<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Episcopal Diocese of Long Island</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-image: url(images/blue_background_04.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; } --> </style> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/li_nav.css"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"></head> <body> <table id="container" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1004" align=center> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="117%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="10">&nbsp;</td> <td width="475"><img alt="Diocese of Long Island" src="images/li_banner_2nd.jpg" width=475 height=100></td> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="19" width="50"><img src="images/dotclear.gif" width=85 height=10></td> <td width="936"><span class="copytxt"><a href="index.shtml">&lt; Go to Home Page of the Diocese<br></a></span></td> <td width="18">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td> <hr size="1" width="100%" noShade> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <table id="content" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td height="30"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="headline">Diocesan Youth Ministries</td></tr></tbody></table> <div></div></td> <td class="headline" width="15%">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="200" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="65%"> <p class="lowerbannerhead" align="left">Summer 2009 Youth Night at Madison Square Garden<br>with youth from two congegations and<br>surprise guest Father Larry Provenzano!<br><font size=2><strong>YouTube Video by Matthew Moretz</strong></font></p> <p class="lowerbannerhead" align="left"><font size=2><em>(If you have a slow Internet connection the video may not play smoothly.&nbsp; In that case, let the video play completely once, even though not smoothly.&nbsp; Then use "re-play."&nbsp; It should be smoother the second time.)</em></font></p> <object width="480" height="294"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hVcJI4do97o&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_profilepage&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hVcJI4do97o&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"allowScriptAccess="always" width="480" height="294"></embed></object><br><br>A message from <br><strong>Bishop David B. Joslin</strong><br>Assisting Bishop <p class="copytxt" align="left">The YouTube video above gives a wonderful foretaste of things to come in the episcopate of Bishop Provenzano. It shows happy, energetic young people doing something with their Bishop, and celebrating a very happy event.</p> <p class="copytxt" align="left">It also reveals some things about the character and personality of the new Bishop Coadjutor. He is very human and very approachable. People are comfortable with him and he is comfortable with them.</p> <p class="copytxt" align="left">Moreover, he is not only affable but is a very able leader. His convictions are strong but reasoned. The YouTube video reveals the commitment he has to young people and their inclusion in ongoing life of the church. It is of his nature to combine strong leadership with an inclusive spirit that brings people along with him. At times he reveals a spirit of whimsey which gives buoyancy to his perseverance and consistency.</p> <p class="copytxt" align="left">I speak from experience about all this. He was received into the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church in Christ Church, Westerly, Rhode Island where I was the Rector and we ministered together for a number of years. I was very impressed by his Christian devotion, his love for God's people, his energy, common sense, and ability to both minister and enable others to minister. We quickly became friends and that friendship has endured even when our paths were separated by great distance. Later he became Rector of St. John's Church in North Adams, Massachusetts and later of St. Andrew's Church in Long Meadow, Massachusetts. Through these years I kept track of him largely through information shared with me by other bishops - and it was all good. His nomination to the episcopate was a natural step - apparent perhaps more to us who were his friends than at first to him.</p> <p class="copytxt" align="left">The Diocese of Long Island is a great diocese and has a long history of strong leadership and high achievements. As with all dioceses, it has had its sorrows and difficult times. But I'm betting it will show new strength and energy as it rises to new challenges in the new episcopate that is beginning around us.</p> <hr> <p class="copytxt" align="center"><strong>Ron Rhodes, Interim Diocesan Youth Director</strong><br><a href="mailto:rrhodes@dioceseli.org">rrhodes@dioceseli.org</a></p> <p align="center"><img border="0" hspace="0" src="KidsoftheKingdom2009.pdf" width=0 height=0><img border="0" hspace="0" src="KidsoftheKingdom2009.pdf" width=0 height=0></p></td> <td width="6%">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" width="29%"><img src="images/dymlogosm.jpg" width=145 height=200></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#99ccff" width="65%"> <div align="center"></div></td> <td bgcolor="#99ccff" width="6%">&nbsp;</td> <td bgcolor="#99ccff" width="29%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td valign="top" width="15%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td class="whitetext" height="19"><a class="linkwhite" href="#"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></body></html>