February 24, 2010

In the diocesan cycle we pray for the people of Trinity Church, De Soto (1869), and Beverly, their Priest
In our companion diocese of Lui, we pray for Lakamadi Archdeaconry, and Lexion, their Priest

IN THIS EDITION
 
Bishop Wayne writes about his sabbatical l Bishop's sabbatical
l Six Weeks After
I remember reading somewhere in the works of Roland Allen, great Anglican l Anglican Rosary
l Required Training
theologian of mission, his idea of the most important thing that a missionary l Letters
can do: Go on leave.
BISHOP'S VISITATIONS
To do otherwise is, first, to distrust the Spirit, and second, to disregard the
Sun, Feb 28, Grace-Jefferson
gifts of the very community in which one serves. Any work worth doing can City
lead to fantasies that one is irreplaceable, a deception undercut by Allen’s
good sense. The dignity and value intrinsic to any human being cannot be in March-April, Bishop Smith's
sabbatical months
doubt, and the pursuit of excellence in the doing of one’s vocation is a virtue.
But no one person is indispensable, a truth worth remembering.
Life of the Diocese

The practice of Sabbath itself, holy leisure, reminds the believer who is Sun, Feb 28, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Hymn Sing for Haiti, Christ
God—and who is not. Human being, capable creature of God that we are, Church Cathedral. Join
does not run the universe. We have some responsibilities for the cosmos, parishioners and musicians
from around the diocese in a
yes, but we are not in charge. The full stop provided by Sabbath time, community hymn singing.
interwoven into the very structure of creation in Genesis 1, should remind us Freewill offering designated
for Episcopal Relief and
of that truth about God. We can quit working, and the universe goes on— Development. Hymns from
precisely because we are not God. The God-ward direction of Sabbath time the 1982 Hymnal and LEVAS
II, in addition to selections
complements that other crucial piece inherent to the day, the practice of from other denominations .
holy rest, the restorative value of intentional leisure, in and of itself.  Human  Flyer.

being grows weary and needs rest, and Sabbath time is a gift from the Sat, Mar 6, Leadership
Creator to these beloved creatures. Conference for Clergy and Lay
members of the Diocese,
Public Narrative with Devon
For years I have encouraged colleagues in ordained ministry to take Anderson. Specific information
on conference agenda
substantial time away at regular intervals. I believe that the processes of available from the Canon to
disengagement from one’s community and re-engagement afterward bear the Ordinary's office.
Registration by Friday the
fruit, both for the cleric involved and for the community. I have pushed people 19th using this doc or p d f file.
to make space in that time away for four purposes: sheer rest, self-care, Return to
rweisenborn@diocesemo.org
spiritual renewal, and learning for its own sake.
Sunday, March 7, 2 - 5 p.m.
So now it is time for me to heed my own advice, and I am taking two Zydeco show and Blues
Review at Emmanuel. Tickets
months, March and April, away from the day-to-day ministry as Bishop of ($10) at the door. Performers
the Diocese of Missouri. This is my first Sabbatical during my tenure as include House of Bishops, and
Fr. Ron & Sarah Clingenpeel.
Bishop, and it will not be my last. Let me sketch out my plans. In early Proceeds to ER&D or American
March I will head to South Texas, for two weeks of warm-weather camping, Red Cross.

pure leisure. Later in March I will drive to Camp Allen, near Houston, for the Thurs, Mar 11, Submission
spring meeting of the House of Bishops. (Let me say that I had considered deadline for April/May edition
of Seek.
not attending this meeting but came to realize how restorative I find this
peculiar community, that I would miss not being with friends and Fri, Mar 12 & Sat Mar. 13
Dismantling Racism workshop
colleagues.) I then will spend Holy Week and Easter at Sewanee, keeping in Columbia, MO.
the rites of the season with that community, mostly at the School of
Sat, Mar 13, 8:30 a.m.-1:00
Theology. The rest of April I will devote to some pursuits of learning—and p.m. St. Louis Community
perhaps some writing. Farmers’ Market at St. John’s-
Tower Grove.

