Monday, March 24, 2014

HOB Daily Account for March 23


 

Office of Public Affairs

 

 

Episcopal Church House of Bishops Spring 2014 retreat meeting:

Daily Account for Sunday, March 23

 

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church is meeting in retreat at the Camp Allen Conference & Retreat Center in Navasota, TX (Diocese of Texas) from March 21 to March 26.  The following is an account of the activities for Sunday, March 23

 

The theme for the spring meeting of the Episcopal Church House of Bishops is How Shall We Sing The Lord's Song in a Strange Land?

 

The day began with Eucharist with Bishop Chilton Knudsen of New York www.dioceseny.org  presiding.  A reflection was presented by Bishop Scott Barker of Nebraska http://www.episcopal-ne.org/

 

Bishop Barker challenged the bishops to reach out to, and be a presence with, the people of God who feel that they are living in exile, wherever that exile may be.  They were challenged to appreciate the service they give to God and to their fellow sojourners in exile.

 

Sabbath time continued for the bishops on Sunday.  The bishops will gather on Sunday evening for further discussion.

 

 

Media Briefers for Sunday, March 23

Bishop Scott Hayashi, Diocese of Utah http://www.episcopal-ut.org/

Bishop Jay Magness, Armed Services and Federal Ministries  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/federal-ministries

 

 

 

Diocese of Texas: http://www.epicenter.org/

 

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For more info contact:

Neva Rae Fox

Public Affairs Officer

The Episcopal Church

publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org

212-716-6080  Mobile: 917-478-5659

 

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  • "Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • "Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer." Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • "Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others." Kathleen Norris
  • "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." John Wesley
  • "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." G. K. Chesterton
  • "One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest tempters uneasy. But fortunately it is quite invisible to these humans." C. S. Lewis
  • "When we say, 'I love Jesus, but I hate the Church,' we end up losing not only the Church but Jesus too. The challenge is to forgive the Church. This challenge is especially great because the church seldom asks us for forgiveness." Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
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