Episcopal Life Daily February 28, 2008
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Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:
* TOP STORY - Tanzania elects Valentino L. Mokiwa as primate * DIOCESAN DIGEST - ARKANSAS: Convention backs death penalty abolition; bishop offers new vision for diocese * DIOCESAN DIGEST - MISSOURI: Diocese opposes so-called Civil Rights initiative * WORLD REPORT - KENYA: Churches welcome agreement to end post-election crisis * PEOPLE - EDS Professor Fredrica Harris Thompsett to retire from full-time teaching * TEACHING - EDS Spring workshop to explore practice of 'radical welcome' on March 8 * MULTIMEDIA - The Rev. Stephanie Spellers presents 'Radical Welcome' * DAYBOOK - February 29, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * CATALYST - Great Music of Holy Week and Easter
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TOP STORIES
Tanzania elects Valentino L. Mokiwa as primate
By Matthew Davies
[Episcopal News Service] The Anglican Church of Tanzania has elected Bishop Valentino L. Mokiwa of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam to serve as its next primate.
Mokiwa will succeed Archbishop Donald Leo Mtetemela, who has served as primate since 1998 and will retire on May 25.
The election took place in Dodoma on February 28 during a special session of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Tanzania. Synod members came from Tanzania's 21 Anglican dioceses, with each diocese being asked to send five delegates -- a diocesan bishop, two clergy and two lay persons. Two dioceses -- Zanzibar and South West Tanganyika -- that are currently without a bishop sent only clergy and lay delegates.
Archbishop-elect Mokiwa will be installed in Dodoma on May 25.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_95318_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
ARKANSAS: Convention backs death penalty abolition; bishop offers new vision for diocese http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_95312_ENG_HTM.htm
MISSOURI: Diocese opposes so-called Civil Rights initiative http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_95329_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
KENYA: Churches welcome agreement to end post-election crisis http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95328_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE
EDS Professor Fredrica Harris Thompsett to retire from full-time teaching
[Episcopal Divinity School] Dr. Fredrica Harris Thompsett, Mary Wolfe Professor of Historical Theology at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will retire from full-time teaching. On Thursday, May 1, EDS will honor Thompsett with a panel discussion, Celebrating Courageous Anglicanism, moderated by the Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw of New College, Oxford.
The other panelists will include: Dr. Mary D. Donovan, leading historian of women in the Episcopal Church, and author of A Different Call: Women's Ministries in the Episcopal Church, 1850-1920; the Rev. Dr. Frederick Quinn, Episcopal priest and historian, author of more than 18 books, and retired senior foreign service officer who served embassies in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean; the Honorable Byron Rushing, State Representative of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1983, and an original sponsor of the gay rights bill and chief sponsor of the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public schools; and the Rev. Dr. Kevin G. Thew Forrester, ministry developer and rector of St. John's Negaunee and St. Paul's Marquette in the Diocese of Northern Michigan, and one of the founders of "Living Stones," the Ministry Development Collaborative, and LifeCycles, an adult formation resource. A reception will follow the discussion.
Since joining the faculty in 1983, "Thompsett has proven herself to be a brilliant teacher, an astute administrator, a dramatic preacher, and a constant friend," an EDS news release said. "As a distinguished scholar and captivating lecturer, she has offered a variety of popular classes and continuing education programs. As academic dean (1986-1999), Thompsett challenged EDS to uphold its high academic standards, and recruited most of the current faculty. A veteran of innumerable national and international Episcopal committees and boards, she has been one of the primary ambassadors of the school for the past 25 years."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_95316_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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TEACHING
EDS Spring workshop to explore practice of 'radical welcome' on March 8
[Episcopal Divinity School] Episcopal Divinity School (EDS), in partnership with a collaborative of faith-based educators and trainers, is offering continuing education workshops on leadership and community development during the 2008 spring semester.
Led by area faith leaders known for their ability to build community at the intersection of spiritual growth and social justice, these workshops offer brief theory presentations that serve as a springboard for individual and group exercises designed to help participants develop an understanding of strategies and skills for strengthening the calling of all God's people. The two remaining workshops in the series, Leading Transformational Communities will take place on March 8, and April 5.
Led by Stephanie Spellers and Arrington Chambliss, Creating Radically Welcoming Communities, the second spring workshop, explores the practice of "radical welcome" for individuals and communities, which is embracing the transforming power and presence of "The Other." This workshop will also guide participants through the practices of preparing communities for change, especially reckoning with the fear of change. The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_95314_ENG_HTM.htm
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MULTIMEDIA
The Rev. Stephanie Spellers presents 'Radical Welcome'
[Episcopal Life] Spellers, an Episcopal priest and Cox Fellow and minister for Radical Welcome at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, Massachusetts, presents her book: Radical Welcome: Embracing God, the Other, and the Spirit of Transformation. The presentation, which formed part of a February 8 book signing at Catalyst Café and Books in New York City, is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm
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DAYBOOK
On February 29, 2008...
* 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 February 29, 1604, John Whitgift, the Anglican archbishop who attended Queen Elizabeth I on her deathbed and crowned James I king of England, died.
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CATALYST
"Great Music of Holy Week and Easter" from Church Publishing, Inc., by the Choirs of St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, CD, c. 1997, $18
[Source: Church Publishing, Inc.] Old and new hymns from The Hymnal 1982 for Palm Sunday through the season of Easter.
This recording treats the listener to a musical journey from Palm Sunday through the Triduum into Easter and its season of fifty days. It features six of the choral ensembles of the Cathedral which engage children, youth, adults, amateur and professional musicians, as well as the renowned Compline Choir, and a variety of instruments and arrangements. The organ is a 1965 installation by the Dutch firm of D. A. Flentrop. All is ably performed under the direction of Dr. J. Melvin Butler, Organist and Choirmaster; with Dent Davidson, Music Associate and Cathedral Liturgist; Roger Sherman, Associate Organist; and Dr. Peter R. Hallock, Canon Precentor Emeritus.
Track list:
1. Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! 2. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 3. The Royal Banners Forward Go 4. All Glory, Laud, and Honor 5. Sing, My Tongue, The Glorious Battle 6. Sunset to Sunrise Changes Now 7. O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded 8. Were You There? 9. Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain 10. Love's Redeeming Work is Done 11. Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing! 12. The Day of Resurrection! 13. The is the Feast of Glory 14. Alleluia! Alleluia! Give Thanks 15. Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary 16. Come Away to the Skies 17. Now the Green Blade Riseth 18. The Whole Bright World Rejoices Now 19. At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing 20. Christ is Alive! 21. Look There! the Christ, Our Brother, Comes 22. This Joyful Eastertide 23. Jesus Christ is Risen Today
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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm