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[Episcopal News Service] The Primates of the worldwide Anglican Communion will gather for their regularly scheduled meeting February 14-19, 2007, in Jangwani Beach near Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
There are 38 Primates (senior bishops, Presiding Bishops, Moderators) of the Anglican Communion. The Primates come together from the geographic Anglican Provinces around the world. The Archbishop of Canterbury chairs the meetings with the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, serving as secretary.
As "primus inter pares—"first among equals—the Archbishop
of Canterbury gathers his fellow Primates together for Bible
study, worship and conversation on the current state of affairs
and mission in the global church. Archbishop Rowan Williams has
stated that he is looking to the Primates for guidance on
matters relating to the Lambeth Conference 2008 as well as
looking at the Episcopal Church's response to the Windsor
Report, in light of a special report to be discussed from a
sub-committee of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and
Primates Standing Committee.
New primates will be welcomed from several provinces,
including Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia; Australia; Brazil;
Burundi; Hong Kong; Indian Ocean; Ireland; Japan; Korea;
Scotland; Southeast Asia and the United States.
Presiding Bishop looks forward to Primates' collaboration
Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has underscored her commitment
to the collaborative work of the Anglican Primates' Meeting, set
for February 14-19 near Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
"Our shared work as Primates of the Anglican Communion is
strategic for addressing hunger, poverty, and preventable
disease around the world, and I especially look forward to
collaborating on initiatives related to the Millennium
Development Goals," Jefferts Schori said. "There is much we can
achieve together in building the Reign of God, but it will
require us to see that God's larger purposes transcend our
internal differences. That willingness to trust in God's leading
despite our own fears and divisions is the trust Jesus showed
us. May we seek to follow in his road."
In other news, ENS has confirmed that three U.S. bishops have
been invited to meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury for a
consultation in Tanzania prior to the opening of the official
Primates' Meeting agenda.
Those bishops are Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, who is convenor
of the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes (NACDAP),
a consortium endorsed by some 10 of the Episcopal Church's 110
dioceses; Christopher Epting of the Episcopal Church Center in
New York, who is the Presiding Bishop's Deputy for Ecumenical
and Interfaith Affairs; and Bruce MacPherson of Western
Louisiana, who, among other ministries, is president of the
Presiding Bishop's Council of Advice.
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Bishop Lee of Virginia |
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia went to court January 31 over the real and personal property held in trust by 11 congregations where the majority membership has voted to leave the Episcopal Church, but have not vacated or relinquished that property to the diocese.
According to a diocesan news release, eight of the congregations initiated proceedings in their respective circuit courts to transfer ownership of their real properties from the diocese and the Episcopal Church and to the Church of Nigeria through an organization called Convocation of Anglicans of North America (CANA).
Last week the diocese filed responses to those eight actions, objecting to any transfer of property, citing both Virginia law and the canons of the Episcopal Church and the Diocese.
On January 26, sixteen bishops of Province III of the Episcopal Church issued a statement supporting Virginia's Bishop Peter Lee, the Executive Board and Standing Committee for the decisions and actions they have taken concerning the congregations where the majority membership has voted to leave the Episcopal Church. The complete story, including Province II bishops' statement of support for Bishop Lee, is online at Episcopal News Service, www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.
[Episcopal News Service] At the invitation of Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Bishop Jeremiah Park of the
New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Rev. Dr.
David Henritzy joined Bishop Christopher Epting, the Episcopal
Church's Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer, for a special
Eucharist in the Episcopal Church's Chapel of Christ the Lord in
New York on January 25, observing the feast of the Conversion of
St. Paul and concluding the celebration of this year's Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity.
Henritzy, a Methodist minister, former hospital chaplain, and
long time staff member at the Church Center, publicly thanked
Jefferts Schori, who attended the celebration, for initiating
the idea, and Park for granting permission and encouraging the
joint celebration in compliance with the interim eucharistic
sharing agreement achieved by the United Methodist and Episcopal
churches.
The agreement, approved at the 2006 General
Convention, is similar to the stage of Eucharistic sharing
engaged in by the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, leading up to the declaration of their full
communion in 2001.
Albergotti honored for “leadership and unique witness”
Alexandria, VA – Lila Brownlee Fretwell Albergotti, an active member of Grace Episcopal Church, Anderson, has been named as a recipient of Virginia Theological Seminary’s seventh annual Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans (LPWE) Award. The award is given by the seminary to an Episcopal layperson (or persons) who, over a significant period of time, has given leadership and unique witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ within his or her congregation, community, diocese and in the world.
