Episcopal Diocese of Utah
June Newsletter
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June 1, 2019
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Liturgical Color is white.
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Support SLC's LGBTQ Community and March in the Pride Parade
Join with the LGBTQ+ community, allies, neighbors, friends, and Episcopalians from across the state by marching with the Diocese in the Utah Pride Parade the morning of
Sunday, June 2, 2019.
When:
Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 10:00 am
Where:
Downtown SLC on 200 South facing east between 200 West and 300 West; look for Entry #101
What to Wear:
St Paul’s SLC: Red
St. Mark’s: Yellow
St James: White
St Luke's: Blue
St Stephen's: Green
All Saints: Purple
...and plenty of sunscreen!
The Pride Parade is both a lot of fun and an important show of love and support that goes a long way! Come stand with our LGBTQ+ siblings and let the world know the Episcopal Church is a welcoming home for all.
This year's Pride Festival theme is "Exist. Resist. Persist. Celebrating 50 Years of Stonewall." For more information about the festival, visit the Utah Pride Center's website
here.
Listen to the May 27th episode of the Utah Epodcopalians Podcast to learn more and contact Christian Larsen (St. Paul's SLC) at
christianariclarsen@gmail.com
with any questions about diocesan participation.
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Utah Epodcopalians Podcast Episode Four Gears Up for Utah Pride Festival
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The Diocese of Utah launched a new podcast "The Utah Epodcopalians," designed to reflect on the Episcopal Church in our unique land of Utah.
The latest episode, available for listening now, highlights the Utah Pride Festival and Parade. The Rev. Kurt Wiesner and Christian Larsen of St. Paul's Salt Lake City discuss the importance of this annual event - which is the second largest parade in Utah and one of the largest Pride Festivals in the nation.
The episode, and the other three thus far, can be found on the diocesan website
here
, or on
iTunes
,
Spotify
or
Podbean.
The next episode will feature Youth Ministry and Camp Tuttle.
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The Tuttle+ School is Coming
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Bishop Scott B. Hayashi and the Diocese are excited to announce the new Tuttle School for Discipleship and Ministry. The local program is designed to serve those wanting a deeper understanding of their faith and to offer formation for those seeking to hear God’s calling.
Bishop Hayashi is offering a preview to The Tuttle School courses with a lively and uplifting review of the New Testament starting this fall. His course is free and open to all and will be offered on Saturday mornings starting in September. For further information, please email
tuttleschool@episcopal-ut.org
. The school encourages all who are interested to email and is enrolling students now for the Bishop’s course.
The full curriculum starts in February, 2020. While the full program is primarily for those preparing for ordination to the diaconate and for lay ministry licenses, it is also open for all who are committed to deepening their understanding of the Jesus movement, to strengthen their ministries, and/or discern their path as disciples. The Tuttle School is in partnership with the Iona Collaborative, a program of the Seminary of the Southwest located in Austin, Texas. However, all of The Tuttle School classes will take place at The Episcopal Church Center of Utah in Salt Lake City.
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Third Annual Blessing of the Hands
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The third-annual Blessing of the Hands event took place at Ogden Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, May 15. Faith leaders from around the Ogden area, as well as a strong representation of Episcopal Clergy, came to offer blessings to the staff, volunteers, and other healers from the Ogden community.
Formal prayer services with blessings were offered at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. so that both daytime and nighttime staff members could participate. The Rev. Tim Yanni, chaplain at ORMC, led the prayer service and offered a homily to tell the team members how important their work is in fulfilling the instructions of Jesus in Matthew 25.
The Rt. Rev. Scott Hayashi came to Ogden to offer blessings at the earlier event. Also representing the Diocese of Utah were The Revs. Vanessa Cato and Isabel Gonzalez from the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd/Buen Pastor in Ogden, and The Rev. Susan Toone of St. Mark's Towers.
Following the formal services, Fr. Yanni, along with chaplains Lindsay Beagley and The Rev. Jackie Ostler, made rounds to offer blessings to team members who had not been able to sneak away from work to attend the formal events. The chaplains did rounds until after 9 p.m. blessing the hands of countless caregivers. Fr. Yanni estimates hundreds of team members had one-on-one conversations with chaplains. He says hospital administration was very pleased with the impact the Blessing of the Hands has had on the morale of the hospital team.
ORMC is staffed by chaplains from Episcopal Community Services, and it is one of several hospitals in the ECS Spiritual Care portfolio. Others include St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake and Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful.
