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Presiding Bishop Calls Congregations to Observe ONE Sunday
2/14/2007
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[Episcopal Relief and Development]
As part of the Episcopal Church’s ongoing commitment to the fight to end extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has asked all congregations of the Episcopal Church to commemorate “ONE Sunday” on February 25, the First Sunday in Lent, with prayer for fulfillment of the Goals and a special offering for Episcopal Relief and Development’s efforts to fight deadly poverty in the world.
“As Christians around the world begin their Lenten journeys with commitments to acts of personal devotion, prayer, and almsgiving, congregational celebration of ‘ONE Sunday’ provides an opportunity to deepen our commitment to actively participate in God’s mission of healing the world,” said Bishop Jefferts Schori.
More information on the ONE Episcopalian campaign, including how individuals and congregations can join, can be found at www.episcopalchurch.org/ONE. Information on organizing an offering to the global-poverty programs of Episcopal Relief and Development can be found at http://www.er-d.org/mdg.
“The work of repairing and restoring relationships with God and the created order, as in the vision of Isaiah we hear on Ash Wednesday, has always stood at the center of Lenten discipline,” said the Presiding Bishop. “Through the combined actions of prayer, commitment to advocacy for the MDGs, and an annual offering for Episcopal Relief and Development’s efforts to fight poverty in the world, Episcopalians can live out a very traditional Lenten commitment in a way that is deeply relevant to the world around us.”
The Episcopal Church, at its 75th General Convention in 2006, voted to make the MDGs a mission priority over the next triennium and endorsed a new partnership between the Episcopal Church and ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History. The initiative, called “ONE Episcopalian,” unites the voices of Episcopalians with 2.4 million other Americans who are members of the ONE Campaign.
Congregations that join the ONE Episcopalian campaign as “ONE Congregations” are asked to commit to three of five actions: (1) Featuring the MDGs in a sermon or rector’s forum; (2) Organizing an “offering of letters” and asking participants to join the ONE Campaign; (3) Using ONE resources in Christian-education classes for youth or adults; (4) Meeting with lawmakers to advocate for the MDGs; and (5) Collecting an annual offering for Episcopal Relief and Development’s efforts to fight deadly poverty in the world.
To download a copy of the "ONE Sunday" bulletin insert, please visit the "Resource Center." To make a donation online in support of "ONE Sunday," please visit the "Ways to Give" section, designating your gift for "ONE/MDG 2007."
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