|
On our theme for 2010:
|
Millennium Development Goals |
Serving Others in Christ:
Mission and Ministries
in the
Diocese of Alabama |
Saving Embrace
by Bishop
Parsley
See pages our of the
Calendar Handbook for
more information on the Millennium Development Goals, 12
parishes and their outreach and mission projects that meet
MDGs, and sketches of these parishes by Bill McLemore.
2010 Calendar Handbook Theme
Serving Others in Christ: Mission and Ministries in the Diocese
of Alabama
In 2000, with representatives of more than 190 nations
involved, the United Nations adopted eight Millennium
Development Goals in response to humanity’s deepest material
brokenness in the world today. At its General Convention
in 2006, The Episcopal Church made supporting the MDGs the
number one mission priority. In 2009 when I began to think
about the theme for this calendar/handbook, I found that many
members of the Episcopal Church Women in Alabama had a blank
look on their faces when I mentioned the MDGs. Knowing
that there were many outreach projects being carried out in the
Diocese of Alabama which were helping meet these goals, I asked
for approval of the ECW Diocesan Board and Bishop Parsley to
feature a few of these projects in this calendar/handbook.
Those featured are but a small example of the multitude of
projects, many of which are supported by more than one parish.
According to “Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation”, God’s
mission will be realized as we work together One by One—One
Person, One Congregation, One Diocese, One Church, One World.
Any action including prayer, is a step.
The target year for accomplishing the goals is 2015.
They are:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
- Achieve universal primary education.
- Promote gender equality and empower women.
- Reduce child mortality.
- Improve maternal health.
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
- Ensure environmental sustainability.
- Develop a global partnership for development.
Gethryn S. Giles, Calendar Editor
Thank you to Kelly Stephenson, Frances Lowe, Becky Parsley
and the Rev.
Elizabeth Wheatley-Jones for assistance. Sketches of the
parishes in the 2010 Calendar/Handbook are by the Rev. William
P. McLemore and are from the 1998 Directory of Churches.
Resources for further study can be found at
www.e4gr.org.
|
|
