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Scripture In Context
The
se writings have been prepared by
Tom O'Brien, a Canon
and
Examining Chaplain for Scripture for the Diocese of Southeast Florida.
We thank Tom for sharing his learning an
d love
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Episcopal News Service Launches Press Release Service for Dioceses, Congregations, Organizations
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Expanding its services to assist in telling the news of the church, Episcopal News Service (ENS) has launched a new Press Release Service for dioceses, congregations, church organizations, groups and institutions.
Located here, the Press Release Service enables dioceses and church-related agencies, organizations and institutions to submit press releases for publication on the Episcopal News Service. The Press Release Service is offered at no cost, but paid options are also available to reach a wider audience.
According to Matt Davies, ENS advertising and web manager, the ENS audience currently includes an average of 105,000 unique users per month and more than 16,000 opt-in newsletter subscribers. "The new Press Release Service builds on other popular ENS services that provide free and paid options for readers to list jobs and calls, events, books and people news items," Davies explained.
ENS offers in-depth reporting and analysis of local, regional, national and international news for Episcopalians and others interested in the church's mission and ministry. Providing written and multimedia coverage, it is the officially sponsored online news source of the Episcopal Church.
Submitting information:
ENS offers the following ways to share your news.
To submit a press release for inclusion on the Episcopal News Service,
click here
To publish a People news item (e.g.
a
new position, ordination, award or honor),
click here
To publish a Job or Call listing,
click here
To publish an Event listing,
click here
To publish a Book listing,
click here
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To learn more, please contact:
Mr. Jim Carlton,
Emergency Response Coordinator
The Bishop's Office
800-268-9993 ext. 116
305-373-0881 ext. 116
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Message to All Clergy, Wardens, School Leadership, and the Leadership of our Special Ministries
30 June 2017
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
As we look ahead to the future of our diocese, the sustainability of our congregations, schools, and special ministries is of crucial importance. Essential to the well-being of every organization is a strategic plan to help keep the community on
course
. Since we are only as strong as the individual communities that make up
out
common life, without such basic work, as a diocese we shall not flourish.
The Nehemiah leadership has arranged a day-long workshop on strategic planning on Saturday, 26 August 2017, at Saint Paul's, Delray Beach, led by a recognized expert in this work. www.nehemiahprocess.org.
This workshop is free and open to all, and I hope that every diocesan organization will send at least one person to this workshop.
Whether you have a strategic plan already, or are thinking of doing this, or do not know how to go about such work, this workshop is essential in building the capacity of all our communities. Such work strengthens us all.
With every blessing and encouragement.
+Peter
Message au ClergĆ©, Marguilliers, Leaders de nos Ćcoles, et Leaders des MinistĆØres SpĆ©cialises
30
de
juin
2017
Chers SÅurs et FrĆØres en Christ,
En regardant l'avenir de notre diocĆØse, la durabilitĆ© de nos congrĆ©gations, Ć©coles, et ministĆØres spĆ©cialises est d'importance cruciale. Un plan stratĆ©gique est essentiel pour le bien ĆŖtre de chaque organisation en vue de garder la communautĆ© sur la voie. Puisque nous sommes seulement aussi forts que le sont les communautĆ©s individuelles qui forment notre vie commune. Sans
ce
travail
de
base nous
ne
fleurirons
pas
comme
diocĆØse.
Le leadership de Nehemiah a organisƩ un atelier de planning stratƩgique d'une journƩe,
le samedi
26 ao
ƻt 2017,
a
Saint Paul's, Delray Beach, dirigƩ par
un
expert reconnu dans son
ce
domaine
.
www.nehemiahprocess.org
Cet
atelier
est
a
titre
gratuit et ouvert a tous, et j'espĆØre
que
toutes
les
organisations
diocƩsaines
enverront
au
moins
un
participant a
cet
atelier.
Que vous ayez dĆ©jĆ un plan stratĆ©gique, ou pensez le faire ou ne savez pas comment le faire, cet atelier est essentiel pour bĆ¢tir la capacitĆ© de nos communautĆ©s.
Pareil
travail nous
fortifie
tous
.
