March 17, 2010

In the diocesan cycle we pray for the people of Trinity Church, Kirksville (1871), and Peter, their Interim Vicar
In our companion diocese of Lui, we pray for the people of Minga Archdeaconry, and John, their Priest

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The Gardens of Holy Week: Morning Retreat l Gardens of Holy Week
l Designing EYE 2011
The Garden of Eden l 30 Hour Famine
l Community Gardens
The Garden of Gethsemane l There's an app for that
The Garden of the l Religion and Film
l Sabbath
Resurrection
BISHOP'S VISITATIONS
As we prepare to enter Holy
Week, spend some time March-April, Bishop Smith's
sabbatical months
walking quietly through the
sacred gardens of our Sun, May 9, Christ Church-
creation, redemption, and Cape Girardeau
salvation. Sun, May 16, St. Peter's-
Ladue

This quiet retreat time will Sun, Jun 6, Church of the

provide opportunities for Ascension-Northwoods

meditations,  reflection, Sun, Jun 13, Ft. Leonard

prayer, and silence in Wood

anticipation of the blessed

Sun, Jun 20, Trinity-Jefferson
time that lies ahead. County

Meeting at St. Stephen’s Life of the Diocese

Church in Ferguson,
Fri, Mar 19, Journey to Jobs:
Lenten program for job
9:00 continental breakfast seekers, each Friday in Lent
l
from 9:00 -10:30 at St
l 9:30 opening prayer and retreat Timothy's in Creve Coeur.
12:30 Eucharist Organized by David Boudinet
l
of CSMSG and the Rev. Steve
l Soup luncheon to follow Eucharist Lawler of St Stephen?s. All are
Suggested $5 contribution invited. Each session will have
l
a presentation, discussion,
l Sign-up by calling 314.753.7911 or email episcopalians@gmail.com fellowship and prayer. Bagels
a n d Coffee will be provided.
For more information contact
More information on the retreat and the new Center for Spirituality at St. David Boudinet or Fr. Lawler.
Stephen's. T h e seven sessions are:
Beginning; Readjusting;
Committing; Resourcing ;
  Connecting; Deepening ;
  Ending.
Episcopal Youth Event 2011, call for youth
leaders to help design next year’s program Sat, Mar 20, 9:00 a.m.-1:00
p.m. Preventing Sexual
The next Episcopal Youth Event will take place June 22-26, 2011. in St. Exploitation in Communities
Paul, Minnesota, on the campus of Bethel University. of Faith training, a part of the
Safeguarding series.
Registration required for this
free workshop.

Sun, Mar 21 7:00 PM

Compline-CWE Trinity
Episcopal Church in the
Central West End holds a
monthly Compline service on
the third Sunday of each
month beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Compline is a brief but
beautiful service with ancient
roots. Enjoy 20 to 30 minutes
of music, scripture, poetry,
prayers and silence. Afterward
we adjourn to a nearby
restaurant for dinner and
conversation.

A Tue, Mar 23 12:00 PM

Standing Committee, Advent,
Mission Planning Team is forming to design the next EYE's theme and Crestwood
events. If you are a young person who is a leader in your community,
whether it be at church, in an Episcopal diocese, or at school; enjoys Fri, Mar 26 9:00 AM - 10:30
AM Journey to Jobs: Lenten
working on a team; and would like to be considered for the planning team, program for job seekers, each
please read through the criteria and application with your parents/guardians Friday in Lent at St Timothy's
in Creve Coeur
carefully before submitting your name for consideration.
Sat, Mar 27 The Peace Meal
More about EYE 2011 and the design team... Project at St. John's-Tower
Grove, every Saturday Serving
  from 4-6 p.m. To sign up as a
volunteer, please contact
  Scott Splater at
30 Hour Famine for diocesan youth, April 23- ssplater@yahoo.com or 314-
24 497-1050. A full shift is from
2-6:30 p.m. and a half shift
The 15th Annual 30 Hour would be 2-4:30 p.m. (food
Famine week-end at Church prep and cook) or 4-6:30
(serve and clean up).
of the Advent is scheduled on
Friday, April 23 through Sat, Mar 27 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, April 24. The Gardens of Holy Week,
Morning Retreat, St.
Participants will gather at Stephen's Complete article
6:00pm on Friday, spending
the night at church; and the Sun, Mar 28 4:00 PM Taize at
Trinity, St. Charles, 318 S.
famine ends with a parish Duchesne, ph 636-949-0160
sponsored dinner at 6:00pm
on Saturday. There is no Sun, Mar 28 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
St. Louis' Dialogue Group of
registration fee, but the World's Religions and
participants are asked to bring Philosophies. The 47th
meeting of this interfaith
canned food items for Feed group will take place in the
My People and collect dining hall of Christian
Brothers College High School
pledges for hours of on North Outer Forty Road
participation. These funds will (just west of the intersection
of highways 270 and 64, and
go to World Vision. Our goal is to collect $500.00 for World Vision this year. just east of the Temple of the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints). The topic
The Advent Youth Group has designed T-Shirts for the week-end. These T- for this meeting will be about
Shirts will cost $20.00 and proceeds from T-Shirts will also go to World various religious approaches
to scientific theories such as
Vision. Please contact Nancy Birtley at 636-296-8307 or at the big bang theory and the
nancy@birtley.net to RSVP for the famine and to order your T-Shirt. theory of evolution.
Representatives of Zen
T-Shirt orders are due by 4/4/10. Buddhism, Krishna
Consciousness, Christianity,
and Islam will discuss this
More info on the 30 hour famine... topic and then small group
discussions with people from
    many different religions will
  follow. This program is free
and open to the public.
Community Gardens planned in the diocese
Week of Mar 29, online
  ESM online book club
discussion. For an invitation
email Fr. Rod Wiltse,
Following last year's successes at wiltse@charter.net.

