In this edition of ENews:
- WordFest unites layreaders/preachers from around diocese
- Clergy Conference Registration Extended for Hotel Accommodations!
- 2022/2023 ECS Grant Cycle deadline coming up
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EDNC gets a shout out on the latest Spade Spoon Soul podcast
- Executive Council meeting before 80th General Convention reviews a church in flux
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WordFest unites lay readers from around the diocese for a day of training and sharing
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On Saturday, April 23 more than 60 lay readers, lay preachers, and clergy from 27 parishes gathered virtually for the first ever WordFest! The program was divided into two parts - the morning session focused on Discovering the Word, finding connections in scriptures. Presenters for the morning included the Rev. Peter Rodgers, the Rev. Dr. Daniel London, and Dr. Lindy Williams of Fuller Seminary.
The afternoon session emphasized Delivering the Word. Presenters were Mr. Jay Leach, Dr. Don Taylor, and Ms. Elizabeth Kenealy of Trinity Cathedral. Participants worked in small groups to hone their delivery skills. Other coaches included
the Hon. Leta Parks, the Rev. Bob Scott, and Roger Cutler.
Many thanks to all who participated. A special shout out to Maria Ramirez from the Office of the Bishop for her zoom wrangling skills!
A link to a zoom recording will be posted on our website soon.
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Clergy Conference - May 10 - 12, 2022
Trinity Cathedral | Sacramento
REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
to 5pm Friday, April 29!
For those requiring hotel reservations, we are happy to share that the registration deadline has been extended to 5pm this Friday, April 29th! We have partnered with the new Fort Sutter Hotel, which is conveniently located one block away from Trinity Cathedral! With its premier location in Sacramento's arts-centric Sutter District, the Fort Sutter Hotel reflects the unique culture and character of Midtown, and is surrounded by great dining options!
The hotel features modern amenities such as: The Café Bernardo, Four Palms lobby bar, an outdoor lounge with fire pit, curated hallway art gallery, fitness center, and much more!
Please note: If you are selecting a “Single Room” or “Double Room” upon registration, your accommodations are being handled by our office. Please do not book your own rooms with Fort Sutter as our office has secured special rates that are not available to individuals booking their own rooms. Single rooms are limited and available until full.
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Mission: Joy - The Film
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu share their wisdom (and humor) through a laugh-out-loud funny documentary film called Mission: JOY, Finding Happiness in Troubled Times, that is inspired by their international bestseller, The Book of Joy. The film production team includes multiple Academy Award winners and Emmy winners, and is predicted, like the book, to be "the antidote to the times" (Boston Globe). It premiered at Tribeca, and has been featured in 34 film festivals and counting.
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Upcoming Events from the Office of the Bishop |
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Diocesan Quilting Bee
Wednesday April 27 | 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
St. Clement's | Rancho Cordova
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Day of Discernment
June 18, 2022
The May 7 Day of Discernment has been rescheduled to June 18.
This is the first step in the Ordination process for those who may interested in the Diaconate, Priesthood, or in a religious order.
The Day of Discernment is held via Zoom. Sponsoring clergy must attend with their aspirant.
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Congregational Disaster Preparation Workshop
The final Congregational Disaster Preparation Workshop has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 4 at 7pm. There is still room to attend this zoom workshop. If you want to participate, please contact Mark Dibelka at mark@norcalepiscopal.org
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Update on the 2022-2023 Grant Cycle:
May 1, 2022, is the due date for funding requests to Episcopal Community Services (ECS).
Requests for funding are made by completing a Request for Proposals (RFP), found on the ECS website (www.norcalecs.org),
The May 1st deadline applies to the following grants:
- The Ministry Development Fund (1 year)
- The Warren Dunning Memorial Social Justice Grant (3 years)
- The Barry L. Beisner Multi-Year Grant (up to 5 years)
- The Bishop Jerry & Jane Lamb Grant (youth/young adults)
There is no deadline for submitting applications for the Healing & Health Ministries Mini-Grants, which are accepted throughout the year.
Descriptions of each grant are available on the ECS website.
