May 12, 2010

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Community of Hope: Upcoming Training l Community of Hope
l Ordinations, Confirmations
Informational meeting about Community of Hope & upcoming training l Wellness at All Saints' St
Louis
Saturday, June 5, 2010, 9am (one hour) at Grace, Kirkwood l Celebrating 100 years-St.
Mark's Portland
l Pelican Watching by Bishop
Current Community of Hope lay chaplains will be sharing their Smith
experiences on Saturday, June 5, 9am (about one hour), at l Newsline

Grace- Kirkwood, 514 E. Argonne Dr.

BISHOP'S VISITATIONS &
SCHEDULE
Next Community of Hope Training
The training this fall (2010) will be held at Grace-Kirkwood and requires a Thu, May 13, 6:30 PM   
Ordination of Eric Lobsinger.
commitment on Monday evenings 6-8:30 p.m. from Sept. 13th through Nov. to the Sacred Order of
15th, several Saturdays, and Sunday, Nov. 21st. Deacons , St. Paul’s Parish,
2430 K Street, Washington,
Session topics include: D.C. Clergy: White stoles
Sat, May 15, Confirmation,
Cathedral
l Spiritual Gifts Sun, May 16, St. Peter's-
Theology of Pastoral Care Ladue
l
Sat, May 22, 10:00 AM  
l Benedictine Spirituality Ordination of Robert Ard Jr. to
Listening Skills the Transitional Diaconate
l
Christ Church Cathedral,
l Prayer, Christian Meditation and Silence Clergy: Red stoles
The Pastoral Visit, Boundaries and Pastoral Identity Sun, Jun 6, Church of the
l
Ascension-Northwoods
l Confidentiality and Debriefing Sun, Jun 13, Ft. Leonard
Grief: Coping with Loss Wood
l
Sat, Jun 19, Ordination of
l Pastoral Care Pamela Dolan to the Sacred
Family Systems Order of Priests, Christ Church
l
Cathedral
l Commitment to Ministry Sun, Jun 20, Trinity-Jefferson
County

Sessions are led by a variety of experienced pastoral caregivers, mostly

Life of the Diocese
hospital chaplains, clergy, and therapists. There are two Saturday practice
sessions (Oct. 23, Nov. 6), and an opening Saturday retreat on “Motivational Sat, May 15
The Peace Meal Project at St.
Spiritual Gifts, and Introduction to The Community of Hope,” led by Bishop John's-Tower Grove, every
Wayne Smith and members of the diocesan CoH community (Sept. 11). Saturday . Serving from 4-6
p.m. To sign up as a
volunteer, please contact
This autumn’s Community of Hope pastoral care training at Grace is open to Scott Splater. A full shift is
from 2-6:30 p.m. and a half
members of the diocese and members of other Christian denominations. An shift would be 2-4:30 p.m.
ideal training group would be twenty participants. (food prep and cook) or 4-
6:30 (serve and clean up).

More about the Community of Hope online. Sat, May 15

REGISTRATION DUE Camp
Originally published in last week's diocesan bulletin insert (pdf online). Phoenix , July 25-31, 2010,
More info

Sat, May 15
  Metro IV Convocation meeting
 
Joyous moments in the life of the diocese Saint Martin’s, Ellisville

Sun, May 16, 7:00 pm

  Compline, Trinity Episcopal
Church-Central West End.

Eric Lobsinger's Ordination, Thu, May 20, 10:00 AM-3:00

Thursday, May 13 in Washington D.C. PM   Clergy Day 

Tue, May 25
2010 Standing Committee
meeting Details (Note,
Robert Ard, Jr.'s Ordination, Standing Ctte meeting times
Saturday, May 22, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. may be changing. This is our
most current information.)

Mon, May 31 7:30 PM   

Read about our ordinands paths to ministry online. ESM Book Club Online
For an invitation by email
contact Fr. Rod Wiltse,
  wiltse@charter.net In May we
discuss The Sacred Meal by
Nora Gallagher.
Confirmation. In the Diocese of Missouri, parishes may elect to participate
in confirmation, reception, or reaffirmation during a visit by the Bishop to the Sat, Jun 5
2010 Diocesan Council
parish, or at a special service in the cathedral. This year Bishop Smith will meeting Details
be (count from earlier this week) confirming 54, receiving 35, and reaffirming
5 from Trinity-Kirksville, St. Timothy’s-Creve Coeur, St. Martin’s-Ellisville, St. Lectio Divina
John’s-Tower Grove, Grace-Kirkwood, Good Shepherd-Town & Country, Friday a.m., June 4 - July 16
Christ Church Cathedral, Campus Ministry-Columbia, Calvary-Columbia, and A Summer Opportunity to
All Saints-Farmington. The service happens Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m., Experience Lectio Divina
facilitated by
with the candidates and their sponsors, family, parish friends and clergy the Rev. Susie Skinner,
attending. held at Grace-Kirkwood
June 4 –July 16

