Canterbury Episcopal Chapel Newsletter March 2011

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AFTER THE RETREAT, WE MOVE FORWARD We hear the Icicle Retreat was a wonderful experience. Those of us who couldn’t be there regret missing out on what looks like, from the photos by Kelley Hudlow, one hilarious mo- ment aſter another. See photos throughout this newsleer. TWO BIG DAYS COMING SOON Our First Sunday Potluck resumes on March 6 - bring food to share! Canterbury’s Work Day is Saturday, March 26, from 8 am to 12 noon. Come earlier if you want. If you have tools you would like to donate to the church, please bring those to Eliza- beth Kent, Junior Warden. See Elizabeth’s note on working in our gardens on page 4. CANTERBURY LENTEN CHALLENGE: DONT JUST GIVE UP, GIVE! The season of Lent is fast approaching. On Wednesday, March 9, we enter the me of prep- araon for the awesome celebraon of Easter. During this period of preparaon, many of us take on Lenten disciplines like saying special prayers or studying a parcular book. The most popular form of Lenten discipline is giving up something for Lent. What we give up ranges from chocolate to sodas to alcohol. This Lenten season I invite you to take the Canterbury Lenten Challenge. You can sll give something up, but I ask that you also give. Below you will find a schedule of the Sundays in Lent, and for each Sunday there is an item listed to be donated to the Food Pantry or monetary contribuon to Meals on Wheels. For each Sunday bring the item designated. If it is food for the Food Pantry, bring the items to the Student Center. If it is a monetary donaon, please idenfy the appropriate ministry on your check, or if giving cash, please place in an envelope that designates which ministry should receive it. If you have any quesons, please contact Kelley Hudlow at akhudlow13@gmail. com. Take the challenge, don’t just give up, GIVE! InquIrer’s Classes ...will connue through Sunday, April 17. Classes meet Sundays from 3:00-5:30 p.m. in the Hyde-away in Carroll Hall. The Inquirer’s Class is for those who would like to be confirmed Canterbury Episcopal Chapel and Student Center at The University of Alabama 812 Fifth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (205)345-9590 http://www.canterburychapelua.org MARCH 2011 Canterbury Tales Graham’s Cracker Q: What do you call a newly- ordained priest? A: A collared green. Sunday, March 13: Frozen Chicken (whole, breast, pieces) Sunday, March 20: Donaon to Meals on Wheels Sunday, March 27: Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (e.g., potatoes, carrots, beans, apples, oranges, pears) Sunday, April 3: Donaon to Meals on Wheels Sunday, April 10: Toiletries (travel size shampoo, loon, bar soap) Sunday, April 17: Donaon to Meals on Wheels CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Canterbury Episcopal Chapel Newsletter March 2011

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after the retreat, we move forward

We hear the Icicle Retreat was a wonderful experience. Those of us who couldn’t be there regret missing out on what looks like, from the photos by Kelley Hudlow, one hilarious mo-ment after another. See photos throughout this newsletter.

two big days coming soon Our First Sunday Potluck resumes on March 6 - bring food to share! Canterbury’s Work Day is Saturday, March 26, from 8 am to 12 noon. Come earlier if you want. If you have tools you would like to donate to the church, please bring those to Eliza-beth Kent, Junior Warden. See Elizabeth’s note on working in our gardens on page 4.

canterbury lenten challenge: don’t just give up, give! The season of Lent is fast approaching. On Wednesday, March 9, we enter the time of prep-aration for the awesome celebration of Easter. During this period of preparation, many of us take on Lenten disciplines like saying special prayers or studying a particular book. The most popular form of Lenten discipline is giving up something for Lent. What we give up ranges from chocolate to sodas to alcohol. This Lenten season I invite you to take the Canterbury Lenten Challenge. You can still give something up, but I ask that you also give. Below you will find a schedule of the Sundays in Lent, and for each Sunday there is an item listed to be donated to the Food Pantry or monetary contribution to Meals on Wheels. For each Sunday bring the item designated. If it is food for the Food Pantry, bring the items to the Student Center. If it is a monetary donation, please identify the appropriate ministry on your check, or if giving cash, please place in an envelope that designates which ministry should receive it. If you have any questions, please contact Kelley Hudlow at [email protected]. Take the challenge, don’t just give up, GIVE!

