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nglican Consultative Council members at their April 8-19 meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, committed to working with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the primates in the aftermath of the latter’s gathering, during which Athey called for “consequences” for the Episcopal Church. However, it was unclear at least initially exactly what that commitment entailed or if all of the ACC members understoond it in the same way. Welby reported to the ACC members on the primates’ January Meeting in9 gathering, saying, “It is both my and the primates’ desire, hope and Africa seeks prayer that the ACC should also share in working through the con- common ground sequences of our impaired relationships.” ne ws A majority of the leaders of the communion’s 38 provinces — Photo/Alice Thompson known as primates — called for three years of “consequences” for Day of Celebration the Episcopal Church in response to the 78th General Convention’s Graduating students at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta stroll decision to change canonical language that defines marriage as being toward the commencement location at the school gym. As spring commence- between a man and a woman (Resolution A036) and authorize two ments get underway, Episcopal Journal presents a gallery of photos from new marriage rites with language allowing them to be used by same- Episcopal schools marking these momentous occasions. See page 8. sex or opposite-sex couples (Resolution A054). continued on page 6 DNA tests reveal archbishop of Canterbury’s biological father Author12 asks, ‘What would Welby’s father was British diplomat, Sir Winston Churchill’s private secretary Jesus craft?’ a rts By Mary Frances Schjonberg changes,” he said. “Even more Episcopal News Service importantly, my role as archbishop makes me constantly aware rchbishop of Canterbury Justin Wel- of the real and genuine pain and by on April 9 informed members of suffering of many around the PAID the Anglican Consultative Council world, which should be the main PRSRT STD PRSRT US POSTAGE Bellmawr NJ

PERMIT #1239 at their Lusaka, Zambia, meeting focus of our prayers.” Athat he had learned the true identity of his bio- Welby called his experience logical father. in learning about his biological In Britain, the Telegraph newspaper re- father “typical of many people.” ported April 8 that, while Welby always had “To find that one’s father is assumed he was the son of Gavin Welby, who other than imagined is not un- was married briefly to his mother Jane Wil- usual,” he said. “To be the child liams, a recent paternity test showed that his of families with great difficulties Photo/Reuters father was instead the late Sir Anthony Mon- in relationships, with substance Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby learned recently by way of a paternity test that his father was the late Sir Anthony Montague tague Browne, Sir Winston Churchill’s last pri- abuse or other matters, is far too Browne rather than Gavin Welby, as he and his mother believed. vate secretary. normal.” “This comes as a complete surprise,” Welby The Telegraph said that it had pieced togeth- and was widowed in 2013, suspected her hus- said in a statement read before the council’s er information pointing to Browne as Welby’s band was Justin Welby’s father because of the daily Bible study by Bishop of Lambeth Nigel father and discussed that evidence with the unmistakable resemblance between the two, Stock. archbishop, who then decided to take a paterni- according to The Telegraph. Shelagh Montague “In my life and in our marriage, Caroline ty test. The paper reported that Welby’s mouth Browne still had some of her husband’s hair- and I have had far worse,” he said. The Welbys’ swabs were compared with hair samples from brushes, which contained some of his hair on seven-month-old daughter was killed in a car Browne and showed a 99.9779 per cent prob- them, thus providing evidence for a DNA test. crash in France in 1983. ability that they were father and son. Anthony Browne served in the Royal Air “I know that I find who I am in Jesus Christ, Lady Montague Browne, who worked as per- Force during World War II and then entered not in genetics, and my identity in him never sonal secretary to Churchill’s wife, Clementine, the British diplomatic continued on page 7 2 Episcopal Journal May 2016 Anglican Digest

Anglican Digest is a column of news and features South Africa of the fruits of their hard- from churches in the Anglican Communion. won freedom, gained over many decades Pakistan victims remembered by the old struggle against apartheid.” South Africa’s Makgoba “I hope that today’s Constitutional round 200 Chris- The Minar-e-Pakistan Court judgement finding that both Presi- tians, Muslims and (Tower of Pakistan) has calls for truth-telling Hindus gathered been adopted as a back- dent Zuma — in seeking to dodge the drop of a meme by social Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo public protector’s findings on Nkandla — April 3 at the site of an Easter Day bomb attack in media users expressing Makgoba called for a “tsunami of truth- and Parliament — in seeking to protect A solidarity with Lahore’s telling” after President of South Africa the president — acted unlawfully, will give Lahore, Pakistan, for a united people after the Easter Jacob Zuma lost a public servants and others new courage to act of solidarity and sympathy Day massacre. court battle follow- speak out — and generate not just a wave for the victims of the attack. ing allegations he but a tsunami of truth-telling.” — ACNS The attack killed 76 people and munion, it is a member of the World benefitted from state hurt more than 300 hundred, some of Council of Reformed Churches and the funding of 246 mil- Episcopal priest to serve on whom remained hospitalized in seri- World Methodist Council. lion South African ous condition a week later. The April 3 The Taliban off-shoot Jamaat-ul- rand for improve- German Council of Churches gathering at the Gulshan-e Iqbal Park Ahrar has claimed responsibility for the began with a peaceful demonstration suicide bombing, saying that the target Makgoba ments to his private The Rev. Christopher Easthill was home, Nkandla, un- elected to serve a three-year term on at 5:40 p.m. — the exact moment the of the attack was Christians celebrating der the guise of security. the board or “vorstand” of the German blast had occurred. Easter. But the indiscriminate nature of South Africa’s constitutional court Council of Churches (Arbeitsgemein- Candles were lit and Christian, the suicide bombing, near the entrance ruled that Zuma must repay “a reasonable schaft Christlicher Muslim and Hindu religious leaders — to the women and children’s section of percentage of the costs.” It also reinstated Kirchen in Deutsch- including the moderator of the Church the Gulshan-e Iqbal park, meant that remedial action taken by the public pro- land). Easthill, an of Pakistan, Bishop Samuel Azariah, many more Muslims were killed and tector against Zuma, saying that his fail- Episcopal priest, will joined hands as they prayed for the vic- injured than Christians. ure to comply with it and the South Af- represent a group tims and their families. On April 2, Punjab’s Chief Minister, rican Parliament’s decision to set it aside of churches includ- Those present included representa- Shahbaz Sharif held a reception to pay were “inconsistent with the constitution.” ing Anglicans, Old tives from the Episcopal Church’s Dio- tribute to the many police, rescue and Responding to the judgment, Makgo- Catholics, Indepen- cese of Louisiana and the Presbyterian medical staff who responded to the at- Easthill ba spoke of a “new struggle” in South Af- dent Lutherans and Church of Scotland. The Church of tack, saying that by their “noble exam- rica. He told graduating students at the the Reformed Church. He was elected Pakistan is a United Church. Besides ple” they had saved many lives and had University of the Witwatersrand, where to stand for a three-year term. being a province of the Anglican Com- become “heroes of the nation.” — ACNS he was receiving an honorary degree, Easthill is priest-in-charge of the Church that there was “no one better equipped of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Wies- Angola program aims to clean water, as they bear the responsibility to fight the new struggle than those of baden, Germany. He is a graduate of St. improve water, sanitation for collecting and treating water to ensure it you, students and teachers, who have John’s Theological College, Nottingham, is safe, and caring for or procuring medical been and continue to work to transform United Kingdom, and Virginia Theologi- Episcopal Relief & Development, the treatment for sick family members. our education system.” cal Seminary, Alexandria, Va. — ENS Anglican Diocese of Angola (IAA) and To create a lasting solution in Songo’s “At its best, the new struggle that we the United States Agency for Interna- rural context, local committees (with saw beginning on the campuses last year Priest with U.S. ties tional Development (USAID) on April at least 50 percent of participants being was a national mobilization of young and 1 launched a three-year program in rural women) will receive training to manage old alike against the failures of leaders named bishop in England Angola to improve water and sanitation the construction and upkeep of water who are allowing endemic corruption, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin at the community level. Located in Songo points, latrines and handwashing sta- nepotism and greed to rob the people of Welby’s chaplain, the Rev. Canon Jo Bai- Municipality, Uige Province, the pro- tions, as well as to change the hygiene be- ley Wells, was named March 24 to be the gram will support local construction and haviors of their families and communities Episcopal fifth bishop of Dorking in the Church of maintenance of water and sanitation fa- to adopt and continue using the new sys- England’s Diocese of Guildford. cilities, combined with social and behav- tems. In total, the program will facilitate Journal Wells, 50, studied at the University of ior change communication to encourage the construction of protected water points Editor: Solange De Santis Minnesota and from 2005 to 2013 was adoption of hygiene practices. The pro- and sanitary latrines in 81 communities Art Director: Linda Brooks the director of the Anglican Episcopal gram, called “Maza yi Moyo” (“water is and train more than 1,200 volunteers, Senior Correspondent: Jerrold Hames House of Studies at Duke Divinity School life”), is supported in part by a $1.5 mil- improving health and environmental Business Manager: Michael Brooks in North Carolina. She was also associate lion grant from the U.S. government. quality for over 8,300 households. Health Advertising: Shanley + Associates, LLC professor of Bible and ministry at Duke. The need for improved water and sanita- education and hygiene practices will em- Board of Directors: She will succeed Bishop Ian Brackley, tion in rural Angola is critical, with diarrhea power communities to address diarrhea as Mary W. Cox; Solange De Santis, ex officio; who retired in the autumn. The bishop causing 15 percent of deaths in children well as malaria and pneumonia, the two Nigel Holloway; Sharon Tillman, Craig Wirth of Dorking is the suffragan bishop for younger than 5. Women are dispropor- other leading causes of preventable illness All Episcopal News Service articles in this issue the Diocese of Guildford. — ENS tionately affected by the lack of access to and death. — Episcopal Relief & Development are reprinted with permission. Editorial: Send correspondence and letters to the editor at 123 Mamaroneck Ave., #616, Mamaroneck, From The editor’s desk NY 10543 or [email protected]. 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Episcopal Journal and operated within the scope of leave the room. ENS reported that his office. No further investigation council member Fredrica Thomp- wo top officials of the is warranted. Nevertheless, given sett said one session would “con- Episcopal Church were fired the needs for staff leadership in sider a couple of items” including and another is leaving after light of my priorities for the direc- “some staff and personnel issues.” an investigation into their tion of the church ... Sauls will not In the April 4 announcement, professionalT conduct, according to an continue as chief operating offi- Curry said that an independent announcement April 4 from the church’s cer,” Curry wrote. “Conversations human-resources audit and pro- Office of Public Affairs. are underway to implement this cedural review of all church cen- Sam McDonald, deputy chief operat- decision.” ter workplace system safeguards ing officer and director of mission, and The letter reiterated that Mc- and functions would take place, Alex Baumgarten, director of public en- Donald, Baumgarten and Sauls Baumgarten Sauls with a particular attention to gagement and mission communications, had been placed on administrative providing and maintaining a safe were fired. In addition, Bishop Stacy leave last Dec. 9 “pending an investiga- investigators have been safeguarded,” and healthy workplace environment Sauls will be leaving the position of chief tion into formal complaints and allega- Curry said. for all. At the conclusion of this audit operating officer. tions of potential violations of personnel Jeff Walton, communications manager and review, “we will conduct substan- In a letter to Episcopal Church Cen- policies … received from multiple mem- for the theologically conservative tive retraining for the entire Episcopal ter staff, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry bers of the staff of the presiding bishop.” Institute for Religion & Democracy, Church staff.” said an independent investigation found Curry said that the law firm of Cur- wrote on Dec. 11 that the administrative In addition, Curry said, “We have that McDonald and Baumgarten vio- ley, Hessinger & Johnsrud conducted shakeup may have been an example of been and will continue to pray for all lated established workplace policies at an independent investigation into the the “recent tensions between church those impacted by this situation, and we the center in New York and failed to live complaints and allegations. The firm staff and Episcopal Church Executive are providing or will provide direct pas- up to the church’s standards of personal describes itself as specializing in employ- Council, an elected body that convenes toral support to those individuals who conduct in their relationships with em- ment and labor law. in the three-year period between General desire it.” ployees. These actions “contributed to “In calling for an independent, ex- Conventions.” He was quoted online by The church center leadership team a workplace environment often incon- ternal investigation, I presumed neither the Christian Post. will include Curry, Chief Financial Of- sistent with the values and expectations guilt nor innocence, but committed only He noted Executive Council’s an- ficer Kurt Barnes and canons Charles of the Episcopal Church. Both are there- to a search for the truth … The investi- nouncement on Nov. 18 that a con- “Chuck” Robertson, Michael Hunn and fore immediately terminated,” Curry’s gators met with or had phone conversa- cealed audio-recording device had been Stephanie Spellers, the announcement letter said. tions with over 40 different persons, in- found during its Nov. 15-18 meeting in said. “We will give you more informa- No further details about the so-called cluding the three individuals named in Linthicum Heights, Md. The device was tion about what will happen with the violations were given. the complaints, and reviewed thousands placed near the table where Curry and canonically described COO position in The investigation concluded that of pages of documents. The Episcopal Episcopal House of Deputies President due course.” “Sauls did not violate workplace policy, Church offered no constraints nor influ- the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings had been “Our task as staff is to serve the Epis- was unaware of the policy violations of ence on the investigation, and the con- seated during plenary sessions, the coun- copal Church in such a way that it can the two staff members reporting to him fidences shared with the independent cil announcement said, as reported by serve the world in the name and in the Episcopal News Service. Spirit of Jesus Christ,” Curry said. “Our Council members also were asked “to commitment to taking our place as part check their tabletops and to look under of the Jesus movement in the world, our Gender bias may be part of Episcopal their tables for any additional devices,” commitment to the work of evangelism, ENS reported. our commitment to the work of racial Church firings, ex-staffer says The council went into executive ses- reconciliation is directly tied to this. And sion several times at the meeting, as I am unswerving in my commitment to By G. Jeffrey MacDonald presence, and I have to take those staff, visitors and media were asked to that.” n Religion News Service concerns seriously.” Honeychurch’s recollections pro- hen the Rev. Bob Hon- vide a glimpse into the context for a eychurch learned that misconduct scandal that led to this the Episcopal Church’s month’s firings of Deputy Chief Op- presiding bishop was erating Officer Sam McDonald and callingW for staff culture re- Director of Public Engage- form after firing two senior ment Alex Baumgarten. administrators for miscon- Presiding Bishop Mi- For where life takes you, trust the duct, he had a hunch what chael Curry said noth- some of those cultural is- ing about what types of sues might be. workplace violations oc- From 2008 to 2012, curred, and staffers are at Stevens Worldwide Van Lines Honeychurch served on not permitted to discuss Through Stevens Clergy Move Center,® we’re the national church staff, the workplace culture the proud to deliver over 110 years of family-owned where he heard accounts presiding bishop aims to moving expertise and quality services to of gender bias on multiple Honeychurch revamp with help from hu- Episcopal Members, Clergy and Employees. occasions. Women were man-resource consultants. • Discounted pricing excluded from important decision- McDonald and Baumgarten have not • Top-rated drivers and crews making, Honeychurch said, even been charged with any crime and did • Customized moving packages when they held high offices and had not respond to requests for comment. • Stevens Home Protection Kit™ relevant skills and experience to offer. Church spokeswoman Neva Rae • Free no-obligation moving Respecting female colleagues as equals Fox said the church would have no estimate wasn’t the norm. further comment and pointed to Cur- • Single point-of-contact

