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MAR.CH 26. 2006 · THE UYlNG CH UR.CH 3 SUNDAY'SREADINGS
Light-Saturated A User's Guide to Baptism and Confirmation '... come to the light ... ' ( John 3:21) Christopher L. Webber A helpful guide FourthSunday in Lent,March 26, 2006 for newcomers BCP:: 2 Chron.36:14-23, Psalm 122, Eph. 2:4-10, John 6:4-15 and longtime RCL:Num. 21 :4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Eph. 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 Episcopalians. With text from The The readings from the two language, knew that we were created Book of Common lectionaries, which are usually pretty for such luminosity. Prayerand running close, are today all over the biblical John does not have the Eucharist at commentary on map. However, Ephesians is in the last supper. Instead we find his facing pages, common and holds the rest together. Eucharistic theme here in chapter 6, in readers will deepen Paul says that we are "created in the feeding of the five thousand. Paul their understanding of the sacraments Christ for good works" (Eph. 2:10). says we are saved through faith. It is of Baptism and Confirmation. John expresses the same idea by the not our own doing. It is a gift from paper $9.95 theme of light. In effect those who God. (Eph. 2:8) Just as all are invited walk in the light are those who do to sit on the grass and eat freely as a Baptismal Shell good works . Just as Moses lifted up gift, all are invited to the banquet in the serpent in the desert and the the kingdom to freely participate. This 4" keepsake people lived, the Son of Man must be Think of the kingdom as near and shell dish is lifted up that we may have eternal life not in terms of the afterlife. We have adorned with (Numbers 21:9 and John 3:14-15).John the gift of the banquet and thereby are a baked-enamel goes on to make clear that this eternal saturated with light so that we may go Episcopal shield in blue, red, white, life is characterized by light. "But into the world to spread light by good and gold. A thoughtful gift for those who do what is true come to the works. We are not saved by the works the newly baptized, parents and light, so that it may be clearly seen but it is who we are, light-saturated godparents. Gift boxed. that their deeds have been done in people. We can do nothing else but gold plate $14.95 God." (John 3:21) Our deeds are shine. Paul and John may use different characterized by saturated light. Paul vocabulary, but they were thinking Holy Baptism Booklet in turn, with his more philosophical along the same lines. The approved service from The Book of Common Prayer, this remembrance booklet features a LookIt Up white embossed Read from the Book of Common Prayer (pp. 285-287)the Lighting of the Paschal cover with shell Candle and the Exsultet for the themes of Christ the light, eternal life, light given design, lettering, to us to enlighten our deeds. and border in blue HOit foil. Parchment HAP! IS,\I presentation and certification pages ThinkAbout It to record names of At the end of our Eucharistic service we are dismissed to go out into the world. How seriously do we take our role as light-saturated people, freely gifted the baptized, parents, at the banquet lawn with luminosity? Does our light shine Monday through and godparents. Includes envelope. Saturday? paper $3.95
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MARCH 2(,. 200G · THE LIV ING C H URC H 5 NEWS
WestTexas Installs Bishop With the symbolic passing of the Bishop Lillibridge, 49, was elected crosier, the shepherd's crook that Bishop Coadjutor at a special council marks the bishop as the head of the on Oct. 11, 2003, and was ordained a flock, leadership of the Diocese of West bishop during the annual diocesan Texas passed to its ninth bishop during council on Feb. 21, 2004. Since then he a festive ceremony at First Baptist has been serving under the Rt. Rev. Church in San Antonio on Feb. 23, part James Folts, who became diocesan in of the scheduled activities during the February 1996. Bishop Folts' retirement annual council meeting. became effective Jan. 31. The Rt. Rev. Gary Richard Lillibridge In his sermo n, Bishop Lillibridge now assumes guidance for the 92 con acknowledged that he was receiving a gregations of the diocese, which covers "remarkably healthy diocese in this day 60 counties and 69,000 square miles in and age" from Bishop Folts. The latter South Central Texas. The first bishop of is credited by many with holding the what was then the Missionary District diocese together following the 2003 of Western Texas, the Rt. Rev. Robert W. General Convention. B. Elliott, came in 1874, traveling as far The Church must "find a way to man as he could by rail. He apparently was age our internal conflicts in ways that undaunted by his reception, which our Church does not become a danger ~farjorie Oeorge/Tlw (.,,'/1111rh ,\fr '1r .,; photo included pistol shots from exuberant ous place for people, " Bishop Lillib Bishop Lillibridge , who was invested Feb. 23 as the ninth Bishop of West Texas, receives the his cowhands riding through the town , fir ridge said. toric crosier that was given to the third Bishop of ing into the air. Marjorie George West Texas by the clergy of the diocese. ACCChairman Doubts Full Attendance at Lambeth'08 The chairman of the Anglican Con ham, England, in June 2005. Polynesia), which balances the inter sultative Council (ACC) expressed Bishop Paterson told THE LIVING ests of Maoris, Polynesians, and Pakeha doubts on March 6 about whether the CHURCHhe had decided during the Not (whites) . "We work very hard so that Lambeth Conference of 2008 will occur tingham meeting that he needed to majority-and-minority issues don't as planned . apologize to both the Anglican Church arise," he said. "Regardless of numbers, "A lot depends on who is invited," of Canada and the Episcopal Church. all are equal." Bishop John Paterson of Auckland, "[Presiding Bishop] Frank Griswold While Bishop Paterson addressed the New Zealand , told the International immediately picked up on it and gave International Committee, council mem Committee of the Episcopal Church's me the series of dates when this council ber Louie Crew pointed out that Bishop Executive Council. "If the Bishop of would meet," Bishop Paterson said. Paterson's province was the first in the New Hampshire is invited, we've been During his address to the council, Anglican Communion to prepare a rite told many bishops will not come. If he's Bishop Paterson called for the Church for same-sex unions. Dr. Crew asked not invited, how many of you will