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JournalMONTHLY EDITION | $3.75 PER COPY Vol 6 No 10 | October 2016 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protests pipeline Episcopalians join action By Lynette Wilson and David Paulsen Iowa10 ministry Episcopal News Service brings the sacred federal judge on Sept. 9 ruled to the secular against blocking work on a sec- tion of a four-state oil-pipeline

Feature project that sparked Native- AAmerican protests in North Dakota that have generated national attention and drawn support from Episcopal leaders, among others. But within hours, three federal agen- cies said they would stop construction and asked the pipeline builder, Energy Transfer Partners, to “voluntarily pause” work on government land, which tribal officials say Smithsonian12 contain sacred burial sites and artifacts. museum holds “What [U.S. District Judge James faith stories Boasberg] ruled on has become a moot s A rt point,” said the Rev. John Floberg, canon

missioner for the Episcopal Church com- Photo/Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Opposition via Facebook munity on the Standing Rock reservation. Law enforcement officers block protestors who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. “The Department of Justice with the De- partment of the Interior and the [U.S.] Army tions specifically regarding the Dakota Access site under the National Environmental Policy Corps of Engineers called for construction to Pipeline and generally regarding the “pipeline- Act (NEPA) or other federal laws. Therefore, stand down 20 miles to the east and 20 miles related decision-making process.” construction of the pipeline on Army Corps to the west of Lake Oahe until all issues have “The Army will not authorize constructing land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not been adjudicated.” the Dakota Access pipeline on corps land bor- go forward at this time,” the agencies’ state- The federal agencies said they would stop dering or under Lake Oahe until it can deter- ment said construction in response to issues raised by the mine whether it will need to reconsider any of While participating in a clean-water rally Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal na- its previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe continued on page 7 Books14 trace footsteps of St. Francis s art Episcopal churches, community partners help educate and register voters

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PERMIT #1239 Episcopal News Service registration deadline approaching, Carlos Duarte, Mi Familia Vota’s Texas egistering voters in mid-Au- state director, said he hoped to reach gust at La Iglesia Episcopal additional voters who feel marginalized San Pablo in Houston was and who may not have engaged in the just the start of an Episcopal process previously. DioceseR of Texas and Mi Familia Vota “With Spanish-speaking communi- partnership to help get out the vote. ties, they are always torn in participat- Increased public awareness and in- ing in the political process because they terest, possibly due to a contentious feel that none of the political parties election season, sparked the initiative, represents their interests 100 percent,” said Paulette E. Martin, diocesan com- Duarte said. munications specialist.“People want to “They feel that one mirrors their be involved. The whole political arena position on abortion while the other right now is very important to them.” Photo/Paulette E. Martin agrees with their stand on immigration Maria Villenas from Mi Familia Vota registers residents to vote at “We figured it would be a good way to Houston’s La Iglesia Episcopal San Pablo. and acceptance and views for diversity. educate people and to give them tools They are always torn between those op- to register people to vote, and to encourage Others were trained and “deputized” to begin tions and sometimes that leads to paralysis.” their families and friends to help make a dif- canvassing local communities to help more Not so this year, he said.“This year, par- ference,” she said. residents make their voices heard in the Nov. ticularly, the presidential campaign has been Ten people at the event registered to vote. 8 general election, she said. continued on page 8 2 Episcopal Journal October 2016 Anglican Digest

Anglican Digest is a column of news and features WCC and the Roman Catholic Church from churches in the Anglican Communion. is a key focus of the September meeting of the group, co-moderated by Metropol- Bombing victims remembered itan Nifon of Târgoviște from the Roma- WCC, Roman Catholics he bishop of discuss relations Davao, Philip- The relationship between the World pines, Jonathan Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ro- Casimina, led a man Catholic Church was being reviewed candlelitT memorial service in a five-day meeting that began Sept. 13 at the site of a Sept. 2 terror- at the Ecumenical Centre in Switzerland. nian Orthodox Church and Archbishop ist attack at the Roxas Night The WCC is “a fellowship of 348 Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, the Roman Market. Some 14 people member churches who together rep- Catholic Church’s primate of Ireland. were killed and around 70 resent more than half a billion Chris- “One session in the five-day pro- injured when two impro- tians around the world,” according to gram aims to address ‘co-operation on vised explosive devices were its website. Most Anglican provinces are inter-religious relations, on refugees and detonated as people enjoyed members of the WCC, as are most of the migrants, and on justice and peace,’” the city’s vibrant night life. Photo/Diocese of Davao world’s Orthodox churches. Its mem- the WCC said. “There also will be dis- The market is home to street A candlelit memorial service honors terror attack bership also includes Lutheran, Baptist, cussions of Pope Francis’s exhortations stalls and cafes selling a range victims in Davao, Philippines. Methodist, African Instituted, Assyrian Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia, of merchandise and food and and Evangelical churches. and of his encyclical Laudato Sí’. is a popular destination on the island. dignity, ease the pain of the survivors, The Roman Catholic Church has “Other topics before the group are A makeshift memorial shrine of and pursue justice.” never been a member, although it is part to include finding doctrinal common flowers and votive candles was built up The candlelit memorial service — of local ecumenical groups of churches ground, world mission and evangeliza- at the site alongside placards contain- Candles of Hope for Unity, Justice in different parts of the world. tion, marriage and the family, environ- ing messages of condolences for the and Peace — was held four days after In 1965, following what the WCC mental threats to God’s creation, the victims and bereaved families as well as the bomb attack “to gather all people calls “the ecumenical thaw in relation- ongoing ecumenical pilgrimage and words of hope and encouragement for of goodwill from all walks of life not- ships . . . encouraged by Pope John XXIII ‘building the agenda of the JWG for the the city in mourning. withstanding ethnic and religious dif- and the Second Vatican Council,” a Joint coming years.’” “Amidst the gloomy atmosphere of ferences to stand in solidarity with Working Group was established between fear and speculations, rays of hope still the victims, the bereaved and all who suffered from the deadly bomb blast,” members of the WCC and the Pontifical Women’s center opens shine through the darkness with the Council for Promoting Christian Unity. continued presence and demonstra- Brother Gilbert said. Last year, in a message to mark the in South Korea tion of solidarity and resilience among The diocese sent liturgy outlines group’s 50th anniversary, Pope Francis After 20 years of prayers, hopes and local residents rooted in their faith,” to partner churches and dioceses else- urged it to “become ever more of a ‘think fundraising, a new Women’s Mission Brother Gilbert Martinez from the Di- where in the Anglican Communion so tank,’ open to all the opportunities and Center opened in Seoul, South Korea in ocese of Davao said. “The outpouring that simultaneous candle-lit memorial challenges facing the churches today in early September. of support from all sectors both here services of prayer could be held. the mission of accompanying suffering Proposed at the Anglican Church of and abroad in responding to the plight The service in the Roxas night mar- humanity on their path to the kingdom, Korea’s Women’s Forum in 1993, the of the victims continued, and provid- ket included a message from Casimina by imbuing society and culture with gos- project launched in 1995 but only now ing support to the city’s immediate and and was built around the Lord’s Prayer n pel truths and values.” is ready to open. valiant efforts to bury the dead with and the Prayer of St. Francis. A review of the relations between the “The center will serve not only Anglican women but also all women in need by providing various outreaching first-hand experienced individual will lead Episcopal programs and projects,” said the project’s with specialist help,” she said. “This kind chair, Ruth Choi. Programs will include of meeting program will be expanded to Journal retreats and lectio divina sessions for other areas such as single mums, eating- Editor: Solange De Santis small groups; Bible studies; classes on disorder sufferers, caregivers of people Art Director: Linda Brooks making the Anglican rosary; marriage, with dementia and so on.” Copy Editor: Sharon Sheridan Hausman parents, grandparents and language The center also will develop as a refer- Senior Correspondent: Jerrold Hames courses; programs for the elderly; youth ral center, connecting women with needs Business Manager: Michael Brooks camp; and a church leadership course for with appropriate experts for support and Advertising: Shanley + Associates, LLC women, she said. assistance. These will include released “Furthermore, the center aims to be a female prisoners, defectors from North Board of Directors: Mary W. Cox; Solange De Santis, ex officio; hub for women in need and expert groups Korea and their children, and victims of Nigel Holloway; Sharon Tillman, Craig Wirth Photo/Anglican Church of Korea who can help them. From the beginning, violence and discrimination. — All articles from Anglican Communion All Episcopal News Service articles in this issue The new Women’s Mission Center in Seoul the center will begin the meeting of are reprinted with permission. is the fruition of a two-decade-long vision. mums who lost their children, which a News Service Editorial: Send correspondence and letters to the editor at 123 Mamaroneck Ave., #616, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 or [email protected]. From The editor’s desk Business: Michael Brooks at 111-56 76th Drive, #F7, Forest Hills, NY 11375 piscopalians are support- development has clashed with indig- Churches played a significant role in or [email protected] ing members of the Standing enous people. A 2011 article in the Oil, destroying native culture. Now “this is Advertising: Rock Sioux Tribe in North Gas and Energy Law publication noted an opportunity to stand with the tribe [email protected] 312-919-1306 [email protected] 708-308-3917 Dakota who oppose the con- that, “with increasing market demand, and affirm and follow their leadership struction of an oil pipeline across land the search for natural resources increas- in taking one more step toward rec- Subcriptions: To change subscription addresses, E contact: Episcopal Journal Circulation Department belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of ingly impacts indigenous cultures.” As onciliation,” Shantha Ready Alonso, PO Box 937, Bellmawr NJ 08099-0937 Engineers. a society, we do want to drive our cars, executive director of Creation Justice [email protected] or call 800-691-9846. The Sioux say the Dakota Access power industry and heat our homes as Ministries, told Religion News Service. 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Episcopal Journal is Although it’s federal land, one could ing to Native Americans’ deep spiritual brothers and sisters. They also use ener- published monthly and quarterly in partnership with dioceses note that the Sioux have been here a connection with the land, aligning with gy resources. However, acknowledging and individual churches and is distributed to individual lot longer than the U.S. Army Corps churches’ expression of regard for God’s and supporting their concerns should subscribers. Postage paid at Bryn Mawr, Pa. Postmaster: Send address changes to: Episcopal Journal, P.O. Box 937, of Engineers. creation. be of paramount importance. It wasn’t Bellmawr, NJ 08099-0937. It’s not the first time natural-resource Another issue is reconciliation. always that way. n ISSN: 2159-6824 October 2016 Episcopal Journal 3 News Anglican task group meets to ‘maintain conversation’

