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Resources
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Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church
The complete and authorized version of the Constitution and Canons, together with the Rules of Order
, of The Episcopal Church as adopted and revised by the General Convention of 2018 is available online for free
here
as a downloadable PDF file or as an HTML file that can be viewed in a browser. These are also available in print for purchase in English and Spanish for $35.00 each.
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Get inspired in your own sermon writing or use
Para recursos en español visite:
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Include Gun Violence in Emergency Plans
The Church Pension Group's Safety & Insurance Handbook for Churches, addresses
what to do in an emergency involving gun violence.
Quick communication and notification are key, the handbook emphasizes. And depending on church needs and budget, leaders can implement or update their regular security measures to incorporate newer technology, such as buzzed-in entry, automated locking, camera systems and key access.
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Parking Lot Tax and Other Tax-Free Transportation Fringe Benefits
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Annual Deacon's Retreat
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The Bishop's Annual Deacons' Retreat is on Friday March 29, beginning at 5:00 PM
And ending on Saturday March 30 at 2:30 PM
At the Duncan Center.
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Upcoming Events
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Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church
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Icons in Transformation
by Artist Ludmila Pawlowska
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Holy Family Weekend Revival
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Join Kate Eaton and Mishkhah for an evening of prayer on March 23rd at 7:00 PM. at Cor Jesu Chapel on the Barry University Campus.
This service will focus on the season of Lent and invite all into the mystery of Christ through music, the arts, movement and interaction. There is plenty of free parking and all are welcome.
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Jazz Concert
Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church
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Music at Saint Paul's Presents Soprano Emily Carter with
Pianist Erin Paiva and Friends
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On Sunday,
March 24, 2019 at 3pm
, Music at St. Paul's continues its 31st season with a concert titled, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre." Featuring soprano Emily Carter, the program begins with a set of arias by Bach and Handel, accompanied by period instrumentalists Laurice Campbell Buckton, baroque violin, Marie Ridolfo, viola da gamba, and Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord. The concert continues with songs and arias accompanied by pianist Erin Paiva. Featured composers include Mozart, Rossini, Whitacre, Bernstein, Verdi, and Gounod. At 2:30pm, Dr. Paul Cienniwa will give a pre-concert lecture.
The concert will take place during the South Florida debut of the internationally acclaimed
Icons in Transformation
exhibit by abstract expressionist Ludmila Pawlowska. Her works are on display throughout St. Paul's campus through April 7 and will available for viewing before and after the concert.
Tickets for the concert are $20 (18 and under are FREE) and are only available at the door on the day of the concert.
About the Performers...
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Get Certified as a Disaster Chaplain, July 15-17 in Sewanee, Tennessee
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Now more than ever, communities across the United States are facing unprecedented natural and human-caused disasters. Spiritual first-aid is an essential part of response and recovery, and volunteer chaplains are on the front lines in delivering disaster human service operations and disaster site operations.
The Beecken Center-in partnership with the
National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN)-invites clergy and lay spiritual caregivers of all faiths to take this disaster chaplaincy training on the beautiful campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee,
July 15-17, 2019. Participants who complete this certification can volunteer in their own diocese or faith community, or with NDIN and its national partners. NDIN can also assist unaffiliated volunteers in finding disaster spiritual care volunteer opportunities in local communities across the United States.
Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may also take this course to develop their knowledge of best practices in disaster spiritual care.
Registration
Laypersons and clergy of all faiths are welcome to attend, pending the requirements listed below. Ordination as clergy or any other professional certification are not required.
Participants must be endorsed for this training by the senior religious leader who has jurisdiction over their ministry; or a credentialed religious caregiver or leader; or the senior executive to which they report; or registrants must currently serve as a chaplain. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may register using their agency affiliation.
Registrants must provide a signed endorsement to complete registration (PDFs preferred).
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From the Presiding Bishop
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In the first century Jesus of Nazareth inspired a movement. A community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God's unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. Before they were called "church" or "Christian," this Jesus Movement was simply called "the way."
