Sunday Focus: Theological Education and World Mission
Episcopal News Service. February 2, 2005 [020205-1-A]
Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold, in accordance with a 1997 General Convention resolution, named the first Sunday in February as Theological Education Sunday (TES), an occasion to encourage active participation by all in the search for knowledge of God. This year TES will be celebrated in congregations on February 6 and is a time for recognizing and celebrating those places where life-changing Christian learning is experienced and valued. Further information about TES can be found online at: http://www.teforall.org/tes.html.
Also honoring a commitment made by General Convention in 1997 to augment the church's awareness of and participation in world mission, World Mission Sunday will be observed throughout the Episcopal Church on February 6 under the theme "Treasuring the Communion." Further information can be found online at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/agr/wmsunday. An earlier ENS announcement about World Mission Sunday can be found online at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_57738_ENG_HTM.htm.
Coming up Thursday, February 3, 2005...
PORTLAND, Oregon - Divine Eros, a narrative photography exhibit presented by the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Arts Commission, will open this Thursday, Feb. 3, from 5 - 7 p.m. and run through February 26.
Divine Eros is a narrative photography project highlighting the lives of women mystics from the past millennium through the creative medium of photography and word. Maryanne Bilham, photographer, and Peter Eastwood, stylist, offer haunting and beautiful renditions of each woman through the poetic lens of the camera, and Dawn Thompson, writer, highlights the courage and grace of each woman's story.
Photographer Maryanne Bilham has had her work displayed at the Grammy Art of Music Exhibit at Caesars Palace Las Vegas and the Kodak Rock X-posed Exhibit at the Rio Las Vegas. Bilham and partner Robert Knight have photographic installations on the outside of 100 Guitar Centers throughout the US. Writer Dawn Thompson has a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon and a MA in Creation Spirituality form Naropa University. Thompson is the author of "Light Looking at Itself" and is currently working on a book of poetry titled "The Physics of Thought." Stylist Peter Eastwood was born in England, spent 17 years in Hong Kong and since 1995 has been living in Vancouver, Canada. Eastwood has worked as a wardrobe stylist, set designer and producer with Maryanne Bilham on many commercial projects over the past 20 years.
For further information, contact: Dawn Thompson, 503.665.8947 or e-mail at illuminatedt@earthlink.net. For more exhibit information go to: http://www.maryannebilham.com.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave, Portland, Oregon.
Coming up Saturday, February 5, 2005...
MINNESOTA, Minneapolis - A bluegrass concert to benefit tsunami relief efforts by ERD will be held at St. George's Episcopal Church in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5.
The bluegrass concert series started as an outreach to the local community. In the aftermath of the tsunami disaster, it has turned into an international outreach effort. A number of artists who have performed at St. George's -- the Blue Drifters, Becky Schlegel, the Platte River Boys, Jack Norton and the Mullet River Boys, and Monroe Crossing -- will be volunteering their time and talent. A donation of $10 is suggested.
The musicians have also joined to make a compact disc recording, which will be released at the benefit concert. Proceeds from CD sales will also go to tsunami relief provided by the American Refugee Committee.
St. George's Episcopal Church, 5224 Minnetonka Blvd., St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Minneapolis. 952.926.1646. http://www.stgeorgesonline.org.
Coming up Sunday, February 6, 2005...
THE PLAINS, Virginia - Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, will hold a Festival Choral Evensong for the Feast of Lights beginning at 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 6. Grace Church Choir and baritone David Faircloth, under the direction of Samuel Carabetta, organist and choirmaster, will sing Festival Choral Evensong in candlelight. The service will include works of Bach, Candlyn, Stanford and King.
David Faircloth, WETA 90.9 FM radio's night-time music host, brings extensive musical knowledge and experience as a performer and teacher to evening classical music listeners. Before joining the WETA on-air staff, David enjoyed a career as a singer, having performed for the New York City Opera, Washington Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Baltimore Opera, Opera Delaware, and numerous other opera companies, oratorio societies and recital series.
