05/07/2008
Public invited to events for Presiding Bishop
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, leader of the Episcopal Church in the U.S. and 15 other countries, will visit the Diocese of Kentucky May 16-18 with several public appearances scheduled to introduce her to Episcopalians in the diocese and the community at large. She is the first woman elected as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and the first woman “primate” of a province in the Anglican Communion.
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04/28/2008
Holocaust commemoration set April 28
By Terry Taylor, Interfaith Paths to Peace
The annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust remembrance event sponsored by Jewish Community Federation’s Community Relations Council will be at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Bellarmine
University, Frazier Hall. The program, "Faces of Resistance," will feature preeminent Holocaust educator Dr. Rachel Korazim as guest speaker. Several Holocaust survivors who live in Louisville will
participate, and the program will include music presented by the Christ Church United Methodist Chancel Choir. Students from several local high schools who are studying the Holocaust this year will also be
participating to show their resistance to prejudice and hatred, and to promote tolerance.
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04/25/2008
Interchurch Families Conference to meet here
By Mary Jane Glauber, AAIF National Co-Chair
The American Association of Interchurch Families’ 2008 Biennial Conference will gather in Louisville June 27-29 at Laws Lodge on the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary campus.
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04/24/2008
Parish adminstrators' day spotlights wellness
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
Church administrators from across the diocese met at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville on Tuesday, April 22, for lunch and a program on wellness just for them.
Hosted by the diocesan staff, the annual event is the diocese's way to say thank you to those who work in our congregations.
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04/23/2008
Diocesan youth director to leave in August
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
Ben Linder, the director of youth and young adult ministries of the Diocese of Kentucky and a youth minister at St. Matthew’s Church, has announced he will be leaving those positions in August in order to return to Arkansas.
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04/22/2008
Diaconal Discernment Day registration is underway
By The Rev. Dr. Rose Bogal-Allbritten
Diaconal Discernment Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (CDT) Saturday, May 3, at Grace Episcopal Church, Hopkinsville.
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04/21/2008
Institution of Advent's new rector
By Enews Online
The Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Mitchell was instituted as the 12th rector of the Church of the Advent in Louisville on April 20.
The service of new ministry was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr., bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky. The preacher was Rev. Dr. L. William Countryman of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
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04/18/2008
Plans are underway for presiding bishop's visit
By Mary Jane Cherry, Communications Director
Planning is underway for a visit May 16-18 by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, including five public events that will take the leader of the Episcopal Church across the western half of Kentucky from Paducah to Louisville.
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04/18/2008
Sponsors for altar flowers wanted
By St. Luke's Chapel, Louisville
Would you like to sponsor altar flowers for St. Luke's Chapel at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville?
Any church, group or individual is welcome to do so. The chapel has openings from June through November. The cost is $25. Please call Carol Cameron at (502) 937-4970.
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04/18/2008
Norton Healthcare's Church and Health Ministrie
By Bea Keller, SCN, RN, Ed
Norton Healthcare's Church and Health Ministries online newsletter, published bi-monthly, has announced several workshops for the upcoming weeks that may interest parish nurses and others in our diocese.
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