The Episcopal Church in Hawai'i

Where you'll find announcements and links to upcoming events and activities from around the Diocese

February 21, 2019

HEADER PHOTO: This issue's header photo was taken at St. James' Episcopal Church on the Big Island, where the youth ukulele ministry performed at Sunday services. At far left, Fr. David Stout joins in with them. Photo from the St. James' Facebook page .

MARCH 3: WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

Traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday after Epiphany, this year, World Mission Sunday is celebrated on March 3. 

On World Mission Sunday, Episcopalians are invited to focus on the global impact of the Baptismal Covenant’s call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 305). It is also an opportunity to raise awareness of the many ways in which The Episcopal Church participates in God’s mission around the world.

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry invites the church to observe World Mission Sunday in a video HERE or click on his image above.

“As Christians, we are called to reach out across borders, across walls, across divides and to always put family first, and our family is the whole of humanity. There are no geographical borders in God’s world, there is only love, and love knows no boundaries,” the Rev. David Copley, Director of Global Partnerships and Mission Personnel said in a sermon posted HERE.

Currently, Episcopal Church missionaries serve in many international locales, including Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, England, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel/Palestine, Panama, the Philippines, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, and Tanzania.

Resources

For more information, contact Jenny Grant, Officer for Global Relations and Networking, [email protected].

EYE20 PLANNING TEAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW!

Deadline is March 17

Applications for youth interested in serving on the Planning Team for the 2020 Episcopal Youth Event (EYE20) are now being accepted.

 

“Planning Team members are charged with creating and implementing EYE20 from beginning to end,” said Bronwyn Clark Skov, Director of the Faith Formation Department, which coordinates the event. "Team members must be mature in their faith and able to undertake the work and commitments necessary for the year-long process of developing an international event of this scale.”

 

To be eligible for the Planning Team, youth applicants must be currently enrolled in grades 9 – 11 and be a communicant in good standing in an Episcopal Church congregation. In addition, all applicants must be available to travel unaccompanied on the following dates:

The online application is available HERE in English and HERE in Spanish.

 

The deadline for receiving applications is March 17, 2019 by 5:00 PM EST.

 

EYE20 will mark the 14th EYE, which remains a popular and well-attended event. EYE will be open to Episcopal youth in grades 9-12 during the 2019-2020 academic year and their adult mentors.

 

EYE20 is scheduled for July 7-11, 2020. The registration process and additional details about the event will be available Fall of 2019. The location has not yet been announced.

 

Unfamiliar with Episcopal Youth Event? Read about EYE HERE.

 

For information contact Skov at [email protected].

PRESIDING BISHOP CALLS FOR GOOD FRIDAY OFFERING TO SUPPORT MINISTRY IN ANGLICAN PROVINCE OF JERUSALEM AND MIDDLE EAST

“The Good Friday Offering of our Church is one way to help connect the love of Christ on the cross with our support of the ongoing ministry of love and compassion carried out by our Anglican sisters and brothers throughout the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East,” Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry wrote to the bishops and clergy of The Episcopal Church. “Whether funding a hospital in Gaza or the West Bank, or an eye clinic in Aden, or women’s programs, or summer camps and leadership training for young people, the Good Friday Offering is making a difference in the lives of so many.”

In his Good Friday letter, Presiding Bishop Curry asks each Bishop and congregation to consider providing assistance for the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

“I believe our partnership with those who keep the faith of Jesus alive in the region, where our Lord walked and began his movement, is a significant aspect of our work as part of the church catholic,” he wrote.

Information, including bulletin covers and bulletin inserts on the Good Friday Offering, is available HERE.

To view a copy of the Presiding Bishop's letter, click HERE. 

TENS CONFERENCE 2019: GENEROSITY TRANSFORMED!

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) announces the Generosity Transformed! Conference that will be held April 30-May 12, 2019, in Indianapolis, IN. Church and organizational leaders will learn how to energize and revitalize their strategies for faithful generosity by connecting their missions, ministries, and resources. More than a typical workshop-based conference, Generosity Transformed! Conference participants will engage deeply in peer discussion groups and subject-based roundtables to develop practical implementation plans, and leave ready and able to help their churches and organizations thrive through transformative practices of faithful generosity.

Live streaming of all keynote speaker presentations will be available. For more information and to register, visit their website HERE.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED REMINDERS:

LIFE TRANSFORMED: THE WAY OF LOVE IN LENT AND EASTER

The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving and death; then we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, faith communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life.

 

New Way of Love resources for Lent and Easter include three components; additional resources from partnering organizations and churches are also featured. To view the variety of resources available, visit the Episcopal Church website HERE.

UNITED THANK OFFERING APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED

Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 United Thank Offering grants.  The focus for the 2019 United Thank Offering grants is "Go: Crossing boundaries created by race, culture, and economics to create communities that listen deeply and learn to live like Jesus." More information and application is available  HERE .

Known worldwide as UTO, the United Thank Offering grants are awarded for projects that address a new focus area each year, both domestically and internationally in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. The United Thank Offering was founded to support innovative mission and ministry in the Episcopal Church and to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole Church. 100% of thank offerings given to UTO are granted the following year.

The deadline is March 1, 2019, at 5:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Central, 3:00 PM Mountain, 2:00 PM Pacific, 1:00 PM Alaska, 12:00 PM Hawai'i.   READ MORE



Contact Information

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The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i

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