April 27, 2008 by Stephen Day.

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Lecture 3.pdf

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April 27, 2008 by Stephen Day.

Click the following link to view the lecture notes for one of my recent classes for Diploma in Applied Ministry, Year 2.
lecture 4.pdf

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April 27, 2008 by Stephen Day.

Easter Greetings!

I am pleased to say that our internet access has returned sooner than expected. So… today I got a chance to go to go to the Kiswahili church service here on campus for the first time. It was quite interesting. The service began at 10 am and ended around noon. I was a bit surprised to see how many people showed up late. Also, there were just a lot of people there. Once the pews filled up some benches were setup in the main aisle for more people. Equally interesting, I noticed that it appears the women and the men segregate themselves (women sit on the left and men on the right). As people showed up late they sat wherever there was room. It was a very nice service, although it was all in Kiswahili. I think I know somewhat what Roman Catholics experienced before Vatican II in the 1960s. Before that reform in the Roman Catholic Church all masses were in Latin, even though many Catholics did not know Latin. Like them, I knew basically what was going on in the service even though I basically do not know the language.

In other news, I will be producing my newsletter very soon that will include the past four months. Sorry for the delay - it is just a busy time. I am really enjoying teaching. I will share some of my lectures with you all soon.

Also, I thought I should let you all know that the changes in the missionary system of the Episcopal Church USA or The Episcopal Church that I outlined recently have been postponed. The Church’s committee that oversees the mission of the Church has said that more work needs to be done to determine what should be done. This is a very good development, but if you care about the mission of the Church I encourage you to let your rector, bishop, and deputies to General Convention know what you think.

One final thought… there are a lot of needs here at Msalato Theological College that just need a little bit of money to remedy. In the coming weeks and months there are several things I would like to accomplish. Some of these include getting a new accounting software program for the college’s financial secretary (the current one is outdated, unreliable, and pirated). This will cost about $200 for the software and a few helpful guidebooks. I also hope to get new hardware to create a real second server at Msalato that will help protect the campus from viruses, provide a local email system, and a backup for the main server (this might cost up to $1,000, but will work for five years or so). Also, there are two new classrooms and two offices that need to be wired to the network here so that they can have computers (I don’t yet know how much this might cost). So these and other projects need your support. If you would like to support some of these or other projects feel free to write a check to the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia (PO Box 5400, Charleston, WV, 25361) and mention my name (Stephen C. Day) in the memo line. Thank you for your continued prayers and support.

Yours in Christ,
Stephen

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