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[ENS] Weekend: March 6 panel to feature Edelman,


From "Matthew Davies" <mdavies@mail.epicom.org>
Date Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:59:35 -0500

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

March 2, 2005 - Weekend: March 6 panel to feature Edelman, U.N.
commission
delegates

[ENS] Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund,
will
be the keynote speaker for a worldwide panel of Anglican women on
Sunday,
March 6, from 3 - 5 p.m. in Synod Hall at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, New York. The event, to which the public is invited, forms part
of
the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's 49th session.

"Repairing the World: Anglican Women's Faith in Action" will feature a
panel
discussion moderated by Archdeacon Tai Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, Anglican
Observer at the United Nations. The panelists include prominent women
from
Fiji, Brazil, Ireland, Kenya and India speaking on the work they do to
empower women and how they see this as an issue of peace and justice,
central to the mission of the Anglican Communion. They will also address
how
their faith has informed their work, hoping to encourage those in the
audience to also begin "repairing the world" in any way they can. The
presentation will be followed by a reception.

Further information can be found online at:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/uncsw.htm.

Coming up Friday, March 4, 2005...

ATLANTA - Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town will speak about
the
UN's Millennium Development Goals from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at St. Luke's
Episcopal
Church, Atlanta, on Friday, March 4.
The MDGs offer the world a way to cut global poverty in half by the
year 2015, with their aim to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,
achieve
universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women,
reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and
develop
a global partnership for development.
Ndungane speaks from a place of profound personal experience and
passionate international leadership on these issues and will be in five
U.S.
cities to help launch grassroots networks that have global impact.
The evening is free and open to the public and will include the
opportunity to purchase Ndungane's book, "A World With a Human Face: A
Voice
>From Africa," with proceeds going to the support of MDG efforts.
For more information, contact the Rev. Canon Debbie Shew at
404.601.5320 or dshew@episcopalatlanta.org (The Episcopal Diocese of
Atlanta) or Katherine Avery, 404.873.7624 (St. Luke's Church).
Further information about the Millennium Development Goals and
grassroots efforts to meet them can be found online at www.e4gr.org.
St. Luke's Church, 435 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308.
http://www.stlukesatlanta.org.

Coming up Saturday, March 5, 2005...

ATLANTA - In recognition of the finished remodeling of the Cathedral of
St.
Philip and the Episcopal Center in Atlanta, the fifth annual Ministry
Fair
will be held at the cathedral on Saturday, March 5, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Workshops on liturgy and music will be offered, along with a wide
variety of other topics such as congregational growth and development,
outreach, stewardship, justice issues, Christian education and many
more.
Information on specific workshops and registration is available
online at: www.episcopalatlanta.org. Those attending can go to as many
as
three workshops during the day, view displays, visit the Cathedral Book
Store in its new home and enjoy lunch, chatting and sharing stories with
Episcopalians from all over the diocese.
For questions on the Ministry Fair, contact Linda Scott at
404.601.5353, 800.537.6743 or Lscott@episcopalatlanta.org.
The Cathedral of Saint Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, NW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30305. http://www.stphilipscathedral.org/cont.html.

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania - The Princeton Singers, directed by Steven
Sametz,
will perform a concert of sacred and secular music at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday,
March 5, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Presented by Music and the Arts at Trinity Church and supported by
many individual donors, the concert will feature music by 17th century
composers Banchieri, Gesualdo, Monteverdi ("Lamento d'Arianna"), and
Schein,and music of the 20th and 21st centuries by Carter, Ravel,
Sametz,
and others. Admission is free admission. Further information: Lorenz
Maycher at lorenz@trinitybeth.org or call 610.867.4741.
Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
http://www.trinitybeth.org.

FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania - On Saturday, March 5, the Rev. Dr. Robin
Griffith-Jones will offer the seminar "From Jesus to Paul, Resurrection
and
the Life of Angels" from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at St. Thomas' Church,
Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, as part of the Center for Spiritual Inquiry
series, spiritual formation seminars which will bring in well-known
religious speakers from around the region, country and overseas.
Griffith-Jones, master of the Temple at the historic Temple Church
in London, will explore Paul's unique contribution to Christianity.
Based
upon his recently released book, "The Gospel According to Paul,"
Griffith-Jones will focus on how people can undergo Paul's
transformation
and rediscover and live his mission today.
The goal of the seminars is to stimulate spiritual growth,
understanding and wisdom to clergy and members of the Diocese of
Pennsylvania and residents of the extended community surrounding the
Church.
All are welcome.
St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania.
http://www.stthomaswhitemarsh.org.

