May 26, 2020
Diocesan Pentecost Liturgy
Sunday, May 31st | 10:00 AM
Come, Holy Spirit!
Diocesan Pentecost Liturgy
Sunday, May 31st |10:00 AM
  • Bishop Fisher is presiding and preaching at 10:00 AM
  • Over 40 participants from around our diocese
  • Virtual Choir with 75 voices from our diocese
  • Each congregation might consider hosting a virtual Coffee Hour after
  • Have a candle ready to light as we renew our Baptismal Promises
  • Wear red!
The service will be broadcast on Facebook and Youtube
  • Watch on our diocesan Facebook page or on our Youtube Channel
  • Broadcast links will be available on Thursday 5/28 at 12:00 PM.
  • The liturgy will be available for download in the June 9th issue of Mission Matters.
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Tech Time with Ellen Lincourt
May 27th | 6:00 PM
If you are already offering worship online and have a question. Come.
If you haven't moved into online worship and want to try? Come.

Ellen is Senior AV Support Specialist at  Worcester Polytechnic Institute . She lends her digital skills to ministry at  St. Michael's-on-the-Heights , Worcester and to our diocese as needed.

Many of you took Ellen's workshop last spring on cell phone videography for congregations. She has the skills and the professional experience to guide us into the next phase of digital evangelism.

Meeting ID: 860 5347 5958
Password: 258694

Dial in by phone
 +1 646 876 9923
Meeting ID: 860 5347 5958
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Being Church Now
“Alexa, open Episcopal Prayer”
Both Alexa and Google Assistant have learned some Episcopal prayers. Thanks to a partnership between TryTank Experimental Lab and Forward Movement , you can now say, “Alexa, open Episcopal Prayer” or “Google, talk to Episcopal Prayer” and your device will begin playing the morning or evening prayer podcasts of Forward Movement.

Depending on the time of day, Alexa or Google Assistant will play either the morning prayer or evening prayer podcasts, which include the full liturgy of the daily office along with the assigned psalms and readings for the day.

Compline continues every night @ 8 PM
"Keep watch, dear Lord..."
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Meeting ID: 714 336 095
Password: 806374

Join Zoom Video Meeting
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From The Episcopal Church
Will you proclaim the Good News of God in Christ?
 Embracing Evangelism video series and resources now available
Embracing Evangelism : A six-part digital course exploring our call to seek, name, and celebrate Jesus’ loving presence in the stories of all people – and then invite everyone to more.

Each session features teachings on Episcopal evangelism, group discussion, and exercises to help Episcopalians understand the ministry and call to evangelism. The full Embracing Evangelism series consists of six video sessions, each under 45 minutes.

Celebrating Graduation resources available from
The Episcopal Church
Available  Celebrating Graduation resources  include prayers and blessings, service videos and virtual choirs, worship bulletins and scripture, as well as a collection of resources and ideas for celebrating 2020 graduates during this pandemic.

Survey: General Convention Task Force seeks information on
the theologies of money present within the church
All practicing Episcopalians invited
to participate in survey.
Responses requested by June 1, 2020.

The  Task Force on Theology of Money  is listening to the theologies of money present within The Episcopal Church as part of the work assigned by the 2018 General Convention.

The Task Force seeks to understand how Episcopalians’ Christian faith is expressed in, or is not expressed in, or is held in tension with, individuals’ relationships with money through the short survey linked in English  here , in Spanish  here , and in French  here .

Resources and Workshops
Social Distancing, Not Social Isolation
LMPC offers webinars
eFormation Conference online June 3
Creation Care
Social Justice Commission
Beloved Community Commission
Together We Thrive
REGISTER HERE

Keep an eye on the calendar here .

Rev. Heather Ramsey Mabrouk , Program Coordinator
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