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The General Convention
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The General Convention is the governing body of The Episcopal Church that meets every three years. It is a bicameral legislature that includes the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops, composed of deputies and bishops from each diocese. During its triennial meeting deputies and bishops consider a wide range of important matters facing the Church. In the interim between triennial meetings, various committees, commissions, agencies, boards and task forces created by the General Convention meet to implement the decisions and carry on the work of the General Convention. For more information click
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Alteration of the Book of Common Prayer or of the Constitution
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We would like to include your innovative ministries in Grapevine!
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Announcing Partners in Welcome,
An Innovative New Program from Episcopal Migration Ministries
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Episcopal Migration Ministries, the refugee resettlement ministry of The Episcopal Church, is proud to announce an innovative new program called Partners in Welcome (PiW)
. Through this program, Episcopal Migration Ministries is building a mission-driven community rooted in loving God and our shared value to love our neighbor. This network is open to all organizations and individuals dedicated to welcoming newcomers, educating communities, and developing advocates.
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Bible Study Every Wednesday
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When: Every Wednesday from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: J.K Major Parish Hall
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Evangelism Resources
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Saint Mark's 2019 Lenten Series
Tuesday Evenings at 6:00 PM
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"Will You Come and Follow Me?"
Lent 2019 Meditation Series
Second Week of Lent
By The Reverend Dr. David Angelica
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Will you leave yourself behind, if I but call your name? Will you care for cruel and kind, and never be the same? Will you risk the hostile stare, should your life attract or scare? Will you let me answer prayer, in you and you in me?
In the Gospel of Saint Luke, Jesus teaches us to follow Him and His path of Love, no matter what the obstacles are, no matter what size the cross is, that He asks us to bear. But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you...For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.
How many times in our lives are we faced with the choice of putting our selves before others? How often do we feel neglected, abused, hurt, ignored, and then to appease our egos, turn the situations around and blame the other person, to make us look good?
Consider these examples:
- "She didn't speak to me at church this morning...so I judge her to be a 'snob'."
- "My dad didn't listen to my side of the story last week when I got detention...so I judge him to be 'uncaring, insensitive'."
- "The check out girl gave me the wrong change at the grocery store...so I judge her to be 'stupid'."
- "My client bought some of our products from another distributor to save money...so I judge him 'unloyal'."
And so it goes, day in and day out, we sit on our throne and decide each other's worth and value. It is amazing we respect anyone at all! Of course, we must add all the judgments we pass on ourselves such as "loser", "ugly", "failure", although it is interesting that we will show ourselves mercy by having a very logical excuse for why we did what we did, or didn't do what we were supposed to.
The result is the same, however, from the day we first began to call the neighborhood kids by names such as "dork" and "nerd" and "greaseball" and "two eyes"; we have always felt a certain "Don Rickles" superiority in being able to categorize others and thus feel a strange sort of superiority and power over them. How are we any different than the people around us in the world if we judge others and resent others and set ourselves up as judges? For Scripture says that our Father in Heaven will surely judge us if we judge each other.
The sad commentary on our judgments is that they not only separate us from each other, but separate us from the love of our Heavenly Father. We live as though there is no mercy and thus there can be no forgiveness or Grace. Without Grace there is only continual guilt and self condemnation and the Gospel is powerless.
And so we are asked to examine our selves in light of the Hymn Verse at the beginning of this Reflection. Can we submit our wills to God through others and let God speak to us in prayer and answer our deepest needs?
As Ephesians
has said: "When angry, do not sin. Do not even let your wrath, your fury or indignation, last until the sun goes down. Leave no room or foothold for the devil. Give no opportunity to him.
As our Lenten journey continues, and we listen to God's Summons to us, let us, in prayer, continue our self-examination:
- What are some of the controlling excuses we use on each other to make others need us and love us?
- How many people play the role of martyr? ("They don't appreciate me!" "I want to spare my children the pain I suffered when I grew up!")
- How many feel lonely because all your support has abandoned you?
- How many feel as if you're being mother and father to the kids?
- How many of you believe that your relationship with others parallels your relationship with God?
- How many of us want to do things "our way"?
- How many of us believe in our hearts that Jesus loves us, "just as we are"?
- Remember what Holy Scripture says: "Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of another's eye."
And may God be in you and you in God.
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51st Series of Joint Lenten Services
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Life Transformed:
The Way of Love in Lent and Easter
The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving and death; then we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, faith communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life.
