The Episcopal Diocese of Utah
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Week of June 18, 2007
For Refugees
Almighty Father, thank you for making us members of your family--"children of God" and "heirs of heaven." Help us to extend the boundaries of our parish family to those who are without family, home and country. Stir us to make and live out our commitment to welcoming the stranger into our midst. Help us to love those welcomed, to share our lives and to witness to them of your love for all of us in the person of your Son, Jesus Christ, our risen Savior and Lord. In his name we ask this,
AMEN.
-- Episcopal Migration Ministries
Dates & Deadlines
Friday, June 22, 2007 Lay Church Worker Conduct Training at St James' Episcopal Church, 7486 Union Park Ave. in Midvale, Utah.
Schedule
8:30 a.m Coffee and breakfast snacks.
9:00 a.m SHARP! Session Begins
4:30 p.m. Approximate ending time.
Lunch will be provided. Please note: persons arriving late for or leaving early from the training session by more than 10 minutes will not receive credit for attending. For more information or questions, contact your parish's administrator.
Saturday, June 23, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop at St. Mark's Cathedral, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City. The $10 registration fee includes lunch. Centering Prayer is a method of responding to God's invitation to enter into a deeper and more intimate relationship with God. It prepares us to be open and available to God's action and presence in our lives.
Workshop leader, the Rev. Canon Diana Johnson, is a practitioner and certified facilitator of Centering Prayer. Please call the Cathedral at 322- 3400 to register. The deadline was June 20 -- but call about openings..
Ascension St Matthew's in Price, is now accepting names for the full-time position of rector/pastor. The Diocese is working in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Synod of the ELCA in filling this position. Please forward resume and Clergy Deployment Office (CDO) profile to Deployment Officer Canon Dave Bailey or Vicki Evans, Admin. Ass't or call Canon Bailey's office if you would like a copy of the Parish Profile. 801-322- 4131, Ext. 366.
Bill Moyers' interview of PB Katharine Jefferts Schori may still be viewed at Bill Moyers Journal. [Tip, courtesy of Ed Howlett].
VIEW THIS! Browse a journal of St. Paul's Youth Mission Trip to Mississippi to get a close- up of their impressions of the trip and examine how a blog can bring an experience home to your congregation. The Journal is on the St. Paul's website at www.stpauls- slc.org/. Maggie Tesch is interim youth director. Kathy Biele designs and maintains the webpage. Kudos!
July-August Events
Friday, July 6: Copy deadline for a special August edition of the Diocesan Dialogue. Episcopal Life , our national newspaper, will be publishing a special August edition which will deal solely with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Inside Episcopal Life there will be a 4-page edition of the Dialogue with news and information exclusively about the response within the diocese to the MDGs. The edition will include a study guide and other resources.
If your parish or organization is doing something special to call attention to, or to meet the MDGs, please submit a story or contact Dialogue Editor Richard Snyder.
Friday, August 10: Copy deadline for the September regular edition of the Dialogue
Friday, July 6 through Friday, August 31. Diocesan Offices will be open half-day, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. In addition to regular business, diocesan staff will use Friday mornings to sort, sift and pack files and materials for "the Move" to the new Episcopal Church Center under construction at 100 S. and 300 East.
July 17-22, 2007: Province VII Youth Event (PYE), at Westminster College, SLC. Called "Choose the Better Part," and is for youth completing grades 9-12. Cost: $295 per person (includes, room, board, and PYE '07 T-shirt). Some scholarship assistance available. Download registration materials, at Youth Ministry. Email diocesan Youth Coordinator Karen Van Winkle, or call 801-322-4131, Ext. 344.
August 18 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Church Worker Conduct Training in Kanab, UT. See schedule above, under June 22, St. James.
Tuesday, July 24 Episcopal Diocese "Floats" in Days of '47 Parade. For the first time ever, the Episcopal Church in Utah will celebrate 140 years of ministry in Utah with a decorative float. Best viewing spot? NE corner of 100 South and 200 East at the edge of the construction site for the Utah Episcopal Church Center. Arrive early! Parade floats can be previewed on Saturday, July 21st at the South Towne Expo Center. Free and open to the public.
July 22-28 Sally Bingham, a priest in the Diocese of California, currently Environmental Minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, will speak at a conference at Ring Lake Ranch in Wyoming on Deepening the Connection Between Ecology and Faith. Bingham founded The Regeneration Project. She presently focuses on the Interfaith Power and Light Campaign which is mobilizing an interfaith religious response to global warming in congregations through the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation. Go to The Regeneration Project. There is room for additional registrants and scholarships are still available: contact carl@ringlake.org or call 307-455-2663.
Saturday, August 4, Diocesan Day of Discovery. Find out about your baptismal call to serve Christ in all persons. This day-long exploration invites participants to discern their vocation and ministry within the church, and to find out more about the process toward ordained and certified ministries within the Church. For more information, email Vicki Evans or call 801-322-4131, Ext. 366. Download the brochure (PDF format) for all details.