Almighty God, we thank you that by the death and resurrection There many ways to read the
 of your Son Jesus Christ you have overcome sin and brought Bible. One is to engage in 
Bible Study and another is to
us to yourself, and that by the sealing of your Holy Spirit you "pray the scriptures."  
have bound us to your service. Renew in these your servants
the covenant you made with them at their Baptism. Send them When we do Bible Study we
use our head to understand
forth in the power of that Spirit to perform the service you set how the scriptures came to be
before them; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who written and what the words
mean for us today.  
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen. T h e ancient practice of
"praying the scriptures" is
reading God's word more with
our heart than our head.  
Called "lectio divina," literally
  "holy reading," it begins with
  cultivating the ability to listen
The Women of All Saints-St. Louis: getting the deeply, to hear "with the ear
of our hearts" the words of
parish on a healthy path Holy Scripture.  
As long time All Saints parishioner Sallie Simmons describes it, five
dynamic young women are the driving force behind Women’s Wellness and In "lectio divina" we listen for
the still, small voice of God -
Fellowship Day, Saturday, May 15th from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. at All that "faint murmuring sound"
Saints’-St. Louis, lunch provided. (Please RSVP by May 8 to 314-367-2314.) which is God's word for us,
God's voice touching our
hearts.  
These five–Ckarla Banks, Laura Mabry, Deborah Baker Dukes, Robin Rutlin
and Scheryl Henderson–were concerned about some of the recent cutbacks As we read the Scriptures in
this contemplative way we
in program and wanted to get the parish back on the healthy track. They discover an increasing ability
conceived this workshop, with three  hours devoted to wellness (spiritual, to offer more of ourselves
and lives to God.
health, and physical) not only for the women of the parish, but also the
diocese and surrounding community.  
Using the readings for the
coming Sunday, The Rev.
The Rev. Karen Anderson, pastor at Olive Chapel AME in Kirkwood, is the Susan Skinner will facilitate a
guest speaker for the first hour. Second in the line-up is Richelle S. Clark, group in the practice of lectio
divina for six sessions this
R.N., Manager of Nurses for the St. Louis Public School System. After summer. 
lunch, Charley Johnson will lead simple, low-stress exercises for the final
hour. Charley is an octogenarian who offers weekly fitness classes. The group will meet on Friday
mornings from 11:00 a. m. to
noon in the chapel at Grace
Invitations were sent to diocesan parishes, also to neighboring AME and Church Kirkwood, 514 East
Argonne Drive, Kirkwood, MO
AME Zion women's’ groups. The weekend after Mother’s Day seemed the 63122 beginning June 4 and
right time for this workshop. The men’s group at All  Saints’ has watched will continue through July 16.  
(There will be no meeting on
with interest, and is planning a similar workshop June 26th, the Saturday July 2.)  
after Father’s Day.
Discernment Conference
Also involved in the project are Cleopatra Anderson, Catherine Anderson, June 6-8

Mary Kay Jones, Winigred Lemmie, Mildred Lewis, Betty C. Patton, Sallie The Discernment Conference,
Simmons, and Pat Heeter. sponsored by the Commission
on Ministry of the Diocese of
Missouri, is open to cand-
Special guests will be the Rev. Karen Anderson, Richelle S. Clark, and idates, postulants, aspirants,
and those contemplating dis-
Charley Johnson. Dress casually for light exercise. cernment for ministry.

All Saints’ is located at 5010 Terry Street. Lunch will be provided. Please Download a registration form
online, and submit
RSVP at 314-367-2314 by May 8, 2010. registrations by no later than
Friday, May 21 to: Cory
  Hoehn, Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri 1210 Locust St. St.
 
