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Missionary Orientation Jan. 8-21 on campus
The third annual Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) orientation for missionaries will take place on the ETSS campus January 8-21. Twenty persons from 21 dioceses will gather in Rather House for daily discussion of mission theology, cultural dynamics, interfaith relations and living a missionary identity. The overall theme for the session is "Missionaries and the Era of the Windsor Report." As the Anglican Communion continues it discussion of the Windsor Report, no missionaries have been asked to leave their ministries by the bishops who host them, the Rev. Jane Butterfield, mission personnel officer of the Episcopal Church, reports. Boding well for the future of missionary work, about 40 per cent of the trainees are members of the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC) and under the age of 30. Included in the group is the first YASC married couple. The missionaries will
be commissioned at the end of the orientation and begin their
journeys to Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Returning to campus
will be the Rev. Susan Buell (ETSS MDiv '77 and D.D. '96), of
the Diocese of Northwest Pennsylvania, who has been a missionary
in Spain for six months. Links of interest Photos of 2005 Orientation Session Outgoing missionaries wrestle with the Windsor Report Newspaper column about "Hotel Rwanda" -- the need and the power of witnessing -- by Lauren Stanley, an orientation participant A poem by Magi Wester Griffen, an orientation participant Homily on William Wilberforce by Ross Kane, an orientation staffer Homily on The Journey by the Rev. Robert Blackwell, an orientation participant 2005 Orientation Presenters and Staff Episcopal Church mission website -- Examples of the ministries of current missionaries can be seen by clicking on Missionary Roster or From the Mailbag links on this website. |
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