Coffee Hour at The Commons, ECCT's New Podcast!
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ECCT has launched a new podcast:
Coffee Hour at The Commons
, where faith meets daily life in conversations, stories, and even some sermons!
Your hosts, Karin and Alli, interview interesting people around the Episcopal Church in Connecticut and beyond over a cup of coffee. Two episodes are live, and a third will be released on Friday!
If you have any ideas for show topics or know of an interesting individual/ministry happening in ECCT,
send us an email
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Women's Day Conference & open invitation to CT's March For Our Lives in Hartford, March 24
"Equipping and Empowering God's Women: A Way Forward" a conference
celebrating International Women's Day, on March 24 at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford.
Program begins at 9:00 a.m. with worship to conclude at 12:30 p.m.
R
egistration available
here
.
After worship, all are invited to join the CT - March For Our Lives rally against gun violence. Folks will gather at the Cathedral & march to the State Capital building for the rally. Information is available
here
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#CraftChurch? New missional experiment in ECCT gathers over 100 participants at New England Brewing Company for church!
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Go where the people are. Do church differently. Jesus and God are not restricted to Sunday mornings in a place with pews. Over 100 folks gathered at
New England Brewing Company
on Sunday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. for a new missional experiment within the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, #CraftChurch.
This idea came to be as a product of several churches in ECCT collaborating together to think outside the church walls. The Rev. Tricia Pasley from
St. Andrew's in Milford
(one of many ECCT parishes and worshiping communities represented on Sunday evening) floated the idea after a conversation about low church attendance of folks in their 20s and 30s,
"What if we did church at a bar?"
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REGISTER TODAY for ECCT's Spring Training & Gathering, Saturday April 7
Register today
for the Spring Training & Gathering, a day of fellowship, learning, prayer and fun. All are welcome - people in the pews to vestry members to parish leaders and staff.
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Resources including discussion questions, daily meditations, and videos are available
here
. Join the discussion on social media throughout #ECCT by commenting on our daily and weekly (Saturday afternoon) posts. Be sure to follow ECCT on Facebook (
link here
) and Twitter (
link here
) to participate!
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What's happening in the Regions:
(links and the top item listed on each Region's web page, if any)
- Check the Facebook page for details!
- March 24: Equipping and Empowering God’s Women: A Way Forward at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
- March 31 at 7:30 p.m. - Easter Vigil: Trinity on the Green, New Haven and the Episcopal Church at Yale, 7:30 p.m.
- March 24: Equipping and Empowering God’s Women: A Way Forward at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
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Job openings may be found
here on the website
. NOTE: Applicants will be able to submit their resume and cover letter to the contact person directly from the ECCT website, if that option is chosen by the person submitting the position for posting.
- Director of Music Ministry, St. Mark's, New Canaan
- Music Director, All Saints', Wolcott
- Sexton, St. Paul's, Southington
- Director of Christian Formation for Children and Youth, St. Paul's, Southington
- Minister of Music, Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown
- Nursery Caregiver, St. John's, Stamford
- Music Director, Christ Church, Trumbull
For open Clergy positions please click
here
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Announcements & Reminders
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Please continue to fill out the parish/worshiping community survey for the ECCT database
A survey was launched in July 2017 to provide robust data on parishes, along with policies and procedures to make some of that data available for direct collaboration among parishes and worshiping communities.
Thanks so much to the following churches that completed their survey since the last announcement:
St. Mark's, New Britian
!
Would you like to see the beta version of the "expanded parish directory" that this data helps to produce? We have not heard from all parishes yet and there is more data cleanup and directory formatting that we're addressing. Also, FYI, data on clergy is pulled from a separate database. Comments welcome.
Click here for a PDF.
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Bishop's Book Study at Camp Washinton, March 20
Join others at Camp Washington on March 20 at 11:00 a.m., for an hour long book discussion, led by Bishop Laura J. Ahrens, with continued conversation over lunch. The book begin discussed is
Falling Upward by Richard Rohr
. The discussion is open to everyone, even if you have not read the book! Please
see this flyer
for more information!
There is no cost to attend, however, registration is required via
Eventbrite
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Adult Retreat with Sophfronia Scott, March 23 - 24
In this insightful program, novelist and essayist Sophfronia Scott will facilitate a weekend of reading, writing, and discovery, writing your own spiritual story.
More information and tickets available on
Evenbrite
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Holy Tuesday Quiet Day, Renewal of Ordination Vows & Blessing of Holy Oils for ELCA and ECCT Clergy, March 27
Lutheran and Episcopal Clergy in Connecticut are invited to come together for a day of prayer, quiet, rest, and reflection with God and one another in the beauty of God’s creation at Camp Washington.
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SUMMA Student Theological Debate Society accepting applications for Debate Camp
SUMMA Student Theological Debate Society
is inviting high school students entering grades 9–12 in the fall of 2018 to apply for SUMMA Debate Camp, held
July 17–25
at the
University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
At the end of camp, the SUMMA prize is awarded to the student who best exemplifies the spirit of SUMMA camp:
speaking the truth in love.
