wfn.org | [ENS] World Mission Sunday set for February 26, 2006 (Daybook)

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Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

December 13, 2005 - Tuesday to Note & To Read

World Mission Sunday set for February 26

Theme is 'Anglican/Episcopal Women: Relevant, Radical and Responsive'

[ENS] World Mission Interpretation and Networks, an office within the
Anglican and Global Relations cluster, invites all Episcopalians
on February 26, 2006 to celebrate the mission and ministry of
"Anglican/Episcopal Women: Relevant, Radical and Responsive."

World Mission Sunday, celebrated every year on the last Sunday after
Epiphany, is a commemoration established by mandate of General Convention
Resolution 1997 A205 to help Episcopalians increase awareness of and
participation in global mission.

The 2006 theme was inspired by the work of Episcopal and Anglican women
from around the world who gathered at last year's meeting of the United
Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The endeavors of the Commission
are just one of many examples of how each Episcopalian can include and
celebrate world mission in the fulfillment of the mission of the church
"to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ."

Materials for congregational use will include a specially designed
poster, and a downloadable bulletin shell, bulletin insert, a sermon,
a homiletical note and other web site links. Propers for World Mission
Sunday are the same as the ones for Last Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary
Year B:

· 1 Kings 19:9-18

· 2 Peter 1: 16-19 (20-21)

· Mark 9:2-9

· Psalm 27 or 27:5-11

Also, a special DVD developed by Women's Ministries titled "Shall We
Gather" will be available.

For additional information on World Mission Sunday contact Tracy Andres
at 212.716.6226 or email tandres@episcopalchurch.org.

Note: The following titles are available from the Episcopal Book/Resource
Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017; 800.334.7626;
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/

FAITH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Belonging by Lucinda Mosher (Seabury Books,
New York, New York, 2005, 186 pages, $15.)

Faith in the Neighborhood explores what it means to live and worship among
the many faiths unique to America's neighborhoods. Each book in the series
illuminates the questions Christians have about other faiths-Judaism,
Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bahái, Zoroastrianism,
Afro-Caribbean religions, Native-American religions, Confucianism,
and Shinto.  Interwoven with interviews and personal stories, Belonging
is intended for interfaith education of all kinds. A quick guide to each
religion, a glossary, and recommended reading are included.

Lucinda Mosher holds a Th.D. from General Theological Seminary. She
serves on the Diocese of New York Episcopal-Muslim Relations Committee,
and teaches courses in World Religions, Islam, Christianity, and
inter-religious relations. Mosher lectures extensively in parishes
and coordinates the Neighbor-Faith Project, an initiative funded by
Trinity Grants.

STOP THE NEXT WAR NOW: Effective responses to violence and terrorism
by Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans (Inner Ocean Publishing, Inc., Maui,
Hawaii, 2005, 234 pages, $14.95.)

In an effort to stop the war in Iraq, a powerful global movement
demonstrated a passion for peace. Armed with insights from the trenches
and a vision for a world without war, more than 70 experts, scholars,
artists, activists, and journalists come together to stop the next
war now.

Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans are mothers, concerned citizens, and
lifetime leaders in the global peace movement. In 2002, they co-founded
CODEPINK: Women for Peace, online at www.codepinkalert.org.

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