Albergotti was enthusiastically selected by the LPWE Committee because of her ability to “bring others in” to new and existing outreach ministries that she helped to create, and the clear impact that these ministries have had on her community. Albergotti was nominated by her rector, the Rev. John B. “Jack” Hardaway IV, who said that she “has shown outstanding initiative in creating and leading five new ministries over the past thirty years in Anderson County, South Carolina.” Among them are Meals on Wheels of Anderson; Anderson Emergency Soup Kitchen; Anderson Interfaith Ministry; Hospice of the Upstate; and the Cancer Association of Anderson. According to Hardaway, Albergotti has shown a “unique witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ by having a prophetic commitment to care for the poor combined with the know-how and ability to gather the community of faith together to serve the poor in ways that are affective and sustainable.”
Established in 1999, the award honors the legacy of Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans, an Episcopal laywoman, philanthropist and friend of Virginia Theological Seminary. Candidates for the award are active laypersons in an Episcopal congregation and must live in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, or West Virginia.
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At the cathedral, with Bishop Henderson, The Revs. Furman Buchanan, Mary Catherine Enockson, and Karen Humbert |
The Rev. Patty Willett, ordained at Christ Church |
On Thursday, February 15, at 2:00 p.m. Bishop Henderson will dedicate the Marshall A. Shearouse Center for Wellness at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community. The celebration and dedication will begin in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Still Hopes. Tours will follow the ribbon-cutting and there will be a reception in the Garden Room.
Your prayers and presence are requested!
SC State Day at the National Cathedral will be July 15, 2007. Every Sunday at the National Cathedral one of our 50 states is honored, but every four years there is a great celebration for the state remembered on that day, and 2007 is our year to celebrate.
In November 2003 our diocese took more than 300 people for that awesome occasion. Every person who attended said it was a highlight and a real spiritual experience. We had over 80 acolytes in procession behind their church’s banners. The cathedral entertained us at a special reception following the Sunday service. Those at the cathedral said it was one of the best State Days they had ever had.
This year each
congregation will be responsible for organizing and getting
their people to Washington for State Day. July is the perfect
time to take your family to our national capital and participate
in our State Day. It is suggested
that each clergy appoint a person to plan this trip for their
congregation. Perhaps one or two churches might charter a bus
together.
The Rev. Bob
Chiles (St. David’s, Columbia) is in charge of acolytes and can
be reached at
frchiles@aol.com, 803.736.0866.
Attendees are also
invited to gather for a special morning contemplative pilgrimage
program in the cathedral’s Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage on
Saturday, July 14, from 9:30 a.m. till noon, with Holy Eucharist
at the high altar. Led by cathedral staff and Center volunteers,
this three-hour contemplative journey through the cathedral and
its grounds invites pilgrims of all ages to slow down and rest
in the silence. The goal of the program (enrollment 10-60) is to
awaken and strengthen the faith journeys of its participants
through centering prayer and personal reflection. Pilgrimage
costs are $25 for adults, $20 for youth and seniors, $15 for
National Cathedral Association members.
You will receive
more information through Crosswalk and e~DUSC in
the coming months, but the time is NOW to plan for this
once-in-a-lifetime spiritual experience for your church and
family.
For more
information contact Peggy Hill at the Diocesan House (phill@edusc.org,
803.771.7800, ext. 18) or Nell Barr, regional chair for Upper SC
for the National Cathedral Association, 803.796.0881.
The
St. James Center for Spiritual Development will offer “Traveling
Sacred Pathways,” a labyrinth workshop led by the Rev. Bob Haden
on February 24 from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon in the Parish Life
Center. Fr. Haden will present a teaching on using the labyrinth
as a prayer tool, and participants will be able to walk the
labyrinth in the gym. Lunch will be provided. Cost of the
workshop (including lunch) is $20. To sign up, send e-mail to
retreats@stjamesgreenville.org.
The Director of The Haden Institute, Bob Haden, is a Jungian
psychotherapist, Episcopal priest, and teacher. Former Rector of
St. John’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte, he draws upon 30 years
of experience in family, individual, marriage, vocational, and
life journey individuation counseling. He brings expertise in
both Spiritual Direction and Jungian counseling to his work. He
received Labyrinth training from Lauren Artress of Veriditas,
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
From March 2 through March 4, the Convent of St. Helena in Augusta, GA, will host “Healing Ourselves and Our Communities: Coming Home, Claiming Our Roots, and Living the Path,” a gathering of healers led by Sr. Mary Therese n/OSH. All are invited.
