The Episcopal Diocese of Utah
Living Boldly
Connecting with each other, our communities and the world
Living Boldly aims to inform, enrich and equip you to build connections to individuals and groups; to stimulate information sharing, conversation and growth opportunities in your areas of ministry.
October 12, 2007
"It is only by living in communion that we can live out our vocation
to be Communion." - concluding sentence of the Report of The Joint Standing
Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates of the Anglican
Communion
Prayer for those with whom we differ
O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead
them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty,
and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before
you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Dates & Deadlines
TUESDAY, Oct. 16, 1 p.m. MDT Live webcast features the Most
Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori responding to telephone calls and emails sent
in from around the Episcopal Church. Access the webcast "Conversation
with the Church" at
Trinity Wall Street.
Start Up! Start Over!
October 22-26 at the Four Points by Sheraton Studio City Hotel in Orlando,
Florida. Learn basic congregational development skills. Registration is still
open for clergy and laity of congregations seeking rejuvenation and vision
to attend the Start Up! Start Over! (SUSO) seminar sponsored
by the Office of Congregational Development and coordinated in partnership
with the Episcopal Church Building Fund. SUSO provides basic congregational
development skills for congregations in decline who are seeking a new direction,
those who have hit a growth plateau which need new energy, and thriving congregations
ready for their next step. Participants will learn practical, goal-oriented
skills to rediscover the hopeful, mission-oriented spirit that marks healthy
thriving congregations. Clergy and laity teams are encouraged. For more information
or to register, go to Start Up! Start Over!
Saturday, December 1, 7:00-8:30 pm: COLLEGE reUNION,
An Anniversary Celebration of Campus Ministry -- is a celebration of you!! We are celebrating 100 Years
of Lutheran Campus Ministry, and 140 Years of ministry in the Episcopal Diocese
of Utah -- but also the present day Lumen Ministry! This is an opportunity
for folks from the community to meet you and support you in the important work
you are doing as students! There will be delicious deserts for all, and Bishop
Carolyn Tanner Irish is our guest speaker, and YOU are the guest of honor!
At the University Guest House and Fort Douglas Chapel. For more information
contact Campus Minister Joel Nau or call 801-597-5602.
Creation Care
Utah Interfaith Power & Light has made a commitment to do our
part to save energy and help fight global warming. With your help, we can do
even more. Be part of our team and pledge to make your next light bulb or fixture
one that's earned the government's ENERGY STAR® label for excellence in
energy efficiency. The pledge is a simple but vital method of encouraging more
people like you to commit to preventing greenhouse gases and saving energy
resources, one light - one energy- saving step - at a time.
Our goal is to get
at least 300 people to pledge to change at least one light at home. Just think,
by reaching this goal we will be making a significant impact on our environment,
potentially preventing approximately 122,700 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions
and saving 84,600 kWh of energy. Every ENERGY STAR qualified light bulb uses
75% less energy than a standard bulb, lasts up 10 times longer and can save
about $30 or more in energy costs - while preventing more than 400 pounds of
greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime. Take the ENERGY STAR Change
a Light Pledge today and help us reach our goal! It's a small step that's
already making a big difference.
-- courtesy Dale Ann Petersen
Governance
102nd Diocesan Convention
For information and schedule see the October edition of The Diocesan Dialogue
or click on Convention.
Diocesan Convention Film Presentations
Bates Theatre of the Cathedral Center
Friday, Oct. 26, 2-3 p.m.; 3:30-5 p.m.
Whether you are a delegate or not, all are welcome to view two films that
provide insight into the experience of Native American peoples and westward
expansion of United States policies and settlement.
Topahdewin: 2-3 p.m. chronicles the life of Gladys Cook, who survived huge
personal and institutional obstacles to become a highly respected elder, teacher
and healer.
Fight No More Forever: 3:30-5 p.m. features Ken Burns' presentation of Episode
6 of the Stephen Ives' film The West. The film depicts the status of the conflict
between settlers pushing west and the resulting displacement and subjugation
of the Native peoples.
Oct. 26, 6 p.m: The Opening Eucharist of Diocesan Convention at
the Cathedral Church of St. Mark. Our Ute brothers and sisters will share with
us their rich spiritual traditions in a liturgy that includes the renewal of
the Jamestown Covenant to inaugurate a second decade of "remembrance,
recognition and reconciliation" so as to "build the structures of
justice in the ashes of injustice." The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, a
Choctaw, and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School, will preach. All are welcome
to attend.
Speaking of worship, are you ready for electronic liturgies? See
review of Worship Software in the Sept/Oct edition of Your Church, a publication of Christianity Today.
Peace & Justice
But let justice roll down like waters ... Amos 5:24
Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m. The Faith Line: The Role of Youth
in the 21st Century is the title of the 2007 Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture
in Religion and Culture sponsored by The Tanner Humanities Center.
Bishop Irish writes: "I would like to extend an invitation to our young
people to a lecture at the Salt Lake Public Library. The speaker is Dr. Eboo
Patel, a visionary American Muslim." Dr. Patel, Director of the Interfaith
Youth Core, will talk about hospitality, intolerance, and how interfaith efforts
by young people can change the world. This is a rare opportunity and privilege!
