Clergy portrait photos to be taken during Diocesan Convention
Each clergyperson attending Diocesan Convention is asked to have an individual portrait photograph taken while present at the Riverside Convention Center. Two photo stations will be available on the Convention Center's lower level to accommodate clergy in 10-minute intervals during convention hours on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. Sign-up sheets will be available for efficiency in scheduling.
Photos will be taken at no cost to clergy, and images will be made available to the diocesan Communications Office for future use in digital publications. Packets of printed photos also will be offered for purchase from the photography studio. For the photos, clergy are asked to wear a clerical collar with clerical shirt or blouse and a jacket. Inquires may be forwarded to diocesan communications staff members via email to [email protected].
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A special invitation for spouses and partners of clergy in the diocese
Happy Fall!
Diocesan Convention is coming to the Riverside Convention Center on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11. Please mark your calendars to attend part or all of the convention, as you are able.
Clergy spouses and partners will have our own meeting space in the Convention Center where we can be together to catch up with one another, visit, or just have some quiet time.
On Saturday, Nov. 11, all clergy spouses are invited to a private lunch in our spouses’ room where the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy, canon to the ordinary, will join us for lunch and conversation!
Refreshments and snacks will be available in our space throughout the two days, and I encourage clergy spouses to come by. In addition, the wonderful Exhibit Hall will be open, and the vendors and exhibitors are looking forward to seeing us.
If you plan to attend Convention and the Spouses and Partners Luncheon, please let me know via email or text at [email protected] or 714.315.1033 so I can plan properly.
See you in Riverside!
Blessings.
Canon Kathy O’Connor
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More convention news
Plenty more information about the upcoming meeting of Diocesan Convention, on Nov. 10 - 11 at the Riverside Convention Center, is in the Episcopal News Update from last week and the new issue tomorrow; look for it in your e-mailbox.
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Reminders: Events and announcements
- Resources & opportunities from the wider church
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Links to information and resources
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Bloy House announces formation classes for laity
Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles, has added two new formation classes designed to meet requirements for the new diocesan lay licensing program, but of general interest as well.
The fee for formation classes is $25. Click here for more information and to register.
Anti-Racism for Laity
Tuesdays, November 28, Dec 5, 12, and 19; 7 - 8:30 p.m.
In accordance with a resolution of the 2000 General Convention that “the lay and ordained leadership of the Episcopal Church, including all ordained persons, professional staff, and those elected or appointed to positions of leadership on committees, commissions, agencies, and boards be required to take anti-racism training and receive certification of such training” the diocese now requires that every licensed lay minister complete training in understanding systems of oppression and how they affect the Episcopal Church and society in general. Facilitated by Suzanne Edwards-Action, M.A. (pastoral ministry), founder of My Work To Do. This class is required for all licensed lay ministries.
Introduction to the Bible for Lay Licensing
Tuesdays, January 9, 16, 23, and 30; 7 - 8:30 p.m.
While this course has been designed for the new diocesan lay licensing program, the topic is of general formation interest as well. How did we get the Bible we have today, and how do we best read and interpret it? We will cover the composition and construction of our Hebrew and Christian scriptures and pay close attention to the diverse voices and major themes that we encounter. These discussions will develop tools for interpretation and study of our sacred scripture. Facilitated by the Rev. Jerry Sather of St. John Chrysostom Church, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Linda Allport, dean of Bloy House. This course is required for licensing of lay preachers, evangelists, and pastoral leaders, and recommended for worship leaders and catechists.
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Task force invites churchwide input on health plan survey, listening session
[The Episcopal Church – October 31, 2023] All Episcopalians are invited to participate in a survey and a Nov. 14 listening session (4 p.m. ET) related to a review of the church’s health coverage plan for lay and clergy employees.
The Task Force to Advise the Church on the Denominational Health Plan is acting on Resolution D034 to recommend actions to the 81st General Convention that could reduce the costs of providing health coverage to church employees. Learn more here. Survey and session registration is here.
El Equipo de trabajo invita a toda la Iglesia a hacer aportaciones respecto a la encuesta sobre planes de salud y a una sesión de escucha. Leer en español aquí.
