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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Episcopal News Service: Diocesan Digest

* TEXAS -- Payne named to Communion-wide Panel of Reference
* LOS ANGELES -- Conference for young people of color interested in
ministry

* NEW YORK -- Episcopal and Interfaith Communities help abolish death
penalty
* WASHINGTON, DC -- 'Orwellian nightmare' for seafarers, says panel
* MISSOURI - Diocese celebrates 7/10ths Sunday to benefit the MDGs
* TEXAS - Adams receives honorary degree from Episcopal Seminary of the
Southwest
* WASHINGTON, DC - Peterson, first Canon for Global Justice and
Reconciliation
* EAST TENNESSEE - Clayton leaving diocese June 30 after 15 years of
service

* MAINE - Knudsen sets sail to celebrate first Anglican service in North
America

TEXAS -- Payne named to Communion-wide Panel of Reference

-- The Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne, former Bishop of Texas, is one of 12
international clergy and lay leaders named to the Anglican
Communion's new Panel of Reference. The panel is empowered to "enquire
into,
consider and report on situations drawn to [the Archbishop of
Canterbury's]
attention where there is serious dispute concerning the adequacy . . .
of
delegated or extended Episcopal oversight or other extraordinary
arrangements which may be needed to provide for parishes which find it
impossible in all conscience to accept the direct ministry of their own
diocesan bishop or for dioceses in dispute with their provincial
authorities.." The first meeting of the panel will take place during the
summer to establish its operational model. The panel will consider only
those items referred to it by the Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Primate
of
the Anglican Communion, in cases where mediation is sought by the
Primate.
Payne continues to consult with dioceses throughout the Communion as
well as
other judicatories, to establish new visions of growth and evangelism.

Full details:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/39/75/acns3986.cfm

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LOS ANGELES - Calling young people of color interested in ministry

[ENS, Source: Diocese of Los Angeles] -- "Am I Called," a conference for
young people of color who are interested in exploring the
possibility of entering the ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church,
will
hold its fourth bi-annual conference June 24-26 at the Cathedral Center
of
St. Paul, 840 Echo Park Avenue. Registration is free, and open to
Episcopalians ages 18 to 28. It is limited to 30 participants. "Am I
Called"
is sponsored by the Episcopal Dioceses of Los Angeles, Massachusetts and
Ohio.

Further information: http://www.diomass.org

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NEW YORK -- Episcopal and Interfaith Communities help abolish death
penalty

[ENS, Source: Diocese of New York] -- April 12 marked a day of victory
for
those opposed to the death penalty - on that day, the New York state
assembly effectively abolished the death penalty in New York State. The
Supreme Court of the United States declared many death penalty statutes
unconstitutional in 1972 and the sentence was removed from New York
state
law.  In 1995, more than 20 years later, a new death penalty statute was
signed into law.

Full story by Nicole Seiferth: The Episcopal New Yorker May/June issue

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WASHINGTON, DC -- 'Orwellian nightmare' for seafarers, says panel

-- Civil liberties and basic human rights of seafarers clash with the
facts
of post-9/11 life at sea.  That was the message at a daylong dialogue on
May
23 in Washington, D.C called "Strategies for our Seafarers." The forum
was
part of a National Maritime Week
observance that began with a service at the Washington National
Cathedral.
The Rev. David Mesenbring presented the results of a survey of U.S. port
support for seafarers' missions called "Caring for Crew."  Mesenbring
highlighted the many ways in which port agencies support missions with
land
and facilities support, as well as volunteers.

Further information: http://www.namma.org

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MISSOURI -- Diocese celebrates 7/10ths Sunday to benefit MDGs

[ENS, Source: Diocese of Missouri] -- The Global Reconciliation
Commission
(GRC) of the Diocese of Missouri is asking congregations to set aside
July
10 as 7/10ths Sunday to call attention to the Diocesan Convention's call
for
individuals, congregations, and the diocese to set aside 7/10ths of one
percent of their income to benefit the Millennium Development Goals (see
http://www.edow.org/news/ens01052004.html) to fight poverty, disease,
and
hunger on a global scale. Guest speakers and preachers are being
coordinated.

For details contact: The Rev. Michael Kinman Mkinman@juno.com; Tammy
King
tsking@wulaw.wustl.edu and Deb Goldfeder DGoldfeder@aol.com

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TEXAS -- Adams receives honorary degree from Episcopal Seminary of the
Southwest

[ENS, Source: Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest] -- Jerry Adams, lay
leader in the Diocese of Arkansas and the University of the South,
received
an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the Episcopal Seminary
of
the Southwest at its commencement ceremony on May 17. The commencement
sermon was preached by his brother, the Rev. Dr. William Seth Adams, who
will be retiring from the seminary after 23 years on June 30.

Full coverage: http://www.etss.edu/Comm05.shtml

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WASHINGTON, DC -- Peterson first Canon for Global Justice and
Reconciliation

[ENS, Source: Diocese of Washington] -- The Rev. John Peterson, former
secretary general of the Anglican Communion, was
installed as the Washington National Cathedral's first Canon for Global
Justice and Reconciliation. Peterson, who served 10 years as secretary
general of the Communion, accepted the position after 12 years as dean
of
St. George's College in Jerusalem.

Full details:http://www.edow.org/news/window/june2005/global.html

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EAST TENNESSEE -- Clayton leaving diocese June 30 after 15 years of
service

 -- Alice Clayton, canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of East
Tennessee,
is leaving the diocese on June 30.  She and her husband Bob Honea are
relocating to the Washington, D.C. area. Clayton, who served the diocese
for
15 years, was diocesan executive for communications and editor of the
East
Tennessee Episcopalian. Her successor, the Rev. Stephen Askew, assistant
rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, was appointed by
Bishop Charles vonRosenberg. He will begin his new duties on September
1.
Full details: http://www.etdiocese.net

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MAINE -- Knudsen sets sail to celebrate first Anglican service in North
America

-- On June 12, Bishop Chilton Knudsen will commemorate the 400th
anniversary
of the first Anglican service in North America by sailing out to an
island
on a 17th Century replica boat to conduct a service. Descendants of the
island's founders and members of the nearby mainland congregations will
be
present.

Further information: http://www.diomaine.org/

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