By Adrian Butcher glican Church of Canada. “We standing each other and the Anglican Communion News Service are trying to practice in our people we represent. We have engagement with each other been coming to know each embers of a task group here what we long for in the other by spending time to- set up after the Primates’ wider communion.” gether. There is definitely hope Meeting in January to Archbishop Ian Ernest, — I am convinced of that.” “maintain conversation” from the Province of the In- Ernest agreed. “It has gone hasM met for the first time and stressed dian Ocean, said exchanges beyond my expectations,” he their determination to work together. But within the group had been said. they said the process would take time. frank and open. Bishop Josiah Idowu- The primates asked Archbishop of “What has come out very Fearon, Anglican Commu- Canterbury Justin Welby to appoint the clearly is the level of transpar- nion secretary general, said he group to restore relationships, rebuild ency that we have in the group. was grateful to the participants mutual trust, heal the legacy of hurt and We have been able to be open for the sacrifices they had explore deep differences. Welby present- and speak openly about our made to attend the meeting. ed the group’s mandate to the Anglican differences,” he said. “We also “I am really encouraged by Consultative Council’s 16th meeting in recognize the richness of the the depth of trust that is be- Lusaka in April, where it was received communion. And we all love ginning to be seen and also the and affirmed. In September, seven mem- our communion — that is Photo/ACNS hope expressed by the partici- bers of the group met at the Anglican what binds us together.” Members of the archbishop of Canterbury’s task group gather at pants,” he said. Communion Office in London. An Bishop Paul Sarker, mod- the Anglican Communion office in London. Shown in the back The group stressed the im- eighth joined via video conferencing. erator of the Church of Bangla- row, from left, are Archbishop Philip Freier, Archbishop Ian Ernest portance of prayer in the work and Bishop Paul Sarker. In the front, from left, are Presiding The Episcopal Church’s acceptance desh, echoed the same theme. Bishop Michael Curry, Elizabeth Paver, Rosemary Mbogo, Bishop it were doing. of same-sex marriage was a source of “Our cultures and backgrounds Linda Nicholls and Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon. “We have committed to contention at the Primates’ Meeting, are very different, and we ex- pray for each other,” said where a majority of Anglican Commu- press our spirituality differently, but we about relationships. You don’t build or Archbishop Philip Freier of the Anglican nion church leaders called for temporary are moving forward together,” he said. renew or heal relationships overnight. Church of Australia. “There may be a sanctions on the church. Finding solutions will take time, said So, we are going to take whatever time it sense that this is just a ‘talk-fest.’ But this “What we are trying to do here is mir- Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. takes — but we are going to do it. [prayer] is a profound action consistent ror what we desire for the whole com- “Quick fixes aren’t long-term solu- Asked if he felt there had been prog- with the theme.” munion,” said Bishop Linda Nicholls, tions,” he said. “Long-term solutions ress, Curry said, “Well, we are here and Prayer is the foundation of the group’s coadjutor bishop of Huron in the An- require long-term work. We are talking we are doing it.” work, and it is vital to know the will of Reflecting on the diversity, Canon God for its direction, Mbogo said Rosemary Mbogo, provincial secretary Welby formally welcomed the group of the Anglican Church of Kenya, said and prayed for them before talks began. Australian vote will address there was no grouping within the An- He also attended the first session, during glican Communion whose views would which he stressed there was no pre-set same-sex marriage not be listened to. agenda and that the group was to ap- “That is really needed if we are talking By Gavin Drake law if they have been given a vote.” point its own chair. about healing and walking and working Anglican Communion News Service The archbishop said that it would “be Idowu-Fearon hosted the group and important that Christians — and oth- together in a unified communion,” she acted as secretary. The group is scheduled rchbishop Philip Freier, pri- ers — vote according to their conscience said, adding that she had been pleased to meet annually with additional meet- mate of Australia, in early Sep- and their view of what is best for society” at the progress made. “It’s gone well. We ings held electronically. The date of the tember welcomed a proposed and that it was “proper to expect that the have covered a lot of ground on under- next meeting is yet to be confirmed. n referendum on whether the Parliament should honor the results.” countryA should allow same-sex “Should the vote be in favor marriages but expressed concern of same-sex marriage, as sug- about the “tenor of the debate.” gested by the opinion polls, the Prime Minister Malcolm church must accept that this is MOVING? Turnbull promised a referendum now part of the landscape. We on the issue during his campaign can still stand for and offer holy in the country’s general elec- matrimony between a man and tion in July. As Turnbull leads Freier a woman as a sacred ordinance the new coalition government, given by God, while accepting a referendum is expected, but the details that the state has endorsed a wider view have not been announced. Opposition to of marriage. a plebiscite remains in Parliament — even “I do not believe that the Anglican from supporters of same-sex marriage. Church in Australia is likely to revise its “The proposed plebiscite on same-sex doctrine of marriage,” he said. “But that Ask for a clergy marriage has been one of the more con- said, the church also understands the desire moving specialist and tentious topics in 2016,” Freier said. “In- of two people to express their commitment discover why thousands • Clergy Discount dividual Anglicans have adopted a vari- of love and self-sacrifice to each other and ety of positions taken in good conscience that Christians have not always shown the of churches, clergy • Guaranteed Dates based on their Christian understanding respect or perspective they should. I am and seminarians have • 3 Estimates with only 1 survey of the principles and issues, and this is very concerned that the discussion does relied on us for nearly right and proper. not become harsh or vilifying — on either • All Major Van Lines “Personally, I welcome the plebiscite, side, for it is not only Christians who have two decades. though with strong reservations that we sometimes failed on this score.” must guard the tenor of the debate and This is not “a theoretical issue” for keep it positive. The government promised those people where it “directly impinges a plebiscite in campaigning for the July on their lives,” he said. “We understand election, and, having been elected, they that sometimes gays, lesbians and others have the reasonable expectation of honor- have felt judged and rejected, even os- 800-733-0930 ing this commitment. Further, those who tracized, inside the church, and that we oppose same-sex marriage will surely find have to be much more pastorally sensi- www.clergyrelocation.com • [email protected] it easier to accept it becoming approved in tive in future.” n 4 Episcopal Journal October 2016 Episcopal Lives Partnership addresses gender-based violence piscopal Relief & Develop- women have safe spaces to pursue their director for Episcopal Church of Liberia ment and Islamic Relief USA aspirations.” Relief & Development. “Christians (IRUSA) have launched a In Liberia, 45 percent of women aged and Muslims have worked together partnership to increase en- 15-49 have experienced violence during for peace and justice for many years, gagementE among Christian and Mus- their lifetime, and 18 percent have ex- and there is tremendous power in our lim faith leaders to end gender-based perienced sexual violence. GBV is per- communities to promote and embody violence (GBV) in Liberia. IRUSA’s vasive throughout Liberia, attributable positive change on this issue.” support expands the ongoing GBV pro- in part to social and institutional break- The GBV program trains a diverse gram that Episcopal Relief & Develop- down during the country’s 14-year civil group of stakeholders including pas- ment launched in 2015 with a three- war. Christian and Muslim faith lead- tors, imams, lay leaders, village elders, year grant from the United Nations ers through the Inter-Religious Council chiefs and youth group leaders on the Trust Fund to End Violence against of Liberia and other groups helped to causes and effects of GBV, how to sup- Women. Implemented by the organiza- broker peace during the conflict, and port survivors and how to effectively tion’s local partner, Episcopal Church in recent years these leaders have lever- and sustainably change attitudes and of Liberia Relief and Development, munities work together to support vic- aged their influence and credibility to behavior regarding GBV in their com- this program equips local faith lead- tims of gender-based violence or any address GBV as well. munities. Active in six districts in ers — including youth — to prevent other form of violence,” said Anwar “We are working with faith leaders Grand Cape Mount and River Cess violence and increase support for survi- Khan, CEO of Islamic Relief USA. to examine religious texts that have counties, this program is part of a larg- vors through utilizing the Faith Leader “Our faith teaches us to respect and been used to justify violence against er campaign of the Liberian Ministry GBV Prevention and Response Toolkit care for each other; to respect the rights women, and instead interpret them to of Gender, Children and Social Pro- and other strategies. and dignity of mothers, sisters, wives encourage dignity and respect,” said tection to end GBV. “It is very important that faith com- and daughters. It is very important that Annette Musu Kiawu, the national — Episcopal Relief & Development

EDS names interim president bachelor degree in 1963. its future mission. At that meeting, the management and “EDS has had a long-standing devo- Very Rev. Frank Fornaro, interim presi- oversight of CIC, The Rev. William C. Nelsen, college tion to excellence in theological educa- dent and dean since 2015, announced which provides prop- administrator, nonprofit executive and tion, inclusiveness and social justice. his resignation. erty and liability cov- Lutheran pastor, will serve as interim With my experience in both academic Nelsen was chosen unanimously as erage for Episcopal president of Episcopal Divinity School and church settings, I am looking for- president from among four candidates Church institutions. (EDS) during the ward to working with the people of EDS by both the trustees’ transition commit- He will report di- 2016-2017 academic in forging new and exciting ways to serve tee, which conducted the search, and by rectly to CPG’s chief year. both church and society,” said Nelsen, the board in a meeting by phone. He will Murray operating officer, For nearly 18 who was a volunteer with the South- lead a search for an Episcopal chaplain Frank Armstrong, and will be based in years, Nelsen was ern Christian Leadership Conference in for EDS. Bennington, Vt. president of Schol- 1965, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther — Canticle Communications Murray served as chief underwriting arship America, the King Jr. was the organization’s president. officer, casualty/public risk, of Houston largest private-sector A former Fulbright scholar, Nelsen Casualty Company, a provider of prop- Nelsen scholarship organiza- Kanuga appoints president has published widely on faculty develop- erty- and casualty-insurance products and tion in the country. Previously, he was ment, higher-education funding issues The Rev. Michael Radford Sullivan is services. Previously, he held senior man- president of Augustana University in and nonprofit management. In 2008, he the new president of Kanuga Conferenc- agement positions in several midsize insur- Sioux Falls, S.D., and vice president, was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran es, a conference, camp and retreat center ance organizations throughout the United dean and professor at St. Olaf College in Church in America (ELCA) after com- near Hendersonville, N.C. He succeeds States. He also served as a lieutenant com- Northfield, Minn. In recent years, he has pleting coursework at Luther Seminary Stanley B. Hubbard mander in the U.S. Navy and was a lance served in interim positions as vice presi- in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served Jr., who is retiring, in corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. dent of development at North Caro- as a pastor and director of the Lilly En- November. — Church Pension Group lina Wesleyan College, vice president for dowment Project for equipping clergy Sullivan has served university relations and development at and laity in the Southwestern Minnesota as rector of Holy In- Tennessee State University and universi- Bishop Spong recovering Synod of the ELCA. nocents’ Episcopal ty minister for advancement and church from stroke In July, the EDS board voted to end Parish, Atlanta, since relations and interim president at Mid- degree programs in July 2017 in order 2009. He brought Retired Diocese of Newark Bishop land University, where he also received a Sullivan to conserve the seminary’s resources for stability to finances John Shelby Spong, 85, had a stroke of the 2,500-member parish and has Sept. 10 before a speaking engagement extensive strategic planning and fund- in Marquette, Mich., Sewanee offers disaster chaplaincy training raising experience, including guiding a the diocese reported. $10 million renovation and expansion A few days later, he lergy and spiritual caregivers four four-hour sessions covering disas- of church facilities while also assisting of the Episcopal Church and ter operations, disaster spiritual care, was transported to with a $22.5 million capital project for a rehabilitation cen- religious leaders of all faiths disaster mental health and self-care for a STEM building at Holy Innocents’ can participate in a disaster caregivers. ter in Morristown, School and $5 million for an adminis- N.J., not far from his chaplaincyC training in Sewanee, Tenn., Participants who complete this cer- trative complex. on Nov. 15-16. Emergency managers tification can volunteer as a chaplain home, Louie Crew Previously, Sullivan was rector at St. Spong and disaster mental health profession- in their own diocese or faith commu- Clay, a friend and John’s Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, long-time member of the diocese, re- als may also take this course to develop nity, or with the network and its na- Va., and canon for mission at Trinity their knowledge of spiritual-care best tional partners. The network also can ported on Facebook. Episcopal Cathedral, in Columbia, S.C. A doctor in Michigan said that Spong practices during disasters. assist unaffiliated volunteers in finding — Kanuga Conferences The Beecken Center of the School of disaster spiritual-care volunteer oppor- would “get at least 80 percent of his Theology at the University of the South tunities in local communities across the movement back,” the Rev. Janet Brod- in Sewanee is offering the program in United States. New general manager joins erick, rector of St. Peter’s, Morristown, partnership with the National Disaster FEMA’s online IS 100 course on the Church Insurance wrote to her congregation. “Cognitively Incident Command System must be com- he is not in any trouble at all (we knew Interfaiths Network. The curriculum William “Bill” F. Murray has been ap- pleted before this training. To register, that!).” prepares chaplains and credentialed re- pointed senior vice president and general visit http://beeckencenter.sewanee. Spong and his wife, Christine, attend ligious leaders to provide spiritual and manager of the Church Insurance Com- emotional care during deployment to edu/events/chaplaincy-training- St. Peter’s, where he frequently lectures panies (CIC). He replaces Rod Webster, th nov-2016. and where in June he celebrated his 40 disaster sites as well as within their own who is retiring. communities. The course comprises — Beeken Center anniversary as a bishop. Murray will be responsible for the — Episcopal Journal October 2016 Episcopal Journal 5 News Episcopalians serve in Young Adult Service Corps