“They weren’t treated with the ry’s April 4 statement, which called on The way to move same level of respect as the men,” said staff to “change old patterns of behav- Honeychurch, 59, who now teaches ior which are not helpful.” church leadership at Bloy House at Honeychurch, who was a Los Ange- the Episcopal Theological School at les-based adviser to congregations dur- Call Vicki Bierlein: Claremont, Calif. “There are female ing his tenure, said he did not witness 800.248.8313 members of the church center staff or hear accounts of sexual harassment www.stevensworldwide.com/affinity who expressed their concerns in my continued on page 14 4 Episcopal Journal May 2016 Episcopal Lives Atlanta school named a ‘top workplace’ t. Martin’s Episcopal School Workplace Dynamics with “We have always placed has been awarded a 2016 Top an e-mail listing of the a high value on our entire Workplaces honor by the entire St. Martin’s staff so faculty and staff here at Atlanta Journal- the third-party St. Martin’s, and it’s great Constitution.S The Atlanta- administrator to have a third-party based private school was in could send the workplace study to validate the small-business category survey and analyze what our own annual for companies with 150 or the results. Each company a popularity contest. And oftentimes, employee surveys have been telling us fewer employees. The Top surveyed required a survey people assume it’s all about fancy perks for years,” St. Martin’s Headmaster the Workplace list is based on response rate of at least 35 and benefits,” said Doug Claffey, CEO Rev. James Hamner said. “We work the results of an anonymous percent. St. Martin’s employees of Workplace Dynamics, said. “But hard to foster a collegial environment employee feedback survey responded at 90 percent. to be a Top Workplace, organizations where our teachers and faculty feel administered by research McPherson “When I learned the news must meet our strict standards for or- empowered to make suggestions and firm Workplace Dynamics. of the award, it validated what ganizational health. And who better lead our charge to provide a quality Several aspects of workplace culture I’ve known for the past 17 years — that to ask about work life than the people education of the whole person in a were measured, including alignment I work someplace very special,” said who live the culture every day — the loving, Christian atmosphere, which with a company’s mission, performance McPherson. employees. Time and time again, our fosters lifelong learning. I am very execution in the marketplace and A common theme among Top research has proven that what’s most proud of this honor.” connection with employees. Workplace honorees shows they have important to them is a strong belief in Established in 1959, St. Martin’s After St. Martin’s received notification invested as much in their employees’ where the organization is headed, how Episcopal School has about 630 stu- of its nomination, Elementary School well-being as in tangible perks. it’s going to get there, and the feeling dents enrolled in pre-school through Principal Mary McPherson provided “The Top Workplaces award is not that everyone is in it together.” eighth grade. n

EDS announces book is “Stand Your ministry degree from EDS in 2011, has held this information Ground: Black Bod- spoken at national, and international when seeking the po- honorary degrees ies and the Justice of conferences on the topics of eradicating sition of bishop,” the At its May 19 commencement cere- God.” human trafficking, a queer response to release said. Hahn ad- mony, Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) Moore is in his climate change, global LGBTQI human mitted to the charges in Cambridge, Mass., will present hon- ninth year as presi- rights, religion and social change, and and reached an agree- orary doctor of divinity degrees to the dent of Lesley Uni- marriage equality. ment over the terms Rev. Cn. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dr. versity in Cambridge. — Episcopal Divinity School of the suspension, it Joseph B. Moore and the Rev. Elder Dr. Moore He was a central fig- said. Hahn Nancy L. Wilson. ure in guiding the Curry suspends The diocesan standing committee, Douglas also will negotiations of the which serves as the ecclesiastical authority deliver the com- EDS-Lesley partner- Lexington bishop in the absence of a bishop, “acknowledges mencement address. ship that occurred Diocese of Lexington Bishop Douglas that the relationship between the diocese She is the Susan D. from 2007 to 2010. Hahn was suspended for one year from and Hahn has been seriously strained by Morgan professor Wilson has been his duties as bishop and from ordained Hahn’s actions,” the release said. and chair of the re- moderator of Met- ministry, effective March 9. “As members of Christ’s holy church ligion program at ropolitan Com- “Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, we believe in confession, repentance and Goucher College Douglas Wilson munity Churches working through the canonical disciplin- forgiveness,” the committee president, in Baltimore, the canon theologian at (MCC) since 2005. She is the second ary and pastoral processes of the church, the Rev. Peter D. D’Angio, said. “We Washington National Cathedral and person, and the first woman, to serve in took this action after learning that Hahn also understand that actions have conse- a leading voice in the development of that role since the founding of MCC in had a sexual relationship with an adult fe- quences.” a womanist theology. Her most recent 1968. Wilson, who received a doctor of male parishioner and intentionally with- The standing committee, with the as- sistance of Curry’s office, has begun the search for a bishop to serve the Diocese of Lexington during the suspension. Episcopal, nondenominational — Diocese of Lexington churches share ministries he newest church in the The Rev. Jason Poling, New San Joaquin properties Diocese of Maryland was Hope’s founding pastor, will to be returned launched over Easter week- serve as vicar of St. Hilda’s end in partnership with a while continuing to serve as On April 5, the California Fifth nondenominational congregation on senior pastor of New Hope. District Court of Appeal affirmed the T judgment issued by the Fresno Superior the site of the former St. Timothy’s Day-to-day matters at New Church in Catonsville. Hope are being handled by Court directing that approximately 28 St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church is be- New Hope Associate Pastor Joe properties and various diocesan funds be ing started with New Hope Commu- Miller. returned to the Diocese of San Joaquin. nity Church, an Poling will be the main The properties include parish properties, independent con- preacher for both congrega- the diocesan camp and conference gregation planted tions. He was invited into the center in Oakhurst, and the cathedral in in 2003 by Grace Episcopal Church by Mary- Fresno. Fellowship Church, land Bishop Eugene Taylor The Court of Appeal’s decision did Timonium. Sutton, who ordained him a Photo/Courtesy St. Timothy's Episcopal Church not become final for another 30 days, St. Hilda’s and priest in December 2015. Pol- St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church and New Hope Com- during which the defendants may seek munity Church will share ministries and leader- a re-hearing. After that, the defendants New Hope will ing earned a master of sacred ship but worship separately at the former location Poling may choose to petition the Supreme hold separate wor- theology in Anglican stud- of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Maryland. ship services, but the two congregations ies from General Theological Court of California for review. The diocesan leadership will review the will share outreach, worship, children’s, Seminary in New York. Churches of the Nativity and Holy decision with the chancellor, Michael hospitality and other ministries, along Maryland Assistant Bishop Chilton Comforter, a partnership between Glass, and continue to plan and address with senior pastoral leadership. The Knudsen celebrated St. Hilda’s first Episcopal and Lutheran churches in any developments accordingly, the partnership’s motto is: “Two different service on Maundy Thursday. For its north Baltimore city, for a joint service. diocese said in a press release. churches, one common mission.” Easter Vigil, St. Hilda’s invited the — Diocese of Maryland — Diocese of San Joaquin May 2016 Episcopal Journal 5 News Church-planting efforts set in motion

