17th Sunday After Pentecost
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Fall Deanery Council Meetings
Deanery Council Meetings are being set for this fall. Deanery Councils consist of vestry designated lay representatives of parishes and clergy.
- Lower Cape Fear - Thursday, October 3 - 6:00 PM - Saint Mark's Church 600 Grace St. Wilmington NC
- Albemarle - Wednesday, October 16 - 10:30 AM - Church of the Advent, 124 West Church Street Williamston NC
- Trinity - Tuesday, December 3 - time and location to be determined
- Pamlico - TBD
- Upper Cape Fear - TBD
Pre-convention Deanery Meetings will be set for January, which afford parish delegates to convention the opportunity to receive and to discuss information about the Diocesan Convention and any resolutions that have been submitted.
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Annual Farmworker Festival
Episcopal Farmworker Ministry’s
Annual Farmworker Festival takes place each fall to celebrate farmworkers and their labor. Thousands of people attend this free and family-oriented festival every year.
This special event provides farmworkers with a space where they can celebrate their culture with music, traditional cuisine, and sports. They also have access to information about the services and resources available to them. This year's Farmworker Festival will take place on
this
Sunday, October 6th from 11:30am to 7pm.
Click
here
to learn more.
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Celebration of New Ministry at St. Paul's, Greenville
The people of St. Paul's invite those around the diocese to join them for a celebration of their new ministry with the Rev’d Andrew Cannan, whom Bishop Rob Skirving will institute as Rector on
Saturday, October 19th at 2pm.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
401 East 4th Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Clergy: Cassock, Surplice tippet, and hood
Reception to follow.
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Save the Date: Clergy Conference 2019
This year's Clergy Conference will take place from
October 21-23
at Trinity Center.
All priests and deacons who are canonically resident in East Carolina or are licensed to serve are welcome to attend. Those who are actively involved in ministry in one of our congregations are expected to attend.
Registration information for the conference will be sent by email soon to all clergy.
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Church Organ Free to Good Home
St. Francis by the Sea, Salter Path has recently been gifted a new organ and they are looking to gift their older one to any parish interested in putting it to good use. The organ is an Allen Digital 2 Manual organ with MIDI, so if this instrument is something your church would benefit from, contact
Stover Morris
via email.
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Trinity Center's Seafood Festival Weekend Availability
Trinity Center still has rooms available from
October 4th through 6th
during the weekend of the annual
North Carolina Seafood Festival
. Give yourself a treat and rent an individual room while helping Trinity Center fill otherwise vacant space, and relax at the beach or head to downtown Morehead City for Seafood Festival fun!
If you would like to book a room or two, call Mickie Whitley at 888-874-6287 ext.11, to make your reservation. The current charge is $50 per room per night. Meals must be scheduled at the same time you make your room reservation; however, meals are not required. When you call, please have a credit card ready to reserve your space.
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137th Diocesan Convention
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Save the Date & Budget Information for the
137th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
The 137th Annual Convention will be held at the Hotel Ballast in Wilmington NC on
February 6-8, 2020
. For budgeting purposes, please note the following:
- Registration has increased to $190 per attendee.
- Hotel Ballast Accommodations: $146 per night (includes parking)
- Note: If you are not an overnight guest of the Hotel Ballast there is a daily parking fee $12.00 (self parking) and $15.00 (valet parking).
The Convention Committee makes every effort to keep costs low for convention, however, with the increased cost of venues and catering it was necessary to increase fees for 2020. Please note that our last fee increase was in 2014.
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Resolutions for Convention
We ask that you please submit your resolution via email to
Hannah Jarman
in Microsoft Word form.
Please note:
the deadline for resolutions to be published in the Convention Reporter is
Monday, December 2nd, 2019.
After Monday, December 2, we will still accept resolutions but it will not be published in the Convention Reporter.
Furthermore, in order for resolutions to be received after
December 31, 2019
, you must have ten delegate signatures that are representing three parishes.
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Resources & Events for
Ministry & Faith Formation
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Administrator's Day at Diocesan House
An Administrator’s Day will be hosted at Diocesan House on
November 7th from 9:30am until 1pm
. This day is designed to provide tools for success to all Parish Administrators. Lunch and refreshments will be provided free of charge. If you'd like to register to attend this event, you can do so
here
. If you have any additional questions, contact
Tricia Millhouse
via email.
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Happening Registration Info
Head's Up:
the Happening registration deadline for candidates is
this Thursday, October 3rd.
Click
here
to register.
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UTO Grants
The
United Thank Offering (UTO)
is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, individuals are invited to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. UTO is entrusted to receive the offerings, and to distribute the 100% of what is collected to support innovative mission and ministry throughout The Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Communion. If you'd like to learn more about how to apply for a UTO grant in East Carolina, click
here
.
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Open Positions Around the Diocese
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Interactive Deanery Map
As a reference, we have created a map on Google Maps listing all worshiping communities in our diocese. They are also color coded according to deanery. If you download the
Google Maps
app on your phone, you can open the map there in addition to opening it in your browser.
Not only is this a quick way to see which parishes are a part of what deanery, but it also allows you to get directions to each parish, should you need them. Click
here
to access the interactive deanery map.
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Click
here to learn about events going on in parishes and in communities around the diocese.
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News to Share?
Contact
Lindsey Harts
if you have news, notes, or stories you would like to share with the people of the diocese.
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For news regarding the wider Church, check out the Episcopal News Service and Anglican News Service websites by clicking the icons to the right:
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Diocesan Life:
To Schedule a Meeting at Diocesan House:
Youth, Young Adult, or Campus Ministry
Submitting to News & Notes?
Deadline is noon on the Thursday of the preceding week.
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