wenty young adults represent- sionaries, their home dioceses and host in the Diocese of Liverpool. Rural Institute in the Anglican Church ing 18 Episcopal Church dio- dioceses, are: • Jourdan Johnson, Diocese of Con- in Japan. ceses are serving as missionar- • Adrienne Davis, Diocese of South- necticut, working with social services • Charles Merchant, Episcopal ies in the Young Adult Service ern Virginia, serving with Helpers for outreach in the Diocese of Southwestern Church in South Carolina, serving with CorpsT (YASC) for the 2016-2017 term Domestic Helpers at St. John’s Cathedral Brazil. the Holy Cross School in the Diocese of throughout the Angli- in the Diocese of Hong • Jack Karn, Diocese of Vermont, Grahamstown, South Africa. can Communion. Five Kong Island. working with Jerusalem Peace Builders • Brooklyn Payne, Diocese of Mis- of them are continuing • Lexy Fields, Diocese of in the Diocese of Jerusalem. souri, serving with the Bella Vista Girls their ministries with Florida, teaching at Hogar • Emily Kirk, Diocese of East Tennes- Home in the Diocese of Panama. YASC for a second year. Escuela in the Diocese of see, serving with Tsedaqah Community • Tristan Tucker, Diocese of Spring- YASC is a ministry Costa Rica. Ministry in the Diocese of Liverpool. field, teaching at All Saints’ School in of the Episcopal Church • Alexa Henault, Dio- • Elijah Lewis, Diocese of Upper the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Phil- for young adults, ages cese of Rhode Island, teach- South Carolina, implementing projects ippines. 21-30, who are interest- ing at Hogar Escuela in the at the St. Barnabas Agricultural Center The five missionaries serving a sec- ed in exploring their faith in new ways Diocese of Costa Rica. in the Diocese of Haiti. ond year are: Naomi Cunningham and by living and serving in communities • Mitch Honan, Diocese of Connecti- • Kellan Lyman, Diocese of Atlanta, Tristan Holmberg, Diocese of Kansas; Ra- around the Anglican Communion. cut, teaching at the St. Barnabas Agricul- working with the ECARE Foundation chel McDaniel, Diocese of West Tennes- Each YASC missionary maintains a tural Center in the Diocese of Haiti. in the Diocese of Northern Philippines. see; James Rose, Diocese of Southwestern blog, detailing his or her service, reflec- • Zach Jeffers, Diocese of Upper • Wil Merchant, Episcopal Church in Virginia, Diocese of Georgia; Bryan Vélez tions and adventures. Blogs enable the South Carolina, serving with Mission South Carolina, serving with the Asian García, Diocese of Puerto Rico. n young adults to serve as evangelists both to Seafarers in the Diocese of Western in their host dioceses and at home, said Kowloon, Hong Kong. Elizabeth Boe, Episcopal Church global • Kate Jewett-Williams, Diocese of networking officer and a former YASC Dallas and Diocese of Oklahoma, serv- United Thank Offering grants available missionary in Tanzania. The 15 new mis- ing with Tsedaqah Community Ministry pplications are being tended for start-up costs of new accepted for the 2017 ministries. Seminarians must hail Speakers, workshops announced United Thank Of- from one of the accredited semi- fering (UTO) grants naries of the Episcopal Church for evangelism conference Afocused on evangelism and rec- or from the Commission for onciliation: 10 grants of $2,500 Theological education for Latin residing Bishop Michael • Compassionate Evangelism: A for young adults (ages 19-30) American and the Caribbean. Curry will be the keynote Non-Judgmental Approach to Shar- and 10 grants of $2,500 to sem- Seminarians should submit their speaker for Evangelism Mat- ing Your Faith: the Rev. Canon Dr. inarians (no age limit). applications to their deans for screening ters, a churchwide evangelism Fred Vergara, Episcopal Church Mis- A ministry to promote thankfulness and and selection. Each dean will select two conferenceP on Nov. 18-19 in Dallas. sioner for Asiamerican and Pacific Is- mission in the Episcopal Church, UTO applications per seminary. The dean’s sig- Other speakers will include the Rev. landers ministries. awards grants for projects that address nature is required on the application. Canon Stephanie Spellers, Episcopal • How to Contextualize the Mes- human needs and help alleviate poverty. Applications must be submitted Church canon for evangelism and rec- sage of Jesus in U.S. Hispanic Cul- Young adults should submit their ap- by 5 p.m. EST Nov. 4 to utoapps@ onciliation. tures: the Rev. Luis Andrade, rector of plications to their dioceses for screening episcopalchurch.org. Applicants will be Evangelism Matters is designed St. Helena’s, Burr Ridge, Ill. Our Sto- and selection. The bishop will select one notified of their application status after for anyone who would like to learn ries Speak of God: the Rev. Hershey application per diocese. A bishop’s signa- January’s Executive Council meeting. more about evangelism and available Mallette Stephens, Trinity Wall Street, ture is required on the application. For more information, visit www. resources. New York. Seminarian grant applications are in- episcopalchurch.org. n • Social Media, Evan- gelism and Connecting with Emerging Cultures: the Rev. Canon Antho- ny Guillén, Episcopal Church missioner for La- tino/Hispanic Ministries. Key portions of Evan- For where life takes you, trust the gelism Matters will be live webcast. The main panel presentation, What The event is hosted by the Diocese Is Evangelism?, will feature a group of of Dallas and Church of the Trans- at Stevens Worldwide Van Lines Episcopal evangelists, including the figuration, Dallas, where the activities Through Stevens Clergy Move Center,® we’re Rev. Alberto Cutié, Diocese of South- will be held. Spanish translation will proud to deliver over 110 years of family-owned east Florida; Carrie Boren Heading- be provided for all plenaries, worship moving expertise and quality services to ton, missioner for evangelism in the and several workshops. 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Movement, which is co-sponsoring tions are listed for attendees to make The way to move the conference with the Presiding their own arrangements. Bishop’s Office. For more information, contact Workshops have been designed for Alyssa Finke at 800-543-1813 or those who are new to sharing their [email protected], Call Vicki Bierlein: faith as well as for confident evangelists Spellers at sspellers@episcopalchurch. 800.248.8313 looking for fresh resources. Among the org or Gunn at sgunn@ www.stevensworldwide.com/affinity workshops and the presenters will be: forwardmovement.org. n 6 Episcopal Journal October 2016 News North Dakota churches set sights on energy sustainability

By David Paulsen began work on an energy-sustainability The first step is an audit of the parish church members’ opposition to the Episcopal News Service project in its seven native ministries and buildings on four reservations in North Dakota Access Pipeline, said the Rev. congregations. That project got a big boost Dakota to identify ways of making them John Floberg, canon missioner for the rotests over an oil pipeline in this year when the United Thank Offering more energy efficient. Then most of the Episcopal Church community on the North Dakota have thrust the (UTO) awarded it a $50,000 grant, com- money will fund building upgrades and, at Standing Rock Reservation. Standing Rock Sioux Nation, bined with an additional $45,000 from a one of the churches, a solar power project. The reservation draws its drinking and many of its members who are sustainability initiative funded through the Church leaders also see the project water from the Missouri River. The tribe Episcopalians,P into the national spotlight. General Convention budget. as a way of expanding their capacity for is concerned that the pipeline could con- But for the several Episcopal congrega- Shifting to renewable energy sourc- outreach: If they can make it cost-effec- taminate the water. But fossil fuels, such tions on Native-American reservations in es — solar, wind and water — assists tive to open churches and parish halls at as the oil carried by the pipeline, heat North Dakota, the focus on energy issues congregations by saving money and hours other than Sunday worship ser- and power most of the buildings there. and the environment is nothing new. fits indigenous peoples’ spiritual calling vices, new ministries can take shape, es- “If we never see our use of these things Long before protesters in August ini- to protect the earth and the natural re- pecially those that cater to young people. as on our shoulders as well, and try to tially succeeded in halting work on part of sources that are part of God’s creation, This energy-sustainability effort at find ways to mitigate that, then shame the pipeline, the Diocese of North Dakota church leaders say. the congregational level aligns with on us,” Floberg said.