to develop a theology of inclusion, Bishop Paterson why his province come? How many of us will come?" which he stressed would include tradi seems less fearful of discussi ng sex During a regularly scheduled meeting tionalists. than many other Anglican provinces. in Philadelphia, Bishop Paterson also "I'd like to see a win-win situation "It's just that the world is so far from expresse d doubts about the next Lam which the whole American church us," Bishop Paterson deadpanned. "Our beth Conference because, unlike Lam could agree to," he told TLC. "Ameri influence takes a long time to perme beth 1998, the planned conference will cans sometimes make decisions in a ate." not have as much financial assistance way that pushes people toward con "If Americans could learn to play available for bishops from impover formity." rugby and cricket, many of the prob ished nations. lems of the Anglican Communion could Earlier in the day, Bishop Paterson 'All are Equal' be solved," said Bishop Michael Ingham apologized to members of Executive Bishop Paterso n said his notion of a the Executive Council liaison from the Counc il for how delegates from the gospel of inclusion arises from his Anglican Church of Canada, prompting Episcopal Church were treated during Anglican province (the Anglican laughter. the 13th meeting of the ACC at Notting- Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Douglas Leblanc
6 THE LIVING CHURCH · MARCH 26. 2006 AbortionRights Affiliation Opposed The 75th General Convention will be Christian morality." Speaking on a point asked for an up-or-down vote on the of personal privilege, Fr. Allen said the recent decision by the Executive Coun Executive Council decision to join on cil to approve membership for the behalf of the Episcopal Church served Episcopal Church in an abortion rights to "preempt dialogue, further dividing organization. an already polarized Church by taking On Feb. 11, clergy and lay delegates away one more plot of middle ground to convention in the Diocese of San upon which we could meet and seek in Diego asked General Convention, charity to persuade one another." which meets June 13-21 in Columbus, With the deadline for filing diocesan Diw r's!' qf Ant.sir:man a phot o Ohio, "to confirm or deny" the Execu convention resolutions having already St. Michael 's Church, Ambilobe, Madagascar , has tive Council decision to join the Reli expired, Fr. Allen asked the standing assumed responsibility for planting a new church on land gious Coalition for Reproductive committee and the bishop and council donated by members of the local Muslim community. Choice (RCRC) on behalf of the Epis of the diocese to "give prayerful con copal Church. That decision was made sideration to disassociating the Dio during a regularly scheduled Jan. 9-12 cese of Tennessee from this unwise MuslimsDonate Land meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. Although and unwarranted action." the resolution approved by delegates in Disassociation from membership in for AnglicanChurch San Diego took no position on abortion the RCRC has already occurred in the Members of the Muslim community itself, debate on whether to disassoci Diocese of Springfield. On Feb. 11, the in a suburb of Ambilobe , Madagascar , ate from the Executive Council deci diocesan council approved a resolu have donated land to the Anglican Dio sion is under consideration in at least tion "on its own behalf and on behalf cese of Antsiranana in the Province of two other dioceses. of the Diocese of Springfield" to disas the Indian Ocean. The Rev. Patrick Allen, rector of St. sociate from membership in the RCRC. "I could not believe my ears," the .Joseph's, Hendersonville, Tenn., told Under the canons of the Diocese of Bishop of Antsiranana, the Rt. Rev. the annual convention in the Diocese of Springfield, the council is authorized Roger Chung, said in an official release Tennessee that he was "profoundly to act on behalf of the diocese when published by the telecommunications troubled" to learn he was supporting an the diocesan synod is not in session. department of the Anglican Commu organization "which promotes an act The Diocese of Springfield held its nion Office. "But God's ways are not we believe to be gravely contrary to annual synod Oct. 28-29. our ways , and his thoughts are not our thoughts, says the Book of Isaiah ." According to the chairman of the A Callfor More Effortto ReverseDecline new parish, Diogene Mahavavy, the The Episcopal Church's accelerating mission, and tum away from distrac Muslim community donated the land numerical decline can only be reversed tions like ongoing disputes and looming aft.er becoming aware of the difficul through an organized , broad-reaching international meetings." ties that the Anglicans were having in effort, according to the Standing Com Using data and analysis presented obtaining a plot of land on which to mission on Domestic Mission and Evan during the past two years to Executive build a new suburban church. gelism. In a draft version of its report to Cow1cil, the commission attributes the The people of An1bilobe are from the 75th General Convention, the com majority of the numerical attendance the Ant.akarana tribe, which is pre mission is requesting that bishops and decline to systemic factors rather than dominantly Muslim, Mr. Mahavavy deputies reaffirm the Church's commit General Convention's steps to norn1al said, but evangelizat.ion in the region ment to doubling average Sunday atten ize homosexuality . has resulted in many families having dance by the year 2020, the so-called The commission report said renewal both Muslim and Christian members; 20/20 initiative. is still possible, and a significant por mutual support is common. "We are very disappointed that after tion highlights successful initiatives in The new church will be the daughter all this time, all this passion and con planting new congregations, developing church of St. Michael's, Ambilobe. Two cern, in the face of continuing decline, vital existing congregations , making predecessors of Bishop Chung are so many diocesan bishops have not churches more welcoming to future buried on the grounds of St. Michael's. even begun to have these conversations generations of Christians , pastoral lead The Anglican Church of the about mission, evangelism, new starts ership training, improved communica Province of the Indian Ocean contains and new opportunities," the report said. tion, better research, funding, and seven dioceses in Madagascar, Mauri "Bishops, please tum your attention to reconciliation training. tius and the Seychelles.
