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The Living Church Foundation, a Perfect Church Inc., at 816 E ~ .,.' THE PARISH ADMINISTRATION ISSUE [IVING CHURCH AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SERVING EPISCOPALIANS• SEPTEMBER 5 , 2004 • $2.00 • ------ -- ------------------------------ ---- ------- ' ChurchPublishing fall2004 Church Publishing Incorporated announces two imprints: Seabury Books-a new trade line-a nd Seabury Classics-rep rints of contempo rary spirituality. 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THEL MNUCHURCH is p ub lished every week, dated Sunday, by the Living Church Foundation, A Perfect Church Inc., at 816 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee,WI 32 On the Cover 5.'3202.Pe riodicals postage paid at BY HAROLDR. BRUMBAUM Milwaukee,WI. The Rev. John Heschle SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $39.50fo r one year; (left) , rector of St. $54.60 for 18 months; $70.72 for two years. 34 Evangelical Preaching Canadianpostage an additional $ 16.08 per year; Paul's by-the-Lake all other foreign, $24.96 per year. BYTRA CY H. LAMAR POSTMAS'TER: Send address changes to THE Church , Chicago , and LIVINGCHURCH, P.O. Box 514036,Milwaukee, WI the Rev. Joseph 63203-3436, Garang Atem of the THE IJVING CHURCH(ISSN 0024-5240) is pub­ lished by THE IJVINGCHURCH FOUNDATION, OtherDepartments Diocese of Renk , INC.,a non-profit organization serving the Sudan , listen to Church. All gil\s to the Foundation are tax• deductible. 4 Sunday's Readings Sylvester Bona during a discussion at St. 02004 The Uving Chw'ChFoundalion, Inc.All rights Paul's , which has a thriving ministry to young reserved.No reproduc1jon in whole or part can be 6 Books men from Sudan . made without pemussion of THEUVING ClluRcH. Volume.229 Number 10 51 People & Places David Skidmore photo SEPTEMBERS.2004 · THE LIVING CHURC H 3 8c-tid Oa-k- SUNDAY'S READINGS CHO IR CHAIR Philemonas a One-ActPlay 'I appeal to youjormy son Onesimus' (Philemon 10) The 13th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 1BC), Sept. 5, 2004 j l,... Deut. 30:15 -20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1-20 ; Luke 14:25- 33 September 5 should be Philemon a prisoner in Rome ; Philemon and his Day. After all, he and his 25 verses wife, Apphia , are in Colossae where won't reappear until the year 2007, and they lead a hous e chur ch; Onesimus who will notice? How many congrega ­ has become indispensable to Paul and tions in your diocese are named for his hous ehold ; and Mark and Demas either Philemon or his slave Onesimus ? work witl1 Paul in Rome. How many Bible character sketches Relationships: Onesimus is bound include either of this pair? Yet this is a to Paul , his father in the Lord , and also man and a lette r which should not be bound to Philemon , his master ; Phile­ with FIBRE RUSH SEAT overlooked by the Church. Wrapped up mon is bound to Paul , his elder and in this epistle lies a drama which car­ founder of his church ; Paul, bound in Since 1877 ries beautiful subtleties of leaders hip, chains , rec eives great respect from R.Geissleu Inc. joy and relationships . Philemon as his elder and as apostle ; Consider approaching Philemon as Mark, of course, had abandoned Paul P.O. Box 432 a one-act play, and the exercise will on an earlier trip , and Demas would Old Greenwich, CT 06870 open up the story. When we look at abandon him later. Phone: (203) 637-5115 the elements of a play, we have before The heart of the matter: Would us a jewel that glows more strongly Philemon take back Onesimus as both the closer we look returned slave and as brother in the DEDICATEDTOSTAINED The cast: Paul , of course , tl1e elder Lord? Would Paul insist on this by GLASSEXCELLENCE apostle , spiritual father of the churc h using his position, or would he lean in Colossae and of Phil emon and upon honor and encouragement ? Who FORMORE TIIAN A Onesimus ; Philemon, a leade r of the was capt ive and who was free ? church in Colossae , whose slave has Values: For Paul the priority was CENTIJRYROHLFS fled ; Onesimus, the fugiti ve slave joy, so he urged refres hment of spirit; & TIIEPAYNE whose punishment could be execu­ for Onesimus he knew what obedi­ STUDIOHAVE tion , and who turned up in Paul 's com­ ence required of him; for Philemon the pany in Rome where he was solidly appeal would be to Christian accept­ BEENCREATING lllkJl -. .11F'~ "'-!~ converted; and the minor characters ance; and , hinted at by the prese nce of & CONSERVING Mark and Demas , also with Paul , and Mark and Demas , for all the challenge who can lend irony to certain angles of reconciliation after transgression. STAINEDGLASS of the plot . St. Philemon and St. Onesimus WINDOWS Location and circumstan ces: Paul is surely deserve their day. WORLDWIDE. 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