Following Jesus in Province II

The International Atlantic Province

January 2022

News from the Province

Save the Date!

The next meeting of the Provincial Synod will be on May 5, 2022. Plans are being made for this synod to take place on Zoom. Check the website to see the information as it becomes available: https://www.province2.org/synod-2022.html

Province II will conduct three workshops leading up to the Province II Synod on Thursday, May 5. This is the tentative schedule.

On February 16, the Province II representatives to Executive Council will present Key Conversations at General Convention.
On March 9, the workshop will focus on topics in the Blue Book.
On April 20, members of the Program, Budget, and Finance Committee (PB&F) will present an overview of the draft budget slated to be presented at General Convention.

The workshops are designed for clergy and lay deputies and alternates, and bishops of Province II. Links for participation will be on the website.

In order to accommodate the widespread Province II, stretching across 12 dioceses, two continents and the Caribbean, Synod will be conducted via zoom. Registration will open soon. The firm deadline for registration will be April 25, 2022. After that date, registration will be closed. Anyone who misses the deadline will need to contact Jan Paxton directly and will not receive voting credentials.

General Convention News

The 80th General Convention is scheduled for July 7–14, 2022, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

The December Newsletter from the General Convention Office:

COVID-19 Vaccine Resolution Passed, Proof of Vaccination and Masks Required for All 80th General Convention Attendees
Diocesan Secretaries of Convention
Legislative Committees for the 80th General Convention
Schedule for Electing a new President and Vice President of the House of Deputies
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De-mystifying General Convention

What, exactly goes on at a General Convention of the Episcopal Church? This is old hat to deputies who have been to five or six General Conventions, as many have, but it is always a mystery to people who have never attended the week-long gathering. So here is what the Diocese of New York is doing this year! Find out more >

Your Diocesan Deputation to the

2022 General Convention

invites you to an

Online General Convention Orientation Session

News from our twelve dioceses

The Diocese of Albany

Loaves and Fishes is a feeding ministry based in the kitchen and parish hall of the St. Francis Mission church in Arbor Hill area of Albany. The ministry provides a hot, healthy meal every Saturday from 11:30am to 1pm to the people from this very needy neighborhood. Read more >

Diocese of Central New York

Utica proclaims January Karen Heritage Month; Karen Episcopalians celebrate - The Utica-Rome area is home to approximately 8,000 Karen people, including refugees who arrived from Myanmar (Burma) in the early 2000s and their children. Grace Episcopal Church in Utica is the spiritual home for a number of Karen Episcopalians.

Watch a livestream of the proclamation ceremony on Grace Church's Facebook page and see coverage of the event from WKTV and the Observer-Dispatch.

Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe

Heimkehrer/Returnee Support Group - The Church of Christ the King has an active group supporting German citizens that have been deported from the United States back to Germany.

The Heimkehrer / Returnee Support Group exists to offer assistance to any German citizens deported from the US, for any reason, who need help in establishing themselves physically and emotionally here in Germany.

Our voluntary efforts are in co-ordination with the professional social aid organisation called The Frankfurter Verein which is funded by the city of Frankfurt.The video featuring our ministry for Heimkehrer / Returnees has been released.

La Iglesia Episcopal en Cuba

De parte de nuestra Obispa Diocesana, María Griselda Delgado del Carpio ante la noticia de pérdida del Arzobispo Desmond Tutu.

A toda la iglesia:

Ha pasado a la presencia del Altísimo, el Arzobispo Desmond Tutu. ...

Diocese of Haiti

Food For The Poor Haiti, Executive Director Bishop Oge Beauvoir - Bishop Oge Beauvoir visits Food For The Poor Canada and we asked him to share a few messages about the work that Food For The Poor is doing in Haiti - saving lives, transforming communities, restoring hope

Diocese of Long Island

The Social Justice Ministry of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY invites all to participate in their five-week online series on "Race & Faith" with Dr. Craig Townsend, Historian-in-Residence for Racial Justice in the Diocese of Long Island. Click on the link for the complete info and registration.

The Diocese of Newark

An ambitious pandemic project: DIY organ rebuilding - The pandemic has been a time for learning new skills and starting new projects. Mark Wright decided to teach himself how to rebuild his church’s beleaguered pipe organ.

Nearly a year into this project, Wright estimates that the organ renovation is 90% complete. “The organ is so much more versatile now. I can accompany a soloist with a lovely soft sound. People are noticing during the services.”

A rededication of the organ is tentatively scheduled for the Feast of the Ascension in May 2022. “I want the organ to be a sign of rebirth,” he said. He also hopes that it will encourage the re-establishment of a choir.

Read the whole story >

Diocese of New Jersey

On Jan. 17, the Diocese commemorated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with an online worship program featuring Bishop Chip Stokes as celebrant and Dr. Quincy Bloxom, founder of the EraseTheRedline social action organization and governor’s appointee to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission.

The program was livestreamed to the Diocese YouTube channel.

Diocese of New York

JAN 11 - FEB 12, 2022 M - SUN 12 - 5 PM GENERAL EXHIBITION

JAN 22 & 29, 2022 SAT 5 - 7 PM RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST

CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST UNDERCROFT GALLERY

1085 FIFTH AVENUE, NY NY 10128

info@heavenlyrest.org or call 212.289.3400 ext 200

SPONSORED BY THE KOREAN MINISTRY OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NY

Park Joon’s photography exhibition, "America the Beautiful," is a benefit event to raise funds to help the child victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. The money raised will help the "I Am Spring" center in Daejeon, South Korea. Seventeen children live together under the protection and the guidance of the director, the Rev. Dr. Lee Young Ah, who is a psychologist and an Anglican deacon. This benefit will bring them a small gift of hope and love they desperately need and let them know that there are people who care about them. They need to know that their lives are precious and life is worth living. Click here to read more.

Diocese of Rochester

St. Lukes Episcopal Church and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Village of Fairport are embarking on a joint adult education project, co-sponsored by GRCC (Greater Rochester Community of Churches).

This project evolved from a Webinar held In January 2021 on the subject of Christian Nationalism. The featured presenters on this Webinar were Bishop Michael Curry - Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA) and Bishop Elizabeth Eaton - Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Find out more >

Diocese of the Virgin Islands

THE COUNTDOWN TO '28 HAS BEGUN - The All Saints Cathedral School was founded in 1928 by the St. Anne Sisters of Boston, a religious congregation devoted to the works of charity and the education of youth. We are a private Episcopal college preparatory day school located on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.First licensed by the Department of Education of the Government of the Virgin Islands to operate as an elementary school, All Saints Parish School opened its door to its first kindergarten class for the school year 1928-1929. During the course of All Saints Cathedral School’s 90+ years history, additional grade levels have been added. The school graduated its first 12th grade class in 1965.

The Episcopal Dioceses of Western New York and Northwesstern Pennsylvania

Kim Goodman, a volunteer with Garden of Love at St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, recently spoke with The Buffalo News about her efforts to make sure recently resettled Afghan refugees had socks.

" Goodman, for instance, contacted the Hanes underwear company...to donate more socks, this time for the newly arrived Afghan evacuees. 'I was like, ''I wonder if Hanes could get them just 300 pairs of socks, because they said 300 people were getting off the plane and clearly wearing sandals," ' Goodman said. 'So I sent it to my connection at Hanes. Not only did she answer, she sent 500 pairs of socks and 500 pairs of underwear.'"