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Highlights:
- Opening Prayer
- Campus Ministry Developer - Feb Office Hours
- Trafficking: Faithful Response and Support Training
- Engaging Gender Complexity
- Immigration Basics & Know Your Rights
- Title IV Training 2025
- Immigration Update Calls
- Gun Violence Prevention Book Study
- Book Corner
- Using Picture Books for Racial Healing
- Lenten Resources
- Creation Care Events
- Center for Spirituality in Nature
- Episcopal Parish Network
- Sketchy Friends Retreat
- Waycross Camp and Conference Center Events
- EDS Colloquia
- Episcopal Relief and Development Sunday
- The Brood
- Indigenous People's Justice Book
- Networking Conversations
- Affiliated Organizations
- Upcoming Events and Webinars
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Opening Prayer
REST
Jesus, I am stressed.
Help me to accept your invitation to come and receive the rest I need.
Help me to willingly release my fear, my worries, my agenda and my to-do list.
Ease the tension and replenish my body.
Silence the voices of doubt and speak your words of truth.
Remove the heaviness of my day and pour out abundantly into my life.
Fill me with your peace, joy and love.
Fill me until the overwhelm is consumed by your grace and my life reflects the beauty of resting in you.
Amen.
– Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
Source: Episcopal Relief and Development, Lenten Prayers #2
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Campus Ministry Developer Office Hours coming in February!
Want to connect with others involved in the world of Young Adult and Campus Ministry? Curious about how others are serving Gen Z by building relationships with Institutions of Higher Learning?
Eric Richey, Province V's Campus Ministry Developer will be hosting Office Hours on Zoom beginning in February. Join us for one or more of the dates listed below. Pop in for 20 minutes or hang around longer if you have the time. We'd love to connect and learn from one another as we begin building toward offering workshops and training cohorts later in 2025!
Tuesday Feb 4 (1-2p)
Thursday Feb 13 (3-4p)
Wednesday Feb 19 (11a-12p)
Monday Feb 24 (12-1p)
Feel free to just drop in using this link (password: 5), but if you're worried you'll forget, email Eric @ provincevcmd@gmail.com to express your interest and he will send out an email reminder prior to each gathering.
You can also find date / time / link info at the webpage.
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Trafficking: Faithful Response and Support
Join this online course to learn how to recognize human trafficking and support those reentering our community after human exploitation. This 90-minute course will introduce participants to the basics of trafficking, how to respond when trafficking is suspected, and how their community can help those on their journey from surviving to thriving.
We had 2 sessions in January and people were so glad that they took the time to attend. There are 3 additional trainings scheduled! Choose any of the following dates to participate in this course:
Wed, Feb 5, 7-8:30 pm ET / 6-7:30 pm CT
Registration link
Tues, Feb 18, 7:30-9 pm ET / 6:30- 8 pm CT
Registration link
Thurs, Feb. 27, 7-8:30 pm ET / 6-7:30 pm CT
Registration link
This course is a partnership between Province V and Total Life Wellness. Funding provided by a Becoming Beloved Community Grant from The Episcopal Church.
For more information and resources, visit the Anti-Human Trafficking webpage.
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Calling for Facilitators for
Engaging Gender Complexity
Province V is accepting applications for “Engaging Gender Complexity” (EGC) Facilitators.
EGC is a new ministry created to structure an organized, on-going initiative to educate communities about Gender Complexity. Individuals and communities who are welcoming prevent isolation, violence, and death based on the misunderstanding of and prejudice against the gender-diverse. This project hires facilitators and coaches to support communities engaging in the life-changing and potentially life-saving work of understanding gender complexity.
Facilitators will develop the skills to support individuals and communities who want to create welcoming spaces for all people around gender diversity.
- Each facilitator will be granted a scholarship to attend two courses through Bexley-Seabury Seminary’s Pathways for Baptismal Living. Through those courses, facilitators will gain the knowledge and skills needed to lead conversations in their local ministry contexts.
- Courses will be held on the following Sundays: Mar 2/9/16/23/30, April 6/13/27, May 4/11/18, June 1. (5-6:30 pm ET / 4-5:30 pm CT)
- After the initial coursework, facilitators will be supported in small groups, led by a trained coach. During these sessions, facilitators will create opportunities for engaging their local, worshiping communities across Province V, hosting conversations and sharing resources. A stipend will be paid in two phases: after the planning phase and after the program phase. Registrations for courses is valued at $400. Cash stipend for the full program is $1400.