MARCI ! 2(, 2110,,· Tllf . LIV IN G CIIU RCH 7 PresidingBishop Faults U.S. Policy for Cuba'sMisery
Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold of your magnificent cities and infra blamed Cuba's misery on U.S. foreign structure to mins, and cut off Cuban policy from the pulpit of Havana's Holy families from the support-financial Trinity Cathedral on March 1. The Ash and othe1wise - of their loved ones in Wednesday homily in Spanish con the United States." cluded a six-day pastoral visit to the Cuba's state news agency reported Anglican Church in Cuba. Bishop Griswold also met with Cuban "I have been saddened to see the suf President Fidel Castro on Feb. 28, not fering caused by the policies of my ing the meeting took place in a cordial country's government," Bishop Gris and respectful manner. wold said. "The Episcopal Church in Bishop Griswold issued no public the United States strongly opposes the comments on the persecution of Cuban blockade against Cuba. In the four Christians during his Havana visit. In decades of its existence, the blockade 11nh \\'illi;1111s!E\IS ph•>lo September the Cuban government has done little except exacerbate the Bishop Griswold (center) celebrates the Eucharist passed new laws cracking down on during a six-day pastoral visit to the Diocese of suffering of the Cuban people." Cuba, which was founded by Episcopal Church evangelical and Pentecostal Christians, Bishop Griswold said U.S. policies missionaries in 1871 and is now independent. beginning a new round of jailing of have driven wedges an10ng the people church leaders and banning unsuper of Cuba, "wedges that are profoundly at medical programs during his visit and vised home churches. odds with the scriptural call to unity condemned the U.S. embargo, which he among all people in Christ." said, "has helped fuel inhumane poverty Episcopal News Service contributed to He praised Cuba's educational and among your people, brought large parts this report.
RochesterDiocese Seeks Damages From Rector, Vestry The Diocese of Rochester on March 6 McKelvey inhibited Fr. Harnish for six The statement said the diocese is announced at a press conference that it months effective Jan. 26 after "careful, willing to withdraw the complaint if the will be asking the New York State prayerful discussion and deliberation" parish leadership twns over the prop Supreme Court, Monroe County, to with the standing committee . erty and records and "take responsibil award it the property and records of the "We had hoped to come to an ity for dissolving the secular forn1er parish of All Saints' Church, arrangement for receiving keys to the corporation that is All Saints' Protes Irondequoit, N.Y.,as well as w1specified property and the records of people's tant Episcopal Church." personal damages from the fonner rec lives - baptisms , confirmations, mar The 35-page complaint contains nine tor and vestry. riages, burials, and financial records - different causes of action, including In November the Rochester diocesan without taking the action we have trespass and breach offiduciary duty by convention voted to tenninate the All today," the diocese said in a prepared the parish leadership . All Saints' will Saints' parish charter . The parish has statement. "But after repeated requests, defend itself, according to Raymond continued to hold regular worship serv the former rector and leadership con Dague, a lawyer retained by the parish. ices, claiming affiliation and episcopal tinue to deny us access to both property He said the diocesan decision to ask a leadership from the Anglican Province and records, while continuing to meet secular court to confiscate private resi of Uganda . The Rt. Rev. Jack M. in the space without our pemlission." dences was vindictive and meant as a warning to other dissenters. Tensions between the diocese and AdditionalCandidate in EasternMichigan All Saints' began shortly after the 74th An additional candidate for election May 6 and assunling sufficient consents General Convention when the parish as bishop coadjutor has been nomi from bishops and deputies to General announced its intention to withhold its nated by petition in the Diocese of East Convention, the consecration is sched apportionment payment in protest over ern Michigan. The Rev. Todd Ousley is uled for Sept. 9. The Rt. Rev. Edwin M. the diocese's support for the consecra missioner for congregational develop Leidel, Jr., first Bishop of Eastern Michi tion of the Bishop of New Hampshire ment and clergy deployment for the gan, has announced his intention to and for permitting liturgical blessings of diocese. The election is scheduled for retire by the end of the year. same-sex unions.
8 TH E 11\'ING Cl IU RC H · M1\R CH 2(, 2006 The Tentmaker Tradition Small churches have long benefited from bi-vocational clergy
By James L. Lowery, Jr.
