November 2017 Issue 82 For the Saiints and Faiithfull Departed In This Issue Be Afraid We give thanks to you, O Lord our God, for all your servants and Triennial 2018 Speakers witnesses of time past: for Abraham, the father of believers, and Sarah his wife; for Moses, the lawgiver, and Aaron, the priest; for Singing Our Way Miriam and Joshua, Deborah and Gideon, and Samuel with Hannah Building a Path his mother; for Isaiah and all the prophets; for Mary, the mother of From Uganda our Lord; for Peter and Paul and all the apostles; for Mary and Martha, and Mary Magdalene; for Stephen, the first martyr, and all From the National Office the martyrs and saints in every age and in every land. In your mercy, Province VI Assembly O Lord our God, give us, as you gave to them, the hope of salvation Getting Charged Up and the promise of eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the first-born of many from the dead. Amen. Thinking of All Saints Where I Saw God Book of Common Prayer, pg 838 Be Afraiid Cross+Links Editor Pam Sebura Be afraid! Assistant Editor Be very afraid! Lynn Kimbrell We have spent days Quick Links United as one United with Our Saviour What's New on the Website United with God. Forms on the Website Order Form Transition Form Be afraid Pay DOK Dues Online Be very afraid Make a Donation Join Our Newsletter List We have spent days Wrapped in the fire of the Holy Spirit. Province Presidents Wrapped in the love of God. Be afraid Province I Be very afraid Mariana Bauman As we part this place, Province II As we separate to all parts of the country, Janet Papa We have been energized from time with each other. We, the National Council, must don our veils Province III As we radiate with the glow of the Holy Spirit. Carole Novian ©Susan Keith October 21, 2017 Province IV Written at National Council Meeting Susan Towson Click here to experience the poem through the writer's voice. Province V Triienniiall 2018 - Wallk HIS Way - Keynote Speakers! Lela Joscelyn Province VI I hope you are preparing for the big event, to Walk HIS Way in Austin Nancy Severin next summer! The Triennial Committee is working hard for you. To entice you to attend, I will reveal our Triennial speakers one at a time. I hope Province VII this fires up your interest to come and experience dynamic presentations Pat Hind on evangelism! I know I am looking forward to hearing all three speakers. Our first keynote speaker, The Reverend Province VIII Canon Stephanie Spellers, is an Episcopal (Representative) priest, author and popular speaker known for Ane Deister fueling radical welcome across the ecumenical spectrum. She serves as the Presiding Bishop's National Office Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation, spearheading Episcopal efforts to share the good news of God's inclusive love with new communities in new ways. Prior to serving in her current post, Spellers worked for years at [email protected] the intersection of practice and reflection: teaching and directing programs in mission and reconciliation at the General Theological Seminary in New York City and directing new or ministry initiatives for the Center for Progressive Renewal, an ecumenical consulting and resource group based in Atlanta. She is the author of 770-517-8552 Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation and most recently co-authored, with Eric Law, The Episcopal Way, the first volume in the new series: Church's Teachings for a Changing World. While she is happy to call New York City home today, Spellers remains close to her large extended family in her hometown of Frankfort, Kentucky. She meets God especially when she celebrates Eucharist, dancing and singing, meeting new people and building bridges. Stay tuned to Cross+Links for our next Triennial speaker reveal! For further information on Triennial, click here. Chesley Vohden Triennial 2018 Chair Siingiing Our Way This month, Karen Adderly Clark, Ed.D., a Daughter of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, in the Diocesan Assembly of Central Florida, presents "Amazing Grace," accompanied by Dr. Carl Maultsby. Click here to listen to their rendition and plan to sing along with them at Triennial 2018 in Austin, Texas. Amazing Grace Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see Would your Daughters' chapter, diocesan or provincial assembly choir, or your local version of the Glory Bound Singers (aka "songbirds") like to record a song (via high-quality audio or video) for inclusion in Cross+Links? It will then be available for listening online. If you are interested, please contact Pam Sebura at [email protected] . You may also contact