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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
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.
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.
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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