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August 30, 2007
In Sayre
Church of the Redeemer hosts Catholic Charities. Story and photos below.
Cruising to Equity
AWE Children’s Ministries and our diocesan Episcopal Church Women will once again sponsor Cruising to Equity, an advocacy and prayer vigil project that invites congregations to join in prayer and action for children. It begins with the observance of the National Children’s Sabbath (sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund) and the Diocesan ECW’s collection of personal care kits for children at risk (babies to 16 years) at our Diocesan Convention, October 12-13. Flyers and Participation Guides may be downloaded here. The ECW poster detailing personal care items may be downloaded below. Children’s Sabbath Manuals are available for purchase through the Children’s Defense Fund site. Please notify Rosemary Kleintop if your parish intends to climb aboard this year’s campaign.
Download ecw_outreach_for_07_convention.pdf
Worship Leader Training
A special day of training will be held on Saturday,
September 22 at Trinity, Mt. Pocono, for anyone
interested in becoming licensed as a Worship Leader (formerly called Lay
Reader). It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude with Evensong at 3:30 p.m. A
Worship Leader is a lay person who regularly leads public worship under the
direction of the member of the clergy or other leader exercising oversight of
the congregation or other community of faith. Worship Leaders would assist
with leading non-sacramental services, such as Morning and Evening Prayer. The
day's hot points will include National Canons and Diocesan Guidelines,
Spiritual Discipline, Knowing the Bible, Traditions of the Church, Moving
around the BCP, Music Selection, and Rites and Wrongs. The Diocesan Commission
on Ministry offers this training and other training for lay persons. The
facilitator will be the Rev. Edward K. Erb of St. John's Church, Hamlin, member of both the Liturgy & Music Commission and the Commission on
Ministry. Cost is $5. Checks payable to The Diocese of Bethlehem. Download brochure and
registration info below. Contact Father Erb for further information.
Lectio Divina in Montrose
September 14-15: Friday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Download info below.
First hit the pets, then the people
By the Rev. Andrew Linzey, PhD, DD, a licensed priest in the Diocese of Bethlehem and a theologian at Oxford, has organized a conference on the Relationship between Animal Abuse and Human Violence. September 18 at Keble College, Oxford. The conference will explore the link between animal abuse and child abuse, domestic violence, and violence against women, especially useful for pastors, counselors, psychologists, and law enforcement personnel. There are various US academics coming to speak: details here. The column was published in the August 17 edition of The Church Times and is available below.
Download 0708.Linzey.First hit the pets.pdf
Two Post Pentecost Posters
Parishes may use two welcome posters designed by Jenifer Gamber Download postpentecost_2007_poster.Bread.pdf Download postpentecost_2007_poster.People.pdf
To view a sample, download the posters customized for the Cathedral Church of the Nativity.
Buy home-grown vegetables to support Kajo Keji
Mt. Pocono -- Area residents can help people of war-ravaged Africa by buying home-grown vegetables at Trinity Church in Mount Pocono. Since July, Cindy Hill and Alvin Ziegler have been selling surplus vegetables from their garden and donating the money to help rebuild the county of Kajo Keji in South Sudan. "I've never been to Africa," said Hill. "Our bishop, Paul Marshall, visited Kajo Keji and I saw a slide show of his trip. It really underlined the hardships that people there have endured. My garden went out of control this summer so I decided to sell the surplus for Kajo Keji." Since July, Hill and Ziegler have given the Trinity Church secretary nearly $600.
Read the Pocono Record story at the newspaper’s website. If it’s no longer available there, download it below.
Episcopal Life Media
With the September issue of Episcopal Life, Episcopal Life Media formally begins work as an integrated system of web, print and broadcast communication resources serving Episcopalians and seekers.
For online and television viewers, a monthly half-hour video “multicast” edition of Episcopal Life is set to debut in mid-September, anchored by executive editor Jan Nunley. The program will be available for on-demand viewing through Episcopal Life Online, and for placement on community access television channels as requested. Please watch Episcopal Life Online for further details. As soon as this becomes available, it will be placed regularly on cable systems that reach some 500,000 subscribers in parts of the Diocese of Bethlehem.
Download the story below.
Download episcopal_life_media.pdf
The spirituality of HBO's Sopranos
By Bishop Paul V. Marshall
One thing I heard most consistently while traveling in the U.S., the U.K, and Canada
this summer was complaints about how The
Sopranos ended, or failed to end.
Download Bishop Paul’s September column for secular newspapers.
Download 0709.The Sopranos.pdf
The Bible's Plain and Not-So-Plain Teaching
Our lives are based on a true story that cannot be captured in orthodoxies, human certainties, laws, sermons or newspaper columns. When we discover the story of God who loves us beyond worth and measure, beyond whatever we can imagine, we will discover an ability to recreate our world beyond last Tuesday’s conclusions.
That's an excerpt from a column by Bill Lewellis that was published in The Morning Call, Allentown, on Saturday, August 25.
August 20, 2007
Diocesan Life.September 2007
Cover: New Orleans is a better place because of this talented, bright, joyful, strong, committed group of teens and adults. [More photos and captions on page A4.]
Page A2: Pastoral letter from Bishop Antony Poggo of Kajo Keji and Bishop Paul Marshall of Bethlehem.
Page A3: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for transformation (Our New Hope Capital Campaign, Charlie Barebo)
Page A4: They made New Orleans 'a better place' [Photos and captions]
Page A5: The New Hope Campaign
Page A6: (1) Living a Baptized Life (Part 6 of 6) by Anne Kitch. (2) News with Spin
Page A7: (1) Diocesan Calendar. (2) Cycles of Prayer. (3) Do all parishioners and newcomers receive Diocesan Life?
Page A8: (1) Kids get crowned at the Bishop's Day for Kids. (2) Camp PeaceWorks of Berks, Encouraging teens to foster nonviolence, love, justice, compassion.
August 07, 2007
Bethlehem's Extra Mile
By Bishop Paul V. Marshall
[Published in The Morning Call, August 4, 2007]
The eight Millennium Development Goals of the United
Nations will not solve all the problems of the world, but they go a long way
towards making life sustainable for all. They focus on poverty and hunger,
education, empowerment of women, child mortality, maternal health, disease,
environmental sustainability, and global partnerships.
The price is low –.07% of the Gross National Product
of our United States.
In the Diocese of Bethlehem, we have begun something
unique to go an extra mile: a capital campaign for others. We are currently
in the advance gifts phase of our
Some 75% of the
money raised will help the destitute in
