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Sunday, June 5, 2016 - Pentecost 3
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St. Paul's Vernal
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As we get closer to our 150th Anniversary, we are featuring historic photos of the diocese. This is St. Paul's Vernal. We are not sure of the year but we do know it was Palm Sunday. Note the stove pipe leading from the pot belly stove (top right).
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Bishop's Summer Message
Bishop Hayashi offers blessings for our summer season. He also hopes that we are reflective of our Christian values as we face important political decisions during the next several months.
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Craig Wirth Honored
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Episcopal Communicators
Craig Wirth, Diocesan Director of Communications, received the Janette Pierce Award at the April 2016 Episcopal Communicators Conference held in Portland, Oregon. Wirth was recognized for his exceptional contributions to the ministry of communications. Wirth's peers praised his unique ability to provide expertise and state of the art communications services by offering workshops and producing videos on numerous social justice ministries and church history, as well as assisting other diocesan and parish communicators.
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Craig Wirth with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Episcopal Communicators Conference
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arah R. Bartenstein, President of Episcopal Communicators, a church wide organization, commented "The most recent example of Craig's work is the excellent support he provided, in partnership with a supportive Bishop and excellent colleagues, at the 2015 General Convention held in Salt Lake City".
He was also presented with the Episcopal Communicators Polly Bond Excellence in Long Form Video Award for his video about the The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi and other Bishops visiting Cuba.
A native of Great Falls, Montana, Wirth is a four-time New York and Los Angeles Emmy Award winner for his previous broadcast work. He was formerly employed as a network correspondent and major station reporter in Los Angeles and New York City. He continues his gig as the weekly host of "Wirth Watching" every Sunday night at 10:00 on local ABC 4. In his spare time, he is a faculty member at the University of Utah. He also produces public television documentaries.
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St. Stephen's, WVC Becomes a Family Promise Site
From: The Rev. Mary Janda, Vicar
St. Stephens, West Valley City
In a new partnership with Family Promise Salt Lake, St. Stephen's, West Valley City, is preparing to welcome homeless guest families.
On Sunday, June 5th at 1:00 p.m., The Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi will conduct a blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch St. Stephen's new hospitality suite. T
he new space will offer private and common rooms, showers, and laundry facilities. Meals will also be provided.
The Family Promise model is an interfaith, non-proselytizing, alliance that provides a more humane, cost-effective, community-based approach to combat homelessness. Utah's 2015 Comprehensive Report on Homelessness states that 14,516 individuals were homeless and 42% of this number are individuals in families. St. Stephen's partnership with San Esteban Episcopal Church, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Granger Community church and the Hepisipa Wesleyan Church demonstrates a successful model for how faith communities can work together to ameliorate
pressing social needs in their communities.
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Diocesan Work and Worship Day
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Bishop Hayashi invites everyone to join him for a day in the mountains at Camp Tuttle! Our
Work and Worship Day
starts at 9:00 a.m and goes until 3:00 p.m. We will work together to get camp ready for our summer season and enjoy a BBQ lunch. Afterwards, we will sing camp songs and worship together at the camp's outdoor chapel.
As usual, wear work clothes and bring a pair of work gloves.
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Diocesan Council Notes
The Diocesan Council, one of the four governing bodies of the diocese, consists of six elected lay and three elected clergy members. Additionally, Bishop Hayashi, Canon Chancellor Stephen Hutchinson,The Rev. Canon Mary June Nestler, and Diocesan Treasurer, Ms. Sandra Garrard, function as ex officio members, giving them a seat and voice but no vote. Chancellor Hutchinson explains that the Council "develops, adopts and monitors the diocese's annual budget, advises the Bishop on financial issues and oversees diocesan programs".
The Council approved and oversaw the installation of security cameras throughout the ECCU campus this spring. Cameras were installed in the ECCU building, at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, and at various outside locations on the property.