From vision to action Floberg is pastor of the three Episcopal congregations on the North Dakota side of the Standing Rock Reservation, though he oversees the sustainability project for all of the diocese’s Native-American con- gregations, including those on Turtle Mountain Reservation, Spirit Lake Res- ervation and Fort Berthold Reservation. The scope of this project is compre- hensive, with all church buildings under

Photo/St. James’ Church via Facebook St. James’ Church in Cannon Ball, N.D. rebuilt a more energy-efficient church after a 2012 fire. review. It is similar to an effort made • Traditional Vesture for Clergy & Choir three years ago at one of the churches, St. • Stained Glass & Church Furnishings James’ Church in Cannon Ball. After a fire had destroyed its former building, the • Textile Appointments St. James congregation received a UTO • Communion Hardware grant to include a geothermal heating and cooling system when rebuilding. • Altar Fair Linen To heat the building for use beyond • Restoration of Stained Glass, Textiles Sunday mornings and to keep the pipes from freezing costs between $1,500 and and Hardware $3,000 per month in the coldest part of Stained Glass & Church Furnishings winter. With the energy-efficient system, the church spends about $250 a month on utilities, Floberg said. The diocese then sought to improve energy use in all church buildings on North Dakota reservations and applied for another UTO grant. These congregations serve some of the poorest communities in the country. “Without greater efficiency or replacement of higher-costing energy sources, the sim- ple answer for our congregations is to turn down or turn off the heat to their buildings for a week or in some cases for months at a time,” the grant application said. The purpose for the grant money, then, is not only to catch up on deferred main- j. wippell & co limited tenance at the churches but also a “long- 1 Main Street (po box 468), Branchville, NJ 07826 term reduction in the use of fossil fuel.” n

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Pipeline continued from page 1 reconciliation, and the pipeline company the Rev. Charles A. had intended to begin in the capital, Floberg spoke by phone Wynder Jr., a deacon construction. about the agencies’ decision. “This is and the Episcopal The cause has reso- extremely great news. The speakers here Church’s missioner nated with Episcopa- at the rally in Bismarck have declared for social justice and lians who have stood that a victory,” he said. “The judge’s rul- advocacy engage- with the Dakota peo- ing would have allowed for the corps to ment, joined in soli- ple since their exile move it ahead, but the corps is not obli- darity with Episcopa- from Minnesota dur- gated to give the permit.” lians, the Sioux tribe ing the U.S.-Dakota The judge’s decision was in response and thousands of oth- War of 1862. There to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s law- er indigenous, justice are nine Episco- suit objecting to the U.S. Army Corps of and environmental pal churches on the Engineers approval of the Dakota Access advocates at the pro- Standing Rock reser- Pipeline. The Sioux argue the pipeline test site near Standing vation. On Sept. 5, would cross treaty lands, disturb sacred Rock. Kim and Wyn- the churches issued a sites and threaten drinking water for der joined Floberg at Photo/Indigenous Environmental Network via Facebook letter expressing their 8,000 members who live on the tribe’s the rally in Bismarck. People protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline stand at sunset in the Camp of Sacred solidarity with the nearly 2.3 million-acre reservation, lo- Floberg expressed Stones near a sign reading “mni wiconi,” Lakota for “water is life.” Sioux Nation. cated just south of where the pipeline thanks for the “We are called to crosses under the Missouri River. support of the Episcopal Church, private security guards hired by Energy be a witness. We are called to be faithful The company behind the pipeline the Anglican Church of Canada, Transfer Partners. The guards used dogs among the people that we serve,” the let- project, Dallas-based Energy Transfer the Evangelical Lutheran Church in and pepper spray against protesters who ter said. “We are called to be guardians Partners, counters that the pipeline America, the United Methodist Church had assembled to halt construction on a of the soul. In the midst of this trouble, is safe, economical and necessary to and the United Church of Christ, all sacred tribal burial ground. Four private we pray and work for reconciliation.” transport North Dakota oil to markets of which have supported protesters. security guards and two guard dogs also The Diocese of North Dakota issued and refineries across the country. On (The Episcopal Advocacy Guide to the were injured. a statement in August expressing sup- July 26, federal regulators issued permits Dakota Access Pipeline is available at On Sept. 6, Boasberg granted the port for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, allowing the $3.8 billion pipeline to www.episcopalchurch.org.) tribe’s request for a temporary halt to and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry fol- cross four states: North Dakota, South “It continues to be a legal fight. Pro- construction on the section of the pipe- lowed with a supportive statement, call- Dakota, Illinois and Iowa. tests of protection will continue,” said line crossing the Missouri River, but he ing the protest action “one that joins the Floberg, adding that 200-plus indige- allowed it to progress on the segment fight for racial justice and reconciliation Emotional day nous nations also have signed on in sup- that includes the burial site. with climate justice and caring for God’s “The federal judge’s rejection of the port of the Standing Rock tribe. “Our Some members of nearby Episco- creation as a matter of stewardship.” n unity will continue, pal congregations joined the front lines and our determina- of the protests or offered their support Lynette Wilson is an editor and reporter tion to protect the for the hundreds — and at times thou- for Episcopal News Service. David Paulsen water and the treaty sands — of people camped near where is a freelance writer based in Milwaukee. rights of the Stand- ing Rock Sioux Tribe remain firm.” The federal agen- cies’ action on the heels of the judge’s decision shows that God works in mys- terious ways, said the Rev. Brandon Mau- Photo/Courtesy of John Floberg via Facebook ai, an Episcopal dea- The Rev. John Floberg, who has ministered on the Standing Rock con on the Standing Indian Reservation for 25 years, and Carmine Goodhouse, a Rock Sioux Reserva- member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Fort Yates, N.D., stand tion. near an Episcopal Church flag that was added to the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. “This is an ongo- ing fight,” he said. Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request for The federal agencies’ action “shows that an injunction to halt the construction prayers are being answered, in the most of the Dakota Access pipeline, followed unexpected way.” closely by a joint statement of the De- The federal agencies also said in the partments of Justice, the Army and the statement that the Standing Rock case Interior doing just that for the time be- highlighted the need for serious discus- ing, have provided for those of us who sion regarding reform aimed toward in- are standing in solidarity with Standing corporating tribes’ views on “these types Rock a roller coaster day of emotions,” of infrastructure projects,” including said North Dakota Bishop Michael better ways to include tribes’ input re- Smith. “I am mindful of Standing Rock garding land protection, resources and Chairman Dave Archambault’s words of treaty rights into decisions. a few days ago that ‘this is the beginning The rallies and protests go beyond of a long legal process.’ We in the Dio- North Dakota. Clean-water advocates, cese of North Dakota are grateful for the allies of indigenous peoples and sup- support we have received in this struggle porters of the No North Dakota Access from across the Episcopal Church and Pipeline movement, hashtag #NoDAPL, are aware it will need to continue. We have staged rallies nationwide. will continue to work and pray for a just In anticipation of the Sept. 9 ruling, and peaceful resolution to this difficult North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple ac- situation.” tivated the National Guard to assist local Standing Rock Episcopalians have law-enforcement officials as needed near been present at the protests since the be- the Standing Rock protest site. ginning. On Sept. 8, Heidi J. Kim, the Earlier, the situation had turned Episcopal Church’s missioner for racial violent when protestors clashed with 8 Episcopal Journal October 2016 news

Election continued from page 1 tian stewardship.” The website also in- Civil Liberties Union’s website. vites Episcopalians to sign a pledge that The Rev. Joseph Pae, rector of All so polarized, it’s made them want to get they will vote in the Nov. 8 election. Saints Episcopal Church in Great Neck, involved.” “There are a lot of productive and N.Y., said he hoped to reprise a voter Mi Familia Vota is a national non- good things that churches could do in registration drive held before the April profit organization with field offices in the political process that doesn’t get 19 primary election. Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado, them afoul of their nonprofit status,” The Korean American Civic Empow- Florida and Texas that “seeks to unite said Julie Anderson, auditor for Pierce erment association sponsored the drive the Latino community and its allies to County, Wash. and registered about 10 first-time voters, promote social and economic justice Earlier this year Anderson assisted in he said. through increased civic participation,” a training and voter-registration event “In the past, the Korean community Duarte said. at the Holy Family of Jesus Episcopal has not been active or registered to vote. The partnership of Mi Familia Vota Church in Tacoma, Wash. ELECTION ENGAGEMENT TOOLKIT We have been trying to raise more voter and the Episcopal Diocese of Texas repre- Some 70 Cambodian senior citizens Episcopal Public Policy Network awareness,” Pae said. The gathering in- sents the first time “in five years of doing registered to vote. Anderson has been volved neutral conversations, voter edu- this, that a church actually approached working with the Korean Women’s Asso- cation and assistance in completing the me to partner with them,” said Duarte, ciation and its Indochinese Cultural Ser- voter-registration forms. who was planning a subsequent voter reg- vice Center, housed on the church’s cam- “Some people were hesitating before, istration event with the diocese.“We do a pus, to help educate voters.“Through but they appreciated being able to attend lot of work with churches, but usually we [the association], I visited just about ev- a forum at the church,” he said. have to go and convince them to get in- ery one of their senior meal sites and did teers and leaders within our federations In California, where almost 650,000 volved, and it’s always very difficult.” voter registration.” and allied organizations to go and do new voters registered in the six weeks be- Churches are somewhat skittish about Churches are especially poised to as- the work of knocking on doors and hav- fore the state’s May 23 primary-election political involvement because, as non- sist in such efforts because they “are com- ing phone conversations” to make sure deadline, All Saints Church makes voter profit organizations, they must adhere munity centers,” Anderson said. “They people vote. registration available every Sunday dur- to certain guidelines regarding political are places that people gather and many The national- and state-based effort ing the election season. campaigns or risk losing their Internal churches are already actively engaged includes representatives from churches “We invite the League of Women Revenue Service nonprofit status, Mar- in using their resources and facilities to and other organizations, including the Voters to host a table after our church tin said. reach marginalized populations.” United Church of Christ, Religious Ac- services and take registrations as needed,” But the Episcopal Public Policy Net- Such civic engagement could include tion Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), said Peace and Justice Director Juliana work’s Election Engagement Toolkit hosting candidate forums “as long as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Serrano. “was just one more reason we thought they’re well-balanced, that all the candi- Bread for the World and Sojourners. The 3,000-member Pasadena church organizing this effort would be a good dates have an opportunity to participate RAC Associate Director Barbara came under IRS scrutiny in 2004 after idea, because we’re not telling people but [the events are] not skewed in any Weinstein, in the release, also cited con- its former rector, the Rev. George Re- how to vote, we’re just giving them the way,” she said. cern about the attempted marginaliza- gas, preached a sermon two days before tools to vote and educating them about Other faith-based groups also are tion of voters through the “systematic the 2004 election in which he imagined it,” she said. forging voter-initiative partnerships, silencing of individuals and communal Jesus participating in a political de- The network is “calling upon con- such as the PICO National Network's voices at the ballot box in the form of bate with then-presidential candidates gregations to engage in conversation on “Together We Vote,” multifaith, multi- closed polling stations, limitation on George W. Bush and John F. Kerry. public- policy issues, to develop voter racial voter education and get-out-the- early voting and onerous voter ID laws.” Regas told the congregation that registration and issue education cam- vote program. “We believe every person At least 10 states representing collec- “good people of profound faith” could paigns and to advocate for protection of of faith should exercise their right to vote tively more than 80 million people have endorse either candidate but criticized voting rights.” as an act of faith in co-creating the be- attempted to put into place restrictive the Iraq War and said Jesus would have The toolkit, available online, contains loved community we all desire here on voting laws ranging from “new hurdles told Bush that his preemptive war strat- guidelines and resources for church po- earth,” PICO’s political director, Bishop to registration to cutbacks on early vot- egy in Iraq “has led to disaster.” litical involvement and cites the church’s Dwayne Royster, said in a news release. ing to stricter voter-identification re- Eventually, the IRS dropped its inves- position that “voting is an act of Chris- “We’re going to train 15,000 volun- quirements,” according to the American tigation of the church. n Voter registration on faith groups’ to-do lists

