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Daybook -- Today is Monday, June 5, 2006, in liturgical season of Pentecost. The Church Calendar remembers Boniface, archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, and Martyr (754 A.D.).
* 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 1834, Bishop Nathaniel Bowen of South Carolina formally consecrated Trinity Parish in St. Augustine, Florida. http://www.trinityepiscopalparish.org/
Note: There are eight days until the 75th General Convention opens June 13 in Columbus, Ohio. For information, see "Toward Columbus" reports [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens] and the website of the General Convention [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/53785_ENG_HTM.htm].
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Global mission grows churches
by Maurice Seaton, Episcopal Church Foundation
[ENS - Reprinted with permission] - Churches that have made the decision to grow must be outward-looking. Overseas relationships stretch us to encounter the unfamiliar and are an important part of church growth. The potential benefits and unanticipated spiritual rewards are limitless. We are called to live into Jesus' words to love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:31) -- yet we are often slow to reach out to Christians elsewhere in the world.
By sharing in the lives and ministries of others, we see God at work in new ways. Global mission is relationship-centered and results in renewed faith, stronger communities and a unified church. To make a difference in a world rife with need, we need each other.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_75280_ENG_HTM.htm
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Music: Mass setting to premiere at General Convention
Composition is tribute to ministry of Presiding Bishop
by Matthew Davies
[ENS] A new Mass setting, composed in honor of Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, will receive its premiere performance during the 10 a.m. Eucharist on Saturday, June 17, as part of the Episcopal Church's 75th General Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
Composed by Craig Phillips, associate director of music and composer-in-residence at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, the "Festival Eucharist" is structured in the same way as a standard Mass setting and includes the movements Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus, Christ our Passover, and Agnus Dei.
For Phillips, it was a great honor to be asked to write a piece for the entire church, and especially as a tribute to the ministry of Bishop Griswold whom, he says, he has never met, but has admired for many years.
The Rev. Canon Anthony Jewiss, deputy executive officer in the Office of General Convention, contacted Phillips in 2004 about writing the new Mass setting. Both agreed on music that would be accessible and easily learned by congregations throughout the Episcopal Church, while also being "a work of substance and musical interest -- one that would endure over time," Phillips said.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_75279_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "God of Our Mothers: Face to Face with Powerful Women of the Old Testament," new from Morehouse Publishing (an imprint of Church Publishing Inc.), by M. R. Ritley, paperback, 176 pages, $14.95
Morehouse Publishing:
http://www.morehousepublishing.org/booksmusicItemView.asp?bookID=13416
[Source: Morehouse Publishing] -- "Here's a new kind of Bible study: a lively, deep, personal look at some of the Old Testament's most powerful-and intriguing-women. From Sarah, who was unafraid to nudge God into action; to Hagar, whose courage and passion founded a whole nation; to Judith, woman and warrior whose faith saved God's people, readers will examine the stories of biblical women up close. As they to read between the lines, readers will learn to use Bible stories to throw light on the stories of their own lives.
Each chapter includes questions for discussion and reflection, making this an ideal parish study book, or the perfect volume for Lenten meditation.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800.903.5544.
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