The Episcopal Church is a small-church denomination if one looks at the size of our congregations. Large parishes and their more famous clergy usually get more coverage in the media, so most people forget about our denomina tion's many quiet, small places. Now and then we hear "small is beautiful ," but usually not in the context of the Church . .,i, Small churches can be defined as having fewer than 120 conununicants . Th~t includes all the churches classified as "family-sized," e.g., an average Sun day attendance of fewer than 50 people, and most of the ''pastoral-sized" '-parishe s-betw een 50 and 150 each Sunday. Two-thirds of the Episcopal htifth's parishes fall into this category, but they serve just one-quarter of the
: .µlation. Larger parishes represent just one-third of Episcopal congrega 0 n,sin number , but they serve three-quarters of the people. The life-dynamic of small Episcopal churches is of real significance. They have few organizations or committees (unlike the United Methodist Church, where every church has a minimum of six). Compared to their large church counterparts , small church parishioners are more involved, worship more reg ularly and are better at stewardship in percentage of income. When a problem arises, Jim tells Kathy who tells Mary Ann and they round up their family and friends. The problem usually is solved without fuss or feathers, not becaus e these parishioners are more pious or religious. They just need to be pra ctica l. But the financial problems of small churches are deep and real. At the out ( set of World War II a budget of $25,000 could support a full-time cleric, upkeep of the church edifice, church hall, and the rectory or vicarage. By the 1990s, the figure needed was between $350,000 and $400,000. Most small churches, unless they have help from their "dear departed ," cam10t hack it in the old way and the old style. They need to look for alternatives. Various approaches have been adopted . Virginia Theological Seminary and Sewanee have for many years offered special courses on the life and ministry of the small church. Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine, used a good deal by Vermont, Maine, and other savvy dioceses, caters to small church ordi nands, with noted faculty from Baptist, Congregational , and Anglican churches (U.S. and Canadian). Aside from seeking clergy with specialized training, some small churches look for a "tentmaker ": a priest who undert akes secular work in order to finance a church ministry or assignment. These clergy are descended directly J ro~ the apostle ~aul, who financed hi_smissionary journeys ~round the ,s · of the Mediterranean Sea by gomg to the marketpla ce m each town and up his tentmaker shop where he could sell his wares and at the same 1me do evangelistic work with the Gentiles. On the Sabbath he evangelized the Jews in the synagogues. Samuel Seabury, the first American Episcopal bishop , for many years earned most of his keep as a physician-even for a time as surgeon to the British forces on Long Island . Modem "bi-vocationals " thrive on this type of multitasking , balancing church, a secular job , and family life. In this they are not so different from non-clergy families who often need to take on the same kind of juggling act. The tradition of the priest-farmer has continued from the second ce the present, and it still flourish es in the small villages of Greece. The revival in the Anglican tradition was due to some fantasti c individ f~ British missionary Roland Allen, who survived the Boxer Rebe whose classic writings i :uenced,several generations in the missi i ,I The late Rev. H. Boone Porter was A star graduate of Roanridge's first a cleric who, in the 1970s, had one class was the Rev. David Brown of foot in the 17th century and the other Montpelier, Vt., who was created in the 21st. Before becoming editor of canon missioner by the loving and THELMNG CHURCH, Canon Porter savvy Bishop Harvey Butterfield. served in the 1970s as the final direc Canon Brown created the 12-church, tor of the Roanridge Training Insti three-cluster Northeast Kingdom Min tute, formerly one of the National istry, then the five-church Middlesex Town-Country Church Training Insti Area Ministry in Shoreline, Conn., tutes. Seminarian trainees at these and the Greater Hartford Cluster institutes spent half their time study before his retirement. Today, after ing rural sociology at Park College more than 46 years of ordained min near Kansas City and the other half istry, he serves a tiny "alternative" milking cows, pitching hay, repairing congregation in Rhode Island. tractors and harvesting at Roanridge The innovation and practicality of Farm. The venture turned out highly these visionaries can inspire new gen trained and experienced regional erations to continue to bring vitality supervisors who could enable and to small churches. Long live these oversee numbers of tentmakers and congregations, with all their peculiari part-time local clerics, as well as ties, the grand people, and the vari- effectively empower and encourage eties of their priests. D lay involvement. Some institute graduates founded The Rev. James L. Lowery, Ji:, Old clusters of small churches coordi Lyme, Conn., is a retired priest and nated by regional supervisors, and the author of Bi-Vocationals. between 150 and 200 such arrange ments still exist today. Bishop William Gordon of Alaska drank deeply of the renewal literature and teachings of Canon Porter, then ordained Inuit and Athabascan "sacramentalists." They concentrated on celebrating the Eucharist while other church members in the all-Epis copal villages parceled out among themselves the remaining non-sacra mental functions of the parish, including administration, Christian education, and pastoral care. GUEST COLUMN
TheMailbox Medley While the editor is away on sabbatical, it has It's something we are committed to doing fallen to me to by to keep up on correspon every week, but we're always on the lookout dence and read through the mountains of mail for story ideas. Don't be shy about sharing - diocesan newspapers , parish newsletters, your parish 's success stories with us. angry broadsides, haiku submissions - that ''The magazine should cover all that is tak arrive each day addressed to him . It's been par ing pw ce -in those congregations that have left ticularly eye-opening to read the responses we the Epis copal Church . The Episcopal Church receive on the "VoiceYour Opinion" forms that is not the whole story. " subscribers receive with their renewal notice. Many readers thin k we already give In the public interest, I thought I'd reply to a depart ed congregations too much coverage. Did You Know ... small sampling of the compliments and criti This is an issue that we will continue to wres cisms we receive, along with suggestions to tle with in the months ahead. The Rev.Canon Yamily improve the magazine. Let's get the bad news Finally, we receive our share of pats on the out of the way first: back, too: Bass-Choatewas named "The free-floating anger [ of ''If it were not for TLC I oneof Glamourmagazine's the letters ] is not helpful. would have lost my f ait h in 10 "Womenof the Year" Acknowledge the letters but don't 'Mother Church' long ago. I promise to publish them." don't get out as much as I for 2005 for her rescue We make no promises to pub would like so the magazine work in Mississippiduring lish. And as David has mentioned in some respects is like par HurricaneKatrina. before, you should see the letters ticipating in a study group we don 't run. on many subjects. " "Get a stranglehold on the post That's a great comp li office. My issues go astray , arrive late, and ment. There are a lot of forun1s these days are frequently mangled." where you can get all sorts of viewpoints on Quote of the Week We're working diligently to address this what's happening in the Church, but we do our TheVery Rev. Robert Taylor, best to offer a reliable, weekly sU111111ary( daily issue because our fulfillment manager shares a nomineeto become your feelings. In fact, the last time she got a on the website) that can tie together news, stranglehold on the post office, it took two of analysis, and opinion into a neat package. Your Bishopof California,on our larger staffers to pry her hands loose. participation is always welcome, whether it's a HoustonVoice.com:"I am a "I feel I am reading som ethin g from the feature atticle, opinion piece, or letter. Join the gay man,but that is just 1890s." conversation . You'll be happy to know we still have a lin1- "The issues at this General Convention part of God'shumanity. The ited quantity of those "Parking for Episco promis e to be extremely complex. You are nextstep is for peopleto palians Only" hitching posts in our stockroom. pois ed to do us a great service in accurate lookat the totalityof the ''Do you have to use 'Rev. ' on the mailing rep01ting and help in sortin g out what it personand notjust one label?" means." We hope to introduce the "H.R.H." title Everyone associated with TLC underst:ands asset." option soon, and expect it to be wildly popular. what a privilege it is to serve in this capacity. One reader listed as his pet peeve "editorials We are already dealing with many of the issues and smatt - stuff that only divides us," but in advance of Convention, and plan to offer at1 went on to list the letters to the editor as one unpreced ented level of coverage in Colun1bus, of his favorite sections of the magazine. with continuing reports and analysis after Another reader wished we could do without ward. "all of those pictures of bishops wearing ''Sometimes an article is a little flaky but a,t mitres." I'm afraid it's a challenge for even the least it serves as a means to see how some hardest working paparazzi to photograph the people are thinking. " princes of the Church wearing their Nascar We all need to see how the other half lives caps. once in a while. Keep those cards and letters Some recent respondents offered their sug coming! gestions on areas of improvement: "Cover those parishes that are grow ing and Micha el O'Loughlin is director of associated healthy. They are out there." publications.
