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MISSISSIPPI
MAJOR STATE DAY
AT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
IN ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR

Sunday, May 25, 2008

As a National House of Prayer for All People,
the the Cathedral community invites
people of all faiths and denominations
to gather in prayer, worship and fellowship for the
people and elected officials of Mississippi

Register online
to attend Mississippi State Day

Read Press Release

The 10 am Sunday Forum and 11:15 am service are webcast live.
On Sunday morning, a link will appear
at the top center of the our home page.
Link goes live shortly before the starting times.

 

Featuring:

  • The Right Rev. Duncan M. Gray III, bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, guest preacher
  • The Right Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, retired Episcopal bishop of Washington, pro tempore, and native of Winona, Mississippi, guest presider
  • Invited Mississippi elected officials
  • An opening procession featuring colorful banners carried by acolytes and youth from Mississippi churches and houses of worship
  • Guests of Mississippi serving as bearers of the communion elements and gifts to the poor

Order of Events:

10 amWashington National Cathedral’s Sunday Forum— “Theology in Action: King, Bonhoeffer, and You” with Charles Marsh, professor of Religious and Theological Studies and director of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia. (webcast)
11:15 amMississippi Major State Day Worship Service (webcast)
The Right Rev. Duncan M. Gray III, bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, guest preacher; the Right Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, retired Episcopal bishop of Washington, pro tempore, and native of Winona, Mississippi, guest presider.
12:30 pmMississippi Day Cathedral Coffee Hour Fellowship
12:45 pm onwards Short 35 minute tour of the Cathedral featuring the ways Mississippi is represented in the Cathedral

 

The Cathedral’s Regional Volunteer Leaders helping to plan Mississippi State Day is:

Mrs. Norma Davis Owen
Tunica
Phone: (662) 363 - 2179
Powen2007@comcast.net

 

If you would like to attend or help plan this special once in four years service

  • Please register at www.cathedral.org/exec/nca/MajorStateDay
  • Or e-mail nca@cathedral.org
  • Or call the National Cathedral Association at Washington National Cathedral: (800) 622-6304
  • If you have already registered and would like to view the confirmation page again, click here. This page offers more information about traveling to attend your state day.