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A number of words come to mind in answer to that question. Words that fit Christ Church Dearborn would be laid-back, authentic, spiritual, diverse, caring, contemporary, and centrist. Some words that would not fit Christ Church Dearborn would be intolerant, sexist, legalistic, inflexible, fundamentalist, or pious.

Christ Church Dearborn is diverse. The church resembles to a great degree the community of which it is a part. There are young families, students, grandparents, and people who work at Ford Motor Company and its suppliers, the local hospitals and various enterprises in the area. There are people from different regional, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Most of us have mortgages, problems, challenges and all the rest that comes with living.

Our church has a worship style that utilizes the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. We sing hymns to the accompaniment of a member choir and a grand pipe organ, and sometimes hand-bells, guitars, or horns, depending on the season and the opportunity to diversify our musical offering. However, the focus of our worship is not on being contemporary; rather it is on seeking God's presence through the experience of authentic worship. This means worship for us is not a passive experience performed by the folks up front, but the people's ministry to God.

Helpful, without being boring. The Sunday morning sermon is an integration of biblical exposition and every day application. The ultimate aim of this teaching is to show how God can help in day-to-day living.

In addition to offering a Sunday school program from nursery through senior high, Christ Church Dearborn is committed to ministering to children and youth. Another of Christ Church Dearborn's key goals is to minister to families. The church has a core of excellent volunteers who plan outings and other activities for children and their families.

Singles don't just "fit in" at Christ Church Dearborn.  They are essential and indispensable to our church family. Singles can and do serve throughout the church in ministries and in leadership. Additionally, singles always enjoy being together at Christ Church Dearborn.

We believe the Bible is God's Word, because God inspired its human authors and because God continues to speak to humanity to us through it. The Bible for us is a blueprint for Christian living. Additionally, the Bible reveals in intimate detail the God who loves us and with whom we share a vital and personal relationship.

Christ Church Dearborn believes in the biblical equality of men and women. Therefore, no distinction is made as to which offices, ministries, or functions are open to men and women.

All the time. You just pick the time, 24/7, and some member of Christ Church Dearborn is having fun.

Yes, Christ Church Dearborn is Anglican in its doctrine and affiliations.

Anglicans are Christians who practice their faith in the context of the 38 autonomous member churches, or provinces, of the Anglican Communion, which spans 164 countries worldwide with 77 million members.

One of these provinces is the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, with 2.4 million members in 112 dioceses, or geographic regions. Anglicans and Episcopalians are persons of many ethnic and cultural heritages. Anglicans are known for welcoming diversity of opinion and inquiry.

Within the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion, clergy are men and women who are ordained as bishops, priests and deacons. Bishops of local dioceses are elected. Clergy can and often do have spouses and children while others are single.

Church members, or laity, hold various elected leadership positions that range from parish vestries (or boards of directors) to deputies to General Convention, the Episcopal Church's bicameral legislative structure.

Anglicans and Episcopalians practice a faith that is liturgically and theologically a bridge between Catholicism and Protestant traditions. Anglicans and Episcopalians value a balance of scripture, reason and tradition.

Anglicanism is a worldwide family of churches that share a common theological heritage and experience. The term derives from the word that refers to the people of the British Isles, especially the English.
Anglicanism reflects the balance and compromise of the "via media," or middle way, between Protestant and Catholic principles. Anglicanism also reflects balance in its devotion to scripture, tradition, and reason as sources of authority. The "via media" is often between extreme positions on either side of various issues.

Anglicanism is both traditional and dynamic in the discovery of new expressions. It retains the ancient authorities of scripture and tradition. It also allows for development of new understandings of Christian faith and practice in continuity with the historical church.

The Anglican Communion is composed of churches and provinces in communion with the See of Canterbury throughout the world. Member churches exercise jurisdictional independence but share a common heritage of Anglican identity and commitment to scripture, tradition, and reason as sources of authority.