More information available
here
or
here
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Icon Writing Workshop, May 4-6 and May 11-13 at Trinity, Newtown
Writing icons (practically speaking, painting the image onto a gesso board with acrylics) is an ancient practice of prayer and contemplation.
And, you don't need to be an artist to write an icon. Step-by-step, students are guided in the process of icon writing. "Trying On" a new
spiritual practice.
The cost per person is $325, with a deposit of $100 needed by April 1st.
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Events below are coming up in the next few weeks:
ECCT OFFERINGS:
The ECCT calendar is located
here
. It allows you to filter events by category and includes a subscribe link at the bottom of the page. Specific details including locations, times, etc. will also be found there.
- March 20, Bishop's Book Study, Camp Washington
- March 20, Missional and Conditional Priests in Charge Gathering, The Commons
- March 24, "Equipping and Empowering God's Women: A Way Forward," Christ Church Cathedral
- March 27, Renewal of Ordination Vows & the Blessing of Holy Oils, Camp Washington
- March 27, Convention Planning, Christ Church Cathedral
- March 30, THE COMMONS IS CLOSED
- April 3, Camp Washington Board Meeting, The Commons
BISHOPS' VISITS:
- March 25: Bishop Ahrens, Trinity, Hartford; Bishop Douglas, St. Barnabas', Greenwich
- April 1: Bishop Ahrens, St. James', New Haven
- April 8: Bishop Ahrens, Holy Trinity, Middletown; Bishop Douglas, Trinity, Trumbull
- April 15: Bishop Ahrens, Emmanuel, Killingworth; Bishop Douglas, St. John's, West Hartford
- April 22: Bishop Ahrens, St. John's, New Milford
- April 29: Bishop Ahrens, St. John's, Essex; Bishop Douglas, St. Paul's, Westbrook
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All Parish, Region, and Ministry Network events are posted on
this calendar
.
Below are the upcoming events for the next two weeks. Hosting an event? Please submit
ALL
parish, Region, and Ministry Network events
using this form
,
you may select as many categories that apply to your event as needed. Please indicate which region your event is in by selecting the appropriate region category.
Reach out to the specific parish for event updates, specific locations, and further details.
PLEASE check to see if your event is already on the calendar before you submit it.
PARISH EVENTS:
Regular worship services, including season-specific, will not be listed below.
- March 20, Recharge your faith, Lenten invitation, Trinity, Wethersfield
- March 21, Blues in Lent, St. Mark's, New Canaan
- March 22, Evening Prayer Vigil Against Gun Violence, St. Timothy's, Fairfield
- March 23, Come Walk the Way of the Cross, Grace Church, Hartford
- March 24, Quiet morning for reflection and prayer, Holy Trinity, Enfield
- March 24, Prayer Vigil, Church of the Epiphany, Durham
- March 25, Choral Evensong, St. John's, West Hartford
- March 30, Good Friday Day Camp, St. John's, North Haven
- March 30, Come Walk the Way of the Cross, Grace, Hartford
- March 31, Easter Egg Hunt, St. Francis, Stamford
- March 31, Les Corps Glorieux, Christ Church, Greenwich
REGION MEETINGS & EVENTS:
- March 31, North Central and South Central Region Confirmations
MINISTRY NETWORK MEETINGS & EVENTS:
- March 22, Hispanic Ministry Network meeting, The Commons
- March 24, "Equipping and Empowering God's Women: A Way Forward" Women's Ministry Network Conference
- March 26, FBBB Lenten Series: Breathing Under Water
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SAFE CHURCH TRAINING:
The spring safe church schedule for laity is online
here
. If you serve in a parish, you want to make sure your lay leaders attend safe church training or re-certification, if required or recommended for them based on their position. You must register online; registration closes seven days before the session, or when it is full. Sessions with fewer than 10 people registered may be cancelled. Questions? Contact
Deb Kenney
.
Comprehensive (Basic) Safe Church Training
For ordained and lay ministers who have not yet attended a training in Connecticut
- Option 1 - full day, includes lunch
- April 14: St. Michael's, Litchfield - Register Here
- May 12: St. James', New London - Register Here
- Option 2 - hybrid program with online training plus shortened live follow-up
- March 20, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.: Christ Church, Pomfret - Register Here
- March 24, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.: St. John's, West Hartford - Register Here
- April 18, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.: St. John's, Stamford - Register Here
- April 26, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.: Christ Church, Easton - Register Here
- April 28, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.: St. Peter's, Hebron - Register Here
- May 14, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.: Trinity, New Haven - Register Here
- May 19, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Christ Church, Roxbury - Register Here
- May 22, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.: St. Mary's, Manchester - Register Here
Recertification Training for Lay Persons
For lay ministers who attended a full day of basic safe church training three to five years ago
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