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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@mail.epicom.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

February 2, 2005 - Sunday focus: Theological Education and World Mission

[ENS] 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
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 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.