New Way of Love resources for Lent and Easter include three components; additional resources from partnering organizations and churches are also featured:
Adult Forum
: This set of seven Adult Forums, suitable to diverse settings, ties the Easter Vigil readings to the seven practices of the Way of Love. Drawing on the ancient practice of setting aside Lent as a period of study and preparation for living as a Christian disciple (known as the catechumenate), the forums draw participants to reflect on salvation history, walk toward the empty tomb, and embrace the transforming reality of love, life, and liberation. As we stand with the three women at the empty tomb, we hear his call to go and live that transformed reality. Curriculum will be available in Spanish before the end of this month.
Quiet Day
: The Quiet Day curriculum condenses the forums into a single-day journey. Offered as an option for churches and dioceses seeking an alternative to the weekly class.
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Test Kitchen
: "Living the Way of Love, Transformed." After the forty days of Lent, this Facebook-based platform will invite participants into a fifty-day Eastertide "Test Kitchen." People everywhere will actively "GO" with Jesus from the tomb to bless the world - and then share and inspire each other with accounts of how they are living the Way of Love. Consider joining this closed Facebook group now to receive regular messages of support as you live the way of love through Lent.
Resources shared by partnering organizations and churches:
Coming in early February are a series of sermons based on the Year C lectionary readings offered by St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania as well as video classes that track with the Life Transformed curriculum offered by The Hive
Additional seasonal resources include here
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Written by a collection of Episcopal Church leaders and published by Forward Movement, Episcopal Relief & Development's 2019 Lenten Meditations bring together the wisdom from the Lenten Meditations from the last decade. These Lenten meditations can help deepen your faith in the risen Christ and strengthen your connection to our neighbors and partners around the world.
The Lenten Meditations reflect Episcopal Relief & Development's commitment to leveraging the resources of Anglican and ecumenical partners to deliver measurable and sustainable change in three signature program priorities: Women, Children and Climate.
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P-IV Altar Guild Newsletter
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Episcopal Charities
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The prayer is for your use. We suggest that you integrate it into your service
schedule
either by using the prayer and incorporating the weekly specific ministry into it, OR by highlighting only the specified weekly ministry in the Prayers of the People.
Compassionate God, bless the people who guide the programs of Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of Southeast Florida as, following in the footsteps of Jesus, they minister to the sick, the friendless and the needy. We pray especially for_______________
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ministry name) which provides _____________
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ministry description) through ____________________
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parish or entity sponsor). Help them continue always to reach out in love and mercy to those suffering in our communities, that they may be a source of comfort and support in times of need; through Jesus Christ who called us to feed his sheep in manifesting our love for him. Amen.
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Youth News
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EYE20 Planning Team
Application Period Open for Youth Interested in Serving
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The deadline for receiving applications is March 17, 2019 by 5:00 PM EST
Applications for youth interested in serving on the Planning Team for the 2020 Episcopal Youth Event (EYE20) are now being accepted.
"Planning Team members are charged with creating and implementing EYE20 from beginning to end," said Bronwyn Clark Skov, Director of the Faith Formation Department, which coordinates the event. "Team members must be mature in their faith and able to undertake the work and commitments necessary for the year-long process of developing an international event of this scale."
To be eligible for the Planning Team, youth applicants must be currently enrolled in grades 9 - 11 and be a communicant in good standing in an Episcopal Church congregation. In addition, all applicants must be available to travel unaccompanied on the following dates:
- October 3-6, 2019
- January 30 - February 2, 2020
- April 16-19, 2020
- July 5-11, 2020
The online application is available here in English and here in Spanish.
EYE20 will mark the 14th EYE, which remains a popular and well-attended event. EYE will be open to Episcopal youth in grades 9-12 during the 2019-2020 academic year and their adult mentors.
EYE20 is scheduled for July 7-11, 2020. The registration process and additional details about the event will be available Fall of 2019. The location has not yet been announced.
Unfamiliar with Episcopal Youth Event? Read about EYE here.
For information contact Skov at [email protected].
En español...
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Youth Convention
March 16th, 2019
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Opportunities
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Parish Administrative Assistant Job Opportunity
The Church of the Incarnation is in search of a new Parish Administrative Assistant.
