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Reunification Discernment Committee | |
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Reflecting on Reunification
Parish Engagement Packet
The Reunification Discernment Committee needs YOU, the parishes of our dioceses, to engage in discernment, to talk with one another and to us too. Your experiences and thoughts are essential to informing and helping us guide this process. This "Reflecting on Reunification Parish Engagement Packet" contains all you need to participate.We invite you to talk about the challenges you’re facing as a congregation, the impact your parish has on lives and in your community, ideas for how a reunified diocese could strengthen your ministries and callings, what you feel you need to know to make an informed decision on reunification, and whatever else you’d like to share with us at this point in the discernment process. We look forward to hearing from you by January 10, 2025! Click here for more information.
-The Reunification Discernment Committee
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The Reunification Discernment Committee requests your prayers as it continues its work. Click here for options from which to choose. | |
Assisi Pilgrimage Info Session | |
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Date: December 9, 2024
Time: 5 p.m. (EST)
Where: Zoom
Are you still thinking about going on the pilgrimage to Assisi next spring? The Shalem Institute is hosting an information session and you're encouraged to attend.
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Starts: January 10, 2025, 5 p.m. (EST)
Ends: January 11, 2025 (3 p.m. (EST)
Where: Waycross Camp and Conference Center (Morgantown, IN)
Enjoy the peace and quiet of Waycross as you hone your craft among other lay preachers. Bring along an upcoming set of lectionary readings for a sermon you’d like to work on.
Amid generous unstructured time to read, relax, research, and write, we’ll gather as a group to reverse-engineer sermons we admire and generate ideas for one another’s work. At the end of the retreat, you’ll have the option to deliver a 3-5 minute version of your sermon for feedback.
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Save the Date!
2025 Winter Youth Retreat
Date: January 17-19, 2025
Where: Wawasee Retreat Center (Syracuse, IN)
Who: Teens sixth through twelfth grade
2025 Spring Youth Retreat
Date: May 16-18, 2025
Where: Wawasee Retreat Center (Syracuse, IN)
Who: Teens sixth through twelfth grade
2025 Youth Summer Camp
Date: June 8-14, 2025
Where: Camp Alexander Mack (Milford, IN)
Who: Campers entering third through ninth grade
2025 Sr. High Mission Week
Date: TBD
Where: TBD
Who: Teens entering tenth grade through graduating seniors
2025 Fall Youth Retreat
Date: October 24-26, 2025
Where: Wawasee Retreat Center (Syracuse, IN)
Who: Teens sixth through twelfth grade
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Save the Date
2025 Spring Clergy Conference with The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis
Date: March 10-12, 2025
Where: Waycross Camp and Conference Center (Morgantown, IN)
2025 Fall Clergy Retreat
Date: October 13-15, 2025
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center (Donaldson, IN)
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Office of Government Relations | |
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Action Alerts
The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations (OGR) identifies opportunities for Episcopalians to participate in our democracy. Click this link to find an action alert that you are passionate about and send a message to your members of Congress.
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Province V Of The Episcopal Church | |
Click here to read the Province V December newsletter. | |
Meet the New Campus Ministry Developer!
Eric Richey will begin work as Province V’s Campus Ministry Developer in January, 2025. He has spent nearly two decades sharing in Christ’s ministry alongside high school and college students, most recently serving for over 9 years with CCO Campus Ministry. Since 2021, the primary focus of his work with the CCO has involved training, coaching, and encouraging congregations as they sought to lovingly welcome and disciple college students in their unique ministry contexts. Eric lives with his wife, Alicia, and their 6 children, in a racially, socioeconomically, and ideologically diverse urban neighborhood in Cincinnati, OH. In recent years, they have been blessed to find a spiritual home in the Episcopal Church and they actively participate in the life of the community at Church of the Advent.
If you are interested in connecting with Eric, fill out this form, and he will be in touch with you in early 2025!
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News From Around The Episcopal Church | |
Virginia priest is three-time 'Jeopardy!' winner, could qualify for Tournament of Champions | All this Virginia priest wants for Christmas is the chance to compete in the "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions. The Rev. Kevin Laskowski just might get his wish. Laskowsk... | | | |
Episcopal-Anglican Idaho-Kenya dairy cow program generates income, builds spiritual relationships | Clergy in the rural Diocese of Butere in the Anglican Church of Kenya struggle with poverty while carrying out their pastoral duties. The small town in the western part of ... | | | |
New Jersey convent welcomes its first new postulants in over a dozen years; TikTok played a role | The Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham, New Jersey, matches in many ways the traditional conception of a convent, following the ancient rhythms of monastic life. The ... | | | |
Episcopal church in New Orleans hosts interfaith Mass, clergy breakfast observing World AIDS Day | When Gabriel Gutierrez was a young adult in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the 1980s, hearing about a friend or acquaintance dying from AIDS every week became unbearable. He mo... | | | |
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to complete official duties by Jan. 6 | Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will complete his official duties by the Feast of the Epiphany - Jan. 6, 2025 - according to a Nov. 20 statement from Lambeth Palace. ... | | | |
Episcopalians join international Transgender Day of Remembrance, as hatred and violence against LBGTQ+ persons continues to rise | Episcopal churches nationwide are recognizing Nov. 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance with special worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize those who've been tar... | | | |
New Jersey parents explore ways to talk to adult children about their disinterest in church | There is a largely unspoken tension between parents and their adult children in many Episcopal families. It's not about politics or even theology, at least directly. It's a... | | | |
Creation justice project helps churches find efforts that are right for them | A congregation that wants to be engaged in creation care has many things it can do - pollinator gardens, solar panels, energy audits, legislative advocacy, recycling, compo... | | | |
Executive Council receptive to presiding bishop's vision; tensions persist over Spanish translations | Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe presented a more detailed vision for the beginning of his nine-year term as denominational leader at a Nov. 7-9 meeti... | | | |
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included in the next monthly enewsletter to Canon Christopher Hillak,
Missioner for Communications and Operations, by December 25. Thank you!
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