In this edition: Dedication ceremony for the Jane Clifton Ashford Denter; Fun Fact; Check it Out!; Did You Know?; Upcoming events; News in the ECD community, and The Episcopal Church

Below photos taken by Dina Hollingsworth during the dedication ceremony.

This week (week of June 5), in our diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we hold up in prayer the parish musicians in the Episcopal Church in Delaware. For the 2022 Cycle of Prayer, click here.

This will be Jack Burnam’s final service before he retires after twelve years as Immanuel’s choirmaster and organist. Jack will conduct the combined choirs of St. Peter’s Church, Lewes and Immanuel, in music by David Hogan, David McK. Williams, Philip Radcliffe, and John Ebenezer West. St. Peter’s Music Director T. J. Thomas will accompany the service; David Kelley, Music Director of Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia, will play pre-service voluntaries by Marchand and J. S. Bach; and Jack will play the concluding voluntary by Charles Tournemire. A reception in the Academy will follow the service. More information.

Encore Creativity, the nation’s largest choral organization for adults 55+, is coming to the greater Wilmington area this fall in collaboration with Trinity Parish which will be hosting the weekly Thursday morning rehearsals. Trinity’s Director of Music, David Simmons, will conduct the new Encore Chorale of Wilmington. To give prospective singers an idea of what a typical rehearsal would encompass, Trinity is hosting this FREE Rehearsal and Open House in its sanctuary. This session is open to anyone 55 and older and prior choral experience is NOT necessary. The session will include vocal warm-ups, tips on vocal techniques for older adults, and the rehearsal of fun choral works. Come for the entire morning or just part of the session. Sing and have fun! See more information here or email David Simmons at david@trinityparishde.org

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Come join the Christ Church Christiana Hundred choral pilgrimage to England this summer! We have room for a few more pilgrims. The pilgrims stay in Norwich, visiting Ely, Walsingham, and an outing on the Broads, then move to London with day trips in the vicinity and evenings in town, starting with Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral where the Christ Church Choir will be in residence. You can find more information and cost here

Consider joining Christ Church Christiana Hundred parishioners and friends on a trip to the Holy Land. St. George’s Anglican College in Jerusalem is offering a “Footsteps of Jesus, Level II” course in summer 2023. It is not a tour of the Holy Land but a pilgrimage: a time for worship, guided meditation, reflection, and silence at key sites in the life of Christ. Our pilgrimage will be June 18-28, 2023, and reservations are being accepted now at the link below. (Please register through Christ Church directly and not through St. George’s.) The total trip cost is estimated to be $4,500 to $5,000 (round-trip transportation to Newark airport, coach airfare estimated to be $1,400, round-trip transportation to St. George’s College and Tel Aviv airport, and $2,600 for St. George’s tuition, room, and board). Scholarship opportunities may be available through St. George’s College. Reserve your spot below with a $500 deposit per person. More information

"Dear Friends in Christ: Earlier this week, the Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group met for a third time to continue planning a shorter, smaller, safer General Convention in Baltimore from July 8 to 11. This week, the group’s primary recommendation is that June 6 be established as the deadline for submitting resolutions to the 80th General Convention. This deadline will make it possible for legislative committees to complete their work online by the end of June so that our time together in Baltimore can be devoted to legislative sessions and worship." Read full letter here

The Great EpisGOpal Race returns this fall, featuring a partnership between the United Thank Offering and Episcopal Migration Ministries in its third year. This popular fundraiser offers multiple ways to participate and raise funds to support special ministries and missions. Registration is open online for the virtual race, scheduled for September 3-11. Proceeds will support both the 2022 United Thank Offering (UTO) Ingathering and Episcopal Migration Ministries’ (EMM) Neighbor to Neighbor program—founded through funding from a UTO grant. Neighbor to Neighbor trains and provides supports to faith communities who serve as community sponsors for asylum seekers or Afghan arrivals. More information

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