MARCH 20, 2006, THE LIVING CHUR CH 11 EDITORIALS
California'sChoices The decision by the bishop search committee of the Diocese of Cali fornia to include two partnered homosexual priests - a lesbian and a gay man - among its slate of five nominees to become the next bishop of the diocese has significantly raised the already high level of tension within the Church. Despite many warnings that relationships at all levels of the Anglican Communion would be fractured, the leadership of the Church chose to move forward with the consent to the Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson's If inclusivenessis election at the 2003 General Convention. No one could possibly be sur prised by further repercussions if this action is repeated in June. The trulyan objectiveof the Episcopal Church has been asked to refrain from electing or consecrat ing any non-celibate homosexual persons as bishop until the Commu Dioceseof California, nion as a whole approves these consecrations as being consistent with Christian teaching. The election of a partnered homosexual bishop now thosewho will electthe will be seen as irrefutable evidence that the Episcopal Church has cho sen to ignore the primates' recommendations, including the recent nextbishop should warnings of the Archbishop of Canterbury , and walk apart from the rest of the Communion. carefullyconsider Representatives of some advocacy groups have commended the search committee for its "inclusiveness" in the process. If inclusiveness whichcandidate will be is truly an objective of the Diocese of California, those who will elect the next bishop should carefully consider which candidate will be accept acceptableto the able to the largest number of believers. In a diocese with one of the high est concentrations of Asians and Pacific Islanders, for example, the largestnumber of election of a homosexual bishop could compromise the diocese's ability to effectively evangelize within these communities. believers. Advocacy groups have also hailed the search committee's willingness to face what they have characterized as undue negative pressure from outside the diocese - which presumably includes the primates . But if the election of Bishop Robinson has taught us anything, it is that the selection of a bishop is never simply an internal matter for a single dio cese. Bishops serve the whole Church, and what the Church teaches and models has a profound effect on all faithful Christians. Both of the nominees in question have enjoyed successful ministries at the parish level. St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, where the Very Rev. Robert Taylor serves as dean, has reportedly enjoyed considerable growth since his arrival in 1999. The Rev. Bonnie Perry has led a remark able revival at Chicago's All Saints' Church. A struggling mission when she arrived in 1992, it has grown from 35 attendees to an average Sun day attendance of 220. But in spite of their admirable works, their choice to live in non-marital sexual relationships with presumed physi cal expression is clearly at odds with Lambeth Resolution 1.10. Disobe dience of the Church's plain teaching would, logically, preclude a candidate from a position of magisterial authority. Then there is the question of how General Convention might respond to such an election. It would , of course, be a contradiction for conven tion to agree to faithfully comply with the Windsor Report's require ments while giving consent to the election of a persons in a partnered homosexual relationship . Yet such a result is not outside the realm of possibility. In some ways, the announcement of California's slate feels like 2003 all over again. The secular press is once again bandying words like "split" and "firestorm." The news media are ready for what might hap pen in Columbus . Is the Church ready?
12 T H E LIVIN G CHURCII · MARCH 26. 2006 READER'SVIEWPOINT
StandingWhere We Belong The pulpit should be used for the sacred purpose for which it was designed: preaching the word. ◊ By Robert M. Mitchell ~ There 's a movement on, ever so quiet and subtle , of the preaching of the word to its rightful ~~~/ toward the neglect of one of the most important pieces place. Unfortunately, as .nth most reform 1u], of furniture in our chancels - the pulpit. movements , extremes crept in, so that now it Priests are coming down out of their pulpits to be on was the pulpit that was high and lifted up. For Jf n the same level as the people. They submit that there's a example, in the free-church non-liturgical tra- r;=::;::;, positive symbolism in that. But I want to go beyond the dition, the high center pulpit becan1e pro mi- w•LJI symbolism and propose the wisdom of staying in the pul nent, the a!IN was replaced with a .A_ ~ll pit, and doing there that for which the pulpit was communion table below the pulpit - 1~ ~ 15 designed, and tl1ey were trained to do. who said the placement of furniture ' Critics of pulpits derisively refer to them as "the clergy doesn't send a message? - and the j~ - crutch," "the coward 's castle," and "the parson's palace." pews were often placed in a half- ,~ V ~=-" Some preachers like to give the impression that being circle amphitheatre position , 0 t O ~ "with the people" opens up the possibility of dialogue resembling an auditorium. n~ii?n O rather than strict monologue. Yet with fingers crossed, we These "preaching stations" U U live in fear of any such interruption taking place, and pray were an extreme, but they were Q'EJ[1 that the Spirit will leave us to our task and not interfere. rooted in the people's desire to