One Hundred Years of Worship and Service: Louis, MO 63103 Questions?
Please contact Cory at (314)
St. Mark’s-Portland, 1910 to 2010 255-1383 or
choehn@diocesemo.org.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Portland, Missouri, held its first services in a
brand new building in April, 1910, continuing the Christian and Episcopalian
Episcopal City Mission's
witness and ministry offered in Portland by the St. Mark’s School for Boys Summer Solstice: June 18
from 1890 to 1899.
The annual evening of music,
food, fun for the whole family
St. Mark’s celebrated their to benefit Episcopal City
Ministry (ECM) that is eagerly
Centennial this past Sunday, anticipated each year. 
April 18, 2010. The
commemoration of the first ECM provides Chaplains to
children in the St. Louis City
service in St. Mark’s Church and County detention centers
included clergy who have and Lakeside residential
centers.  The chaplains are in
served St. Mark’s, Holy a very real sense the
Eucharist, a luncheon, and a compassionate face of a
loving God in the lives of
special presentation from state children who are in trouble
representative Jeanie Riddle of and frequently have no one
else to turn to.
a Courtesy Resolution from the
State of Missouri House of Representatives.
Friday, June 18, 2010 from
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at
Three more celebrations are planned, and you are Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
invited!   9 South Bompart, Webster
Groves, MO.

St. Mark’s Homecoming – Sunday, May 23, 2010 Tickets are just $15 for
“Come Home to St. Mark’s!- family reunion” adults  and $5 for children 5-
12.  Ticket price includes 
Special Guests: Family and friends of St. Mark’s; Bishop George Wayne dinner, beverages, and music
Smith from the The House of Bishops
band. This year's auction
Holy Eucharist and Confirmations; and a Fried Chicken Lunch items include an afternoon
sailing trip on Carlyle Lake,
Cardinal tickets, and other fun
St. Mark’s – Portland Community Celebration – Sunday, June 13, 2010 and exciting things. There will
Special Guests: The Portland community, and sister churches be a children's area with face
painting and games.
Holy Eucharist and Ice Cream Social (with Live Music)

St. Mark’s Fall Festival – Sunday, October 17, 2010 For tickets, please call
Episcopal City Mission at 314-
Afternoon Holy Eucharist and Hayride (with Live Music) 436-3545.
Special Guests: Members and clergy of other West Convocation Episcopal
churches Dismantling Racism
St. Peter's-Ladue, July 9-10
More on the history of St. Mark's including photos from the first centennial Brochure
celebration.. Registration (doc format)
Registration (pdf)
 
