(–Per the diocesan website, the Rt. Rev. Edward Lee is Assisting Bishop for Ordinations and Coordinator of Campus\/Young Adult Ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania<\/i>).<\/p>\n
Since 1976 when the current Book of Common Prayer restored the sacramental significance and centrality of Holy Baptism to the liturgical and ministerial life of The Episcopal Church, an interesting and exciting movement has been emerging and bubbling up in congregations and dioceses. Simply stated it\u2019s called the \u201cMinistry in Daily Life\u201d\u009d movement. It has no formal national organization. Rather, it has local manifestations generated by people who are convinced that the Baptismal Covenant is the basis for intentional baptismal living and ministry every day of the week.<\/p>\n
In the Diocese of Pennsylvania this movement has been spearheaded for over 20 years by the Center for Baptismal Living (CBL), a group of lay and clergy persons who have been committed to finding ways to raise the awareness of
\nboth individuals and parishes to the question, what does it mean to be \u201csealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ\u2019s own forever\u201d\u009d (BCP, p. 308)? Or put another way, what does baptismal living look like Monday through Saturday after the Christian community has gathered on Sunday and exited to the dismissal, \u201cGo in peace to love and serve the Lord\u201d\u009d?<\/p>\n