he General Convention Advi- tions each triennium.” in the work of church planting.” Southern Ohio; the Rev. Valerie Bailey sory Group on Church Plant- The group is working closely with La- To that end, the group has announced Fischer, Newark; Erendira Jimenez- ing has announced a series of tino Ministries to support and develop a design contest for a new logo to de- Pike, Kentucky; the Rev. Michael initiatives designed to place new Spanish-speaking and bilingual pict church planting for the Episcopal Michie, Dallas; the Rev. Alex Montes church-plantingT efforts into motion for congregations. It also has been charged Church. Vela, Texas; the Rev. Katie Nakamura the Episcopal Church. with distributing further funding for “We invite artists and dreamers from Rengers, Alabama; the Rev. Zachary General Convention established the Missional Enterprise Zones. throughout the Episcopal Church to Nyein, East Tennessee; the Rev. David group in 2015, calling for the creation “We are building a new community,” participate in the visioning process,” Perkins, Lexington; the Rev. Canon of “a churchwide network for planting group member the Rev. Zack Nyein Erendira Jimenez-Pike said. “A $500 Jesus Reyes, El Camino Real; Bishop congregations, training and recruiting said. “We are developing a community cash prize will be awarded to the most George Sumner Jr., Dallas; the Rev. planters; and establishing new congrega- of church planters and those interested inspiring title and logo for a renewed Canon Janet Waggoner, Fort Worth. church-planting movement across the The Rev. Canon Frank Logue of Georgia church.” and the Rev. Canon Tanya Wallace of Search committee forming Deadline is May 1. For information, Western Massachusetts are liaisons from contact churchplantingcontest@ Executive Council. Presiding Bishop for indigenous missioner episcopalchurch.org. Michael Curry and President of the Members of the advisory group and House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark olunteers are being recruit- their dioceses are: Jennings are ex officio members. The ed for a search committee The Rev. Jane Gerdsen, chair, Rev. Tom Brackett is the staff liaison. n to develop a position description and to interview candidatesV for the Episcopal Church indigenous missioner, a member of Executive Council seeks lay member the presiding bishop’s staff. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry ominations to serve as a Candidates should be willing to will appoint a six- to eight- mem- lay member on Executive attend upcoming Executive Council ber committee that is “broadly rep- Council are being accepted meetings: October 20-22; February 6-8, Hunn Guillen resentative of those engaged in and through May 1. 2017; June 9-11, 2017; October 18-21, knowledgeable about ministry with a new job description based on the NThe vacancy was created by the res- 2017; January 22-24, 2018; April 21-23, and among indigenous people in the needs of the church today.” ignation of Executive Council member 2018. Episcopal Church,” the Rev. Michael After the job description is posted, Joseph Ferrell of the Diocese of North Nominations should be sent to Bar- Hunn, canon to the presiding bishop the committee will receive applica- Carolina, whose term concludes at Gen- lowe at [email protected] for ministry within the church, and tions for about four weeks. Ultimate- eral Convention 2018. by May 1 with a 150-word biography the Rev. Canon Anthony Guillen, ly, the committee will recommend at Because the vacancy was created by a and digital photograph. Episcopal Church missioner for His- least two candidates to Curry, who lay person, nominations must be from the Executive Council is composed of 20 panic/Latino ministries, said in a let- will make the final selection. lay order, said the Rev. Canon Michael members elected by General Convention ter inviting Episcopalians to nominate The form to nominate persons for Barlowe, executive secretary of General (four bishops, four priest or deacons potential committee members. Com- the search committee may be found at Convention. “In accordance with the and twelve laypeople) and 18 members mittee members will “assist in writing www.episcopalchurch.org. n Rules of Order, the Executive Committee elected by provincial synods. The council of Executive Council will review all sug- carries out the programs and policies gestions and will nominate at least two adopted by General Convention. It and no more than five candidates. The customarily meets once each triennium Church representatives sought election by the entire Executive Council in each of the nine provinces of the will take place at our June meeting.” Episcopal Church. n he Episcopal Church is seek- Episcopal representatives to these ing representatives to serve bodies will be appointed by Execu- on ecumenical dialogues tive Council upon the recommenda- and coordinating commit- tion of the presiding bishop and the tees,T according to an announcement president of the house of deputies. from the Episcopal Church Office of Candidates should submit a letter of MOVING? Public Affairs. Representatives can be interest along with a resume/CV to lay or ordained, and must be commit- the Rev. Margaret Rose, deputy to the ted to and have experience in ecumen- presiding bishop for ecumenical and ism. Deadline is May 1. interreligious relations, at mrose@ Applicants are needed for the: episcopalchurch.org. 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ACC continued from page 1 keep the church of God to- The Anglican Communion exists gether.” when the relationships at all levels with- The primates said that The Episcopal Church’s in it allow for mutual discernment and they were “requiring” that for three members are: Con- interdependence, he said. those three years the Episco- necticut Bishop Ian Douglas, The last ACC meeting received a re- pal Church not serve on ecu- whose term ended after the port about the relationships between the menical and interfaith bod- Zambia meeting; House of Instruments of Communion. ies, and not be appointed or Deputies President the Rev. In a letter dated March 16, Welby elected to an internal stand- Gay Clark Jennings; and told the 38 primates that “the decisions ing committee, and “that Diocese of the Virgin Islands we took in January can only have effect while participating in the in- Deputy Rosalie Ballentine. if they gain general ownership in the ternal bodies of the Anglican Douglas is also finishing a communion, taking in laity, priests and Communion, they will not term on the communion’s bishops.” take part in decision-making standing committee. on any issues pertaining to “Our province is a mem- Forming the ACC-16 community doctrine or polity.” ber [of the ACC], and so The first three days of the ACC’s Welby said that he already therefore it’s our responsibil- meeting were titled “establishing the had acted where he had re- ity to attend and participate ACC Community,” but the community sponsibility and ability to as representatives from a lacked some of its members. act. He appointed the task member province,” group asked for by the pri- Jennings said before mates to maintain conversa- the meeting’s start. Photo/Anglican Communion Office tion among themselves with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby joins in the drumming at the “As a member of the the aim of restoring relation- start of the opening Eucharist. Anglican Consulta- ships and trust. That group, tive Council, I am he said, has a “very wide” representation can Consultative Council, forms its own bound to follow the constitu- from across the communion of male and views and has its own responsibilities.” tion.” female laity and clergy. Welby made no specific mention of When, on April 8, ACC chair The communion’s standing commit- his recent removal, as part of the “con- and retired Malawi Bishop tee, which met in Lusaka April 6-7, said sequences,” of the two Episcopalians James Tengatenga summarized in a report to the ACC that it welcomed who had been serving on two ecumeni- the responsibilities of ACC the task group. The members also “af- cal bodies. The Rev. Amy Richter had members, the vast majority of firmed the relational links between the been serving on the International Re- whom are new to their role, Photo/Mary Frances Schjonberg/ENS “instruments of communion” in which formed-Anglican Dialogue, and the Rev. he reminded them that the The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, the Episcopal Church’s each instrument, including the Angli- Katherine Grieb was a member of the constitution requires their ACC clergy member and president of the House communion’s Inter-Anglican Standing attendance at each meeting. of Deputies, center, sits with the Ven. Michael Commission on Unity, Faith and Order. Tengatenga had said earlier this Thompson, ACC clergy member from the Anglican year that the Episcopal Church Church of Canada, and Canon Margaret Swinson, After Welby’s report, ACC members Church of England lay ACC member. had a chance to ask clarifying questions. members had the “right and The only member who spoke was Epis- responsibility” to attend the meeting Four provincial leaders — Uganda copal Church of South Sudan and Su- and to vote. Archbishop Stanley Ntagali, Nigerian dan Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak. However, a group of Episcopal bishops Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, Kenyan He did not ask a question but instead and priests known as the “Communion Archbishop Eliud Wabukala and spoke about his experience of the pri- Partners” recently called on the church’s Rwandan Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje mates’ gathering. ACC members to comply voluntarily — all said that their provinces would not “The ACC have to support the ini- with the primates’ “consequences.”In his send their ACC members to the meeting. tiative already led by the archbishop of report to the ACC, Welby noted that the However, Kenya’s three ACC mem- Canterbury that managed to bring the primates have “no legal authority over bers attended. Wabukala acknowledged Photo/Anglican Communion Office primates together and make one state- provinces” and that no one Instrument that decision on April 6, claiming that A young Anglican prays the Lord’s Prayer ment,” he said, adding that the ACC of Communion can make another those three members had “been encour- before being dismissed for Sunday school. ought to adopt the primates’ actions “to instrument do or not do something. aged to disregard my spiritual counsel and attend this meeting.” “It seems that the rejection of the ACC recognizes Kenyan, Rwandan Anglican youth projects moral and spiritual authority of the primates by the ACC chairman, without ACNS closed and that area’s work transferred promoting Christian values amongst public rebuke from the archbishop of to the communion’s mission depart- the students and encouraging them to Canterbury, has become infectious and outh projects in the Angli- ment, said the outgoing ACC chair, “collectively give back to our commu- is encouraging further breakdown of can provinces of Kenya and Bishop James Tengatenga. The Council nity and local churches.” godly order in the communion,” he said. Rwanda have been chosen by of Anglican Churches in Africa — the Bishop of Nairobi Joel Waweru, one In addition, Archbishop Mouneer African Anglicans to receive regional grouping of Anglican provinc- of the Kenyan members of the ACC, Hanna Anis from Jerusalem and the Ythe first of a new set of Anglican Com- es on the continent — chose the An- received the award from Tengatenga. n Middle East, who is also a standing munion awards in recognition of their glican Students’ Fellowship committee member, refused to attend. success in youth discipleship. (ASF), a movement of An- He recently said he would not attend the For these awards, at each meeting glican students in colleges ACC meeting or the April 6-7 standing of the Anglican Consultative Council, and universities, for the rec- committee meeting because of what he the provinces of the region hosting ognition award. saw as the Episcopal Church’s “disregard” the meeting will be invited to submit The ASF, under the um- of the primates’ “consequences.” Saying entries, which will be judged by the brella of the Kenya Angli- he “did not mind” that the Episcopal provinces of the region. can Youth Organisation, Church would attend the ACC meeting, One award will recognize the success nurtures Anglican students he implied, without naming Douglas, the of an existing project while the other to act as role models for Episcopal Church was not honoring the will receive a cash grant of £10,000 their peers and supports intent of the primates’ “consequences.” GBP to support innovative and embry- them through discipleship. The ACC elected Douglas in 2009 to the onic schemes. It also ensures that Anglican Photo/Gavin Drake/ACNS standing committee. The awards were developed to sup- students remain connected From left, Bishop of Lusaka David Njovu sees outgoing Ntagali, Okoh and Wabukala cited port and reinvigorate youth work after to local churches while they ACC Chair Bishop James Tengatenga give the Anglican in part the Episcopal Church ACC the former official youth work net- are at universities. Its wide- Communion’s new youth-work recognition award to members’ plans to participate fully in work of the Anglican Communion had ranging program includes Bishop of Nairobi Joel Waweru. the Lusaka meeting and Tengatenga’s statement about their right to do so. n May 2016 Episcopal Journal 7 News Hong Kong archbishop elected council chair

