To register to receive the vaccine, go to ourshot.in.gov.

Save the dates of June 13-19, 2021 for our Diocesan Youth Summer Camp to be held at Camp Mack! More details to come!

Due Date: April 1

We’d love to know if you’re interested in being on staff for this wonderful week! Once again this year we are using an electronic application. Please note that you will need to fill out the application in one sitting as there is not a way to save it and return, but it is short, so you should be OK. If you’d prefer to print and mail the application, please feel free to simply go to the application site and print and fill it out by hand. Please complete the staff application by April , 2021. We plan to be in touch with everyone by April 15 to let you know whether we can use your gifts at camp this year – and with luck, be able to give you an idea of where you may be working. As you consider your ability to take part in this wonderful ministry, here are some important dates to consider.

June 13-19: Please plan on clearing your schedule for the full week of camp. While emergencies can arise in anyone’s schedule, please start out planning on being there for the whole week – it is best for our campers and our camp community.

May 23: First mandatory pre-camp staff meeting via zoom starting at 2 p.m. EST

June 6: Second mandatory pre-camp staff meeting via zoom starting at 2 p.m. EST

June 13: New Staff Orientation 9:30 a.m. EST, All Staff Eucharist 11 a.m. EST

Date: Saturday, March 27

Time: 2/1 p.m. (EST/CST)

Parents of all current 2nd-8th graders!! We are excited to announce that plans for the 2021 EDNIN Kids Summer Camp are well on their way. As with most events this year, things will be slightly different, but we are doing everything we can to make sure we have a safe, successful, IN PERSON camp experience for your kids. In order to better communicate with those thinking of sending their kids to camp this summer, the camp directors will be holding a Town Hall to answer any questions that you have and let you know about some of the changes your kids might see at camp this year. To register for this Zoom meeting, click HERE. You will be able to submit your questions when you register for the meeting. Before you register, please review the Covid protocols we have already established for this summer's camp. You can find them HERE. We are looking forward to another great summer camp and can't wait to see everyone!

Date: Saturdays, March 13 & 20

Time: 10/9 a.m. (EST/CST)

Where: Zoom

Facilitator: Bishop Doug Sparks

Date: Saturday, March 13

Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (EST)

Where: Zoom

Alongside penitence and prayer, Lent is also a season of passion—the intensity of mutual longing between us and God. Join us on Saturday, March 13th, 9AM-3PM, for an online retreat inspired by the rich and passionate imagery of the only love poem in Holy Scripture, The Song of Songs. Through video teachings, conversations, and personal reflection, we will learn how to apply this unique text to our own journey through Lent—and beyond. Free; guests and visitors welcome. Please RSVP to Fr. Phil Hooper by Thursday, March 11th to receive Zoom links and other retreat content.

Applications Due: April 9

Applications for 2021-2022 placements with the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), the international missionary program of The Episcopal Church, will now be accepted through Friday, April 9, 2021. YASC offers Episcopalians ages 21-30 the opportunity to follow the Way of Love into deeper relationship with God and the global Anglican Church while spending a year living and working with communities around the world. Learn more.

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Curry describes Good News Gardens as “A way of planting seeds for a new heaven and a new earth,” in this video invitation to join with others in this transformational agrarian ministry that feeds body, mind, and spirit. Good News Gardens is a church-wide movement of individuals, congregations, schools, colleges, seminaries, monasteries, camps and conference centers involved in a variety of food and creation care ministries – gardening, farming, beekeeping, composting, gleaning, feeding, and food justice advocacy. Collectively good news gardeners share their abundance, their prayers, and the Way of Love in their communities and beyond.  

Where: Potato Creek State Park

Date: March 13

Time: 10/9 a.m. (EST/CST)

Holy Hikes: Northern Indiana returns to Potato Creek State Park on Saturday, March 13 for a Lenten Silent Prayer Walk. Meet us in the Nature Center Parking Lot at 10 a.m. EST. We'll open with prayer before walking Trail 1, a 2.2 mile loop trail rated as moderate (it's on the easy side of moderate). Pre-registration is not necessary, but if you wish to email Dean Brian Grantz to let him know to look for you, that is very helpful. In case of inclement weather, watch the Holy Hikes Facebook page for cancellation notices. In any event, always use your discretion about travel on the day of the event. All ages are welcome.

Applications Due: April 16

The deadline to apply for 2021 grants from the Episcopal Church’s Task Force on Creation Care and Environmental Racism has been extended to April 16. Learn more.

Faith Climate Action Week, April 16-25, 2021, is an opportunity for Christians to offer praise and thanksgiving focused on creation care and Earth Day. The theme this year is Sacred Ground: Cultivating Connections Between our Faith, our Food, and the Climate. For more information, see https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/

Do you have an interest in gardening, recycling, reducing the use of plastic, clean energy or any other environmental issue? Join our new EDNIN Creation Care group on Facebook!

Applications Due: April 12

The Presiding Officers' Advisory Group on Beloved Community Implementation is pleased to announce the availability of grants to catalyze the church’s work of racial healing, reconciliation and justice. Allocated by the 79^th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, the intent for this funding is to build capacity and increase Episcopal engagement in four primary fields: telling the truth about our churches and race, proclaiming the dream of Beloved Community, practicing Jesus’ way of healing and reconciliation, and repairing the breach in institutions and society. Learn more.

The Safe from the Start Act of 2021 (H.R. 571) seeks to prevent gender-based violence and provide early interventions at the onset of humanitarian emergencies.

As Episcopalians, we believe that all human beings are made in the image of God. Violence based on gender is offensive to our humanity and to God. General Convention has passed several resolutions in support of efforts to end gender-based violence in our churches and communities—both here at home and abroad.

Date: Thursdays

Congress Weekly is a fast-paced, 30-minute conversation about the policies and legislation we are advocating for. They take place weekly on Thursdays from 1:00-1:30pm ET. Registration is required. If you already registered for one of the first six sessions, you MUST register again using this link.

View our current weekly virtual worship offerings here.

If you have not previously visited EDNIN Virtual Worship on Facebook, please do so and join us live throughout the day as you are available or go back when you have free time to watch the recorded videos.

Date: Tuesday, March 16

Time: 12 p.m./11 a.m. (EST/CST)

Application Deadline: April 21

Application materials (the “Request for Proposals” or “RFP” document) for the 2021 Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs are available below and include a full description of program guidelines and eligibility. Applicants may apply using the print application (the “Request for Proposals” or “RFP” document that may be downloaded as a PDF) or the online application system. The deadline to apply is: an April 21, 2021 postmark for paper applications and a 3 pm Eastern Time, April 21, 2021 submission for online applications. Congregations will be notified as to whether their proposals are to be funded or not by the end of August 2021. Activities funded by a 2021 grant in the clergy renewal programs may begin anytime in 2022. Learn more.

Date: Saturday, May 1

Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (EST)

Take a look at this video to learn some of the benefits of coaching!

Watch this 10 minute video to see a demo of coaching.

Contact a coach today! Or, contact Heather for more information.

You can also contact Heather if you desire coaching. Scholarships may be available. 

For information on LCP Coach training or to discuss Coaching by one of the LCP Trained Coaches, visit this website or contact Province V Coordinator Heather Barta at provincevcoordinator@gmail.com or (989) 413-3229.