Divorce Meditation booklet by Forward Movement has diocesan/Solo Flight authors

Will be available at Diocesan Convention at the Solo Flight table in the display area

Forward Movement Publications in Cincinnati has just released a booklet entitled Divorce: a month of meditations. Invited contributing authors include Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin of the Diocese of Lexington, founder and national director of Solo Flight Ministries with Single Adults; the Rev. Dr. David Perkins of the Diocese of Virginia, long-time chaplain of Solo Flight Conferences; Cecily Sawyer Harmon, Diocese of Delaware, former staff member of Solo Flight Conferences; Nan Ross, communications officer of the Diocese of Atlanta; and the Rev. Robert Horine, former editor for Forward Movement and a priest in the Diocese of Lexington, as well as Bishop David Reed of the Diocese of Kentucky. The meditations include such titles as  “Be  a Lazarus,” “Recovery is a Choice,” “Unvowing,” “Outside the Circle,” “Letting Go,” “Fallow Time,” “A Ministry to Which I am Not Called,” and “It Took a Village.”  A limited supply of the booklets will be available at Diocesan Convention at the Solo Flight table for a minimum donation of $3.00.  All proceeds will go to Solo Flight Ministries with Single Adults in the Diocese of Lexington.

News in the Diocese
Bishop Sauls one of six bishops representing the "broad center" of the church in Oct. 23rd meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury

 In a 90 minute private meeting marked by "mutual trust and openness," the Bishops talked about the possible development of an Anglican Covenant, cross provincial interventions, issues of human sexuality, the Millennium Development Goals, and the Episcopal Church's focus on domestic and global mission.  The Bishops, (l. to r. Bishop Neff Powell of South Western Virginia, Bishop Dan Daniels of, Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Assisting Bishops William Gregg and Chip Marble of North Carolina and Bishop Stacy Sauls of Lexington) reported a "deeper level of interaction" than they might have anticipated.  Bishop Sauls reported a "frank and substantive conversations" which found him "very much encouraged and hopeful about our life together."  While there was agreement among the bishops not to quote directly from the private conversation, all reported a "warm welcome" from the Archbishop and his staff, and appreciation of the depth of understanding of and appreciation for the Episcopal Church shown by the Archbishop.  Full story in the Advent issue of THE ADVOCATE to be mailed November 20th.

 

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