan Holland was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Terry White on Friday, June 17, 2011. Her ordination took place during a service on Friday at Grace Episcopal Church, where she is serving as an assistant rector. She also has been appointed to develop adult programming for All Saints Conference Center.
The homily was given by the Rev. Ellen Ekevag, who was the previous assistant rector at Grace and before she moved to Chicago. She was also the vicar at Trinity Church Fulton and St. Paul's, Hickman.
Preaching from the gospel story of the Samaritan "Woman at the Well," Ekevag told the new priest that "lay and ordain people ... are the ones that help the church to be a place where people can receive the 'living waters'
but I think in order for us to do that we must also pay attention to our own thirsts. ... So Meghan, as a priest and a leader, never forget to join the Samaritan woman and go the well."
Visit our Media Center photo page to view more ordination photos taken by Dan Songer, a member of Grace Church.
The Rev. Alice Nichols, rector at Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabethtow, has been called to serve Grace Episcopal Church in Hopkinsville, where she once interned when her predecessor, the Rev. Bill Watson, was rector. Nichols has served Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown since 2007. Her first day as rector at Grace will be August. 15.
The Rev. Moray Peoples, a priest associate at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Louisville, officially began serving as the priest in charge at Holy Trinity Church in Brandenburg on Sunday, June 10. He has been serving the church already for the last two and a half months as a supply priest.
Within weeks of his call, Peoples learned that the members of this congregation respond quickly to a community crisis. On the evening of July 2, the community's clothing closet and food pantry were destroyed when a massive fire broke out in a shopping center where they were located. Although no church members were directly connected with any of the losses, he reported, the church has offered its basement as a temporary home.
Bob Strange, the interim parish administrator of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Henderson, has resigned to return to his home in Indianapolis. He began serving as St. Paul's parish administrator a year and a half ago on a temporary basis while the church was without a rector. The search for a new rector began this spring.
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Beloved Sewanee figure dies
Information submitted by Leslie Newman, member, University of South Board of Trustees
Paul Engsberg, a beloved figure in Sewanee and among generations of University of the South students, died on July 6 after a brief illness.
He began his service to the university in 1969 as assistant director of admission, and was University registrar from 1982 to 1996. He was devoted to students, maintaining friendships with many long after their graduation, and was awarded the Distinguished Faculty/Staff Award by the Associated Alumni in 2006. He served as advisor to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for 20 years. He also was the head timer at swimming meets and head scorekeeper for the men's varsity basketball team for more than 30 years. As the University's clock master, he operated and maintained the Seth Thomas clock in Breslin Tower .
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"Peace Postcards" go to Japan for exhibit
By Interfaith Paths to Peace
Interfaith Paths to Peace (IPP) in Louisville announced recently that in cooperation with the Muhammad Ali Center and Crane House: The Asia Institute, it will present an exhibition of "peace postcards" at Honkawa Elementary School in Hiroshima, Japan, July 31-August 8, 2011.
The school is across the river to the west of Hiroshima's famous Peace Park and a few steps away from the Peace Memorial Museum. Read more
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Archbishop of Canterbury expresses concern over launch of new conservative group
By ENS staff
[Episcopal News Service] The creation of a new conservative entity intended to offer oversight to Anglicans in England unwilling to accept their bishop's authority is cause for concern, according to a press release from Lambeth Palace, home to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Read more
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NYC kicks off social media website at Brooklyn church
By Lynette Wilson
[Episcopal News Service] The City of New York July 7 chose the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn to launch Change by Us NYC, a new website aimed at connecting people and making the city a "greener, greater" place to live. Read more
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The Episcopal Church joins "Dream Sabbath" Campaign
By the Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs[July 7, 2011] The Episcopal Church has joined other religious denominations and faith-based organizations in supporting the DREAM Act, and asks churches to participate in a Dream Sabbath between September 18 to October 9. DREAM stands for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors. The DREAM Act 2011 is bipartisan legislation that would grant legalized status to undocumented young people with good moral character who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years and graduated from high school. Permanent resident status would be available upon completion of two years of higher education or military service. Read more
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Sermons That Work
July 17, 2011 - Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 10 Year A
(RCL) Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23 (Track 2: Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm 86:11-17); Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 By the Rev. Ken KesselusIn a classic strip of the famed "Peanuts" newspaper cartoon, Lucy explains to her little brother Linus about the existence of good and evil. She tells him that he, like others, have inside these two forces. Linus looks at his stomach with a distressed look on his face and declares, "I can feel them in there fighting." Humorous, but true. Read more |
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