Pam if you have questions about the process or would like song suggestions. Remember, songs and arrangements must be either in the public domain or you must have licensing permission. Flash (thumb) drives of the recordings (no larger than 30 MB) may be sent to Lynn Kimbrell at the National Office. Triennial Committee Buiilldiing a Path The Good Shepherd Chapter in Mostoles, Spain. We will build a Way, brick by brick, to our National Convention, Triennial 2018, at "Mission" Renaissance. Each chapter and each assembly (diocesan, provincial, or national) is invited to create a "brick" to pave the Way. Each brick is to have inscribed on it a verse relating to evangelism. The brick may be an actual brick or it may be constructed of cardboard, paper, clay or other material on which to write or mount the scripture. We are working on a map of the world with the paths from assembly to assembly shown on it. A line will be drawn from an assembly who has turned in a brick to the next one on the path. In order to keep from having rough spots on our path it is important for every assembly to send a picture into the National Office. If you have not done so, please send it in soon. We are looking for "bricks" from Hawaii, India, Israel, Italy, Germany, Uganda, Malawi, Ghana, Brazil, as well as SE Florida, SW Florida, Central Florida, Florida, Central Gulf Coast, Alabama, Georgia, Atlanta, South Carolina and Upper South Carolina. Here is the schedule for the upcoming month: Nov 20 Colombia from the west and Western North Carolina from the east. Nov 25 Ecuador from the west and North Carolina from the east. Nov 30 Panama from the west and Eastern North Carolina from the east. Dec 5 Trinidad and Tobago from the west and Southern Virginia from the east. Dec 10 Virgin Islands from the west and Southwest Virginia from the east. Dec 15 Puerto Rico from the west and West Virginia from the east. Triennial Committee From Uganda An email from a Daughter in Kampala in response to Cross+Links newsletter: I would like to appreciate you and God for the good work that you are doing. I also thank God for the work He is doing through The Order of the Daughters of the King®. I was introduced to this order by Mrs. Mavis Stapleford and Mrs. Elizabeth Hart ( not sure if they are still alive) way back in the 1990's when they visited Busoga Diocese - Uganda. And I am glad that I even had a chance of being sponsored for some time through funds of The Order of the Daughters of the King®. I am very grateful. In all I do, and with all the people I interact with, I am never ashamed of sharing about the goodness of Christ Jesus because at the end of the day, all things mean nothing but the person we remain with even in death is Jesus Christ. May God bless you all. Irene Mondo Daughter in Kampala, Uganda Click here to read another letter from Uganda in a column by Elizabeth Hart (1939 - 2013), in the summer 1993 issue of the Royal Cross, p. 3. Royal Cross magazines back to 1985 are archived on The Royal Cross page and because they are in pdf format they can be searched. Elizabeth Hart (1939-2013) was President of The Order from 1991-1994, and Mavis Stapleford was National Secretary. They traveled to Uganda together in 1993 and introduced The Order to many women there at the invitation of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and Ugandan women. Recently The Order in Uganda has been renewed through the regular visits of April Dobbs, who with her husband Rick founded an orphanage and school in the Kabale area of Uganda and has worked with the Ven. David Rurihoona to charter a number of DOK chapters nearby. This year Uganda reported over 700 Daughters in 14 chapters. From the Natiionall Offiice Greetings from the National Office As the National Office staff processes the daily mail, especially the large volume of mail received during the dues season, it is always a pleasure to open a card, a handwritten letter, or even a note jotted on an invoice. We sincerely appreciate all the well wishes, the "thank you" notes, the prayers, and the thoughts that you send us with your dues checks, donation forms, and orders. We also enjoy the thoughtful emails, some including devotions and prayers, that are sent to us. We all enjoy receiving and sharing them very much and we would like to express our gratitude to all the Daughters for thinking of us! Many blessings, Annie, Lynn, Mandy, Michelle, and Pat From the Proviince Presiidents Province IV Assembly and Retreat On the first week of October each year, Province IV Daughters gather on the mountain to praise God, to hear His word, to be healed, and to be in community with one another.