St. Peter's, Cheshire's, Eco-Justice Council featured in recent article
"How Churches Are Joining the Sustainability Movement" in CircleAround
"Nearly seven years ago, Martha Blume and Marj Chapman got on a bus with a few members of their church and headed to Manhattan for the People's Climate March. A small group among the more than 300,000 Americans in the city for the demonstration that pushed for solutions to the environmental catastrophes facing the world — one of the hundreds of rallies across the globe at the time — the churchgoers returned home wondering what they could do in their small Connecticut community to bring the movement back home." Read more.
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This Week's Message from the ECCT Reparations Task Force
Did you know? The United Nations “describes five formal categories of reparations: restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition.” You can find their full definition here. These formal categories have guided numerous nations in addressing past crimes against humanity. The United Nations has weighed in on the United States’ need to address chattel slavery and its aftermath for its Black citizens. Read more at United Nations News.
Which of the Five Formal Categories of Reparations feels most accessible? Answer Here.
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ECCT Stories: Proud to Support LGBTQIA+ Pride
My eyes scanned the faces of the forty or so people gathered, all looking up at the flag pole. With the help of Boy Scout Troop 45, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Southington had just raised its first LGBTQIA+ Pride flag. Read the full blog post.
The link to the post has been updated if you were unable to access it last week.
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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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CANCELLED THIS WEEK: Wednesday's Online with our Bishops Weekly Zoom Call
This week's "Wednesday's Online with our Bishops" Zoom call for Clergy and Lay Leaders is cancelled due to Clergy Day at Camp. Please join us next Wednesday, June 30, at 8:30 a.m. Call information and archives of past calls are available on ECCT's website.
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Expressions of Gratitude to the Rev. Canon Lee Ann Tolzmann
The Rev. Canon Lee Ann Tolzmann, Canon for Mission Leadership for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, will begin a well-deserved retirement at the end of this month, June 2021. Lee Ann has had a profound impact across ECCT helping over 125 parishes secure new clergy leadership during her six years of service. Her vision “Transition is the New Normal” has been transformative in establishing new forms of clergy appointment to meet the challenges of the new missional age. The Episcopal Church in Connecticut is hugely indebted to Lee Ann and gives thanks to God for her faithfulness, wisdom, loving care of individuals and parishes, and her love of Jesus.
We will be collecting expressions of gratitude and well wishes as we send Lee Ann on her way into retirement. Please send emails, cards, and notes to Alison Hollo at The Commons via email, [email protected], or via postal mail, "The Commons, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut, 290 Pratt Street, Box 52, Meriden, CT 06450." We will collect these expressions of thanks and present them to Lee Ann on June 30th. The deadline for receiving your emails and notes is THIS Friday, June 25, 2021.
Thank you, Lee Ann!
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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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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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Sat, Jun 26, 2021 9:00 AM EST
Cherish & Celebrate on the Connecticut River
Riverside Park,
Hartford
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It's a Choose your own River Activity day with Connecticut River Conservancy and fellow Episcopalians. Learn more about the options available all day.
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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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Tue, Jul 6, 2021 6:30 PM EST
Region Entrepreneurial Fund: Come and Learn
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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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Music Licensing Considerations for online worship: OneLicense vs. CCLI
"OneLicense is better for churches that have more traditional/liturgical music programs, and CCLI is better for those that use mostly contemporary music. I would suggest looking at the member publishers that are available on each and deciding which one aligns better with the music program at a particular parish."
The above guidance does not constitute legal advice and is only offered as a resource. For specific questions or concerns regarding copyright issues, please contact a copyright attorney.
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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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