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Grant applications open for Episcopal Church Constable and Roanridge grants
Applications are open for two grant opportunities offered annually by The Episcopal Church — Constable Fund grants, which focus on religious education, and Roanridge Trust grants, which support leadership development in small towns and rural communities. The application deadline for both is Jan. 2, 2024.
Application requirements and an application form can be found online in English, Spanish, and French.
Constable Fund grants support mission initiatives outside The Episcopal Church budget, with a stated preference for religious education work. The grants are named for visionary philanthropist Marie Louise Constable, who established the fund through a gift made to The Episcopal Church in 1935.
The Roanridge Trust was established by the Cochel family, who gave a working farm in Missouri called Roanridge to The Episcopal Church. The grant funds support creative models of leadership development and training for laity and clergy in small towns and rural communities across the church.
Read more here. Leer en español aquí.
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Commission on Ministry announces new discernment schedules
Over the past five years, the Commission on Ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles has been taking deliberate steps to streamline and clarify the discernment process for people wishing to enter lay or ordained ministry. They have re-imagined the congregational discernment committee training and manual, re-worked and published a new discernment website, have provided input into crafting a new lay licensing certification program, and launched the Diocesan Discernment Information Gathering, just to name a few.
Training for congregational discernment committees is required as part of the discernment process, so that all clergy and committees are working from the same guidelines. Beginning in 2024, training for congregational discernment committees will now be held four times per year at different locations around the diocese, instead of at individual parishes.
If you are clergy currently working with a parishioner on discernment, please take note. If you feel your discerner is ready or almost ready for a congregational discernment committee, please ask your chosen committee members to attend a training at one of the locations listed below. Registration for committee members can be scheduled by contacting Cameron Johnson at [email protected]. Additional Spanish-language training may be scheduled as requested.
Congregational Discernment Committee Training Schedule 2024
Saturday, January 20, 2024; 10 a.m.
St. Wilfrid's Church, Huntington Beach
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 1 p.m. (English), 2 p.m. (Spanish)
Discernment Information Gathering
St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 10 a.m.
All Saints'/Todos los Santos Church, Oxnard
Friday, November 8, 2024, time TBA
Location: Diocesan Convention, Riverside Convention Center
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La Comisión del Ministerio anuncia los nuevos horarios de discernimiento
En los últimos cinco años, la Comisión del Ministerio ha estado tomando pasos deliberados para optimizar y clarificar el proceso de discernimiento. Se ha re-imaginado el entrenamiento y el manual para el discernimiento congregacional, se ha revisado y publicado una nueva página de internet de discernimiento, se ha proporcionado ideas para la elaboración de un nuevo programa laico de certificación y licencias, y entre otras cosas se ha iniciado las Conferencia Informativas Diocesanas para el proceso de discernimiento.
Es un requisito que los comités congregacionales reciban entrenamiento, para que de esa manera todos los comités y todo el clero utilicen las mismas guías. Empezando en el 2024, se realizarán los entrenamientos para los comités congregacionales de discernimiento cuatro veces al año en diferentes lugares alrededor de la Diócesis, en lugar de hacerlo individualmente en las congregaciones.
Si usted es un/una sacerdote que en este momento está trabajando con un miembro de su congregación, favor tomar nota de esto. Si usted cree que la persona que está discerniendo ya está lista o casi lista para reunirse con un comité congregacional de discernimiento, favor de preparar a los miembros que elijan para que participen en uno de los entrenamientos que se encuentran enumerados a continuación. Para registrarse en alguno de los entrenamientos, favor de comunicarse con Cameron Johnson en [email protected]. Si se necesita entrenamiento en español, el mismo se puede programar al solicitarlo.
Horario del 2024 para el Entrenamiento de los Comités Congregacionales de Discernimiento
Sábado, 20 de enero del 2024; 10 a.m.
St. Wilfrid's Church, Huntington Beach
Sábado, 16 de marzo del 2024; 1 p.m. (inglés); 2 p.m. españo
Conferencia Informativa de Discernimiento
St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park (Los Angeles)
Sábado, 20 de julio del 2024; 10 a.m.