In other news, The Rev. Trace Browning, Rector at All Saints, was elected to the position of Vice President of the Diocesan Council's Executive Committee. Mr. Ron Kastner and Mr. Russ Pack were elected to serve as lay members of the Executive Committee and will work closely with Bishop Hayashi and the Rev. Canon Mary June Nestler on a variety of diocesan projects in the coming year. Monica Daly will continue to serve as the Secretary to the Executive Committee.
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Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)
The Rev. Deanna Sue Adams, deacon at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 589 South 200 East, Brigham City, UT, and diocesan Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) coordinator, reports that the Diocese of Utah, contributed $6,850 to ERD in the first quarter of 2016.
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The Rev. Deanna Sue Adams awaits her plane connection from an ERD meeting in Chicago
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Deacon Adams reminds everyone that if an individual sends in money to national headquarters and identifies his/her congregation, the congregation's name will be noted as the giver. If no congregation is noted, the amount is just included in the total for our diocese. If desired, donations can be designated for a specific purp
ose.
Since there is usually a matching amount given by an anonymous donor around year's end, many congregations send in their contributions during the last quarter. This year, our diocesan convention offering will be included in the second quarter.
Remember to mark your calendar's for the ever popular
Chicken Dinner ERD Fund Raiser held at St. Michael's every year on the first Saturday of November. This year it is scheduled for November 5th.
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Bishops Group Urges Episcopalians to Wear Orange
Today, June 2nd, Bishops United Against Gun Violence
urge everyone to wear orange as a sign of their commitment to reduce gun violence in their communities. The advocacy group, consisting of 60 Episcopal bishops, supports background checks on all gun purchases and other violence prevention measures.
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"Poll after poll demonstrates that some 85 percent of Americans, including the large majority of gun owners and members of the National Rifle Association, favor background checks on all gun purchases, yet Congress won't act," said the Rev. Mark Beckwith of the Diocese of Newark, NJ. "We need to take every opportunity to illustrate just how widespread the support for this simple legislation really is".
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Utah Ministry Formation Program (UMFP)
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Episcopal Church Center of Utah, home of UMFP.
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The Diocese of Utah established the Utah Ministry Formation Program (UMFP) in 2007. The program provides local training to people from Utah and other Intermountain West dioceses who are preparing for ordination to the diaconate and priesthood in the Episcopal Church. UMFP is designed for those choosing not to attend residential seminary, although some may wish to continue their work at a residential seminary. The program is also open to lay persons who desire to strengthen their ministries or to use UMFP to assist them in discerning their ministry path. Lay persons seeking to be licensed by the Bishop for specialized ministries such as preacher, eucharistic minister, catechist, etc., may also benefit from participating in the program.
The program operates on a two year cycle beginning each August, one weekend a month for ten months each year. Classes meet at the Episcopal Church Center of Utah (ECCU) in downtown Salt Lake City.
For additional information about UMFP or to request an application, contact Barbara Losse:
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June 16th Ordinations
By the grace of God and with the people's consent, Charles Henry Knuth and Timothy John Yanni will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. The event will take place at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Knuth, from All Saint's Salt Lake City, is a recent graduate of Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, and Mr. Yanni, from St. Mary's, Provo, will graduate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), Berkeley, CA, this month.
Your prayers and presence are requested. The festival color is red. A reception immediately follows the service in the Dean's Hall.
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Event and Guest Services Coordinator Needed
The Episcopal Diocese of Utah is hiring for an Event and Guest Services Coordinator to work at the Episcopal Church Center of Utah (ECCU). Click on the following link for a complete job description
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If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter, resume and contact information for three references to Rhonda Uber:
[email protected].
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Camp Tuttle 2016 Summer Schedule
(June 19 - 20) 8th -12th Grade Moab Trip Camp-
FULL
(June 26 - 29) 3rd - 4th Grade Mini Camp
(July 10 - 15) 5th - 6th Grade Camp
(July 17 - 22) 7th-8th Grade Camp
(July 24 - 19) High School Adventure
(August 5-7) Family Camp
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June 2, 2016
