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From: John Clinton Bradley (johnclint rochester.rr.com)
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| Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:07:20 -0700 (PDT) | |
Title: Message
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Three Candles for Nottingham
Claiming the Blessing, a collaborative of justice organizations in the
Episcopal Church, asks every member of the worldwide Anglican Communion to join
us in a Candlelight Vigil of Prayer for the work of the Anglican Consultative
Council (ACC) meeting in Nottingham, England, June 19 - 28, 2005. ( http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_62543_ENG_HTM.htm)
We ask your fervent prayers that the presence of the Spirit of Anglicanism
- the Via Media or 'Middle Way' defined by Scripture informed by Tradition and
Reason - be made manifest.
Representative members of the ACC from the Episcopal Church and the
Anglican Church of Canada are attending in voluntary observer status only. The
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has invited several people to join
these members to explain the theology of The Episcopal Church's decision that
the celebration and blessing of committed, faithful relationships between two
people of the same sex is within our common life as is the ordination of gay and
lesbian people to the holy orders of the diaconate, priesthood and the
episcopacy.
We ask that on Sunday, June 19, you light three candles - one for each
'leg' of the three-legged stool of Anglicanism: scripture, reason and
tradition. You may choose to light all three candles on Sunday and use
this as an opportunity to reinforce the teaching of the foundational principle
of Anglicanism. You may also choose to light one candle each day leading
up to the presentation by the American and Canadian churches on June 21,
beginning at 14:30 hours (2:30 PM London time) and ending at 18:00 hours (6:00
PM London time). (The full schedule may be found at: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/meetings/acc13/programme.cfm)
We ask that you join us in prayer for all those in attendance (Participants
list may be found at: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/meetings/acc13/participants.cfm
), especially those who are presenting before the council: Mrs. Jane
Tully, the Rev'd Michael Battle, the Rev'd Susan Russell, the Rt. Rev'd Neil J.
Alexander, the Rt. Rev'd Charles Jenkins, and the Rt. Rev'd Cathy Roskam, as
well as the Most Rev'd Frank T. Griswold.
We ask that you join us in this ancient prayer of the Church: O God of
unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that
wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry
out in tranquillity the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that
things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old
are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by
him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Steering Committee of Claiming the Blessing http://www.claimingtheblessing.org/index.htm Peggy Adams, Pasadena CA Blessings, the Rev'd Elizabeth Kaeton The Episcopal Church of St. Paul 200 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928 973 635 8085 Don't forget to visit: The Witness Magazine - online and in community www.thewitness.org St. Paul's Chatham http://www.stpaulschatham.org/ "The Left mocks the Right. The Right knows it's right. Two ugly traits. How far should we go to try to understand each other's point of view? Maybe the distance grace covered on the cross is a clue." Bono, from the band U2 CONFIDENTIALITY: All on the Glory list have agreed to hold in the strictest confidence every post received via this list. If for any reason you can no longer commit to this constraint, you should delete all messages unread and should unsubscribe using the address below. Yahoo! Groups Links
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