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Register now for Convention - deadline is Sept. 28
The annual Diocesan Convention will be held in Redding on Nov. 9-10, 2018.
The Pre-Convention packet is available on our
website.
Convention registration is now open! P
lease purchase your tickets as soon as possible to avoid the late registration fee of $25.00 and to help the Office of the Bishop prepare most efficiently for convention. General registration will close Sept. 28. For those who volunteer (a minimum of four hours; delegates are excluded from this), registration is free.
Pre-Convention Gathering to Focus on Baptismal Ministry
Our third Pre-Convention Gathering topic is "
Following God's Call: From Church Chores to Ministry."
How can our church communities cultivate and support ongoing vocational discernment for brand new and long-time leaders? How can we cultivate spiritual practices that sustain each person's baptismal ministry inside and outside the walls of our churches?
Join us for a morning of learning, discussion, and discernment about these questions.
The event is free, and lunch will be provided.
Learn more here.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP
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Bishop invites retired clergy to lunch - Nov. 29
The next retired clergy lunch with the bishop is Thursday, Nov. 29, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., graciously hosted by All Saints, Sacramento. There is no cost to invitees, but we do ask that you reserve in advance and let us know of any dietary restrictions (see below for reservation info).
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Bishop's visitation schedule
- Oct. 21 - All Saints', Sacramento
- Oct. 28 - Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento
- Nov. 18 - Grace, St. Helena
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NEWS AND EVENTS IN AND BEYOND OUR DIOCESE
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Sustainable Development Goals grants are available
This year, your commission has responded to the emergency request from the American Friends of the Diocese of Jerusalem for help for the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The hospital was overwhelmed during the border skirmishes with Israel with injured of all ages and walks of life while access to equipment and supplies was curtailed. We have sent $1,000 out of this year's funds to support the life saving efforts of this hospital.
The remainder of our funds are available for projects that support one or more of the above goals for the development of locally sustainable projects. We are inviting our congregations to consider applying for grants supporting projects or programs overseas that meet one or more of these goals. We are particularly interested in ways partnerships and projects are being developed in cooperation with and supporting local efforts.
Download the
grant application; the deadline to apply is Sept. 20.
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Celebration of New Ministry, Wednesday, Oct. 3;
Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priests, Friday, Oct. 19
DATE CORRECTION: Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. there will be a celebration of new ministry for the Rev. Dr. Stephen Shaver at Incarnation, Santa Rosa, 550 Mendocino Ave. A reception will follow. Clergy are invited to vest -- red stoles, please. Please
RSVP here if you plan attend.
Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., Thomas Robert Gartin will be ordained into the Sacred Order of Priests at St. Augustine's, Rocklin, 1800 Wildcat Blvd.
A reception will follow. Clergy are invited to vest -- red stoles, please.
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Godly Play Training at St. Mary's, Napa - Sept. 28-30
Interested in learning more about Godly Play? Join the Rev. Carren Sheldon at St. Mary's, Napa, for a
n extended introduction to Godly Play.
The trainings will be:
Sept. 28, 5 - 9 p.m.
Sep. 29, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sept. 30, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Registration is $200 and includes dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and lunch on Sunday. For any questions and to register, please email the Rev. Vanessa Glass at [email protected].
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Anti-racism training in Eureka - Oct. 6
The Semper Virens area racial reconciliation training will be 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Oct. 6, at Christ Church, Eureka. This training will be facilitated by leaders from the diocesan Commission for Intercultural Ministries. This day will provide an opportunity to come together as congregational leaders to learn how to help our worship communities appreciate and welcome the great diversity of people among us and around us, and to develop tools to work against the forces of racism in our world, and to be communities of reconciliation.
In our diocese, this training is required for all clergy, for all lay people who are engaged in ministries of governance (diocesan boards and commissions, as well as vestries and mission committees), along with licensed lay ministers.
This event is free, and lunch is included. Please
register here by Oct. 1. If you have any questions, please contact the Rev. Anne Clarke, Lifelong Christian Formation Coordinator, at
[email protected].
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Rise Against Hunger events this fall - Oct. 14 and Nov. 15
Rise Against Hunger is an organization dedicated to addressing food scarcity across the globe and in disaster-affected areas of the US by distributing food packets. Rise Against Hunger's meal packaging program is a volunteer-based initiative that coordinates the assembly-line packaging of highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals.
On Sunday, Oct. 14, St. James, Yuba City, will be teaming up with a local church
to pack 30,000 meals. The event will be held at First United Methodist Church in Yuba City. Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m., and the packing will be from 1-3 p.m.
Contact the church at
[email protected]
for more information, or to participate.
On Thursday, Nov.15 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Faith, Cameron Park, will host a Rise Against Hunger event, teaming up with other churches of faith in the area, where they will assemble 10,000 food packages. There will also be a potluck at 5:30 p.m. People of all ages can sign up to help here.
The Rev. Sarah Quinney, Priest-in-Charge at St. James, Lincoln, hosted a Rise Against Hunger event, where she, her parishioners and other volunteers packed 10,000 meals on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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News from the wider Church
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's statement on Administration's 2019 refugee admissions ceiling:
The Episcopal Church is gravely disappointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement yesterday that the Administration has set the refugee admissions ceiling for next year at 30,000. This is the lowest ceiling in the history of our country and is one more effort to pull the U.S. back from our leadership in addressing humanitarian crises. Further, the retreat from refugee resettlement flies in the face of our nation's history of being a place of refuge to persecuted persons. The Episcopal Church, through the ministry of Episcopal Migration Ministries, is committed to welcome for all.
Read more here
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Other news:
Episcopal churches in the Carolinas assess and offer help after Hurricane Florence
Proving ownership of inherited property is a problem on St. Croix
St. David's Episcopal Church in Lakeland, FL, holds last service
Massachusetts bishops call for offering to support disaster relief after gas explosions
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THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Making Disciples, Raising Up Saints & Transforming Communities for Christ
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