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News from the Bishop's Office
Saint Francis Center Apartments at Cathedral Square approved for funding
The Saint Francis Center Apartments at Cathedral Square took a step closer to reality last week as Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) approved funding for the project. The tax credit funding will fund the majority of construction expenses, and ground breaking is tentatively scheduled for January 2016.
The Saint Francis Center Apartments at Cathedral Square will be constructed on what is now the St. John's Cathedral parking lot in the 1400 block of Colfax Avenue in Denver. St. John's Cathedral has donated the land. The apartments will provide a permanent home to 50 formerly homeless people. This is the second permanent, supportive housing development established by the Saint Francis Center. The Cornerstone Residences at St. Francis Center opened in December 2009.
Three Colorado Jubilee Ministries win grants
Three Colorado Jubilee Ministries are among the 14 ministries worldwide chosen to receive Jubilee Ministry grants in 2015, Episcopal Church officials have announced.
The three Colorado ministries are:
- The 32nd Avenue Jubilee Center in Denver, which will receive a $1,500 grant to hire a North High School student to spend the coming school year to work as an intern in the ministry's After-School program, which is designed to improve the academic and life skills of at-risk K-8 children.
- St. Raphael's Episcopal Church in Security, awarded $1,493 to purchase tricycles, helmets, playground balls, a sensory table and other play equipment to provide for indoor and outdoor learning at St. Raphael's Place, the childcare center that the parish will launch this fall.
- Brigit's Community Resources, a ministry of St. Brigit's Episcopal Church in Frederick, which will receive $1,000 to partially fund an AmeriCorps intern to create a curriculum for the 2016 summer camp program in the parish's community garden.
Elections for Standing Committee and High Plains Region Executive Committee
The High Plains Region is seeking nominations for a Clergy Representative to the Standing Committee, and for Clergy and Lay Representatives to the High Plains Region Executive Committee. Elections will be held at Fall Convocation on Saturday, Aug. 29. Please contact Maria Wilson, High Plains Region Administrator, at 303-388-4395 or [email protected] for information about the nomination process.
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Diocesan Convention
WHEN:
October 1-3, 2015: The Convention will begin with the Eucharist Thursday, October 1, at 7 p.m., at Grace and St. Stephen's, Colorado Springs, and conclude in the mid-afternoon Saturday, October 3.
WHERE:
Hotel Elegante, 2886 S. Circle Drive (formerly the Crowne Plaza), Colorado Springs, 80906
To reserve lodging please call: 1-800-981-4012 OR 719-576-5900 and identify yourself as a member of the Episcopal Church and group code # 840057, or
click here to reserve a room online.
Aug. 7
: Deadline to submit reports to convention
Aug. 17: Designation and registration deadline
Aug. 31: Cutoff to reserve lodging at Hotel Elegante
Sept. 4: Exhibitors/booth registration deadline
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Christian Formation and Spiritual Growth
Drawing your inner landscape: A contemplative art experience
Aug. 8, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, 7520 S. Boulder Road, Boulder
Learn more about who you are and what your inner landscape looks like using contemplative exploration with color and shape. The class is taught by Suzanne Frazier, who combines a degree in art with a degree in philosophy. Cost is $149 per person, or $229 for two, plus a $15 materials fee.
Register online.
The language of love with Connie Shelley
Aug. 20, 4-6:15 p.m., St. Stephen's, Longmont
Since 2012, the U.S has about 7.5 million more Americans who are no longer active in religion. Dr. Ilia Delio believes that people are leaving faith traditions by the thousands because religion is no longer relevant to our culture. We, as spiritual directors, will be seeing more people who identify as "seekers" or as "spiritual but not religious" and, in fact, we ourselves may be categorized as such. It may now be time to begin looking to the things of the 21st century. We may need to seek the Wisdom that will enable us to read the language of technologys; and science in order to expand the meaning of the Holy, for them as well as for us. Sponsored by Spiritual Direction Colorado.