By Adelle M. Banks immigrants were now “What we want is Religion News Service citizens with voting every church to be in- power. volved in registering eligious groups ranging from black Protes- “They’re coming of new people, and we tants to Latino evangelicals to Reform Jews age, and they’re ready don’t want them to feel are gearing up for massive voter-registration to vote,” he said. “And like they have to wait activities to boost turnout on Election Day. we’re ready to register for a certain day to do RPICO National Network, a faith-based organizing them.” it,” said the Rev. James network, in early August announced its “Together We Activists say they C. Perkins, PNBC Vote” plan to work with allies to seek new voters who also hope their efforts president. “We want are especially concerned about racial justice. will counter so-called them to do it every “We’re going to be talking to over a million voters voter suppression laws Sunday.” in conversations with people who have regularly been they believe have re- The African Meth- bypassed by conventions and parties and candidates,” duced voting opportu- odist Episcopal Denise Collazo, leader of the initiative and PICO’s nities in many states. Church held voter- chief of staff, said at a news conference in early August Appellate courts across the country recently have in- education training during its quadrennial General at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. validated many of those restrictive voting laws. Conference in July in Philadelphia. And it has joined The campaign will focus particularly on issues such Even as this umbrella group makes plans for coor- other voter education activities in states across the as police brutality, improved wages and keeping im- dinated efforts, especially in battleground states, indi- country as well as the “Together We Vote” campaign. migrant families together. vidual denominations, including historically African- “No matter what our faith is, all have some of the “We will work to withhold federal dollars from cit- American churches, are making additional plans. same concerns,” said AME Bishop Adam Richardson ies and states that refuse to hold police accountable The Freedom Sunday Coalition has been orga- Jr., who is working on voter registration in Florida. for how they are treating black and brown bodies in nizing several black denominations with conference “One of the things that we all are striving for is to do this country,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, PICO’s calls, talking points and social-media tips. something to ameliorate voter apathy, ’cause voter ap- political director. The Progressive National Baptist Convention held athy is, in my opinion, worse than voter suppression. The Rev. Jose Arce of the National Latino Evangel- training for its church members during its Annual … So we have to make sure that people are mobilized ical Coalition said many of the children of deported Session in early August in New Orleans. to go vote.” n October 2016 Episcopal Journal 9 news Louisiana dioceses prepare long-term response to catastrophic flooding

By Beth Colvin in Baton Rouge arrived the next Zachary, just north of Baton Rouge, in- Episcopal News Service day, he spotted a high-water sign curred damage to its subfloor. The Epis- near his apartment. copal school in Baton Rouge took on wa- ecovery is moving for- By Sunday, his phone was ter in a couple of its buildings. ward in south Loui- ringing. The worst damage by far was at St. siana, where heavy “Sunday morning, I got a Francis in Denham Springs, east of August rains caused call from my cousin and her Baton Rouge, where the Amite River disastrousR flooding that left partner, and they asked if they jumped its banks and submerged most 140,000 homes uninhabitable. could come to my house with of the town. Several feet of water came “The Episcopal Diocese of all of their animals because the into the church, Thompson said. Louisiana has entered the long- water was about to come in their “As south Louisianans pick up the term recovery phase much quick- house. All of my sisters and other pieces of their lives, it’s critical that the er after this flood than we have relatives called me to say all of help continue. People here already have after other disasters,” said the them had to evacuate,” he said. a deep faith in God, and that’s already Rev. Elaine Clements, a deacon “I ended up picking up my sister helping them deal with the immensity and the diocese’s disaster and pre- after she escaped by boat from of the disaster and the recovery,” said paredness coordinator. “We are her house. When I picked her Thompson. “Many people in the flooded engaged with Episcopal Relief Photo/Karen Mackey/Diocese of Louisiana up, she broke down in tears due area — up to an estimated two-thirds — & Development to formulate a The Rev. Tommy Dillon II of St. Margaret’s in Baton Rouge, to the trauma she had just expe- didn’t have flood insurance. And federal long-term response. The clergy of La., offers Communion at the first service after the flood for rienced.” aid, which isn’t designed to make people the diocese are determining the St. Francis Episcopal Church in Denham Springs. “When we talk about the mis- whole, will take some time in arriving needs and appropriate projects in sion of the church, it is to help and, when it does, will only go so far.” the communities served by their [congre- All 99 U.S.-based dioceses of the the downtrodden and to be the hands of “While the water has gone away,” he gations].” Episcopal Church are engaged in some Christ in the world. This is where faith said, the disruption in people’s life con- The record rain Aug. 12-14 mostly way with preparedness work through the is put into practice,” Dillon said. “The tinues. “The church needs to be prepared affected East Baton Rouge, Ascension, relief agency’s U.S. Disaster Program, church is a community for those who to handle that kind of anxiety and the Livingston and St. Helena parishes, just making response times faster. The floods have lost their homes … to have a place weariness that people will experience.” northwest of New Orleans. Thirteen in Louisiana were the largest natural di- to go to receive prayers and support from Still, he said, “south Louisiana is full people died. More than 60,000 homes saster in the United States since Super- others and to offer prayers and healing for of resilient people who will recover.” n were destroyed along with 100,000 vehi- storm Sandy hit the Northeast in late the road ahead for recovery.” cles. Total damages are estimated at more October 2012. Most of the churches in the Diocese of Beth Colvin is a Baton Rouge-based than $8.7 billion. The 2016 flooding also hit Lafayette Louisiana escaped damage. St. Patrick’s in freelance writer. “Over the last month, local churches and the area west of it, affecting five par- throughout the dioceses of Louisiana and ishes. Members of the community im- Western Louisiana have been responding mediately began “mucking out” houses to immediate needs, but this work has and clearing debris. Within three to five only just begun. The long-term recovery days, the churches in and around Lafay- is going to take years,” Katie Mears, direc- ette began distributing cleaning supplies, tor of Episcopal Relief & Development’s water, diapers and food for people affect- U.S. Disaster Program, said in Septem- ed by the storm, said Maberry. ber. “Needs now will pivot from shelters, “The generosity of people always distribution of goods and emergency impresses me,” said Louisiana Bishop meals to longer-term solutions like help- Morris K. Thompson. “People stopping ing people find temporary housing, apply their daily life to go help someone else. for insurance and other benefits and be- It should not amaze me, but it does. Just gin to repair their homes.” the goodness of people.” The Diocese of Louisiana is leading In Baton Rouge, when more than 2 a gutting-and-rebuilding program that feet of rain inundated the area, the dio- will use volunteers, she said. “Churches cese responded immediately. across the affected area will continue to Despite criticism of the national me- use their local volunteers, connections dia for its lack of storm coverage, dona- and facilities to reach out to their most- tions and relief came from across the vulnerable neighbors and accompany Episcopal Church and the country. them through the recovery process.” Unlike Sandy and Hurricane Katrina Episcopal Relief & Development pro- in 2005, this tropical storm didn’t have vided emergency-response grants to the a name. And that, Thompson says, may Diocese of Louisiana, which covers Ba- have made it hard to catch anyone’s at- ton Rouge, New Orleans and surround- tention. ing parishes, and the Diocese of West- “If you think about it, a storm didn’t ern Louisiana, which covers the western hit us,” he said. “It was rain and rain and two-thirds of the state. A large portion rain. It just didn’t register with people.” of the Western Louisiana diocese was in- The Rev. Tommy Dillon II agreed. cluded in a federal disaster declaration. “The presidential campaign and the “We are all aware that this process will Olympics were the main things on tele- be a long one, and we realize that there vision.” will be additional efforts in the future,” Dillon, a Baton Rouge native who’s said the Rev. Lois Maberry, a deacon and back in his hometown after 10 years on the Diocese of Western Louisiana’s disas- the West Coast, first realized what south ter and preparedness coordinator. “The Louisiana was in for as he drove home cooperative efforts with the Diocese of from Houston on Aug. 12. He stopped Louisiana and Episcopal Relief & De- in Lafayette, about an hour away, to seek velopment have been essential in this shelter from the heavy rain. When the recovery.” new priest-in-charge at St. Margaret’s 10 Episcopal Journal October 2016 Feature Iowa’s Breaking Bread Ministry blends sacred with secular