Episcopal News Service inclusive and nonjudgmental. four work together. “We walk together with The ACC’s constitu- he Anglican Consultative those who are right and also tion calls for the “desir- Council on April 15 elected we walk together with those ability of achieving … Hong Kong Archbishop Paul who are wrong,” he said. “So, appropriate regional di- Kwong to be its next chair. I think coming from this versity and a balance of TKwong, who leads the church for- kind of culture and coming representation between mally called Hong Kong Sheng Kung from this kind of perspective clergy and laity and be- Hui, said at a brief news conference after and attitude, I would prob- tween the genders.” his election that he was “deeply honored ably make some contribution “I think that we need and humbled” to be elected. to the life of the communion to respect the need for “The most important issue is to hold at the moment.” a balance of power and the communion together,” Kwong said, Kwong received 40 votes checks and balances,” adding that people with different opin- and Igreja Episcopal Angli- said Rosalie Ballentine, ions on the issues facing the communion cana do Brasil (Episcopal Photo/Mary Frances Schjonberg/ENS the Episcopal Church’s must find ways to come together for Anglican Church of Brazil) Archbishop Paul Kwong, primate of Hong Kong, center, was elected to lay ACC member. “The what he called the communion’s objec- lay ACC member Joanildo chair the Anglican Consultative Council. ACC is the one instru- tive of existence: mission. Burity received 25. ment with laypeople on “We have to make the communion be Kwong will succeed former Southern Since the council’s founding in 1969, it. Lay people need to have a voice in the relevant to the world, to the people that Malawi Bishop James Tengatenga, who the chair has moved from lay members, leadership of the communion and not we are called by God to serve,” he said. was elected at ACC-14 in 2009 in Kings- to priests, to bishops and now to a pri- be subject to the four-part governance of Kwong said he comes from a Chinese ton, Jamaica. The ACC chair also chairs mate. primates. Shared decision-making is part culture in Hong Kong that he called very the communion’s standing committee. While some people might be con- of our identity as Anglicans.” cerned with having a primate as ACC The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, the chair, others may see it as an advantage, Episcopal Church’s ACC clergy member Welby continued from page 1 deputy lieutenant for Greater London. Kwong said. The ACC chair does not and president of the House of Deputies, She was married to Gavin Welby, simply run meetings, he said, but also called Kwong a “skilled and wise leader.” corps. He served Sir Winston Churchill a whisky salesman and son of a Jewish works to connect people across the com- “But the balance of bishop, clergy and as private secretary for foreign affairs for immigrant, for three years, according to munion. An ACC chair who is a primate lay authority is a hallmark of the Episco- a time while Churchill was prime minis- The Telegraph. The newspaper described has access to the Primates Meeting, the pal Church’s identity and a key way we ter. After Churchill’s retirement, Browne him as a “chancer,” or a confidence man, Lambeth Conference of Bishops and the discern our role in God’s mission, and so became his private secretary, serving who was born Bernard Gavin Weiler and archbishop of Canterbury (all of which I am particularly attuned to a loss of that Churchill until his death. made himself out to be more than he with the ACC make up the four “instru- balance in the structures of the Anglican For centuries, Church of England was. The Telegraph’s biography of Gavin ments of communion”) and can help all Communion,” she said. n canon law stipulated that men born Welby includes the fact that the 50-year- what was termed “illegitimately” were old later fell in love with the 23-year-old barred from becoming archbishops, actress Vanessa Redgrave. Her father, but a change in the 1950s ended that Sir Michael Redgrave, persuaded her to prohibition, The Telegraph said. break it off. Welby’s 86-year-old mother, who Welby, who was Jane Williams’ only carries the title of Lady Williams of Elvel, said in a statement of her own that, “fueled by a large amount of alcohol on both sides,” she had slept with Browne “in the days leading up to my very sudden marriage.” However, she never realized that Browne was Justin Welby’s father, the paper said. “It appears that the precautions taken at the time didn’t work and my wonder- ful son was conceived as a result of this liaison,” she said. “My beloved husband Charles Williams and I have enjoyed a loving and stable marriage from 1975 to the present day. With that stability and love I have been able to blossom as never Photo/Wikimedia before.” The late Sir Anthony Montague Browne She said that she had “watched Justin, was a British diplomat and Sir Winston from an almost impossible childhood Churchill’s last private secretary. [Gavin was alcoholic as well], grow into what he is today, marry his beautiful wife child, learned through the test that he Caroline in 1979 and see his children and has a half-sister, Jane, who is three years now grandchildren grow up around them. older and who he has not yet met, The “As a family we are truly blessed. But Telegraph said. none of this would have been possible As a boy, Welby had met Browne without our firm Christian faith and a when he and his mother worked at determination never to relinquish hope. Downing Street, according to The Tele- God has given us so much and my grati- graph. Much later, Browne wanted to tude knows no bounds.” meet Welby, who agreed. But Browne Welby said in his statement that his died just days after Welby’s 2013 en- mother had been in recovery since 1968 thronement as archbishop of Canter- and had not touched alcohol for more bury, The Telegraph reported. than 48 years. “I am enormously proud In an accompanying opinion piece, of her,” he said. She served on the Parole the newspaper said that Welby’s story, Board, as a magistrate, as a member of including his response, was “better than a board of visitors of a prison and as a a thousand sermons.” n 8 Episcopal Journal May 2016 Photo Feature Graduation Day May and June bring parents, friends and students together for graduation ceremonies at Episcopal schools nationwide. Episcopal Journal presents a selection of photographs from commencements in 2015 as this school year winds down toward its conclusion. Episcopal Journal offers hearty congratulations to all the graduates.

Photo/Julie Fennell At Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta, graduating seniors sing the school song at commencement.

Zoe Barnette, Alicia Pané and Mark Schlager, left to right, speak at commencement at Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda, Md. Photo/Ali Bratun

Photo/Johanna Droubay Proud parents, relatives and friends strain for glimpses of the graduates at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va.

Marilyn Onukwugha receives her diploma from Headmaster Rob Hershey at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. Photo/Johanna Droubay

Photo/Thomas A. Javery Jubilant graduates pose in front of St. Michael’s Chapel for a group photo at South Kent School in South Kent, Conn.

Photo/Thomas A. Javery Photo/Karima White A bagpiper leads in the graduating class at South Kent Eighth-grade graduates at Imago Dei Middle School in Tucson, Ariz., jump for joy at commencement. School in South Kent, Conn. May 2016 Episcopal Journal 9 News Commonalities surface as Galatians 6:2 participants share stories

By Lynette Wilson those longstand- Episcopal News Service ing differences, but also as an ongoing hroughout the Galatians 6:2 changing approach Conference in Dar es Salaam, to missional rela- Tanzania, participants from tionships and part- six Anglican Communion nerships between provincesT found that, on issues of Angli- churches in the can and Episcopal identity, theological United States and education, migration, human trafficking Africa. “One of the and the environment, their commonali- greatest takeaways ties outnumber their differences. of this confer- Coming together to discuss challenges ence has been the affecting the church and the world and strengthening of seeking solutions reminded the Rev. our relationships as Vicentia Kgabe, rector for The College members together of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, of our global An- South Africa, of the importance of glican family,” said community and of the richness of the the Rev. Chuck K. Anglican Communion. Robertson, canon Photo/Lynette Wilson/ENS “The bonds of affection continue to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry for Twenty-three representatives to get stronger,” said Kgabe. But the ministry beyond the Episcopal Church. of six provinces attend the church, he added, needs to strengthen Robertson participated in the conference Galatians 6:2 Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. its voice in the world. as part of the Episcopal Church’s delega- Twenty-three people representing tion. “In the sharing of our stories, in six Anglican Communion provinces our deliberations and decisions, and in — Burundi, Central Africa, Southern our common prayer, we have deepened Africa, Tanzania, West Africa, and the the friendships and trust between us Patricia Kisare, the Episcopal Church — gathered for the even as we commit ourselves anew to the Episcopal Church’s officer March 30-April 3 conference aimed crucial work before us all,” he said for international affairs, at developing a model of collaboration “These people are interested in working left, and Bishop Jacob that will enable the provinces to carry in partnership, not in isolation,” said the Ayeebo of the Anglican one another’s burdens in mission. Rev. Canon Isaac Kawuki-Mukasa, who Church of Ghana, speak Throughout the conference, the group works as an officer for Africa relations to a sister from the Community of St. Mary, held in prayer neighboring Burundi, for both the Anglican Church of Canada of the Anglican Church of which is experiencing ongoing political and the Episcopal Church. Tanzania. conflict and violence. Kawuki-Mukasa facilitated the con- Photo/Andrea Mann The verse referenced in the confer- ference alongside the Rev. Ranjit K. cal education/reli- ence title, “Bear one another’s burdens Mathews, the Episcopal Church’s Africa gious freedom, and and in this way you will fulfill the law partnerships officer, and Patricia Kisare, finance/pension. of Christ,” undergirded the participants’ the Episcopal Church’s Washington, At the outset of work and fellowship. D.C.-based officer for international the conference par- One of the most hopeful outcomes affairs. Observers included Rebecca ticipants entered of the conference “is the realization and Linder Blachly, the U.S. State Depart- into a covenant the recognition that we are part of each ment’s senior policy advisor for Africa with one another to other as brothers and sisters in Christ,” in the Office of Religion and Global be fully present, to said Bishop Brian Marajh of the Dio- Affairs; Grace Kaiso, general secretary listen and to share cese of George in the Anglican Church of the Council of Anglican Provinces their stories. It was of Southern Africa. It is important to of Africa; and Andrea Mann, direc- through a generous put this in the context of “where we find tor of global relations for the Anglican spirit and storytell- ourselves in the Anglican Communion Church of Canada. ing that commonali- … the gospel imperative is to be a part, “Any time there is an opportunity ties and connections rather than being apart,” he said. for the communion to come together to began to form. Photo/Lynette Wilson/ENS Issues of human sexuality and same- work on important matters of mutual “Relationships The Rev. Jenny Coley, left, an Episcopal Church-appointed sex marriage have strained relations in concern it’s a good thing,” said Mann. have been formed, missionary working in the Province of West Africa, and the Rev. the Anglican Communion since the This conference was of particular impor- we are in each Jeanne Ndimubakunzi of the Province of Burundi participate in a early 2000s. tance because participants were seeking other’s road now,” small working-group discussion on health and the environment. In January, a majority of Anglican to develop a model of collaboration in- said Bishop David primates called for temporary “con- tended to lead to provincial partnerships, Rice of the Diocese of San Joaquin in is a concrete example of moving forward, sequences” for the Episcopal Church, Mann added. “It’s a concrete implemen- central California. “This will allow us to and that’s why it’s significant. For such recommending that its participation in tation of a commission of primates to do something with that, travel that road a long time we have allowed others to ecumenical dialogues and some Angli- provinces to get going on something.” together, carry each other’s burdens.” define what we mean by partnership.” can Communion bodies be restricted. Participants and facilitators are writ- Despite existing differences in the The Galatians Conference was one The primates’ actions at their gathering ing a letter to communicate the group’s Anglican Communion, as the Galatians example of the ways the Episcopal in Canterbury, England, were a response findings and recommendations for fu- Conference has shown, the communion Church and its presiding bishop are in to the 2015 General Convention’s deci- ture collaboration to the six primates. has far more in common than what it conversation with Anglican provinces in sions to change canonical language de- Participants included bishops, priests, disagrees about, said Mathews. Africa. In May, Curry will travel to Accra, fining marriage and to authorize mar- deans and development officials who “We are going to continue to reach Ghana, for a meeting of the Consultation riage rites applying to both same- and throughout the conference worked in out in partnership based on common of Anglican Bishops in Dialogue, which opposite-sex couples. small groups and shared their stories and mission. We continue to believe that began at the 2008 Lambeth Conference The Galatians 6:2 Conference had experiences as they discussed nine top- what holds us together is much stronger in response to differences over same-sex been planned in advance of the pri- ics: sustainability, health/environment, than what divides us,” he said. “It’s time unions and larger questions of biblical mates’ gathering, partly in response to human trafficking/migration, theologi- we focus on what holds us together. This interpretation. n 10 Episcopal Journal May 2016 News Chrism Eucharist held as an ‘act of defiance’ against Brussels terrorist attacks