RFPs should be emailed to Betty Harrison-Smith, ECS Grants Chair, at bettyharrisonsmith@gmail.com.The signature page on the grant application should be signed by BOTH the rector/priest-in-charge AND the Rector’s Warden (Senior Warden).The original of the signature page must be mailed to Betty at PO Box 367, Shasta, CA 96087.
The ECS Board of Directors is looking forward to hearing from as many congregations as possible within the Diocese!
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St. Peter's Red Bluff Presents
A Touch of Class | Classic Jazz Concert
Sunday, May 1 | 3:00 pm
5120 Jefferson St | Red Bluff
Click here for more information
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St. Luke's Galt is hosting
A Spring Rummage Sale
Saturday, May 7
9 am – 3pm
3rd and B streets | Galt
Click here for more information
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Book Signing and
Author Event
Saturday, April 30 at the Avid Reader on Broadway
Join the fun and come support a first-time author: The Rev. Dr. Pamela Dolan, rector of St. Martin's in Davis. Pamela will be reading from and signing copies of her new book Contemplative Gardening on Saturday, April 30, at 2pm. This free event takes place at the Sacramento location of the Avid Reader bookstore.
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Gender Transgression in Early Christianity
A Lecture by
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA
The first openly transgender Bishop in a mainline Christian denomination
May 9, 2022 | 7:00 pm
The Episcopal Church
of St. Martin’s
640 Hawthorne Ln
Davis
Click here for more information
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Final Executive Council meeting before 80th General Convention reviews a church in flux
BY EGAN MILLARD | Episcopal News Service | Posted Apr 20, 2022
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks to Executive Council on April 20, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo: Egan Millard/Episcopal News Service.
[Episcopal News Service – San Juan, Puerto Rico] The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church kicked off its April 20-23 meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, its last meeting under its current makeup. The body’s mandate is to implement the policies of General Convention, which convenes July 7-14 in Baltimore, Maryland, where new members will be elected.
The meeting opened with an address from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, who discussed the results of the recent national poll commissioned by his office and what they mean for the future of the church.
The results of the poll, conducted by Ipsos, were released in March and indicate wide discrepancies between how Christians view themselves and how they are viewed by non-Christians. Curry, referencing the safety signs throughout the London Underground, urged council members to “mind the gap.”
“I think our British cousins are right about this,” Curry remarked. “It’s not just an intellectual exercise. [It means,] pay attention to it. And then navigate so that you transcend the gap and get on the train.”
In this case, the gap is illustrated by the characteristics that Christians associate with themselves – “giving,” “compassionate,” “loving” and “respectful” – versus the traits that non-Christians associate with Christians: “hypocritical,” “judgmental,” “self-righteous” and “arrogant.”
“This could be a moment of despair,” Curry said, “or actually, as President [of the House of Deputies, the Rev. Gay Clark] Jennings may have intimated, a moment of hope. Because in this problem is embedded a possibility. In what looks like something to throw up our hands may actually be something to open our hands.” Read More
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Women in Mission is theme of online Global Mission Conference, May 12-14
Registration is ongoing for the 2022 Global Mission Conference that will be held May 12-14 online on the theme of Women in Mission. Sign up now to join with people around the world to celebrate and reflect on the vital role of women’s participation in God’s mission.
Sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network, the conference will meet for 3 hours via Zoom on each of the 3 days, 1-4 p.m. Eastern Time. Spanish-language translation will be available.
Visit the conference page here for more information. If you're ready to register, you can go directly to the registration page here. The conference is free and open to the public, and donations are encouraged via PayPal on the GEMN donation page. Attendees will receive the Zoom connection information upon registration.
Conference plenary speakers will highlight the history of women in mission, Mothers Union work in Africa, women missionaries’ work today, and Anglican women’s work at the United Nations. Workshops will feature the mission work of women in Mozambique, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, India and Korea. The work of religious orders, Episcopal Relief & Development, Five Talents and the United Thank Offering will be featured, and Mission Spotlights will offer further insight into women’s global work.
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Diocese of Northern California gets a
shout out on the latest episode of Spade Spoon Soul podcast.
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Learn about the Episcopal Church's Good News Garden Initiative. |
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New From Forward Movement |
God saw every living thing that was made, and indeed, it was very good. - Genesis 1:31
Featuring fifty days of reflections by spiritual leaders and writers from around the world, The Creation Care Bible Challenge is an extension of
The Bible Challenge, a global initiative to encourage daily engagement with scripture and an exploration of the Word of God.