By Luke Blount ed the group with Lizzie Gilman and Ze- families to church on a Sunday morning. invited the kitchen staff and waitstaff to bulun Treloar-Reid after a conversation “Times have changed, where Sunday participate, and three people came out t this summer’s Iowa State at a retreat. Gilman had a friend starting mornings are not doable for some fami- with tears in their eyes to participate. Af- Fair, not far from the corn a brewery, and they all thought it would lies and single people. Whether people ter Bucklin imposed ashes on a heavily dogs, carnival games and be a good way to get young adults to “ex- had sporting events or they had young tattooed waitress named Angel, Bucklin’s Ferris wheel, the Rev. Lydia perience the Eucharist out in the world,” kids or maybe they just wanted to sleep daughter called out: “Mommy, I don’t BucklinA baptized her two young children as Bucklin described it. in — whatever it was — Sunday morn- want to be dust.” Angel immediately re- underneath a tree as some passersby With permission from plied, “But honey, don’t joined in and others looked on in wonder. Iowa Bishop Alan Scarfe, you know that the most The event was the latest in a series of Bucklin began to develop beautiful stars are made of monthly gatherings of the Breaking Bread a liturgy for a sacred ser- dust, just like you and me? Ministry, a group that began in October vice in the secular world. You are a bright and shin- 2015 at a bar outside of Des Moines. Eventually, she devel- ing star.” Bucklin, the young adult missioner oped a portable program, “It was one of those for the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, start- which resembles a regular moments when you real- Eucharist with a few ex- ize this is why we are do- ceptions: no traditional ing what we are doing,” Just in time for the holidays, sermon, recitation of the Bucklin said. Savor Sweet Christmas Nicene Creed or confes- For recent seminary sion of sin. Two readings graduate and Breaking by Ann Cogswell come from a variety of Bread co-founder Treloar- sources such as poems, Reid, one of the most meditations or passages important aspects of the Photo/Courtesy of Breaking Bread from books. Greg Mazunik plays guitar at a Breaking Bread gathering in a pizzeria. ministry is that it is broad- When people arrive er than one congregation. for Breaking Bread, each receives a bul- ings didn’t seem to be working for young “This is more focused on bringing to- letin with a highlighted portion of the adults,” Gilman said. “So we were think- gether people from the metro area rather liturgy to read. Sometimes a volunteer ing: What do people do? Well, they go than one specific congregation,” he said. brings a guitar to lead music; other ser- out after work. It is easy to turn down a “This is all about bringing the sacred into vices feature more organic hymn singing. Sunday morning, but when someone is secular spaces so that we can start blurring “There is not much that I do other offering to feed you dinner and buy you those lines between the sacred and secular.” than presiding over the table,” Bucklin a beer, you might want to try it out.” Treloar-Reid, a 27-year-old transgen- said. “It helps promote the idea that we For Gilman, bringing the ministry of der man, said he also appreciated that are all called to do God’s work. We are all the church to the people is the most in- the group is open and affirming to the a part of it.” spirational aspect of Breaking Bread. “I LGBTQ community. As such, Bucklin Perhaps the most interesting aspect think it is important that the church sees has made an effort to create a liturgy free This 6” x 6” hardcover of the service is what Bucklin calls the how wonderful the spirit is when we are from gendered language, for example by book offers 31 original “powerful question.” Sitting in a circle, meeting beyond the church walls,” she eliminating references to God with mas- elegant, enchanting the preferred arrangement for the ser- said. “We may be meeting on a differ- culine pronouns or as a father. vice, someone will read a pre-determined ent day or a different place, but we are “I’ve never personally had an issue with poems complemented question on a general spiritual topic, fol- celebrating the same Eucharist. Just to using male pronouns for God because I’ve by color photographs lowed by intentional listening as people feel that sacredness, wherever you go, never really thought of God as physically share their personal stories. is a powerful feeling. It is like going to male,” Treloar-Reid said. “But I think it also by Ann. “I still basically follow the Book of a great dinner party where you don’t is important to remind people that God Seasonal themes from Common Prayer,” Bucklin said. “We know anybody, and you just trust that isn’t part of the patriarchy. I think if we may not do the Nicene Creed or the the Holy Spirit is going to give you an use male language too much, then we angel’s wings and the confession of sins, but we might have awesome time.” can start glorifying the male person too manger scene to conversations about sin or about the Added Bucklin, “There have been much, and I think that is dangerous. ‘puddings and pastries important aspects of our faith and what many people who have come that would “I appreciate having spaces where we the nonnegotiables are. Or we may talk never enter a church building. Some of talk about God in a broader perspective of allspice and clove about what we struggle with.” them have told us that.” Once, a ground- because ultimately God is genderless.” And gingerbread boys Bucklin says that the environment skeeper for a church admitted he never Rachael Essing, a 22-year-old Epis- invites people to open up. Some attend- attended the service inside because he copal Service Corps volunteer, agreed. taking shape in the stove.’ ees have discussed depression, substance knew he didn’t have enough money to “The words in the liturgy that we use are abuse and arrests. put in the collection plate. When he dis- not binary, nor is it all masculine, which, Each poem speaks to a After a Eucharist where each person covered they were meeting in a park, he as a young female, I really appreciate.” treasured facet of serves Communion to the next in a circle, attended the service because he felt more “I like tradition, so I like to have some Christmas, reflecting the the service concludes with a practice comfortable, she said. things that I can focus on and know from Eric Law’s Kaleidoscope Institute Bucklin emphasizes in each service where they come from,” Essing added. grace and rhythms of in which everyone completes the phrase: that there is no expectation of joining or “But I also like pulling in new sources the season. Readers “Today I ask God for [blank] and today I being a member. Because there are few because there is a lot of material out thank God for [blank].” Then the group overhead costs to host a service, they there for us, and maybe that fits better young and old are sure continues its conversations over food don’t seek donations. with someone else. It opens us up to the to find delight in and beverages. “We don’t need a fancy building or world where they can connect.” Since the first meeting nearly a year a ton of supplies,” she said. “I carry a The Breaking Bread format is begin- Cogswell’s invitation to ago, the group has developed a core fol- simple tote bag with chalice, paten and ning to spread as neighboring dioceses lowing of about six to eight people in a couple cloths. Other people bring the have started to test out the format. “Savor Sweet Christmas.” addition to another 10 to 15 who may wine and bread. When we had it at the “It’s a formula that is easy to take and show up at each unique location and state fair, we had to use the bottom bun make your own and do it anywhere,” said Available for $17.95 + S&H time. Besides at the brewery and the of a pork sandwich.” Bucklin. “The idea was to have it in lots of To order contact: state fair, services have been held in a That combination of a laid-back envi- different places to express that the sacred park, a pizzeria and in Breaking Bread ronment with an intentional Eucharistic is all around us. We can find the divine in Far Country Press at co-founder Lizzie Gilman’s home. service allows for unique interactions. ordinary things and ordinary people.” n [email protected] Gilman is a stay-at-home mother of One of Bucklin’s most memorable or 1-800-821-3874 two young girls and knows all too well moments came at an Ash Wednesday Luke Blount is a freelance writer based how difficult it sometimes is to get young service at the local pizza place. Gilman in Durham, N.C. October 2016 Episcopal Journal 11 News Services mark 15th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

By Gavin Drake diplomats for a memorial service in St. so many deaths where the forces of evil Anglican Communion News Service Andrew’s Cathedral. appear triumphant. It also enables us to “9/11 was a catastrophic event on renew our hope, knowing that God is in he 15th anniversary of the American soil, but it has affected the control and, through Jesus, offers true terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, whole international community,” peace for a broken and divided world.” 2001, was remembered in spe- Archbishop Glenn Davies of Sydney Davies preached at the Sunday ser- cial services and events in New said. “Sixty-two countries lost people in vice. Howard, who witnessed the 2001 York.T Some 2,996 people were killed this devastating attack. The ramifications attack on the Pentagon, read from the when terrorists flew hijacked planes into have been global and put the world on New Testament. A cathedral bell tolled New York’s World Trade Center and the alert for a new form of destructive, 15 times to mark the anniversary. n Pentagon in Washington. A fourth plane annihilistic terrorism which has sprouted crashed in Shanksville, Pa., as passengers groups like Boko Haram, ISIS and Al tried to regain control of the plane from Shabaab. The Bell of Hope is a gift from London to the hijackers. “This service provides us with an New York, in commemoration of 9/11. A number of events took place at St. opportunity to ponder the gravity of Photo/http://traveltalesoflife.com Paul’s Churchyard — part of the parish of Trinity Church, Wall Street. The cha- pel at St. Paul’s was used as a relief center for recovery workers for almost a year af- New from Church Publishing ter the attacks. 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Close Funnye, a first cousin Religion News Service to 10 percent of the 2,586 once removed of first lady artifacts in its inaugural Michelle Obama, is also ong before the grand opening exhibitions are related to the chief rabbi of African- neared for the Smithsonian’s faith and religious history. American congregations new museum in Washington, Rex Ellis, associate di- in New York, including D.C., devoted to African- rector for curatorial affairs, one known as the “Com- AmericanL history, Amirah Muhammad said the museum essen- mandment Keepers,” and had a difficult decision to make. tially was an intersection several others in Pennsyl- Should she donate the platinum- of uplift, spirituality and vania, Georgia, Barbados and-diamond necklace that Elijah Mu- resilience. and Nigeria. hammad, her grandfather and onetime “There is no way you Compared with the 83 leader of the Nation of Islam, gave to her can discuss, talk about or percent of African Ameri- grandmother after designing it with the understand the African- cans who identify as Chris- word “Allah” above their family name? American journey without tians, 1 percent of U.S. Museum curators hoped she would understanding the very blacks identify as Muslims contribute an artifact related to the black real role faith played in its Photo/John Sonderman/Creative Commons and an even smaller num- nationalist movement that had grown history,” said Ellis, an or- The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Wash- ber say they are Jews. to some 500,000 members when her dained Baptist minister. ington, D.C. displays artifacts of faith and history. But the museum con- grandfather died in 1975. Some of that journey, sidered it important to “It was for the greater good,” she said from 15th-century slavery to the 21st- tinue to exhibit a sampling of the new represent them, along with practitioners of her reluctant donation, which came century presidential election, is shown museum’s collection, now totaling more of African religions, and their beliefs. after “much prayer and thought.” in tangible objects — from the piano than 36,000 objects. “They viewed Christianity as the reli- “I actually felt my grandmother, kind bench of Thomas Dorsey, the “father Tucked in the back corner of that gal- gion of the slave master,” said museum of her spirit, say, ‘It’s OK, tell our story.’” of gospel,” to a red-and-gold prayer rug lery is a space decorated as a brush ar- specialist Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din. The National Museum of African used by a Sunni imam in Baltimore — bor — the secret hideaway where slaves “So they embraced this radical departure American History and Culture, which and expressed through the intangible could worship freely. The necklace is fea- from Christianity in search of a new way opened Sept. 24, tells many stories of stories that accompany them. tured in a display case on African-Amer- of thinking, of being, and a new way of African Americans of diverse faiths who In the museum’s underground-his- ican Muslims, including a uniform and forging a path of progress.” tory galleries, for example, one hallway headdress of the Nation of Islam. Beyond references to individual reli- is buttressed by examples of the faith of Another case displays a kneeling altar gious groups, the museum addresses the key leaders who rebelled against slavery. from First African Methodist Episcopal role African Americans have played in “On one side is Nat Turner’s Bible Church of Los Angeles and a Catholic U.S. culture — from music to the mili- and on the other side is Harriet Tubman’s choir chair from New Orleans. A third tary to sports. hymnal, and we talk about them as a way features artifacts about African-Ameri- Musical artifacts in the museum’s of suggesting that the Bible and faith was can Jews. exhibits range from Tubman’s “Gospel not just a sort of comforting word from Rabbi Capers Funnye donated several Hymns No. 2” to a Grammy and a lime- on high,” Ellis said. “It was a way of acti- items to the museum — including a tal- green jacket from the Dixie Humming- vating one’s desire to do more than what lit, or prayer shawl, a Torah scroll and a birds, a group that Ellis described as “the was ever expected of them to do.” shofar, or musical horn made from a ram’s standard-bearers of gospel singing” for Turner led a failed 1831 slave rebel- horn — objects used by his Beth Shalom more than seven decades. lion that resulted in dozens of deaths, B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congre- Sports figures highlighted include and Tubman rescued scores of people gation in Chicago, which dates to 1918. two-time Olympian Gabby Douglas, from slavery. “We’ve been a part of the religious whose 2012 book, “Grace, Gold & While the artifacts of those famous landscape for a very long time,” Funnye Glory: My Leap of Faith,” has been

RNS photo/Adelle M. Banks rebels were unveiled on opening day, said of Hebrew Israelites. “And to see in the American History gallery, and A platinum and diamond necklace that Clara Muhammad’s necklace was already that being acknowledged and to see that boxing great Muhammad Ali. Elijah Muhammad, onetime leader of in view. being written about and made a part of “We look at his conversion to Islam the Nation of Islam, gave his wife is on It sits across the street at the Smith- permanent exhibits of institutions like as a form of activism,” said Salahu-Din display at the National Museum of African sonian’s National Museum of American the museum of the Smithsonian is very about Ali being featured in the “Making American History and Culture. History, where a gallery space will con- important.” a Way Out of No Way” gallery. Five chaplains are featured in the mili- tary history gallery, along with the Bibles of service members, one from a soldier Episcopal pioneer Absalom Jones honored in the segregated military of the 1930s piscopalians who visit the new a decade after he founded a black con- count of the circumstances preceding the and another from a female West Point National Museum of African gregation in 1794. Listed on the Epis- deliverance of the children of Israel from graduate who was killed in Iraq in 2006. American History and Cul- copal calendar of saints, he is remem- their captivity and bondage in Egypt. In the segregation gallery are the ture that opened Sept. 24 on bered each year on the anniversary of “The history of the world shows us crucifix and chalice of Louis Beasley, a theE Mall in Washington, D.C., should his death, Feb. 13, 1818. that the deliverance of the children of World War II chaplain who received the take time to pause before a vast slate Famous for his oratory, Jones helped Israel from their bondage is not the Bronze Star and Purple Heart after sav- gray wall on the museum’s bottom level. establish the tradition of anti-slavery only instance in which it has pleased ing the lives of two soldiers. In the exhibit “Slavery and Free- sermons on New Year’s Day and, as God to appear in behalf of oppressed Aaron Bryant, a curator specializing dom,” they will read famous freedom- rector of the African Episcopal Church and distressed nations, as the deliverer in visual arts, said the museum’s collected oriented texts. Sandwiched between of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, he of the innocent and of those who call artwork and literature also reflect religious the Declaration of Independence and preached the “Thanksgiving Sermon” upon his name. He is as unchangeable concepts, with both author Countee Cul- a stanza from the spiritual hymn “Steal on Jan. 1, 1808, the date on which in his nature and character as he is in len and painter David Driskell “looking Away to Jesus” is Absalom Jones’s the U.S. Constitution mandated the his wisdom and power. The great and at the Crucifixion as it relates to the death “Thanksgiving Sermon of 1808.” end of the African slave trade. After his blessed event, which we have this day of African Americans and, more particu- Jones, an abolitionist born into slav- 3,000-word sermon was published as a met to celebrate, is a striking proof larly, black men,” especially Emmett Till. ery in Sussex County, Del., was the first pamphlet, it became famous. that the God of heaven and earth is the Till, whose original casket is featured African American to be ordained an Jones based his sermon on the third same, yesterday and today and forever,” in the new museum, was a black teen Episcopal priest, an event that occurred chapter of Exodus (vs.7-8) and gave an ac- he preached. n who was murdered in 1955 after being continued on page 16 October 2016 Episcopal Journal 13 Faith and the arts Peace-building art exhibition seeks to unite East and West