Coming up Sunday, March 6, 2005...

BOSTON - This week's Trinity Forum, "Prayer & Politics," will be
presented
by David Gergen, professor of politics, Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, at 10:15 a.m. in the Church. The well-known
political
commentator offers his reflections as a Christian on the place of
spiritual
practices, like prayer, in the shaping of the political life of the
United
States.
This week's Sunday Night Forum, "Gospels: Why Four?" will be held
from 4:30-5:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, in the Commons of Trinity
Church,
Boston. The Sunday Night Forum series during Lent, "Dust Off Your
Bibles:
Basic Bible Literacy," will be a short course on the greatest love story
ever told. The series will be conducted by parishioner H. Mark Smith,
who
promises these sessions will be "less about dumping data, and more about
unlocking mysteries."
Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
Tel: 617.536.0944. http://www.trinityboston.org/default.asp.

CHICAGO - Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and three other
seminaries of
the Association of Chicago Theological Schools are hosting a series of
interactive workshops for worship planners and leaders this spring.
Worship
Alive! will be held at the United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse
Ave,
Chicago from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on March 6 and May 1.
The March 6 event features Cynthia Winton-Henry, cofounder of
Interplay, a practice and philosophy dedicated to reawakening
playfulness,
passion and purpose through stories, movement, voices and stillness of
individuals. Winton-Henry teaches at the Pacific School of Religion in
Oakland, California, and is author of Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart
and
Spirit Together Again at Last.
United Church of Rogers Park, Chicago. Contact: Mark Bowman at
773.728.8274.

SAN FRANCISCO, California - "Faithful at the Border" will be this week's
Forum at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, featuring Catholic priest, Fr.
Daniel Groody, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 6, at Gresham
Hall,
on the Crypt Level of the Cathedral.
"The promise of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was
to bring modernization and prosperity to working-class Mexicans, but has
that dream come true? Groody is a Catholic priest who has been working
for
many years along the border between the United States and Mexico. He has
witnessed the transformation of the area over the past five years with
the
creation of huge manufacturing facilities, known as maquiladoras, and
the
increasing pressure along the border to control undocumented
immigration...
Groody has tended to the spiritual needs of these workers, and tells
a compelling story of people struggling to make better lives for
themselves."
For more information about this event please call 415.749.6360 or
email Larry Bisagni at larryb@gracecathedral.org. Grace Cathedral, 1100
California St. (at Taylor St.), San Francisco, California 94108. Tel:
415.749.6300. http://www.gracecathedral.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington National Cathedral will honor the State of
Illinois on Sunday, March 6, and invites everyone from Illinois to
attend a
special service at 11 a.m. The Illinois Congressional delegation, the
Governor and other state elected officials, and religious leaders have
been
invited to participate in the service. St. George's Episcopal Church
Choir
of Belleville, Illinois, under the direction of Dr. Nancy S. Ypma, will
sing
a choral prelude to the service beginning at 10:30 a.m. Civil Rights
pioneer, labor leader and pastor, the Reverend Addie L. Wyatt, pastor
emerita at Vernon Park Church of God in Chicago will preach. The Rt.
Rev. Keith L. Ackerman, bishop of Quincy, Illinois, will be celebrant,
with
the Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean of the Cathedral, as
concelebrant.
Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues
Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016; 202.537.6200;
http://www.cathedral.org.

ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday
(4
Lent) will give thanks for the Diocese of Matabeleland in Central
Africa.
The Rev. Wilson Sitshebo, bishop. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be
accessed online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.

Coming up Monday, March 7, 2005...

NEW YORK - The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, will offer a
workshop, "Overcoming the Limits of Faith-based Responses to Hunger,"
from
7 - 9 p.m. at the Cathedral House on Monday, March 7. This workshop will
be
helpful for those interested in starting a feeding program or currently
running one.
Participants will include Joel Berg, executive director of the New
York
City Coalition Against Hunger; Stephen Weyer, director of Outreach
Mission,
St. Francis Xavier Church; Hiram Bonner, director of the Harlem
Community
Kitchen, Food Change; Aine Duggan, vice president of Government Relation
Policy and Research; and Cassandra Daigle, coordinator for Beyond
Emergency
Services and Feed The Solution, Cathedral Community Cares.
The workshop is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated.
For
more information, please contact the Rev. Patti Welch at 212.316.7474 or
pwelch@cathedralnyc.org.

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