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Bishop Scott Hayashi blesses hands at the morning prayer service at ORMC
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The Rev. Tim Yanni leading the prayer service
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The Rev. Isabel Gonzalez blessing hands
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Celebration of a New Ministry for The Very Rev. Tyler Doherty
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The Very Rev. Canon Tyler Doherty was formally installed as Dean and Rector of the historic St. Mark’s Cathedral. The Rt. Rev Scott B. Hayashi accepted the cathedral’s will to seat the dean. The festive Eucharist on May 30th featured the popular priest as the preacher and presider. He has been serving the Cathedral as a Priest-in Charge.
The traditional ritual of installing a new rector involves presenting the priest with a key to the church, communion elements and other gifts. Bishop Hayashi also presented the Dean with a Bible. Canon Doherty is a native of Toronto and a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary. He also holds Masters degrees in Creative Writing and Education.
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Report on Diocesan Convention 2019
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The Episcopal Diocese of Utah 2019 Convention was held April 26-27, 2019, at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Salt Lake City.
You can find updated information from the convention including journal reports, resolutions passed and election results on the
convention page
of the diocesan website.
An update to information found in May's newsletter regarding the Disciplinary Board Lay Members: Toni Marie Sutliff was appointed to the position of Intake Officer for the diocese. Jim Palmer agreed to be nominated as Disciplinary Board Lay Member. The convention moved and voted to make this amendment and confirm the appointments.
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The Rev. Terri Heyduk Selected as Canon for Clergy Resources and Support and Transition Officer for the Diocese
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Bishop Scott B. Hayashi has selected The Rev. Terri Heyduk to join the diocesan staff as Canon for Clergy Resources and Support/Transition Officer. The Rev. Terri's role will be to support our diocesan clergy, parochial and non-parochial. Terri will support the clergy through coaching, mutual ministry reviews, professional resources and other needs as they arise.
Terri will be reaching out to clergy to make appointments, but feel free to contact her via phone at 801-322-4131 or
email
anytime.
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Work and Worship Day at Camp Tuttle
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Enjoy a day up in the mountains at Camp Tuttle to help get camp ready for our campers this summer! This year's Work and Worship day will be
Saturday, June 8th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
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GO MONDAY - Break for the Summer!
from Karen "Shine" Gleeson, Camp Liaison/Youth Ministry Coordinator
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We enjoyed our last Go Monday for the season at St. Mark's Church with Father Tyler and will reconvene in the fall.
I would like to make a special shout out to our seniors who will be graduating this year. They have contributed so much over the years with their insight and their involvement with our youth events, spiritual retreats, and fun adventures! I am continually impressed with them and know that they have so much knowledge and insight to make a difference!
I am grateful that we have so many of our high school youth and graduates that will be counselors at Camp Tuttle this summer. It has been so rewarding to be apart of these young peoples' lives and watch them grow into great leaders and good citizens. This will be my 15th summer working with the youth, counselors and priests at Camp Tuttle and it has been the most fulfilling thing I have ever been apart of.
I hope you all have a great summer and hope to see you at Camp!
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Moab Spring Youth Retreat
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Our youth enjoyed a beautiful trip down to Moab for the spring retreat this year! They enjoyed a fun filled weekend, made some new friendships and were introduced to river rafting and visiting Moab for the first time. It was so rewarding to see the awe and wonder of God's beauty in our youth's eyes! They enjoyed rafting down the Colorado river and a sunset hike to Double Arch in Arches National Park. Thank you to Reverend David Sakrison and to St. Francis Church for inviting the youth to stay for the weekend!
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Events Coming up at All Saints Episcopal Church
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June 9 @5:30pm, An Evening at All Saints
Worship Service followed by dinner (sloppy-joes and picnic salads.) Dinner is free, donations accepted.
June 15 @7:30pm, The One Voice Community Choir:
Music & Dance. Guest dancer Samuel Holdaway. Free admission
June 23 @7pm - Okay To Be You! A Celebration of Love & Diversity
All events listed will be held at All Saints Church, 1710 S Foothill Dr. in Salt Lake City
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The Diocesan Book Group meets every Monday from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM at the ECCU. Everyone is welcome!
The group chooses books from a wide range of interests, with emphasis on religious philosophy. Our current book is
Resurrecting Easter
by John Dominic Crossan & Sarah Sexton Crossan.
The next meeting is Monday, June 3rd. The group will will discuss the Prologue and chapter 1 through page 24.
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