A province is an autonomous national church recognised as a member of the Anglican Communion. For example, the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church in the United States are all individual provinces of the Anglican Communion.
Each of these is in turn divided into internal provinces: two in England, four in Canada, and nine in the Episcopal Church in America.

Canterbury is the city in southeastern England that became the ecclesiastical center for England and, eventually, the Anglican Communion. The Benedictine monk Augustine founded the church in Canterbury on his mission from Rome in 597 A.D.
From there Christianity spread throughout England. The churches of the Anglican Communion may be defined as the churches in communion with the See of Canterbury.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is "Primate of All England". The Archbishop of Canterbury likewise holds a position of honor in the Anglican Communion. The Archbishop of Canterbury convenes the primates (senior clergy) when they gather and sits with them as "first among equals" (Latin: primus inter pares).
The current and 104th Archbishop of Canterbury is the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Rowan D. Williams. He was enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral on February 27, 2002.

The first Archbishop of Canterbury was St. Augustine, who was enthroned in 597 AD.

The Archbishop of Canterbury holds a position of honor and preeminence as spiritual leader in the Anglican Communion but holds no official authority over the Anglican Communion, churches of the Communion or its individual members.
This is a very significant difference from the Roman Catholic understanding of papal authority and the authority of the church.

While no one is recognised as the head of all the churches that make up the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury is regarded as its titular leader, and exercises considerable spiritual authority beyond the province of Canterbury.
For example, the Archbishop of Canterbury presides over the Lambeth Conference and is president of the Anglican Consultative Council.

The Lambeth Conference is a meeting of the bishops of the Anglican Communion at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the purposes of mutual discussion and consultation. It began in 1867. The meeting is a purely informal gathering. The Conference meets at 10-year intervals, except during times of war. Though it is one of the Communion's four "Instruments of Communion," it has no binding authority over any province of the Communion. Its deliberations do, however, command considerable moral authority.

The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) is the gathering of the Anglican Communion representing the voice of the inner life of the provinces.  The purpose of the council is to provide consultation and guidance on policy issues, such as world mission and ecumenism. The president of the council is the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Lambeth Commission on Communion, constituted by the Primates of the Anglican Communion in 2003, studies and reports on how churches and provinces worldwide can maintain communion especially amid differing viewpoints.

Before the sixteenth-century Reformation in Western Europe, the Christian church was customarily described by region, such as the Gallican Church, the Spanish Church, and the English Church (Latin ecclesia anglicana, literally “Church of England”).
After the Reformation, the English national church continued to be called the Church of England, but it repudiated the supremacy of the Pope.
The Episcopal Church in America derives much of its doctrine, discipline, and worship from the Church of England.

The Episcopal Church in the United States of America is a province of the Anglican Communion.
In 1780, a conference of three clergy and twenty-four lay delegates met at Chestertown, Maryland and resolved that "the Church formerly known as the Church of England should now be called the Protestant Episcopal Church." In 1789, a church Constitution was adopted.

The church is governed by a bicameral General Convention, which meets every three years, and by an Executive Council during interim years.
The General Convention consists of the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies.

The two top leaders of the church are the Presiding Bishop and the president of the House of Deputies.

Yes. The present term of office for the Presiding Bishop is nine years.

The Presiding Bishop is Chief Pastor and Primate of the Episcopal Church. As "Chief Pastor," the Presiding Bishop is charged with initiating and developing church policy and strategy, speaking God's Word to the church and the world, and visiting every diocese of the church.

The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Washington, D. C., is the official seat of the Presiding Bishop. The office of the Presiding Bishop is located at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the 26th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Jefferts Schori was elected to this office in June 2006.
Bishop Jefferts Schori was born in 1954 in Pensacola, Florida. She grew up in the Seattle area. Bishop Jefferts Schori and her husband, Richard, were married in 1979. They have one daughter, Katharine Johanna, who is a first lieutenant and pilot in the U. S. Air Force.
Bishop Jefferts Schori holds a B.S. degree in biology from Stanford University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in oceanography from Oregon State University, an M.Div. from Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and an honorary D.D. also from CDSP.

