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The Diocesan Office will be closed the following dates:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 16
Staff Schedules
- Canon Michelle will be on medical leave through January 10.
- Bishop Doug is breaking up the last bit of his sabbatical into study days and will be out of the office the following days.
- January 3-4
- January 8-11
- January 15, 17-18
- January 23-24
- January 30-February 1
- Canon Terri will be on sabbatical January 13-April 13.
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Jr/Sr. High Winter Youth Retreat
Date: January 13-15, 2023
Where: Wawasee Episcopal Center (Syracuse)
Cost: $25 per person
RSVP: Register by January 9, 2023. After January 9, space is first come,first served.
Join us for our Annual Diocesan Jr. & Sr. High Youth Winter Retreat January 13-15 at the Wawasee Episcopal Center. To reserve your space, register by January 9. After January 9, it is first come, first serve. Youth grades 6th -12th are invited to attend a retreat focused on faith, fellowship, friendship, and fun. This year's teen speakers are going to share stories on community service and the impact that it makes on the lives of others and themselves.
Register online, download or print the medical forms and bring them to the retreat along with the $25 fee on January 13, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact Carol Bianchini at cjbianchini@comcast.net or 574-551-3087 for more information.
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Webinar Series: How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going
Date: January-February
Where: Zoom
Register here.
Join us during January and February 2023 for four 90-minute sessions based on Susan Beaumont's book, How To Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going: Leading in A Liminal Season. Bishop Doug has written, "I want to underscore how important these webinars are for the life and vitality of our diocese and encourage, in fact expect, every clergy leader, lay leader, every person in our diocese who wants to participate, to make this a priority in January and February."
We are offering the four 90-minute webinars at two different times during the week: one during the work day and a second in the evening. Both session times will be held via Zoom.
Session One: Negotiating A Liminal Season
- Tuesday, January17, 1/12 p.m. (EST/CST)
- Thursday, January 19, 7/6 p.m. (EST/CST)
Session Two: Engaging the Soul of the Institution
- Tuesday, January 24, 1/12 p.m. (EST/CST)
- Thursday, January 26, 7/6 p.m. (EST/CST)
Session Three: Moving From Decision Making to Discernment
- Tuesday, February 7, 1/12 p.m. (EST/CST)
- Thursday, February 9, 7/6 p.m. (EST/CST)
Session Four: Coaxing Order out of Chaos
- Tuesday, February14, 1/12 p.m. (EST/CST)
- Thursday, February16, 7/6 p.m. (EST/CST)
Please register for the webinars here. You will be asked for your name and shipping address. A hard copy of the book will be shipped to the address you provide and a PDF will be made available for the four 90-minute sessions. You will also be asked to indicate the day and time you will attend each session.
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EDNIN's own Mtr. Kirsten Guidero (assisting at Gethsemane in Marion) earned a grant this year to research science-engaged theology, specifically to explore how theological language works. Part of her grant concerns making theological scholarship public. She is piloting a four-session adult education overview of her work for Gethsemane during Epiphany 2023, and hopes to later share this work with any other interested parishes. The material can be adapted for a variety of formats and lengths. Please contact her if you would like to bring this workshop to your parish: kirsten.guidero@gmail.com. | |
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God Outside: Northern Indiana
Date: Saturday, January 14
Time: 10/9 a.m. (EST/CST)
Where: Boot Lake Nature Preserve (Elkhart)
RSVP Here
Join us for our monthly hike! This winter wonderland hike is an easy 3.5 loop over the meadow, through the woods, and along the lakeshore. Please RVSP so that we know you are coming.
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Dove Faith Café now has a podcast!
You can find them on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. You can also find the podcast on their website: DoveFaithCafe.org. They’ll drop one podcast a month, so keep checking back. Please share it with friends.
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Save the Dates: 2023 Clergy Retreats
Spring Clergy Retreat
Date: May 8-10, 2023
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
Fall Clergy Retreat
Date: October 9-11, 2023
Where: Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
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Action Alerts
The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations (OGR) identifies opportunities for Episcopalians to participate in our democracy. Click this link to find an action alert that you are passionate about and send a message to your members of Congress.
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National Human Trafficking Month Prayer Service and Speaker
Date: Wednesday, January 11
Time: 7/6 p.m. (EST/CST)
Where: Zoom
Join us to pray to end human trafficking. Hear from trafficking survivors. Learn about resources available across the province (and country) and how you might take action.
