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Show jt lIJo.s A- joy l:o hCW'f. St'shcp ~""('$ 8.:t'nAIh ~ lAoS i'1:> hr.tp c.,I~~4.~ FA.Tk~·s ')0"- ~~. ~tLtj {rlov. ~") _ ~ ~£ p..'JIA.n:, wt. t.o6l< ~ Mrs ~ ,'" 1~ D,'a"·., ao hr.r J",~titif J$O C/oIl'II +"1 'to. 10 rIt~'(' '" ",,1" if""" __ ~"" It- .chClCSr ~l ph.olb~,,¥ hk - h, ~;~ h.&'s bf.lt I I1essage #27 from December, 1979 Canon H.B. Liebler, D.D. . Helen H. Sturges Brother Juniper, O.S.F. at Joan E. Liebler HAT ROCK VALLEY RETREAT CENTER P. O. Box 5, lVlonument Valley, Utah 84536 Tel. 801-727-3291 Nessages Nos 1-26 available on request Just Ask (A few are very scarce) HI, there, everybody! And we hear the question, "Where did this kind of salutation come from? Does "HI" make any sense?" Our Word Expert comes up with the answer: It's very simple - "How are you?" grew into "Haar-you?" and thence to "Hi-you?", and there you are: HI! Simple as all that. Next question? Because my name is at the head of the list above, I must start things off. It is a long time since our last NESSlAGE went out -- it's been a busy summer; many visitors from all parts of the Nation, and we send our thanksto them all for sharing time (and funds) with us. X'word is always needed for those who forget to tell us of their new addresses. Each one involves a return to us of the liiESSAGE with a 25¢ postage-due label. we realize' that a semi-annual periodical suffers in this way as a weekly or even monthly does not. But, we beg of you who are moving, or have recently moved, to help us by sending us a change of address card. The Big Event of ECN (Episcopal Church in iiavajoland - but of course we're in the alphabetititis world) was the annual Convocation, which we were honored to entertain. It was good for us here in the Valley, making us realize that we are a part of something much bigger -- it isn't often that two or three hundred people come in~o this area at once!' A huge "shade" was erected -- the t:radi tional covering for an outdoor meeting in Navajoland -- poles and heavy rods by the dozens were collected and covered with leaft b:ranches, those who couldn't get in under it found room outside! The Bishop presided in his infallibly courteous way. The cleaning-up afterwards took several days! Meetings are held frequently of the clergy in Navajoland - although they seem far away and take a lot of time, when we remember the 400-mile trips to Utah's Capital we breathe a sigh of relief. Our priests are, at the moment, half Indian and half Anglo. F'ather Plummer, at Montezuma Creek, of course is Navajo; Fr Phil Allen at Good Shepherd, Fort Defiance, is Sioux. As both are bi-lingual no translation is needed except ~t meetings of the Standing Committee and others, when laity is involved. And involved is right -never before l~ve so many lay folk been involved in Church matters. It is very heartenln~ to attend these meetings and see and hear so many Navajos exploring and discussing the most appropriate ways in which to bring the saving Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ to their own People. Praise the Lord! |