Join farmers, scientists, theologians, conservationists and clergy in exploring ways that we can be faithful, loving stewards of the earth and all of its riches.
Learn more and order here.
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St. James Music Press Launches Music Ministry Renewal Grant
Grant opportunity for churches starting or revitalizing choir programs.
Saginaw, MI - SJMP will award a grant to a church starting or revitalizing a choir program.
The purpose of this grant is to support new music programs or established music ministries that are adding a new element by offering resources and professional support.
Elements awarded in the grant include -
- Complementary 1-Year Membership to St. James Music Press
- $1000 - To support ministry needs
- Quarterly program consultations with SJMP colleagues meant to help recipients maximize their SJMP membership, discuss program challenges, and celebrate/build upon program successes.
Funds are used at the discretion of the grant recipient and could include but are not limited to:
- New equipment
- Funding a retreat
- Instrument repair
- Changes to worship or rehearsal spaces
Applications must be submitted by June 30th, 2022.
St. James Music Press is an online church music publishing house that has been providing accessible scores and musical resources since 1992.
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May 1 – The Third Sunday of Easter
John 21:1-19
After casting their net to the starboard side of the boat for a tremendous catch, the disciples realize that the man on the shore who told them to do so is the Risen Christ. Peter then girds himself and jumps into the sea, leaving his friends to beach the boat. Peter helps haul the net ashore after seeing the charcoal fire, which likely reminds him of the fire that kept him warm when he abandoned Jesus and denied him three times (John 18:18). A delicious breakfast of fried fish is prepared from among the 153 fish caught. At the time, it was thought that there were 153 species of fish, so this number suggests that all people from every tribe and nation will ultimately be saved and held by the untorn net of God’s love, according to St. Jerome.
During this third appearance of the Risen Christ to the disciples (on this Third Sunday of Easter), Jesus asks Peter three times, “Do you love me?” thus paralleling and absolving Peter’s previous three denials. When Peter responds in the affirmative, Jesus urges him to demonstrate his love by feeding and tending God’s flock, which will require of him significant self-sacrifice. The independent Peter who previously girded himself as he impulsively leapt from one activity to another will eventually be girded by someone else while being led along the Way of the Cross, thus emulating the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Before making his final sacrifice in martyrdom, this same Peter exhorts church leaders to gird themselves in humility as they care for God’s flock and await the Chief Shepherd who will award them with the crown of glory that never fades away (1 Peter 5:2-5).
The Rev. Dr. Daniel DeForest London
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Resurrection, The History & The Mystery
Past– Present & Future of Eternal Life
April 28 – June 2 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Six Themes:
- Hebrew Scriptures
- Zoroastrian influences
- Hebrew Apocrypha writings with Moses & the I AM
- The prophet Jonah
- The coming of Elijah
- Paul & Us Being in Christ & Christ in Us.
Facilitated by Morey Lloyd | This group will meet on zoom
The Monastic Heart | Joan Chittister
Get a head start on the fall online experience with Sr Chittister sponsored by the diocese.
Facilitated by Sr Kelly Dunlap, N/OSB | This group will meet on zoom
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Episcopal Community Services & Diocesan Partners in Ministries of Health Present: |
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A Webinar with Sister Joan Chittister
A Monastic Heart: How to Live an Ordinary Life Extraordinarily Well Saturday, September 10 | 10 a.m. – noon | On Zoom
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Commission for Intercultural Ministries |
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Click here for the latest news on support for refugees in our diocese.
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Support for Ukraine
Episcopal Relief and Development is deeply engaged in addressing the humanitarian needs of Ukraine. Bishop Megan has directed a significant donation from the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund for this humanitarian crisis. Give by clicking on this link: Episcopal Relief and Development.
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Job Opportunities around the Diocese |
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St. Clement’s | Rancho Cordova is seeking a 3/4 time Priest-in-Charge.
See the position description here.
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St. Paul's | Sacramento is seeking a Music Director.
Read the job announcement here.
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Diocesan Commissions | Committees | Ministries |
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