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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dallas, Texas
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The second annual meeting of the Anglican Fourth Day (A4D) met in Bedford, Texas at St. Vincent’s Cathedral from Thursday, August 27th to Saturday, August 29th. Members of the Leadership Council approved Articles of Incorporation and By-laws for the newly formed Anglican Fourth Day movement in the Anglican Province of North America which includes the U.S. and Canada.
The new Board met and elected Ken Herbst of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania as President, Kat Murchison of Montgomery, Alabama as Vice President, Christine Miller of Bakersfield, California as Intercessor, The Rev. Jim McCaslin of Jacksonville, Florida as Spiritual Advisor, and The Rev. John Nuzum of Leesburg, Virginia as Secretary. The Board selected Ad Hoc Board members, The Rev. Kathleen Adams of Long Beach, California to serve as Treasurer and the Rev. Dale Smith of North Hollywood, California to serve as a consultant for re-writing the Three Day Weekend talks, both clergy and lay. Wicks Stephens, Esquire, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has agreed to serve as legal counsel.
The non-board Leadership Council members representing fourth day organizations from around the U.S. included: Jim Barnidge (FL), Larry Nichols (FL), The Rev. Dr. Tom Tirman (IN), Chuck Merritt (CA), The Rev. James Guthrie (VA), Anne Sunquest (TX), The Rev. Ken Richards (CA), The Rev. Anne Richards (TX), The Rev. Ron Wheelock (MA), and Mary Lou Herbst (PA).
The National Anglican Fourth Day will be incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and will be headquartered at the Provincial Office of the Anglican Church in North America in Ambridge, PA.
(L-R) The Rev. Dale Smith, The Rev. Kathleen Adams, Ken Herbst,Christine Miller, The Rev. John Nuzum, and Kat Murchison. The Rev. Jim McCaslin was not available for the photograph. The new Provincial flag of the Anglican Church of North America is displayed in the background.
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Letter from Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi to the First Pilgrims of Paseo
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18th April 2007
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Rev. John-Michael van Dyke has shared with me the very encouraging news of this first regional Paseo weekend.
I want to share three things with you:
1. I understand that team members and participants on this weekend retreat come from different Anglican churches that are part of the Common Cause movement. I want to commend you for this visible demonstration of unity - grounded in Scripture, centred on Jesus Christ, and focused on discipleship. In his high priestly prayer, Jesus prayed, "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." (Jn 17.20-21). The movement of orthodox Anglicans in America needs this witness of practical unity that you have provided this weekend.
The non-believers in your communities need your witness of practical unity so they can know who Jesus is. As you come down off the mountain top of this weekend retreat, I appeal to you, as a matter of urgency, to "maintain this unity of spirit in the bond of peace." (Eph 4.3)
2. Secondly, I commend you for taking your own personal discipleship seriously. There is no greater question we must answer for ourselves than the one Jesus posed to his disciples, "Who do you say I am?"
Is Jesus just a prophet or teacher? Or, is he really the Son of the living God and the Lord and Saviour of the whole world, including your life and mine? Who is Jesus? Your answer to that question will set the direction for the rest of your life. Please do not go home from this weekend without resolving that question for yourself. The quality of your life today depends on it, and your eternal destiny depends on it.
3. Finally, I want to remind you that weekend retreats such as this Paseo weekend are not an end in themselves. They are the beginning of a new or renewed commitment to living your life not for yourself, but for Him who died for you and rose again.
Your life is not your own; you have been bought with a price. Your mission is to now live for Jesus Christ in every area of your life - your family, your marriage, your work, your ministry, and your commitment to participating in the fulfillment of Jesus' Great Commission to "make disciples of all nations." Do not be ashamed of the Gospel, for, as Paul says, "it is the power of God for salvation to all who believe." (Rom 1.16)
Brothers and sisters, what could be a greater "common cause" than what you have been doing this weekend, namely, making disciples? May the Holy Spirit blow through your churches and fan into a mighty fire a passion for living as disciples and for making other disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Yours, in Christ,
The Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi
ARCHBISHOP OF CHURCH OF UGANDA.
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Paseo Mission Statement
To walk with Christ and be as Christ for others; to offer Faith for those who seek it, Hope for those who need it, and Love for those who do not know Him; that everyone who walks with us may find He walks with them.
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Paseo Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ,
we are Yours. Use us now for the sake of those whom You bring to this PASEO. May they find it to be the end of SELF-DOUBT, and the beginning of real PURPOSE, and may we help them claim Your Purpose in their life and make it their own. May it be for them the end of mere CONFIDENCE, and the beginning of a greater TRUST, and may we help them discover that life is not about what they are doing, but what You can do through them. May this time be the end of HOLDING ON and the beginning of LETTING GO, and may we help them find that those who surrender are those who triumph. Finally, may there be less and less of us, Lord, and more and more of You, and if there is to be a miracle in just one person’s life, help us to help make it happen
In Your Name we pray. Amen.
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