By Episcopal Journal media hype can overshadow fundamen- The unpainted 3-foot 9-inch fiberglass additional programs that include music, tal truths that stand regardless of back- sculpture of the “key” that was used by workshops, talks and panel discussion. contemporary art exhibition ground or faith,” said Chandler. “For each artist was designed and sculpted by An educational component offers tours built on the theme of the generations the Middle East has been the Egyptian artist Reda Abdel Rahman. for students and downloadable resources ancient Egyptian symbol of a place of turmoil, and now more than The exhibition is augmented with for teachers. the ankh opened in New ever it is vital that the growing Riverside Church’s senior minister, the AYork on Sept. 21, the United Nations Western misconceptions and ap- Rev. Amy Butler said: “As a community International Day of Peace. prehensions about the region be committed to peace and reconciliation, The exhibition, titled “The Key,” show- addressed.” we are delighted to host CARAVAN, an cases the work of 40 Egyptian, Middle- “In the ever-widening divide inspiring art installation promoting the Eastern and Western contemporary artists that exists between the Middle dream of peace for the world. This instal- using a modern 3D fiberglass portrayal of East and West, we have found lation calls us to embrace the dream of the ankh, the hieroglyph known as the that art is a vehicle for under- peace for all people.” “key of life,” as a means of engendering standing and imagination,” he Co-partnering with CARAVAN, unity among people of different cultural said. It enables people of dif- Ambassador Ahmed Farouk, consul heritages and faith backgrounds. ferent cultural backgrounds the general in New York of the Arab Republic “It’s the canvas for a contemporary opportunity to gain an insight of Egypt, called the arts one of the most message of hope for a harmonious, into the world and values of “the powerful languages of peacemaking peaceful and tolerant world,” said the other,” he said. among peoples of different religions. Rev. Paul-Gordon Chandler, an Episco- The blending of the old with “This exhibition speaks this language pal priest who is founder and president the new — an ancient symbol eloquently,” he said. of CARAVAN, an organization that em- created in fiberglass and painted Past exhibitions sponsored by CARA- ploys the arts as a peacebuilder among by contemporary artists — stim- VAN have included “Amen: A Prayer for the creeds and cultures of East and West. ulates contemplation of values the World” at Washington National Ca- “The Key,” already seen by thousands over time, how peaceful coex- thedral in 2014 and “In Peace and with in Cairo and most recently in London istence once was possible and, Compassion,” featuring 50 life-size paint- at St. James, Piccadilly, will remain at despite current misunderstand- ed fiberglass donkeys, at New York’s Ca- New York’s historic Riverside Church, ings, can be again, he said. “This thedral of St. John the Divine in 2013. n a stronghold of peace activism over the cultural endeavor with the ankh Images/ courtesy of CARAVAN decades, until Nov. 6. at its heart is a powerful means The contemporary art exhibit “The Key,” on display To read more about the artists and “The world we live in today is fast- to unite people of different back- in New York until Nov. 6, showcases the work of 40 the exhibition organizers, visit www. paced and one where stereotypes and grounds.” Egyptian, Middle Eastern and Western artists. oncaravan.org. Former opera singer, now priest, leads children to Narnia

By Mark Klaas a one-on-one acting coach. Daugh- ity from the Graduate Theological Union ter Ariana, a student at Kentridge at Berkeley in 2009 and was ordained to hurch, theater and mu- High School, joined the cast and the priesthood in 2011. sic can work together worked on costumes. Kent is her latest destination, a place to make a difference in The play tapped into Parry- to work, a chance to inspire a communi- people’s lives. The Rev. Moore’s experience, skill and faith. A ty and even deliver a message from stage Joyce Parry-Moore understands classically trained lyric soprano, she by connecting church to the arts.

C the relationship and brings its brings acting, dancing and writing “I feel the sanctuary, the church set- He found it in the Marketplace. power to her congregation. skills to her ministry. She received tingVisit is an appropriate place for the play,” A performer beyond the pul- a graduate degree in opera perfor- she said. n pit, the rector at St. James Epis- mance from the Boston Conserva- Reach so copal Church in Kent., Wash., tory of Music after a college major Mark Klaas is regional editor for about 20 miles south of Seattle, manyin theater for and voice. She acted, sang the Kent Reporter, where this story first also sings, acts and directs. Lately, Photo/Mark Klaas/Kent Reporter so andlittle directed with productions in Boston, appeared. It is used with permission. The she spurred church members to The Rev. Joyce Parry-Moore works with Phillip Soran during a MarketplaceNew York, Alaska ad. and California production of “The Lion, onlinethe Witch and a rehearsal of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” put on a show — a multi-gen- before returning to Washington, her the Wardrobe” followedwww. a five-day summer erational production of “The Lion, the and division on media and adults acting native state, and St. James last December. camp for children ages 4 to 12, where they

Witch and the Wardrobe,” based on C. very, very poorly. While she enjoys the stage, her true learned biblical concepts alongside children’s

S. Lewis’ fantasy novel for children. “It’s a time when, as a church, we have calling, she said, always has been with literatureepiscopaljournal.org and read stories, sang songs and

The Narnia adventure comes at an ap- the opportunity through theater to tell a the church.episcopaljournalads A published author, Parry- created art. The play by Joseph Robinette is propriate time and place, Parry-Moore story about a place in a way where crea- Moore earned@g a master’smail.com degree in divin- available from dramaticpublishing.com…tell a friend . said. The church has a historical connec- tures of many kinds actually came to- tion to the arts, and the community has a gether on what they believed was right.” need for social justice. Lewis was a British The cast was about 15 deep, a mix of NOTICE: MOVING SERVICES novelist, poet and academic, medievalist young and old, beginners and experi- and literary critic, but also one of the fore- enced thespians, supported by an eight- most Anglican theologians, and English member, all-volunteer crew. Skip Higgins literature has long embraced the Anglican “The play is simply written, but some church and theology, she said. of the technical parts of the play were “When C.S. Lewis wrote this book, it challenging,” said Brandon Fisher, stage 225-937-0700 (Cell) was, in a way, about these children who manager for the 90-minute production. www.custommovers.netwww.customovers.com • Ɣ[email protected] [email protected] are making sense of the turmoil in their “It’s been really fun to put it on.” “Moving Episcopal clergy to new ministries since 1982.” lives during World War II, and they are For Parry-Moore, the play brought to- •x ClergyClergy discounts discounts x Only• Only one one survey/ survey/3 3 estimatesestimates x Major • Major van van lines lines represented represented doing it through an imaginary place,” gether family. Her husband, Patrick, an •x FullFull value value protection protection plans plans • 24/7 cellx $200/Day phone contact late pick-up/late to assure your delivery peace of penalty mind * she said. “Children today live in a very actor and teacher whom she met doing •x Single-contactInternet satellite Relocation tracking Coordinator x 24/7provided cell phone • Certain contact late pick-up/delivery to assure your peacepenalties of apply*mind uncertain time. They live in a time when community theater in Alaska, played the CUSTOM MOVERS - FHWA Lic. # MC370752 there is warfare around the world. They lion Aslan, the rightful king of Narnia and live in a time when they see a lot of anger other magical countries. He also served as * Certain Restrictions Apply.

