August 18, 2020
Would you like to learn how to lead Morning Prayer?
Diocesan Training to License Lay Worship Leaders
September 3 @ 7pm

On Thursday, September 3, the Rev. Meredyth Ward, our Urban Missioner in Worcester, and the Rev. Jane Griesbach, deacon at St. Francis Holden, will offer a Zoom training to interested laypersons who want to learn how to lead the Daily Offices, in particular Morning Prayer. This is for both brand new persons and a refresher for folks who are being called on more often during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This training is limited to 20 people. Register using the button below. Please note that the confirmation email will contain the Zoom meeting access information.
Stewardship Resources & Webinar
August 18 @ 7pm
In the Rev. Pam Mott's recent newsletter, she offers stewardship resources, a webinar, and reflections on stewardship from the Rev. Bernie Poppe, the Very Rev. Tom Callard, and Canon Steve Abdow.
Tech Time
Wednesdays @ 7pm
"COVID has unleashed a wild amount of creativity, and a wild amount of people reinventing the wheel."
-Ellen Lincourt

Ellen's new goal is documentation. Whatever it is we are doing must be documented so that if our digital minister is not available, the ministry can continue. That means more than platform passwords. It means a step-by-step procedure for new digital ministers to follow.

She is interested in cultivating a community of digital ministers, and hopes that Tech Time becomes more than a place for Q & A. It can be a place where digital minister connect, share best practices and lessons learned, laugh about Sunday bloopers, and reflect on this technical ministry as evangelism.

Every Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 PM

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Call For Submissions for the Summer/Fall Issue of ABUNDANT Times
Deadline: September 7, 2020

We're gearing up for the next issue of the magazine and looking for some specific content:

  • Photos of Sunday worship adapted for the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Text and images for ministries that have surfaced during the pandemic. Are you making masks? Addressing food insecurity? Adapting existing ministry to continue despite the pandemic?

  • In the wake of George Floyd's murder and Black Lives Matter protests, has your congregation engaged any resources from Becoming Beloved Community? Have you been reading together? Structured conversation? Organized presence at local actions?

We are especially interested in hearing from lay leadership and ministry leaders. Be in touch with us if you have an idea that needs tweaking or if you just want some support in the writing process. If you'd like to write a piece or submit photos, click the button below to upload by September 7.

Don't forget to include your name and parish/town so we can credit you appropriately.
Ministerio hispano
Latino/Hispanic Ministries
Centro Comunitario de San Marcos
Incluso en medio de una pandemia, la misión de la Iglesia continúa. Jesús nos llama a compartir con todo el mundo las Buenas Nuevas del amor, la compasión y la misericordia de Dios. Nos complace compartir con ustedes que la construcción en el Centro Comunitario de San Marcos en el centro de Worcester continúa a tiempo. La sala ha sido preparada, las paredes que debían retirarse han desaparecido y las nuevas tuberías y accesorios están listos para instalarse en los nuevos baños accesibles para discapacitados. Estamos en buena forma para una apertura de otoño. Este será un lugar de ministerio, hospitalidad y seguridad para la comunidad. Una voz positiva para todos los hijos de Dios. Si desea participar en los ministerios del Centro Comunitario de San Marcos, o si tiene una idea para un ministerio que podría tener lugar aquí, envíe un correo electrónico al Rev. José Reyes at jreyes@dicoesewma.org.

Un nuevo sitio web
El ministerio hispano en San Marcos, Worcester tiene un nuevo sitio web: ministeriohispanoworcester.org. Nuestros servicios de adoración, reuniones de oración y anuncios de futuras oportunidades y eventos ministeriales se pueden encontrar en el sitio web. ¡Échale un vistazo!
St. Mark’s Community Center
Even in the middle of a pandemic, the mission of the Church continues. Jesus calls us to share with all the world the Good News of God’s love, compassion and mercy. We are excited to share with you that the work on St. Mark’s Community Center in downtown Worcester continues on schedule. The hall has been prepped and primed, the walls that were to be removed are gone, and new pipes and fixtures are ready to be installed in the new handicap accessible bathrooms. We are in good shape for a fall opening. This will be a place of ministry, hospitality and safety for the community. A positive voice for all of God’s children. If you would like to be involved in the ministries of St. Mark’s Community Center, or if you have an idea for a ministry that could take place here email Rev. José Reyes at jreyes@dicoesewma.org.

