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Part of Letter from Helena J. Lee to St. Philips Episcopal Church, January 6, 1974

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Sunday, January 6, 1974
TO: ST . PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Buffalo, New York

FROM: Mrs . Helena

Jo

Lee

RE: The initial meeting of persons representing parishes of the
Central Erie Deanery in pl anni ng a Deanery Lenten Program.
The meeting was held at Trinity on Delaware Avenue, December 18, 1973
at 7:30. Approximately twelve (12) persons were present from various churches.
Two people from St. Philips - Mrs. H.J. Lee and Mr. Fred Anderson.

The following suggestions/statements came out of this meeting.
1.

A Lenten Program be planned for the entire Deanery .

2.

Each parish will support this as the approved Lenten Program.

3.

This is an opportunity tor all churches in the Eanery to get together
for one Worship.

4.

The Vestrymen will have to support the entire program..

5.

Lenten Program to be one of mini courses.

6.

There will be a small fee for registration of courses. Vestry can pay for courses
if individuals can not afford it. Suggested fees $1.00 per course or maybe
$1.00 or $2.00 for the complete package of courses.

7.

Order of Programs
(a)Worship Service - Ash Wednesday at Trinity. All clergy to participate.
Registration for mini courses after the Service.
(b)Mini courses to be taught at various churches in an effort to get
people away from their home parish. The time, place and instructors
for courses to be announced later. Courses to run throughout Lenten
Period.

8.

Suggested Curriculum:
(a)

Death and Dying

(b) Evangelism
(c)

Prayer and Personal Religion

(d)

Marriage, Family and Personal Fulfillment

(e)

St. Louis Course

(f)

Black History/ Black Church

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(g)

Christian Ethics

(h)

Values Clarification

(i)

Alcoholism

(j)

Parent Affectedness Training

(k)

Youth

(1)

Old Testament

(m)

First Americans

(n)

Holiness and the Average man

(o)

To Be a Woman

(p)

Bible

(q) Transcendentalism - a philosophy holding that ultimate reality is
unknowable and asserting the primacy of the
spiritual over the material and empirical.
A description of each course, materials needed and the instructor will be
available at registration.

A Curriculum Committee was formed to suggest courses, obtain instructors
and find out their fee for teaching the course and the teaching materials needed.
It was stated that the Diocese will approve some money to support the
Lenten Program.
Another meeting has been scheduled for Monday, January 7, 1974, 8:00 P.M.

at St. John.

The meeting was chaired by Father Lattrell of Trinity.