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Youth Council Roster Announced
Please join me in congratulating the 2024/2025 Youth Council! This group of young people applied to be on our leadership team and are passionate, excited, and ready to plan, lead, and inspire other young people in our diocese! Please join me in prayer as they have their training retreat this weekend, they will be getting to know each other, what it means to be a leader, and what it takes to plan and pull off a meaningful retreat for their peers!
-Charlotte Garcia, Diocesan Missioner for Children, Youth and Family
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Discernment Day: God is Calling
Have you heard the rumbling of a call to ministry? Join us to explore how God might be calling you. Discernment Day is intended to help those who feel a call to service, through ordained or lay ministry start to explore their vocational call.
We will help answer questions such as: What am I getting myself into? I don’t feel ready, why do I feel called? What are the first steps? Do I have to move to attend seminary?
Speakers, table discussions, and Q & A time around topics such as Commission on Ministry, Iona School for Ministry, Ordained ministry (Priest & Deacon), and Lay ministry (Formation & Church Staff) will be offered.
We hope Discernment Day will help you find a path to your call.
Sept. 21, 2024 | 10 a.m. -2 p.m.
St. James Episcopal Church | Black Mountain
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St. James, Hendersonville, recently launched a campaign to replace its roof with solar panels. The project is lay-led and lay-initiated, resulting from collaboration between the Creation Care Team, Building and Grounds Team, and the Vestry.
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Resources for the Conflict in the Holy Land
The Office of Government Relations in The Episcopal Church has released a webpage of resources to follow the conflict in Gaza, Palestine, and Israel. The page includes ways to take action to support the citizens affected by the conflict, statements from leaders, partner resources, prayers, social media, and a list of press releases. The page is being updated as the situation develops.
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Songs My Daddy Taught Me
The Friends of Music at the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness in Flat Rock will present a concert with Linda Edwards, “Songs My Daddy Taught Me” on August 11, in the Parish Hall across the street from the church, located at 1905 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock. Soprano Linda Edwards and pianist Dewitt Tipton will perform familiar songs from the 20s, 30s and 40s along with well-known hymns.
Sunday, Aug. 11 | 4 p.m. | St. John in the Wilderness, Flat Rock
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The 2nd Annual Pirate 5K Run/Walk
Join St. Luke's and the community of Lincolnton for the second annual Pirate 5K. Learn the history of the fabled pirate who may or may not have been laid to rest in the graveyard at St. Luke's under the name Jean Lafitte. Pirate costumes are welcome.
Saturday, Aug. 17 | 7:30 a.m. | St. Luke's, Lincolnton
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Creation Care EcoFair
On Saturday, August 17, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., more than 20 environmental agencies and advocates will be under the “big tent” in front of Grace Church in the Mountains, Waynesville, to answer eco-friendly gardening, solar energy, EV and related questions. Dr. Rebecca Wall, a sustainable landscape designer who grew up in our mountains, will speak about how to bring native plants into our yards. From 10:30 to 12:30 free childcare, music, and nature-themed art activities will also be provided. Get all details here.
Saturday, Aug. 17 | 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Grace Church in the Mountains, Waynesville
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Your 2024 Stewardship Plan
Gearing up for your stewardship efforts soon? Need some support and information? Join this one-hour roundtable via Zoom to discuss year-round stewardship and free resources available that can help you build your team and cast your vision. Bring questions and come to share your ideas too.
Tuesday, Aug. 20 | 5 p.m. | Zoom
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Planned Giving: Starting/Re-engaging Your Parish's Legacy Giving
Part of Stewardship support in the Diocese of WNC is helping churches with their approach to planned giving or legacy giving. Maybe your are just getting started, or maybe you’ve wanted to reengage what you have. Join this roundtable on Zoom to learn about strategies, to hear from others, and to ask your questions. We want to support you with this part of growing generosity as a spiritual gift.
Tuesday, Aug. 27 | 5 p.m. | Zoom
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Clergy Backpacking Retreat
Join the Rev. Karla Woggon on a backpacking pilgrimage with fellow clergy to re-connect with yourself and God by immersing yourself in the wonder of the wilderness. Sunday afternoon gather at Lake Logan to build community & prepare for the trail. Monday-Wednesday backpack & camp in the Shining Rock Wilderness. Experienced and novice backpackers are welcome. In addition to the backpacking, you will have time for individual and group prayer, meditation, & reflection. All backpacking gear is provided or you may bring your own.
Spiritual Guide: The Rev. Karla Woggon, an Episcopal priest & Director of Soul Sauntering Pilgrimage Ministry has 30 years of experience in parish ministry & spiritual direction. She is an avid backpacker, sea kayaker, & pilgrimage leader.
Sept. 15–18 | Lake Logan Wilderness
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Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Spiritual Retreat
Prayer and Action, Living a Life of Intercession
Join Deacon Glenda McDowell on this retreat weekend dedicated to examining a life of intercessory prayer and the subsequent fruits of action and social justice. The Rev. McDowell serves as the deacon of All Souls Cathedral and was the first African-American woman ordained as a deacon in the Diocese of Western North Carolina.
Registration form (send by Aug. 30)
For More Information
Contact Mary Ann Ransom Nanaransom43@gmail.com or Diance Mance
Mancediane40@bellsouth.net
Sept. 13–14 | Lake Logan Conference Center
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Grace Church in the Mountains is excited to host 20 gallery-sized panels from the Saint John's Bible, created using ancient techniques of calligraphy and illumination by artists in Wales and collaborating scholars in Minnesota. Bishop José will bless the exhibit Sunday, August 11, and all are welcome to view it during its time at the church. For more information and exhibit hours, visit here.
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Save the Date for Upcoming Youth Events
We are gearing up for another exciting year of family, youth, and children’s events here at the diocese! Save the dates for all these incredible events, more details and links to register will be available soon!!
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"Love God, Love God’s World" is a nine-session, film-based curriculum, ideal for Episcopalians anywhere on the journey with creation care and environmental ministry—from newcomers looking to take their first step to seasoned leaders seeking a transformative small-group experience.
Sessions have a similar structure to the popular Sacred Ground curriculum and include compelling films and readings, faith-based reflections, and discussion questions—each written by different contributors who draw from their own contexts and experiences. Participants will also discover ways to learn, pray, advocate, and conserve.
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The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) Board of Trustees announced today the appointment of the Very Rev. Lydia Kelsey Bucklin as the new President and Dean. President Bucklin, a 2015 EDS graduate, most recently served as the Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan. She succeeds the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, who completed six years as President and Dean in June 2023 and served as the Interim President until June 2024.
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As announced at the close of the 81st General Convention, the installation of Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe will be a simpler, scaled-down event this fall with a view toward reducing carbon footprint and increasing virtual engagement and participation. The installation service will take place on Nov. 2 at the Chapel of Christ the Lord in The Episcopal Church Center in New York City. Watch for more information about watch parties and educational resources for the event coming soon.
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