Church of the Advent, Crestwood

Join the Conversation
(Nov. 2009 Seek), and Christ
Church, Cape Girardeau (July NEW! Awaiting your comments
2009 Seek, p. 7), many more on news articles, online at the
diocesan site, diocesemo.org
plans for gardens are springing up
around the diocese. Diocesan Resource Sharing E-
List. A diocese wide mail list
called 4LOW. (For the Life Of
St. Matthew's, Warson Woods, the World.)
St. Mark's, St. Martin's, Church of the Advent...should your parish be listed
Join us to share resources,
here? Please add in the comments! opportunities, things that
worked in your parish and
things that didn't; ask the
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  Our diocesan email lists will all

  reside at
http://lists.diocesemo.org.
Diocesan news? There's an app for that... (Newsletters, those very one
way communications, will
continue to be sent through
MarketVolt.)

To subscribe, send an email to

4low-
subscribe@lists.diocesemo.org.You'll
be asked to verify your email
address by returning the
message with "reply-to." You'll
send emails to the list using
this address:
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Deeper Discussion E-List. A

moderated list to talk about
those "hot potato" issues that
crisscross faith and culture,
and converse about them with
Hopefully, soon there will be two. We've created a nice application for mobile a high degree of Christian
concern for one another.
phones pulling together many of the diocesan news streams and Episcopal Again, this list will be at
News Service headlines. Categories include: lists.diocesemo.org. Subscribe
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l Episcopal News Service II. Merciful God, through the
work of Thomas Cranmer you
renewed the worship of your
These apps were submitted to both Android's Marketplace and iTune's App Church by restoring the language
Store. The queue for approval is longer for the iPhone. We just heard we're of the people, and through his
death you revealed your power in
now available on Android. human weakness: Grant that by
your grace we may always
worship you in spirit and in truth;
  through Jesus Christ, our only
Mediator and Advocate, who lives
  and reigns with you and the Holy
Religion and film, resources Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
Many (most?) parishes in the diocese seem to be sponsoring movie nights,
often choosing films with themes related to faith, not only for their
entertainment value, but to inspire ongoing conversations.

Arts and Faith, Top 100 List of Films

Religion in Film – A List of Films for the Religious Studies Classroom

More about these resources...

 
 
Monday, June 29th, ESM Online Book Club
This month we're discussing Dan Allender's Sabbath.

The resolution to General

Sabbath is not about time off or a break in routine. It is not a Convention which contains the
minivacation to give us a respite so we are better prepared to suggested additions to Holy
Women, Holy Men is available
go back to work. The Sabbath is far more than a diversion; it online as a large pdf file. The
is meant to be an encounter with God's delight. edited and official version will be
published and available next
year.
For many, the Sabbath has somehow morphed into Sunday,
the day of the resurrection, and it is fulfilled by attending a DIOCESAN PUBLICATIONS
religious event called Sunday morning church service. Once
Publisher
that is finished the day is spent in routine yard maintenance, The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith
diversion, and preparation for the coming week. It cannot be Bishop of Missouri

shouted louder from the rooftops: This is not a Sabbath! This

Editor
is Sabbath-breaking. Beth Felice
Director of Communications
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
The way to make use of this book is to ask the simplest bfelice@diocesemo.org
question: what would I do for a twenty-four hour period of time 314-255-1387
314-398-2209 (cell)
if the only criteria was to pursue my deepest joy?
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Pick up a copy of Sabbath and join an online discussion Monday, March
29th, 7:30 pm-8:30, or until the conversation wanes. We'll leave the l Gardens of Holy Week
l Designing EYE 2011
discussion open for the rest of Holy Week. l 30 Hour Famine
l Community Gardens
l There's an app for that
Father Rod Wiltse facilitates the book club, email him for an invitation at l Religion and Film
l Sabbath
wiltse@charter.net.

 
 

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