E::1E::lt:::1 There are several reasons why the minister should not hear a good, well-prepared ser- leave the pulpit. The bulk of the congregation doesn't mon from their shepherd-preacher . have a good view of their pastor at floor level, and like In one of the parishes I served, there was a wise his or her vision of the congregation is impaired set of stairs with eight steps leading to the pulpit ; any from the floor, so he or she tends to preach to the wor one afraid of heigl1ts would be dizzy before reaching the shipers in the first four pews. The pulpit also invites a top. Standing on that holy spot, looking out over the con more formal style of preaching for which the minister gregation , I knew I'd better have some life-enhancing must devote hours of preparation and give up settling for message to give to God's spiritually thirsty people. What telling a hodge-podge of folksy stories and calling it a a responsibility. sermon. I daresay our homiletics professors are spinning When I was in seminary in the 1960s, students in their in their graves. part-time parishes began moving furniture around, plac The pulpit is a sacred place, dedicated to the preach ing the altar back where it belonged, and the pulpit and ing of the word. It was designed and built for preaching, lectern to the same level on either side. The days of the and no other task takes place there. It should be left extreme altar position of the pre-Reformation and the intact and used for that purpose. Most of our Episcopal pulpit of the Reformation were over. The pendulum had churches are masterpieces of architecture, housing swung back to the center and now a balance seemed to some of the most creatively designed and constructed make the most sense. This helped to bring about a pulpits - genuine works of art that seem to call out, change and renewal in church architecture that "This is a special place given up for the hearing of the enhanced the service of worship. word of God." But a new threat has come to the pulpit. When minis ters vacate this sacred vessel of the gospel, it becomes Before the Reformation dark and empty, and that may say more to the people The pre-Reformation altars were central, high and than any homiletical attempt, however sincere, given on lifted up, with an emphasis on the sacerdotal nature of the ground floor. Pastors are the only members of the the sacrament in worship . Pulpits , on the other hand, congregation qualified to preach in the true sense of the were relegated to a place of lesser significance , if in evi word . Let us do it in the place provided for that holy act. dence at all. The service of word and sacrament became 0 the service of the sacrament, and the preaching of the word suffered . The faithful suffered most of all, how 17ie Rev. Robert M. Mi.tche/1,a rnti1"ed minister of the ever; they rarely heard an honest-to-goodness sermon. United Church of Christ, served parish churches for 35 Enter the Reformation, and the return to the elevation years . He lives in St. Augustin e, Fla.
The Reader's Viewpointa rticle does not necessarilyrepresent the editorial opinion of THE UJl,G C Hur::cH or its board of cl!rectors.
M/\1\ CH 26. 2006, TI it LIV IN C CHLlll C I I 13 Areyou reading THE IMNGCHURCH to keepup on news surroundingthe General Messiah} \ I Conventionin 2006? ·,, / Three clteei:s.ier "the Bishop of Western Kansas. In his letter [March 12] he If not,now's your chance to receiveyour own turns the spotlight on an evil everyone sees but no one does anything about. copyof the onlynational, independent weekly Is it possible to conceive a more magazineserving the EpiscopalChurch. unchristian and anti-scriptural method Is it possible to conceivea more Youcan count on usto deliverthe news,features of governing a portion of the Church of andcommentary to keepyou informed and God than our own General Convention? unchristian and anti-scriptural enlightenedEVERY WEEK, but especially BEFORE, In comparison , all our other debates method of governing ... than DURINGand AFTER over biblical authority seem almost the 2006convention. trivial. But we are not likely to do any- our own General Convention? thing about it. General Convention is Thereis no the only thing that holds the Episcopal Church together. Because it is our life bettertime blood, the Church will either continue to hemorrhage until the body politic of the to subscribe Episcopal Church passes away or God will raise up someone to staunch the flow and find some more Christian, more scriptural way of governing ourselves. thanNOW! A passionate idolatry of pseudo-democracy, worship of glamour and glitz, and pride of material wealth still hold sway among those who govern the Episcopal Orderwith MCNISA Church . Only a messiah sent by God will change it - or perhaps a turning to the Toll-Freeat 1-800- Messiah we have already been sent. in the form below. (The Rev. Canon) John H. Heidt Canon Theologian to the Bishop Fort Worth, Texas