All Saints'/Todos los Santos, Oxnard
Viernes, 8 de noviembre del 2024; Hora pendiente a determinarse
Lugar: Convención Diocesana, Centro de Convenciones de Riverside
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2024 United Thank Offering grants will fund projects 'Welcoming the Stranger'
United Thank Offering (UTO) gives out more than a million dollars each year in grants that fund innovative mission and ministry projects in the Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion.
Over the next few years, inspired by Matthew 25, UTO grants will focus on areas of ministry that serve those whom society has left out and left behind. The grant focus for 2024 will be on Jesus’ call to “welcome the stranger.” This includes funding projects that welcome people with differences that cause isolation (culture, life experience, disability, mental health, etc.) in new ways that are meaningful and deemed necessary by that community, or encourage truth telling, acknowledging historic trauma, and establishing a pathway towards healing.
Church or ministry leaders interested in applying for a UTO grant may click here and review the documents under the “Application Materials for the Episcopal Church” tab at the bottom of the page. Note that the grant proposal must be submitted by the UTO coordinator for the diocese with a letter of support from the bishop diocesan, and only one grant can be submitted per diocese. These grants are for new projects or existing projects that are expanding in a substantially new direction. Typical grants are for $55,000 or less, but can be up to $100,000 with additional budget documentation.
Those interested in applying should email Bishop John Harvey Taylor at [email protected] and Tammy Smecker-Hane, the diocese's UTO diocesan coordinator, at [email protected], a one-paragraph proposal description by Nov 18. If more than one group is interested in applying, a diocesan committee will evaluate the proposals and select one to go forward. The committee will work with the authors to submit the best possible proposal, due on Jan 19, 2024.
Feel free to email Smecker-Hane beforehand to discuss project ideas. She also will be at the UTO booth at Diocesan Convention, to be held Nov. 10 - 11 at the Riverside Convention Center.
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EDLA affordable housing: resources, information
By Michael Bell
Colleagues in ministry already involved with, or curious to learn more about affordable housing development on our EDLA church properties: Whether or not your congregation is ready to actively explore development of affordable housing on church property in the near future, you can encourage leaders in your community to become more faithful advocates for housing justice.
Here are some ways to become more informed and support progress toward development of more affordable housing (even if not on your particular church property):
Learn about the new bill that passed the California legislature that rezones religious and private college land for affordable housing statewide.
Consider participating in and/or helping to organize a One Day Housing Justice Institute in your community with other faith-community leaders. Information is here.
Making Housing and Community Happen: This website is a good source of information and links to resources. They have a whole section devoted to housing on religious land, including a description of a free educational and discernment process that at least three of our congregations are participating in right now.
The Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) and Housing California websites have helpful information and suggestions of ways to be more actively involved.
The Rev. Michael Bell is director of housing and business development for Episcopal Communities & Services, an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Webinar series for 2024 Nonprofit Security Grant Program open for registration
[FEMA] The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) invites interested organizations to attend upcoming webinars regarding the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP is a competitive grant awarded to nonprofit organizations at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack for the purposes of facility hardening and other security enhancements.
Please note that depending on the timing of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill, final FY 2024 information on the NSGP may not be available at the time of the webinars. Interested nonprofits should maintain communication with their State Administrative Agency (SAA) for all deadlines and application requirements.
Tuesday, November 7, 12 p.m. Registration link
Thursday, November 9, 11 a.m. Registration link
Tuesday, November 14, 12 p.m. Registration link
Tuesday, November 28, 11 a.m. Registration link
Friday, December 8, 12 p.m. Registration link
Tuesday, December 19, 11 a.m. Registration link
Wednesday, December 20, 12 p.m. Registration link
Following registration, you will receive a calendar invitation via email for the webinar. The link to join the webinar will be contained in that calendar event email. It may take time for this email to arrive – please be patient following registration and be sure to check your junk/spam folders.
For more information about applying for a nonprofit security grant, click here.
h/t Ken Higginbotham, member of St. Stephen's Church, Santa Clarita, and external affairs officer for FEMA.
