NOVEMBER
Generosity & Giving
We acknowledge that we are in strange and unprecedented times, but also recognize the importance of continuing, as able, to celebrate our anniversary year as something we can do together while we are apart.

This year, the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is celebrating its 50th Jubilee Anniversary. Each month of 2020, we have chosen a particular focus that honors our life in Christ in very special ways and highlights our theme of Remember, Reorient, Renew. We've also created a toolkit full of resources to help us celebrate together. All of our resources for the year are available on our website at www.diocgc.org/jubilee-celebration.
The theme for November is Generosity & Sharing. Stewardship season typically takes place in the fall for most churches - a time when we ask ourselves how we can offer our time, talent, and treasure. So during this month of our Jubilee year, we hope you will join us in celebrating and cultivating a culture of generosity and sharing. Sometimes it takes an intentional approach from each of us to help people understand that these are spiritual issues at the heart of every congregation and community. 
Collect for Our Jubilee Year
Lord God of all creation, fill us with your grace as we remember your kindness and goodness towards us, through providence and through struggle; and let the trumpets proclaim the year of Jubilee, a year of the Lord’s favor, as we dedicate ourselves to reorient our mission efforts to renew your Gospel in our midst. May your Spirit inspire us, we pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Options for Participation*
*Due to current restrictions for our in-person worship, modification of the below options may be necessary for online participation. Be creative!
Encourage everyone in your congregation to donate items to the local food pantry/bank. Learn more here.

Host a community coffee hour on Zoom during the month of November.

Participate in the United Thank Offering Ingathering. Information and materials available here.

Celebrate all the ministries in your congregation based on this theme: “What is the story of generosity in our diocese that extends beyond our walls?”

Challenge one another to serve five hours a month serving others. Learn more here.

Include the Stewardship Through Service story in a sermon or newsletter as a way to share how one person’s actions can be a gift to others. Find it here.
Upcoming Events
November 8
Stock the Pantry Sunday

November 14 & 15
Virtual Series with the Rev. Dr. Tommie Watkins, Jr. DETAILS AND REGISTRATION HERE. Sponsored by the Commission on Racial Justice & Reconciliation.
50th Jubilee Revival Events
Just Mercy, Just Jesus
December 3-5, 2020

We would like to invite you to join us for several virtual revival events to celebrate our 50 years as a diocese. Visit our webpage for continued updates.

Access to view all events will be available on our diocesan website.

Thursday, December 3, at 6pm | Online
Virtual Evening Prayer Service and Recitation of the Primary Convention Sermon
Sponsored by Christ Church Parish, Pensacola

Friday, December 4, at 6pm | Online
Virtual Revival With Special Guests: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Bryan Stevenson
Sponsored by The Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast

Saturday, December 5, at 9am | Online
Revival Roundup Coffee Hour Fellowship & Conversation (via Zoom meeting)
Sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast and the Evangelism Task Force
Music for Our Jubilee Year Celebration
Our Jubilee Hymn
Christopher Powell of Christ Church Cathedral in Mobile was commissioned to compose our Jubilee Hymn, and we feel it accurately portrays our diocese and our life together in Christ. We invite you to learn the hymn with the hope that when we can safely sing once again in our churches, that we can proclaim our joyful Jubilee. For now, corporate singing is not allowed in our churches in order to keep everyone safer from the coronavirus; however, we encourage you to learn the hymn on your own, or watch the video of select choir members from Christ Church Cathedral singing the hymn.
Next Month...
The culmination of our year long 50th Jubilee Anniversary year comes to its final celebration with our Just Mercy, Just Jesus virtual revival, December 3-5, 2020. Please join us - online!
Gratitude
Our thanks to the 50th Jubilee Anniversary subcommittee on outreach, hospitality and justice who put together the November toolkit: Thack Dyson, Ed Richards, Erin Rockwell, Cynthia Tucker and Kammy Young.
Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast | www.diocgc.org/jubilee-celebration