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SUMMER DIOCESAN
MINI DIGEST
June 23, 2022
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Upcoming Events:
June 25: Music that Makes Community event in Eugene. Learn more here.
June 26 - July 1: Latino Camp at Suttle Lake Camp
July 4: Please note that the Diocesan Office will be closed and the staff will be off.
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Bishop Visitations:
June 26: Ss. Peter & Paul/Ss. Pedro y Pablo, Portland
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Diocesan Staff Office Hours:
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The necessity for training Lay Leaders to be Missionaries is imperative. The number of priests working with Latino Ministry at the present are few, not even the minimum necessary to attend to the pastoral and sacramental needs of the different communities in the Diocese. For this reason, we are developing a training program - Escuela para Ministerios, with the ultimate goal of forming a missionary team that will work together to perform the functions of Lay Ministers, receive the required preparation to later enter a process of spiritual discernment, and analyze the possibility of starting the process as postulants to holy orders.
Part of this process will be to combine formation with pastoral practice, so that their ministry is part of the integral formation of the lay person participating in this program.
In order to enter into this program, a commitment to serve in the life of their community and a commitment to serve in their home congregation will be requested.
The objectives of this program are:
- Renew our Baptismal Covenant in action - Developing a lay ministry aimed at strengthening the unity, respect, and solidarity in their community and congregation.
- Congregations will have a team of Lay Missionaries committed to serve God from their culture, social, language, and expression in their settings or context.
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Enhance a congregation's strategy towards recognizing, developing, and nurturing emergent communities.
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Recognize the opportunity for dynamic growth in programs such as evangelism, stewardship, Christian formation, and different support programs.
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Changes to Safe Church Requirements & Process
As part of our Safe Church, Safe Communities policy review, we are implementing additional updates to our diocesan practices and policies. We will work with each community this year to implement these updates throughout our Diocese.
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Meet two more General Convention Deputies!
In the weeks leading up to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, we will meet and learn about our diocesan deputies.
This week, meet deputies the Rev. Kerlin Richter and Becky Snow on our website.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF DIOCESAN CONVENTION |
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The 134th Annual Meeting of the Convention of the Diocese of Oregon will be held online on Saturday, October 29, 2022. |
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Nominations for Diocesan Leadership Positions - due July 1
Nominations now open for: Standing Committee, Board of Trustees, Diocesan Council, Trinity Cathedral Chapter, and Deputies to the 81st General Convention in 2024. Learn more & access the nomination form on our website. Nominations are due by July 1, 2022.
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Submitting Resolutions to Convention
Per Canon 1.1.6, resolutions need to be submitted by email in an editable document to Tracy Esguerra by July 29. You can read more about resolutions on our website.
Need help in writing a resolution? Contact Alan Murray, chair of the Committee on Resolutions of Policy.
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Salem: St. Timothy - Brandon Filbert, Rector; Don Wilson.
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Seaside: Calvary - David Sweeney, Rector; Diane Higgins, Deacon.
- The Diocese of Malabar – The Church of South India
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FROM THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
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Presiding bishop calls Episcopalians to ‘A Season of Prayer for Revival’
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites Episcopalians everywhere to mark the season after Pentecost with 30 days of prayer leading up to and encompassing the 80th General Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sign up and download bulletin inserts online.
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Maintenance Manager/Sexton - St. Gabriel the Archangel, Portland
The position is responsible to the Junior Warden and rector. The Sexton works with the Junior Warden who oversees the maintenance of the church, building, equipment, furnishings and grounds.
To see further details please visit our website.
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