  HOLY WOMEN, HOLY MEN
Pelican Watching May 13
Frances Perkins
Did you read Bishop Public Servant and Prophetic
Wayne's article in this Witness, 1965
week's Sunday bulletin
II. Loving God, we bless your
inserts? It is also Name for Frances Perkins,
available online. who lived out her belief that
the special vocation of the
laity is to conduct the secular
affairs of society that all may
b e maintained in health and
decency. Help us, following
her example, to contend
tirelessly for justice and for
the protection of all in need,
that we may be faithful
followers of Jesus Christ; who
  with you and the Holy Spirit
lives and reigns, one God, for
  ever and ever. Amen.
Newsline
Perkins, Frances [Apr. 10, 1880-
Each third Tuesday (beginning Tuesday May 18th), Church of the May 13, 1965] Advocate for
social justice and Secretary of
Transfiguration, 1860 Lake St. Louis Boulevard, Lake St. Louis, will host a Labor in FD Roosevelt cabinet,
community wide FREE Senior Event and Lunch.  From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 Perkins was the first woman
cabinet member. Inspired by her
p.m.  Seniors (age 55 and up) from around the area are invited to enjoy a Christian convictions, she
relaxed environment. At noon, a free lunch is served  to all in attendance. believed in “the special vocation
of the laity to conduct and carry
For more information, call  636-561-8951. on the worldly and secular
affairs of modern society…in
order that all men may be
A new call. The Rev. Amy Chambers Cortright has answered a call to be maintained in health and
associate at Christ Church Cathedral. Provost Mike Kinman writes about it decency.”
here. Please keep the Chambers-Cortright family, the cathedral family, and
May 16
the Calvary-Columbia family in your prayers. Calvary is in the last stages of The Martyrs of the Sudan
their search process for calling their next rector.
II. O God, steadfast in the
midst of persecution, by your
Another transition. Many of you know Angie Bader from her work in the providence the blood of the
Offices of the Bishop and her most recent 15 years as parish administrator martyrs is the seed of the
Church: As the martyrs of the
at Emmanuel in Webster Groves. Angie resigned from Emmanuel and will Sudan refused to abandon
begin work with Grace-Kirkwood after Pentecost. Angie wrote, "I am deeply Christ even in the face of
torture and death, and so by
grateful for these 18 years of ministry in the Episcopal Church – 15 of them their sacrifice brought forth a
at Emmanuel.  More than I can express, my time among you serving the plentiful harvest, may we, too,
be steadfast in our faith in
parish, witnessing and sharing the joy of baptisms and weddings and sorrow Jesus Christ; who with you
of funerals, has been a blessing in my life. It has been a time of incredible  and the Holy Spirit lives and
reigns, one God, for ever and
growth for me --spiritually, professionally and personally. You have modeled  ever. Amen.
in so many ways, both big and small, what it means to carry out Christ’s
ministry. Truly it has been my privilege to be a part of this parish family and Martyrs of the Sudan, The In
member of the staff. I will be sad to leave Emmanuel’s staff, but I am excited 1983, the Christian bishops,
chiefs, clergy and people of
about my future work with the people of Grace Church." Sudan declared on May 16 that
they would resist the demands
of the Khartoum government’s
Two Beautiful new websites evangelize: imposition of Sharia Law insofar
as it forced them to renounce
Trinity-St. James at http://www.trinityepiscopalstj.org/ their understanding of God and
St. Stephen's at http://saint-stephens.info/ Christ. For 22 years of Civil War,
Christian leaders were
Please take a moment to explore! persecuted, often tortured and
killed, churches and schools
were destroyed and many
Jubilee, a new documentary chronicling a 12-year relationship that Christians were driven into exile.
comprehensively transformed both an affluent Episcopal Church and a Despite this persecution, the
Episcopal Church of the Sudan
Dallas neighborhood located in a high-crime area is now available online at    continues to grow because of
episcopalchurch.org/multimedia/jubilee The 30-minute documentary depicts their deep commitment to the
mercy of God.
the changes in a 62-block area “that had been forgotten by the city of
Dallas,” debuted on Wednesday, April 28 at a special conference, Called to May 17
Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty. William Hobart Hare
Bishop of Niobrara, and of
South Dakota, 1909
from the Rev. Lydia Speller, rector, St. Mark's-St. Louis. If you know of a
teenager who is a promising keyboard player and might like to explore -- or II. Wakantanka, Holy God,
you called your servant
learn more about -- playing the organ, please let him or her know about the William Hobart Hare to bear
2010 St. Louis American Guild of Organists' Pipe Organ Encounter, June witness to you throughout the
vast reaches of the Niobrara
13-18 centered on Fontbonne College. It will include private lessons, organ Territory, bearing the means
recitals and demonstrations, visits to several local instruments and generally of grace and the hope of glory
to the peoples of the Plains:
learning about the Organ. http://www.agostlouis.org/poe We give you thanks for the
devotion of those who
received the Good News
Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Trinity-St. Charles, 318 S Duchesne. gladly, and for the
Trinity's bible school challenges your notion of the "same old thing." First, it faithfulness of the
generations who have
is intergenerational. Second, it is held in the evenings (the week of June 7). succeeded them. Strengthen
The culmination is a presentation of the musical Adam’s Apple--the story of us with your Holy Spirit that we
may walk in their footsteps
Adam and Eve, forbidden fruit, the sneaky snake and temptation--on June 11 and lead many to faith in
at 7pm. There are singing parts and speaking parts, and there is a parallel Jesus Christ, in whom the
living and the dead are one;
bible study going on for VBS participants who would rather watch the and who lives and reigns with
production from behind the lights. Each evening's study begins with a light you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.
supper.
Hare, William Hobart [May 17,
Trinity's Music Director, John Hawn, will be working with Adam's Apple 1838-Oct. 23, 1909] Bishop and
missionary to Native
participants on the four preceding Wednesdays, May 12, 19, 26, and June Americans, he was the grandson
2. These “Music Learning Days” begin with a light supper 5:45 pm followed of Bishop Hobart. He was the
first missionary bishop of
by rehearsal. To register or for more info call Trinity's office at 636-949-0160. Niobrara (now the Diocese of
South Dakota) which served
  many tribes.

The resolution to General

Convention which contains the
suggested additions to Holy
Women, Holy Men is available
online as a large pdf file. The
edited and official version will be
published and available next
year.

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