I am grateful to the Diocese of Missouri for making it possible to be away; I Sat, Mar 20, 9:00 a.m.-1:00
know that I am eager for rest and renewal. I hope, in fact, that this time of p.m. Preventing Sexual
Exploitation in Communities
Sabbatical will make for my deeper engagement with the Diocese of of Faith training, a part of the
Missouri, and enhance the work we share in serving God’s mission. Safeguarding series.
Registration required for this
free workshop.
+Wayne Smith
Week of Mar 29, online
ESM online book club
discussion. For an invitation
email Fr. Rod Wiltse,
wiltse@charter.net.
 
  Day of Dance & Wellness 2/27
Six Weeks After
St. Luke Hospital's Day of
I had that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was the same feeling I Dance
at the Hilton St. Louis-
had after the tsunami and the same feeling I had after Katrina. I could tell  Frontenac
immediately that this is going to be a long haul for many years: a marathon, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
not a sprint. Registration, screenings and
exhibits begin at 8:30 a.m.
Episcopal Relief and Development president Rob Radtke writes about "The
Three Rs of Disaster;" we're now in the second stage, the relief phase where
focus is on creating temporary safe and sanitary conditions. The emergency
medical workers are beginning to depart, the rescue teams have headed
back. Looming are the challenges of the upcoming rainy season and up to
one million people with no home, with no shelter. For more information, to
register for the event or to
 sign-up for a cholesterol
Please consider supporting one of these fund raising events for the people of screening at the event (fee),
call 314-542-4848 or, click
Haiti. here. Day of Dance national
site: www.dayofdance.org

SUNDAY, FEB 28, 4 p.m., HYMN SING FOR HAITI at Christ Church
HOLY WOMEN, HOLY MEN
Cathedral, 1210 Locust, St. Louis. Download a flyer.
February 25
SUNDAY, MAR. 7, 2-5:00 pm, Help for Haiti Concert. Zydeco Show and John Roberts Priest, 1949

Blues Review with the House of Bishops, Emmanuel, 9 South Bompart in

II. Creator God, we thank you
Webster Groves. Also, Fr. Ron and Sarah offer a program of Contemporary for bringing your missionary
& Roots music. Tickets ($10) available at the door. Proceeds to ER&D or John Roberts from his native
land to live and teach your
the American Red Cross (attendees designate their contribution). Gospel in a spirit of respect
and amity among the
Shoshone and Arapahoe
The Emmanuel (Webster Groves) Missions peoples in their own
Committee and Rosebud Mission/Diocese language; and we pray that
we also may share the Good
of South Dakota are sponsoring a Lenten News of your Christ with all we
quilt raffle to benefit Haitian recovery and meet as friends brought
together by your Holy Spirit;
renewal efforts through Episcopal Relief for you are one God, Father,
and Development. A Lakota star quilt, Son, and Holy Spirit, living
and true, to the ages of ages.
created by a fabric artist on the Amen.
reservation, has been donated for this
effort. Donna Erickson (Emmanuel Roberts, John [1853-1949]
Welsh Anglican missionary, who
missions ctte.) was inspired by the quilt's came to the Wind River mission
colors, reminiscent of new life and rebirth in Wyoming in 1883. He founded
schools among the Shoshone
and also of a favorite poem (and hymn): and Arapaho peoples so that
Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain, children might be educated.
Roberts translated most of The
Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain; Book of Common Prayer into
Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Arapaho and served among
native peoples for 66 years. He
Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green. worked closely with Chief
Washakie [c. 1804-1900] of the
Shoshone people, whom he
Chances are $5.00 each or 6 for $25.00 and will be available at the concert converted from Mormonism to
on Mar. 7th. 100% of the proceeds will be directed to ERD Haitian efforts. the Episcopal Church. He also
claimed to have buried
(314) 961-2393  info@emmanuelepiscopal.org Sakajawea who, he said, had
returned to her people after the
  Lewis and Clark Expedition.
 
February 26
A Lenten Quiet Day with the Anglican Rosary Emily Malbone Morgan
Prophetic Witness, 1937