We will enter corporately into an adventure of discovery for the gifts of medicine, sent by God, to heal ourselves, others and our communities. Through this experience, we will recognize, remember and reconcile our daily lives with who we really are and experience renewal, refreshment, fun, fellowship and learn new skills too!
With questions, please contact Sr Mary Therese, 706.798.5201 ext. 9, or MaryTherese2@comcast.net. To register, contact Convent office manager Laura Ann Whitaker 706.798.5201 ext.1, augustaconvent@comcast.net. Cost of program, lodging and meals is $160; $80 for commuters. A deposit of $60.00 ($40.00 for commuters) is required to confirm a reservation.
Tuesday Evenings, March 6, 13, 20, 27—Choose ONE CLASS to attend for four sessions.
The Making and Meaning of our Bible, Dr. Charles
Sigel, Professor of New Testament, Emeritus
Iconography, Fr. Thomas Moore, Priest-in-Charge, Holy Apostles Orthodox Church
Personality Type, The Rev. Dr. Harvey Huntley Jr., Coordinator, and Ms Sandra Holland, AIM, Associate Director, Region 9-ELCA
Catered supper at 6pm for $7.50 ($30 for 4 weeks). Classes
meet from 6:45 to 9:00 p.m. at the Seminary, 4201 North Main Street, Columbia.
For further information or registration: sandrah@ltss.edu.
There will be a Safe Church training at Christ Church in Greenville on Saturday, March 10, at 9 a.m. Please alert your ministry leaders to this opportunity to receive this training close to home or as an alternative to the diocesan Continuing Ed Day on April 21. Christ Church needs a "head count" about 10 days before the day itself, so please RSVP to Lisa Dalton at Christ Church 864.271.8773 by February 28.
The guest speaker is Brother Bernard Delcourt of the Order
of the Holy Cross from Holy Cross Monastery in
West Park, NY. Holy Cross Monastery is part of
the Order of the Holy Cross, a Benedictine Community in the
Anglican Communion / Episcopal Church USA. Brother Bernard was raised in Belgium, was an investment banker for JP
Morgan and then ran a private practice
as abusiness and life
coach in Manhattan. He entered his
religious life in April 2004 and made his initial
profession of the religious vows in the Order of
the Holy Cross in November 2006.
Brother Bernard will be speaking on “Finding the Christ in Everyone,” from 9 a.m. to 11a.m., and on “Life in the Order of the Holy Cross Monastery,” from 1p.m. to 2:30p.m . Registration begins at 8: 30 a.m.; Brother Bernard will speak at 9:00 a.m. Following are Holy Eucharist with a healing service (11:00-noon), lunch (noon.-1 p.m.), and Brother Bernard's remarks on religious life in Episcopal Church and life in the Order of the Holy Cross Monastery.
Cost is $10, including lunch. With questions or to RSVP, Please call 803.279.4622, ext 307. Please indicate in your RSVP if you are coming for the entire program, morning half only or afternoon half only and whether you will be eating lunch.
The spring Continuing Education & Training Day for Worship Leaders, Eucharistic Visitors, and those required to take the Safe Church training will take place on April 21, 2007, at Good Shepherd, Greer, and All Souls, Columbia, from 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Registration forms are available from Diocesan House or online at www.edusc.org.
This year's renewal of ordination vows will take place on April 2, 11 a.m., at Trinity Cathedral. More info to come.
The clergy pre-Lenten retreat will begin at the Lake Logan
conference center on Monday, February 12, at 4:00 p.m. and
conclude after lunch on Wednesday, February 14.Please don't
forget to return registration materials to Ms.
Roz Hook at the Diocesan
House.
Brother Reginald Martin Crenshaw of Holy Cross Monastery will
serve as spiritual director. Brother Reginald, who is a member
of the Order of the Holy Cross, serves as chair of the NY
Diocesan Task Force on Reparations, convenes a group from the
Conference of Anglican Religious Communities of the Americas to
sponsor workshops on multicultural and antiracism issues, and
serves as a consultant and workshop leader for congregations in
the New York and New Jersey area.