Province V will be hiring up to 18 facilitators for this work. This grant-funded position is accepting applications through Feb 20, 2025. We encourage both cis-people and people who are gender diverse to apply.
See more details and the application.
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Immigration Basics & Know Your Rights for Churches and Individuals
February 3rd from 2-3:30 PM ET / 1-2:30 PM CT
Join Episcopal Migration Ministries on Monday, February 3 from 2-3:30PM ET for an extended conversation on the basics of U.S. immigration law and know-your-rights information for churches and individuals. The webinar—Immigration Basics & Know Your Rights for Churches and Individuals—is provided for informational purposes only, and nothing in the presentation should be interpreted as legal advice. For specific legal advice you may wish to consult an attorney.
Register here.
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Title IV Training 2025
Dates: From Friday, February 28 at 6:00pm to Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 3:00 pm
In-Person location: Church of St. Michael & St. George, 6345 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105
Presenter: The Rev. Dr. Cathy Deats
Schedule:
Friday, February 28: 6 pm–9 pm (Light dinner will be served)
Saturday, March 1: 9 am–3 pm (Continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be served)
This event is not just for Chancellors, Intake Officers, and Disciplinary Board members. It is also for seminarians and other interested parties, lay or ordained! Those in the St. Louis area are HIGHLY encouraged to attend in person. For out-of-town participants, there will be a virtual component.
Registration deadline Wednesday, February 12
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Immigration Update Calls
Every Tuesday at 11 am ET, please join Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Office of Government Relations for regular 30-minute updates on U.S. immigration policy and the responses in our churches and communities. Spanish interpretation will be available. Register here.
The above program is hosted by church-wide organizations. If you have questions or would like further information about the Province V Migration Ministry Network, please email one of the co-conveners: Jack Lloyd jack.lloyd@earthlink.net or Silvia Huth silviahuth@yahoo.com or visit the Migration Ministry Network webpage.
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Book Corner
This Lent, cultivate a daily physical and spiritual fitness routine.
In this inspiring guide, wellness expert Anna Fitch Courie explores forty biblical journeys to improve readers’ physical and spiritual well-being. From Israel’s trek to the Promised Land to Paul’s missionary trips throughout Rome, this book takes readers on an adventure through scripture, encouraging them to journey on foot like their biblical forebears. Each chapter offers a thought-provoking passage from scripture, a spiritual lesson, and steps readers can take to incorporate physical activity into their daily life. Meant to be consumed over 40 days, Walking with God promises to help readers start an invigorating fitness routine that will enrich not only their body but also their soul.
"Whether you are taking the first steps to wellness or have a full race calendar, those seeking to integrate faith and fitness will find Fitch Courie’s book to be a wonderful resource."—Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, co-captain of the SteepleChasers relay team for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, half-marathoner, and sometime triathlete
Order from any Episcopal bookstore, Amazon, ChristianBook, or your favorite bookseller.
Paperback | 9781640657816 | List Price: $18.95
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Using Picture Books for Racial Healing
Picture books offer an excellent way to discover, discuss, and share stories about topics that many people did not study in school but that are crucial to the work of repairing, healing, and seeing God in each other. Registration is open for Dismantling Racism training sessions taking place in the coming months. Miriam McKenney leads the trainings, which take place on Zoom.
All sessions in the same month make up a complete course, so you only need to sign up for one month.
Email the Diocese of Southern Ohio's Missioner for Beloved Community, Miriam McKenney, to learn more.
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2025 Lenten Meditations from ERD
This Lent, “let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)
Join writer Jerusalem Jackson Greer this Lent as she encourages us to partake in “A Commonplace Lent.”
Learn More
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Lent Madness 2025
Who will win the Golden Halo? On the weekdays of Lent, information is posted at lentmadness.org about two different saints. Participants read about and then vote to determine which saint moves on to the next round.
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Lenten Resources
The “What is Lent” video series offers simple, straightforward discussion of the days of Lent. Find answers to questions like “What does ‘Maundy’ mean?”; “Where is God, and what is God Doing on Holy Saturday?”; and “Why is Good Friday ‘good’?”
Video topics include:
- What is Shrove Tuesday?
- What is Ash Wednesday?
- What is Ashes to Go?
- What is Lent?
- What is Palm Sunday?
- What is Maundy Thursday?
- What is Good Friday?
- What is the Easter Vigil?
- What is Holy Saturday?
Watch any individual episode, or watch the whole series.
