National Thanksgiving Webcast, Broadcast Advertising Set
Episcopal News Service. November 17, 2004 [111704-1-A]
Extending an invitation to "Grow in Gratitude," the Episcopal Church will host a national Thanksgiving Day webcast and supporting broadcast advertising anchored from the Washington National Cathedral.
Featuring a welcome from Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and a sermon preached by Bishop John Chane of Washington, D.C., the webcast will present a liturgy of Morning Prayer and Eucharist reflecting themes that resonate with the uniquely American holiday that is Thanksgiving Day.
Set to begin Thanksgiving Day at 10am Eastern Standard Time, the pre-recorded webcast will be available throughout the holiday weekend at http://www.comeandgrow.org/, will reflect the same liturgical components to be observed in the live 10am Thanksgiving morning liturgy at the cathedral, located at Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues in Washington, D.C.
The program may also be viewed via satellite television through the coordinates: AMC 9, Transponder K14, Downlink Frequency 11980 Horizontal.
Planners are arranging the program with a view to a more widely aired Thanksgiving Day telecast in 2005.
This year, the Thanksgiving webcast and cathedral liturgy will also be featured in television broadcast spots to be aired Sunday, November 21, and Wednesday, November 24, on CNN Headline News and through its affiliated broadcast in some 42 major airports. A sample of the broadcast ad will be available soon online for previewing at http://www.comeandgrow.org/.
The service and webcast will be further featured in a newspaper advertisement in USA Today on Wednesday, which is known to be one of the heaviest travel days each year.
The newspaper ad further invites readers to attend Advent services beginning Sunday, November 28, in local congregations. The services of some 11 cathedrals and other congregations are featured in the print ad.
The webcast and liturgy, and the efforts to position the program for telecast next year, are the shared project of the Office of Communication at the Episcopal Church Center in New York, and the Public Affairs Office of Washington National Cathedral. Inquiries may be directed to the Church Center Communication Office at 800.334.7626, ext. 6138.
Coming up Thursday, November 18, 2004...
NEW YORK - Concert to feature music in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The 14-voice professional Choir of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, will perform a concert of music from across the ages in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will feature Thomas Tallis' rarely heard masterpiece Salve Intemerata Virgo (Mass and motet) and John Tavener's Magnificat (Collegium Regale), along with works by Cornysh, Victoria, Mendelssohn and Stanford. The choir will be conducted by Robert McCormick, organist and music director, and accompanied by Robert McDermitt, associate organist. Tickets: $30 standard, $20 student, available by calling 212.869.5830 ext. 25, or at the door (if available).
St. Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street, New York City, NY 10036.
Coming up Friday, November 19, 2004...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, a division of Freedom House in Washington, D.C., will lecture on "Does Islam Need a Reformation or a Counter-reformation?" at Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC), 490 Prospect St., New Haven. Marshall is general editor of Religious Freedom in the World: A Global Report on Freedom and Persecution (2000) and the author of Their Blood Cries Out: The Worldwide Tragedy of Modern Christians who are Dying for Their Faith. The lecture begins at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit http://www.gospelcom.net/omsc/ Contact: 203.624.6672, ext. 315.
SEATTLE, Washington - Concert to include 20th century organ music from the Cathedral traditions of England & France
Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, will host an organ concert Friday, 19 Nov. at 7:30 p.m. in which St. Mark's organ scholar Thomas Joyce will play a program of all 20th-century music from the great cathedral traditions of England and France.
Music by Jehan Alain, Marcel Dupré, Olivier Messiaen, Herbert Howells and Frank Bridge will be played on St. Mark's world-renowned four-manual Flentrop pipe organ. For the final piece, Joyce will be joined by organist Melody Chen for a performance of 'Martyrs', an organ duet composed by Kenneth Leighton.
Tickets, $20 standard, $15 students and seniors, available by calling: 206.325.6500 or on-line at: http://www.ticketwindowonline.com/. Contact Heather Hodsdon, Arts at Saint Mark's Administrator, at 206.323.0300 ext. 240 for more information.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Avenue E, Seattle, Washington.
Coming up Saturday, November 20, 2004...
FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania - American Red Cross holds "Thanks for Giving" blood drive
St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, will be one of 14 collection sites hosting the American Red Cross' blood drive on November 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The "Thanks for Giving" event will match each blood donation made at one of the 14 collection sites with a turkey given in the blood donor's name to a family in need. In addition, each blood donor will receive a limited edition lapel pin.
The goal of the "Thanks for Giving" event is to collect enough units of blood to build the blood supply for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. 1,200 people are needed to donate blood during Saturday's event. A list of the 14 participating collection sites can be accessed at: http://www.pleasegiveblood.org/.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Bethlehem Pike & Camp Hill Road, Parish House, Fort Washington, PA 19034.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - St Mark's Cathedral Choral Society, conducted by Raymond Johnston, will perform Gioacchino Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10; 12 and under free.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, MN 55403. Phone: 612.870.7800.
NEW YORK - Diocesan wide conference focuses on inclusiveness
"Many Tongues, One Language in Spirit," a conference on inclusiveness, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20 at St. James the Less in Scarsdale, New York, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost, which includes lunch and handouts, is $10 per person. Register on-line at http://www.dioceseny.org/ or contact Bea Price, 212.316.7408.
St. James the Less, 10 Church Lane & Crane Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Web site:
http://www.stjames-scarsdale.org/.
Coming up Sunday, November 21, 2004...
CHICAGO - Concert to feature Arabic and Eastern music
Church of the Atonement will host a concert of classical Arabic and Eastern music by the Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble on Sunday, Nov. 21, from 3 - 5 p.m. The ensemble is led by Hicham Chami. A reception in the church hall will follow the concert. Free-will offering will be accepted at the door. Proceeds benefit the music program of Church of the Atonement.
Church of the Atonement, 5749 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60660.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington National Cathedral will honor the State of North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 21, and invites everyone from the state to attend this special service
The North Carolina Congressional delegation, the Governor and other state elected officials, and religious leaders have been invited to participate in the service. The Rev. Maria Teresa Palmer, principal at David D. Jones Elementary Spanish Immersion Magnet School and founding pastor of Iglesia Unida De Cristo (United Church of Christ) in Orange County, North Carolina, will be the guest preacher. Bishop Clifton Daniel III of East Carolina and Bishop suffragan J. Gary Gloster of North Carolina will participate in the service. One participant will carry the North Carolina state flag, which will lead the magnificent procession to open the service, and the flag will remain on the chancel steps in the Cathedral for the following week.
For further information please contact the National Cathedral Association at Washington National Cathedral by calling 800.622.6304 or e-mail: nca@cathedral.org. If you plan to attend, please register on-line at: http://www.cathedral.org/exec/nca/MajorStateDay, or you may contact your NCA regional volunteer leaders in the state: Dr. and Mrs. Paul Carew (Pittsboro) at 919.545.0297 or Mrs. Betsy Overton (Aulander) at 252.332.8222.
Next Sunday, Nov. 28, State Day prayers will remember Louisiana.
ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday (Last Pentecost: Christ the King) will give thanks for the Lusitanian Church of Portugal and its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Fernando Soares. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.