14 Episcopal Journal October 2016 Book Review Tracing the saint who inspires ‘animal blessings’

Reviews by Peggy Shaw enon,” says Appelbaum, who has traced of life, seems surrounded by complex- Francis’ popularity, in part, through the rise ity. But Appelbaum, in this entertaining The Story of St. St. Francis: from real friar to and fall of interest in books and periodicals. read, helps us separate the real figure from Francis of Assisi: Francis long has been the subject of folklore — Francis the popular icon from In Twenty-Eight folklore historical reimaginings that reflect the Francis the man. Of course, the reality Scenes I once attended an outdoor Blessing of times — a spiritual figure envisioned is that we never truly will know who St. By Timothy Verdon the Animals service in Colonial Williams- as a poet, activist, environmentalist and Francis was. “The historical Francis, like burg, Va., that included the usual menag- even a kind of 1960s hippie, Appelbaum the historical Jesus, can be drawn in out- Paraclete Press, erie of dogs, cats and teddy bears, line but remains elusive in detail.” 86 pages as well as some horses and sheep. St. Francis of America: Most of us have attended such ser- How a Thirteenth- St. Francis of Assisi comes done, considered by many to be the best- vices in the fall, but perhaps few Century Friar Became known naturalistic painter of his period, of us have wondered how a 13th- America’s Most to life in art though a diversity of style indicates that century friar, whose feast day is cel- Popular Saint Good art and fine writing can more than one artist was probably at ebrated Oct. 4, became so popular. By Patricia Appelbaum transport us to other places. And when work, says Verdon. That’s what author Patricia the two are paired, you have a little gem Publisher Paraclete Press has repro- Appelbaum asked herself before The University of of a book like this one by renowned art duced these remarkable frescoes in full penning her newest book, “St. North Carolina Press, historian Timothy Verdon. color for the book, a 6-by-9-inch hard- Francis of America: How a Thir- 270 pages This lovely little book, not coffee ta- cover with foiled dust jacket. E each is teenth-Century Friar Became ble-sized but perfect for displaying on a accompanied by Verdon’s illuminating America’s Most Popular Saint.” writes. His story also indicates just how bookshelf or sending as a gift, describes text, giving readers the experience of not “Spiritual people recognize him, peo- much Americans borrow, lend and share the extraordinary life of St. Francis of As- only visiting the Basilica but also having ple in other denominations believe in elements of their religious lives. sisi, in story and art. Specifically, Verdon a personally guided tour. him, and children love him,” writes Ap- Appelbaum does not offer a classic bi- explores the cycle (grouping) of 28 stun- Along with each fresco image, Verdon pelbaum. “You can buy a statue of him ography of St. Francis. But she does ex- ning frescoes in the Basilica di San Fran- offers historical information and com- in a garden center, see a movie about plore the ways in which Francis’ popular cesco in Assisi that depict memorable ep- mentary. These include dates related to him or download songs about him … images differ from historical accounts, isodes in Francis’ life — frescoes such as these incidents in Francis’ life, some in- How did this happen?” and she offers glimpses of the real man. “Preaching to the Birds,” “Francis Gives terpretation of the artworks and context As it turns out, St. Francis (Frances- And then there is the “Prayer of St. His Cloak to a Poor Man” and “The Saint for each scene. co Bernardone), born in Italy in about Francis,” which expresses the acts of self- Receives the Stigmata on La Verna.” Readers learn, for example, that 27 of 1181, was not always so widely revered. lessness, love and peacemaking for which Those 13th-century frescoes were in- the frescoes have beneath them legible He was discovered by Protestants in the Francis is known. (“Lord make me an in- spired by “The Life of St. Francis,” an “captions” taken from relevant passages in mid-19th century, partially because of a strument of Thy peace…”) The prayer is early biography written by the Franciscan Bonaventure’s text and that symbolism in surge of Americans traveling abroad and widely quoted, but, alas, is not authentic Bonaventure di Bagnoreggio. So scenes in the frescoes abounds. learning more about art and architecture. to Francis but dates, Appelbaum says, the frescoes not only portray Francis’ life In “The Confirmation of the Rule,” Then his popularity grew, undiminished. from the early 20th century. but also illustrate Bonaventure’s narrative. for example, in which Francis and 11 “The non-Catholic appropriation of The gentle friar, who once sought ap- The frescoes themselves are tradition- lay brothers kneel to the pope, the col- Francis was and is an international phenom- proval from the pope for a simple rule ally attributed to artist Giotto di Bon- lective number 12 continued on page 15 Sign Up For Home Delivery And The Coffee Is On Us! Now is a great time to subscribe to the Episcopal Journal. Order one year of home delivery and get a bag of heavenly Mind, Body & Soul coffee from Equal Exchange absolutely FREE. Sign up for two years and we’ll also include a box of English Breakfast tea. 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Faculty and staff will imagine and do new things have job security through mid-2017. without spending it down Trustees said swift action was necessary to to zero.” Shown from left are Episcopal Divinity School trustee Bonnie keep from depleting all assets of the school, The board will appoint a Anderson, board Chair Gary Hall and Interim Dean and President which depends on a $5 million annual draw committee to explore vari- Francis Fornaro. support delivery of online courses; establish a from its $53 million endowment. ous options in depth before peace-and-justice institute; or establish a learn- “We are going out of business,” said Dennis making a recommendation ing institution that serves all three Abrahamic Stark, treasurer for the board. “What we’re do- to the board next May, Hall ing is speeding up that process of getting out faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. said. “We have a big corpus of endowment,” Hall of the business we’re in because it is truly not Possibilities include partnering with Har- continued on page 13 said. “We don’t know how much of it we want sustainable.” vard Divinity School, Yale Divinity School Interim Dean and President Francis Fornaro or Boston University Theological School to tendered his resignation effective Nov. 19. The fund teaching and scholarships. Other options Very Rev. Gary Hall, chair of the EDS board, are to create a center on the EDS campus to said he learned only on July 21 of Fornaro’s intention to resign and had no plans yet for the top administrative position. October 2016 Episcopal Journal 15 Book Review St Francis continued from page 14 Monk’s tale explores reading from the heart references the 12 tribes of Israel. “Here for the first time we sense the strength this work inspires his supe- constitute the novel’s dra- of the collective identity of the Order,” By Pamela A. Lewis riors and members of the matic core. observes Verdon. “The kneeling friars rother Remigius, a Benedic- academic community, like Osgood, who holds behind Francis are visibly animated by a tine monk and the anti-hero a horde of pharisaic nay- graduate degrees in theol- single spirit, a single purpose … Giotto in Christopher Osgood’s 2010 sayers, to wrestle with him. ogy from Jesuit and Epis- puts them all in an attitude of prayer, novel, bears the name of the Bernard, Incarnate’s pug- copal seminaries, has writ- so that the obvious difference between beloved saint, but he is far from saintly. nacious prior, dismisses his ten a novel whose academic them and the high prelates surrounding B He struggles to control his temper, spars monk’s interpretation as and monastic contexts and the pope does not communicate threat with his prior over biblical interpretation “invention.” characters reflect his back- or challenge, but reverence.” and might be getting a little too friendly Remigius abhors “stu- ground, and his eyes and In “The Claretians Mourning Over with a young homeless woman. pid scholarship,” the kind ears are attentive to the the Saint’s Remains at San Damiano,” If that weren’t enough, Remigi- that leads believers astray manners, rituals and speech the number of friars depicted again is us (“Remi” to his friends and fellow from God’s greatest com- that define these worlds. significant. “Let us note that the broth- monks), who resides in the Incarnate mandment, which is to There is humor and en- ers who accompany the body are fewer Word Priory, also has a crippling fear of love. “What he asks is mity, agape and eros. And in number,” says Verdon. “Rather, in ad- public speaking — not the sort of prob- simple in the extreme. You This Remigius there are surprises. dition to the sisters, Giotto emphasizes lem to have if one has been invited to must try to keep your re- While the author’s nar- the massive presence of layfolk, as if to By Christopher Osgood speak before a convention of top-tier sponses simple in the ex- rative style ranges from the indicate that Francis now belongs to ev- Bible scholars. How Remigius will over- treme, in a world which Maverick Publications, fragmentary to the elo- eryone, not only to the Order.” come this, as well as his other challenges, beckons you everywhere 250 pages quent, and there is strong In the mid-19th century, the city of is what readers will have to unpack in to do otherwise,” Remigius and convincing dialogue, Assisi was thought of as a sanctuary of Osgood’s involving and theologically tells a group of end-of-term seminary the text contains a surprising number of early Italian art. By 1905, however, it provocative story. graduates. From the heart is where we misspellings that more attentive editing was being touted as the city of St. Fran- More than with his temper and tempta- must always begin in reading the Scrip- could have banished. cis, notes writer Patricia Appelbaum in tions, Remigius also must wrestle with his tures. But the reader can forgive these slips her recent book “St. Francis of America.” amazing (and enviable) ability to “read” It is no less than the “pericope adul- and still be enthralled by this Remigius, The 28 frescoes presented here so viv- the Scriptures, a gift, in the words of a fel- terae,” the pericope (extract) of the who is monk, man and perhaps some- idly, and Verdon’s inspiring analyses, give low monk, like “a fresh spiritual wind” that adulteress, that is the focus of Remigius’ thing more. “Read with the soul God readers an idea why. n “can lift the divine spirit from the page.” power of interpretation. The Gospel of gave you,” he instructs. Not everyone shares that appraisal, John’s account of the woman taken in That is how it has been written. n Peggy J. Shaw is a former senior book however. As a member of an order dedi- adultery and, specifically, the question editor and currently director of public cated to the illuminating interpretation about what exactly Jesus might have Pamela A. Lewis is a New York-based relations for Holy Innocents’ Episcopal of the Scriptures, Remigius’ approach to written in the dirt in that famous story writer who covers topics of faith. School in Atlanta.

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EJ2016-D 16 Episcopal Journal October 2016 Feature Marking the formal approval of women’s ordination Museum continued from page 12 accused of whistling at a white woman. By Mary Frances Schjonberg version used today. The museum features African tribal Episcopal News Service At this year’s House of Bishops meet- and folk religious objects such as a voo- ing, the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, presi- doo doll and a bottle tree, which is be- orty years ago, on Sept. 16, dent of the House of Deputies, told the lieved to capture evil spirits. 1976, General Convention of- bishops that she remembered “sitting Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean ficially opened the Episcopal in the bleachers in the House of Depu- Emilie Townes said she viewed the mu- Church’s ranks of priests and ties, holding my breath and waiting for seum’s display of the bottle tree as “a bishopsF to women. President John Coburn to announce very good sign” of its inclusiveness. She When the House of Bishops was re- the results of the vote by orders” on the hopes the museum will help people un- minded of the anniversary at the open- resolution. Bishops had approved the ca- derstand religious traditions that may ing of its Sept. 16 session in Detroit, nonical change the day before. be unfamiliar or unclear to Americans, the bishops responded with a sustained “I was in my final year of seminary some of whom use bottle trees as “just standing ovation. Photo/Wide World Photos via Episcopal Archives when that historic vote took place, and ornaments” in their yards, she said. An interactive timeline of the history The Rev. Jacqueline Means, the first the way it has changed the church is re- Black religious institutions have tend- of women’s ordination in the Anglican woman to become a priest in the Episcopal ally quite incredible in the last four de- ed to contribute artifacts rather than Communion can be accessed at www. Church under the provisions of a new cades, and it also has shaped me and my cash to the museum, but it did receive episcopaldigitalnetwork.com. canon adopted by the General Convention ministry,” she told the bishops, who gave $1 million from Alfred Street Baptist Meeting in Minneapolis, the 1976 in September 1976, is congratulated by her a standing ovation when Presiding Church, a historic congregation in near- convention added a new section to the Bishop Donald J. Davis of Erie after the Bishop Michael Curry introduced her. by Alexandria, Va. church’s ordination canons that read: ceremony on Jan. 1, 1977, at All Saints “I believe that the Episcopal Church’s Beyond the exhibits, the museum “The provisions of these canons for the Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. commitment to gender equality is essen- houses the Center for the Study of Afri- admission of candidates, and for the women were ordained Sept. 7, 1975, at tial to our ministry in the public square, can American Religion, funded with $10 ordination to the three orders: bishops, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episco- and I think those of us who are commit- million from the Lilly Endowment. priests and deacons, shall be equally ap- pal Church in Washington, D.C. ted to that goal need to be sure we are Some universities, such as Columbia plicable to men and women.” (Women On the last day of the 1976 conven- focused clearly on the church as it is to- and Rice, have had African-American had been eligible to become deaconesses tion, the church reported that the bish- day, not the church as it was on Sept. 16, centers focusing on religion and race, since 1889 and deacons since 1970.) ops and deputies had dealt with “the 1976,” she said. but also on a specific subject — such Five days later, the House of Bishops most controversial and potentially explo- As the first ordained woman to be as sexuality or urban life. The museum’s said that the 15 women who had been sive issues to come before the supreme elected president of the House of Depu- center has a broader focus. “irregularly” ordained in the two years legislative body of the church since the ties Jennings said she had a sense of the “We see ourselves as, at least initially, before the 1976 action did not have very first such meeting in 1785.” The is- institutional barriers in the way of or- focusing on the diversity of African- to be re-ordained. Eleven women were sues included not only women’s ordina- dained women. But she cautioned that American faith,” Ellis said. “I think that, ordained at Church of the Advocate tion but also a complete revision of the “when women are elected or chosen, the as a culture and as a community, we don’t Philadelphia on June 14, 1974, and four 1928 Book of Common Prayer into the work has only just begun.” n know enough about each other.” n

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