Lent 2025: 40 Days of Welcome and Gratitude from United Thank Offering
ONLINE COURSES
Finding Wholeness in the Wilderness: Tools for Nourishment and Rest
Writing as Spiritual Practice: A Lenten Invitation
The Way of Love in Lent
This Lent, The Episcopal Church invites communities to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption., Videos, adult forum curriculum, calendar, publicity materials, and quiet day curriculum available in English, Spanish, and French.
Learn More
The Disciple's Way
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Creation Care Events
Highlights from the recent Creation Care Newsletter
Registration for the 2025 National Faith + Climate Forum on March 27 is open. The forum is a live-streamed event featuring esteemed faith leaders in interactive sessions on topics related to climate change, creation care, and faith. The event will inspire and guide you to weave climate action authentically into your congregation and community. Whether you are just getting started on care for creation, or engaging in climate action for some time, this event is for you! All Episcopal churches are invited to host watch parties for their local community—and host churches are eligible to receive funds to support their efforts. Hosts with 25+ attendees will receive $400, and locations with 15+ attendees will receive $250 to support their efforts. Locations that co-host with two other congregations will receive an extra $100. Blessed Tomorrow will provide promotional materials and stepwise guidance to ensure everything is ready for the day. Find more information, and register to attend or host.
Creation Justice Ministries Beyond Plastics Toolkit Launch
Wednesday, Feb. 12—7 p.m. ET—online
Join the ecumenical organization Creation Justice Ministries for the release of the Beyond Plastics' Toolkit for Houses of Worship. This important resource offers practical strategies to reduce plastic use within your congregation and advocate for impactful policy changes. Join us for an inspiring conversation about how we, as people of faith, can care for God's creation, slow climate change, and protect the health of God's planet and people. Register here.
Tell your Senators and Representatives to Support Environmental Stewardship:
Are you signed up to get action alerts through the Episcopal Public Policy Network? Take action today! “Environmental stewardship has an impact on racial justice, Indigenous rights, farming practices, budget proposals, migration, and global conflict,” notes the Action Alerts website. “We are a part of God’s creation, and as such we cannot separate ourselves from our environment. We must ensure that our politicians understand just how interconnected the environment is with all kinds of policies. Please join our Episcopal community in asking your senators and representative to include environmental stewardship throughout all their legislative efforts. Take action here.
Faith Climate Action Week 2025 with Interfaith Power & Light—April 1–30
Save the date for Faith Climate Action Week 2025—now expanded to the entire month of April! This year’s theme, “Communal Gratitude: Coming Together to Steward Sacred Earth,” invites people of all faiths to celebrate creation, express gratitude, and take meaningful action to protect our shared planet. For more information and to plan your engagement, visit: https://interfaithpowerandlight.org/faithclimateactionweek/
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Monday Meditations
12 pm–1 pm ET
Join us online on the second Monday of each month for a communal nature-based meditation and reflection, to help us center, reorient, and connect deeply with each other and all the sacred living world. Admission is free! Donations always welcome.
Registration is required
Self-Guided Programs
Ring in the new year with a self-paced spirituality in nature program to deepen your practice.
Our video courses, downloadable guides, and books are filled with ideas and curricula for spiritual practice in nature.
See more.
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Episcopal Divinity School is hosting four Colloquia - dynamic, virtual hubs where you are invited to witness and participate in theological discussions with renowned experts. This Colloquia series will be hosted by Christian ethicist the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters, professor at Elon University and instructor of the EDS course titled "The Sacred Work of Reproductive Justice."
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Upcoming
Workshops
To see more information or register, visit the page with the full list of workshops.
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Understanding and Addressing Clergy Impairment, Monday, Feb 10, 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT. Registration
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Episcopal History and the Historical Society, Tuesday, Mar 18, 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT. Registration
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Sketchy Friends Retreat
DeKoven Center’s Sketchy Friends Retreat is a wintertime sketch event, offering you a cozy place to be with your sketch friends for a 3-night stay, 4 classes and 6 fun and unique sketch opportunities! Your instructors will be Patti Fallon (Sketching with Paint Markers), Kris Von Stockum (Mixing Up the Composition), and Rachael Pasch Grossman (Sketching with Gouache). We will be learning new techniques and visiting local iconic restaurants to practice … including the famous Well’s Bros Pizzeria and Hob Nob Supper Club.
Beautiful and historic Taylor Hall provides class space, lodging and dining facilities, ample parking, elevator access and complimentary WiFi. We are located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Southside Historic District of Racine, WI.
