The prayers of the Diocese are requested for the soul of
Marie Michel
wife of the Rt. Rev. Rodney Michel, Bishop Suffragan of Long Island and former Rector of St. Paul's, Grand Forks, who died on May 10, 2009.
A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday May 16th at 11 AM at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 321 West Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
+ May her soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace and rise in glory. +
Condolences may be sent to:
The Rt. Rev. Rodney R. Michel & Family
15 Coolidge Drive
Ephrata, PA 17522
Into thy hands, O merciful Savior, we commend thy servant, Marie.
Marie L. Michel, age 65, of 15 Coolidge Dr., Ephrata, PA, formerly of Bay Shore, NY, passed away at her residence on Sunday, May 10, 2009.
Born in Hastings, NE, she was the daughter of the late Frank Fulton and Ona Evelyn Marvel Aplan. She and her husband, Rt. Rev. Rodney R. Michel, celebrated their forty-third wedding anniversary last November 27th.
Marie was a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. She was employed for fifteen years as a merchandiser with American Greetings Corporation.
She was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lancaster and a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Scottsbluff, NE.
Marie enjoyed her home, garden, her dog, Farley, and grandchildren, Madeleine, Kathryn and Gavin.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Anne Michel, wife of Win Boerckel, Arlington, VA; three sons, John, husband of Kristy Michel, Baltimore, MD; David, fiance of Kristi Freeland, Baltimore, MD; Andrew Michel, East Patchogue, NY; three grandchildren, Madeleine and Kathryn Boerckel; Gavin A. Michel; three brothers, Donald Holyoke, S. Pasadena, CA; Frank Aplan, State College, PA and James Aplan, SD.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Marie’s Life Celebration Memorial Service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, PA, on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM with Rev. John W. Morris officiating. Interment in St. John’s Episcopal Memorial Garden. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent in Marie’s name to St. John’s Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, PA 17603.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Fighting the Flood
Fighting the Flood: Volunteers Needed
The ongoing work of flood relief and care will last many months beyond the cresting and lowering of flood waters in our state. Longer term pastoral care, spiritual support, and emotional healing will be an ongoing process for individuals and communities for a long time.
The diocesan flood task force, in concert with other Christian Churches in the state, is looking for volunteers to be case managers, who do in-take for families and others affected by flooding. This will mostly be done by telephone from your own home and helpful training is provided.
The Diocese of North Dakota is hoping for at least six volunteers for this important work – with a particular hope that the deacons of the diocese will take up this important task.
Expenses will be covered related to the training and conducting of this important ministry.
Training is taking place at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Jamestown, ND, on May 14th and May 15th.
To register and for additional information, please contact:
The Rev’d Debra Ball-Kilbourne
701-952-2009
dbk.central@gmail.com
also if you choose to volunteer you must also contact The Rev’d Canon Kevin Goodrich O.P. who is coordinating this particular volunteer effort on behalf of the diocesan flood task force.
CanonGoodrich@aol.com
701-252-4499
For generation questions related to flood relief efforts contact Canon John Floberg, chair of the task force.
The ongoing work of flood relief and care will last many months beyond the cresting and lowering of flood waters in our state. Longer term pastoral care, spiritual support, and emotional healing will be an ongoing process for individuals and communities for a long time.
The diocesan flood task force, in concert with other Christian Churches in the state, is looking for volunteers to be case managers, who do in-take for families and others affected by flooding. This will mostly be done by telephone from your own home and helpful training is provided.
The Diocese of North Dakota is hoping for at least six volunteers for this important work – with a particular hope that the deacons of the diocese will take up this important task.
Expenses will be covered related to the training and conducting of this important ministry.
Training is taking place at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Jamestown, ND, on May 14th and May 15th.
To register and for additional information, please contact:
The Rev’d Debra Ball-Kilbourne
701-952-2009
dbk.central@gmail.com
also if you choose to volunteer you must also contact The Rev’d Canon Kevin Goodrich O.P. who is coordinating this particular volunteer effort on behalf of the diocesan flood task force.
CanonGoodrich@aol.com
701-252-4499
For generation questions related to flood relief efforts contact Canon John Floberg, chair of the task force.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Flood Relief
As flood relief in the Diocese continues, Bishop Michael Smith has asked Canon John Floberg to work with Father Patrick Genereux, coordinator of the Office of Disaster Recovery of the Diocese of Iowa, in organizing and publicizing a diocesan meeting to be held in Jamestown. Jamestown seems to be the geographic center of those areas affected by the floods. Details regarding this meeting and continued relief is detailed in the following message from Canon Floberg.