Cost is $15 to $30, as you are able.
Register online.
Information: 720-290-4771 or [email protected].
The Practice of Zen
Aug 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aspen Chapel, 77 Meadowwood Drive, Aspen
The Rev. Robert Kennedy, a Catholic priest and author of "Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit" and "Zen Gifts to Christians," will offer a one-day workshop on Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Aspen Chapel in Aspen. A suggested donation is $50, but sponsors will accept whatever you can pay.
Read more.
Spiraling In: Your Sacred Path
Aug. 29, 9 a.m. to noon, St. Ambrose, 7520 S. Boulder Road, Boulder
Use finger labyrinths and a walking labyrinth to creatively explore the three paths you walk in life: self, relationship, and community. The class also includes time for jJournaling, contemplative expression, and group interaction. Sponsored by the Creative Life Center at St. Ambrose. Cost is $99 or two for $149.
Register online.
Mosaics at Peacewhisper
Sept. 4-6, Dove Creek
Come explore modern mosaics with Kathy Thaden in a contemplative setting west of Dove Creek, Colorado. The weekend retreat includes reflection, prayer, music and silence as well as hands-on instruction with time of intentionally focusing on the creative process. To register, contact Peacewhisper, (970)846-8466.
Cost is $295 per person, including a shared room and meals; camping is available for $225 per person. A $25 materials fee is payable to Thaden, plus optional tools and supplies will also be available for purchase.
Learn more about Peacewhisper Retreat Center.
Centering Prayer Retreat
Sept. 24-27, The Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale
Sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas Spirituality. The weekend will be spent in centering prayer, lectio divina and silence. It is open to those who have already practiced centering prayer in their daily lives for at least six months. Cost is $245.
Download a flyer and registration instructions.
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Concerts
Jazz in the Garden: Al Eberhart and the Changing Times Band
Aug. 7, 7 p.m., Grace & St. Stephens, 601 Tejon St., Colorado Springs
A regular with the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society, Al Eberhart and the Changing Times Band were the house band at The Tavern at the Broadmoor for nearly two decades. Today they play over 200 gigs a year throughout Colorado, providing big band, dance and swing that thrill audiences wherever they go. Eberhart is Professor of High Brass and Artist-in-Residence at CSU-Pueblo. The concert is in the Memorial Garden at the corner of North Tejon and Monument streets. it's free. Feel free to bring picnics, lawn chairs and blankets. In case of rain, concerts will be inside the parish hall.
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FUN Stuff
Shamrock Festival
Aug. 8, 5-8 p.m., St. Patrick's, 225 S. Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs
Tickets cost $20 and will offer entrance into the festival, heavy hors d'oeuvres, two drink tickets, music, dancing and the opportunity to bid on a silent auction. St. Patrick's will be partnering this year with Habitat for Humanity, with all proceeds from the event benefiting Habitat's 25th house build in Archuleta County. The festival will include great food, beer, wine and soft drinks, as well as music by local artists Jack Ellis and June Marquez. Line dancing in the parking lot is encouraged. Items for raffle include a handmade queen-size quilt and matching pillows; and a handcrafted 8-foot fly rod. Proceeds from the quilt and fly rod will benefit outreach by St. Patrick's to local nonprofit organizations and the church's food bank ministry.
Information or to buy tickets: 970-731-5801.
Aug. 11, 4:30 p.m., Broomfield Farmers Market at Holy Comforter, 1700 W. 10th Ave., Broomfield
Armed only with fresh produce, meat and other ingredients from farmers' market vendors, two local chefs will square off
at the fourth annual Iron Chef Challenge at the Broomfield Farmers' Market at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church.
Steven Yacovetta, sous chef at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield will defend the Resort's 2014 title against challenger Chef Scott Yosten, owner of The Butler Did It Fine Foods and Catering, in a duel to see who can whip up the most delectable dishes prepared from the fresh produce and meat available at the Broomfield market.
