Lay professionals urged to feel their authority

Notes: Nearly 60 member of the National Network of Lay Professionals (NNLP) met at Trinity Conference Center in Cornwall, Conn., 15-17 June 2001. The keynote address was given by lay Canon Rick Johnson of GraceCom, the media ministry of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. "GraceCom, an online spirituality magazine, reaches 60,000 Web visitors a month, Johnson said. The cathedral also `Webcasts' its Sunday choral Eucharist -- live in stereo -- and records evensong with the choir of men and boys. TV documentaries and ads are also part of the media mix." "In addition to inspiration and the equally important fellowship of the NNLP gathering, workshops were offered in practical issues such as lay pensions, offered by representatives of the Church Pension Fund, human resources issues and work as ministry".

Subjects: National Network of Lay Professionals (NNLP); Lay ministry - Episcopal Church; Johnson, Rick (Richard)