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Mission Matters
News from the
Episcopal Diocese
of Western Massachusetts
CELEBRANDO LA ABUNDANCIA DE DIÓS
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Take the Creation Care Pledge
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Join Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, the Task Force on Creation Care, and leading dioceses and make your Pledge to Care for Creation.
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The Pledge to Care for Creation is part of living as the Jesus Movement.
It’s a promise to protect and renew this good Earth and all who call it home.
It’s a promise to share our stories, stand with those who are most vulnerable, and live more gently on the Earth.
What can you do?
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Come experience ministry on
the Appalachian Trail
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An invitation from Christ Trinity Church, Sheffield
Last year, Christ Trinity in Sheffield was awarded a Ministry Development Grant from our diocese to create a ministry to the Appalachian Trail. The goal was to create a "corner of kindness" along the Appalachian Trail where it passed through our...
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Digital Evangelism Workshop
Opportunity for Worcester Congregations
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Workshop will travel to Pioneer Valley
and Berkshires soon!
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This workshop is limited to 20 participants.
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It's local.
It's collaborative.
It's all about the #wayoflove.
It's rekindling HOPE, sharing LIGHT, and loving JESUS!
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- 40 Days of Love and Kindness Challenge
- Corridor Outreach Event – Parish outreach teams will gather to share their outreach ministries experiences, discuss opportunities to work together on outreach ministries.
- Pentecost Day of Service Project Event – Packing meals for the organization “Stop Hunger Now”.
- Corridor Vestries Gathering – Share ideas of being a welcoming, inclusive, engaged parish.
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Announcement to 2018 Ministry Development Grant Recipients
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Accounting due May 1st
In April 2018, the Ministry Development Grants Committee awarded 13 grants to 10 parishes. If your parish received one of these awards, the accounting including documentation of expenses is due at the Administrative Office of the Diocese on May 1
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If you need a copy of the Statement of Grant Accounting for your parish, or have questions, please contact our office at:
kwarren@diocesewma.org
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Sustain Island Home
Carbon Tracker
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Sustain Island Home is a new initiative by the Episcopal Church to help us reduce our carbon emissions and make better energy choices in our daily lives. The Sustain Island Home website provides a “carbon tracker” to help us mark our progress, and it aggregates our commitments, so that we can see how our personal life-style changes are contributing to the larger whole.
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Fresh content on the first of every month -
except August
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Social Justice Commission
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MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence honors youth from
B-Peace for Jorge
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With the Peace MVP Award, the Mass Coalition recognizes significant and meaningful work by individuals and organizations to stop the scourge of gun violence in Massachusetts.
The
B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign
is a project of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and, thanks to a partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, it has a state-wide reach. Several other youth-led gun violence prevention organizations, including March for Our Lives-Boston, also received awards.
B-PEACE and Pioneer Valley Project leaders expressed gratitude for the award recognition and a re-commitment to the campaign to engage Smith and Wesson CEO James Debney in productive conversations for solutions to gun violence. To find out more about the B-PEACE for Jorge Campaign’s work or to get involved in their next action, please contact
bpeace@ssypboston.org
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WMA Beloved Community Commission
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Sacred Ground: Exploring Race & Faith
Sacred Ground is a film- and reading-based dialogue series on race and faith. Participants will walk together through America's history of race and racism, while weaving in the threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional...
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Free Webinar:
Deacons Talking about Ministry to
those living with Memory Loss
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Thursday, April 11 at 7:00pm
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Persons living with dementia bring a deep appreciation of feeling, poetry, faith, and music to their experience - this is one of the joys of this ministry. At the same time, challenges and ethical dilemmas abound.
In the US, 5 millions persons live with some form of memory loss or dementia - Alzheimer’s Disease being the most well-known. Of the 65 and over population,1 in 9 is affected by some form of memory loss. In your diaconal ministry, you will not be able to avoid dealing with persons living with memory loss at some point.
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Interfaith Clergy Study Day
at our Cathedral
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Tuesday, May 28
9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
35 Chestnut Street, Springfield
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Getting to Faith: Whatʼs Your Path?
Featuring Presentations by
Bishop Douglas Fisher
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski
Opening Panel Participants
Nina Dini on behalf of the Baha’i Community
Mary Johnson on behalf of the Muslim Community
Amy Katz on behalf of the Jewish Community
PLUS
Small Group Conversations
Opportunities to take home lessons & ideas
for your own life experience
Weʼll feed your soul! Weʼll also feed you lunch!
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Register for the Invite Welcome Connect Summit
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Register for the Missional Voices
National Gathering
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Missional Voices National Gathering 2019
Missional Voices is a weekend of thinking, planning, and dreaming about the future ministry in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. It is a place where dynamic incubation of new ideas is the norm – not the exception – and people doing uncom..
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www.missionalvoices.com
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News from our Congregations
& Ministry Partners
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