Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Monday, July 9, 2007.
* Today in Scripture:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1228, Archbishops of Canterbury Stephen Langton died.
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Faith and Order conference to celebrate ecumenical movement, plan for future
[Episcopal News Service] Nearly 400 Christians will meet July 19-23 at Oberlin College (http://www.oberlin.edu) in Ohio to take stock of the Christian ecumenical movement in North America.
The Faith and Order Commission
(http://www.ncccusa.org/about/unityhome.html) of the National Council of Churches USA (http://www.ncccusa.org) (NCC) will celebrate its 50th anniversary by returning to the place where it was founded for a conference titled, "On Being Christian Together: The Faith and Order Experience in the United States."
Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, Anglican, and many others will gather for the conference. Theologians and religious leaders will assess the previous 50 years of the ecumenical movement in the United States as they think strategically about ecumenism in the 21st century, according to an NCC news release. Participating in the discussion will be nearly 100 theology students.
"We are extremely excited about this event and will be participating in it fully," Bishop C. Christopher Epting, the Episcopal Church's deputy for ecumenical and interfaith relations, told Episcopal News Service. "Ever since Episcopal Bishop Charles Henry Brent attended the World Missionary Conference on Faith and Order in Edinburgh in 1910 and then presided over the first World Conference on Faith and Order in 1927 held in Lausanne, Switzerland, we have been committed to this ecumenical endeavor. One of my own predecessors as ecumenical officer, the Rev. William Norgren, attended the 1957 Oberlin Conference on Faith and Order in North America. He will be joining us at this 50th 'birthday party' as well."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_87839_ENG_HTM.htm
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