Canon Floberg writes:
The Rev'd Patrick Genereux will be in North Dakota on May 6 & 7 looking at the flood damage in many parts of the state. We will be touring through several communities. If your community has been effected by flooding this spring you are requested to do two things:
1. e-mail Canon John Floberg ( jsfloberg@msn.com) with the following information. Please be specific with names and extent of loss:
a. What kinds of personal property losses to members of the Episcopal Church?
b. What kinds of personal property losses are there to others in your community that aren't covered by insurance?
2. If you have property losses that you are reporting are you able to come to a meeting at Grace Church, Jamestown, at 3 pm on Thursday the 7th? We will meet for two hours. Please return an e-mail to Canon John Floberg to let him know of your plans to attend ( jsfloberg@msn.com)
From this visit and meeting a request will be sent in to the Episcopal Relief and Development fund.
Canon Floberg writes:
The Rev'd Patrick Genereux will be in North Dakota on May 6 & 7 looking at the flood damage in many parts of the state. We will be touring through several communities. If your community has been effected by flooding this spring you are requested to do two things:
1. e-mail Canon John Floberg ( jsfloberg@msn.com) with the following information. Please be specific with names and extent of loss:
a. What kinds of personal property losses to members of the Episcopal Church?
b. What kinds of personal property losses are there to others in your community that aren't covered by insurance?
2. If you have property losses that you are reporting are you able to come to a meeting at Grace Church, Jamestown, at 3 pm on Thursday the 7th? We will meet for two hours. Please return an e-mail to Canon John Floberg to let him know of your plans to attend ( jsfloberg@msn.com)
From this visit and meeting a request will be sent in to the Episcopal Relief and Development fund.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
A statement from Bishop Michael Smith
April 24, 2009
Dear Friends:
This week the Anglican Communion Institute released a document entitled Bishops’ Statement on the Polity of the Episcopal Church. I am one of the signatories. The document is available at http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/?p=391 and I invite you to read it.
Some of the left-wing bloggers are furious about this statement and are calling us “schismatics” and worse. And, no, we have not declared our independence from General Convention. In the context of the document we reaffirm our vows to “conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of The Episcopal Church.”
Why all the fuss, then? The signers are part of the Communion Partner fellowship of bishops, an outgrowth of the Presiding Bishop’s episcopal visitor initiative and endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Lambeth Conference. We stand in a unique place in The Episcopal Church and Anglicanism. We stand resolutely in the middle place of reconciliation, refusing to leave either the Episcopal Church or the worldwide Anglican Communion. This stance means we take hits both from the right and the left, depending on whose toes we’re stepping on at a particular moment.
The scholarly paper in question makes the case that dioceses in The Episcopal Church have a constitutional and historical right to remain as constituent members of the Anglican Communion should the General Convention choose to reject an Anglican Communion Covenant. This is based on the definition of the “Anglican Communion” found in the preamble of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church as “those duly constituted Diocese, Provinces, and regional Churches in communion with the See of Canterbury…”
Scholars and lawyers will parse words and debate the points made in this paper. That’s well and good as it furthers the discussion around these matters. The bottom line for me, however, is that the basic unit of the Church as traditionally understood in Anglicanism is the diocese. This is basic catholic ecclesiology and reflected in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2007 letter to +John Howe of Central Florida: “The organ of union with the wider Church is the Bishop and Diocese rather than the Provincial structure as such…The bishop and the Diocese [are] the primary locus of ecclesial identity rather than the abstract reality of the ‘national church.’”
Those of us from Native American communities understand full well the concept of “dual” citizenship. We are both citizens of the U.S. as well as our tribal nations. Why is it so unthinkable that a diocese could have dual citizenship in both the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion? What possible motive could a majority have in preventing the ecumenical desire of a minority to remain in communion with those outside the borders of our “national church”?
My first hope and prayer is to see the General Convention adopt the Anglican Communion Covenant. If General Convention rejects the Covenant, however, the subject of the paper in question comes into play. Having vowed to conform to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church, I will cease and desist if General Convention enacts canonical legislation making my actions illegal. Until then, however, as a bishop vowed to “guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the Church” I will continue to speak out in favor of the Anglican Communion Covenant. Please continue to pray with me for the unity of the Church. I am,
Yours in Christ,
+Michael G. Smith, North Dakota
Dear Friends:
This week the Anglican Communion Institute released a document entitled Bishops’ Statement on the Polity of the Episcopal Church. I am one of the signatories. The document is available at http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/?p=391 and I invite you to read it.