InquIrer’s Classes...will continue through Sunday, April 17. Classes meet Sundays from 3:00-5:30 p.m. in the Hyde-away in Carroll Hall. The Inquirer’s Class is for those who would like to be confirmed

Canterbury Episcopal Chapel and Student Center at The University of Alabama 812 Fifth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (205)345-9590

http://www.canterburychapelua.org MARCH 2011

Canterbury Tales

Graham’s Cracker

Q: What do you call a newly-ordained priest?A: A collared green.

Sunday, March 13: Frozen Chicken (whole, breast, pieces) Sunday, March 20: Donation to Meals on Wheels Sunday, March 27: Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (e.g., potatoes, carrots, beans, apples, oranges, pears) Sunday, April 3: Donation to Meals on Wheels Sunday, April 10: Toiletries (travel size shampoo, lotion, bar soap) Sunday, April 17: Donation to Meals on Wheels

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OUR MISSION

Canterbury Chapel, the Episcopal Church and Student Center at

The University of Alabama, shows God’s love through Christ

by being a Sanctuary and an accepting community for

worship, spiritual growth, and compassionate service.

DIRECTORY

ClErGyThe Reverend Marc Burnette Chaplain and Rector6130 Greystone Court, Tuscaloosa, 35406205-752-6160

STAFFTyler W. Robertson, Director of Music and OrganistGenevieve Turkett, Parish AdministratorHam Bagby, Sexton

STUDENT FOrUmJohn Elder, PresidentLindsay Turner, Director of OutreachTyler Richards, Director of PublicityHolly Pucket, Director of Fellowship

CONTACT the [email protected]://canterburychapelua.org

CANTErBUry TAlES NEWSlETTErRachel Dobson [email protected] at The Mailboxes of Canterbury

The Canterbury Tales is published once a month. The deadline for announcements, articles, photos,

stories, ideas, etc., is usually about the 15th of the month. Please email Rachel with any of those or questions, requests, and more.

PHOTOS: We always need photos! Send any that you have taken of events or the chapel and grounds to Rachel.

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ben’s corner ~ Report from our Senior Warden

The Vestry of Canterbury Chapel met in retreat at Camp McDowell on Friday, February 4. On this cold, rainy day, much work was accomplished. After Bible study and prayers, the Vestry identified many positive projects that were in keeping with our mission statement to “show God’s love through Christ by being a sanctuary and accepting community for worship, spiritual growth and compassionate service.” The projects, not surprisingly, filled up one whole sheet of newsprint. Additionally, several areas of concern were identified as “growing edges” that need to be enhanced and improved. As your new Senior Warden, I ask your continued prayers for Canter-bury, our priest, deacons, our Vestry and all members of the parish. Please carefully and prayerfully con-sider volunteering for at least one or two service opportunities at Canter-bury. Many hands make lighter work for all. Thanks! Ben Porter

Dear Canterburyhen the cross goes by in procession, wandering up the aisle and eventually back down again, and the people as it passes bow, lower their heads and shoulders in

humble reverence, gratitude takes hold of me. I feel grateful for and awed by the Lord’s people’s speechless gesture of trust. We bow when the cross goes by because we trust the God Who died there, trust him to take care of death. Christianity’s chief symbol, the cross, calls us to abandon our fear of death, because there death is taken care of. It is experienced, then rewritten, so to speak. The Word erases death; life appears where death had made its dark mark. And so death occasions trust in the death-vanquishing power of life. All of this is happening in us and among us at church when we bow our heads as the cross goes by. It happens in interior silence, even as we sing aloud next to our loud-singing neigh-bors. This silence and singing are two sides of the same coin, and it takes both to know the riches of the Kingdom of God. As Lent begins this month, we begin again our journey to the cross of Christ, where our crucified Lord refuses to cease his loving. He dies, but trusts. And trust of this kind is justified; we are justified in trusting God, in entrusting our mortality to God. The same One Who raised Jesus from death will raise us from death. Resurrection is, always, the final word. May Lent bless you,