Avec
mes bƩnƩdictions et
mon
encouragement.
+
Peter
Mensaje a Todos los ClĆ©rigos, Guardianes, LĆderes Escolares, y LĆderes de Nuestros Ministerios Especiales
30
de
Junio
del
2017
Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo,
Cuando miramos hacia el futuro de nuestra diĆ³cesis, la sustentabilidad de nuestras congregaciones, escuelas y ministerios especiales es de crucial importancia. Es esencial para el bienestar de cada organizaciĆ³n un plan estratĆ©gico para ayudar a mantener el curso de la comunidad. Puesto que nuestra fortaleza estĆ” en la vida diaria de nuestras comunidades, sin este trabajo, como diĆ³cesis no prosperaremos.
El liderazgo de NehemĆas ha organizado un taller de un dĆa de duraciĆ³n sobre planificaciĆ³n estratĆ©gica el
sƔbado 26 de Agosto del 2017, en Saint Paul's, Delray Beach, dirigido por un reconocido experto en este tema.
www.nehemiahprocess.org.
Este taller es gratuito y abierto a todos, y espero que cada organizaciĆ³n diocesana envĆe por lo menos una persona a este taller.
Ya sea que ya tenga un plan estratĆ©gico, o estĆ© pensando en hacerlo, o no sepa cĆ³mo realizar ese trabajo, este taller es esencial para desarrollar la capacidad de todas nuestras comunidades. Tal
trabajo
nos
fortalece
a
todos
.
Con mi bendiciĆ³n y Ć”nimo.
+
Peter
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Upcoming Events
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Presents
Violinist Mei Mei Luo and Pianist Daphne Spottiswoode in Concert
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On Sunday,
August 20, 2017
at 3:00 PM, violinist Mei Mei Luo and pianist Daphne Spottiswoode will perform a concert featuring CĆ©sar Franck's lush and melodic Violin Sonata in A Major along with works by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Sarasate, and Piazzolla. Advance tickets ($15 general admission, $5 student, $20 preferred seating) are available
here
or by calling 561-278-6003. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the concert. Saint Paul's is handicapped accessible.
"Saint Paul's has a long tradition of featuring some of the extraordinary talent in the area, and this concert is no exception," says Dr. Paul Cienniwa, the newly instated Director of Music Ministries at Saint Paul's. "Not only are we going to hear two of South Florida's most accomplished musicians, but also we are going to hear what might be the greatest of all violin pieces: CĆ©sar Franck's stunning Violin Sonata in A Major. With shorter works by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Sarasate, and Piazzolla, this program will be a delightful way to spend a Sunday afternoon."
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Christ Episcopal Church Festival
September 23, 2017
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
3481 Hibiscus St. Miami, Fl 33133
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The Nehemiah Process
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The Nehemiah Strategic Planning Training Session
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The Episcopal Convent of Saint Helena in South Carolina is Hosting a Free Come-and-See Retreat for Single Women During Labor Day Weekend,
September 1-3
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From the Presiding Bishop
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A Message to the Church from the Presiding Bishop
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
[
August 17, 2017] In his message for those gathering to worship this Sunday, occasioned by recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the readings of Scripture Episcopalians will hear this weekend,
Episcopal Church
Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry asks, "Where do we go from here: chaos or community?"
Noting that "the stain of bigotry has once again covered our land" and that "hope, frankly, sometimes seems far away," Presiding Bishop Curry says the way of Jesus of Nazareth shows the way through the chaos to the Beloved Community of God. Commitment to that way, he says, "is our only hope."
In
this moment - when the stain of bigotry has once again covered our land, and when hope, frankly, sometimes seems far away, when we must now remember new martyrs of the way of love like young Heather Heyer - it may help to remember the deep wisdom of the martyrs who have gone before.
The year was 1967. It was a time not unlike this one in America. Then there were riots in our streets, poverty and unbridled racism in our midst, and a war far away tearing us apart at home.
In
that moment, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
wrote
a book, his last one, with a message that rings poignant today. It was titled, "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"
One of his insights then was that a moment of crisis is always a moment of decision. It was true then and is true now. Where do we go from here? Chaos? Indifference? Avoidance? Business as usual? Or Beloved Community?
