Spring 2010 The Diocese of Arizona Welcomes You All Saints • Safford Good Shepherd of the Hills • St. Christopher's in the West Valley St. Paul's • Payson 928-348-9430 Cave Creek • Sun City 928-474-3834 vtc.net/~saints 480-488-3283 623-972-1109 stpaulspayson.or goodshepherdaz.org stchristophers-az.org All Saints of the Desert • Sun City St. Paul's • Tombstone 623-974-8404 Grace Church • Lake Havasu City St. Francis-in-the-Valley • Green 520-255-3435 desertsaints.org 928-855-2525 Valley tpauls.azdiocese.org grace-episcopal.net 520-625-1370 All Saints' Church and Day School • stfrancisgvaz.org St. Paul's • Winslow Phoenix Grace St. Paul's • Tucson 928-289-3851 602-279-5539 520-327-6857 St. George's • Holbrook stpaulsmission.azdiocese.org allsaints.org gsptucson.org 928-524-2361 stgeorge.azdiocese.org St. Peter's • Litchfield Park ASU Campus Ministry • Tempe Iglesia Episcopal de San Pablo • 623-935-3279 480-967-3295 Phoenix St. James the Apostle • Tempe stpetersaz.com ecmasu.org 602-255-0602 480-345-2686 inglesia.azdiocese.org stjamestempe.org St. Peter's • Casa Grande Catedral de la Trinidad • Phoenix 520-836-7693 602-254-7126 NAU Episcopal Canterbury St. John the Baptist • Glendale stpeterscasagrande.azdiocese.org trinidad.azdiocese.org Fellowship • Flagstaff 623-582-5449 928-774-3897 stjohnsaz.org St. Philip's • Parker Christ Church of the Ascension • nau-canterbury.org 928-770-4589 Paradise Valley St. John's • Bisbee stphilips.azdiocese.org 602-840-8210 Prince of Peace • Glendale 520-432-7006 christchurch-az.org 602-501-2339 stjohns.azdiocese.org St. Philip's In The Hills • Tucson popaz.org 520-299-6421 Christ the King • Tucson St. John's • Globe stphilipstucson.org 520-297-2551 Saints Philip & James • Morenci 928-425-5160 ctktucson.org 928-865-4385 stjohnsglobe.org St. Raphael in the Valley • Benson vtc.net/~saints 520-20-1166 Church of Our Saviour • Lakeside St. John's Episcopal-Lutheran straphael.azdiocese.org 928-537-7830 St. Alban's • Tucson Congregation • Williams thechurchofoursaviour.org 520-296-0791 928-635-2781 St. Stephen's • Douglas stalbansaz.org stjohnslutheran.azdiocese.org 520-364-7971 Church of St. Matthew • Tucson ststephensmission.azdiocese.org 520-298-9782 St. Alban's • Wickenburg St. Jude's • Phoenix saintmatthewstucson.org 928-684-2133 602-575-7904 St. Stephen's • Phoenix stalbanswburg.net mystjudes.com 602-840-0437 Church of the Nativity • Phoenix ststephens.org 480-307-9216 St. Andrew's • Glendale St. Luke's • Prescott thenativity.net 623-846-8046 928-778-4499 St. Stephen's • Sierra Vista standrewsglendale.azdiocese.org stlukesprescott.org 520-458-4432 Church of the Advent • Sun City ststephensaz.org West St. Andrew's • Nogales St. Luke's at the Mountain • 623-584-0350 520-281-1523 Phoenix St. Thomas of the Valley • Clarkdale adventepiscopalaz.org standrewsaz.org 602-276-7318 928-634-8593 stlukesmountain.azdiocese.org st-thomasotv.org Church of the Apostles • Oro Valley St. Andrew's • Sedona 520-544-9660 928-282-4457 St. Mark's • Mesa Trinity Cathedral • Phoenix apostleschurch.net saint-andrews.org 480-964-5820 602-254-7126 stmarksmesa.org azcathedral.org Church of the Epiphany • Flagstaff St. Andrew's • Tucson 928-774-2911 520-622-8318 St. Mary's • Phoenix Trinity Church • Kingman epiphanyaz.org standrewstucson.org 623-930-1140 928-753-5658 stmarysinphoenix.org trinity.azdiocese.org Church of the Epiphany • Tempe St. Anthony on the Desert • 480-968-4111 Scottsdale St. Matthew's • Chandler Trinity Lutheran-Episcopal epiphany-tempe.org 480-451-0860 480-899-7386 Congregation • Willcox st-anthony.net saintmatthewschurch.org 520-384-2155 Church of the Nativity • Phoenix willcox.azdiocese.org 480-307-9216 St. Augustine's • Tempe St. Michael and All Angels • Tucson thenativity.net 480-967-3295 520-886-7292 UofA Emmaus Collegiate Chapel • staugustine.azdiocese.org smallangelstucson.org Tucson Church of the Transfiguration • 520-623-7575 Mesa St. Barnabas on the Desert • St. Michael's • Coolidge ua-canterbury.org 480-986-1145 Scottsdale 520-723-3845 transfiguration-mesa.org 480-948-5560 stmichaels.azdiocese.org saintbarnabas.org Epiphany on the Desert • Gila Bend St. Paul the Apostle Sudanese 520-299-6421 Church • Phoenix epiphanydesert.azdiocese.org 602-253-4094 stpaulsapostle.azdiocese.org The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona • 602-254-0976 • 800-420-1500 • 602-495-6603 FAX • www.azdiocese.org The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona www.azdiocese.org Established in 1959, The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona has 35,000 members in 12,500 households in 67 congregations. We are part of spring | 2010 The Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Inside this issue: Diocesan House 114 W. Roosevelt St. Phoenix, AZ 85003-1406 602-254-0976 Diocesan directory page 2 800-420-1500 toll free Contents page 3 602-495-6603 FAX E-pistle: Tweet if U ♥ Jesus page 4 The Bishop of Arizona From refugees to pancakes page 5 The Rt. Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith [email protected] It Happened again pages 6-8 Flashmob: Youth Ministries page 9 Canon to the Ordinary The Rev. Canon Timothy Dombek Your 17 cents: EBM page 10 [email protected] Episcopal News Quarterly pages 11-22 Dean of Trinity Cathedral Diocesan events page 23 The Very Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely Trinity Cathedral back cover [email protected] Canon for Outreach & Social Justice The Rev. Canon Carmen Guerrero [email protected] Canon for Administration Cathy Black [email protected] Canon for Finance Vicki Hohnbaum [email protected] Canon for Communications On the cover: A cactus wren Greta Huls gorges on fresh saguaro fruit [email protected] while watching for predators. The Rev. Glenn Jenks/St. Canon for Youth & Young Adults James, Tempe Matt Marino [email protected] Application to Mail at Periodicals Postage Prices is Pending at New York, NY. The Arizona Episcopalian is published four times per year in January, April, July and Canon for Childrens Ministries October by The Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of The Episcopal Church, Nancy Shumaker 815 Second Ave, New York NY 10017. Postmaster send address changes to: P.O. [email protected] Box 2050, Voorhees NJ 08043. |3 E-pistle Tweet if U ♥ Jesus The Rt. Rev. Kirk S. Smith those goals. We also explored ways tions. Bishop of Arizona in which we can be more mutually supportive. Some of these resolu- In addition to the Diocesan The priests of the Dio- tions you will be hearing more fan page (we've closed the group about in coming months and at page since many people can't ac- cese and I gathered for our an- Convention in October. I am happy cess groups through their smart nual two-day retreat Jan. phones), we now have two 26-28 at Chapel clergy Facebook group pages: Rock Camp one for priests and one for dea- and Conference cons. They are only accessible to the active clergy of the dio- Center in cese. So far more than 40 Prescott. Our priests and almost as many theme this year deacons are up and running. was Increasing (Clergy, if you are not yet a Collegiality. Clergy spend a member of either page, please contact either Greta Huls at lot of time talking to their [email protected] or Cathy congregations about the need Black at [email protected] for unity, mutual support, and ask to be "invited" to the and being a parish “family,” appropriate group.) but we are often guilty of not I believe that Facebook is practicing what we preach. one of the greatest free tools for The pressures of the job, communication and networking time constraints, and some- that God has given the church times even competitiveness in many years. Unlike most can make it difficult for websites, it is easy to set up a Facebook page for your parish or Image from BeliefNet clergy to work together, and can mission outreach group, requires foster a kind of “lone ranger” at- no "webmaster" and you will be titude towards our work. to report that we departed camp surprised how convivial such an feeling closer as colleagues in min- easy and casual method of commu- We all realize our need to istry. nication can be. If you have any do better, especially in a time of trouble at all with the technical as- such great societal stress. We can One easy yet important pects, find the nearest 12-year old no longer afford, emotionally or fi- way that we can heighten our fel- and they can do for you it in a nancially, to "go it alone." lowship is through such internet in- minute. I urge all of you to use stitutions as Facebook and Twitter these tools as ways of drawing At our retreat, we spent (as in "send me a Tweet"). Face- closer together in the bonds of most of our time with a professional book gives us a confidential place Christ. consultant who trained us how to be where we can gather to share per- "peer counselors" to one another. sonal and prayer concerns as well Bishop Smith writes a We practiced listening attentively as to exchange resources and and non-judgmentally, goal-setting, maybe even a joke or two. Twitter is weekly E-pistle that is sent out via e-mail to subscribers. Please and holding each other accountable also a great way of keeping in touch contact Greta at greta@azdio- for taking steps toward achieving with each other and our congrega- cese.org if you are interested in 4| Arizona EPISCOPALIAN spring 2010 www.azdiocese.org receiving the E-pistle. From refugees to pancakes Life has been case manager to receive the family Then we headed back by at the airport and took them to the train and bus.