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The Baptismal Covenant: Lenten Reflections 2023 | |
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2023 Easter Message from
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
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“We are here in a world struggling to find its soul, but the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not, cannot, and will not overcome it,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry said in his Easter 2023 message. “Jesus lives. He has been raised from the dead. That is the message of Easter, and that is the good news of great tidings.” | |
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Emerging Technologies and the Future of the Church Roundtable Discussion
Date: May 4
Time: 6-7:30 p.m. (ET)
Where: Zoom
Are you curious about how emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, could shape the future of the church? What will their impact be on worship, formation, and our everyday lives? Join us on Thursday, May 4 at 6 pm when we will explore these topics, and more.
The program will be moderated by Steven Slaubaugh, the Director of Faith Formation at the Cathedral of Saint James, and will include the following panelists:
- Dr. Samantha Slaubaugh, Postdoctoral Fellow in Theology at the University of Notre Dame
- The Rev. Dr. Kirsten Guidero, Associate Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University and Assisting Priest at Gethsemane Episcopal Church in Marion, IN
- The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Warne, Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Mishawaka, IN
The panel discussion will be followed by group conversation and time for questions. Please join us for this discussion on the intersection of technology and faith with us on Thursday, May 4th from 6 - 7:30 PM ET.
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Episcopal Youth Camp
Date: June 11-17, 2023
Where: Camp Alexander Mack
Cost: $500 ($470 per additional sibling)
The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana Summer Youth Camp is offered for students entering 3rd-9th grades in the 2023/2024 school year. It is held at Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, IN on the shores of Lake Waubee. Each year the planning team designs a special curriculum centered around a theme intertwining biblical teachings and modern day experiences.
The 2023 fee for the week at Diocesan Youth Summer Camp is $500 for one child and $470 per child for additional siblings. This year we are asking that all balances be paid no later than June 1. This is to cut down on the amount of items we are collecting at registration and to simplify the drive-thru process. You can pay this balance via PayPal or by sending in a check. The check must be received in the EDNIN office no later than June 1. Balance reminders and links to pay via PayPal will be sent out near the end of May. If you are in need of assistance with camp fees we ask that you first contact your parish priest or administrator to request help with funds. After contacting your parish, you may request assistance from the Diocese by emailing the missioners for camping.
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Save the Dates
Sr. High Mission Week
Date: There is no Sr. High Mission Week in 2023 due to EYE23.
Camp New Happenings
Date: July 23-29, 2023
Where: Camp Alexander Mack
Jr./Sr. High Summer Retreat
Date: August 2023
Where: Episcopal Wawasee Retreat Center
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God Outside: Northern Indiana
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 10 a.m. (ET)
Where: Potato Creek State Park (North Liberty, IN)
Meet at the Nature Center. We'll be walking Trail 1.
RSVP Here
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Earth Day Event
Date: Wednesday, April 26
Time: 6 p.m. (ET)
Where: St Thomas/ Santo Tomás Episcopal Church (Plymouth, IN)
As a part of Plymouth’s Earth Day events St. Thomas/ Santo Tomás is hosting, The Jesus Movement: Good news for all of Creation. There will be an Ecumenical prayer service for creation, videos and discussion on The Episcopal Church’s beliefs and actions related to creation care, and an update on the climate crisis in Malawi Africa through the voice of an Anglican priest.
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Rooted in Soil and Grounded in Faith: Resources for Sustained Creation Care (co-sponsored by Province IV and V)
Date: May 5, 4 p.m. - May 7, 12 p.m.
Where: Nazareth Retreat Center (Nazareth, KY)
Cost: $50
Registration: Register by April 14
This weekend retreat will engage those involved in ministries of creation care in deeper theological study, sharing of resources and ideas, opportunity for fellowship, nature contemplation, and spiritual renewal. The weekend event will include presentations, conversations, nature walks, and prayer on the beautiful grounds of the Sisters of Nazareth convent in Nazareth, Kentucky.
All those interested in creation care (from any province) are invited to participate. Cost: $50 (includes meals; scholarships available) Learn more.
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This past week, we celebrated the Ordination of The Rev. Robert Armidon to the Sacred Order of Priests and had a service for the Renewal of Vows and Blessing of Holy Oils. You can check out the photos on our facebook page! | |
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Spring Clergy Retreat
Date: May 8-10, 2023
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center (Donaldson, IN)
Clergy are invited to attend the Spring Clergy Retreat. This year's theme will center on the Lambeth Calls. Bishop Doug Sparks will be our retreat leader and will be joined virtually by other bishops from across the Anglican Communion.
Check-in begins on Monday, May 8 at 3 p.m.
Wrap up after Eucharist/Lunch Wednesday, May 10.
RSVP by Friday, April 21.
Fall Clergy Retreat
Date: October 9-11, 2023
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
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Save the Date
Fall Clergy Retreat
Date: October 9-11, 2023
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
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The Diocese is now accepting applications for the following two grants.
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Continuing Education Grants: Continuing Education Grants are awarded by the Continuing Education Subcommittee of the Commission on Ministry. Learn more here.
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Social Outreach Grants: Social Outreach Grants are awarded by the Diocesan Social Outreach Committee. Learn more here.
Applications must be submitted to info@ednin.org by May 31, 2023.
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Staff Schedules
- Canon Terri Bays is on sabbatical through April 13.
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Office of Government Relations | |
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Episco-pols
Episcopalians and others interested in demonstrating their faith through civic engagement and advocacy are invited to subscribe to a new podcast—dubbed “Episco-pols”—from The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations.
Designed to inform and inspire, “Episco-pols” launched in mid-March and can be subscribed to via any podcast platform. In the pilot season, church advisors for international, domestic, and environmental policy will tackle frequently asked questions about church engagement with the government and offer action steps.
