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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1853, the first convocation of clergy and laity of the Episcopal Church in the Oregon and Washington Territories was held in Oregon City. http://www.diocese-oregon.org/history
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Weeks Ahead
HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina: Solo Flight Conference set for September 1-4
[ENS] -- The 16th Annual Solo Flight Conference for Episcopal Single Adults will be held September 1-4 at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
This year's theme is "Solo Flight and the Spirituality of Homing." The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Thomas Breidenthal, dean of religious studies and dean of the Chapel at Princeton University. He is the author of "Christian Households: The Sanctification of Nearness."
Registration is open through August for Kanuga's intergenerational conference for adults who are single.
Send an email to: Kcollierm@diolex.org; DavidWPerk@aol.com; or charlotte.vowan@episcopalsingles.org.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soloflightepis/ for more information on Solo Flight.
* SAN FRANCISCO: Parish to host Multicultural Festival of Sacred Song * FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: Celtic service set for St. Thomas'Church * HAYNEVILLE, Alabama: Annual Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage set for Hayneville * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cathedral State Day will honor Alaska * BENNINGTON, Vermont: Interfaith conference set on religion, disability
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77019_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
Anglican bishop shares in solidarity visit to people of Gaza
[Source: Caritas, Jerusalem] On July 29, Caritas Jerusalem's President Monsignor Michel Sabbah, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem -- accompanied by Bishop Munib Younan, head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and Bishop Riah Abu Al Assal of the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East, with other religious leaders -- visited the Gaza Strip to show solidarity with the people living there.
The solidarity visit began with the delegation seeking to enter the Gaza Strip from the Erez crossing point, but they were delayed for two and one half hours even though the religious leaders had secured entry permits in advance.
Gaza's Roman Catholic parish priest Manuel Musallam had arranged a full program which had to be cut short due to the delay to enter Gaza. The delegation was not able to visit the most recently devastated areas of Al Maghazi and Atatrah in North Gaza.
Full report: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77020_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Episcopal Clerical Directory 2005" from Church Publishing Inc., editor: Susan T. Erdey, 1036 pages, paperback, $70.
[Source: Church Publishing Inc.] -- The Episcopal Clerical Directory 2005 is the biennial directory of all living clergy in good standing in the Episcopal Church. The Directory includes full biographical information and ministry history for each cleric. The companion CD-ROM replicates the clergy biographical information, and hyperlinks to full information about the parishes and institutions in which the clergy serve. Clergy entries include e-mail addresses; parish and institution entries on the CD-ROM include e-mail addresses and websites.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800.903.5544.
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