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[ELO] Newslink: Memorial eucharist for Northern Michigan Bishop James Kelsey set for June 8 / Senate


From "Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>
Date Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:17:49 -0400

Episcopal Life Online Newslink June 4, 2007

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Today's ELO Newslink includes:

* TOP STORY - Memorial eucharist for Northern Michigan Bishop James Kelsey set for June 8 * TOP STORY - Senate Committee to hear Presiding Bishop's concerns on global warming * TOP STORY - 'Hunger for wisdom and foolishness,' Presiding Bishop tells Seabury graduates * DIOCESAN DIGEST - ARIZONA: In Phoenix, first Sudanese church dedicated in joyful ceremony * DIOCESAN DIGEST - ROCHESTER: Nominations open for diocese's eighth bishop * FEATURE - Episcopal Café serves up nourishing spiritual food online * FEATURE - Monitoring sites important: Youth ministers connect with students on MySpace and Facebook

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TOP STORIES

Memorial eucharist for Northern Michigan Bishop James Kelsey set for June 8

By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] A memorial eucharist and celebration of the life of Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan Bishop James Kelsey will be held June 8 in Marquette, Michigan.

Visitation will be at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 201 East Ridge St. The memorial eucharist will be at 4 p.m. at St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, on the corner of College Street and Presque Isle Avenue.

Kelsey, 54, was killed in a road accident June 3, while returning to Marquette from a parish visitation. The accident, which remains under investigation by the Michigan State Police, occurred along what is known as the Seney Stretch in Alger County, about two miles east of Shingleton, Michigan on Highway M-28.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86541_ENG_HTM.htm

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Senate Committee to hear Presiding Bishop's concerns on global warming

[Episcopal News Service] Citing the need for immediate attention to serious issues of global warming, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will represent the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) at a June 7 Congressional hearing on global warming.

Jefferts Schori will testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at 10 a.m., Room 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building. The committee will hear from several leaders of faith groups in "An Examination of the Views of Religious Organizations Regarding Global Warming."

The Presiding Bishop, who in 1983 earned her doctorate in oceanography, approaches the issue of climate change from both scientific and theological perspectives. Her testimony to the Senate Committee notes the specific effects of climate change on those living in poverty. Jefferts Schori regularly emphasizes care for the environment as part of the Millennium Development Goals, affirmed within the Episcopal Church's current top mission priority.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86519_ENG_HTM.htm

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'Hunger for wisdom and foolishness,' Presiding Bishop tells Seabury graduates

By Constance Wilson

[ENS, Evanston, Illinois] God's foolishness is far wiser than human wisdom, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori told members of the 149th graduating class of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.

During her sermon at the June 1 commencement in Evanston, Illinois, Jefferts Schori urged graduates to keep on hungering for wisdom but not to expect to satisfy that hunger. "Your task is to encourage that hunger."

Jefferts Schori received one of five honorary degrees conferred during the commencement. Joining her as recipients of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree were Seabury alumnae Todd A. McGregor, who was consecrated as the first bishop of Toliara in southwestern Madagascar in 2006, and Bishop John Elswood Privett of the Diocese of Kootenay, Canada.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86530_ENG_HTM.htm

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DIOCESAN DIGEST

ARIZONA: In Phoenix, first Sudanese church dedicated in joyful ceremony http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_86520_ENG_HTM.htm

ROCHESTER: Nominations open for diocese's eighth bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_86500_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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FEATURES

Episcopal Café serves up nourishing spiritual food online Blogsite amplifies Church's cyber voice

By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] What do Fenway Park, a blue and gold oil rendering of Our Lady of Good Counsel's sacred spaces, international reaction to the Lambeth guest list, and reflections on William Countryman's "Living on the Border of the Holy" have in common?

They're all on the "menu" at Episcopal Café, a nexus that links the "Church of Baseball," Heidi Shott's reflections about the faithful in baseball and congregational venues, with Erin McGee Ferrell's sacred art, spiritual commentary, and breaking news. It presents, hopefully, a broader view of the Episcopal Church and conversation about all of the above, says Canon Jim Naughton, the café's founder.

A ministry of the Diocese of Washington in partnership with the Episcopal Church in the Visual Arts (ECVA), the café, http://www.episcopalcafe.com, is the church's latest effort at offering the faithful and seekers alike a cyber presence.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_86535_ENG_HTM.htm

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Monitoring sites important

Youth ministers connect with students on MySpace and Facebook

By Jackie Rider

[Episcopal Life] The Psalmist writes: "O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away."

Is God on MySpace?

One of the hottest Internet sites, with more than 100 million accounts and a demographic dominated by teens and 20-somethings, MySpace and its cousin Facebook have been discovered by youth ministers as ways to connect with youth. The social networking websites allow users to publish personal profiles and communicate with other users. Many leaders see them as places where students can open up to them.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_86506_ENG_HTM.htm

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