Our guest rooms offer unique charm with a comfortable and restful atmosphere. Shared bathrooms offer privacy stalls. Our meals will be shared in our beautiful dining room. We will develop a meal plan to accommodate food allergies and special diets including vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free options.
Registration ends Feb 1:
https://www.dekovencenter.org/sketchy-friends-2025
Thenk you to DeKoven, who was a sponsor of BPG 2024!
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Waycross Camp and Conference Center Events
Foraging Weekend—April 25–27, 2025
Join us for the Spring Foraging Weekend at Waycross! Get ready to explore the stunning Brown County hills while learning how to spot and harvest edible wild plants. We'll kick things off with a fun and informative seminar covering the basics of foraging—what to look for, what to avoid, and how to forage responsibly. Then, we’ll hit the trails for a guided journey through Hickory Hill, discovering a variety of plants and unique environments along the way. It’s the perfect mix of learning, exploring, and enjoying the great outdoors!
Men's Weekend—May 16–19, 2025 (optional extension to May 20)
All men 18 and older are invited to spend a weekend at Waycross in fellowship. There will be conversation, programming, worship, prayer, hiking, and more. The theme for 2025 is Liturgy of Love!
Women's Weekend—May 30–June 1, 2025 (optional extension to June 2)
Calling all women 18 and older! Come spend a long weekend at Waycross together. We’ll hike, work on a collaborative art project, pray together, and more!
More information about all of Waycross' upcoming programs can be found at https://waycrossccc.org/waycross-events.
Counselors and CITs (Counselors in Training) for summer 2025!
Join the Waycross Summer Camp Team!
Visit Waycross's website for more information and to apply!
- Counselor Application Deadline for Priority Consideration: Feb 7
- CIT Application Deadline for Priority Consideration: March 9
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Host an Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday
Mark your calendar for March 9, 2025
Episcopal congregations are invited to observe Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday on March 9, 2025.
During the first Sunday in Lent, a day designated by The Episcopal Church as Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday, congregations have an opportunity to learn more about and celebrate the impact of Episcopal Relief & Development’s work.
Participating congregations can observe the day on the first Sunday in Lent or another convenient Sunday during the year, by collecting an offering for Episcopal Relief & Development, holding a special prayer service or sharing about the organization’s work in other creative ways.
Resources to help congregations observe Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday are available at episcopalrelief.org/sunday.
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The Brood: An Inclusive Ministry for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Families
In October 2021, with the support of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, "The Brood" launched. The Brood is a community of joyful belonging for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. We meet in-person and online, and families from anywhere and everywhere are invited to join us for our virtual caregiver support groups, book groups, and spiritual retreats. To learn more, contact Rev. Olivia Hamilton at olivia@calvaryclifton.org or sign up for our newsletter here!
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Indigenous People's Justice
Network Book Discussion Series
Hosted by Province I
Mar 19, 2025, 7–8:30 pm ET / 6–7:30 pm CT
Ceremony by Leslie Marion Silko
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The next book group discussion, on March 19, 2025 from 7–8:30 p.m., will be on Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Registration form.
The May 21 meeting of the book discussion group will be a retrospective of the books read thus far. Previous facilitators will attend to give overviews of the books read by this network through 2024 and 2025. Registration form.
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To get a reminder for any of these events, reply to this email. A special reminder is sent for each network.
ALL are welcome to attend these Zoom conversations. Please share the information with friends, colleagues, and in your parish newsletter. Most network meetings last about 60 minutes. See their webpages or email their contact for more information. For a full list of Networks and other Affiliated Organizations, visit the Province V website.
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Archivists
Date of next meeting:
Mar 10, 11 am ET / 10 am CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89950734030 (password: 5)
Convener: Brian Wilbert, Ohio
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/archivist.html
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Creation Care
Date of next meeting:
Feb 10, 1 pm ET / 12 noon CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82932843412
(password: 5)
Convener: Jeanette Ettin, Eastern Michigan
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/creation.html
Eco-Region Networks (per Resolution B002) with the Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom, Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas
We are pleased to welcome Bishop Cathleen Bascom to our February gathering. Bishop Bascomb will lead a conversation on important new programs within and beyond The Episcopal Church, including the passage this past summer of Resolution B002 - Build Eco-Region Creation Networks for Crucial Impact, authorizing the formation of Episcopal Bioregion Networks. Come join the conversation.
The Right Reverend Cathleen Chittenden Bascom serves as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. She has been an Episcopal priest for 34 years and has served urban, suburban, small-town, and academic communities.
