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In this edition of ENews:
- Ferndale, St. Mary’s Inventory Available to Parishes
- Register now for mostly-hybrid Sacred Ground Circle
- Fearless Faith: A Creation Care Pilgrimage to St. Martin's, Davis
- The Rev. Anthony Guillen invites you to the Fearless Faith Revival
- Vestry Essentials Workshop Recordings Now Available
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Ferndale, St. Mary’s Inventory Available to Parishes
Our diocese has been blessed by
St. Mary’s, Ferndale. Though officially dissolved at Diocesan Convention in 2020, their precious church items live on!!
Since the closing of St. Mary's, they have graciously been offering up their inventory for FREE to parishes in our diocese. If your parish is in need of any of these items, click the button below to view the items and complete the request form.
All items (except those specified in the description), are located at the Bishop’s Office in Sacramento. They can be picked up or, you can make arrangements with one of our staff to have it delivered when they are traveling to or past your parish.
If you have any questions, please contact Kati Braak, kati@norcalepiscopal.org
Click here to view the inventory.
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Register now for mostly-hybrid Sacred Ground Circle
Church of the Epiphany in Vacaville and Grace Episcopal Church in Fairfield will co-host a Sunday afternoon Sacred Ground Circle beginning
Sunday, May 5, 2024.
Hybrid Sessions | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Zoom & Epiphany, Vacaville
May 5, 19 | June 2, 23 | July 7, 21 | August 4, 18 | September 8
In-Person Session | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Location TBD
Saturday, September 21.
Read More.
The circle is limited to 20 participants.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/MPpbbGqT2c8tfNw29
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Memorial for Kent McNair
A memorial service for The Rev. Canon Kent McNair will be held on Saturday, April 20th, at 4:00 pm at Faith Episcopal Church, Cameron Park, with a reception following.
The service will be livestreamed. Links can be found at faithec.org
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Fearless Faith Revival Updates | |
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Fearless Faith: A Creation Care Pilgrimage to
St. Martin's, Davis
Sunday, April 21 | 4:00 pm | St. Martin's, Davis
Come enjoy a wonderful celebration of Earth Day and the ways that our faith can help us deepen our care for Creation. On April 21 at 4pm, the St. Martin’s Sanctuary Choir will present “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass” in a concert to celebrate Earth Day. Admission is free. The concert pairs “The World Beloved” with readings from “Bucolics,” a psalm-like collection of poetry by Maurice Manning, written in the voice of a southern sharecropper.
Composer Carol Barnett describes her 2007 work as “combining sacred classical choral tradition with the sparkling down home sound of a bluegrass band.” Poet Marisha Chamberlain has provided a text that honors the liturgy while presenting an unpretentious, earthy philosophy in which God dwells right here among us, expressing love through creation.
Read more.
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Come gather to build community, learn from national church leaders, explore our faith, and prepare for the Revival. This is a great Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) reunion + friends that will include spending time with and jamming with the EYE band. Dinner will be provided.
Friday, April 26th | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento
Age Range: 13-19
Free Event!
Click Here to Register.
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Fearless Faith: A Sacred Ground Pilgrimage to
St. Paul’s Church
Saturday, April 13 | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | St. Paul’s, Sacramento
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Spend a morning at St. Paul’s Church in Sacramento delving into the history of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California’s first congregation through the Sacred Ground lens of race and faith.
Who first claimed the land the church was founded on? How did redevelopment and other policies affect communities of color in the neighborhoods around St. Paul’s? How has the cycle of life – birth, growth, death, rebirth – informed its outlook today? What is to be learned? Lamented? Celebrated? Explore these questions and more with Bishop Megan Traquair, the Rev. Rik Rasmussen and Preservation Sacramento’s Bill Burg, among others.
Cost is $10. Seating is limited and registration is required by April 11.
Click here to register.
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Recording of the first session of Preparing the Ground for Evangelism Workshop Now Available | |
The Rev. Anthony Guillen invites you to the Fearless Faith Revival | |
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Registrations are now open!
Revival Festival, Workshops, and Worship Registration
Register Here
Revival Exhibitor/Outside Vendor Registration
Register Here
Fearless Feast Fundraising Dinner
Tickets for this event underwriting the cost of the Revival start at $250
Register Here
For more information visit the Revival Website:
https://www.fearlessfaith2024.org/
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Need a hotel room for the Revival? Rooms are going fast, and reservations are closing soon!
Did you know the diocese has secured deals with over a dozen hotels in Roseville and it's surrounding areas? Don't miss these discounted rates!
The deadline to book a room with the Hilton Garden Inn Roseville under our special rates is this Thursday, April 11!