New website
The Hispanic Ministry at St. Mark’s, Worcester has a new website: ministeriohispanoworcester.org. Our worship services, prayer meetings, and announcements of future ministry opportunities and events can all be found on the website. Check it out!
Oportunidades de adoración, oración y estudio.
Hay muchas oportunidades para adorar, orar y estudiar la biblia en español en nuestra diócesis.
  • Santa Eucaristía en español en persona en la Catedral los miércoles a las 6 p.m. (comuníquese con el Dean Tom Callard (tomcallard@gmail.com) si tiene alguna pregunta)
  • Los ministerios hispanos en San Marcos, Worcester y San Pablo, Holyoke están trabajando actualmente en un plan para que las misas en persona comiencen el próximo mes.
  • Santa Eucaristía bilingüe del Ministerio Hispano en San Marcos, Worcester todos los domingos en nuestro sitio web hispanicministryworcester.org (comuníquese con el Rev. José Reyes (jreyes@diocesewma.org) si tiene alguna pregunta)
  • Música y alabanza antes de la misa en la catedral a las 12 p.m. a través de facebooklive

  • Santa Eucaristía en la Catedral a las 12:15 pm-1:15pm a través de facebooklive (comuníquese con el Dean Tom Callard (tomcallard@gmail.com) si tiene alguna pregunta)
  • Estudio Bíblico y Oración, sábado 8 de agosto a la 1pm (contacte a Dean Tom Callard (tomcallard@gmail.com) si tiene alguna pregunta)
  • Oración Vespertina en español a través de Zoom el 15 y 29 de agostos a las 8pm. (comuníquese con el Rev. José Reyes (jreyes@diocesewma.org) si tiene alguna pregunta)
From The Episcopal Church
Third season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast continues with guest Ruby Sales
In this episode, Bishop Curry talks with legendary leader Ruby Sales about her long and enduring work for civil rights and freedom in the United States. The two discuss how she was introduced to these movements, her search for a calling, and the potential of The Episcopal Church to lead in honest racial justice and reconciliation.

To Go on the Way of Love is to cross boundaries, listen deeply, and live like Jesus. To do any of these things, and to have any hope of healing, we need to be able to tell each other the truth and go, as Ruby Sales says, “where it hurts.”
Resources and Workshops
Province 1 ECW Virtual Annual Meeting
Aug 22, 9am-3pm
Zoom

On Saturday, August 22 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. we will gather with women in Province 1 for a day of enrichment.

The meeting room will be open all day with the same meeting link and is designed in segments with breaks for stretching. There will be music and laughing Yoga, inspiring stories from around the Province and a keynote in the morning. We will have an hour for lunch with the opportunity to go into “breakout” rooms, small gatherings where people can eat and chat.
Virtual Nuevo Amanecer 2020 Conference
Sep 12 and Oct 10.
Zoom

Registration is now open for all 5 events of Virtual Nuevo Amanecer: June 13, July 11, August 15, September 12 and October 10. The registration is bilingual: Spanish/English. You only need to register once for all 5 events. Two days before the event you will receive the links for the Zoom meetings.

ESP: Nos reuniremos el 13 de junio de 1:00 pm a 4:00 pm, Tiempo del Este (Miami, Santo Domingo). Durante los próximos cuatro meses, del 10 de julio al 10 de octubre, nos seguiremos reuniendo mensualmente para más oportunidades de aprendizaje, conocimiento mutuo y oración.

ENG: We will meet on June 13 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Eastern Time (Miami, Santo Domingo). Over the next four months, from July 10 to October 10, we will continue to meet monthly for more opportunities for learning, mutual knowledge, and prayer.
Creation Care
"Season of Creation" Begins September 1
"We observe this special season in the hope that caring for Creation will increasingly be woven into every aspect of congregational life. Through preaching and prayer, and in sacrificial acts of generosity and bold public witness, we hope to strengthen our Christian response to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.

Creation Season Preaching Circle: Join with colleagues and special guests as we preach our way through Creation Season (Sept. 1-Oct. 4)! The Creation Season Preaching Circle will meet four times, starting on Tuesday, September 1. In each one-hour session we will discuss the lectionary texts for the coming Sunday."

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Social Justice Commission
Episcopal leaders call death penalty ‘abhorrent to God’ as Trump administration resumes federal executions
[Episcopal News Service] The U.S. government on July 14 executed an inmate for the first time since 2003. Two more executions are scheduled this week at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, that holds the government’s 60 male death row inmates. A fourth execution is set for August.

The Justice Department is carrying out a plan it announced last year to end a moratorium on capital punishment for inmates who have been sentenced to death for murder under federal criminal law. The abrupt resumption of those executions this week was condemned by Episcopal leaders in Indiana, reflecting The Episcopal Church’s decades of opposition to the death penalty.

Co-Chairs
  • Leah Gregg
  • Cynthia Pease
Beloved Community Commission
Finding ‘Sacred Ground’: Thousands connect with Episcopal Church’s film-based series on racism’s historic roots
[Episcopal News Service] "When protests against racial injustice erupted nationwide in late spring, the dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York invited Episcopalians to participate in Sacred Ground, The Episcopal Church’s 10-part, film-based discussion series. The curriculum confronts the historical roots of systemic racism and examines how that history still shapes American institutions and social interactions today.

The response was overwhelming: About 200 people signed up for the dioceses’ discussion circles.
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Online Contemplative Prayer Group Continues
Every Sunday, 6:30pm
Zoom

Hosted by: Fr. Dave Woessner,
St. Michael's-on-the-Heights, Worcester

In addition to serving as a parish priest, Fr. Dave has many years of practice and teaching in both Centering Prayer (in Fr. Thomas Keating's method), as well as Samatha meditation (originating out of Theravāda Buddhism). He has offered many classes and retreats, as well as Spiritual Direction.

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