The Mission Funding Task Force (MFTF) was charged at the 2001 Diocesan Convention to consider alternative funding mechanisms for the Diocese of Lexington. A summary of recommendations to be presented by the MFTF to the 2003 Diocesan Convention is presented.

Financing approved for Diocesan Center

As the Diocesan Center seeks to move its offices from Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington to a new location, a plan was approved by the Executive Council to provide for the purchasing and remodeling of the selected site.

From the Bishop

Taking Andy to college

Sending sons and daughters off to college for the first time can be traumatic. Bishop Sauls shares his experience.

From the Parish

St. Michael’s Celebrates Mepham’s 50th Anniversary - The Rev. Andrew Mepham's 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood was celebrated at St. Michael's, Lexington on October 19. Fr. Mepham continues to serve the diocese as a supply priest. Fr. Mepham has had quite a remarkable and varied career.

St. Michael’s Youth do Project Linus - Project Linus gives handmade blankets to families of children living with terminal illnesses. St. Michael's youth group participated in the parish's efforts to make and deliver blankets to the families of the ailing children.

From the Parish - Faces and events from around the diocese.

From the Diocese

United Thank Offering - The United Tank Offering (UTO) is an offering of the whole church for the mission of the whole church. Look for the blue envelopes and boxes soon.

Musical Offerings for the Advent Season - A number of performances around the diocese are planned.

Faithmatters

How to submit a resolution... - As the 2003 Diocesan Convention draws near, resolutions offer a formal means of expressing faith through acts. Everyone is encouraged to use this mechanism. This article details what is involved.

New guidelines and form for nominations for Diocesan Offices - Nominations are being received for Executive Council, Standing Committee and Sewanee. Required information from nominees has changed. A sample nomination form is included.

From the National Front

‘We are throwing people away,’ Sister Prejean tells conference on prison ministry - The national Prison Ministry Task Force Conference was held October 17-18 in Baltimore, MD. The shortcomings of the death penalty and generally poor treatment of inmates and others involved with incarceration was discussed.

World AIDS Day 2002 — December 1 - Events planned for the World AIDS Day 2002.

From our Anglican World

Alexandria Declaration meeting offers plan for promoting peace in the Middle East - (ENS) A high-level consultation of Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders hosted by Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey at Lambeth Palace in London has issued a 10-point plan to deal with the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

House of Bishops sets high threshold for Iraqi war - [The Church of England] The Church of England’s House of Bishops has urged the British Government and the international community to continue to pursue all available peaceful means towards resolving the crisis with Iraq.

Episcopal Migration Ministries blasts ‘end of US hospitality’ to refugees - (ENS) Calling it “the beginning of the end to US hospitality to refugees,” C. Richard Parkins, director of Episcopal Migration Ministries, strongly criticized the Bush administration’s imposition of a 70,000-person ceiling on refugee admissions for fiscal 2003.

From Different Voices

Reflection —by Kay Collier McLaughlin

He is coming - "The world was forever changed that year for John’s family, and for all of those close to them."

X-ersizing —by Steve Walton

Casualities - "It never occurred to me that something so simple would result in harsh words and raised voices."

Advent Meditation

We watch and wait for you - From My Heart in My Mouth by Ted Yoder

The Episcopal Church

In the Anglican Communion
A global community of 70 million Anglicans in 38 member provinces.
The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. George Carey,
Archbishop of Canterbury

In the United States
A community of 2.5 million members in 118 dioceses in the Americas and other jurisdictions. Established 1789.
The Most Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold,
Presiding Bishop

In the Diocese of Lexington
A community of 39 parishes and missions.

4th Series, Vol. XXXII, Number 9, November 2002

The Rt. Rev. Stacy F. Sauls
Bishop

Kay Collier McLaughlin, Ph.D., Communications Officer and Editor

Moss Vance, Technical Advisor

Chair of the Dept. of Communications:
The Rev. Phillip Haug

Staff:
Steve Walton, Molly Lovelock, and Cynthia Rush

Composition:
Cindy A. Centers

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