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The cross in the south foyer was commis-sioned and given by Colleen Beall about 2005. It was made by Mark Leader of Oneonta. The large cross is bronze and the smaller crosses in the center are silver. It was used in the Chapel on Good Fridays under The Rev. Ken Fields.

on May 1 by Bishop Parsley,AND those who would just like to learn more or who would like a refresher course on the Episcopal Church. If you would like more info, contact Kelley Hudlow at [email protected] or visit www.canterbury-confirmation.blogspot.com.

report on the conventionRachel Dobson, Jerry Hudson, Mark Leggett, student delegate Tyler Richards, alternate delegate Millie Hudson, and alter-nate student delegate Graham Mullen, along with The Rev.

Marc Burnette, attended the 180th Diocesan Convention at St. Luke’s in Birmingham on February 11 and 12. The theme of Bishop Parsley’s last convention as bishop was “Gospel Hospitality.” Links to the inspiring addresses given at the convention by Bishop Parsley, Bishop Kees and Bishop Gulick (ret., Kentucky) are posted on the diocesan webpage, plus all the reso-lutions, actions, and ministry reports, plus PHOTOS:http://www.dioala.org/. Photos are also posted on Picasa here: https://picasaweb.google.com/aladeacon/Convention#

Many thanks to Dave Drachlis and Bill Dixon for the convention photos in this issue.

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WOur Service Schedule

Sunday Services:Holy Eucharist

8:00 a.m.10:30 a.m.

6:00 p.m. with supperSunday School 9:30 a.m.

WMonday

Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m.

WTuesday

Holy Eucharist 12:30 p.m.Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m.

WWednesday

Lunch 12:15 p.m.in the Student Center

Chaplain’s Class 9:00 p.m.Holy Eucharist 10:00 p.m.

WThursday

Holy Eucharist and Healing Service

6:00 p.m.

WFriday

Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m.THE EPiSCOPAl CHUrCH

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop

The right reverend Henry Parsley Bishop of Alabama

The right reverend Kee SloanBishop Suffragan

Julie Gresham and Aymara Albury hold Children’s Sunday School for ages 5 to 8 in Carroll Hall. They have Bible story-telling, coloring, and other creative fun. Parents will now be able to attend adult Sunday School across the hall while their children are otherwise happily occupied.

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Join Our Ministries!

ECW IS FOr EvEry WOmAN AT CANTErBUryIf you are a woman in the Episcopal Church, you already belong to ECW! Episcopal Church Women (ECW) includes every woman in the Episcopal Church USA -- all ages, ethnic origins and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our Canterbury ECW is looking forward to an exciting year ahead. In our most recent organizational meeting, we formed four committees to help with the various missions of the group: Hospitality, Outreach, Social, and Fundraising. The members of these groups will serve as ‘information gatherers’ and will recommend projects to the ECW as a whole. If you would like to join one of these groups, contact its committee spokesperson. The spokespeople are listed on the ECW section of the bulletin board. The next ECW meeting will be March 20 following the 10:30 service. Members are asked to bring fresh food for Deacon’s Deli to our meetings. We will hold our first bake sale of the year on March 27. Be sure to mark this date on your calendar. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to purchase a variety of baked goods including casseroles, stews, desserts, and snack items! -- Carole Carroll, ECW President

THE BrOTHErHOOD OF ST. ANDrEW meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 a.m. in the Student Center. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 2.