Yes. Right now. This is the last answer to the last question. Click here to see what I mean.

Log in as an administrator using the url: christchurchdearborn.org/admin and enter your user name and password.

The 'Site Manager >> Welcome!' page with the current month's calendar will load. The areas you can access are available via the 'Manage Content >>' box in the upper right.

To edit your web page, select 'SITE PAGES' from the drop down menu. Scroll down to your page and select  '[Edit]' on the left. Make your changes and be sure to select 'SAVE >>' at the bottom before logging out.

Of particular interest are the 'Page Content' and 'Side Bar Content' areas. These are probably where the bulk of your edits will be. Place the cursor over items in the toolbars to get some idea of what can do easily: add text, photos, links, tables, and so forth.

After you make your changes, be sure to click on the 'SAVE >>' button before exiting.

You may be viewing a previously cached version of the page within your browser. Click on 'Refresh' or 'Reload' to view the current page.

The image has to be the 546 pixels wide by 185 pixels high for our layout. Sizing the image is pretty simple using Photoshop. 1) Open the image in Photoshop. 2) Select the rectangular marquee tool (rectangular selection tool, upper left dashed box in tool area). 3) In the toolbar, set the Style to 'Fixed Aspect Ratio' and Width: to 2.952 (leave Height: = 1). 4) Do Image Crop. 5) Do Image Size and set the Width = 546; the height should be 185. If not, break the link on the right (click on the chain) and set the height = 185. 6) Save as a jpeg with quality set to high.

If this is a picture for the marquis on your page, while editting your page, scroll down to below the content windows, select 'Attach a Marquis Image for this Page?', and browse to the picture you editted above. If you later want to delete the picture or change it, follow the instructions at the same location.

If this is a picture for the rotating Marquis, edit it as above and upload into the 'Marquis Image Library' are of the site. You may have to wait a while for it to enter the rotation.

Within the 'Update Site Page' screen for your page ('Site Manager >> Site Pages'), scroll down to the light blue 'Attach Frequently Asked Questions' and click on '[+] Expand'. Unselect the FAQs you don't want and then 'SAVE >>.'

See the relevant FAQ here: http://christchurchdearborn.org/content.cfm?id=132&category_id=4

Making a file available from your page is a two step process: 1) upload the file to the server and 2) link to the file from your page.

To upload the file to the server, go to Manage Content >> Downloads (upper right once you've logged in as admin) and click on the 'Add Download' button. Select a category (add one to your own liking, if necessary) and enter the title and description. Select the file to upload using one of the two options near the bottom of the page. I like the second upload option (even though they seem to recommend the first).

Edit your page via Manage Content >> SITE PAGES. When you expand 'Attach Downloads' near the bottom, you files will be available. Just select the ones you want and save. When you look at your live page, the downloads will be near the bottom.
If you don't like the way this looks or you want to make links to the downloadable files within some text you write, enter the desired text within a content area while editting [sic] your page. Highlight the text you want to be clickable (like this) and click on the Insert/Edit Link icon (looks like the earth with an intact chain below). Switch to the live view of your page (you do have a live version of your page available, right?), scroll down to the download section, and right click on 'Direct Link to File' under Links. Select 'Copy Shortcut' (Internet Explorer, 'Copy Link Location' in Firefox, 'Copy Link' in Safari, and 'Copy Link Address' in Opera). Paste this in the URL box and click OK. Save your page. Go to the live view of your page and refresh (reload). The formerly highlighted text should look like the 'this' above and if you click on it should prompt for the download. Edit your page again and unselect the files within the Attach Downloads' area and save. You're golden.

Ask Jan Timpko in the office to make sure that your 'Content Permissions' include 'site ADMIN' and 'SITE PAGES' and that your specific page is selected under 'Site Page Permissions.'
Check that 'Admin?' and 'Trusted?' are selected on the 'Site Manager >> Members' page, although you probably wouldn't have gotten this far without them.