Under the supervision of the Rector, the Parish Administrator provides general office support to the senior warden, members of the vestry, the treasurers, heads of committees, and members of the congregation in order to support the ministries and mission of Church of the Incarnation. This work includes, but is not limited to: data and records management, phone and email support, supplies and inventory management, communications work, managing use of church space by parish and outside groups, supporting church ministries and committees and collaborating with volunteers, also known as Office Angels.
The Parish
Administrator will be a resource person for both members and non-members, and a welcoming and responsive presence in our church's office.
Click here to download and read the full description and requirements.
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Save the Date
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Lent QUIET DAY at Trinity Cathedral
Rolling Back the Stone
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 8:30 AM to 12 noon.
Please come for a Lenten Quiet Day with our guest leader, the Reverend Ann Goraczko,
Associate Rector of Saint Bernard de Clairvaux. We start at 8:30 AM
in Cathedral
Hall for coffee and light fare. At 9 o' clock, we gather in the Cathedral for readings
and meditations. There will be ample time for silence and reflection. Please bring
a notepad and pen or pencil. Our quiet day will come to a close with Eucharist at
11:30 a.m.
Free-will donations gratefully accepted.
Trinity Cathedral, 464 N.E. 16th Street, Miami, FL 33132. Parking in the rear.
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Saint Benedict's Episcopal Church
Friday, April 19, 2019
7801 NW 5th Street, Plantation FL 33324-
954-473-6578
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dinners may be pre-ordered or purchased on site in
Deshaies Hall.
All dinners include beverage, festival, and a choice of rice and peas or white rice and coleslaw or steamed cabbage.
Snapper Fillet
Escovitch (mild/spicy)
Whole Snapper Baked or Escovitch (mild/spicy)
King Fish Escovitch (mild/spicy)
Child's Tilapia Dinner
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Music at Saint Paul's P
resents the Amernet String Quartet with Harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa
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On Sunday,
April 28, 2019
at 3:00 PM, Music at Saint Paul's continues its 31st season with a concert featuring the Amernet String Quartet with guest harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa. The program will feature Antonio Soler's
Quintet No. 4 in A minor
, Henryk Górecki's
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings, Op. 40
, and Beethoven's
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
. At 2:30pm, Dr. Paul Cienniwa will give a pre-concert lecture.
Tickets for the concert are $20 (18 and under are FREE) and are only available at the door on the day of the concert. For more information on this event and Music at Saint Paul's 31st Season, visit music.stpaulsdelray.org. St. Paul's is handicapped accessible.
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Equal Justice Initiative Pilgrimage 2019
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Faith Groups Mobilize to Support Dreamers, TPS & DED Holders in Anticipation of Dream & Promise Act
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80 Faith Groups & 500 Faith Leaders Sign National Letter, Launch National Call-In Day Urging Congress to Provide Permanent Protections for TPS Holders & Dreamers
Washington, DC- Today, faith groups across the nation are standing up for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients by urging permanent protections in a letter to Congress. In anticipation of the new Dream & Promise Act that would provide a path to residency for Dreamers and enact protections for TPS and DED holders, over 80 faith groups and 500 faith leaders are urging members to pass permanent legislation protecting immigrants whose lives have been unfairly thrown into limbo after the Trump administration stripped them of their status'. The letter hits home saying:
Every day that a solution for DACA and TPS is not enacted, countless members of our community have to live in anxiety and fear, unsure if they will be allowed to stay in the country they call home, or if they will be forcibly returned to nations they have never really known.
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Cuban Church Celebrates 110 years, Its Final Synod Before Episcopal
Church Reintegration
By Lynette Wilson
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The Episcopal Church of Cuba recently celebrated its 110-year history during its final synod as an autonomous diocese in anticipation of its official reintegration with the U.S.-based Episcopal Church in 2020.
"For 50 years the Episcopal Church has been isolated," said Cuba Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpio, at the close of the Feb. 28-March 3 General Synod held at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Havana. Reintegration, she said, "is a way to be part of a big family."
Delgado's strong leadership drove the reintegration, said Archbishop Fred Hiltz of the Anglican Church of Canada, who serves as chair of the Metropolitan Council of Cuba. The council has overseen the Cuban church since its separation from The Episcopal Church in the late 1960s.
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