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November 8, 2023

23rd week of Pentecost

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Elder Ministry Network Meeting

November 16

Online via Zoom

  • Please join us for Dementia-Friendly Worship as we discuss, share best practices, and brainstorm new ideas in cognitive challenges as well as mobility, sight, hearing, and common to our oldest elders.
  • Thursday, Nov 16 1pm-2pm
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Bishop's Address from the 239th Annual Convention


"Last year I stood in front of you just three weeks after my consecration and told you that I would spend the first year as your Bishop listening. I was looking forward to getting to know you, and for you to get to know me. I pray you feel you know me a little better than you did a year ago. I certainly feel like I know you a little better. And I am grateful. 


I told you I would listen. And I have."


Watch Recap Here

Be of Good Courage

What Does 'Be of Good Courage' Mean?


The 2023 theme for our 239th Annual Convention was Be of Good Courage. As we explore the ever changing landscape of the world around us, we are all called to find courage deep within us. Watch as we discuss what being of good courage means to us!


"...courage takes many forms. Courage to try a new ministry. Courage to risk. Courage to merge. Courage to change."


-The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello

Urgent Updates


  • Annual Convention Follow-Up

Review Results for Resolutions, Elections, Final Reports, ect.



EVENT SPOTLIGHTS

VISIONS Training Workshop, November 15-16


Last Call to register by noon on November 11 for VISIONS Inc. two day workshop for those within the Episcopal Church of Connecticut community who are interested in expanding ideas and creating community around concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.


Register Here

DID YOU KNOW The Power of Story?


“We don’t simply tell a story; we enter it. We enter its world and become part of it. We go through the wardrobe and are in Narnia. We Christians come together to reenact the story: “On the night be he died, he took bread.” When we hear that narrative, we are in a room in Jerusalem two thousand years ago, and we are here, and we are at the great banquet with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven.


“If we as a church are to go deeper in our faith, we need to recover story as the center of that faith. But we need to ensure that the story we proclaim is wide enough and deep enough to be true. Christianity is a love affair with the living God, and the entrance is the stories of that love affair as played out over the centuries. This means we need to know the story. . . . People want to know what difference Jesus made in our lives, and our calling is to make the connection between their story, our story, and the Gospel story.


Because we are always in process, the story we tell must be reviewed and revisited. The Church’s story in 1970 is not its story in 20[23]. How can we have a story without Gene Robinson or Katharine Jefferts Schori or Michael Curry? We must widen our own story by connecting it with others and their stories. Such an effort is not only the means to get to a true story but also a means of growth.”

From the Reparations Task Force


(Source: REALIZING BELOVED COMMUNITY, Report from the House of Bishops Theology Committee, 2022)

TRANSITIONS

Clergy in Transition: Please reach out to the Office of Diocesan Transition Ministry if you are interested in any of our parishes or have questions about the transitions process.

 

Parishes seeking clergy

 

Trinity Church, Collinsville                                Seeking ½ time PIC

St. Thomas’ Church, Bethel                              Interviewing

St. James’ Church, Danbury                             Interviewing

St. Gabriel’s Church, East Berlin                       Seeking ¼ time PIC

Christ and the Epiphany Church, East Haven   Seeking ¼ time PIC

Christ Church, Guilford                                  Seeking FT PIC

St. Martin’s Church, Hartford                         Seeking ¼ time PIC

St. Andrew’s Parish, Kent                               Interviewing     

Emmanuel Church, Killingworth                     Seeking ¼ time PIC

St. John’s Church, Pine Meadow                     Seeking ¾ time PIC

St. John’s Church, North Guilford                    Seeking ¼ time plus PIC

St. Paul’s Church, Plainfield                           Seeking ¼ time PIC

St. James Parish, Preston                              Seeking ½ time PIC

Christ Church, Redding                                  Interviewing

Christ Church, Sharon                                      Seeking ¼ time PIC

Trinity Church, Southport                                 Interviewing

St. Mark’s Chapel, Storrs                               Seeking ½ time PIC

St. Paul’s, Wallingford                                      Seeking ½ time PIC

St. John’s Church, Waterbury                         Interviewing

Trinity Parish, Wethersfield                              Interviewing

St. Paul’s Church, Windham                             Seeking ¼ time PIC

All Saints, Wolcott                                            Interviewing

 

 

Trinity Church, Collinsville, is seeking a half-time Priest-in-Charge. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

 

Christ Church, Guilford, is seeking a full-time Priest-in-Charge with a rectory. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted through October 31.

 

St. John’s Church, Pine Meadow, is seeking a 3/4-time Priest-in-Charge. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

 

 

St. James Parish, Preston, is seeking a half-time Priest-in-Charge. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

 

St. Paul’s Church, Wallingford, is seeking a half-time Priest-in-Charge. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

 

Trinity Church, Southport, is seeking a full-time Priest-in-Charge with a rectory. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted through November 27.

 

St. Mark’s Chapel, Storrs, is seeking a half-time Priest-in-Charge. This is a three-year appointment with the option of converting to rector. Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

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