DAUGHTErS OF THE KINGThe fourth Sunday of the month is the NEW MEETING DATE for the DOK. Location and time will be announced in the bulletin and via email. The Daughters of the King keep an ongoing prayer list that the group updates monthly. Please record prayer needs on the blue prayer request cards found in the pews and drop them in the offering plate or in the prayer box located in the hallway outside the office window.

CHOOSE YOUR GARDEN SPOT A drawing of our gardens is on the bulletin board in the Student Center. There are 20 dif-ferent garden spots that need TlC! Won’t you choose one and do your thing? You can be as creative and innovative as you like or just maintain what is there. It’s up to you. I will be available to give advice (if wanted) about fertilizing, pruning, etc. Please sign up! It will be good for you and good for Canterbury. ----Elizabeth Kent , Jr. Warden, 553-2531

Canterbury Community

March 27, 2011Place - Jane Joslin, Food - Linda ChambersProgram - Ro Ford April 24, 2011Place - Canterbury, Food - Ro FordProgram - Jan Pruitt

May 22, 2011Place and Food - Ann BetakProgram - Kristen Frangoulis June 26, 2011Place and Food - Jan PruittProgram - Margaret CooperDO

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TUES., MArCH 1David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales (wear leeks or daffodils)

WED., MArCH 2Chris Shirley’s birthdayThe Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 6:30 am, the Student Center.

THURS., MARCH 3Sean Campbell’s, Jimelu Hunter’s, and Walter Pittman’s birthdayJohn and Charles Wesley, Priests

FRI., MARCH 4Gallery opening: Jim Morris - “Along Southern Backroads,” 5-7 pmColin Hammond’s and Edward C. Jones’s birthdayHappening #58 at Christ Church, March 4th - 6th.

SAT., MArCH 5James Hooper’s birthdayHappening #58 at Christ Church

SUN., MArCH 6POTlUCK - BrING A DISH TO CHUrCH!Nicholas Sella’s birthdayLast Sunday after EpiphanyHappening #58 at Christ Church

MON., MArCH 7Mindy Young’s and Theo Young’s birthday PRIMITIVE ULTREYA, 6:30 p.m., hosted by Canterbury ChapelPerpetua and her Companions

TUES., MArCH 8Rene Katsinas’s birthday

WED., MArCH 9Ash Wednesday

Fri. MArCH 11Peggy Canterbury’s birthdayVOCARE at Camp McDowell

SAT., MArCH 12Ann Ostrander’s birthdayVOCARE at Camp McDowellGregory the Great, Bishop

SUN., MARCH 13Graham Mullen’s birthdayFirst Sunday in LentVOCARE at Camp McDowell

TUES., MArCH 15William Hooper’s and Tony Neathery’s birthday

March Canterbury CalendarWED., MArCH 16Moses Katz’s and Kristen Miller’s birthday

THUrS. MArCH 17Patrick, Bishop

Fri., MArCH 18Will Hooper’s, Virginia Skipper Jones’, Pat Neathery’s, and Paige Ouzts’s birthday

SAT., MArCH 19St Joseph

SUN., MArCH 20ECW meeting immediately following the 10:30 service, Hyde-awayKurt Didley’s birthdaySecond Sunday in Lent

TUES., MArCH 22David Chalmers’s, Jack Kapphan’s, Christine Littwa’s, Irene Evans’s and Angela Tilley’s birthdayJames De Koven, Priest

WED., MARCH 23Walt Aaron’s and Tom Henderson’s birthdayGregory the Illuminator

THURS., MARCH 24Gray Hunter’s birthdayOscar Romero, Archbishop, and the Martyrs of San Salvador

Fri., MArCH 25Eleanor Parker’s birthdayThe Annunciation

SAT., MArCH 26Leyla Goodsell’s birthdayCANTERBURY WORKDAY - Come at 8 am, work till noon and make us look good!

