Diocesan Digest
Episcopal News Service. June 9, 2005 [060905-2-A]
* TEXAS -- Payne named to Communion-wide Panel of Reference
* LOS ANGELES -- Conference for young people of color interested in ministry
* NEW YORK -- Episcopal and Interfaith Communities help abolish death penalty
* WASHINGTON, DC -- 'Orwellian nightmare' for seafarers, says panel
* MISSOURI - Diocese celebrates 7/10ths Sunday to benefit the MDGs
* TEXAS - Adams receives honorary degree from Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
* WASHINGTON, DC - Peterson, first Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation
* EAST TENNESSEE - Clayton leaving diocese June 30 after 15 years of service
* MAINE - Knudsen sets sail to celebrate first Anglican service in North America
TEXAS -- Payne named to Communion-wide Panel of Reference
-- The Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne, former Bishop of Texas, is one of 12 international clergy and lay leaders named to the Anglican
Communion's new Panel of Reference. The panel is empowered to "enquire into, consider and report on situations drawn to [the Archbishop of Canterbury's] attention where there is serious dispute concerning the adequacy . . . of delegated or extended Episcopal oversight or other extraordinary arrangements which may be needed to provide for parishes which find it impossible in all conscience to accept the direct ministry of their own diocesan bishop or for dioceses in dispute with their provincial authorities." The first meeting of the panel will take place during the summer to establish its operational model. The panel will consider only those items referred to it by the Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Primate of the Anglican Communion, in cases where mediation is sought by the Primate. Payne continues to consult with dioceses throughout the Communion as well as other judicatories, to establish new visions of growth and evangelism.
Full details: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/39/75/acns3986.cfm -----
LOS ANGELES -- Calling young people of color interested in ministry
[ENS, Source: Diocese of Los Angeles] -- "Am I Called," a conference for young people of color who are interested in exploring the
possibility of entering the ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church, will hold its fourth bi-annual conference June 24-26 at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, 840 Echo Park Avenue. Registration is free, and open to Episcopalians ages 18 to 28. It is limited to 30 participants. "Am I Called" is sponsored by the Episcopal Dioceses of Los Angeles, Massachusetts and Ohio.
Further information: http://www.diomass.org
NEW YORK -- Episcopal and Interfaith Communities help abolish death penalty
[ENS, Source: Diocese of New York] -- April 12 marked a day of victory for those opposed to the death penalty - on that day, the New York state assembly effectively abolished the death penalty in New York State. The Supreme Court of the United States declared many death penalty statutes unconstitutional in 1972 and the sentence was removed from New York state law. In 1995, more than 20 years later, a new death penalty statute was signed into law.
Full story by Nicole Seiferth: The Episcopal New Yorker May/June issue
WASHINGTON, DC -- 'Orwellian nightmare' for seafarers, says panel
-- Civil liberties and basic human rights of seafarers clash with the facts of post-9/11 life at sea. That was the message at a daylong dialogue on May 23 in Washington, D.C called "Strategies for our Seafarers." The forum was part of a National Maritime Week
observance that began with a service at the Washington National Cathedral. The Rev. David Mesenbring presented the results of a survey of U.S. port support for seafarers' missions called "Caring for Crew." Mesenbring highlighted the many ways in which port agencies support missions with land and facilities support, as well as volunteers.
Further information: http://www.namma.org
MISSOURI -- Diocese celebrates 7/10ths Sunday to benefit MDGs
[ENS, Source: Diocese of Missouri] -- The Global Reconciliation Commission (GRC) of the Diocese of Missouri is asking congregations to set aside July 10 as 7/10ths Sunday to call attention to the Diocesan Convention's call for individuals, congregations, and the diocese to set aside 7/10ths of one percent of their income to benefit the Millennium Development Goals (see http://www.edow.org/news/ens01052004.html) to fight poverty, disease, and hunger on a global scale. Guest speakers and preachers are being coordinated.
For details contact: The Rev. Michael Kinman Mkinman@juno.com; Tammy King tsking@wulaw.wustl.edu and Deb Goldfeder
DGoldfeder@aol.com
TEXAS -- Adams receives honorary degree from Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
[ENS, Source: Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest] -- Jerry Adams, lay leader in the Diocese of Arkansas and the University of the South, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest at its commencement ceremony on May 17. The commencement sermon was preached by his brother, the Rev. Dr. William Seth Adams, who will be retiring from the seminary after 23 years on June 30.
Full coverage: http://www.etss.edu/Comm05.shtml
WASHINGTON, DC -- Peterson first Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation
[ENS, Source: Diocese of Washington] -- The Rev. John Peterson, former secretary general of the Anglican Communion, was
installed as the Washington National Cathedral's first Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation. Peterson, who served 10 years as secretary general of the Communion, accepted the position after 12 years as dean of St. George's College in Jerusalem.
Full details:http://www.edow.org/news/window/june2005/global.html
EAST TENNESSEE -- Clayton leaving diocese June 30 after 15 years of service
-- Alice Clayton, canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of East Tennessee, is leaving the diocese on June 30. She and her husband Bob Honea are relocating to the Washington, D.C. area. Clayton, who served the diocese for 15 years, was diocesan executive for communications and editor of the East Tennessee Episcopalian. Her successor, the Rev. Stephen Askew, assistant rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, was appointed by Bishop Charles vonRosenberg. He will begin his new duties on September 1. Full details: http://www.etdiocese.net
MAINE -- Knudsen sets sail to celebrate first Anglican service in North America
-- On June 12, Bishop Chilton Knudsen will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first Anglican service in North America by sailing out to an island on a 17th Century replica boat to conduct a service. Descendants of the island's founders and members of the nearby mainland congregations will be present.
Further information: http://www.diomaine.org/