Some of the left-wing bloggers are furious about this statement and are calling us “schismatics” and worse. And, no, we have not declared our independence from General Convention. In the context of the document we reaffirm our vows to “conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of The Episcopal Church.”
Why all the fuss, then? The signers are part of the Communion Partner fellowship of bishops, an outgrowth of the Presiding Bishop’s episcopal visitor initiative and endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Lambeth Conference. We stand in a unique place in The Episcopal Church and Anglicanism. We stand resolutely in the middle place of reconciliation, refusing to leave either the Episcopal Church or the worldwide Anglican Communion. This stance means we take hits both from the right and the left, depending on whose toes we’re stepping on at a particular moment.
The scholarly paper in question makes the case that dioceses in The Episcopal Church have a constitutional and historical right to remain as constituent members of the Anglican Communion should the General Convention choose to reject an Anglican Communion Covenant. This is based on the definition of the “Anglican Communion” found in the preamble of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church as “those duly constituted Diocese, Provinces, and regional Churches in communion with the See of Canterbury…”
Scholars and lawyers will parse words and debate the points made in this paper. That’s well and good as it furthers the discussion around these matters. The bottom line for me, however, is that the basic unit of the Church as traditionally understood in Anglicanism is the diocese. This is basic catholic ecclesiology and reflected in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2007 letter to +John Howe of Central Florida: “The organ of union with the wider Church is the Bishop and Diocese rather than the Provincial structure as such…The bishop and the Diocese [are] the primary locus of ecclesial identity rather than the abstract reality of the ‘national church.’”
Those of us from Native American communities understand full well the concept of “dual” citizenship. We are both citizens of the U.S. as well as our tribal nations. Why is it so unthinkable that a diocese could have dual citizenship in both the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion? What possible motive could a majority have in preventing the ecumenical desire of a minority to remain in communion with those outside the borders of our “national church”?
My first hope and prayer is to see the General Convention adopt the Anglican Communion Covenant. If General Convention rejects the Covenant, however, the subject of the paper in question comes into play. Having vowed to conform to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church, I will cease and desist if General Convention enacts canonical legislation making my actions illegal. Until then, however, as a bishop vowed to “guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the Church” I will continue to speak out in favor of the Anglican Communion Covenant. Please continue to pray with me for the unity of the Church. I am,
Yours in Christ,
+Michael G. Smith, North Dakota
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Photos of Valley City flood
Deacon Sloane Floberg shares these photos of the flooding waters in Valley City.
Prayers for Valley City
The prayers of the Diocese are requested for the citizens of Valley City and especially for the members of All Saints.
Canon John Floberg writes:
Please pray for Sloane's parents (Bob & Pat Fearing) as they prepare to evacuate from their house along the river in Valley City. They, along with half of the city's population, have been asked to evacuate by 6 pm Wednesday.
I know that these people are in need of support and pastoral care RIGHT NOW. They have been pumping water for days from their basement. If they leave, their basement with furnace and water heater will flood. They are really torn about leaving, but at the same time they are not willing to ask for help. Don't ask, show up and help if at all possible.The Simonsons in Valley City are also in the path of this flood as well. I would expect that there are other Episcopalians that are being directly effected by the flood.
John+
Canon John Floberg writes:
Please pray for Sloane's parents (Bob & Pat Fearing) as they prepare to evacuate from their house along the river in Valley City. They, along with half of the city's population, have been asked to evacuate by 6 pm Wednesday.
I know that these people are in need of support and pastoral care RIGHT NOW. They have been pumping water for days from their basement. If they leave, their basement with furnace and water heater will flood. They are really torn about leaving, but at the same time they are not willing to ask for help. Don't ask, show up and help if at all possible.The Simonsons in Valley City are also in the path of this flood as well. I would expect that there are other Episcopalians that are being directly effected by the flood.
John+
Thursday, April 2, 2009
The Funeral for Dcn. Art Raymond
The funeral for Deacon Art Raymond will be 5:00 Saturday at St. Paul’s, Grand Forks.
Clergy, please vest in white stoles.