The guest preacher is the Rev. Dr. Victoria R. Sirota, vicar of Church of the Holy Nativity in Baltimore and adjunct professor of sacred music at the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore.
An offering will benefit the church's music program (suggested donation $15). The audience is invited to join the artists at a post-concert reception.
Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main Street, The Plains, Virginia. 540.253.5177. www.gracechurch.net.
NEW YORK - The Rev. Canon Anne Mallonee will be officially installed as vicar of Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the 11:15 a.m. service at Trinity Church, Wall Street. The Rev. Dr. Margaret McCray, a Presbyterian minister from Minneapolis, will be guest preacher at the installation service, which will be webcast live on the parish's website [www.trinitywallstreet.org ].
As vicar, Mallonee oversees the worship, ministry, and Christian witness of the parish in lower Manhattan. She is the first woman to be named vicar in the history of the 307-year-old Episcopal parish, having been officially appointed by the vestry of Trinity Parish last October 6. Before coming to Trinity-St. Paul's, she served as associate rector of Christ Church in Overland Park, Kansas; as canon pastor and interim dean of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and most recently as interim dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mallonee grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and received her B.A. degree from the University of Kansas. Upon graduating from Berkley Divinity School at Yale University in 1986, she served as communications officer for the Diocese of Kansas, and as chaplain to Canterbury House, the Episcopal ministry at the University of Kansas.
"The search committee, the vestry, and the congregational council moved the search process for vicar in a way that allowed us to be blessed by God in Anne's accepting the position," said the rector, the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper. "I think she is spectacular. In our conversations with Anne we could ascertain that her accomplishments lay in visible, discernible ministry. This parish is blessed to have her."
Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Place, New York, NY 10006. 212.602.0800. www.trinitywallstreet.org.
SAN FRANCISCO, California - The Forum at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, "Finding the Links Behind the Spread of HIV," will feature public health specialist Dr. Grant Colfax from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6, at Gresham Hall, on the Crypt Level of the Cathedral.
Colfax, director of HIV prevention at San Francisco's Department of Public Health, studies the drug culture and its links to HIV. Increasingly, more and more young people are contracting HIV in the gay community in San Francisco and other cities, and it may have something to do with the drugs they use and the types of parties they frequent. As one of the leading AIDS researchers in the country, Colfax will shed light on the underlying problems that are increasing the spread of HIV.
Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St. (at Taylor St.), San Francisco, California 94108. Tel: 415.749.6300. http://www.gracecathedral.org.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Day prayers this Sunday will remember California in liturgies at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016; 202.537.6200; http://www.cathedral.org/. The Rev. Canon Jean Milliken will be the preacher at the 11 a.m. service. Next Sunday, Feb. 13: State Day prayers will remember Minnesota.
ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday (Last Sunday after the Epiphany) please pray for the work, ministry, and witness of the Most Rev. Rowan Douglas Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.
"Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift: send down upon the Archbishop of Canterbury, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that he may continually please thee, pour upon him the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen."
The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.
Coming up Monday, February 7, 2005...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - Christ Church Cathedral's annual Gallery choral concert, a part of the Choral Masterworks Series, will be performed by the Indianapolis Baroque Singers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7.
The program, led by organist and choirmaster Dr. Frederick Burgomaster, highlights sacred works from the Renaissance period and includes works by Franco-Flemish composers such as Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, and Orlande de Lassus; Italian composers Giovanni Gabrieli, Palestrina, and Carlo Gesualdo; and Spanish composers Francisco Guerrero, Cristobel Morales, and Tomas Luis de Victoria. In addition to the a cappella motets, Assistant Organist Marko Petricic will play several Renaissance organ works on the Gallery organ.
Christ Church Cathedral, 125 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. 317.636.4577 www.cccindy.org.