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Help Ramallah orphanage replace furnace through LA - Jerusalem companion diocese ties
Contributions especially welcome amid current tensions
Amid suffering and tensions escalated by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, support for charitable projects in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is doubly appreciated. Concrete initiatives include replacement of the 57-year-old furnace at Ramallah’s Arab Evangelical-Episcopal Home and School.
Donors are invited to join Bishop John Harvey Taylor and others in the Diocese of Los Angeles in contributing via the secure link found here on the diocesan website to assist the $60,000 furnace replacement project, increasingly important as fall weather gives way to winter cold.
Fundraising efforts – highlighted by the Rev. Fadi Diab, rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ramallah, and his wife, Ruba Gammoh, during their visit to the United States this past summer – have succeeded in raising nearly $20,000 toward the effort, with additional gifts from congregations and individuals requested to meet the goal.
Describing the Ramallah institution’s ministries, Diab notes, “The Evangelical Home for Children has provided a safe haven for thousands of orphans, underprivileged children, and refugees for nearly 70 years now. Programs currently include a nursery school, after-school program, academic enrichment programs, summer camps, and a dormitory for volunteers and women in the workforce in Ramallah. There is an urgent need to install a new eco-friendly heating systems which will cost $60,000.”
Located on the West Bank, the Ramallah parish, school and home are part of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, with which the Diocese of Los Angeles has shared a companion relationship since 2005. Companion ties were deepened in 2022 with the visit of Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum to Diocesan Convention.
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US government offers toolkit, resources to combat hate
The Biden administration recently released "Allied Against Hate: A Toolkit for Faith Communities" for use by churches and other religious organizations throughout the United States.
"This document fulfills one of the more than 100 commitments made by the federal government in the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, released in May 2023," according to the document's introduction. "In the strategy, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships — in cooperation with federal agency Centers for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and diverse faith leaders — pledged to produce a toolkit for faith communities on standing in solidarity to counter antisemitism and other forms of hate. Religious leaders and faith groups can and should lead the way, the strategy noted, but 'government can play a supporting role, including by using its power to convene and connect diverse leaders and share best practices.' We look forward to continuing to work with faith leaders to counter hate in all its forms."
The toolkit may be found here.
Other resources from the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA:
h/t Ken Higginbotham, member of St. Stephen's Church, Santa Clarita, and external affairs officer for FEMA.
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IRS issues warning about aggressive ERC solicitations
The Employer Retention Tax Credit (ERC) is a Covid-related benefit available to all employers including churches. The diocesan finance office is consulting with our auditors and payroll providers to determine how our churches, schools and institutions should qualify and file for this benefit (especially those organizations, such as missions, that are legally part of the Corporation of the Diocese) and will be issuing guidance within the next month. Until then, churches, schools and institutions are advised to be aware that they may by targeted by aggressive advisors who offer to assist with such claims "at no cost." The IRS has recently issued several urgent notices to be aware of these promotions, which may attempt to push ineligible people to file for this benefit. Click here for more information.
h/t Canon Andy Tomat, treasurer of the diocese
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Applications open for Episcopal Church gender justice staff officer
[The Episcopal Church] Applications are open for a new Episcopal Church gender justice staff officer dedicated to LGBTQ+ and women’s ministries, a position called for by General Convention. The job description and application can be found online.
Under the leadership of the Rev. Melanie Mullen, the church’s director of reconciliation, justice, and creation care, and hiring manager for the new position, an 11-member gender justice committee has been meeting to listen, discuss, and formulate a job description.
... The new churchwide position will seek to inspire and equip Episcopalians for justice, advocacy, and inclusion work focused on women and LGBTQ+ people. The officer will provide and develop formation opportunities to support inclusion of all gender identities and expressions and will collect and share related resources.
Read more here. Leer en espanol aquí.
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Episcopal Church offers Advent and Christmas resources
[The Episcopal Church – October 5, 2023] This Advent and Christmas, The Episcopal Church offers the following resources to help you and your congregation share signs of God’s love through the coming of Jesus Christ—the “good news of great joy that will be for all the people” (Luke 2:10).