SUN., MArCH 27Third Sunday in LentECW Bake SaleWill Denton’s birthdayDaughters of the King, Jane Joslin’s home

MON., MArCH 28Kim Campbell’s birthday

WED., MARCH 30Matt Liverman’s and Jeff Patterson’s birthday

THUR., MARCH 31John Donne, Priest, 1631

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http://canterburychapelua.org/calendar_home.html

VESTRY

ClASS OF 2011Jane Joslin Mark LeggettCamille Samples

ClASS OF 2012Drew BrislinHeather KopelsonMary LowreyBen Porter, Sr. Warden

ClASS OF 2013Harris Cornett Rachel DobsonElizabeth Kent, Jr. WardenTyler Richards

Drew Brislin, Treasurer__________, ClerkJohn Elder, Student Forum PresidentGraham Mullen, Church Mouse

MInISTRIES

Acolytes & CrucifersAltar GuildBigger C EncouragersBrotherhood of St. AndrewCaring Days Caring CongregationsChalice Bearers & UshersCoffee Hour ServersChristian EducationCommunity of HopeCommunity GardenDaughters of the KingDeacon’s DeliEpiscopal Church WomenEpiscopal Young ChurchpeopleFlower GuildFood PantryGallery at CanterburyMeals on WheelsPrayer ShawlsSawyerville leadership Scholars College

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march 6VPOD: Camille Samples

Flower Guild: roberta FordCoffee Hour: Potluck Sunday!

8:00 AMAltar Guild: Jill ross

lectors: laurie Fowler & Gus DavisChalice: Kelley Hudlow

10:30 AMAltar Guild: Ben Porter

lectors: Colleen Beall & ruth Ellen BehmUshers: Paul Stewart & Gary Wilkerson

Chalice: Linda Chambers & Camilla HuxfordP.O.P.: Jane Joslin

Crucifer - Parker EvansAcolytes - Wes lowrey and Colin Hammond

march 20VPOD: rachel Dobson

Flower Guild: Myra Joyner Coffee Hour: Peggy & Tom Canterbury

8AMAltar Guild: Gus Davis

lectors: Kelley Hudlow & Charles AdamsChalice: Camilla Huxford

10:30 AMAltar Guild: roberta Ford

lectors: Susan Windham & Virgene FickenUshers: Tammy Dodson & Margaret CooperChalice: lee McKnight & Marcella rhodes

P.O.P.: Colleen BeallCrucifer - Perrin lowrey

Acolytes - Wes lowrey and Mary lowrey

march 13VPOD: Mary lowrey

Flower Guild: Ben PorterCoffee Hour: Marcella Rhodes & Jane Joslin

8:00 AMAltar Guild: Jan Pruitt

lectors: Jill & Dan rossChalice: Tim Hammond

10:30 AMAltar Guild: Tammy Dodson

lectors: Wyn & Serena FortenberryUshers: Mary & Wilson lowrey

Chalice: Tom Canterbury & Ben PorterP.O.P.: lois lewis

Crucifer - Mary Catherine VailAcolytes - Brooklyn Marable and Tre Marable

march 27VPOD: Ben Porter

Flower Guild: Andrew FletcherCoffee Hour: Michael & Mona Horshok

8AMAltar Guild: laurie Fowler

Lectors: Carroll Bement & Cindy RoffChalice: Dan ross

10:30 AMAltar Guild: Mona Horshok

Lectors: Roberta Ford & Linda PattersonUshers: Mille & Jerry Hudson

Chalice: Susan Windham & Tyler richardsP.O.P.: linda Chambers

Crucifer - Martin CooperAcolytes - Margaret Cooper and Emma Evans

SErvErS, rEADErS, HOSTS FOr COFFEE HOUr AND FOr SUNDAy NIGHT STUDENT SUPPErS ArE NEEDED NOW!