Here you go:


Hi [Contact Person],

As a leader of the [Commissions] group, you've been given a username and password for administrative access to your group's page on the new Christ Church website. This means you and your group can, and are encouraged to, edit their own webpage including photos, documents, and pretty much whatever you wish.

Your username is [Username] and your password is [Password].

To see what your group's page currently looks like, go to the new website at: http://christchurchdearborn.org and then either Get Connected>Ministries or Get Connected>Small Groups and select your group.

To edit your page, please see these FAQ: http://christchurchdearborn.org/content.cfm?id=132&category_id=3
and log in as an administrator using your username and password at this url: http://christchurchdearborn.org/admin


Thanks,

[some other name]

Log in as an administrator using the url: christchurchdearborn.org/admin and enter your user name and password. As a small group or commission leader, you should have access to the 'Email Lists' menu pick in the 'Manage Content >>' box in the upper right which will take you to the 'Site Manager >> Email Lists' page. If not, contact Jan in the office to give you the proper permissions (Content Permissions = Site ADMIN and Email Lists).

To add your group if it doesn't already exist, click on the 'ADD EMAIL LIST' button near the top, enter your group's name as the 'List Name', a description, and select 'small groups' as the 'Category.' Be sure to click the 'SAVE >>' button near the bottom.

To add email addresses to your group's list, click on the 'ADD SUBSCRIBER' button near the top, fill in the name and email address fields, and select your group's list. Be sure to click the 'SAVE >>' button near the bottom. Repeat for the other members of your group.

You can see who's on your group's email list by clicking on '[View Subscribers]' next to your list's name on the 'Site Manager >> Email Lists' page.

To send and email to your group, click on '[Send Email To List]' next to your list's name on the 'Site Manager >> Email Lists' page and fill in the fields and click on 'VERIFY  BEFORE SENDING >>' near the bottom and then 'YES. SEND IT >>' on the next page if, in fact, that's what you want to do.

The ShitoKan Martial Arts Training is based on Japanese Budo (Martial Way). The instructor and Martial Arts students will use a small subset of Japanese in the class; Exercise class students do not need to learn any of this, although you may pick up a few words.

The first 45 minutes of the Martial Art class overlaps with the Exercise class, so that time will be the same. The remaining time will be spent learning classic Martial Arts techniques.  The training period concludes with a breif meditation (zazen).   There may also be a short period discussing philosophy of Martial Arts and Christianity.

The money is used for class supplies, a small payment to the main dojo, and a donation to the church. The instructors are 100% volunteers; their sole motivation is to see you improve in mental, physical and spiritual well being.

Initially, you should just wear comfortable exercise clothing. Eventually, you will need to get a Martial Arts uniform, called gi. A gi can be bought at a sporting goods store or on-line at sites such as www.karatedepot.com.

Yes, however belts (and the rank they represent) are incidental. The focus of the class will be physical health and perfecting techniques.

1) Upload the latest Courier to the files area by going to 'Manage Content > File Library'.Select 'Browse' within the 'Upload File' box, browse to the file on your machine, and click on 'UPLOAD'. The file name should appear in the list below.

2) Go to 'Manage Content > SITE PAGES' and click on '[Edit]' for the 'Courier (monthly)' page. Scroll down to the 'Page Content' pane and select (highlight) the link text, something like 'Download the latest Courier: January 2009'. Click on the icon with the earth and intact chain ('Insert/Edit Link'). Edit the filename at the end of the URL string to be the filename you just uploaded and click on OK.

3) Edit the visible text as necessary.

4) Scroll down and click on 'SAVE'. That's it.


Similarly, you can create a link to a file in the 'File Library' on any page by uploading the file and inserting the link where the URL='christchurchdearborn.nextmeta.com/files/january_2009_courier.pdf' or whatever.