By Gavin Drake Anglican Communion News Service God strengthen the scheduled Chrism Mass at ‘ the Diocese in Europe’s Pro- hands of those who Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Brussels went ahead the are doing good, afternoonA of March 22 in an “act of defiance” against the terrorists who helping the injured killed at least 34 people and injured 198 more in a series of bomb attacks in the and frightened, city’s airport and a metro station. The Ven. Colin Williams, the diocese’s defending others first full-time archdeacon, with responsibilities for the Archdeaconry of the East from harm. and for the Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe, preached at the —The Rev.’ George Lane Photo/ Wikimedia Commons service. He had arrived in the city just Flowers form a memorial near a site of the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels. before the explosion at the Maelbeek Metro station. couldn’t get to Brussels. Sirens sounded was stopped outside Brussels because of those who are doing good, helping the “Just as I arrived in Brussels, the city and helicopters hovered overhead. officials in the Belgian capital closed injured and frightened, defending others closed around me and a bomb exploded “Going ahead with the service felt like down all public-transport stations. from harm — including, of course, our in the Metro. I was in Brussels to preach an act of defiance; and as the Eucharist The train and its passengers were chaplaincy colleagues at Brussels.” at the annual Chrism Eucharist at which began, we lit candles to show again that subjected to a full security search at Archbishop of Dublin Michael clergy and lay ministers renew their the light has come into the world and Lille before being sent back to London, Jackson, expressed his “sorrow and commitment to service and holy oils are the darkness cannot overcome it.” he said. solidarity” with the people of Belgium and blessed,” he said. Amongst those unable to attend the Two explosions rocked Brussels with “all who have suffered and all who “I made my way on foot to the pro-ca- service was the Diocese in Europe’s Zaventem airport at 8 a.m. U.S. officials mourn the death of those dear to them” thedral, and the service went ahead with communications officer, the Rev. Paul reportedly stated that one of these was as well as his “concern for members of the depleted numbers — colleagues from Needle. He was on his way to Brussels on a suitcase bomb. Other reports said emergency services who experience horror Copenhagen, Helsinki and other places a Eurostar train from London. The train that one of the explosions had been and trauma as part of their commitment caused by a suicide-bomber. The bombs to service in their work.” went off in the check-in area. Officials In a statement, he said: “Brussels, as Obama at last prayer breakfast: said that 14 people were killed and we all know, is home to people from all 92 injured. Within an hour, a third over the world, and many Irish people ‘We heal hatred with love’ explosion rocked the Maelbeek Metro will know the city well and identify with station on the Rue de la Loi, within a its citizens as they come to terms with By Adelle M. Banks Belgium and Pakistan. few hundred yards of the headquarters what is happening there today. Religion News Service “These attacks can foment fear and of the European Commission and “Let us pray that there can be an end division,” he said. “They can tempt European Council and a short walk to such terror attacks and hope for a resident Barack Obama hosted us to cast out the stranger, strike out from the European Parliament’s Brussels future in which peace and security will his last Easter Prayer Breakfast against those who don’t look like us or building. Authorities said that 20 people prevail over violence and destruction with Christian leaders on pray exactly as we do. And they can were killed there and 106 injured — 17 and the loss of human life.” March 30, pausing to reflect lead us to turn our backs on those who of them seriously. The ecumenical group the Conference onP what he called a “bittersweet” are most in need of help and refuge. This afternoon, the terror group of European Churches (CEC) issued occasion. “That’s the intent of the terrorist, is Daesh, also called ISIS, claimed a statement in response to the attacks, “Since 2010, this has become a cher- to weaken our faith and weaken our responsibility for the attacks. saying its members grieved the loss ished tradition,” he said to 140 Catho- best impulses, our better angels.” “In the great Holy Week of Christian of live and disruption of peace. “We lic, Protestant and Orthodox leaders, But he said people of faith should prayer and mercy, the Brussels attacks condemn the violent attacks and urge including denominational heads and remain strong. shock all those who seek peace and for peaceful responses in the hours and prominent pastors. “If Easter means anything, it’s that justice through the terrible cruelty and days that follow,” the group said. “We As he usually does, he used the we don’t have to be afraid,” Obama utter separation from all that is of God,” pray for those who have lost their lives, occasion to speak openly about his faith said. “We drown out darkness with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby their families and communities, and for within the context of world events, light, and we heal hatred with love, and said. “Once again we see the contrast the people who risk their own safety for such as the recent terrorist assaults in we hold on to hope.” between the vain efforts to terrify the sake of helping others.” He also used the through indiscriminate murder and the The Rev. Heikki Huttunen of the breakfast to shed light call of God to be those who show mercy, Orthodox Church of Finland, general on his own Christian who seek peace and pursue it.” secretary of the CEC, said: “In this perspective. Welby, who said that he was “deeply season of Lent and Holy Week, we “Our faith changes shocked by the cruel attacks,” called on lament such outbursts of violence. As we us. I know it’s changed Anglicans to “pray for those caught up in heal together as inhabitants of Brussels me,” he said. “It renews the traumatic events at the airport and in and Europe — and brothers and sisters in us a sense of possibil- the City of Brussels” during every service in humanity — we need to find our way ity. It allows us to be- this Holy Week. anew and must all contribute to building lieve that, although we Similar responses came from other societies where everyone feels secure and are all sinners and that church leaders. Church of England priest partakes of the common good.” at times we will falter, the Rev. George Lane is coordinating The general secretary of the World there’s always the pos- chaplain at Manchester Airport in the Council of Churches, the Rev. Olav sibility of redemption. north west of England and president of Fykse Tveit, described the bombings Photo/RNS/Adelle M. Banks Every once in a while, the International Association of Civil Avi- as a “terrible attack on innocent people President Barack Obama prepares to take his seat after we might get something ation Chaplains. He posted on his chap- at the heart of Europe.” He said that speaking at his final Easter Prayer Breakfast at the right, we might do some laincy’s Facebook page: “Whatever is hap- his “prayers and thoughts are with the White House. good.” n pening there, God strengthen the hands victims and their families.” n May 2016 Episcopal Journal 11 Commentary How can people of faith stop terrorism?

By Phil Groves our initiatives were by white people, for Northern Ireland. He knows that this community that is prepared, consciously Anglican Communion News Service white people. terror can be defeated, but not by vio- or unconsciously, to permit it, collude In Beeston, we lived segregated lives. lence. It can only be defeated if you and with it. he bombs that went off in Bel- We did not want to offend, we did I step inside the safe place of those we re- He reminds us that we must move gium on March 22 reminded not want to interfere, and we kept our from a culture of fear to one of acceptance me of those that exploded in distance. We rarely felt that the Asian and potential. We must address the real London on July 7, 2005. They community was reaching out to us, but We must address the issues of poverty, exclusion from power, T devastated lives then, why should they? They were the denial of education and other issues of and created a cul- newcomers. We were the established ‘ justice in the face of oppression. We must ture of fear and community. real issues of poverty, do this together, not Christians blaming incomprehension We could have lived differently. Muslims, nor white blaming black, and that pervades life At that time the three bombers were exclusion from power, definitely not the powerful blaming the in the United just regular children attending local poor. We must do this locally right in Kingdom to this schools. denial of education our own communities. It must be done day. I did not think of myself as racist. globally in every community around the Three of the Quite the opposite; I actively confronted and other issues of world. five London bombers were brought up racism by challenging racist words and We will not instantly defeat this in Beeston Hill, Leeds. actions, even if it made me unpopular. I justice in the face of round of terror by just being nice to In the late 1980s, I was a curate in shouted at young people daubing racist people. We still need the protection Beeston Hill. It was in a sad state. There symbols outside my door and was threat- oppression. We must from a radicalized generation. But we were few jobs, and the area was used by ened. I organized racism awareness for will only defeat terror in the long term the council to dump people with men- our people. I was not a racist. do this together. if we create communities of justice and tal illnesses and addictions to drink and I could have made a difference. form relationships across barriers. drugs. All indicators of depravation were Every day I walked past Hillside Pri- ’ The good news is that we are all able through the roof. Young people turned mary School on my way to church, but gard as strangers. It is by going to “them” to make a difference right where we are. to drugs but could not afford marijuana I never went in. “Our school” — the that we break down the barriers. The good news is that we can also or cocaine, and so every day the parks church school — was half a mile away. I Omondi lives among Muslims and cross barriers and work with people were littered with plastic bags with a dol- went there. “Our school” was 90 percent Christians in Kenya, and he reminds around the world. lop of glue in one corner. Glue sniffing white. Hillside was 90 percent Asian. I me constantly that very few people have The good news is that Christ went be- gave a cheap and dangerous high. walked past. Every day I walked past — really understood the scale of change fore us and sends his Holy Spirit to us. As a curate, fresh from a middle-class Father forgive me. that is being demanded of us if we are Together we can end terrorism. area, the whole thing was a shock. I came The lead bomber of the 7/7 atrocity to counter the vicious cycles of violence into contact with people who had cha- was Mohammad Sidique Khan, and he that blight our world. The change has to The Rev. Canon Phil Groves is director otic lives, little hope and low self-esteem. had connections to Hillside Primary. come both locally and globally. Injustice of Continuing Indaba and author of In the midst of this was the church. It With hindsight, it seems obvious what needs soil in which to grow. That soil is a “Living Reconciliation.” was active and vibrant, and the people I could have done; there were choices were remarkable. Amazing things were we made as a church that could have happening. changed history. On any given Sunday, we had more However, still today people say that children in church than adults. Many they cannot understand what motivated members had suffered domestic abuse Mohammad Sidique Khan. He was a re- and crime, but the community found spected youth leader in his community, ways to help one another. I learnt from helping young people to avoid drugs and all of them. On the measures put in place objecting to the way the local govern- for the Church of England, we were suc- ment allowed Beeston to become a place cessful. for prostitution and decline. People are But the church was almost exclusively puzzled about what led him to recruit a white. We did not have a single Asian team to execute such a deadly attack. It person in our pews. It never even entered is a mystery to us why young families flee our minds that this could be different. the security of the United Kingdom to In contrast, the streets were alive head for Syria to join ISIS. with the vibrant colors of the saris of But Canon Francis Omondi of All the women and the smells of the spices Saints Cathedral Diocese, Nairobi, says emerging from the corner shops. The terrorism is deliberate, calculated, sys- predominant religion was Islam. The tematic and precisely executed. It is ra- Books by Nevada author, Karen Wilkes demographics were changing, and they tional. This means there are answers. were changing fast. It appears to be an incomprehensible “Blue Sky and a Buick” - Read this as a remarkable As a church, we just ignored the real- movement of evil because the causes are ity. We had enough to deal with among complex and multifaceted. But this does biography, as a detective investigation into the life of a the white people. We had an employ- not mean it is impossible to respond to, fondly remembered teacher, as an image of what it was ment program (all white) and a cohort it just means that the answers are com- of young teenagers who needed a youth plex and difficult. like to live, work and worship in the rural West... mid-19th fellowship, and we were running evan- Canon Mark Russell of the Church to mid-20th centuries...” Katharine Jefferts Schori gelism-courses discussion groups. All Army is an agent of reconciliation in “Bishop on Horseback” is the biography of Ozzie Don’t miss an issue Whitaker. He was called by the American Church of Episcopal Journal! Missionary Society in 1863, to minister to the wild and Subscribe at www.episcopaljournal.org woolly miners of Virginia City, Nev., as they picked and shoveled their way through the biggest gold discovery in Episcopal history. Journal Paperback and Kindle versions available on Amazon.com 12 Episcopal Journal May 2016 Faith and the arts What would Jesus craft?