Click here for a list of hotels offering special rates for the Revival: https://www.fearlessfaith2024.org/hotels
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Frankie Bear wants to know:
What is a Vital Congregation?
Stop by the “Growing Vital Congregations” table at the Revival Ministry Fair, just look for Frankie Bear and his friends from the Board of Trustees. Fill out a one-minute survey listing three characteristics of a vital congregation.
Find out more about the Congregational Vitality Assessment program. For more information contact: mtrgeri.stfrancis@gmail.com.
(Semper Virens Deanery folks: the surveys will be available at the remote Revival Worship on Saturday evening at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka.)
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Vestry Essentials Workshop Recordings Now Available
Click the links below to view the recordings.
Welcome, Plenary Session, Bible Study | Watch here
HR Basics, Property and Financial Matters | Watch here
Pastoral and Spiritual Leadership | Watch here
What Every Vestry Member Should Know | Watch here
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2024 Clergy Conference – Registration Now Open | |
Tuesday, May 14* | 4:00 pm — Thursday, May 16 | 12:00 pm | |
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Bishop's Ranch | Healdsburg
*Fresh Start begins on Monday, May 13
Guest Presenter | Ms. Lisa Kimball, PhD
Vice President for Lifelong Learning and the James Maxwell Professor Chair of Lifelong Christian Formation, Virginia Theological Seminary
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Postulant Financial Aid Available
The Diocese of California offers financial aid for postulants pursuing theological education at an approved seminary or theological institution. Financial aid is available for students from the Diocese of California and, from designated funds, the Diocese of Northern California, the Diocese of San Joaquin, and the Diocese of El Camino Real. Specific eligibility requirements differ from fund to fund.
Apply by April 30, 2024
For additional questions, contact the vocations officer, Dr. Travis Stevens, at vocations@diocal.org.
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ECS 2024-2025 Annual Grant Cycle Begins – Request for Proposals
ECS is pleased to announce that the 2024-2025 Annual Grant Cycle has begun!
Episcopal congregations throughout the Diocese of Northern California can apply for a number of grants, including:
- 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 and Jane Lamb Grant (1 year, youth and young adults)
- The Healing and Health Ministries Mini-Grants
- The Rev. David & Catherine Cavanagh Memorial Grant (1 year, with option for 2 renewals)
Information about each of these grant opportunities can be found on the ECS website www.norcalecs.org.
The actual request for funding (Request for Proposals, or RFP) is due to the Grants Chair steve.mershon@icloud.com by May 1, 2024.
If you are going to be submitting an RFP and have not submitted a Letter of Interest yet, please contact the Grants Chair as we provide grant-writing assistance.
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Missioner for Disaster Resilience | |
Missioner for Church Life | |
Commission on the Environment | |
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Upcoming Events for Spring
Earth Day 2024 | April 22
The Episcopal Church website provides information about:
- Liturgical resources for honoring God in Creation,
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A toolkit from Creation Justice Ministries titled Plastic Jesus: Real Faith in a Synthetic World
- Faith Climate Action Week from Interfaith Power and Light, Living the Golden Rule: Just Transition to a Clean Energy Economy.
Click here to visit The Episcopal Church Creation Care webpage.
Fearless Faith Revival | April 27 | St. John’s, Roseville
There will be an immersive exhibit provided by the Commission on the Environment and the Commission for Intercultural Ministries. The exhibit will feature stories from the Season of Courage: I am here, Lord, and an invitation to pray for courage, to build the Beloved Community and to heal the environment. Click here for information about the Revival.
Episcopal Resources for Rogation Sunday | May 5
Liturgical Materials for Honoring God in Creation.These resources come from the 78th General Convention. They include propers, prayers and other worship resources. Here is a link to the webpage.
Contact Miriam Casey (ednccoe@gmail.com) for more information.
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Commission for Intercultural Ministries | |
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I Will With God's Help: Journey Toward Racial Healing and Justice Workshop – Registration Now Open
This workshop is rooted in our baptismal identity and the promises we make in baptism. It focuses on how we can more fully live into our promise to be loving toward our neighbors, to address racism in our communities and build the Beloved Community. During the workshop we follow the path of the Becoming Beloved Community labyrinth.
This workshop meets the requirement for licensing for Lay Eucharistic Ministers, Lay Eucharistic Visitors, and unlicensed lay leaders (such as vestry members and ministry leads) in the Diocese. Other lay licensed ministries need to take Sacred Ground to meet Diocesan licensing requirements.
