Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022

Countdown to Convention

The 183rd Convention of The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri is happening THIS WEEK!

We invite YOU to celebrate our life together as a faith community:

• Everyone in the Diocese is invited to join us online for livestream highlights and engage on Zoom for inspired discussions.
• Lay and clergy delegates will meet at the DoubleTree Hotel in Chesterfield to conduct the annual business of the Diocese.

Convention Workshops:

Asking Big Questions; Doing Big Things

Equipping congregations to be companions on the way

Thursday, Nov. 17

7 p.m.

Zoom

The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice invites EVERYONE in the Diocese to engage in this year's virtual workshops, which are happening the evening before convention begins.

Lay and clergy leaders will present these Zoom events. Each workshop is designed to help us strengthen our congregational lives in different ways. Select one to attend -- we'll record them all so you can go back and watch more at your convenience.

Watch Canon Whitney's Countdown to Convention video then be sure to get all the details (including Zoom links) on the diocesan website.

Livestream Events:

All are invited to engage in these online events:

Keynote Speaker

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton,

Bishop of Maryland

Friday, Nov. 18

6 p.m.

Facebook or Diocesan website

Everyone watching online is also invited to join a Zoom discussion following Bishop Sutton's presentation.

Convention Eucharist

Including Bishop Deon Johnson's Convention Address

Saturday, Nov. 19

9 a.m.

Facebook or Diocesan website

Engage in worship with our entire diocese! Hear the Bishop's address and songs from our new Diocesan Gospel Choir.

Convention Resources and Details

Whether you are a convention delegate or just want to know more, you can find all convention news on the Diocesan website.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sunday, Nov. 20

5 p.m.

Facebook

The Diocese of Missouri will honor the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence on this national observance day.

Join Diocesan Missioner Bren O'Connor for a memorial prayer service on Facebook.

Requiem or Renaissance: Cohort #2

Saturday, Dec. 3

9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Your church & Zoom

Churches in Cohort #2 of Requiem or Renaissance should register your teams now for our next gathering. Please complete your registration no later than Nov. 28.

Learn more.

Dismantling Racism Commission's Annual Celebration

Saturday, Dec. 3

Registration at 9:30

Program: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Celebrate and honor the work of racial reconciliation happening in the Diocese of Missouri at this annual event. It's the first in-person celebration for the Dismantling Racism Commission since the pandemic began!

If you serve in a social justice ministry or want to learn about ways to get involved, please join us!

Learn more.

Canceling Medical Debt for Low-Income Families

The Emery Washington Convocation held a press conference last week to announce the amazing results of their R.I.P. Medical Debt Relief Campaign. The St. Louis area churches raised more than $25,000, which canceled more than $5.5 million in medical debt.

Learn more

Considering Solar Energy at Your Church

The Diocese is partnering with a solar energy company out of California to consider the benefits of renewable energy in our parishes. We're putting together a group of people who are interested in learning if solar is a viable option for their church. Are you and/or your church interested? 

Read more

Addressing Education Inequities

Does your church work with a local school? How can we help overcome education inequities in our diocesan communities and in the state of Missouri? Be a part of a new diocesan initiative to address education inequities.

Learn how your church can get involved.

ECW Connections Event: Voices of the Nativity

Sunday, Dec. 4

4 p.m.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Carondelet/St. Louis

Join Episcopal Church Women as we share in St. Paul's annual reading of the nativity, told through the voices of those who experienced it.

Please note that all women in our diocese are automatically members of ECW, and we joyfully encourage you to participate in events at the diocesan and parish levels!

Learn more about this Connections event.

ECM Holiday Giving

Find out how you and your congregation can help bring the spirit of Christmas to children in detention in St. Louis City and County this year. 

Get details of Episcopal City Mission's 2022 Holiday Gifts Program.

Get to Know DioMO:

Christ Episcopal Church, Cape Girardeau

Members of Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau have a strong sense of loyalty to the history of their parish as well as a strong commitment to service in their community.

Get to know Christ Church in Cape Girardeau.

Launching a New Campus Ministry

Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Charles hosted a special fellowship event for international students to launch a new campus ministry at Lindenwood University.

Read more.

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

This week's theme: Native Arts and Culture

Join us as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month throughout November with a series of short profiles to help us understand and appreciate the role Indigenous Americans and their culture have played and continue to play in our lives. 

Our thanks to the Rev. Leslie Scoopmire, Diocesan Missioner for Indigenous Ministry Engagement, for her work to bring us this engaging series!

Follow the series and engage in discussion on our new Indigenous Ministry Engagement Facebook group.

Follow the series on the diocesan website.

Rockwell House Campus Ministry:

Let Your Light Shine!

Rockwell House Episcopal Campus Ministry is facing massive electrical repairs to their old home near the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. 

So the group is embarking on a new campaign to make important safety updates to their house and re-imagine their ministry. 

Read their story and learn how you can help. 

Task Force on Hunger Grant Applications Now Available

Applications due November 23, 2022

The Diocesan Task Force on Hunger invites food ministries affiliated with an Episcopal congregation within the Diocese of Missouri to submit an application for funding for the 2023 calendar year. 

Learn more and apply.

New Year's Eve Taizé Service

This holiday tradition is back! Confluence, a roofless Center for Spirituality in the Diocese of Missouri, will hold a Taizé prayer service on New Year's Eve at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis.

Learn more.

Would you like to invite other members of the Diocese to an event in your church? Send your info to jgreenbaum@diocesemo.org. 

If you have news, announcements, or pictures you'd like to share with the diocese, please send your information to Communications Director Janis Greenbaum.