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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@mail.epicom.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

January 26, 2005 - Week Ahead: Deadline approaches for Episcopal
committee
nominations

[ENS] Tuesday, February 1 is the deadline to send applications to be
considered as a nominee of the Executive Council, the General Board of
Examining Chaplains, the General Theological Seminary and the Church
Pension
Fund. A slate of candidates will be selected by the Joint Standing
Committee
on Nominations to stand for election at the 2006 General Convention in
Columbus, Ohio. Details about the process, including position
descriptions
and application forms, are available online at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/gc/ccab or by calling 800.334.7636,
extension
6325. Applications must be received or postmarked on or before February
1,
2005.

The official announcement in English, French and Spanish can be found
online
at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_54724_ENG_HTM.htm.

Coming up Friday, January 28, 2005...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Major Mardi Gras parades begin in New Orleans
Jan.
28 and continue each day through "Fat Tuesday," Feb. 8. The season will
include nearly 80 parades with routes through the city and suburbs as
well
as nearby towns.
	St. George's Episcopal Church, 4600 St. Charles Ave. in the Garden
District of New Orleans, hosts an annual Open House and Festival, Feb.
4-8.
Parade watchers can enjoy traditional Mardi Gras food, and have a "home
base" for carnival activities. Times are: Friday, Feb. 4, beginning at 4
p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.; Monday, 4 p.m.; and Fat Tuesday
beginning at 8 a.m. til after the last parade. For more information call
St.
George's at 504.899.2811.
	Grace Church, 3700 Canal St. is THE spot to watch the most
extravagant Mardi Gras parade, the Krewe of Endymion, which takes to the
street on Saturday, Feb. 5, beginning at 5:45 p.m. The church offers
parade-goers American and Hispanic cuisine from the church's portico.

NEW YORK - The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
(GTS)
will sponsor a roundtable discussion titled "After the Windsor Report:
The
Future of the Anglican Communion," on Friday, Jan. 28, at 7:00 p.m. The
program will bring together a distinguished panel representing a variety
of
viewpoints to consider the implications of the report, including
questions
such as: What is at stake for the Episcopal Church and the Anglican
Communion? How should the Episcopal Church respond? How might the
Anglican
Communion change?
	The panel will include: the Rev. Ian Douglas, Ph.D., Professor of
World Mission and Global Christianity at the Episcopal Divinity School;
Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama, Chair of the Theology Committee of the
House of Bishops; the Very Rev. Titus Pressler, Dean of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary of the Southwest; and Suffragan Bishop Catherine
Roskam
of New York, Anglican Consultative Council member.
	The moderator will be Professor Robert Bruce Mullin, sub-Dean for
academic affairs and professor of history and world mission. Professor
J.
Robert Wright, Saint Mark's Church in the Bowery Professor of
Ecclesiastical
History and Historiographer of the Episcopal Church, will offer
concluding
remarks.
	The event is free and open to the public and will be held in Seabury
Auditorium on the GTS campus. Although seating is limited, additional
seating will be provided in an adjoining room with a large screen video
of
the program. Further information: Helen Goodkin, 212.243.5150 ext 461;
toll-free 888.487.5649 or maprogram@gts.edu. Press inquiries should be
directed to Bruce Parker, parker@gts.edu or 212.243.5150 ext 285.
http://www.gts.edu.

SEATTLE, Washington - St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, will hold a Chinese
New
Year Celebration for the Year of the Rooster from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on
Jan. 28. The evening will feature a Chinese feast, dancing lions and
dragon,
games and entertainment. The official first day of the Chinese New Year
is
February 9, 2005.
	St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Avenue, Seattle, Washington. Tel:
206.323.0300. http://www.saintmarks.org.

Coming up Saturday, January 29, 2005...

ATLANTA, Georgia - The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta will host "A
Symphony of Sacred Texts" from in the Great Hall 7 - 8:30 p.m. on
Thursday,
Jan. 20. with a special look at God's answer to suffering and evil.
	The evening will offer an opportunity to find out what the
Torah,
Christian Scriptures, and the Koran say about various topics. Meet
Rabbis,
Christian Pastors, and Imams as they celebrate their Sacred Texts, and
enjoy
the company of the Atlanta Interfaith community. Guest speakers include:
Dr.
Laurie Patton, Emory University; the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, Emory
University
and Cathedral of St. Philip; and Iman Plemon El-Amin, the Atlanta Masjid
of
Al-Islam.
	Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, Georgia
30305.
Tel: 404.365.1000. http://www.stphilipscathedral.org/.

AUSTIN, Texas - St. Luke's on the Lake Episcopal Church in Austin,
Texas,
will host an event titled "The Bible, the Church and Homosexuality,"
from
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 29. The guest speaker will be Dr.
Robert A. J. Gagnon, faculty member and associate professor of New
Testament, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Further information: the
Rev.
Mike Wyckoff, 512.266.2455 or frmwyckoff@stlukesonthelake.org.
	St. Luke's on the Lake Episcopal Church, 5600 Ranch Rd. 620 N,
Austin, Texas 78732.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan - The sixth annual Interfaith Holy Day of
Peace
among the Religions of the World will be celebrated at a World Sabbath
service at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on
Jan. 29
at 7:00 p.m., with pre-service music beginning at 6:30 p.m.
	The service will feature speakers, leaders, and musicians from
Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Baha'i, Sikh, Native American, and
Latin
American cultures and traditions. Members of all faith communities are
invited to participate in this service to pray for social justice and
peace
throughout the world.
	The Interfaith Holy Day of Peace was an initiative begun by two
Episcopal priests, the Rev. Rodney Reinhart and the Rev. Edward L.
Mullins,
in 2000. In 2003, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church
officially
recognized the World Sabbath and recommended it as a model for the
church's
work for peace.
	Christ Church Cranbrook is located the corner of Lone Pine and
Cranbrook Roads in Bloomfield Hills. This event is free and open to the
public. For further information about the World Sabbath, call
(248)644-4210.

GLENDALE, California - The Southern California Ecumenical Council,
representing 18 denominations in the greater Los Angeles region, will
host
an ecumenical celebration of the Word of God at  4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan.
30,
at First Lutheran Church in Glendale, Los Angeles. Special music will be
provided. Everyone is welcome to this worship service and to a reception
immediately after in the fellowship hall. Clergy are invited to vest in
red
and process.
	The preacher will be Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, primate of the
Armenian Church of North America, Western Diocese. He has been a
seminary
lecturer on church history and came to California 18 months ago from
Canada,
where he served 17 years with the Canadian Council of Churches.
	First Lutheran Church, 1300 East Colorado Street, Glendale,
California.

HOUSTON, Texas - St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, will
host
an event titled, "The Bible, the Church and Homosexuality," from 9:30
a.m. -
12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29. The guest speaker will be Dr. Robert A.
J.
Gagnon, faculty member and associate professor of the New Testament,
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Further information: the Rev. Stan
Gerber,
281.351.1609.
	St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road, Houston, Texas 77056.

Coming up Sunday, January 30, 2005...

BOSTON - This week's Trinity Forum, "The Search Process for a New
Rector,"
will be presented by Albert G. Mulley Jr., Trinity Church's senior
warden,
at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, at Trinity Church, Boston.
	The search for a new rector at Trinity Church follows former rector
Sam Lloyd's call to become dean of Washington National Cathedral.
Further
information can be found online at:
http://www.trinityboston.org/about.asp.
	Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
Tel: 617.536.0944. http://www.trinityboston.org/default.asp.

SAN FRANCISCO, California - The Forum at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco,
will feature author-therapist Peter McGugan from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on
Sunday, Jan. 30, at Gresham Hall, on the Crypt Level of the Cathedral.
	"If you ever needed that extra push towards reaching your goals,
internationally recognized speaker, author and therapist Peter McGugan
is
here to help. Find out how you can tackle the obstacles in your way.
He'll
reference his latest book, 'When Something Changes Everything,' which is
a
personal and organizational guide for reinvention. Become the person you
want to be with Peter McGugan's easy-to-apply techniques and resources."
	Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St. (at Taylor St.), San Francisco,
California 94108. Tel: 415.749.6300. http://www.gracecathedral.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Day prayers this Sunday will remember Wisconsin
in
liturgies at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin
Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016;
202.537.6200;
http://www.cathedral.org/. The Rt. Rev. A. Theodore Eastman will be the
preacher at the 11 a.m. service. Next Sunday, Feb. 6: State Day prayers
will
remember California.

ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday
(Epiphany IV) will give thanks for the Diocese of Long Island (Province
II,
USA) and the Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, bishop; the Rt. Rev. Rodney Rae
Michel, suffragan bishop. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed
online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.