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Nov. 14, 2007
A Table Grace for Thanksgiving
Holy One, thank you for this day,
Gracious One, thank you for this food,
and for those who prepared it.
Dear One, help us to reach out to those
who have no food or friends
or health or weath,
And give to us, who have so much,
increasing hunger for You. Amen.
Easy to give: At all Harmon's grocery stores this week, through Sunday the
18th, buy a $10 turkey certificate for Crossroads Urban Center's Thanksgiving
turkey distribution and Harmon's will match your gift with another turkey.
Two for the price of one. No hauling, no handling, no storing. (Courtesy of
Libby Hunter).
Sunday, Nov. 18: For Sunday Bulletin inserts for Thanksgiving click
here.
***View photos from Diocesan Convention at EDU.
Dates & Deadlines
But let justice roll down like waters ... Amos 5:24
Nov. 25, 2007 is ONE Sunday: In 2006 General Convention set the last Sunday
after Pentecost as ONE Sunday for the Episcopal Church. To find out more about
the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs), the focus of the ONE Campaign, go to
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation which has become a comprehensive website
for actions individuals and congregations can take to alleviate poverty. For
more information locally, contact MDG Coordinator Kathy Horvat, or call 801-323-0675.
Worship Resources for Nov. 25
ONE Sabbath Toolkit for Church Leaders:- sermon ideas and worship resources.
ONE Episcopalian Declaration Card: - a great tool to get people involved in
the ONE Episcopalian Campaign. Insert them in your Sunday bulletin and have
people fill out the cards and place them in the offertory plate.
Prayers: A
Bidding Prayer For An End To Global Poverty And Instability is a litany based
on the MDGs and can be used in place of the Prayers of the People. Book
of Common Prayer includes prayers:
For Social Justice, p. 823
For the Poor and the Neglected, p. 826
For the Right Use of God's Gifts, p. 827
For the Conservation of Natural Resources, p. 827
Saturday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-Noon Affirmations: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel":
The Music, Gospels and Spirituality of Advent. Presenters: The Rev.
Canon Mary June Nestler and the Rev. Dr. Frederick Quinn explore with participants
the musical texts, and Bible readings of the season thought by many to be the
most beautiful music of the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Episcopal Christian
traditions. If you love to sing them, plan to attend!
Donation requested: $7
for refreshments (including specially prepared German holiday pastries). Register
as soon as possible -- first deadline is today! Email Angela Rogers or call
801-322-4131 to sign up.
Place: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 261 South 900 East,
SLC.
Dec. 1, 2007: Deadline for United Thank Offering Grant
Applications. Send them to the office of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah; Attention: The Rev. Isabel
Gonzalez, PO Box 3090, Salt Lake City UT 84110-3090. Two applicatons will be
forwarded to national UTO office by January 31, 2008: Awards will be announced
in May 2008. Please follow the instructions carefully. Incomplete or late
filed applications will not be considered. For more information contact Isabel
Gonzalez.
Take a break to prepare the heart
Friday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-Noon Affirmations: The Bishop's Advent Quiet Morning
will take place in St. Mark's Cathedral Chapel, 231 East 100 South, SLC.
The title will be the Deep and Dazzling Darkness. Sign up early, by Dec.
1. Email Angela Rogers or call 801-322-4131.
Please take note: The move to the new Episcopal Church Center
of Utah (ECCU) by staff will likely take place during the first or second week
of December.
New physical address: 75 South 200 East, Salt Lake City UT 84111.
Mailing address: PO Box 3090 remains the same. Telephone and fax numbers will also remain the
same. Parking is located immediately north of the building. Enter by the front
doors on the west side of the building.
Care of Creation
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds...
and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25
A Religious Proclamation for Animal Compassion
Steve Keplinger, Rector of St. David's in Page, gathers with faith leaders and two U.S. Representatives
in Washington, D.C. to sign a proclamation to affirm all of creation, especially
animals. Steve is a member of the Animals & Religion Network which provides
information and resources that illustrate our spiritual connection with animals.
Understand more and sign the petition at Best
of Friends.
The Proclamation for Animal Compassion asks people to:
- Adopt homeless animals, rather than buying animals from breeders
- Reduce meat consumption and buy only from farms which use humane practices
- Reject entertainment that harms or exploits animals
- Become aware of harmful medical testing
- Speak out against land development that encroaches on wildlife and habitats
Peace & Justice continued ...
Disaster Relief: An invitation to help Episcopal Relief and
Development (ERD) is assisting people affected by severe flooding in Mexico
and El Salvador. In Tabasco floodwaters displaced more than 1 million persons
who had to flee their homes. In neighboring Chiapas, four people were killed
and 7,000 were evacuated due to floods. More than 300,000 Tabasco residents'
homes were flooded or damaged and thousands of farmers' entire harvests were
destroyed. Similar conditions prevail in El Salvador. In partnership with the
Dioceses of Southeastern Mexico and El Salvador, Episcopal Relief and Development
is providing food, first aid supplies and other emergency services to help
those impacted by the floods.
To help people affected by the floods in Mexico
and El Salvador, please make a donation to ERD's Emergency
Relief Fund or call
1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to: Episcopal Relief and Development
Emergency Relief Fund P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. (Courtesy of
Brin Bon, diocesan ERD Coordinator).
Episcopal Relief and Development is the
international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the
United States. An independent 501(c) (3) organization, Episcopal Relief and
Development's programs work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
...We rebuild after disasters and empower people by offering lasting solutions
that fight poverty, hunger and disease, including HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Education & Spiritual Formation
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m. KUED Ch. 7 presents The
Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo,
a documentary about the forced 300- mile journey undertaken by 8,000 Navajo
men, women and children in the 1860s from their homeland to a Texas border
town, Bosque Redondo.
An hour earlier, at 7 p.m. KUED presents Pocahontas Revealed.
From the program notes: "On the 400th anniversary of the founding of
Jamestown, science is revealing the truth behind the myth of John Smith's
infatuation with Pocahontas--a saga of adventure, greed, and savagery."
Jan. 28-Feb. 1: Epiphany West 2009 -
Sacred Text as Window: Seeing Oneself through the Eyes of Another offers an amazing array of classes, workshops and
speakers. Notable among the conference speakers is Peter Phan who is addressing
the question, Can We Read Religious Texts Inter-religiously? Possibilities,
Challenges, and Experiments
Phan holds the Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social
Thought, Theology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. For more
information and to register, go to CDS
P. This is a dynamite opportunity for
continuing education - 22 contact hours - and CDSP awards continuing education
credit.
Speaking of Interfaith Understanding...
138 Islamic leaders and scholars have issued a statement declaring that peace
can only be achieved if Islam and Christianity learn to live together. It
is a breakthrough document. Start with an intro at A
Common Word. Links to
the full text are available at the site as is a second link, entitled The
Amman Message, a precursor document. It is well worth reading.
While on the subject of promising reads ...
The Sum of All
Heresies, The Image of Islam in Western Thought by Frederick Quinn, Oxford
University Press, ISBN13: 9780195325638; ISBN10: 019532563X; Hardback, 232
pages Oct 2007, $29.95
Courtesy of Dr. Quinn: Current global tensions and the
spread of terrorism have resurrected in the West a largely negative perception
of Islamic society, an ill will fueled by centuries of conflict and prejudice.
... Frederick Quinn's timely volume traces the Western image of Islam from
its earliest days to recent times. ... In this important book, Quinn highlights
long-standing historical prejudices but also introduces the reader to some
of the landmark voices in history that have worked toward a greater understanding
of Islam.
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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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