Episcopal Life Online Newslink November 19, 2007
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Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - 'ONE Sunday,' HIV/AIDS focus of November 25 bulletin insert * TOP STORY - Full communion partners discuss Catholicity and Globalization, unite in mission * TOP STORY - Korean reunification needs churches' partnership, Grieves tells TOPIK peace conference * TOP STORY - In Seoul, Robertson preaches on the hope for peace * TOP STORY - Korea's Anglican Church shares Sunday services with TOPIK peace conference * DIOCESAN DIGEST - ROCHESTER: Diocese announces five nominees for eighth bishop * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Niagara diocese approves blessings for gay couples; bishop assents * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Toronto elects Linda Nicholls as suffragan bishop * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Queen, Duke of Edinburgh celebrate diamond wedding anniversary at Westminster Abbey * WORLD REPORT - WEST AFRICA: Liberia elects Jonathan Hart as diocesan bishop * PEOPLE - William Bradley Roberts named associate professor of music at Virginia Seminary * MULTIMEDIA - Image Gallery: Presiding Bishop visits Asia * FEATURE - Church blogosphere: fresh air or rhetorical smog? * FEATURE - On the road in China with the Presiding Bishop
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TOP STORIES
'ONE Sunday,' HIV/AIDS focus of November 25 bulletin insert
On November 25, the Episcopal Church and other faith communities in the U.S. celebrate ONE Sunday, a day of prayer and action on behalf of the Millennium Development Goals. The November 25 bulletin insert also includes information from the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition as World AIDS Day approaches on December 1.
Bulletin inserts are available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_8852_ENG_HTM.htm
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Full communion partners discuss Catholicity and Globalization, unite in mission
By staff
[Episcopal News Service] Members of the Church of Sweden, the Episcopal Church, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (the Philippine Independent Church), and the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht met for the second time around theme "Catholicity and Globalization: Being Catholic Churches in the Context of a Globalized World." The conference brought together these full communion partners November 12-16 at the new Desmond Tutu Center at the General Theological Seminary (GTS) in New York.
The group began on November 13 by reviewing the St. Martin's Statement -- written last year at Maassen near Utrecht -- with a response from Dr. Johan Hasselgren of the Church of Sweden (Lutheran), who came as an observer to the conference, and Fr. Eleuterio Revillido, a seminary dean from the Philippines. The Statement (released on the Feast of St. Martin of Tours in 2006) committed the group to work together "to understand about what it means to be catholic today, in the context of increasing globalization, technological interconnections, and the imbricated layers of many kinds of networks."
A major presentation, "Globalization as the Context for a Theological and Ethical Understanding of Catholicity," was made by Professor William Danaher from GTS and the response given by Dr. Franz Segbers of the Old Catholic Church in Germany.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91998_ENG_HTM.htm
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Korean reunification needs churches' partnership, Grieves tells TOPIK peace conference
By Neva Rae Fox
[Episcopal News Service, Seoul] Working in partnership for reunification of Korea "would be a significant witness of Christ's reconciling love for all humanity" the Rev. Canon Brian Grieves, director of Peace and Justice Ministries, told the international Anglican conference, Towards Peace in Korea (TOPIK), during a November 19 panel discussion in Seoul.
In his opening remarks, Grieves underscored the "chance for our churches -- especially in Korea, Japan, China and the United States -- to work in partnership for such a goal."
Episcopalians and Anglicans from throughout the Anglican Communion have gathered for TOPIK, a six-day conference organized in response to a 2005 Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) resolution calling for peace, reconciliation and reunification of Korea.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91983_ENG_HTM.htm
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In Seoul, Robertson preaches on the hope for peace
By Neva Rae Fox
[Episcopal News Service, Seoul] Preaching on the hope for peace at an international Anglican peace conference, the Rev. Canon Dr. Charles K. Robertson reflected on Psalm 79, repeatedly asking, "How Long, O Lord?"
Robertson, Canon to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, is a member of the Episcopal Church delegation attending the Towards Peace In Korea (TOPIK) conference in Seoul, South Korea. He preached at TOPIK's November 19 morning Eucharist, celebrated by Jefferts Schori.
"In the past few days, we all -- Koreans and other nationals alike -- have heard of the deep hurts that have been experienced by Koreans in both the South and the North," he said, "The cry of the Psalmist has been echoed in many of the statistics and stories that we have heard shared here. War, division, crime, suicide, a profound sense of helplessness: For all too many, the world appears dark indeed."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91956_ENG_HTM.htm
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Korea's Anglican Church shares Sunday services with TOPIK peace conference
By Neva Rae Fox
[Episcopal News Service, Seoul] Members of the Anglican Church of Korea (ACK) opened their hearts in peace and welcomed the international visitors attending the conference, Towards Peace in Korea (TOPIK), to their worship services on Sunday, November 18.
"The division between North and South Korea not only impacts politics, society and culture but it also seriously and adversely affects the integrity of our lives," ACK Presiding Bishop and Primate Francis Park said in his Gospel of Peace. "A bird needs two wings to fly, but if one wing is broken or damaged, the bird is unable to fly."
Park issued the Gospel of Peace to be read in all churches November 18 in honor of TOPIK, the Anglican conference gathered in Seoul to discuss peace and a unified Korea.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_91947_ENG_HTM.htm
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
ROCHESTER: Diocese announces five nominees for eighth bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_91993_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Niagara diocese approves blessings for gay couples; bishop assents http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91944_ENG_HTM.htm
CANADA: Toronto elects Linda Nicholls as suffragan bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91945_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Queen, Duke of Edinburgh celebrate diamond wedding anniversary at Westminster Abbey http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91990_ENG_HTM.htm
WEST AFRICA: Liberia elects Jonathan Hart as diocesan bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_91953_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE
William Bradley Roberts named associate professor of music at Virginia Seminary http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_91994_ENG_HTM.htm
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MULTIMEDIA
Image Gallery: Presiding Bishop visits Asia
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, during a 10-day visit to Asia, met with senior church officials in China, including Anglican-ordained Bishop K. H. Ting, and led a peace trip into North Korea before attending the international Anglican conference, Towards Peace in Korea (TOPIK), held November 17-20 in Seoul, South Korea. A selection of images from the Presiding Bishop's visit to Asia are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81991_91966_ENG_HTM.htm. Additional images will be added as they become available.
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FEATURES
Church blogosphere: fresh air or rhetorical smog?
By Sean McConnell
[Episcopal Life] They're like monks of old, scribing texts on Scripture and theology, prayer and meditation, church governance and liturgics -- topics that resonate with them and their experiences of faith in the current day.
They're bloggers -- writers of Internet weblogs ("blogs," for short) -- whose readers respond with comments for posting online.
Together they populate the "blogosphere," a communication environment that, spiritually speaking, includes content that comes as fresh air to some and rhetorical smog to others.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_91991_ENG_HTM.htm
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On the road in China with the Presiding Bishop
By Neva Rae Fox
[Episcopal News Service] Visiting two of China's major cities, meeting with church leaders and seminarians, and learning about the world's most populated country were the first steps in Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's nine-day journey in Asia.
Jefferts Schori traveled to Asia to lead an Episcopal Church delegation to the international Anglican peace conference, Towards Peace in Korea (TOPIK). Joining the Presiding Bishop were the Rev. Canon Brian Grieves, the Episcopal Church's director of Peace and Justice ministries; Peter Ng, partnership officer for Asia and the Pacific; and the Rev. Dr. Charles Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop.
Before arriving in Seoul, the delegation spent November 12-13 in Shanghai and Nanjing -- a time highlighted by a visit with the legendary Bishop K. H. Ting.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_92004_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm