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The Rt. Rev.
Scott B. Hayashi
11th Bishop of Utah
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BISHOP ISSUES PASTORAL LETTER CONCERNING  DIOCESAN BUDGET CUTS AND DIOCESAN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi is sharing financial matters and organizational changes in his first Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of Utah. Pastoral Letters are read to congregations as official correspondence from the Bishop. Bishop Hayashi is asking that this letter be read at a service during July. View the letter by clicking here.
The letter is also found as a link from the homepage of the diocesan website:
www.episcopal-ut.org.
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| The Rev. Susan Fischer and her twin daughters react to her ordination |
SUSAN FISCHER ORDAINED AS PRIEST
Susan Fischer completed her journey as a transitional deacon as the Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi ordained her to the Sacred Order of Priests on June 18th. The setting was St. Peter's in Clearfield, where she has been serving the past year. She is also serving as a chaplain and is expected to continue in both congregational and chaplaincy roles in the Diocese of Utah. Her chaplaincy work is continuing for Salt Lake Behavioral Health, St. Mark's Tower, and St. Mark's Millcreek. She will move from St. Peter's to St. Paul's in Salt
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| Bishop Hayashi offers the examination from the BCP to Susan Fischer as part of her ordination |
Lake City for her congregational assignment.
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| The Rev. Susan Fischer is vested as part of her ordination |
The Rev. Claudia Seiter of St. Peter's has mentored the Rev. Susan Fischer during her transitional time and wrote, "In that time, she won the hearts of the members of this parish. I know that it will be difficult for us to let her go on to the ministries she has been called to, but we shall continue to be grateful for the gifts she has shared with us and the joy she has given to the parish with her presence and talents.
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| Artist's rendering of new St. Mark's organ |
ST. MARK'S CONGREGATION PREVIEWS NEW ORGAN
Members of the Cathedral Church of St. Mark got a glimpse of the new organ which will feature 2,250 pipes. The giant instrument
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| Assistant Organist Christopher Wootton poses with the organ at Bigelow's |
is in the last portion of its two-year build time. When it is installed in the Cathedral and voiced, it will have consumed 18,000 hours of labor. The M. L. Bigelow organ builders are crafting the large white oak instrument in their headquarters in American Fork. They have named it Opus 35, meaning it is the 35th organ built by the world famous company.
Bigalow crafts people will disassemble the instrument and reassemble it in the Cathedral by Advent 2011.
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| Members of St. Mark's were awestruck by the new organ |
The organ is requiring a new loft to be built in the Cathedral. The project was started by the former Dean of the Cathedral, the Very Rev. Rick Lawson, who wished to also uncover the rose window that was hidden behind the old organ. Dean Emeritus Lawson also envisioned the restoration of the Cathedral to an acoustically masterful place with wooden floors instead of carpeting.
Senior Warden Carolyn Roll announced to the congregation June 26th that the green carpet will be taken up and the hardwood floor would be refinished as part of the construction project. Additionally, the entire Cathedral will be repainted
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| The St. Mark's organ required 2,200 hours of design |
and two exterior walls will have the sandstone repointed. A donor has offered to give those gifts to the congregation and the Vestry unanimously accepted them with gratitude. Bishop Hayashi also gave his blessing for the project.
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| Opus 35 has 41 stops (pipes with distict tones) |
Warden Roll also announced that services will be relocated to the Deans Hall in the Cathedral Center during the last several months of construction. However, she also announced that the 8:00 services will take place in the chapel, which is located in the upper corner of the nave. This will keep the service record going of nearly 140 years of services at the Cathedral making St. Mark's the oldest continuously operating church building in Utah, never missing a Sunday. In the 1930's, the church conducted worship services in the environs, despite a fire that had destroyed the chancel.
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| St. Jame's in Midvale will host this year's Diocesan Convention |
Diocesan Convention Website Launched... Deadlines approaching!
The Diocesan Convention isn't until October 14th and 15th, but nominations and resolutions are due August 15th in order to be ready for regional meetings. We will have elections for Standing Committee, Diocesan Council (at-large and regional representatives), and the Treasurer's position.
This year, the nomination and resolution forms are online at the Diocesan Convention website, www.diocesanconvention-ut.org
The forms are to be downloaded (or opened) and filled out on your computer using Adobe Acrobat. The process is similar to virtually all other online forms you may have filled out. Many computers already have Adobe Acrobat. If you don't, you can get a free download of the program at:
www.adobe.com
Upon completion, merely hit the submit button at the bottom and the forms are emailed to Craig Wirth at the Diocese to be assembled on the convention website. You will need to also email an electronic photo of yourself to: cwi...@episcopal-ut.org.