By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service

f comedian Dana Carvey’s Church Lady wrote a craft book, it would look a lot like “What Would Jesus Craft?: 30 Simple Projects for Mak- Iing a Blessed Home.” Born out of a lifelong collection of just plain wacky stuff gathered by author Ross MacDonald, the book blends tongue-in-cheek satire with tender re- gard for a 1950s Christian sensibility to serve up do-it-yourself craft projects that would make Jesus weep. There’s the “Time-to-Obey-The-Lord Clock,” a slice of tree trunk where Jesus’ hands point to the word “pray” at every hour. And there’s the “Eye-See-You-in- Hell Mirror,” a giant, mosaic reflective eyeball framed with the words, “Missed seeing you at church last Sunday.” And there’s “Jesus’ Pet Dinosaur Na- cho Platter” (since the Earth is only 6,000 years old, Jesus rode a brontosau- rus). And who doesn’t love nachos when they’re served on a platter with a plastic dino and a Jesus action figure stuck on the rim? Not all Christians will Photos/Courtesy of Ross MacDonald Above, Jesus’ Pet Dinosaur Nacho Platter. want to put down the colored “Because God made the world 6,000 years ago, eggs, Popsicle-stick crosses Jesus had a pet dinosaur.” and tissue-paper stained- glass projects so popular From top right, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Nativity Scene, Eye-See-You-In-Hell Mirror during Lent and Easter. The (letter bead eyelashes spell out “look who we book, MacDonald said, is missed seeing at church last Sunday”), for “Christians with a sense Last Supper Lunch Box, Fedora of Thorns. of humor.” MacDonald, 58, is a gunslinger. reminder of His ever-watchful lapsed Protestant who He remem- gaze,” MacDonald’s alter-ego lives in Connecticut. bers making writes in the introduction. “You Memories of his own Ca- his own gas can craft things that no store nadian childhood as the mask to pro- would ever sell!” youngest of six served as tect him from Writing for The Washington fodder for many of the his parents’ Post’s Book World, Ron Charles projects. He recalls at- smoking. said it “walks that straight and tending church dressed It was stories like that narrow path between blasphemy in something of a Little that gave Holly McGhee, and hilarity.” Lord Fauntleroy suit, MacDonald’s agent, the Others are less favorable his older sisters in white idea for the book. Mac- toward the whole enterprise gloves, sitting stiffly Donald came up with of Christian kitsch — “Jesus through the service until more than 60 projects for Shaves” razors, “Testa-mints” — finally! — being sent the book proposal, even- breath mints and the like, which downstairs to Sunday tually whittled down to would all find a home in Mac- school, where there were 30. He made weekly — Donald’s collection. crayons, pipe cleaners, sometimes daily — trips “If a product cheapens the crepe paper and paints. to the craft store. deep, sacred realities of the “Listening to this an- “I was walking out Christian faith, then the Chris- cient preacher would put MacDonald with armloads,” he said. tian community should resist you to sleep,” he said. “And “I spent $300 to $600 ev- buying those items,” James Bev- then you got to go downstairs and see all ery time I went. It was like a jam session. erley, a professor at Tyndale Uni- this cool stuff.” I still have tons of extra beads and rhine- versity, told The Christian Post And make some pretty awful stuff, stones, bins and bins full of stuff.” in a story about the popularity too. MacDonald remembers taking a tin MacDonald, who is also an illustrator of such products. can, removing the lids, wrapping some and a film-and-television prop master, But MacDonald is serene. fuzzy acrylic yarn around the sides. It is photographed all of the projects, plac- “I have had people who said, in the book as the “Count Your Bless- ing them in teasing tableaus — the “Last ‘I am going to make some of this ings Card Display” — stick a couple of Supper Lunch Box” unpacks a bologna with my Sunday school class,’” Christmas cards through the yarn and sandwich and a My Little Pony thermos, he said. “I think that’s because I — voila! — Christian kitsch. and the “Goblets of His Glory” glassware set out not to mock Christian- “My mother would faithfully haul holds Schlitz beer. Then he developed a ity. I have too many Christian those things out and every year plug character, a la Stephen Colbert on “The friends I respect for that.” those Christmas cards in,” MacDonald Colbert Report,” to write the accompa- Then he added: “But I don’t said. “Half of our tree was homemade nying text and how-to’s. know. The mob could be gath- stuff. There was lots of ugly.” “There is practically no surface in our ering just down the street as we MacDonald has always been a glue lives that can’t be beautified with some speak.” n May 2016 Episcopal Journal 13 Faith and the arts Mosaic restoration depicting Jesus at Calvary an interfaith effort

By Michelle Chabin looks like an enormous tapestry. Winged throughout the Holy Land. Religion News Service angels, animals and grapevines appear Hamdan said his center tried throughout. In one scene, 12 doves fly to bridge cultural gaps between he tens of thousands of Chris- over a large golden cross; in others, bib- Muslims, who make up 98 per- tians who visit the Church of lical figures, from Abraham and Moses cent of the population in the the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusa- to Paul and Jesus, appear like iridescent Palestinian territories, and Chris- lem now are seeing the newly constellations in Jerusalem’s rich blue- tians, who make up 2 percent. cleanedT and restored mosaic that covers purple sky. The entire mosaic is made of “We bring schoolchildren the ceiling and walls of a Franciscan cha- hand-cut glass, some of it overlaid with to visit churches to explain the pel dedicated to Calvary, or Golgotha, gold leaf and then baked in an oven. history and the importance of the hill where Jesus was crucified. Designed by Antonio Barluzzi, an conserving all kind of cultural They also might pause to marvel at Italian architect who designed several heritage in this country. There this: The work of restoring those mosa- 20th-century churches, the mosaic sur- are separations, barriers, but we ics involves a joint effort of Palestinian rounds a rare Crusader-era mosaic im- are working to remove these Christians and Muslims. age of Jesus. barriers,” he said. The church, whose original structure The job of caring for it and others Raed Khalil, a senior mosaic was built in the fourth century, stands that decorate thousands of feet of wall restorer with the Mosaic Center atop the sites where, according to Chris- and floor space is the responsibility of a and supervisor of the Calvary tian tradition, Jesus was crucified, buried Palestinian team of restoration experts project, said most if not all of and resurrected. from the Jericho Mosaic Center, based the church’s mosaics were cre- Each year pilgrims retrace the 14 in the West Bank town of Jericho. The ated by artists in Europe and locations — known as the Stations of the town, which is mentioned in the He- mounted to the church’s walls Cross — in Jesus’ final journey through brew Bible, has a rich tradition of mo- Photo/courtesy of the Mosaic Center, Jericho and ceilings section by section. Jerusalem, from the moment he was saic art. A Palestinian mosaic expert from the Mosaic Center, Cleaning the mosaics is condemned to death to the moment he Opened in 2002 by the late Rev. Jericho, cleans and restores a part of the mosaic painstaking work, but only one was laid in his tomb. Michele Piccirillo, a Franciscan priest, that adorns the ceiling of the Catholic section of the element of a much larger pro- The church contains five of those sta- archaeologist and mosaic specialist, the Calvary, or Golgotha, the room that marks the hill cess. tions: where Jesus was stripped of his center — now an independent nonprofit where Jesus was crucified. “There is the cleaning but clothes, nailed to the cross, died on the — trains young Christian and Muslim protect mosaics and other artifacts and also the documentation,” he said. “We cross, was removed from the cross, and Palestinians in the techniques necessary to view them as part of their Palestinian take photos and enter the data into a laid to rest. to restore and protect the Holy Land’s heritage. computer. Then we analyze any problems From a distance, the 1930s Calvary fragile mosaic treasures. It also teaches Funding for the center comes from or errors and plan the restoration. Before mosaic, located in the church’s basilica, Palestinian schoolchildren to value and the Italian government, UNESCO, the undertaking a cleaning, the team tests Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, how a small section of the mosaic tiles foundations and the European Union. and grout react to the cleaning materials. Groups pursue interfaith activism The Calvary restoration was a collabo- “We survey the area. Are there any ration between the Mosaic Center and lost stones? We place small signs to hold for social change the Association pro Terra Sancta, a group the place where problems exist. If you that supports Franciscans working in the destroy a mosaic, you destroy history,” By Solange De Santis Association of New York. Holy Land. Khalil said. Titled “Many Paths and Even More Although foreign and Israeli antiq- Anas Abu Tiar, a young member of aith groups that seek to cooper- Intersections: Navigating Multi-religious uities experts have been restoring the Khalil’s team, said being a Muslim had

ate on social-justice issues some- Activism,” the panel was moderated by not stopped him from appreciating the Holy He Land’sfound sacred it in theand Marketplace.cultural sites for times must navigate religious New York Times national religion cor- decades, it’s important for Palestinians etherealVisit beauty of the Holy Sepulchre or differences as powerful as the respondent Laurie Goodstein. The respecting the Christian faith. “I have to care for their cultural heritage, said causesF they espouse, according to a panel other panelists were the Rev. Katharine Osama Reach Hamdan, so the Mosaic Center’s many Christian friends. When it comes down to it, all people are one.” of experts at the Religion Communica- Rhodes Henderson, president of Auburn director. many for tors Council annual convention meeting Seminary in New York; Joyce Duben- “It’s not just a question of repair or Khalil, who is also Muslim, said that in New York from March 31 to April 2. sky, CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for conservation,” so little with he said. “It’s an issue of when he is working in a sacred place, The key principle for interfaith activ- Interreligious Understanding; and Kath- cultural a Marketplace pride and empowerment.”ad. “I’m looking at the heritage, online not religion ism should be “how can my tradition erine Marshall, executive director of the The center’s Palestinian experts have or politics. Thiswww. land is full of history and and your tradition join together to uplift World Faiths Development Dialogue. restored mosaics in iconic churches heritage. My job is to save them.” n