II. Gracious God, we thank

you for the life and witness of
Emily Malbone Morgan, who
helped to establish the
Society of the Companions of
Saturday, the Holy Cross so that women
March 13, 2010 , 8:30 am. – 3:00 pm. who live in the world might
devote themselves to
Guernsey Room, 4th Floor, Christ Church Cathedral intercessory prayer, social
justice, Christian unity and
simplicity of life. Help us to
Did you know there is such a thing as an Anglican Rosary? Would you like follow her example in prayer,
to learn how to use the Anglican Rosary in your prayer life? If you already simplicity, ecumenism and
use the Anglican Rosary, would you like to share your experience with it and   witness to your justice, for the
glory of your Name; through
learn new ways to pray with it? Would you like to learn to make one? Jesus Christ, who with you and
the Holy Spirit lives and
reigns, one God, for ever and
This daylong workshop is a thoughtful introduction to the Anglican Rosary. ever. Amen.
Attendees will make their own rosaries using beads and findings gathered
Morgan, Emily Malbone [Dec. 10,
by Linda Clingenpeel. Presentations on the history and design of rosaries 1826-Feb. 27, 1937] Founder of
begin the day. Fr. Rod Wiltse, Episcopal School for Ministry faculty and the Society of the
Companions of the Holy Cross
Priest Associate at Emmanuel, will speak on Spiritual Disciplines in a Life (SCHC): women who lived in
of Faith. secular society while devoting
themselves to intercessory
prayer, social justice, Christian
Franklin Kline, ESM alumnus and cathedral parishioner, will lead the unity and simplicity of life..
workshop. "The Anglican Rosary is a template on which to overlay our
February 28
prayer, enfolding us on our journey, assisting us to center our thoughts on Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
prayer and listen to God in the silence of our hearts – experiencing the thin and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
Educators, 1964, 1904
places where time and timelessness intersect."
II. Eternal God, you inspired
Morning: Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
Spiritual Disciplines in a Life of Faith, with the love of learning and
Introducing the Spirituality of the Anglican Rosary the joy of teaching: Help us
also to gather and use the
Making an Anglican Rosary resources of our communities
Prayer with The Anglican Rosary for the education of all your
children; through Jesus Christ
Afternoon: our Savior, who lives and
Praying the Labyrinth with the Anglican Rosary reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and
Rosary of Meditation on the Blessed Sacrament ever. Amen.
Praying the Way of the Cross with the Anglican Rosary
Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood,
Aug. 10, c. 1858-1964 on
February 28, LFF 2006, with
Cost & Registration: $20. Cost includes materials for making a rosary, Wright, Elizabeth Evelyn [1872-
1904] Cooper was an author,
breakfast coffee and donuts, and lunch. educator, and one of the most
Please register by Monday, March 8. prominent African American
scholars in United States
For more information:Franklin Kline. Ph: H. 314-381-3240. C. 314-374-3290. history. Her first book, A Voice
e-mail: franklin.kline@sbcglobal.net from the South: By A Woman
from the South, published in
1892. Perhaps her most well-
 known volume of writing, A
  Voice from the South is widely
Required training in the diocese viewed as one of the first
advanced a vision of self-
determination through education
The Diocese of Missouri takes very seriously our commitment to a being a and social uplift for African
safe place for all people. American women. Its central
thesis was that the educational,
moral, and spiritual progress of
l Training in sexual harassment awareness and prevention is required black women would improve the
general standing of the entire
of all salaried employees of the Diocese, its congregations, and African American community.
agencies. Cooper advanced the view that it
was the duty of educated and
l Training in sexual abuse prevention is required of all employees of the successful black women to
Diocese, its congregations, and agencies who work with youth. support their underprivileged
peers in achieving their goals.
l Training in dismantling racism is required of all clergy and other The essays in A Voice from the
employees, volunteers who supervise youth, and vestries. South also touched on a variety
of topics, from racism and the
l The Diocese of Missouri’s Policies and Procedures Concerning socioeconomic realities of black
Allegations and Incidents of Sexual Misconduct and the families to the administration of
the Episcopal Church. Wright was
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Policies are sent to yearly to each the founder of Voorhees College
congregation in their annual meeting packets. On or before April 1 of and a disciple of Booker T.
Washington. Despite ill health,
each year every clergy person, volunteer who regularly supervises limited resources, and opposition
youth activities, Vestry/Bishop’s Committee member, and employee from the Ku Klux Klan, she
persevered in established a
shall sign the Acknowledgment and return to the Offices of the school that would teach both
Bishop. skills and "Christian character"
to poor African Americans.

Unsure of what training is required or recommended? We've recently The resolution to General
updated our chart of requirements. You'll note there is now an online option Convention which contains the
suggested additions to Holy
for Safeguarding God's Children training. Women, Holy Men is available
online as a large pdf file. The
edited and official version will be
For all Safeguarding God's People training please contact the Canon to the published and available next
Ordinary Dan Smith's assistant, Robin Weisenborn year.

rweisenborn@diocesemo.org. Upcoming training on March 20 in St. Louis.

