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Episcopal News Service. August 11, 2004 [081104-1-A]
Tomorrow, in commemoration of the 94th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's death...
LOCKPORT, Illinois - St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Lockport will host an interdenominational service of Evensong August 12, honoring Florence Nightingale, "the Lady with the Lamp," on the 94th anniversary of her death. The service begins at 7:00 p.m. will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.
Nurses, social workers and hospital chaplains are only a few of the vocations raised to distinction by Nightingale's efforts. From these evolved a collection of equally necessary occupations; paramedics, nurse assistants, physical & occupational therapists, emergency medical technicians, counselors, hospice workers, case managers, and specialized medical testing technologists.
Members of all health and human-care professions, their families, and friends, are invited to attend and participate in the service.
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church is a 170-year old parish, located in the heart of Lockport at Washington and Eleventh streets. For additional information, contact the parish office, 815.834.1168.
Further information on Florence Nightingale: www.neac.org/nightingale
Also tomorrow...
The Anglican Cycle of Prayer acknowledges the Convocation of American Churches in Europe - (Province II, USA), the Rt. Rev. Pierre Welté Whalon, bishop. More information: www.episcopalchurch.org/europe.htm.
Coming up Friday, August 13, 2004...
BARRINGTON, Rhode Island - St. John's Episcopal Church in Barrington, Rhode Island, will hold an art auction on Friday, August 13, under a tent on the church grounds. The preview begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the auction at 7:30 p.m.
A variety of sports memorabilia, estate jewelry, original paintings, animation cels, sculpture, and limited edition prints will be offered by Ross Galleries of Holbrook, New York. Works by local artists will also be featured. All artwork will be custom framed and matted. Opening bids will begin at half the traditional prices.
Admission to the event is $10 and includes hors d'oeuvres, wine and cheese, coffee and dessert and a door prize. Proceeds from the event will benefit the church.
St. John's Episcopal Church, 191 County Rd., Barrington. For ticket information, call Liz Crawley or Bobbi Wexler at 401.245.4065.
LOWNDESBORO, Alabama - Dr. Horace Boyer, Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and African-American Music at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an acknowledged scholar in the field of African-American gospel music, will offer a music workshop on Friday, August 13, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lowndesboro.
Boyer has directed numerous choirs and toured 40 states performing gospel music with his brother James and has published over 40 articles in journals such as Music Educators Journal, the Black Perspective in Music, and the Black Music Research Journal. He contributed 10 arrangements of Negro Spirituals and gospel songs to Lift Every Voice and Sing, a 1982 supplemental hymnal for the Episcopal Church, for which he served as general editor for the 1993 revision.
Please call the diocesan office to register at 205.715.2060.
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Offering a sacred space for seekers, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco will host "Grace After Hours" at the indoor and outdoor labyrinths on August 13, 6.00 - 8.45 p.m. The evening will include walking the labyrinth, meditation, prayer and discussion. Experience the beauty and splendor of Grace Cathedral by candlelight … After Hours.
A noted speaker will present a talk on a spiritual topic followed by a discussion.
Co-hosted by Grace Cathedral and Veriditas, Grace After Hours is held the second Friday of every month. Further information: Marylnn Murphy 415.681.3997, email: mmurphy431@cs.com.
Coming up Saturday, August 14, 2004...
HAYNEVILLE, Alabama - A pilgrimage, organized by the Episcopal Dioceses of Alabama and the Central Gulf Coast, will remember Jonathan Daniels and the 11 other Alabama martyrs who gave their lives in the fight for freedom and equality for all. Bishop Steven Charleston, a Native American and dean of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be the homilist, and Bishops Henry Parsley (diocesan) and Mark Andrus (suffragan) of Alabama will officiate.
Jonathan Myrick Daniels was a seminarian at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he heard and answered a call from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to come to Selma, Alabama, to support the efforts to register black people to vote and to demonstrate against the deep ingrained segregation of black and white people. On August 14, 1964, Jonathan and seven black teenagers were arrested for this activity. They were jailed in Hayneville, Alabama. Six days later with no explanation and no transportation, they were released. On that unbelievably hot August day, as they tried to decide what to do, they stopped at a small cash store to buy a cold drink,. Before they could go in, the white deputy sheriff came to the door armed with a shotgun. Realizing what was about to happen, Daniels threw himself between a young black teenager, Ruby Sales, and the deputy sheriff. He was killed instantly. Later, the deputy, in what passed then for a trial, was exonerated and set free.
The pilgrimage begins at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the Lowndes County courthouse in Hayneville, and will trace Daniels' steps to the jail where he and his companions were imprisoned for six days, to the low concrete step where he was gunned down, to a memorial erected in his honor before returning to the courthouse where, from the bench where his killer was acquitted, a service of Holy Communion will be celebrated.
Further information can be found at: www.dioala.org.
Coming up Sunday, August 15, 2004...
NEW YORK - Summer Festival of Sacred Music continues with 11 a.m. Choral Eucharist and Missa Assumpta Est Maria by Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina at St. Bartholomew's Church, 109 East 50th St. (at Park Avenue), New York, NY 10022; 212.378.0200; www.stbarts.org. St. Bartholomew's Choir, Preston Smith, conducting.
A towering figure in the history of Western music, Palestrina was the master of late 16th century polyphonic composition and he was hailed as "the savior of church music." His musical output includes 104 Masses, many of which were composed while he was the maestro of the Cappella Giulia, the musical establishment of St. Peter's in Rome. Palestrina's Missa Assumpta est Maria represents the ideal for which Palestrina aimed throughout his life: musical fluidity and clarity in text setting with a complete command of polyphonic technique.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Day prayers this Sunday will remember Montana in liturgies at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016; 202.537.6200; www.cathedral.org. Preacher will be the Rev. Jessica Crist, Montana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Next Sunday, August 22: State Day prayers will remember Massachusetts; the Rev. Canon Alan Geyer, UMC, Canon for Ethics & Public Policy, preacher.
Washington National Cathedral also continues to honor "the Greatest Generation" with Veterans' Tours of War Memorial Chapel and other military-related features, now through Labor Day, and with the exhibit "Faith & Courage: U.S. Chaplains' Service in World War II," now through September 26, (Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m.) Rare Book Library Exhibit Room.
* Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday (11 Pentecost) will give thanks for the Most Rev. Emmanuel Musaba Kolini, Archbishop of Rwanda and Bishop of Kigali. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.