Adult Christian Formation, January 29th
SUNDAY AM @CGS (9:15-10:15) 
SESSION ON THE 196TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA
JANUARY 29 -- Shepherd's Hall, 3rd fl., Duncan-Giersch Center
The Rt. Rev. Michael B. CurryO that it might be said of me, Surely thy speech betrayeth thee, Thou wast with Jesus of Galilee. --OId Scottish Church school poem
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, building on the challenge of last year's convention theme, "Let us Go to Galilee" - in which he set forth the Biblical Galilee of Jesus' time, "a land of dramatic diversity, a land of profound religious pluralism, a land of cultural confusion...social and political unrest...economic instability and uncertainty..." as a metaphor for the setting, in our culture, society and the world, in which the contemporary Church finds itself - went deeper into "Galilee" in his Pastoral Address to this year's convention, "Welcome to Galilee," in which he challenges the congregations and members of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina to "take on a Galilean accent." Based on Matthew 26:69-73 (http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=194593596), the Bishop encouraged the Diocese to "...explore ways to draw nearer and go deeper with Jesus... as the community of Jesus, the body of Christ called to be The Episcopal Church...to encourage prayer among us... at time of reading and wrestling with Holy Scriptures... not only as individuals, but together in groups. And...to take our prayers and our reading and our wrestling beyond the doors of our congregations and out into the mission field that God has given us, out into our 21st century Galilee."
This Sunday we will see, hear and discuss the Bishop's pastoral address in Shepherd's Hall. To watch a video of Bishop Curry's Pastoral Address to the 196th Convention of the Diocese of NC, (or download a pdf of the Address) click here: http://www.episdionc.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/3151214
