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NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
from the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan - (269) 381-2710
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 Fall Teambuilding Workshop This special one-day event is ideal for teachers and youth group mentors, vestry members, clergy and more!
Saturday, November 2, 2013, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Camp Newaygo, Newaygo, MI ( Map) Cost: Just $10.00 per person, including lunch and materials Why Teambuilding? From the outside, teambuilding activities look like we're simply playing games, but it's so much more! The activities take concentration, communication and cooperation, i.e. looking at strengths and finding healthy interaction. This is open to both adults and high school students. While this is primarily a training event (and not a "youth event") high school students are welcome and even encouraged to attend. The primary goals for team-building activities are: - To increase the participants' sense of personal confidence.
- To increase creativity, cooperation, respect and support within a group.
- To become more aware of the direction of your church.
Jalisa Johnson will be leading this event. The workshop is highly recommended by the Rev. Brian Coleman, who has participated in Johnson's workshops before: " She had a way of connecting the games that we played with important themes and lessons about the liturgical year: Incarnation, Redemption, Discipleship. It was both light-hearted and deeply spiritual at the same time. I highly recommend it," he said.Questions? Don't hesitate to contact Gennie Callard at gcallard@edwm.org or (269) 381-2710, ext. 13. To see the event flyer, click here now. To register (individual or group), click here now.
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Save the Date! Episcopal Church Women Annual Meeting
May 31, 2014 is the date for the next annual meeting of the Episcopal Church Women in the Diocese of Western Michigan.
Episcopal Church Women is comprised of women of all ages, ethnic origins and socioeconomic backgrounds who hold a variety of views. However, the common denominator of their members is love of God and the wish to do His work.
Their mission is centered in congregations, the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) empowers women to do Christ's ministry in the world.
Their vision for all women of the Episcopal Church is that they become a vibrant blend of all ages, coming together as a peacemaking, healing part of the Church. They aspire to be a Godspark-shining and sharing the love of Christ.
Click here to see the ECW page on the diocesan website.
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Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, Author of Dead Man Walking, at Transformations Spirituality Center
Sr. Helen Prejean will be speaking at Holy Family Chapel at Nazareth at 3427 Gull Road (see map here) from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This event is free and open to the public. (A free-will offering will be accepted).
Meet the real woman behind the book, film and opera Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty. Join us as she shares her continuing journey of standing for life...all life in all its holiness, with all its wonder, all its flaws, from beginning to end. Sr. Helen is an engaging and inspiring example of how prayer and responding to the gospel message can take us in unexpected directions to unanticipated places.
Since 1984, Sister Helen has divided her time between educating citizens about the death penalty, counseling individual death row prisoners, public speaking and writing. She has accompanied six men to their deaths. In doing so, she began to suspect that some of those executed were not guilty. This realization inspired her second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions. As the founder of "Survive," a victim's advocacy group in New Orleans, she continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but the families of murder victims, as well.
For more information, contact MaryLynn Klemett at mklemett@csjoseph.org.
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You are invited!
Saturday, September 14th
1:00 - 7:00 p.m.
We will host a community gathering on our grounds, with food, fellowship and entertainment.
Activities for children include a Bouncy Castle, Dunk Tank, Face Painting and Pony Rides. Music is provided by Deadwood Bluegrass Band, Keifer Music, Yvonne Lowry Brass Band, Jim Haas Band.
Sunday, September 15th 9 a.m.
Festive Parish Eucharist Celebrating the Ministry of Trinity Church. Reception to follow. Click here to see the flyer from Trinity Church. |
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Our parishes need an intentional, caring presence to the growing challenge of dementia in our communities.
5.4 million people in the United States have a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's Disease, and it is growing exponentially. One in three Americans dies from some form of dementia. This conference is designed for professionals, caregivers and persons with dementia alike. The goal is to help everyone better understand dementia, learn ways to deal with it effectively, and create a sense of hope.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
St. Mark's Epicopal Church in Grand Rapids (click here for map)
Register online now!
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Three contact hours are available for Michigan social workers and nurses as part of professional development. Registration ends October 11th.
Questions? Contact the Rev. Karen L. McDonald, deacon for health ministry, at (269) 381-2710, ext. 18 or by email at kmcdonald@edwm.org.
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Panelists Announced for Episcopal Church State of Racism Forum
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has announced the distinguished expert panelists for the November 15 live forum Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America. (Click here to see the TEC Press Release)
Participating in the first panel - Why does racism persist? - are:
- The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.
- Ms. Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist and journalist and widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers
- The Honorable William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi and founder of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
The second panel - Where is there hope for change? - will feature
- The Honorable Byron Rushing, Massachusetts State Representative, civil rights leader and vice president of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies
- Dr. Randy Testa, author, vice president of education at Walden Media LLC
- Dr. Erma J. Vizenor, chairwoman of White Earth Band of Ojibwe, educator and community organizer
- Tim Wise, educator and author of White Like Me, Colorblind and Affirmative Action.
The live webcast of the forum will be available on the Episcopal Church website here. Questions for the panelists can be emailed prior or during the forum to Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at PublicAffairs@episcopalchurch.org.
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Stewardship/Giving Campaign Help for Parishes
Tom Perrin, Chair of the Stewardship Committee, asked that we pass along that the committee is willing to help parishes in need of help/guidance for their Stewardship Campaigns.
Additional resources for Stewardship Campaigns include the following. |
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