If you need a computer, you may use your church's computer. If you need any assistance, please call Craig Wirth at 801 322 4131 to be "walked through" the process.
We are using the online form process for many reasons. It is an environmentally green process, it saves the costs of paper, ink, and mailing, it saves considerable time for congregations and diocesan staffs, it offers a quick and efficient method to post on the web, and perhaps most importantly, it gives a uniform and unbiased look to all candidates profiles--rather than favoring those who had the best penmanship and perhaps the computer skills to attractively scan the past forms and print them out on expensive printers.
This year's convention will be held at St. James in Midvale and marks the return to a two-day convention. The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi says his first convention as Bishop, will feature workshops, business meetings, fellowship, worship and FUN.
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| Campers play games, hike, sing, and do all those wonderful things you remember about camp! |
DON'T FORGET CAMP!!!!
The Diocese of Utah offers one of America's great mountain camps for children of all faiths. You can link to the camp website with the latest information on our diocesan website: www.episcopal-ut.org
The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi has commissioned the camp staff members to "lift us and serve God" as they do a very holy work. Bishop Hayashi says dioceses often have two cathedrals. One is an indoor cathedral and the other an outdoor cathedral. Camp Tuttle is our outdoor cathedral. To view the commissioning, you can link the video from our diocesan website home page, or you may
CLICK HERE.
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The Rev. Jessica Hatch retires from St. Mary's. The Rev. Peter Van Hook to assume Priest in Charge role in fall. Good Shepherd and St. Mary's get summer supply clergy.
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| The Rev. Jessica Hatch |
The Rev. Jessica Hatch gave her goodbye sermon to the congregation at St. Mary's of Provo on June 26th. Bishop Hayashi and representatives from other faith traditions joined the congregation in saying farewell. She remarked, "No one could wish for a more loving, heartfelt send-off by colleagues and congregation."
The now retired priest has been part of the Diocese of Utah as an interim, priest in charge and diocesan staff member who headed Episcopal Community Services, founded the Open Book Store and started the Living Boldly e-newsletter.
Bishop Hayashi has announced that the Rev. Peter Van Hook will assume the priest in charge position at St. Mary's in September. He has been a priest in the Diocese of Utah since 1981 and has served as Rector of All Saints and several interim positions including his latest service as the interim at Good Shepherd of Ogden. Good Shepherd is in the final stages of a search to call a new rector. The Rev. Trace Browning, chaplain at Rowland Hall School, will supply Good Shepherd in the meantime. Additionally, the Rev. Michael Milligan will supply St. Mary's until the Rev. Peter Van Hook starts his new position. The Rev. Michael Milligan retired from Church of the Resurrection in Centerville and has been assisting at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark.
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George Young
Tooele Transcript Bulletin Photo |
Church Leadership to Parade Leadership
Diocesan Council member George Young of St. Barnabas in Tooele is skilled in helping lead our diocese. Perhaps those same skills and a horse will help him lead the July 4th parade in Tooele. He is the Grand Marshall of the parade in recognition to his longtime service to Tooele County.
The Tooele Transcript profiled George, who will be waving hello to hundreds on the big holiday. The article can be found by CLICKING HERE.
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| Bishop Hayashi admires bronze of Bishop Tuttle and St. Mark's Cathedral |
This is the Place dedicates Walk of Pioneer Faiths - Episcopal Church featured in bronze. Open House scheduled
The This is the Place State Park is honoring the pioneer faiths that came to Utah during the 1800's. The Salt Lake area park dedicated the walk and a new gathering place on June 29th. The Walk of Pioneer Faiths features bronzes that tell the story of nine early faiths in the valley. The Episcopal Church is depicted in
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Artist Stan Watts combed the Episcopal archives to find the images of Bishop Tuttle and the Cathedral
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great detail through a sculpted relief of our first Bishop and a rendering of the early days of St. Mark's. Artist Stan Watts says he spent considerable time sculpting Bishop Tuttle's long beard.
Park Officials have scheduled two open houses for all to see this new walkway and center located in Emigration Canyon on the east side of Salt Lake City. They are scheduled for Sunday, July 10th and Tuesday, July 12th, from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. Project officials will serve refreshments to the Open House visitors.
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| The Rev. Susan Springer |
The Rev. Susan Springer on preaching board
The board of directors of The Episcopal Preaching Foundation elected The Rev. Susan Springer to a board position. Springer joins other priests, several bishops, seminary faculty, and lay leaders on the foundation board. She was in Villanova, Pennsylvania serving on the faculty of Preaching Excellence Program, a week-long preaching "summer camp" for rising senior seminarians. Of course here in Utah, we know the Rev. Susan Springer as the rector of St. John's in Logan.
The EPF is designed to improve and enhance the quality of preaching in the Episcopal Church.
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