Please sign up for any time in the coming year on the sign up sheet on the table in the hallway. All sorts of good things come from volunteering around Canterbury. STUDENT SUPPErS: Get to know the students and make sure they are eating healthily one night a week! If you have questions about the student suppers, see Millie Hudson. http://canterburychapelua.org/server.html

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FROM THE STUDENT FORUM March always reminds me of the return of spring, and the renewal that comes along with the season. All things are made new again, and the things that were resting are restored to the place within the communal world that we live in. Spring is also a time that is special to me because of the annual Vocare retreat at Camp McDowell that the Diocese puts on for people between the ages of 18 and 30. This year it is March 11-13. Vocare is a time that is set aside for pilgrims to ask “What is God calling me to be in his Kingdom?” Over the course of 3 days the pilgrims are given the opportunity to hear about different vocations and are given the chance to look at things that they may or may not have thought about as vocations before. It is a time where we are encouraged to slow down and to listen to the little “whispers” that God sends our way. If you know a young person who you think could benefit from a weekend of Vocare, please encourage them to come. Here’s the website: http://www.vocarealabama.org/. If you want to get involved, please let me, Genevieve Turkett, John Elder or Holly Puckett know. We’ve got a number of things that you can help out with and a number of things we need your support for, both tangibly and intangibly. Thank you, also, from the Student Forum, for everything you do for us in the way of din-ners, welcoming us into the community here and the million acts of kindness that may go unnoticed. We are so grateful for your hospitality, love, and support. Tyler Richards, Director of Publicity

THE GAllERY iN MARCHThe March exhibition is Along Southern Backroads: A Collection of Photographic Giclee Prints by photographer Jim Morris, whose beautiful work you may have seen around town. Everyone is invited to the reception, Friday, March 4 from 5:00 to 7:00. Kristin Frangoulis, Gallery Director announcements

Remember: Marc’s OFFiCE HOUrS are Mondays between 9-11 a.m. and Thursdays be-tween 1-3 p.m. He writes, “Come by and let’s catch up, answer questions, hang out. I am available a great deal of the time beyond these new office hours, too (just call or email and we’ll set up a meeting time), but am setting this time aside every week to be something of a free-for-all open house! The door will be open, coffee will be brewed.”

PriMiTiVE UlTrEYA is March 7, 6:30 p.m., hosted by Canterbury Chapel. If you have any cu-riosity about Cursillo, you are WELCOME to attend. If you have questions, talk to Ben Porter or Marc Burnette.

Canterbury Chapel is all over the Alabama Episcopalian in the Jan/Feb issue! It features a photo of Gribbin House with the article on campus ministries “Feed Them and They Will Come,” on page 12. Tyler Richards’ article, “God and Grits at Canterbury Chapel,” is on page 13; Rachel Dobson’s photo of our sanctuary’s University Window is the cover. Here’s a link: http://s3.amazonaws.com/dfc_attachments/public/documents/2567/episcopalian_.pdf

The Gallery’s New SeasonMarch

Jim Morris: PhotographsApril

Kerry Kennedy: ClayMay

Phyllis Brown: Abstract PaintingsJune

Charlotte Horton: PhotographsJuly

(in negotiations)August

GenevieveTurkett: Graphic Design, Paintings

Canterbury Community

Anti-Racism Workshop Friday and Saturday, March 25-26th, 2011

Trinity Episcopal Church503 Second Avenue SouthClanton, Alabama 35045

Cost: $50 per person

Friday, 6-9 p.m.(Registration, Meet, Greet, Dinner - 5 pm)

Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4p.m.

This workshop provides an excellent opportunity to understand the causes and effects of racism, and provides

practical ways to combat it today!

This workshop is for clergy, lay leaders, Christian Educators, Youth Directors, Search Committees and

anyone interested in working for racial reconciliation.

If you need overnight accommodations, please call:Holiday Inn Express/205-280-1880

Key West Inn/205-755-8500Guest House International Inn/205-280-0306

Sponsored by

The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, Commission on Race Relations

Registration Form*Please print or write legibly

Name______________________________________________________ Title_______________________________Address________________________________________________________________________________________City_______________________________________________State _______ Zip Code _______________________Telephone ______________________________Email:__________________________________________________Congregation __________________________________________________________________________________Do you have any special needs? If so, please explain:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please mail your registration form and $50 check to Rev. Dn. Carolyn Foster, 2012 8th Street NW, Birmingham AL 35215. Please make check payable to the Rev. Dn. Carolyn Foster, and designate for “Workshop.”