All Classes are on Saturdays from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm:
APRIL 20 | Ascension, Vallejo
MAY 11 | St. Michael's, Carmichael
JUNE 8 | Zoom
JUNE 22 | St. Peter’s, Red Bluff
SEPTEMBER 14 | Trinity Cathedral
OCTOBER 19 | St. Paul’s, Healdsburg
Click here to register.
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Upcoming Events around the Diocese | |
A woodwind ensemble accompanies pipe-organist Paul Blanchard at the Sunday, May 5 classical-music concert at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Healdsburg. The quartet includes (from left) Jim McCammon on clarinet, Jennifer Murray on flute, Grammy Award-winner Paul McCandless on bass clarinet and Jim Gibboney on clarinet. The concert begins at 5 p.m. Admission is free. | |
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First Sunday in May concert features Woodwind Quartet
May 5 & 19; June 9 | St. Paul's, Healdsburg | Free Event
The public is invited to hear classical music based on three early hymns, played by pipe-organist Paul Blanchard accompanying the St. Paul’s Wind Ensemble, at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Admission to the concert is free, and the public is welcome to attend.
Read more.
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Camp Living Waters
Sunday, July 21 - Friday, July 26 | Cookson Ranch
Camp Living Waters is set for Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26 at Cookson Ranch in Redwood Valley. The Camp is open to youth ages 9- 15 and youth ages 16-17 serve as counselors. Join us this year for a week of Real Super Heroes, full of madcap cape adventures, identifying our God-given super powers and discovering the real superheroes all around us.
Read more.
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Eco-Prayer-Art Work Day
Saturday, April 13 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Have you heard? The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California is having a revival on April 27 in Roseville. This festival atmosphere will feature special music, food trucks, prayer stations, and a dynamic visiting preacher. Artist and Eco-team coordinator at Grace, St. Helena, Jacob Zuniga, is building a mini- prayer chapel of interwoven redwood poles and grapevine prunings for the revival.
You are invited to a workday at the Zuniga home on Sunday, April 14 from 2 pm – 5 pm (new time). We will feed you and put you to work weaving grape vines, and repotting 200 native plants that will be given away at the revival.
To RSVP please email Jacob at eco@grace-episcopal.org.
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Church of Our Saviour, Placerville Presents The Chosen Series
Beginning Sunday the evening of April 14, at 4:30 pm, we will start a seven-week class to explore the question, “Who is Jesus?” We will watch episodes from the video series The Chosen. Each episode of The Chosen chronicles the ministry of Jesus Christ as he preaches, gathers disciples, and cures the sick. The entire series follows several New Testament narratives closely but fills in back stories for those around Jesus. Jesus is shown in a very relatable way, often expressing joy. After each video we will discuss what we have seen and share our responses. Each session will last 90 minutes. This class is open to anyone who would like to explore more about the life and ministry of Jesus and is free to attend.
If you have questions, please contact Mark Leighton, at 530-721-3613 or Dona Adams, at 530-919-5075 (please leave a detailed message or text).
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Women's Retreat at Faith,
Cameron Park
Saturday, May 18 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Open to all women in the Diocese
A women's retreat will be held on Saturday, May 18th, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, at Faith Episcopal Church in Cameron Park.
This year's theme is "Blooming into Abundance, Cultivating our Spiritual Life." The gathering will include programs, lunch, and Eucharist. Suggested donation for the retreat is $40. Registration is open to all women in the diocese.
Register by May 10th. CLICK HERE to register.
Questions? Contact: The Rev. Canon Megan Anderson Gartin manderson@trinitycathedral.org
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Capital Deanery Vacation Bible School
June 24 - 28th | 9 am - 1 pm | St Michael's, Carmichael
Churches are welcome to participate in our Capital Deanery Vacation Bible School (VBS) Day-Camp this summer at St. Michael's in Carmichael. Planned in collaboration between Faith Cameron Park, St Michael's, and Trinity Cathedral - this day camp will be a place of celebration and fun for kids 4 years old - entering 5th Grade. Entering 6th graders and up are welcome to attend as camp helpers for free!
Cost is $50 for each child, with a cap of $90 for every family. The day will include outdoor play, chapel time, a focus for each day (art, STEM, drama, cooking, water) that provides learning, enrichment, and most importantly fun! All campers are expected to bring their own lunch.
Click here link to register.
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Clergy Openings in The Diocese | |
Job Opportunities in The Diocese | |
Christ Episcopal Church | Eureka is seeking a Music Coordinator/ Organist. Read the Job Announcement Here. | |
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral | Sacramento is seeking a new Director of Cathedral Choristers (Children’s choir). Read the Job Announcement Here. | |
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