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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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Read the Province V newsletter for April here. | |
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Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Province V Annual Meeting & Retreat
Date: June 2, 5 p.m.-4, 3 p.m.
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center (Donaldson, IN)
Cost: $225 per person
Episcopal Church Women of Prov. V are holding their annual meeting and retreat weekend at Lindenwood Retreat Center in Donaldson, Indiana from June 2-4, 2023. The themes are "God's Dream" based on the book by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and modern Christian iconography presented by Kristin Wheeler from New Orleans. Ellen Lindeen and Ailysh Cooper, delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting in NYC, will speak about their experiences. The Rev. Canon Michelle Walker will celebrate the Eucharist on Saturday.
Reservations are required and limited.
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Missouri faith leaders oppose anti-trans legislation in open letter to lawmakers | Missouri faith leaders oppose anti-trans legislation in open letter to lawmakers [Diocese of Missouri] More than 300 faith leaders throughout Missouri have added their signatures to an open letter to state lawmakers to oppose bills targeting the LGBTQIA+ community during the current state legislative session. | | | |
Three Wisconsin dioceses move toward possible reunion votes at October conventions | Episcopal Wisconsin Trialogue] Leaders of the Trialogue steering committee, representing Wisconsin's three Episcopal dioceses, say that the next several months will be pivotal in the discernment process that began in the fall of 2021 and involves 58 leaders from across the dioceses of Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Eau Claire. | | | |
Michigan bishop joins governor, former Rep. Gabby Giffords at gun reform rally | Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders are helping to fuel increased momentum for gun law reforms in Michigan, with Bishop Bonnie Perry speaking March 15 at a statehouse rally in Lansing alongside Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and anti-gun violence activist Gabby Giffords, a former Arizona congresswoman. | | | |
News From Around The Episcopal Church | |
American Cathedral in Paris celebrates its 100th anniversary | Episcopal News Service-Paris, France] On March 18, 1923, the fifth Sunday in Lent, the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, popularly known as the American Cathedral in Paris, was consecrated and became the seat of the bishop-in-charge of the Episcopal Churches in Europe. | | | |
Church Pension Group issues first report on lay employee compensation | Episcopal News Service] The Church Pension Group has issued its first-ever report on lay employment and compensation within The Episcopal Church in a look at demographic, geographic and compensation differences among lay employees who are enrolled in retirement plans sponsored and administered by the Church Pension Fund. | | | |
New Jersey Reparations Commission offers a 'stations of reparations' liturgy | Diocese of New Jersey] The Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey offered a Stations of Reparations liturgy at St. Peter's Church, Freehold, on March 25, which brought together more than 80 participants in person and online from around the state and nation to consider the church's history of oppression of Africans and African Americans, while inviting a response of repentance. | | | |
Oregon churches respond to escalating homelessness, drug crises | Episcopal News Service] Since the pandemic, the state of Oregon has experienced one of the nation's sharpest rises in homelessness and drug use. Churches in the state are taking extraordinary measures to meet a relentless surge in need for food, housing and mental healthcare. | | | |
Kentucky church affirms LGBTQ+ inclusiveness against legislation targeting transgender care, drag shows | Episcopal News Service] Republican lawmakers in state legislatures across the United States have proposed hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in recent years as they embrace culture war policies that are increasingly focused on limiting transgender rights and acceptance in schools, health care and other public spheres. | | | |
Episcopal delegates to UN women's commission discuss their experiences advocating for gender justice | Episcopal News Service] Nine Episcopal women who served as delegates to the 67 th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women gathered in a March 23 webinar to discuss the important topics they tackled and the experiences they had during the meeting, which took place March 6-17. | | | |
New York service to offer 'institutional and collective apology' for diocese's complicity in slavery | Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of New York, as part of its long-running efforts to examine and repent of the church's historic complicity in slavery and other forms of racial oppression, will hold a service of apology on March 25 at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. | | | |
Diocese of Central New York honors Harriet Tubman during annual renewal of vows service | Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Central New York on March 22 combined its annual renewal of vows service with a commemoration of Harriet Tubman as part of its ongoing commitment to racial justice and reconciliation. | | | |
Filmmakers release 'The Philadelphia Eleven' documentary trailer | Episcopal News Service] The producers of a documentary on the 11 women who broke down barriers in The Episcopal Church to become its first female priests have released a trailer for the film, as they work to raise the remaining money needed to complete it in time for the 50th anniversary of the church milestone next year. | | | |
Frank T. Griswold III, 25th presiding bishop, celebrated as a 'contemplative with a quiet courage' | Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Frank Tracy Griswold III, the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, was remembered March 18 as a leader who "bathed us in the love of God." | | | |
House of Bishops elects Armed Forces and Federal Ministries bishop suffragan and Navajoland provisional bishop, reaffirms trans rights | At The Episcopal Church's House of Bishops spring gathering, 122 bishops gathered March 8-13 at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, Alabama, for a time of retreat. In his opening sermon, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry challenged the group by asking how they live into the fact that they are bishops of a church that is both "Good Friday and Easter," where there is death and new life all at the same time. | | | |
Los Angeles bishop baptizes Princess Lilibet, daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan | Los Angeles bishop baptizes Princess Lilibet, daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan [Episcopal News Service] Princess Lilibet Diana, the daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was baptized last week in a ceremony at the couple's home by Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor, the bishop confirmed in a March 8 post on Facebook after several national and international news outlets reported on the ceremony. | | | |
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Please email any events, articles, or notifications you desire to be
included in the next monthly enewsletter to Canon Christopher Hillak,
Missioner for Communications and Operations, by April 25. Thank you!
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