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RELIGiON/^e Charlotte
Thursday, December, 28, 2006
Joint Watch Night at Simpson-Gillespie
Continued from page 5B
December 31
Rev. Walter Pegnes, and
Simpson-Gillespie United
Methodist Church and Rev
Bernard Ingram, and New
Emmanuel Congregational
United Church of Christ will
hold their annual joint New
Year’s Watch Night Service at
11 p.m. at Simpson-Gillespie
United Methodist Church,
3545 Beatties Ford Road.
Ingram will-deliver the mes
sage. Breakfast served imme
diately following service. For
infoimation, or directions call:
(704) 399-2717
• The Park Ministries cele
brates milestones of 2006 and
what’s ahead for the New Year
with its first Watch Night ser
vice aa owner of the Charlotte
Merchandise Mart- AjubHant
worship service featuring
music, dance, video presenta
tions and preaching. Watch
Night at The Park will give
visitors a glimpse into the
church’s vision for the Mer
chandise Mart. The service
will allow the church to con
solidate its traditional Watch
Night progi’am fi'om three ser
vices into one, transforming
Va. parishes
split with
church
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who cast ballots in the last
week supported cutting ties
with The Episcopal Church,
parish leaders said. Six other
Wrginia parishes are voting
this month whether to leave.
The Truro and Falls
Church break is likely to
spark a lengthy, expensive
legal fight over the historic
properties, which are worth
millions of dollars.
The Episcopal Church, the
U.S. wing of ^obal Anglican-
ism, has been under pressure
fium traditionalists at home
and abroad since the 2003
consecration of the first open
ly gay bishop, V Gene Robin
son of New Hampshire.
Theological conservatives
are a minority within the 2.2
million-member U.S. denomi
nation, but their protests
have had an impact.
Episcopal researchers esti
mate that at least one-Uiird
of the nearly 115,000 people
who left the denomination
fium 2003 to 2005 did so
because of paiish conflicts
over Robinson.
Seven oflOO U.S. Episcopal
dioceses have threatened to
break from the denomina
tion, but have so fai- stayed
put. The closest any have
come to leaving was a vote
earher this month in the Dio
cese of San Joaquin, in Fres
no, Calif, endorsing a fii-st
step towai-d seceding. But the
diocese must take a second
vote next yeai' before they can
foimahze a split.
The state of the 77 million-
member Anglican Commu
nion is fai' worse. Most over
seas Anglicans believe gay
relationships violate Scrip-
time and contend liberal
inteipretation of the Bible
should not be accepted.
Shugglihg to hold tlie com
munion togetliei*. Archbishop
of Canterbury Rowan
Williams, the Anglican spiri
tual leadei; has said tliat the
conmuuuon may have to a'e-
ate a two-tiei' system of mem
bership, witli branches that
oixiain partnei*ed gays given
a lesser status.
Akinola is among the con-
seiwatives who aren’t waiting
for a negotiated solution.
Under Andean fradition,
his move into Episcopal teni-
toiy ainomits to an invasion.
Archbishops agi*ee not to
plant clim*ches outside the
boi'dei's of tlieii' ovm regional
chm’ches.
Canon Kenneth Keaiun,
secretaiy general of the
Anghcan Conmiunion, said
tliat the ai*clibishop of Can-
teibiuy has not “indicated
any support” for the mission.
On the Net:
The Falls Church:
www.thefallschurch.org
Liberty Hall into a 5,000-seat
sanctuary for the evening.
January 9
The Women’s Initiative Net
work Chapter Meeting will be
held at the Hampton Inn and
Suites, SouthPark at 6 p.m
The speaker will be Deirdre
Davison.
The topic is Accountability
The Missing Key to Unlock
Your Goals. Cost: $25 mem
bers $35 Guests before 12/31.
Add $10 after earlybird dead
line.
Register at www.wom-
ensinet.com
For more information call
(704) 541-0277.
January 13
The University of Tfennessee
at Martin choral ensembles
and the clarinet choir will per
form a concert of
diverse,engaging and exciting
music as they tour through
out the Southeastern Coastal
region of the United States.
Selections fiom the program
include the music of Aaron
Copland, WA. Mozart, Ben
jamin Britten, Eric Whitacre
and Moses Hogan. The
ensembles are led by Dr. Mark
Simmons, UT Martin director
of choral activities, and Dr.
Amy Parks Simmons, UT
Martin assistant professor of
woodwind studies.
The UT Martin Department
of Music has 100 students
majoring in music with 13
full-time faculty members.
The choral ensembles tour
yearly and the January tour
in 2007 wOl take them to
Myers Park Presbyterian
Church. All performances are
at 7:30 p.m. The concerts are
fi^ and open to the public.
January 20
Steele Creek AME Zion
Church located at 1500 Shop-
ton Road will sponsor a Four
Season Tfea fimdraiser from 2-
4p.m. 'Tickets are $6
. Please caU 704-523-6552
for additional information or
to purchase tickets.
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