Creation Care has long been a central focus of Cathleen’s ministry. She sponsored creation scholars at Kansas State University; oversaw the installation of a downtown prairie green space as cathedral dean in Des Moines; and helped local parishes plant postage stamp prairies and organize around environmental concerns across Iowa. Cathleen recently published a novel Of Green Stuff Woven.
Cathleen has been part of TEC’s delegation to the UN Climate COPS 26 and 28 and the UN Biodiversity COP 16. In the Diocese of Kansas, she has worked with leaders to establish the Bethany House and Garden Ministry at the diocesan center in Topeka. This innovative ministry serves the local community, providing green space in one of the state's most impoverished neighborhoods and access to healthy food and education in sustainable gardening practices.
Cathleen is married to author Tim Bascom, and they have two adult sons, Conrad and Luke.
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Safe Church
webpage
Use this page to get connected to your diocesan contact for Safe Church training and information.
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Young Adult / Campus Ministry
Date of next meeting:
Feb 18, 11 am ET / 10 am CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88386235160
(password 5)
Convener: Matthew Lukens, Michigan
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/yacm.html
If this is your ministry area, make sure that you're part of the Google Group!
province-v-yacm@googlegroups.com
This is a new group name, so please update in your address book.
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Dismantling Racism
Date of next meeting:
Feb 6, 1 pm ET / 12 noon CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83673680882
(password: 5)
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/dismantlingracism
Be renewed and get connected with other leaders during our Wisdom Circles.
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Innovation Catalysts
webpage
Date of next meeting: Feb 19
"Innovation Catalyst" is a title that we invented to try to encompass the work that a variety of people are doing. We are connecting leaders who are the ones spearheading adventure, failing faster, and trying new things in a variety of ministry contexts.
If you are the contact from your diocese who should be in these conversation, contact Heather Barta for the meeting information.
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Lay-Led Congregations
Date of next meeting:
Feb 15, 11 am ET / 10 am CT
Please join us as we review and identify resources helpful for lay-led congregations.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619667819
(password: 5)
Convener: Jim Mogensen, Michigan
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/layledcongregations.html
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Migration Ministries
Date of next meeting:
Mar 18, 8 pm ET / 7 pm C
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81246380265
(password: 5)
Conveners: Silvia Huth, Michigan and
Jack Lloyd, Chicago
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/migration.html
Read the full Migration with Dignity article, which includes many helpful steps for you to take in your ministry context and local community. Join us for a conversation in January!
Episcopal Migration Response Network
Episcopal Migration Ministry hosts an Asylum and Detention Ministry Network that meets virtually on the fourth Wednesday of every month. The Ministry Network’s collaborative work and conversation focus on best practice-sharing in areas of direct service, organizing, advocacy actions, Christian formation and worship resources, and community education to protect asylum, promote humane and dignified alternatives to detention, and to support asylum seekers and those harmed by the immigration detention system. Learn more and register to attend meetings here.
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Youth and Children
Convener: Carmen Piggins, Michigan
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/youth.html
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87530910317 (password: 5)
Join into conversations with others!
ALL Youth and Children Ministers
Apr 3, 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT
This is the first of these gatherings! If your ministry leads you to working with children and youth, we welcome you! You might be lay or ordained, volunteer or paid, in a parish, community setting, connected with a camp, or diocesan staff. We look forward to this time together!
Diocesan Youth Workers
If you are the youth minister for your diocese (or the main contact for youth work in your diocese), you are invited to join this conversation. Contact Carmen Piggins for the dates and details.
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There are a number of organizations affiliated with the Episcopal Church and working across Province V. These groups have a "structure" that is more organized than a network. They have resources and information that are useful in your local ministry contexts.
For a full list of Affiliated Organizations, visit the Province V website.
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United Thank Offering
Download the information for February 2025!
Download Lenten resources for adults and kids (in English and Spanish), sign up for Lenten text messages, or join our book club here.
UTO is now taking orders for Spring/Summer materials. You can order your kits here by April
10 for shipping by May 1. These materials focus on gratitude for things becoming new.
Don’t forget that UTO has a free program for congregations to use called Waves of Gratitude. Learn more (or download the resources) here.
Looking for a special way to say thank you to someone in your life or a way to send your condolences? UTO has a new set of donor intent cards for the Memorial Trust Fund (which
supports the work of UTO including the printing of materials). See the cards and give online to receive them here.