Learn more about National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Wear Blue on January 11
Download resources to use in your parish
Registration is required
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News From Around The Episcopal Church | |
For an Epiphany blessing, chalk the door with 'holy graffiti' | Episcopal News Service] From the Epiphany and continuing for days to come, more and more Episcopalians are joining other Christians around the world in writing this ancient yet ever-changing formula on their doors: 20+C+M+B+23. The numbers, letters and symbols have been called " holy graffiti," and some people suggest the combination looks like the start of an algebraic equation. | | | |
Presiding bishop shares 2022 Christmas message: 'Love always' | Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop has released his Christmas message for 2022. In the message, which was released with an accompanying video, hey says, "Love came down at Christmas. Love always, because love is the way. It is the way that Jesus taught us." | | | |
Faith leaders urge US lawmakers to pass expanded child tax credit | Religion News Service - Washington, D.C.] Faith leaders joined members of Congress on Capitol Hill Dec. 15 to voice support for the expansion of the child tax credit, urging lawmakers to reinstate a broader version of the anti-poverty benefit before the end of the year. | | | |
Florida Bishop-elect Charlie Holt commits to allowing same-sex marriage, gay ordinands if consecrated | Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Charlie Holt, who was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Florida for a second time on Nov. 18 amid an extended controversy over the diocese's election process, issued a statement to the diocese on Dec. 20 saying he will not impede same-sex marriages or the ordination of gay clergy if he is consecrated. | | | |
Northern California church holds multicultural Advent celebration with Indigenous hymns, Mexican pageant | Episcopal News Service] While most Advent lessons and carols services feature familiar selections from the same repertoire, the Episcopal Church of St. Martin in Davis, California, has done something intentionally unfamiliar this year: performing hymns in Spanish and Indigenous languages. The service on Dec. | | | |
Diocese of West Texas announces bishop candidate slate | Diocese of West Texas] The standing committee of the Diocese of West Texas has submitted its slate of bishop nominees. The Rev. Ripp Hardaway - Diocese of West Texas The Rev. Alex Montes-Vela - Diocese of Texas The Rev. David G. | | | |
Six-day meeting planned when Louisville hosts 81st General Convention in 2024 | Six-day meeting planned when Louisville hosts 81st General Convention in 2024 [Episcopal News Service] Church leaders are planning a six-day legislative session for the next meeting of General Convention, set for 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky, which is longer than this year's pandemic-shortened four-day meeting but far shorter than the large churchwide gathering's traditional duration. | | | |
As Episcopal shelter welcomes asylum-seekers, El Paso braces for surge when Title 42 policy ends | Episcopal News Service] The number of migrants seeking entry into the United States at the border crossing in El Paso, Texas, has grown to thousands a week in recent months, straining immigration enforcement efforts and potentially foreshadowing a new surge after pandemic restrictions known as Title 42 are scheduled to end next week. | | | |
Presiding bishop will give keynote at Los Angeles service honoring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. | Presiding bishop will give keynote at Los Angeles service honoring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. [Diocese of Los Angeles] The Most. Rev. Michael Curry - whose prophetic leadership as presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church spans 16 nations - will visit Los Angeles on Martin Luther King Jr. | | | |
Presiding bishop tours long-forgotten Virginia slave jail site | Episcopal News Service] During a visit to the Diocese of Virginia on Dec. 3, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry learned about a dark chapter in the history of Richmond at the site of a slave jail and market just down the hill from the Virginia Capitol. | | | |
Diocese of Maryland releases bishop slate | Diocese of Maryland] After more than a year of prayer and discernment, the standing committee and Bishop Search Committee are pleased to present the following slate of candidates for bishop coadjutor of Maryland (the fifteenth bishop of Maryland): The Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, Canon to the Ordinary for Transition and Church Development, Diocese of Central New York The Rev. | | | |
Cheyenne churches, community partners join forces to build home for teenage mothers | Episcopal News Service] Two churches with deep roots in Cheyenne, Wyoming, one Episcopal and the other Disciples of Christ, have joined together with three non-profit organizations to build a house for homeless teenage mothers. St. | | | |
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Please email any events, articles, or notifications you desire to be
included in the next monthly enewsletter to Canon Christopher Hillak,
Missioner for Communications and Operations, by January 25. Thank you!
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