I'm a follower of Jesus of Nazareth because I believe the teachings, the Spirit, the Person, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus have shown us the way through the chaos to true community as God has intended from the beginning.
Through the way of love, he has shown us the way to be right and reconciled with the God and Creator of us all. Through his way of love, he has shown us the way to be right and reconciled with each other as children of God, and as brothers and sisters. In so doing, Jesus has shown us the way to become the Beloved Community of God. St. Paul said it this way: "In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself" and now he has entrusted us with "the message of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:19).
I know too well that talk of Beloved Community, which Jesus was describing when he spoke of the kingdom of God in our midst, can be dismissed as nice but naive, idealistic yet unrealistic. I know that.
But I also know this. The way of
Beloved Community
is our only hope. In this most recent unveiling of hatred, bigotry, and cruelty, as Neo-Nazis marched and chanted, "The Jews will not replace us," we have seen the alternative to God's Beloved Community. And that alternative is simply unthinkable. It is nothing short of the nightmare of human self-destruction and the destruction of God's creation. And that is unthinkable, too.
We who follow Jesus have made a choice to walk a different way: the way of disciplined, intentional, passionate, compassionate, mobilized, organized love intent on creating God's Beloved Community on earth.
Maybe it is not an accident that the Bible readings for the Holy Eucharist this Sunday (Genesis 45:1-15; Isaiah 56:1,6-8; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; and Matthew 15:21-28) all
point
toward and bear a message of God's passionate desire and dream to create the Beloved Community in the human family and all of the creation.
This Sunday and in the days and weeks to come, as we gather in community to worship God and then move about in our homes, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, social circles and more, we will be faced with a choice. I ask and invite us as congregations and individuals who are together the Episcopal Church of the Jesus Movement to intentionally, purposely, and liturgically rededicate ourselves to the way of Jesus, the work of racial reconciliation, the work of healing and dismantling everything that wounds and divides us, the work of becoming God's Beloved Community.
Resources that can assist us in doing this work are included with this message, including an adapted version of the Becoming Beloved Community vision that our church's key leaders shared this spring. I urge you to spend time reflecting with them individually and in your churches.
Where do we go from here? Maybe the venerable slave songs from our American past can help us. In the midst of their suffering, they used to sing
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Walk together children
And don't you get weary.
Cause there's a great camp meeting
In the promised land.
We will walk there
...
together. We will make this soil on which we live more and more like God's own Promised Land. So God
love
you. God bless you. And let's all keep the faith.
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
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Presiding Bishop Curry: Invitation to the Good Book Club
Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has offered an invitation to
Episcopalians
and all Christians to join the more than 25 partners presenting the Good Book Club, an opportunity for reflection and prayer.
The Good Book Club is a
churchwide
program that invites the
reading
of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles during the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter 2018.
Led by Foward Movement, the Good Book Club readings begin the
Sunday prior to Ash
Wednesday (
February 11, 2018), and finish on Pentecost (
May 20, 2018).
The Good Book Club, the Presiding Bishop said, provides an opportunity to "read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures." He noted that "The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Jesus" while "the Acts of the Apostles tells the story of those who followed in the footsteps of Jesus."
He concludes, "I hope you'll join me."
Resources for the Good Book Club are available
here including
daily readings.
Spanish resources and information are available
here
Stay up-to-date by following The Good Book Club on Facebook
here
Resources are also available on the websites of most of the partners.
Forward Day by Day, Forward Movement's flagship devotional, will use Good Book Club readings during Lent-Easter 2018. This provides for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to join the Good Book Club.
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Presiding Bishop Curry, President Jennings Issue Letter on Texas
"Bathroom Bill"
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August 16, 2017
Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church:
Yesterday, the Texas legislature adjourned its special session without passing a so-called "bathroom bill," which threatened to write discrimination against transgender people into state law. We give thanks for all of the Texan Episcopalians, elected officials, business leaders, and advocates who raised their voices publicly against this proposed law and the physical, spiritual and emotional damage it threatened to do to transgender people.