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14 Episcopal Journal May 2016 news Curry visits South Carolina Subscribe Now he Episcopal Church in South Carolina welcomed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry with to the music, barbecue, a cathedral celebrationT and a day-long conference on evangelism and racial reconciliation award-winning during a three-day visit to Charleston April 8-10. The visit was a time to give thanks Episcopal Journal! for the renewed life and energy of the diocese, and to hear Curry’s call to put that energy to use as part of the “Jesus Don’t miss an issue! Photo/Holly Behre/The Episcopal Church in South Carolina movement,” relying not on the strength Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is greeted Episcopal Journal brings you an easy-to-access digest of of power, but the strength of love. by members of historic Calvary Episcopal news, features, inspirational columns and arts coverage from Five downtown churches hosted Church in Charleston, S.C., at a neighbor- the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. events for the visit, and capacity crowds hood barbecue and block party. showed up eager to meet the presiding We select news stories from various sources that are bishop and celebrate the recovery and the service, which took place at nearby of particular interest to Episcopal readers. growth in the reorganized diocese in the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. eastern half of South Carolina, which The centerpiece of the weekend was We also feature stories of faith in action in the dioceses, endured a split in 2012-13. an all-day conference, “Spirituality, thought-provoking columns and blog posts — and original features and Curry attended an ecumenical prayer Evangelism, and Justice,” at Church of accounts of faith as expressed through the arts. service with the Rev. Betty Deas Clark, the Holy Communion. Two of Charles- the senior pastor of Mother Emanuel ton’s historic African-American congre- Episcopal Journal comes to you as a handy monthly digest reflecting AME Church. Nine people who were gations also hosted special celebrations the vibrant, diverse, global Episcopal Church. shot to death on June 17, 2015, at to welcome Curry. Mother Emanuel were remembered at — The Episcopal Church in South Carolina Come with us on an exciting journey. Use the form below or call 1-800-691-9846 Gender Bias continued from page 3 brought to her attention. to start a one-year subscription for $36, or two years for $67.50 “She was physically in the office in or send a donation. You will receive a tax receipt. during his four years on the national New York very little because she saw Episcopal Journal is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable corporation staff. In giving accounts of bias, his col- her primary work as being elsewhere,” leagues did not name any individual per- Honeychurch said. “She also then gave a petrators, he said. good deal of authority to the chief oper- Episcopal But with an entire workplace culture ating officer to manage the staff.” targeted for reform, accounts from Honeychurch described a setting potential victims need to be taken marked by constant struggles for power seriously, he said. and attempts to claim territory within “I did not witness [women] being the church bureaucracy.

MoNTHl Y EDiTioN | $3.75 sexually harassed or gender devalued,” “There is certainly a temptation to- JournalpEr CopY Vol 6 No 4 | April 2016 he said. “But if they felt that they were ward abuse of authority” at the church Executive Council addresses racial being in those positions, I had to believe center, he said. Within that framework, that it was worth taking a look at it.” men often held more status than women justice, reconciliation, evangelism Allegations of gender bias reached by virtue of their standing in the church. Dublin cathedral7 allowed to hold By Mary Frances Schjonberg Honeychurch during the tenure of “Many times the men were ordained, Easter service Episcopal News Service NEws reconciliation, church planting.” he scope and structure then-Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts and many times the women were not of the Episcopal It was apparent that, while racial justice and reconciliation Church’s pledge to and evangelism efforts might be Schori, the first woman elected to lead ordained,” Honeychurch said. “That cre- address racism, practice reconciliationT and become a separate line items in the trienni- church of evangelists has begun al budget, all are tied closely to- the Episcopal Church. He said he didn’t ated its own kind of dynamic that was to be built, the Executive Council gether when it comes to reaching n learned at its Feb. 26-28 meeting a “world crying out for the good know whether the allegations ever were not always helpful.” in Fort Worth, Texas. The council news of a God who is in the put some important pieces of that business of loving and blessing work into place. and making whole the broken During the meeting, coun- people and broken systems of Bishops10 denounce this world,” said the Rev. Canon harsh current cil members “focused greatly on fleshing out how we as a church- Stephanie Spellers in her sermon RCC continued from page 13 political climate during a Eucharist service. NEws wide community will engage the ahead on that,” she said. work of evangelism and racial Spellers, canon to the reconciliation,” Presiding Bish- presiding bishop for evangelism and racial reconciliation, The speakers said they often combat- op Michael Curry said during a House of Deputies President the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings breaks bread during Photo/Mary Frances Schjonberg/ENS outlined the emerging plans post-meeting news conference. a Eucharist service at Executive Council’s meeting in Fort Worth, Texas. General Convention last July The Rev. Brandon Mauai, a deacon from North Dakota and a former council that include an “evangelism Palestinian Muslim who has criticized Is- ted negative perceptions of faith. “Reli- adopted a 2016-2018 triennial member, assists at the service. summit” that would be the first budget that included $3 million for starting step in building a network of raeli government policies, she is “sometimes gion is seen as basically divisive, about Yes! I want tonew receive congregations, $2.8 Episcopal million for evange- Journalof the Episcopal Church, with and that’sits what unique we’re mixevangelists of across the church. There are planned initiatives in lism and $2 million for a major new initiative doing,” the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, House of digital evangelism, including finding “ways not welcome” in interfaith circles, Sarsour proselytizing or money,” said Marshall, Episcopalon racial Church justice and reconciliation. news, featuresDeputies president and and councilarts vice stories. president, to create meaningful links with people online “The Episcopal Church, meeting in a com- said of General Convention’s actions. Now the [by] listening to their deepest longings and Oregon12 cathedral munity of governance, was led to consider and council is “working so hard to provide infra- said. “I’ve been called an anti-Semite. Some whose organization seeks to connect questions” and training Episcopalians in using explores faith embrace a different form of vocation in the life structure” for the convention’s decision that the through the arts social media for evangelism, she said. The Subscriptionarts $______ EpiscopalOne-year Church has($36) “a vocation  to evangelism, Two yearplans envision ($67.50) an experiment with Episcopal bloggers say that a group such as Jews development and religion. “It is seen as ‘Women build peace,’ but voices ignored continued on page 6 Against Islamophobia are not ‘mainstream dangerous — against modernization and By Mary Frances Schjonberg

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PRSRT STD US POSTAGE expert on gender and inclusion on the United Bellmawr NJ PERMIT #1239 or centuries and all over the world, Nations’ Mediation Standby Team. ‘right Jews’ or the ‘right Christians.’” — less important in the context of mod- Mail to Episcopal Journalwomen Circulation, always have worked Attn: for peace; Mike TheBrooks, March 16111-56 gathering was76 connected Drive, #F7, Forest Hills, NY 11375. but their stories and abilities have to the 60th session of the United Nations ernization. And it is seen as emotional.” To subscribe or donate beenby discountedcredit card,and erased, call even 1-800-691-9846 as Commission on the Status of Women Dubensky responded that “you can theirF skills are needed now more than ever, a (UNCSW), held March 14-24. Women from peacemaker told a March 16 gathering at the across the Episcopal Church and throughout know that I am Jewish,” but that people Dubensky noted that Tanenbaum Please PRINT clearly Episcopal Church Center in New York. that the Anglican Communion representing more The world’s rules — political and otherwise than 20 countries came to New York to attend often erroneously tend to see individuals counsels companies on how to accom- — do not acknowledge the basic fact that, the session and various parallel events such as “when you look across time and geography, Naraghi-Anderlini’s presentation. when women collectively organize as women, Her point about the peacemaking role as representative of communities. Hen- modate religious differences in the work- Name______they don’t use violence,” said Sanam Naraghi- of women was vividly described during a Anderlini, co-founder and executive director question-and-answer session when Claudette derson noted that the Israeli-Palestinian place, such as the company that was ad- of the Washington, D.C.-based International Kigeme, the national coordinator for the Civil Society Action Network. Mothers’ Union in Burundi, said women in vised on setting aside a bathroom for “We might be disrupters. We might her country were crying out for peace and for conflict can make dialogue difficult, but Address______have a level of militancy, but it’s not as if the protection of unarmed people but were you have guerilla groups of women,” said speaking in a country “where truth cannot be a key question for interfaith groups and Muslims to wash their feet before prayer Naraghi-Anderlini, also an adjunct professor said.” Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini Photo/Marytells a gathering Frances Schjonberg/ENS in the at Georgetown University. Born in Iran and Naraghi-Anderlini said that as the United society is: “How do you stay at the table and using it as an education opportunity educated in England at Oxford and Cambridge, chapel at the Episcopal Church Center in New Nations lives its stated mandate of peacemaking, York that women’s experiences and voices often it must begin by paying City______continued on page 15 are erased from decision-making processes and with people you disagree with?” for all employees. She also said that she even from history. Henderson said activists should ask worked with an evangelical Christian State______ZIP______about the place of atheists and humanists pastor who “broadened my capacity to in the interfaith movement. “Who are understand bias and where I had my we willing to welcome? The interfaith own blind spots.” She added, “We need Email ______tables are not as radically inclusive as to balance our differences so we treat 0516 they should be, and we need to push each other with respect.” n May 2016 Episcopal Journal 15 book Reviews Confronting racism, climate change