Neighborhood block party
Aug. 16, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Christ the King, 6490 Carr St., Arvada
Start the school year off right. Christ the King will provide music, games, hamburgers and hot dogs, homemade ice cream, beverages, and a blessing for backpacks (students) and totebags (teachers).
Feasting on Colorado: A Colorado-themed
dinner and silent auction to benefit the 32nd Avenue Jubilee Center
Aug. 21, 6:30-9 p.m., St. Paul's, 9200 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood
Join in the annual fundraising event for one of our Jubilee Ministries. Tickets are $25 per person. RSVP to [email protected] or call 303-477-3944.
Benefit for the Nuba Christian Family Mission
Aug. 29, 3-5 p.m., 30 Polo Club Circle, Denver
Proceeds from this fund-raiser, at the home of Chuck and Debbie Woods, will be used to buy food and medicine for the people of the Nuba Mountains area of Sudan. It will include a Louisiana barbecue and native Sudanese foods. Special guests include Samuel Totten, genocide scholar and professor emeritus of curriculum and instruction at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Emmy Award-winning journalist Tamara Banks; Dr. C. Louis Perrinjaquet, president of High Country Health Care in Summit County and medical director of Doctors to the World; and the Rev. Heidi McGinness, director of outreach for Christian Solidarity International. RSVP to Anne P. Kowalik at [email protected], or 303-263-1939.
Learn more about the Nuba Christian Family Mission.
Western Slope peaches for sale
The sale will benefit Family and Youth Ministries at St. Barnabas, Denver, as well as a terrific small family farm in Palisade. Cost is $24 for a 10-pound box or $35 for an 18-pound box. All orders must be received by Aug. 9. Peaches will be available for pickup at St. Barnabas, 1280 Vine St., on Saturday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or Sunday, Aug. 23, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 4-5 p.m. To place an order, contact Tina Clark, [email protected].
Room for Hope Palestinian Arts and Culture Festival
Sept. 20-27, various venues in Denver, Fort Collins and Boulder
The Colorado Chapter of Bright Stars for Bethlehem will bring a group of Muslim and Christian musicians, dancers and artists to Colorado to join with the Georges Lammam Ensemble to show the human face of Palestinians and to raise scholarship funds for students attending Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, Palestine. Accompanying the students will be the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, director of the Diyar Consortium and president of Dar al-Kalima University. He will give presentations on his latest book, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes.
See a complete schedule of events.
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Special events
Race and Justice Worship Service
Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Shorter AME Church, 3100 Richard Allen Court, Denver
This worship experience will be a time of ecumenical and interfaith fellowship bringing together the Denver faith community and the African Methodist Episcopal Church pastors and conference delegates from Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. Bishop Theodore Larry Kirkland, Presiding Bishop for the AME, will also be in attendance. During this worship experience Shorter will announce its Social Justice Ministry's plan for promoting racial justice in Denver. Men are also invited to take part in an ecumenical men's choir.
RSVP to Richelle Fry Skinner.
Community of Hope Informational Meeting
Aug. 9, noon to 1 p.m., Chapel of Our Saviour, 8 Fourth St., Colorado Springs
Chapel of Our Savior launched a chapter of Community of Hope International last year, and is now looking for new members, and is looking to help those from other parishes who would like to start chapters. Community of Hope was founded by an Episcopal priest to offer a place for people who provide pastoral care to meet and share their experiences and offer support to each other, through prayer and study of the Rule of St. Benedict. At the information session, members of the group will be available to answer questions and provide details regarding the training class.
Information: Terri Horanic, Circle of Care Coordinator, Chapel of Our Savior, 785-220-4818.
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Youth events
Oct. 23-25, Frontier Ranch, Buena Vista
Quest is a weekend event for youth in grades 6-12. This year's theme: Quenched! Youth will
examine the ways our souls can become dry, learn to recognize the living water that is offered to us through Jesus, and in turn, quench our souls, and help quench the souls of those around us.
