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Save the Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008 “This national Episcopal conference seeks to engage the church in understanding and actively addressing the crisis of climate change,” said the Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia. “While this conference is hosted by Episcopalians, it welcomes participants from other denominations and faith traditions.” Now is the time to step forward as people of faith - all faiths - to address the crisis of global climate change. We invite you to join others from around the nation to learn how we can "get the word out" and join in a covenant to make a difference. Conference keynote speakers include: Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori,
Ph.D., former oceanographer with the NOAA, Bishop
Steven Charleston, President and Dean
of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA and a Native
American elder, and Dr.
Sallie McFague, a Distinguished Theologian
in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology, in Vancouver,
B.C. Registration costs $80 and covers lunch, snacks, and take home materials. Scholarship assistance is available, email: hopeinfo@ecww.org Please visit the HOPE Website and Register for the Conference NOW! MEN’S CURSILLO The upcoming Men’s Cursillo will be held on April 17th rhrough the 20th. St. Columba’s has four Candidates: Rod Blalock and Larry Marta, (sponsor is Doug McFayden), Bill Cox (sponsor is Bill Lenney) and Bob Ewing (sponsor is Jim Wallace). Please pray for the Candidates, Sponsors and the Men’s Cursillo. MINISTRY RESOURCE DAY Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:30 AM � 4 p.m. Highline Community College Workshops are designed for leaders and potential leaders of all aspects of a congregation. This includes clergy, staff and the members’ of the Vestry or Bishop’s Committee, as well as leaders in education for children and adults, youth and young adult ministries, evangelism, outreach, stewardship, planned giving, worship leaders and musicians. While designed for leadership, the day is open to anyone with an interest in any of the workshops.
There are booklets at the back of the church for anyone interested in attending. The cost is $20 per person, which includes class materials, access to resources in the exhibit area and a buffet lunch. To register please go to the diocesan web site www.ecww.org/mrd. After April 15 registration will be on-site on a space available basis.
LIVING STONES CONFERENCEJonathan Kuttab, an Episcopalian and perhaps the best-known human rights attorney in the Holy Land, has joined the roster of featured speakers for the “Living Stones” conference in Seattle April 18-19.
Bishop Greg Rickel is an honorary co-chair and will introduce the opening speaker, Dr. Steve Niva, on Friday morning at University Christian Church. The conference moves to University Presbyterian Church for the Friday banquet and all day Saturday.
For more information/registration: www.livingstonesconference.org.
Kuttab will speak at the Friday lunch. Addressing that evening’s banquet will be Dr. Bernard Sabella, on leave from Bethlehem University to direct the refugee services division of the Middle East Council of Churches, and an elected representative to the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Sami Awad, director of the Holy Land Trust, will lead a session on non-violent resistance. The Rev. Jane Barron, formerly a Church of Scotland pastor in Jerusalem, will speak on “One Land, Two Peoples, Three Faiths.”
Mary Pneuman of St. Thomas, Medina, sparked the creation of this conference, in the hope of increasing support for the dwindling number of Christians in the Holy Land.
FROM CAROL EVERSONHappy Easter,
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