MARCH ESM BOOK CLUB

For Dismantling Racism training, please contact Cory Hoehn The Episcopal School For
choehn@diocesemo.org . Upcoming training March 12-13 in Columbia, and Ministry Book Club. An online
discussion of great books .
July 9-10 in St. Louis. Selected books from The
Ancient Practices Series,
  publisher is Thomas Nelson.
Discussion Facilitator is Fr.
  Rod Wiltse, Episcopal School
Letters to the Editor for Ministry faculty.

I thought I would mention that “surprises” and “surprised” were misspelled in

iSeek on February 3 and February 10. Perhaps there’s a spell check on the March - Sabbath by Dan B.
Allender
program which produces the iSeek? April - Fasting by Scot McKnight
Dear Readers, Many apologies! Also duly noted that in 2/03's iSeek May - The Sacred Meal by Nora
Gallagher
discernment and separable were also misspelled and a space was missing; June - The Pilgrimage by
in the 2/10 edition there was the dubious concatenation jobseeker, and Diana Butler Bass
Sept. - The Liturgical Year by
another missing space. After the writing and editing, my last routine in the Joan Chittister
newsletter process each week is focused on verifying hyperlinks and Oct - Tithing by Douglas
LaBlanc 2010
wrangling stray code bits. Adding a grooming through a spell-check Nov - The Great Emergence by
program, the not-between-the-ears kind is a great idea. Lord knows, I need Phyllis Tickle

help with surprize-surprise, baptised-baptized, and ance-ence endings.

The on-line chat will begin on
Thank you, as always, for your careful reading. the last Monday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. CT. A
discussion area will be open
In this week's piece, you note that in the picture are the bishop and "the throughout the final week of
Rev. ABC." In this case, it should read: "the Rev. Mrs. ABC." Or: "the Rev. each month for on-going
conversation.
Jane ABC." Just replace "Rev." with "Beautiful" and you'll see why. In other
iSeek places I've noticed that you have several clergy noted as being "the Our online classroom is at
Revs. ...."  If "reverend" were a NOUN, that would be right, but of course it's nfomedia.com. If you'd like
an invitation, please email
an ADJECTIVE. So, and I know it's a matter of more words, but you need to wiltse@charter.net. Plan on
write "the Rev. ...., the Rev. .... and the Rev. ...."  Or, if all male, and you arriving before the discussion
time to make sure your
know they don't object to the term, you could write: "Fathers ...., ...., computer is configured to
and ....."  Where it's male and female clergy, of course, this can't be done. participate. Send technical
problems or questions to
The clergy will be happy to know I now use the "beautiful" test when writing bfelice@diocesemo.org
clerical titles. For multiples we'll be using Revv., not a common American
usage, but lurking in the Chicago Manual of Style and other style DIOCESAN PUBLICATIONS
references. Mercifully, that usage was needed but once in the past fifteen
Publisher
months. In my first week here, I dropped the Jefferts from Jefferts Schori The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith
and misspelled Katharine, to boot. Fortunately, I've found my way over to the Bishop of Missouri
Episcopal communicators list, a kind of group therapy in capitalization and
Editor
titling. This week we attempted understanding the conflicting styles for Beth Felice
capitalization of the first article in our church name, the The Episcopal Director of Communications
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
Church. The original change to our constitution went through both houses at bfelice@diocesemo.org
General Convention as "the Episcopal Church." Deputy Charles Crump 314-255-1387
314-398-2209 (cell)
proposed in the House of Deputies that being known as "The Episcopal
Church" required a capital T, the HOD agreed and corrected the resolution,
IN THIS EDITION
and sent it back to the bishops, who concurred. Now we are conversing
about how The looks on the same page with our fellow Anglicans who l Bishop's sabbatical
l Six Weeks After
identify themselves as the Scottish Episcopal Church, or the Episcopal l Anglican Rosary
Church of the Sudan. l Required Training
l Letters

Rabbi Ed Friedman said that "You know you have reached a new level of
maturity when you can hear criticism as affirmation." He went on to say that
"criticism is an act of pursuit,"  true for both individuals and parishes. -from
a recent DioBeth newsletter.

-BF

 
 

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