Registration deadline is Sept. 30. Cost is $150.
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Equipping Episcopalians to love and serve the Lord
EUCHARISTIC VISITOR TRAINING
Saturday, August 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grace & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs
Led by the Rev. Sally Ziegler and the Rev. Linda Seracuse
SAFEGUARDING GOD'S CHILDREN WORKSHOPS*
Aug 15, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
St. Brigit's, 110 Johnson St., Frederick
To register, contact Niles Oien.
Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Intercession Episcopal, 3101 E. 100th Ave., Thornton
Class will be available in both English AND Spanish
To register, call Intercession, 303-451-8085.
St. Elizabeth's School, 2350 Gaylord St.
To register, call the school, 303-322-4209
September 19,
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
St. Andrew's, 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver.
To register, contact Mary Antinoro, 303-296-1712.
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Can't get to a face-to-face workshop? Consider taking the training online. You can register for Safeguarding God's Children or for Prevention of Sexual Exploitation (required for all Eucharistic Visitors) by going to this page on our diocesan website. Once registered, you'll receive a user name, password and further instructions, usually within 72 hours of registering. Questions:
Sarah McAfee
, 303-837-2273.
GODLY PLAY
Godly Play in a Nutshell
Sept. 26, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
St. John's Cathedral, Room 103
Whether you are new to Godly Play or want to deepen your practice and connect with others in the area, this training will be appropriate for any adult who wants to go a bit deeper. Together with accredited Godly Play trainers Kim McPherson and Sally Thomas, you will hear stories, focus on the best practices for storytellers and door people, and swap ideas and learnings to "get ready" as the new year begins.
Cost is $25, paid at the door, and includes lunch, ordered from Snarf's. The class is limited to 25 participants.
Questions? Leave message for Godly Play Trainers Kim McPherson (303-577-7729) or Sally Thomas (303-296-1712 x3)
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In the news
The Denver Post, Aug. 4
The Broomfield Farmer's Market at Holy Comforter offers all manner of goods from the field through the summer, but come Aug. 11, it will serve up a once-a-year treat: its annual Iron Chef Challenge featuring two local chefs.
Vail Daily,
July 24
The Rev. Keith Brooks takes part in this mini church version of Woodstock, a combination of grilled food, an RV home tour, community togetherness, games and music.
Broomfield Enterprise,
July 25
This Jubilee Ministry, part of Church of the Holy Comforter, is open rain or shine on Tuesdays, but the wacky summer weather has dampened crowds and revenue. The story is accompanied by a great gallery of photos of the Farmers' Market.
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Employment Opportunities
| Please distribute these announcements to those who may be qualified for or interested in any of these opportunities. Complete information about open positions is available on the employment page of the Diocesan web site. Part-time communications director, Church of the Nativity, Grand Junction Part-time Sunday school teacher, Church of the Nativity, Grand Junction
Part-time organist/pianist, Sunday service, Christ Church, Canon City
Organist/accompanist, St. Timothy's, Centennial
Development coordinator, St. John's Cathedral Senior Ministry Program Coordinator - St. Timothy's, Centennial Part-time children and youth missioner, St. Mary Magdalene, Boulder Part-time parish administrator, St. James Episcopal Church, Wheat Ridge Director of Education and Family Ministries, St. John the Baptist, Breckenridge Youth Leader, Holy Comforter, Broomfield Associate rector for leadership development and vocational discovery, St. Luke's, Fort Collins Director of Communications and Connectivity, St. Luke's, Fort Collins Communications and Marketing Director - Bishop's Staff Nursery worker, St. Ambrose, Boulder Part-time organist, St. Bart's, Estes Park Events support staff person, St. John's Cathedral Nursery Director, Ascension, Pueblo Church Musician, Church of the Ascension, Salida Nursery Worker, St. Ambrose, Boulder |
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