To sign up to attend, contact Mary Kay Williams. For more information, visit
Tanner Humanities Center website.
Dr. Patel has founded an interfaith youth movement to support religious understanding
and collaboration in the face of the religious violence increasingly supported
by young people. See also, Continuing Education, below.
Raising Awareness About Darfur
Save Darfur is an alliance of more than 180
faith- based and humanitarian organizations working together to raise awareness
about the atrocities in Darfur. There are many things you can do. To learn
more about the situation and action go to Save
Darfur.
Tents of Hope
The National Council of Churches USA (NCC) has endorsed a nationwide program
for congregations to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur.
Tents of Hope is a project to encourage a community-based
response to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan through education, advocacy and fund-raising
for humanitarian aid.
Congregations are invited to create a simulated refugee
tent and transform it into a hopeful work of art. The tents will be painted
with a variety of images and scenes conceived and painted by people from all
walks of life. Tents of Hope is a one-year project that will
culminate in a collective action as local communities bring their tents and
delegations to a national event in Washington, D.C. on Sept 5-6, 2008.
Congregations
or groups wishing to obtain a tent or learn more about how to participate in
the project will find complete information at Tents
of Hope. So far groups
in about 40 cities have signed on to the project.
Justice-Making at Christmas!
Episcopal Relief and Development has published
a Gifts for Life catalogue. Modeled after Heifer Int'l, it is unique in that
you may contribute to providing not only income-producing livestock, but also
sanitation systems, wells, seed kits and other high impact gifts to "make
your presents felt" around
the world -- and help fulfill the Millennium Development Goals. View online
catalogue at ERD or contact Episcopal Books and Resourcesl toll-free at
800-903-5544 to order catalogs for your congregation.
Education & Spiritual Formation
A Great Find!
NYC's Museum of Biblical Art presents The Art of Forgiveness -- featuring
70 images of the parable of the Prodigal Son. An introduction and 10- image
slideshow is available at CT as
well as other resources. Click on link at the bottom of the article.
Click
on MOBIA for current and
past museum exhibitions for some wonderful art and reading. Bookstore tab,
too. Check under Resources and links for recordings of programs (MP3 Player)
Essays based on exhibitions are also available. See essays re: Biblical Art
in a Secular Century.
Mon-Tues, Oct. 15-16: Salt Lake Theological Seminary's
Christian Leaders Conference features noted preacher, and United
Methodist Bishop William Willimon. Willimon will keynote the Conference to
be held at Calvary Baptist Church in SLC. The Conference, Servants of the
Truth, includes a 1-credit preaching workshop to explore methods presented
by Willimon. For details and to register online go to SLTS
website or call
801-581-1900.
Sat., Oct. 20, 9:30-3 p.m. Common Mission Amidst Diversity:
A Day of Reflection features Phyllis Anderson, President of Pacific
Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS), Berkeley, CA. Venue: Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church, 1070 Foothill Dr., SLC. Call Zion to register the number of
persons in your congregation who will attend, at 801-582-2321.
Affirmations
Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
Dr. Louis Weil, professor of liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific
devotes a day at St. Mark's Cathedral Center, SLC to explore The
Integrity of the Eucharist: The Role of Musicians and Preachers in the Eucharistic
Celebration.
Of special interest to church musicians, choir members, clergy and all who
wish to better understand how music and preaching serve word and sacrament
in worship. Suggested donation: $10 to cover lunch. Register by Oct. 31. Contact
Angela Rogers or call 801-322-4131.
Promising Reads:
Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution
-- A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Alister McGrath, HarperCollins
Publishers, 552 pages, hardcover, 2007.
Acts of Faith: the story of an American Muslim; the struggle for the soul of
a generation, by Dr. Eboo Patel. Beacon Press, 2007. (see above) Amazon.
Continuing Education - East and West
Monday-Friday, January 28-February 1, 2008
Epiphany West at Church Divinity
School of the Pacific (CDSP) in Berkeley, CA. Conference title:
Sacred Text as Window
Seeing one's self through the eyes of another
Religiously-fueled conflicts around the world are intensifying. We must push
beyond "tolerance" to deeper, more enduring inter-religious understanding
and cooperation. This conference takes inter- religious dialogue to a new level
of engagement, by meeting one another through our sacred texts.
Conference classes:
Monday-Wednesday, January 28-30, 2008
Conference presentations:
Wednesday-Friday, January 30-February 1, 2008
By hearing others read and interpret one's own sacred texts, Jews, Christians,
and Muslims will arrive at deeper understanding not only of each other but
of themselves. Through classes, workshops, and plenary lectures with Muslim,
Christian, and Jewish leaders, participants will deepen their own faith commitments,
build mutual understanding, and learn how to increase co-operative action for
the common good. This is possibly the most important Epiphany West Conference
to come along. Complete details and online registration available at Epiphany
2008.
January 21-23, 2008: Trinity Institute 2008 An Interfaith
Dialogue on Religion & Violence:
Untangling the roots of conflict at Trinity Church in NYC. Leading interfaith
theologians explore the deep roots of conflict and examine each faith's vocation
as a force for peace. For information or to register, go to Trinity Institute.
Options for viewing include participating at a downlink site at several locations
around the country or viewing webcasts on demand after the event. CEUs are
available.
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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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