Also, please note that as of today I-29 is closed north of Fargo. In order to get to Grand Forks from Fargo people must go west on I-94 and follow detours. Fr. Jim Shannon says the trip takes an extra 30 minutes.
A complete obituary follows:
Clergy, please vest in white stoles.
Also, please note that as of today I-29 is closed north of Fargo. In order to get to Grand Forks from Fargo people must go west on I-94 and follow detours. Fr. Jim Shannon says the trip takes an extra 30 minutes.
A complete obituary follows:
Deacon Arthur Raymond
January 18, 1923 - April 1, 2009
Biography
Arthur J.Raymond, 86, of Grand Forks, ND died Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in his home.
Arthur John Raymond was born one of 10 children on January 18, 1923 at Winner, South Dakota the son of Enoch and Mary (Frazier) Raymond. Art was raised at the family home near Millboro, SD, where he attended grade school. Art attended high school at Rosebud Boarding School, Mission, SD and graduated the head of his class. Art enlisted as a private in the army during World War II. Working his way through the ranks, at war’s end he was commander of an infantry rifle company with the rank of First Lieutenant. Art was a member of the 320th infantry regiment, 35th division of Patton’s 3rd Army. On return to civilian life, he graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University at Mitchell, SD, with a B.A. degree in Economics in 1951. That year he also won the Wall Street Journal award Outstanding Student in Economics. In 1953 he joined the staff of the Mitchell Daily Republic newspaper full time and was promoted to City Editor in October of that year. One of Art’s stories was nominated for the Pulitzer Award. He accepted a position as managing editor of the Williston, ND Herald in January, 1962. He accepted an offer from the Grand Forks Herald to move to Grand Forks, ND, in January, 1965, where he was the Sunday Editor, feature writer and legislative reporter. In North Dakota Art was president of the North Dakota Associated Press; a member of his church’s bi-racial commission; a member of the vestry of the Episcopal churches at Williston and Grand Forks; a licensed lay reader, a Sunday school teacher and a Chalice Bearer for many years in both states. On June 30, 2007 Art was ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of ND. In 1970 he was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives and served for six years. He was the first ever Native American to be elected and serve in the North Dakota legislature, and the first state employee to be elected and serve. Art was the director of Indian Studies and programs at the University of North Dakota, 1971-78, and director of Indian Program Development until his retirement June 30, 1991. Art also belonged to the American Diabetes Association both North Dakota Affiliate and National; Dakota Wesleyan University Alumni association, national president; Greater Grand Forks Boxing association, president; National Diabetes Advisory Board, charter member; National Executive Council, Episcopal Church, USA and the North Dakota Associated Press, president. Art also held an honorary Doctor’s degree, Dakota Wesleyan University and was chosen an Outstanding Freshman Legislator (ND) by the Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University in 1971.
During retirement Art was active as the chairman of the Board for Options, Inc.; a member of the Corporate Board for United Health Services; a member of the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission; a member of the Regional Civil Rights Commission, and a member of the Board of Directors for Dakota Wesleyan University,
Art and Rose Marie Schone, White Lake, SD, met at Dakota Wesleyan University and were married April 28, 1950 while still students.
Art is survived by: Wife: Rose Raymond – Grand Forks, ND Sons: Arthur Raymond, Jr. – Hot Springs, SD Eric Raymond – Grand Forks, ND Mark (Niki) Raymond – Grand Forks, ND Daughters: Mary (Steve) Murray – West Fargo, ND Rebekah Raymond – Lakeville, MN Brothers: Elgie (Margaret) Raymond - Tahlequah , OK Robert (El Rita) Raymond – Billings, MT Sister: Geraldine Lira – Oakland, CA Granchildren: Arthur Raymond, III – Grand Forks Laura Klinger – Juneau, AK Dustin Raymond – Juneau, AK Leah Murray – Minneapolis Sean Murray – Minneapolis Bridgett DeBoer – Grand Forks Drew Raymond – Grand Forks Great
Grandchildren: Joe, Jodi, Jillian and Makaya. Many Nieces and Nephews
Art was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers and 3 sisters.
Funeral Services
Saturday April 4, 2009, 5:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Saturday April 4, 2009, 5:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Visitation
Friday April 3, 2009, 6 to 8 PM at Amundson Funeral Home
Friday April 3, 2009, 6 to 8 PM at Amundson Funeral Home
A prayer service will be at 7:30 PM in the funeral home.
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