- Digital and printable resources to promote your Advent and Christmas events on social media, websites, or around town
- Customizable promotional video for your Episcopal congregation
- Advent curriculum, calendar, bulletin inserts: “Journeying the Way of Love”
- Advent curriculum: “Preparing to Become Beloved Community”
- “Sermons That Work”
- “Lesson Plans That Work”
- “Prophetic Voices” podcast series
- “d365” devotions
- Advent wreath-making video and blessing
- Printable letter to Santa and Christmas card
- “Las Posadas” churchwide Christmas pageant
- Episcopal Relief & Development Advent toolkit
- AdventWord inspirational online calendar
- And more
Links to all resources are here.
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Episcopal Church 2022 Parochial Report data now available
[TEC] The Episcopal Church’s newly released 2022 Parochial Report indicates signs of rebounding attendance after the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of which continue to present significant challenges for parishes. The report also shows that despite an overall trend in declining church membership, collective congregational giving remains steady.
New to the report this year is information on churches founded since 2000, highlighting church-planting efforts for nearly a quarter-century.
Data from the Parochial Report – the oldest, most continuous gathering of data by The Episcopal Church – is published on the General Convention website, along with a summary and analysis.
While average Sunday attendance (ASA) “declined dramatically” during the pandemic in 2020-2021, 2022 saw a 19 percent increase over 2021, from 292,851 to 372,952.
“While not back to the pre-pandemic levels, there are signs of recovering some of the lost Sunday attendance,” notes an analysis of the data prepared by Charissa Mikoski, a post-doctoral fellow at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. The report also notes that ASA does not include virtual attendees of Sunday services.
Read more here.
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Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants now available
Episcopalians are invited to consider how their community might serve young adults—on and off college campuses — and apply for an Episcopal Church Young Adult and Campus Ministry grant for the 2024-25 academic year.
The deadline to apply is Nov. 13, with decisions announced in early 2024. Applicants are encouraged to use a discernment and planning guide prior to submission. Find application forms, selection criteria, sample applications, a timeline, budget guidelines, and more at this link.
A total of $140,000 is available for awarding in four grant categories to eligible dioceses, congregations, and/or college and university ministries that engage in or are seeking new relationships with young adults.
Applicants are asked to include a 1- to 2-minute video explaining how this grant would help their ministry grow, change, or do something new. Grant categories include the following:
- Development grants: Establish new, restore a dormant, or reenergize an existing ministry. Grants range from $8,000-$30,000; can be used over two years; and can only be awarded to a specific ministry once every five years.
- Campus ministry grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative campus ministries or to enhance an existing ministry. Grants $1,000-$8,000.
- Young adult ministry grants: Provide seed money to help in the startup of new, innovative young adult ministries or enhance existing ministries. Grants $1,000-$8,000.
- Project grants: Provide money for a one-time project to enhance and positively impact a campus or young adult ministry. Grants $100-$2,000.
During last year’s grant cycle, 20 grants were awarded to ministries from dioceses across the U.S. and Cuba.
Read more here.
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Reflections and Next Steps for 'It's All About Love'
Leaders from The Episcopal Church's evangelism, reconciliation, and creation care ministries collaborated to host the "It's All About Love" festival in Baltimore this July.
Access all the sermons, plenary talks, worship services, prayers, and many more resources from the festival here.
In a special joint e-newsletter, organizers and participants reflect on the revival experience and highlight resources to fuel the movement ahead, from small groups and webinars to the next churchwide revival on June 22, 2024.
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Applications open for General Convention Official Youth Presence 2024
Episcopal teens ages 16 to 19 are invited to apply to become part of the 81st General Convention’s Official Youth Presence, a group whose members have seat and voice in the House of Deputies and can testify at hearings before and during the summer 2024 convention. The deadline to apply is Nov. 17.
Up to two youth from each of the church’s nine provinces will be selected to participate in the Official Youth Presence from June 20-28, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. Youth who are selected must also attend orientation and training in Louisville Feb. 16 - 19. The Episcopal Church budget covers travel, lodging, and meals for those attending orientation and General Convention.
Applications and nomination forms — in English and Spanish — can be found online, as well as additional criteria and information for potential applicants. Nominators must not be related to the applicant.