Questions?Call Rev. Dn. Carolyn Foster at 205-856-4428 or Rev. Dn. Tom Osborne at 256-764-1766.

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Since at least 2000, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church has been nudging all of us forward to participate in anti-racism train-ing. The resolution offered and passed overwhelmingly at the 180th Convention of the Diocese of Alabama last month was the resolu-tion to Continue Offering Anti-Racism Training (#3). The text of it reads:

“Therefore, be it resolved by this Convention that the Diocese of Alabama commits itself to the work of ending institutional racism and other forms of racism in this diocese and extends for five years the mandate of the Commission on Race Relations in the Church to offer Anti-Racism Training and to fulfill the requirement for all or-dained persons, professional staff, and those elected or appointed to positions of leadership on com-mittees, commissions, and boards to take such training.“Therefore be it further resolved that the Commission on Race Relations create a system of identifying those persons in the above categories who have not taken the training and develop a process to be robust in en-couraging them to take this training.“Passed as amended by mission of the Church Committee.”

One thing that this resolution means to me as a newly elected vestryperson at Canterbury is that I need to sign up for an Anti-Racism Training workshop sooner rather than later. Although I have been attending meetings of the Commission on Race Relations for the past year and a half, I have not participated in an Anti-Racism Training Workshop given by commission co-chairs The Reverend Deacons Carolyn Foster and Tom Osborne. I keep putting it off, with several “very good” reasons, such as meetings to attend, newslet-ters to finish, etc. But I suspect that underneath all my busy-ness, the real reason I hesitate is that I am afraid to feel what will likely be complicated and deep emotions that come from facing the issues of race in our culture.

Before signing up for the workshop, I decided to stick my toe in the shallow end and look through the Anti-Racism Training Manual available on the Episcopal News Service website. I found this pas-sage which echoed some of my feelings:

“4. Many participants have come to the training because it is required by their dioceses or by resolutions having to do with the

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...to be an accepting community for spiritual growth...ordination process or membership on committees, commissions, agencies or boards. Some feel that being made to come is a veiled accusation of fault against them.5. Therefore, the initial greeting to the participants is crucial to assure them that all of us are in fact culpable with regard to the issues of prejudice and oppression. Use of the terms discernment and journey may reinforce the idea that all of us are engaged in the process of continuous learning.”

In her award-winning documentary Traces of the Trade, Katrina Brown, director and participant, reminds us of “the vast extent of complicity in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.” Much of our American culture was built with slave labor or benefited from the

advantages of owning slaves. In this 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, I personally feel that this is a good time to take a journey and to do some inner work on racism. Inner work always affects our outward attitude (maybe something like “an outward and visible sign...”?). I invite other members of Canter-bury to do the workshop with me on March 25 and 26 in Clanton. At least one of its results will be, I hope, fur-thering and expanding Canterbury’s

own mission “to show God’s love through Christ by being a sanctu-ary and an accepting community for worship, spiritual growth, and compassionate service.” ----Rachel Dobson

RESOURCES

Resolutions passed by the 180th Convention are here:http://dioala.org/convention/actions_resolutions.htmlCommission on Race Relations webpage:http://dioala.org/ministries/race_relations.htmlThe Anti-Racism Training manual, new edition: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/AntiRacism_Book-revise3.pdfENS Press Release about the new edition of the manual:http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_126216_ENG_HTM.htmThe Digital Archives of the Episcopal Church: http://www.episcopalarchives.org/digital_archives.htmlTraces of the Trade - A Story from the Deep North: http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/

Canterbury Community

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A BIG THANK YOU TO KELLEY HUDLOW for the great photos of the Icicle and Vestry retreats. If you take photos of Canterbury events that you especially like, please email Rachel Dobson to let her know or just send them to [email protected].