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Financial Assistance for Episcopal Deacons
The Fund for the Diaconate provides vital financial assistance to deacons, and those in diaconal formation, who have insufficient funds for their needs. Grants are available for ongoing support, declared emergencies, medical expenses, and diaconal formation. Visit www.fundfordiaconate.org/apply-for-aid for details and to apply.
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Blanket the world in love this winter! Hosting a Church World Service Blanket offering with your parish is easy. Physical and downloadable materials are available and you'll receive remote support as needed from your CWS representative to help make your offering a success to help so many of our neighbors in need. Find out more and order your Blanket materials TODAY at www.cwsblankets.org. | |
Fellowship Partners Program - 2025 applications open
The Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) is excited to announce that 2025 fellowship applications are now open for the Fellowship Partners Program! Since 1964, ECF has supported nearly 240 dedicated lay and clergy leaders through this program, empowering them with resources for advanced academic studies and specialized ministries that strengthen The Episcopal Church's mission and impact.
Vestry Resource Guide
Welcome your new vestry members with ECF’s powerful and practical Vestry Resource Guide (VRG)! The VRG helps vestry members and clergy collaborate to become an effective, transformational leadership team. This publication has been prayerfully prepared both for new leaders and seasoned members. With information and recommendations for congregations of all shapes and sizes, this is an essential tool to help vestries focus on what God is calling them to do in the world. Topics include the ministry of the vestry, leading a community of faith, stewardship, and navigating transitions in clergy leadership. The VRG offers an approach for leaders of congregations and faith communities to consider and tailor to meet their own needs. It is available in English and Spanish and has bulk discounts for multiple copies purchased. You can order copies from Forward Movement at https://www.forwardmovement.org/Products/1951/vestry-resource-guide.aspx or by calling them at 800 543 1813.
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Updates from Church Periodical Club
Adult Book Grant information
Grant Application for adult written materials are available and due by March 1, 2025. Guidelines for NBF (National Books Fund) may be found here.
Application form.
Questions contact Maryfran Crist CPC representative Province V at maryfrancrist64@gmail.com
Funds Given to Dominican Republic
Last March last year an application for assistance for theological training Diocese of Dominican Republic was received after the deadline.
Province V was given permission to pursue funding as a Province CPC project. At Louisville information about the need was shared. By Dec 15, 2024, the amount of $1200 was received. This has been sent to Bishop Moisés Quezada Mota.
Quilts and fibers raffle is up and running.
This fund-raising event assists Church Periodical Club to provide the ministry of the written word. There are eight entries of a wide variety. This year there is a challenge to see which Province will be the leader.
Take a look, share the site, and of course, purchase some tickets.
Campaign/Details/More pictures
Download the full brochure and share with your churches and colleagues.
Winners will be drawn March 9, 2025
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Sermon Roundtable, offered for congregations and their preachers by the Episcopal Preaching Foundation.
This 12-week small group program is led by the regular preachers in a parish—lay or ordained— with all materials available online for in-person, online, or hybrid meetings on your own schedule. Thanks to a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative, this program is offered at no cost to participating parishes.
Sermon Roundtable is now accepting applications for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 cohorts. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Aug 1 for Fall and Feb 1 for Spring cohorts.
For any questions, please email the Rev. Mariclair Partee Carlsen, National Coordinator at mparteecarlsen@preachingfoundation.org. For more information or to apply, please visit
https://preachingfoundation.nm-secure.com/Sermon-Roundtable
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Do you have questions about Province V? Would you like to be more involved in planning the events that are offered at the provincial level? The Executive Board of the Province meets monthly on fourth Tuesdays at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT via zoom.
Contact your diocesan representative to the Executive Board:
Mr. Rick Stanitis, Northern Michigan, President
The Rt. Rev. Matthew Gunter, Wisconsin, Vice President
The Rev. Garron Daniels, Springfield, Secretary
Ms. Rebecca Elfring-Roberts, Chicago, Treasurer
Ms. Louisa McKellaston, Executive Council Representative
The Rev. M.E. Eccles, Executive Council Representative
Ms. Laura Jackson, Chicago
Dr. Elizabeth Jordan, Great Lakes
Ms. Lesley MacKellar, Indianapolis
Mr. Luke Thompson, Michigan
Ms. Betty Bowersox, Missouri
The Rev. Dr. Terri Bays, Northern Indiana
The Rev. Steve Godfrey, Northern Michigan
The Rev. Rachel Harrison, Ohio
Mr. Edward Lasseigne, Southern Ohio
Ms. Carol McCrary, Springfield
The Rev. Marlene Hogue, Wisconsin
Heather Barta, Province V Coordinator
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