Read more here. Leer en español aquí.
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Bexley Seabury, Episcopal Church offer opportunity for Indigenous ministry leadership training
Bexley Seabury Seminary and the Episcopal Church Office of Indigenous Ministries have announced "Two Plus Two," a seminary program designed to build new Indigenous leaders for the Episcopal Church.
"Our goal is to prepare you for service in Christ’s church as lay and ordained leaders," according to the project webpage. Ten Indigenous people will be selected to receive scholarships from Trinity Church Wall Street Foundation for tuition and required resources.
The program is led by the Rev. Canon Mary Crist, Ed.D., Indigenous education officer for The Episcopal Church and a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
The online curriculum, which may be applied to an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, begins with two years of classes with Bexley Seabury in fundamentals of faith, Bible study, pastoral care, theology, worship, ethics, and church leadership, via the seminary's Pathways for Baptismal Living program.
The curriculum continues for two years with online classes in general studies and applied theology through Sitting Bull College, a public tribal land-grant college in south-central North Dakota.
For more information and to apply for the program, click here.
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Links from select items previously published in the Resource Roundup are below for your reference.
FROM THE DIOCESE
Reserve St. Paul’s Commons retreat, event space
Canon Anilin Collado, retreat center manager, is available to assist with all reservations and pricing schedules; she may be reached by email at [email protected] or phone at 213.482.2040, ext. 250. Full information, including photos and capacity of event spaces, is available online here.
Information about new services being offered by Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union, based at St. Paul's Commons.
Contact: The Rev. Canon Susan Russell, [email protected]
For information about Diocese of Los Angeles requirements, contact Canon Anilin Collado, missioner for Human Resources, at [email protected] or 213.482.2040, ext. 250. Related information: Who should take Safe Church training?
Checks to the diocese must be made out to “The Protestant Episcopal Church” or “Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.”
Mileage rate: The current IRS mileage rate is 65.5 cents per mile.
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FROM THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
(Louisville, Kentucky, June 23 - 28, 2024)
Joint Nominating Committee for the
Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
Prayer (please include in liturgies until General Convention)
Almighty God, source of all wisdom and understanding: Look graciously on your church, and so guide the hearts and minds of those who will choose our next presiding bishop, that we may receive a faithful pastor who will care for all of your people, equip us for our ministries, and proclaim your word to us and to the world, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Nominating Committee news
Facebook
Twitter (@PB28Nominations)
Instagram
Exhibit Hall registration for General Convention
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'Beloved Community' resources
Responding to racism, police brutality, and community trauma
General Resources
Episcopal Racial Reconciliation Resources, including sections on how to ACT, PRAY and LEARN:
Police Reform
Racial Justice Action and Prayer
A Year of Prayers to End Racism
Scriptures related to justice, lament, and solidarity, to assist with preparing a liturgy, finding direction and encouragement, or calling communities to work for justice:
- Exodus 22:21-23
- Micah 6:8
- Isaiah 58:6-12
- Isaiah 61
- Psalms 10, 13, 89, and 103
- Luke 4:16-21
- Ephesians 6:12-20
- Hebrews 13:1-3
- Hebrews 13:1-3
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CURRICULA
Women's Lectionary by Wilda C. Gafney: weekly study (register here)
Christian Nationalism study guide
A three-week study guide to The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide by Pamela Cooper-White, from the Engagement Across Difference Ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Bearing Witness
A free video-based study program that shares the stories of people living in Palestine and Israel and the remarkable ministries of the Diocese of Jerusalem. From American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ).
Love God, Love God’s World
A nine-session, film-based curriculum, ideal for Episcopalians anywhere on the journey with creation care and environmental ministry. From the Creation Care ministry of The Episcopal Church.
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Listings for clergy employment in the Diocese of Los Angeles are here. (Scroll down the page.)
Listings for lay employment are here.
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Resource Roundup, a weekly publication for clergy, wardens, church office staff and lay leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, is emailed on Tuesdays (alternate weeks from mid-June to mid-August). Items for inclusion may be sent to Janet Kawamoto, editor, at [email protected] by noon on Monday. | | | | |