Reviews by Jerry Hames in the segregated South. in Baltimore police custody, Hart shows Grandson of a black preacher, Hart that, even with the election of a black Hospitable Planet: Faith, Churches urged to act boldly writes a blog, “Taking Jesus Seriously,” president in 2008, deep racial divisions hosted by Christian Century. He is a persist in American culture — divisions Action and in struggle for racial justice PhD candidate in theology and ethics sometimes obvious and on other occasions Climate Drew Hart’s hard-hitting book “Trou- at Lutheran Theological Seminary in subtle, nuanced and often unrecognized. Change ble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Philadelphia. In “Trouble I’ve Seen,” he Neither are Hispanic communities By Stephen A. Church Views Racism” confronts the writes from his experiences in that city, spared from the effects of society’s white Jurovics prevailing racism in American society in suburban Norristown where his fam- supremacist hierarchies, Hart claims, Morehouse, and shows how American churches, both ily lived, and in Harrisburg, the state pointing to the failure of Congress to 155 pp., $18 white and black, have failed to address it. capital, where he worked as pastor of tackle the country’s unjust immigration For this reason alone, the book should be youth ministries at an urban Anabaptist laws. In fact, the government’s action ues with passages that speak about the compulsory reading for every Episcopa- community church after three years on a has resulted in the forced removal of 1.3 treatment of animals (Exod. 20:8-10) lian who takes seriously Presiding Bishop mostly white, Christian college campus. million people to Mexico and Central and prohibit the cutting of fruit-bearing Michael Curry’s clarion call to join in a First, Hart writes a theological re- America in the past four years. trees even in times of war (Deut. 20:19). ministry of racial justice and reconcilia- flection about the subversive actions of The author says Americans must reori- An aerospace engineer seeking to reduce tion at this time in our nation’s life. ent their lives to put “the true Jesus” at the energy consumption, Jurovics searched Churches often have been the least Trouble I’ve center and proposes seven “Jesus-shaped for biblical verses that would support his helpful places to discuss racism in a Seen: Chang- spiritual practices” for the antiracist case and began to talk in churches and white-dominated society, Hart writes. ing the Way church to adopt. Break allegiances with synagogues about the connection between He argues that, when racism is addressed the Church the white supremacist, class and patriar- the Bible and the environment. only on isolated Sundays to commemo- Views Racism chal hierarchies, he urges, thereby liberat- With liberal references to both the Old rate a national event or through occa- By Drew G.I. ing all people and enabling them to em- and New Testaments, chapters in the first sional preacher pulpit swaps, it is proof Hart brace God’s beloved community as equals. half of the book focus on the treatment that the full scope of the insidious prob- of animals, including their distress and lem is misunderstood. Herald Press, A compelling biblical case for pain when slaughtered inhumanely; the “Having a two-way conversation on 189 pp., $16.99 importance of reducing, reusing and recy- racism is challenging when white peo- action on climate change cling; the relationship between land use, ple respond to discomfort with either Jesus, who traveled from town to town Episcopalians seeking guidance about higher temperatures and drought; and air defensive emotionalism or white fragil- with an unconventional band of men. environmental problems should turn to pollution caused by fossil-fuel emissions, ity, which is the inability to deal with His kingdom ministry “was disruptive to the Old Testament books of the Bible, says commonly called “the greenhouse effect.” stressful racialized situations,” he writes. the social order, we learn, and therefore Stephen Jurovics, whose book “Hospitable The burning of fossil fuels is our planet’s “Such responses have become the norm a direct threat to the political, religious Planet” provides a biblical case for action worst enemy, Jurovics says, describing the in too many religious communities.” and economic establishment.” When on climate change and proposes substan- situation as “a perilous moment” in the The white church often has been si- Hart later says Christians must follow tive measures to mitigate the situation. Earth’s history. lent in response to 400 years of assault the “true Jesus,” the reader will know the Jurovics writes that faith in God is The second part of “Hospitable Planet” on black humanity, Hart says. One need author’s intent. weakened when people ignore teaching is a call for action on a national scale, in- not go back more than 50 years to recall Then, using events that begin with about creation care. He provides bibli- cluding the environmental rights move- how many Southern Episcopal clergy the lynching of 19-year-old Michael cal guidance, starting with Leviticus ment. A third section is a call to action and bishops loudly criticized the civil Donald by the Ku Klux Klan in 1981 and 19, which mandates that land must be on the local level. The success of these ef- rights movement of the 1960s, which conclude with the death of 25-year-old harvested in ways that leave food for forts depends upon large groups of indi- upset the privileged life of white citizens Freddie Gray in April of last year while the poor and the stranger, and contin- viduals from diverse religious traditions whose commitment to their faith moti- vates them to preserve God’s creation. An eloquent prophet Engaging in environmental issues is not a political act, it is a moral one, he n Review by Pamela A. 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By Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas I am both spiritual and religious. My image of comfort and ing hands on others so spirituality lies within my religion — it close to home. She is in they are blessed by the t’s almost the end of my sopho- just happens to be easier to be spiritual two stained-glass images people. Community does more year at Wellesley College, and at the moment. Church, in this particu- back at my parents’ house not mean homogenous I am too busy for church. I have lar moment, has no liturgy for me. I am in Arizona, a prayer card thought, but love — not two homework sets, four readings, enjoying the moment as though I am in in my backpack, a figu- in spite of, but because of I two discussion a church building. rine in my Nana and Ta- diversity. It is easier to love questions and a Because I feel too busy to get to a ta’s apartment, a Queen those who think and pray two- to three- church building, that does not mean at my Nana’s house, an like you, but She calls us page paper due on that I do not miss church services and Empress in my country to love those who do and a weekly basis. I their meaning. Church, at the moment, of heritage — Mexico think differently. think of this and is prayers and songs I have memorized — where I saw my Nana Church, at the mo- try to hold down because they are most meaningful to cry in front of Her origi- ment, is explaining what the stress as I sit me. Memorizing does not infuse mean- nal appearance on Juan I think I know about my basking in the ing into the prayers; it is the process of Diego’s tilma (cloak). faith to others and to my- sun, with a view of the lake a week after memorizing that does for me, since I put Reflecting on Her preva- self, and recognizing that snow has fallen and melted. in the effort to memorize. lence in my life is church it is constantly changing, I realized when I went back to Ari- Being alone in this light is fine. It is right now. but that does not mean I zona at spring break that there were no during those dark days of winter and Church is also the love Her or Her children clouds in the Western sky. Today is the early spring where I need a hand. It is birds chirping semi-an- any less. I might be too same at Wellesley. I sit savoring the light in darkness where I light my veladora noyingly, but it is more busy for church, but I am that warms my skin and mind. There is (prayer candle). quiet than I allow my- never too busy to love. a single white swan gliding on the lake. I focus a lot of prayers at Her image self on a daily basis. I am trying to find I kiss my veladora, Her image, without I am enjoying the birds chirping because on my veladora because she is a literal peace in this quiet. I am always seeking lipstick so I do not stain Her, but so that it means that blooming flowers are on light. The image on the veladora is La out friends because it is hard for me to Her love is stained onto my heart. n their way, and when they bloom, it is Virgen de Guadalupe — the patron saint be alone. Yet I do not feel lonely at the like the trees themselves are singing wor- of Mexico — whom I also incorporate moment, and I am relishing it while I Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas is a sophomore ship to Her. She is the Creator, Sustainer into my image of God. In accordance am alone. at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, study- and Redeemer. It is new life that we get with the legend, she looks like an Aztec But church also means community ing physics and sociology and trying to read to enjoy in its process. princess. She is surrounded by an aurora to me. Being Her child means a com- Chicana literature and theory in her free I am finding new life in my thoughts, of sunrays. She holds her hands in prayer, munity, a support system, hands placed time. She was second lay deputy for the Dio- new ideas blooming. I am finding that especially for the underdogs. She is an on me when I was confirmed and plac- cese of Arizona at General Convention 2015. Reflections of a lector

By Pamela A. Lewis ing about for some “nice way to serve ture reading practice. My preparation the church,” and being a lector seemed went beyond just “going over the pas- hen I told my mother one of the nicest. Confident in my fa- Just as music is sage” to contemplating it. I grew more that I had volunteered cility with language, blessed with a clear ‘ relaxed about reading; my delivery was to serve as a lector in my speaking voice and my mother’s solid more than the notes smoother, the words more meaningful, church, she gave me “the reading-aloud tutelage, I felt well-suited and, I hoped, the mysterious connection look.”W Numerous times, I found myself for this ministry. on the sheet, the between text and listener was achieved. on the business end of that look in re- At first, I thrived in my new role and In 1996, the diabolic effects of stroke sponse to some was often assigned readings for impor- Scriptures are not had left my mother disabled and unable action where I tant services and feast days. Parishioners to speak, but in his mercy, God preserved should have ap- and clergy gave me positive feedback. just the words on her ability to recognize me and my voice. plied a generous My mother accompanied me to a cou- I practiced my assigned passages by read- dose of common ple of services, and, although proud of the page. ing them to her, and her smiles, albeit sense. me, she was never fully at ease with my uneven, glowed with pride. “The look” was standing before such a large crowd of ’ For the All Saints’ Day service in No- then followed by witnesses and listeners. explore the inner life of the Bible pas- vember 2002, eight months after my “the question”: As more time passed, I, too, began to sages in order to offer them fully to the mother’s death, I read from the Wisdom “Can’t you just go to church, say your feel unease, but for reasons different from congregation. of Solomon: “The souls of the righteous prayers, make the occasional appear- my mother’s. I wondered why my read- Kathleen Norris’s 1987 bestseller are in the hand of God, and there shall no ance at coffee hour and be satisfied with ings, although well-prepared and clearly “The Cloister Walk,” the account of her torment touch them.” After the service, that?” she asked. “All eyes will be on delivered, hit my ears as hollow and de- extended residences in a Benedictine someone said to me, “I was moved by you, so you’ll always have to look im- void of an animating force. I recalled an monastery, was my first resource. Nor- your reading.” It is a lesson I could read peccable.” observation the late virtuoso violinist ris wrote of the time one of the monks only because I had lived and known loss, It was hard for me to argue with that. Isaac Stern had once made of his perfor- had assigned her to read a passage from and understood the soul of the passage Although she was a cradle Presbyterian, mances, where he revealed that, even if the Book of Isaiah, the same book from by way of lectio. and I a just-out-of-confirmation-class the audience was unaware of something which I had given my maiden voyage Some have argued that baseball teach- Episcopalian, she was sure about know- lacking in his playing, he was aware of it, reading at church. I loved her descrip- es us a lot about life. I would make a ing the scoop on what I would be in for and that was what spurred him to make tion of how good the words felt in her similar claim about lectoring: You must when serving as a lector. In other words: adjustments. Those adjustments were mouth and of her gratitude for the po- be prepared for anything; there will be Consider the cost. My mother was a very more often musical rather than techni- etry of the verses. challenges and joy; you will make mis- private and reserved person who disliked cal in nature. There was no question that A very important part of Norris’s takes (and learn from them). When you calling attention to herself and was un- Stern had the skill to execute accurately Scripture reading preparation was lectio remember to give your work to the glory comfortable with those who did. To her, the music; what he needed to explore divina, a term I had never heard of until of God, it is more than just something serving as a lector ran contrary to the te- was the music’s soul. reading “The Cloister Walk.” This was nice to do. n nets governing my upbringing. Just as music is more than the notes the key to reading more with the heart But I was not deterred, despite the on the sheet, the Scriptures are not just than with the head. Inspired, I learned Pamela A. Lewis writes about topics of slight tension my decision caused our the words on the page. They, too, have all I could about this ages-old tradi- faith. She attends St. Thomas Episcopal otherwise close relationship. I was cast- a soul, and one of the lector’s tasks is to tion, placing it at the core of my Scrip- Church in New York.