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Reports to the Membership from the Chicago Assembly

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Generative Christianity: The Emerging Church

At the Chicago assembly, Diakoneo editor Dutton Morehouse attended Bishop Jeffrey Lee's presentation, "Generative Christianity: The Emerging Church." Bishop Lee talked about the amazingly rapid pace of change in the church and in the world, saying that the institutional church is simply inadequate to deal with the emerging church - it just doesn't have the tools. As he put it, "The church that built a big building on Second Avenue no longer exists."

He quoted Phyllis Tickle, who said that every 500 years the church has a giant rummage sale and gets rid of excess baggage. After noting the paradigm shifts that have occurred roughly every 500 years, he said that each time the question becomes "what is authoritative." In answering the question of authority, he said: "The Anglican Covenant is dead in the water - it is the last gasp of modernity. He went on to say that what is authoritative today is the community itself.

In closing, Bishop Lee said that a generative diaconate is the primary order of ordained ministry - noting that deacons are the most networked people in he church.

Dutton commends it to everyone.

Joyce's Sermon

NAAD'S outgoing president, Joyce Hardy, delivered the sermon at the Saturday Eucharist of NAAD's Chicago assembly.

If you didn't get the hint above, watch the video here.

New England Deacons Network

Read the brochure for the biennial conference of the New England Deacons Network, October 1-3, in Framington, Massachusetts.

An Appeal from the Dominican Republic!

Friends, This is some of what life is like in our dioceses in Province IX. Our colleague, Deacon Bob Snow, has sent this to a number of us. I know that we all have requests from many places, but if your youth group or outreach committee or diocesan mission commission have any extra funds or are looking for a cause, you might pass this word along. Susanne

Domestic Poverty

In response to the call of General Convention Resolution A155 for the church to "recognize the pressing challenges to those living in poverty and the working poor throughout this nation and call for new and innovative strategies to address issues related to nutrition, employment, childcare, education, healthcare, environment and housing, as well as equal protection under law and cultural affirmations," NAAD's Board of Directors has decided to make domestic poverty NAAD's highest priority. Executive Director Susanne Watson-Epting urges NAAD members to contact their diocesan Jubilee coordinators, make them aware of NAAD's committment, and request they share their learnings from the collaborative April conference hosted by Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Community Services in America, and National Episcopal Health Ministries. Though this conference serves as the triennial Jubilee gathering and the annual conference for the other collaborators, they have opened it to the larger church community.

2009 Deacon Directory

The 2009 Deacon Directory is now available for download at the Diakoneo Online link at left, or by clicking here!

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The 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church called for all Episcopalians, "as an act of penitence, to oppose and resist through advocacy, protest and electoral action the continuation of the war in Iraq."