Now that we can be more confident that transgender deputies, exhibitors, advocates and guests can travel to Texas safely and with dignity, we have no plans to ask Executive Council to reconsider the location of the 2018 General Convention. We are delighted and relieved to assure the Episcopalians of Texas that we look forward to being with you in Austin next summer.
Along with the bishops of Texas and many other Episcopalians, we remain concerned about Senate Bill 4, a Texas law scheduled to go into effect on September 1 that requires local police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and forbids local municipalities from adopting sanctuary city statutes. Between now and next summer, we plan to follow the progress of legal challenges to Senate Bill 4 closely and to explore ways to lend the support of the Episcopal Church to Texans who oppose this discriminatory, anti-immigrant law.
There is darkness in our land, as the white supremacist riot in Charlottesville last weekend demonstrated with sickening and deadly clarity. But we follow Jesus, about whose coming John's Gospel said, "the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it." And it cannot! So when the evil one divides us from one another through darkness of racism, bigotry and intolerance, we must witness even more steadfastly to the light, the power of the risen Christ to overcome hatred, cease division, and bind us all even more closely to one another.
Even as we give thanks that justice for transgender people has prevailed in Texas, we ask you to join us in continuing to pray and to speak out for all of God's children who have reason to be afraid in these frightening times. Dear people of God, let the light shine!
Faithfully,
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
Presiding Bishop
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings
President of the House of Deputies
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Applications Accepted for Stewardship of Creation Grants
Deadline for applications is August 20
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The
Episcopal Church Advisory Council for the Stewardship of Creation is accepting applications for grants that focus on local faith-based projects for mitigating climate change and safeguarding the integrity of Creation.
This marks the next cycle of grantmaking by the Episcopal Church Advisory Council for the Stewardship of Creation, enabled by Resolution
A030, Create Task Force On Climate Change, approved at General Convention 2015 and charged with the responsibility to develop a grant process to support local ecologically responsible stewardship of church-related properties and buildings.
Recommendations will be made for grants up to $10,000.
Further information regarding this grant process and how to submit an application is available
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House of Deputies Committee on State of the Church
Issues Surveys on Pension Plan, Social Justice
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Surveys will be available online until August 18
The
House of Deputies
Committee on the State of the Church is asking church leaders to complete two online surveys: one about the Church Pension Fund and the other about the
Episcopal Church
's social justice work. The data that the committee collects from the surveys will be used to prepare its report on the state of the church for the
79th General Convention
in 2018.
- Church Pension Fund Survey available in English and Spanish, is designed to collect responses from lay and ordained people who work in the church regardless of whether they participate in the Church Pension Fund or the Church Medical Trust.
The survey is located in
English here.
La encuesta en
EspaƱol estĆ” aquĆĀ.
- Social Justice Work Survey, also available in English and Spanish, aims to gather information about the ways that dioceses and congregations are involved in advocating for a fairer and more just society.
Download here the letter to the Bishop from the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church about the Social Justice Survey.
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Applications Accepted for Episcopal Delegates to March 2018
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
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Deadline is Friday, September 15.
Applications are being accepted for a provincial delegate and up to 20 churchwide delegates to represent the Episcopal Church at the 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York City, NY, March 12-23, 2018.
The provincial delegate and the churchwide delegates will be able to attend the official UNCSW proceedings at the United Nations and will represent the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion in their advocacy at the UN, including joint advocacy with the group Ecumenical Women.
The 2018 UNCSW Priority Theme is "Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls." See more here.
Applications are open to an adult or youth (ages 15-18) of any gender who can speak to the Priority Theme and are willing to participate in advocacy at UNSCW. Youth must be accompanied by an adult chaperone, preferably a parent or legal guardian. Women and girls from rural communities or with experience living in or working with rural communities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Application is available
here.
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Applications Now Accepted for 2017 Jubilee Ministry Grants
Deadline for applications is September 29 at 5:00 P.M.
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Applications are now accepted for the 2017 Jubilee Ministry grants to further the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church.
Every year, the Episcopal Church provides grants to assist currently-designated Jubilee Ministries in their work. These grants are intended to help ministries in their mission to create a more just society and confront structures that promote cycles of poverty and inequality.