The statements on General Conven lines" in the debate about stem cell tion by Bishop James Adams of the research and calls instead for "ethical Diocese of Western Kansas on General reflection ." It's too bad she did not Convention were both prescient and take her own advice. insightful. In an era of instant commu Stem cell research holds the prom nications , it would be better to hold ise of developing cures for such con General Convention every four years ditions as Alzheimer's , Parkinson's , rather than every three. Such an strokes, and many others. The usual arrangement would save millions of source for the cells is from the IVF Name______dollars , which could be better utilized procedure, through which a million on social and educational programs. mothers have borne children they Address.______The latter might include increased could not otherwise have had. Some financial support for our archives , City______times more embryos are created than seminaries , and libraries; our educa are implanted , and when the IVF tional mission would be enhanced by process is successful , the excess State____ Zip.___ _ the establishment of endowed chairs embryos are stored. If the couple in different disciplines at our seminar decides they do not wish to use or Phone{_) ______ies. donate these extra embryos, the Makechecks payable to: I call upon our leadership to reflect embryos would be destroyed. If, on the statement of Bishop Adams and instead, these embryos can be made TheLiving Church Foundation to use our resources in a more pro available as a source of stem cell P.O.Box 514036 ductive and rewarding manner . research , life-giving healing may ulti (Th e Rev.) Warren C. Platt Milwaukee,WI 53203-3436 mately take place. (There is also New York, N. Y another process , called nuclear trans fer, which seeks to generate stem cells ReasonedDiscussion Needed by combining a person's DNA with an unfertilized egg.) Contrary to the I was severely disappointed in the implication in the article, these proce article "Unholy Gain," by the Rev. Bon dures are light-years removed from nie Shullenberger [TLC, Feb 26]. She any effort to "clone" a child. decries "sensationalism and head- Ms. Shullenberger somehow man-
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The position includes reaching the required courses in New Testament land ofUz (Job 1:1). against child abuse and homelessness , Survey and Greek (two semesters each) as well as elective (The Rev.) Charles F. Sutton, Jr: died of pneumonia Jan. 30 at George courses. The person appoint ed. whether ordained or lay. \viii Trinity Church town University Hospital. be expected to participate regularly in the seminary's daily Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she graduated wo rship in the Anglo -Catholic tradition. Rank and compen Whitinsville, Mass. sation are negotiable. For further detail s contact: The Very from National-Louis University in Evanston , Rev. Robert S. Munday, Ph.D., Dean/President, Ill., and was ordained deacon and priest in Nashotah House, 2777 Mission Road, Nashotah, WI Not FooledThis Time 1991 after she received a mast er of divinity 53058. The deadline for applications is April 15. 2006. degree from the Virginia Theological Semi For those of us filling the role of nary. 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Send letter of interest, includes country breakfast, ONLY 35 minutes to Augusta. resume, references. current recording demonstrating choral DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY: Christ Church. a call (803) 648-1817 Mon - Fri. for reservations and addi conducting and organ technique. brief statement of personal vibrant. 2500-member Episcopal congregation in downtown tional information. philosophy of church music to: Chairman. Organist/Choir Raleigh, NC. is seeking a Director of Youth Ministry.We place E-mail: gravatta:uest@mindspringcom - master Search Committee. St. John's Episcopal Church, great emphasis on nourishing the faith and ministry of our 906 S. Orleans Ave., Tampa, FL 33606 . Phone: (813) 259- young members. and we are looking for someone who will 1570; E-mail: [email protected]; Visit: share that passion and commitment.Th e job will be full-time in RUSTIC CABINS in the Black Hills of SD. In National wwwstjohnstampa.org. a collaborntive work enviromnent. and compensation and ben Forest: near Mt. Rushmore. Custer State Park. Call Dio efits will be comp.,titive. Applicants should send a cover leuer. cese of South Dakota at (605 ) 338-9751 or go to resume. and a list of references to The Rev. John D. Rohrs at www.diocesesd.org/camp_remington.htm. [email protected] or 120 E. Edenton St., P.O. Box 25778, Raleigh, NC 27611. POSITIONS OFFERED CLERGY OR LAY LEADERS. interested in seeing the world for FRE E'' England , Greece, Turkey, the Holy FULL-TIME ASSISTANT PRIEST: We need an enthusias Land. Ethiopia. and more! Contac t Journe ys Unlimited . FULL-TIME DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY: St. tic. energe1ic and hard-working priest 10 help in all our min E-mail journeys@groupjstcom or call 800-486-8359 Mark's Episcopal Church in Jackso111,ille, FL. is actively istries. but esp.,cially with children. youth and young adults. ext 205, 206 , or 208. seeking a full time Director of Youth Ministry to implement. ·Ne have an active parish program and a 356-student day lead and grow the Youth Ministry Program. Qualified candi school. We offer a great place to Iive and serve. a congregation dates should possess a passion for Christ. youth. and ministry. !JI] of loving and supportive people. a fair compensation pack Please send inquiries and resumes to Amv Slater at age, and an opportunity to make a difference. If you are inter [email protected]. · este 18 THE LIVING CHURCI I · MARCH 26. 