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There is still time to apply for Manager for Language Services for the Episcopal Church
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There is still time to apply for the
Episcopal Church position of Manager for Language Services, a member of the Presiding Bishop's staff.
In this full-time position, the Manager for Language Services will manage all aspects of translation and interpretation activities for the Episcopal Church, including items needed from the Presiding Bishop's Office, General Convention office, and other church bodies and staff.
More information and application instructions for this position are available
here
The deadline for applying has been extended to October 31.
For more information contact a member of the Episcopal Church Human Resources Team at
[email protected].
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Gifts of Stock
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As we approach the end of the year, you might want to think about making a gift of stock to the Diocese of Pennsylvania, The Church Foundation or any of the parishes, schools and other institutions within the Diocese.
The Church Foundation is equipped to help facilitate your charitable giving. The process is easy, and offers benefits to both the donor and the recipient.
Visit
The Church Foundation website or contact Lori Daniels at 215-220-9886 or Alan Lindsay at 215-621-8310 for more information.
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The SUPPER Program
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The SUPPER program was awarded a grant from the Episcopal Church national office in the amount of $20,000 to be paid in installments over the next three years. The added funds will build the program's capacity so that more neighbors from our three SUPPER locations at Grace-Epiphany in Mt. Airy, Christ Church St. Michaels in Germantown and Church of St. Martin-in-the Hills, Chestnut Hill, can be served. This funding will also allow the exploration of adding a fourth location with another partner church in Northwest Philadelphia.
SUPPER is a nutritious, free community meal prepared by volunteers to build community, alleviate hunger, ease budgetary pressure in low income households and break the isolation of seniors and folks who live on their own. SUPPER practices dignified, high quality delivery of good food in a friendly setting where people of all backgrounds dine side by side without stigma or shame. Begun in 2012, the SUPPER at St. Martin's program expanded in Spring 2016 to include Episcopal churches in Mt. Airy and Germantown after 5 years of growing success at St. Martin's.
In Spring 2016, Debra Roberts - the founder and leader of SUPPER - and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel completed a Request For Proposal from the national office of the Episcopal Church requesting support for the expansion of this incredible community meal. We just were notified that of 71 applicants, we were one of the few selected for a grant. Our SU
PPER leaders and volunteers at all three churches should feel deeply proud of this accomplishment! Debra Roberts and Jarr
ett are setting up a series of meetings with SUPPER leaders to flesh out our plan for the effective use of this grant funding which could include hiring a part-time community engagement coordinator to handle marketing and engagement to help improve the community impact of SUPPER in Mt. Airy, Germantown, Chestnut Hill and surrounding communities. SUP
PER currently serves 600+ meals per month at the four SUPPER meals. What could the future hold?
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The DIOPA Resource Guide is here!
We have heard your suggestions, compiled them, and we would like to present the DIOPA Resource Guide: a directory of information about the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and how we can best serve you. We encourage you to explore the website at
http://www.dioparesourceguide.com/.
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Introducing our new Diocesan Mobile App "DIOPAConnect"
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As part of my promise to better serve you, I am pleased to present a major initiative from the Offices of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. This mobile directory app will help us all to feel connected, provides useful information about parishes, and enables us to have one more important way to stay informed about everything going on in our wonderful Diocese. We are here to help and to serve you, and this mobile app is an important step in showing the kind of innovation and emphasis that is placed on equipping our congregations to build the Kingdom of God.
The Rt Rev Daniel G.P. Gutierrez
XVI Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Our new diocesan directory mobile application has been developed to help members of our diocese have direct access to one another no matter where we are, and to promote connectivity by adding photos, shared experiences and our Twitter feed to the basic data contained in our diocesan directory. This is part of our new initiative to be better servants to our community of faith through effective communications with the goal of using mobile technology to meet the needs of our parishes, clergy and laity.
The new mobile directory app "DIOPAConnect" is now available for download.
DIOPAConnect: The Offices of Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania mobile application, is an app designed for connecting clergy and laity to contact information, parish information, events and social media. This app is free to install.
It will allow you to:
- Carry the Mobile Directory with you wherever you go.
- Quickly call or email anyone in the directory
- Get directions or find the nearest Parish, plus the contact information
- Keep up to date by staying current with Events Calendar and add reminders for important events
- Share your experiences on the "Wall"
- View Photos
- Follow the Diocese on Twitter
To download the mobile application go to the "App Store" icon on your iPhones or the "Google Play" icon on your Android Phone
and search for "DIOPA" or "DIOPA mobile directory."
Let us know how DiopaConnect works for you. User feedback helps us to tailor our applications to better meet your needs.
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Omaha Church Begins Raising Funds for Shelter
to Serve Survivors of Human Trafficking
By Mara Klecker
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Lori Wright said she was 13 years old when she snuck out the window of a boarding school and started running through the cornfields of Indiana. When she finally saw a sign for a truck stop, she said, she had hope. Someone could give her a ride to her father's home in Nashville, Tennessee, she thought.
She said she didn't know then that the truck driver who gave her a ride would be the first of many men who would use her and pass her around for sex. By 16, Wright was married. By 17, she said, her husband had sold her to a pimp for drugs. For 25 years, Wright said, she was trafficked for sex. She said she lost count of how many times she was raped and beaten. "I felt so worthless," she said Friday. "I didn't know how to live or how to love or take care of myself."
Wright, now 46, said she knows there are women in the Omaha area with stories like hers. That's why she's here from Nashville, sharing her story and advocating for a program called Magdalene.
The residential program, started in 1997 by the Rev. Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest in Nashville, offers housing, medical care, therapy and job training for two years at no cost to the women.
Omaha's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral's Friends of Tamar program hopes to bring the model here, creating the 31st Magdalene house in the country.
"We already have the model and the community support," said Teresa Houser, founder of the Friends of Tamar, which is aimed at supporting survivors of sexual violence. "Now, we just need to keep building upon that to create a community to support these women."
In the last year, more than 2,200 people were sexually exploited for money in the Omaha area on a classified advertising website that runs adult ads, Anna Brewer said, citing data from Creighton University's Human Trafficking Initiative. Brewer is a training consultant with the Women's Fund of Omaha and a former FBI agent who investigated trafficking cases. "That's just one website," Brewer said. "Do we have 2,200 beds in the area for trafficking victims? No. That's why we need places like Magdalene."
Though the average Magdalene house can accommodate only about six to eight women at a time, Brewer said it's a crucial service. Trafficking survivors need services and peer support that can't be provided by most shelters, Brewer said.
Wright agreed. "What we go through runs deep, way deeper than someone who hasn't gone through it might realize," she said. She now works in the Magdalene house in Nashville, helping other women like her. "Survivors need these places, but the community needs to understand these stories, too," Wright said. "I can say this because I've been there - this is about saving lives."
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Diocesan Convention Approaches
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As the 233rd Annual Diocesan Convention approaches, there are some simple things to keep in mind.
Committee Reports are due no later than October 17th. All reports submitted after that will not be able to be printed.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Mark Klinger (
[email protected]
) or Linda Hollingsworth (
[email protected]
) or you can reach Mark or Linda at the Office of the Diocese by calling 215-627-6434 during our regular business hours of Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.
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Education for Ministry
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Have you ever considered a formal study of the things which inform your baptismal covenant? Many EfM seminar groups will be reforming or starting in the fall and now is the time for you to consider if this program is for you. The current texts are portrayed in the attached link.
For more information contact:
Alan Lindsay, EfM Coordinator for the Diocese of Pennsylvania Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania 3717 Chestnut Street, Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-627-6434 x127 or [email protected]
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