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We would like to include your innovative ministries in Grapevine!
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For Whom the Bell Tolls Ministry
The next execution is scheduled for Aug 24, Thursday.
We are trying to expand our death penalty abolition efforts to include the
For Whom the Bell Tolls program.
We are asking that church bells be sounded at a funeral toll for 2 minutes
at
6:00pm to 6:02pm on the date of the execution, and that the faithful
be asked to pray for the victim(s)
and their families, the executed and
their family, and prayerfully consider their position on
the death penalty.
We have found that due to the influx of newcomers to Florida, many
residents are unaware that Florida has a death penalty.
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Saint George's Center Newsletter -- Table Talk - Summer 2017
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Episcopal Veterans Fellowship
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The EVF equips Christians for missional ministry to veterans through prayer, hospitality, and reconciliation. We offer educational workshops, consulting, and coaching so churches can reach out with God's love to veterans who live in the community. The Hospitallers of St. Martin is a New Monastic Christian Community for veterans ministry.
Please contact
DeSha Thomas or David Peters at
dpeters@stmarksaustin.org or visit our website at
http://episcopalveteransfellowship.org if you need additional information.
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Evangelism Resources
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Episcopal resources for evangelism abound, at the
Churchwide
, diocesan and even congregational level. Click here for some resources that can help you to form new, faithful relationships with the community where God has called you to share the good news.
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Helena Von Kreuter Seminarian Scholarship Application
Saint Gregory's Episcopal Church, Boca Raton, Florida
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Each year, Saint Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, Florida ("Saint Gregory's") offers a limited number of scholarships for tuition, room and board to Episcopal/Anglican seminarians studying for the priesthood or diaconate. Recipients can reapply for each succeeding year up to a maximum of three years upon certification of continuing study/enrollment at an accredited seminary.
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Episcopal Charities
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The prayer is for your use. We suggest that you integrate it into your service
schedule
either by using the prayer and incorporating the weekly specific ministry into it, OR by highlighting only the specified weekly ministry in the Prayers of the People.
Compassionate God, bless the people who guide the programs of Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of Southeast Florida as, following in the footsteps of Jesus, they minister to the sick, the friendless and the needy. We pray especially for_______________
(
ministry name) which provides _____________
(
ministry description) through ____________________
(
parish or entity sponsor). Help them continue always to reach out in love and mercy to those suffering in our communities, that they may be a source of comfort and support in times of need; through Jesus Christ who called us to feed his sheep in manifesting our love for him. Amen.
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Youth News
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Updated Calendar
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NEXT EVENT:
New Beginnings #7
September 29 - October 1, 2017 --- New Dates
St. Benedict's, Plantation
Cost: $80.00 Participant & $40.00
Team
For
more
information, please
contact
our
diocesan Youth
Liason
Mary, at
Mary@diosef.org
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North Dade Deanery Youth Retreat
Words and Consequences
August 19, 2017
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Church of the Incarnation
1835 NW 54th Street
Miami, FL 33142
Deadline August 16, 2017
FREE!!!
Middle &
h
igh
school students only.
Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the closing Eucharist
RSVP
to your Youth Coordinator or contact
Ingrid Cheesborough, Deanery Youth Coordinator 305-308-2389
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Applications Now Accepted for Official Youth Presence
at
Episcopal Church General Convention 2018
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Deadline for applications and nominations is November 1.
Applications are now accepted for high school students who want to participate in the General Convention Official Youth Presence (GCOYP) at the Episcopal Church 79th General Convention to be held Thursday, July 5 to Friday, July 13, 2018 at The Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas (Diocese of Texas).
Applications and information are available
here
"Each General Convention, we look forward to welcoming the members of the Official Youth Presence to the House of Deputies," said the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, House of Deputies President. "The perspectives and experiences of high school students are critical to our legislative deliberations and make our debates more lively."
No more than two high school youth from each of the Episcopal Church's nine provinces will be selected.
Criteria:
To be eligible to apply, candidates must meet the following criteria:
* Be an active member and communicant in good standing of an Episcopal Church congregation
* Be at least 16 years old and no older than 19 during General Convention 2018.