2006 SARASOTA, FL BOSTON, MA ASHEVILLE, NC CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER THE CHURCH OF THE ADVENT CATHEDRAL OF ALL SOULS (Biltmore Village) 222 South Palm Ave. (Downtown) (941) 955-4263 30 Brimmer Street 02108 (617) 523-2377 3 Angle St. (828) 274- 2681 Website : www .redeemersarasota.org www.theadvent.org Email: office @theadvent .org www.allsoul sc at hedral .org E-mail: [email protected]; The Rev. Allan B. Warren Ill , r: the Rev. Patrick T. Gray; Eric Sun H Eu 8, 9, 11 :15. Wed noon , 5:45; Tues EP 5:30 The Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson, r; the Rev. Richard C. Hillegas , pastoral assistant for youth Marsden , asst.; the Rev. James E. Hedman , asst. ; the Rev. Sun MP 7:30, Ch S, 10:15; Masses 8, 9, 11 :15 (Sol High); Mon Ferdinand D. Saunders , asst. Fri, MP 9; Mass 12:15 (except Wed); EP 5:30: Wed, Mass 6: RALEIGH, NC Sun Mass 7:30 (said), 9 & 11 (sung), 2 (Spanish Mass) ; Sat Sat, MP 8:30, Mass 9, C 9:30 ST. TIMOTHY 'S 4523 Six Forks Rd (919) 787-7590 Mass (Contemporary) 5:30; Mon - Sat Mass 1o daily, Wed The Rev. Jay C. James , r: The R. Martin Caldwell , asst Mass 7:30, Thurs Mass 5:30; Daily MP 8:30. (except Sun), Sun MP 8:30, HC 9 (said),11(sung); Daily EP 6 Daily EP 5:15 KANSAS CITY, MO OLD ST. MARY 'S 1307 Holmes (816) 842-0975 STUART, FL www .stmaryskcmo.org SELINSGROVE , PA ALL SAINTS 129 N. Market (570) 37~289 ST. MARY 'S 623 E. Ocean Blvd . (772) 287-3244 Masses: Sun 8 Low; 10 Sol. Call for schedule. Sun Mass 10 (Rite I). Weekdays as announced (R~e It) The Rev. Thomas T. Pittenger, r: the Rev. David Fran Sacrament of Penance by appt. coeur , assoc r; the Rev. Holly Ostlund , asst r; the Rev. Jonathan Coffey , the Rev. Canon Richard Hardman , the LAS VEGAS, NV Rev. Peggy Sheldon, assisting; Allen Rosenberg , organist CHRIST CHURCH 2000 S. Maryland (702) 735-7655 & choir dir 1 mil e off strip christissavio [email protected] WELLSBORO, PA Sun Eu 7:30, 9, 11, 5. 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Bob Tally , r CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 539 Kapahulu Ave. (#13 Bus end of line from Wa ikiki) Sun H Eu 8 & 10:30: Wed. Healing Service 7, Sat. Contemp . CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD (361) 882-1735 Sun Masses 7, 9 (Sung); MWF 8 (5th Sun 8 only) Service 6 700 S. Upper Bro adw ay www.cotgs.org The Rev. Ned F. Bowerso x, r; the Rev. Frank E. Fuller, asst; the Rev. Jay Burkard! , asst Sun8 , 9, 11:15& 6 CHICAGO, IL SANTA FE, NM ASCENSION N. LaSalle Blvd at Elm HOLY FAITH 311 E. Palac e (505) 982-4447 ascens ionc hicago.org (312) 664-1271 Website: www .holyfaithchurchsf .org HOUSTON, TX Sisters of St Anne (312) 642-3638 The Rev. Canon Dale Coleman , r; the Rev. Duncan Lanum , CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (713) 781-1330 The Rev. Gary P. Fertig , r; the Rev. Richard Higginbotham asst.; the Rev. Joan Garcia, d; Mr. Joh n Buck , music direc 2525 Seagler Westheimer at Beltway 8 Sun Masses 8 (Low), 9 (Sung) 11 (Sol & Ser). MP 7:30. Sol tor. Website: www .ascen sionchurch .org E&B 4 (1S) Daily: MP 6:40 (ex Sun) Masses 7. 6:20 (Wed), 10 Sun H Eu 7:45. Sung H Eu 9, 11 :30. Christian Ed 10:30. Mon The Rev. Dr. Walle r L. Ellis, r (Sat); EP M-S 6, Sun 4; C Sat 5:30-6 . Sun 10:30-10 :50 day H Rosary 9:30. Tues H Eu 10. Thurs H Eu 12:10. MP and Sun H Eu 8. 9:30 & 11; Tues EP 6; Wed HS 5:30; Classes Sun Rosary 9:30 Sat EP daily 9:30 & 11; Breakfast every Sun RIVERSIDE, IL (CHICAGO WEST SUBURBAN) NEW YORK, NY SAN ANTONIO, TX ST. PAUL'S PARISH 60 Akenside Rd. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S Park Ave . and 51st St. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH AND SCHOOL (210) 226-0345 www .stpaul sparish .org (708) 447-1604 www.stbarts.org (212) 378-0200 Inclu sive & Affirming Anglican Catholicism since 1883 The Rev. Thomas A. Fraser, r: the Rev. Richard R. Daly, SSC, Sun Eu 8, 9 Cho Eu 11, Cho Ev 5, "Come as you are" Eu 7. 1018 E. Grayson St ., Government Hill parochial vicar Mon-Fri MP 8, Eu 12:05, EP 5:30; Thurs 6 Cho Eu; Sat MP Website: www .stpaul s~satx .org Sun Eu 9 & 10:45. Wkdy Eu Tues 7, Wed 7, Fri 10:30. Sacra & Eu 10. Church open 365 days 8-8 (Sun 8-9). For tours call The Rev. Doug Earle , r: Dr. Thomas Lee , organist & dir of ment of Reconciliation 1st Sat 4-4:30 & by appt, NC 378-0265. Cafe open for breakfast , lunch & dinner Sun- Fri. music; Kay Karche r Mijangos , Episcopal Montessori School Book & Gift Shop open daily. Headmistress Sun Mass 8 (Low) & 10:30 (Sol), Ev & B as anno, Wed Eu & INDIANAPOLIS, IN HU 10:30; Sat Noonday P (Sung) 12:00 & Rosary (Lady ST. THOMAS 5th Ave & 53rd St . CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (317) 636-4577 Chapel) 12:15, C by appt. www .saintthomaschurch .org (212) 757-7013 125 Mon ument Circle , Downtown www. ccc indy.org The Rev. Andrew C. Mead , r; John Scott, organist and dir. The Very Rev. Gary Goldacker, interim dean and rector of music ; the Rev. Charle s F. Watlac e, headmaster ; the Sun 8 H Eu (R~e I), 9 H Eu (Rite II), 10 Christian Form, 11 Rev. Robert H. Stafford , th e Rev. Victor Lee Austin, the Choral Eu (Rite II), 1 Santa Eucartstia; Mon 5:15 H Eu w/ Heal EAU CLAIRE, WI Rev. Jonathan M. Erdman , yo uth minister; the Rev. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (715) 835-3734 ing: Martes (Tues) 5:15 Santa Eucaristia con Curacion; Wed Richard Cornish Martin 12:05 H Eu; Thur 5:15 Choral Evensong; Fri 7 H Eu, 12:05 510 S. Farw ell St. Sun H Eu 8 (Said), 9 (Sung), 11 (Choral), Ev 4 (Choral); M-F MP Organ Recital The Very Rev. Bruce N. Gardner , interim dean & H Eu 8 & 12:10, EP & Eu 5:30 [Tues, Wed & Thur Choral Radio Services on WICR, 88.7-FM: Sun 5; Fri 7, Evensong Sat Vigil Eu (Chapel) 6 ; Sun Eu 8 (Rite I) & 10 (Rite II Cho) ; Evensong): Sat H Eu 12:10 Daily MP 8 (exc Sun): EP 5: Wed Eu 12:15; others as posted LAFAYETTE,LA PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH ASCENSION 1030 Johnston St. (337) 232-2732 The Rev. Canon James H. Coope r, D. 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