ECCT Seeking a Director for Congregational Development & Networking

ECCT is seeking to hire a full-time Director for Congregational Development & Networking. The position will report directly to the Canon for Congregations & Transitions and will work with Region Leadership Teams and existing and emerging Ministry Networks. The Director will engage, support, and deepen existing collaborative efforts while fostering new endeavors among congregations and across Regions.

The Director will also assist in building a team of congregational consultants—lay and ordained leaders with specific areas of expertise to strengthen the ministries of lay and clergy leaders throughout the diocese. 

If you have additional questions, please reach out to Jean Tomasco, Director for Human Resources.

Good Friday Offering & Virtual Concert to Support Middle East Ministries

Episcopalians are invited to enhance their Good Friday devotion by attending a virtual concert on April 18 at noon and 7 PM on The Episcopal Church's Facebook page. The concert—an encore presentation recorded in the spring of 2024 at Christ and St. Luke’s Church, Norfolk, in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia—is being given in support of the 103 years of the Good Friday Offering, which assists churches, medical programs, and schools in the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

It will air online on The Episcopal Church’s Facebook page and website and viewers will have the opportunity to make donations to the offering during the event.

Tickets available for Episcopal Church Women 144th Annual Meeting

The Board of Episcopal Church Women (ECW) in Connecticut invites you to join us at Aqua Turf Club, Southington, CT, on May 29, to reconnect with old friends, forge new relationships, and join in worship as we celebrate the impactful work of the Episcopal Church Women in

Connecticut. This year's guest speaker will be the Rev. Susan Lee, Ph.D.

Advance registration, including $25 payment, is required, no day-of registration or payment will be accepted. Registration deadline is April 25.

Complete the registration form and mail it along with your check made payable to "ECW in CT" to ECW-CT Administrator Lois Franforter, 2 Honeycomb Lane, North Haven, CT 06473.

Parishes Invited to Nominate Women for ECW's Honored Women Awards

For many years, Episcopal Church Women (ECW) has honored women who have served their parish ECW or women's ministry. Sadly, this tradition was paused during the pandemic, but is now being revived!

Each parish in ECCT is invited to submit the name of one woman to be honored at this year's ECW Annual Meeting by April 21.

Complete the nomination form and submit it, along with a current photo, to ECW President Paulette Blythe-Russel at Blythe.Paulette@gmaiLcom and ECW Vice-President Denise Welsh at dcainwelsh@gmail.com.

2025 Clergy Conference & MCPD: Grounded & Growing, coming May 19–20

ECCT clergy, mark your calendars to join your colleagues in a new way this year as we participate together in Mandatory Clergy Professional Development (MCPD) during our 2025 Clergy Conference, May 19-20 at the Bristol Event Center.

Our time together will include:

• Required MCPD with Dr. Louisa Baker, Director for Safe Church Training & Clergy Wellness
• A conversation with Dr. Willie Jennings Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School
• Time with bishops & colleagues
• Optional evening fun & fellowship opportunities
• Holy Eucharist
• and more...

Overnight accommodations are available at special reduced rate, including a small block of hotel rooms available for Sunday, May 18, for those who wish to come early and gather with colleagues and friends in fellowship, rest, and replenishment.

Registration opens soon!

Notes and Updates

The Commons Closed for Good Friday

The Commons will be closed and ECCT staff will not be working remotely on Friday, April 18, Good Friday. We wish you a blessed Holy Week and a joy-filled Easter!

Standing Committee seeks to fill open positions

Two members of ECCT's Standing Committee will be stepping down in the coming months. According to ECCT's Canon IX Section 2, "In case of a vacancy in the Standing Committee, the remaining members shall have power to fill such vacancy until the next Annual Convention, at which time the Convention shall elect a member to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term." Thus, the Standing Committee is seeking lay persons who are interested in serving until ECCT's next Annual Convention (Oct. 24-25). Anyone who wishes to be considered is encouraged to complete the nominee application form on ECCT's website no later than May 1.

News & Updates from Our Cathedral

Clergy Renewal of Vows On-site and Livestreaming from our Cathedral: April 15

Please join your Bishops and clergy colleagues on April 15 at 10 AM at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, to connect with one another and renew your ordination vows.

The Cathedral will livestream the service on the Christ Church Cathedral's Facebook page and YouTube channel for those who cannot attend.

News & Updates from Our Camp

Upcoming Events

April 25-27

Annual Writer's Workshop

Join Davyne Verstandig, retired lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Connecticut, for "Life Reexamined: Memoir." We will use writing as a way to re-examine and reflect on our lives, discovering how we have lived, and behaved and how to live forward with more compassion for ourselves and others.