* Be a current high school student enrolled in 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade during the 2017/18 school year
* Be capable of traveling alone by plane or train to and from the meetings in the United States with no escort
* Be available to travel to the mandatory orientation and training from April 5 - April 18, 2018 in Austin. This weekend will include community building, worship and training on the legislative process.
* Be available to be present at General Convention in Austin from July 2 - 13, 2018.
The Episcopal Church budget covers travel, lodging and meals for OYP participants attending the orientation weekend and General Convention.
All applicants must identify a non-family member nominator who can complete an on-line essay nomination form by November 1.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee that includes House of Deputies Vice-President Byron Rushing of Massachusetts, Deputy Ariana Gonzalez Bonillas of Arizona, members of the Youth Ministry Network Leadership Council and the Formation Department staff.
Nominators may be contacted in early January and applicants will be notified of their status in February. The Official Youth Presence team will be announced in March.
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Episcopal Charities of Southeast Florida
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Opportunities
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Employment Opportunities
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 Palm Beach Gardens, FL -- Saint Mark's Episcopal School has openings for the following positions: a Christian Education teacher, pre-kindergarten teaching assistants, extended care staff, and substitute teachers.
Please download
PDF
for more information or v
isit
www.stmarkspbg.org
and click on the "About Us" tab and select "employment opportunities" to view the job descriptions. Qualified candidates should email a cover letter and resume to Ann Fernandez, assistant to the head of school, at afernandez@stmarkspbg.org or please call 561-622-1504 for more information.
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The Church of The Incarnation is Seeking to Hire a Church Administrator at this Time
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Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church & The Reverend
Dr. Anthony Holder are leading a trip to the Holy Land in
October 2017
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Refresh your spirituality and explore Ireland with Kanuga's fall pilgrimage,
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Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church & The Reverends Susan and Tom Bruttell
Holy Land Pilgrimage: A Spiritual Journey
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Nowhere on earth is more sanctified than the segment of the Middle East known as the Holy Land. Reverend Susan and Archdeacon Tom will be leading this spiritual journey which will include Jordan and Petra. We will meet religious leaders, visit with residents of Israel and Jordan and have lunch with a Palestian Christian family in their home. We will share in daily Eucharist. Accommodations all 5 star hotels. Join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Christ.
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A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in June 2018
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To walk where Jesus walked, to swim where the disciples fished, to hear the sounds of the Holy Land, to touch the Western Wall, to stand on Golgotha, to smell the air and taste the food is an incredible sensory experience. We hope that you will join us for what promises to be one of the most transforming experiences of your life. If you have dreamed of this pilgrimage, this is the time you have been waiting for. We would consider it an honor to walk the pilgrim's path with you, in the land where the Christian faith was born.
To download brochure and registration form
click here
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In the News
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Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21 is Outreach Opportunity for Episcopal Congregations Along its Path
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Dixie Nelson, parish administrator at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Alliance, Nebraska, was working at a motel several years ago when she got a call from a professor in California. He was planning to be in town on Aug. 21, 2017, and wanted to book some rooms - all the rooms.
It was Nelson's first taste of solar eclipse fever, which has since swept up her town and many more along the path of the coming total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Episcopal churches along that path, from Oregon to South Carolina, are throwing out the welcome mat to eclipse-watching tourists this month, turning churchyards into campgrounds, hosting viewing parties and inviting the public to contemplate the mysteries of God's creation.
"God made the universe. This is one of his spectacular shows," Nelson told Episcopal News Service by phone this week.
She has been busy making arrangements for a makeshift campground at St. Matthew's. By Aug. 21, the church property will accommodate campers at 30 RV sites and 26 tent sites. The congregation hopes to raise about $4,000 by collecting a suggested donation of $25 per night from some of the thousands of visitors expected to descend on this small city in Nebraska's Panhandle.
An even bigger celebration is expected in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which is said to be near the point of greatest eclipse. Astronomers describe that as the point where the moon's shadow will take its most direct aim at the Earth during the total eclipse. With that the distinction, Hopkinsville is marketing itself "Eclipseville."
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