This Week's Message from the ECCT Reparations Task Force
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Celebrating the gift of life and water on the Connecticut River
Cherish and Celebrate on the Connecticut River
In partnership with the Connecticut River Conservancy, a group gathered at Riverside Park in Hartford on Saturday, June 26, to rest, replenish, and be renewed by the waters of the river. Some kayaked and hiked, others planted trees and learned about the river on guided walks. The gathering concluded with worship on the banks of the great river, led by the Rev. Canon Jorge Pallares and musicians from our Cathedral in Hartford along with music and stories of the River Tribes in Connecticut by Mixashawn Rozie.
Keep the celebration going by planting and caring for a tree this summer. Learn more about selecting, planting, and caring for trees in the Connecticut Tree Owner's Manual.
Photo by Marc-Yves Regis
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If you would like to contribute a story, reflection, poem, art, etc. to the ECCT Stories blog, please send an email to [email protected] to be considered. Please keep it to under 600 words (in a Word Doc preferred) and any photos/images you'd like included.
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Welcome to our new Communications and Media Associate, Stacey Kohl
The Rev. Stacey Kohl has joined our ECCT staff as the new Communications & Media Associate. You likely already know Stacey as she has been serving as Interim Communications Specialist for the last several months. She was also most recently priest-in-charge of Christ Episcopal Church, Norwich, prior to its closure in May.
In this full-time role Stacey will be assisting our Canon for Mission Communications & Media, Jasree Peralta, in all things “communication and media,” primarily on communication infrastructure and content creation. Her last day as Interim Communications Specialist will be this Friday, July 2. She will then be taking a hiatus before returning in her new full-time role on Monday, July 19. Stacey can still be reached at [email protected] and now via phone at 203-369-3501 ext. 127. Congratulations Stacey and welcome!
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2022 United Thank Offering (UTO) Grant Applications Now Open!
The UTO applications for the 2022 Granting are now available on the UTO website The focus of this year’s grants is "Care of Creation: Turning love into action by caring for God’s creation to protect the most vulnerable—who will bear the largest burden of pollution and climate change—through justice, advocacy, environmental reparations, or the development of formation materials."
All grant applications must be received by Pam Sola no later than January 10, 2022. Applications may be sent via email to [email protected] or postal mail to Episcopal Church in Connecticut, c/o Pam Sola, 290 Pratt Street, Box 52, Meriden, CT 06450
The UTO is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, individuals are invited to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. UTO encourages people to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings, and make an offering for each blessing. For more information, contact Betty Silva, Episcopal Church Women in CT, at [email protected].
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Exploring the archives - Resolution 7
At ECCT's 2020 Annual Convention, resolution 7 resolved that parishes, worshiping communities, and Intentional Episcopal Communities take steps to discover and document historic complicity in racism in their parish and communities. In order to best support this work we have begun to curate a list of parishes and communities that have already explored their histories and can assist others. If you and your community have already begun this work, please email and notify ECCT Archivist Greg Farr.
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Submit your photos for the new ECCT website!
The development of our new website is underway, and we need your help! To fully encompass all of us that make up ECCT, we are requesting submissions of photos that help visualize who and what ECCT is to you. From ministries in action to your parish's beautifully stained glass windows, we want it all!
In order to credit, we are requesting that you name your photos with their description before submitting (i.e. BishopLauraRevRowenaKemp.jpg, stainedglass_stmarksmystic.png) Please submit photos here by June 30, 2021.
By submitting these files you are acknowledging the Episcopal Church in Connecticut's permission to utilize them in promotional materials including but not limited to the diocesan website and social media. Any questions please contact Canon for Mission Communications & Media Jasree Peralta at [email protected].
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Tue, Jul 6, 2021 6:30 PM EST
Region Entrepreneurial Fund: Come and Learn
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Borne out of ECCT's raising resources in the Joining Jesus in the New Missional Age Initiative, we have received more than $750k to distribute through grants over the next five years. Individual donors and parishes generously expressed their commitment to help our Regions explore new pathways of joining Jesus, who's already out there working among us. Join your two Region Entrepreneurial Teams and your bishops and staff to learn more of what this is all about. Check out our webpage for further details of what's to come.
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Camp Washington Summer Camp opens on July 7!
Are you registered yet?
Summer Camp '21 might look and feel a bit “different” than summers past and we are confident we can offer the fun, sun, friendship, and memory filled summer that has made Camp Washington famous! There are a few spots still available, reserve your spot today.
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Safe Church Training Summer 2021
All ECCT Safe Church Training (SCT) includes an online course followed by a 3-hour live session on Zoom. This training is grounded in our call to seek and serve Christ in all persons and respect the dignity of every human being. It offers an opportunity to increase and enhance our ability to live out our Baptismal Covenant within our communities of faith and in the world beyond.
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"Cherish and Celebrate on the Connecticut River" Evening Prayer Recording Available
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Confirmation Resources available on ECCT's website
Confirmation is a significant sacramental rite in the Episcopal church. Many young people and adults find it a profound opportunity to deepen their relationship with the Lord, affirm their identity as an Episcopalian, and recommit to participating in God’s mission. There are excellent resources available from all around The Episcopal Church to assist your parish or region’s collaboration in these formation opportunities. Read more.
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Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) Peacebuilding Online Project
First Sunday of the month beginning August 1
EPF will host a series of online 1-hr presentations the first Sunday of each month starting in August on different aspects of and approaches to peacebuilding, both with others and within ourselves. We will meet via Eventbrite/Zoom at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Hear inspiring voices. Learn. Discover resources for going deeper. Read more.
Explore all the options through January 2022 online.
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Unlocking Grace & Hope: A Weekend of Episcopal Evangelism
September 24-26, 2021 at St. Mary's in the Mountains
As we emerge from the global pandemic, how will we offer God’s grace and hope to our neighbors? How will we extend the Gospels’ invitation to “come and see?” Join us for a weekend of inspiration as we bring together some of the Episcopal Church’s most innovative and inspiring leaders in evangelism, including ECCT's own Marcus Halley, Paul Carling, and Matt Lindemann. Come celebrate how we can extend God’s grace and hope through music. Learn more and register.
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From The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, learn more and register online
From The CEEP Network, learn more and register online
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Camp Washington
Camp has positions available for
- Male cabin counselors (18+)
- Performing Arts Coordinator.
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