Saturday, August 11 10 a.m.- 4:30 Church Management 102 at Ascension St. Matthew's in Price, UT. Lunch will be served. This workshop is a follow up to CM 101 that proved so popular about 18 months ago. Who should attend? Clergy, Wardens, Treasurers, Parish Administrators, Sextons, the Vestry, and anyone who may, in the future, hold a leadership position within the church. Some topics: Insurance/Risk Management, Facilities Management, Corporate/Legal/Canonical issues, Finances, Endowments, Fundraising, Trusts, Employment Practices, Conflict Management, and Communications/Marketing. Lunch is included. Persons will leave feeling more competent and confident to exercise their leadership in a church setting. For details, email Angela Rogers or call 322-4131.
The Anglican Communion
July 16-August The Lambeth Conference, a once-a-decade gathering of Anglican Communion bishops, will be held at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. Go to the official site at Lambeth 2008 for background material.
What's it all about?
For a succinct statement of the issues within the Anglican communion, go to the Presidential Address of Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, offered at the opening service of the Canadian General Synod, now meeting in Winnipeg.
On the Draft Anglican Covenant
The Executive Council, interim body between General Conventions reports that responses to the questions contained in the Study Guide have run about 4-to-1 against the Covenant proposal as outlined in the Draft Covenant Statement. During the time allowed, responses arrived from 201 laypersons, 100 clergy, 27 parishes and 64 groups.
Some Background
All Provinces of the Anglican Communion have been asked by the Primates to offer comments by the end of the year on the draft of a possible Anglican Covenant, which was prepared by a design group and discussed by the Primates in Tanzania in February 2007. This is the first stage in what will be a fairly lengthy process involving the 2008 Lambeth Conference, the subsequent meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council and, subject to that, the possible subsequent submission to Provinces of a text for approval. For a chronology of the statements and papers surrounding the discussion, go to College for Bishops.
A Critque from Canada
Ed Howlett writes: "... please find one of the most substantial critiques of the proposed Anglican Covenant, as posted by Simon Sarmiento on Thinking Anglicans in conjunction with position papers to be discussed at the General Synod of the Church of England. It was posted under 'Annex 4' on June 20, 2007." To read the document go to Thinking Anglicans and keep scrolling down the page to find the summary and link. Along the way, you will also see other comments and responses to the proposed Anglican Covenant made by the Anglican Church in Canada.
Alan Tull responds with a quote from Alfred North Whitehead's address "Science and the Modern World," from the Lowell Lectures, 1927:
"In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory. There is one great reason for the utmost toleration of a variety of opinion. Once and forever, this duty of toleration has be summed up in the words, 'Let both grow together until the harvest.' The failure of Christians to act up to this precept, of the highest authority, is one of the curiosities of religious history."
"Globalization and the Future of the Anglican Communion," an opinion piece by Frederick Quinn recently appeared in Episcopal Life Online.
Another angle on what ails us: "The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality," by Peter Kreeft first appeared in Crisis Magazine in April 2003. Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and author of 45 books, several on Christian apologetics. To read the article, go to Kreeft.
Education & Spiritual Formation
Trinity Announces 38th Theological Conference "Religion and Violence: Untangling the Roots of Conflict" will run January 21-23, 2008 at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. The 38th annual conference will be led by a panel of prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim theologians who, through keynote presentations and small group theological reflection, will provide opportunities to deepen understanding, build community and explore how religion can be a powerful force for peace within ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.
"God's Unfinished Future: Why it Matters Now," Trinity Wall Street's 37th Theological Conference is available on demand for replay. Go to 37th Conference, then click on the "Telecast Info" button at the left.
Other Trinity Treasures ...
A wealth of material is available from Trinity Wall Street via telecast -- from Clown Eucharists and Hip Hop Services to organ concerts and lecture series. Trinity's response during and after 9/11 is poignantly captured in sermon and story via webcast. To check out all the offerings, go to Trinity Telecasts.
Discipleship & Evangelism
What Will It Take to Double Our Size?
Musings About Evangelism
Bishop Pierre Whalon asks the question in an engaging essay at Anglicans Online. Good non- threatening way to talk about evangelism as relationship-building. If your hands turn clammy at the word, this article may offer you a dry towel. One in a series.
Not-so-trivial quiz question:
Who said, "The Church is the only cooperative society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members." ?
Recommended by the Diocese of Dallas: (scroll to the bottom of the home page) Books and Bible Study materials to equip congregations for Evangelism go to www.philotrust.com.
For resources in Christian apologetics, or how to account for the faith that is in us, browse a publications of Peter Kreeft at www.peterkreeft.com and Ravi Zacharias - check out www.rzim.org.
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The Rev. Jessica Hatch
Education and Resource Office
801-322-4131 Ext. 362 jhatch@episcopal-ut.org
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