"I do not believe people are afraid of change; they're afraid of loss."
—
Bishop Brown
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IN THIS EDITION
: New! Stewardship Rollout, Clergy calls/movement, Soil of the Soul sermon, the ever-popular Fun Fact, and so much more...
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Trinity Parish receives grant to
support local Hispanic community
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Trinity Episcopal Parish has received a grant from the Arsht-Cannon Fund to fund a program for the Hispanic community of New Castle County, to support a bilingual social worker to advocate for Trinity’s Spanish-speaking parishioners, while extending this ministry into the wider community through collaboration with Friendship House. Read press release in English & Spanish
here
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St. Thomas's Parish, Newark
featured in local newspaper
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Newark Parks and Recreation invited residents to decorate their yards with a theme of their choice. I
t then encouraged people to go on a self-guided driving tour.
St. Thomas's
Christmas in July
included a manger scene with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus with face masks, and Christmas trees decorated with gift bags of masks. Read Newark Post article
here
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Soil of the Soul
by The Rev. Donna Jean Kiessling
An excerpt from the live stream worship service at St. Peter's, Smyrna, July 12, 2020.
(their first in-person gathering)
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NOTE:
Sharing excerpts from live stream services across the diocese is a new feature of
The Net.
View July 5 video
here
- Hear What the spirit is Saying -
a sermon by the Rev. Jeffrey Ross
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30th Anniversary
of the Ordination of the
Rev. Marianne Ell
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New rector called
The Rev. Shelley D. McDade
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The Rev. Shelley D. McDade has been called as the new rector at All Saints' Church and St. George's Chapel, Rehoboth Beach/Harbeson, beginning September 1. Shelley has served as Priest-in-Charge at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Park Slope, Brooklyn for five years.
More information
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Other Clergy Calls and Transitions in the Diocese
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The Rev.
Curtis A. Kennington
, will be the new rector at Immanuel Church, Highlands, beginning August 1.
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The Rev.
Sarah Nelson
is serving at St. Barnabas, Wilmington, in addition to St. James, Newport, on a
part-time basis
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The Rev.
Paul Gennett
, Jr., is now Pastoral Associate at Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington
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The Rev.
David Beresford
will be serving as interim rector at St. Martha's, Bethany Beach beginning
August 1
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Question:
In which parish is the nation's oldest building still used for worship as originally built?
Clue:
It's burial ground is the resting place for over 8,000 people
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Did you know that a full transcript exists of one of Frederick Douglass's most iconic speeches? On July 5, 1852 he delivered this speech in Rochester, NY,
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
It remains a source of critical conversation today. This video of excerpts of the speech was recorded at the Frederick Douglass Circle in New York City. The Board of Directors of the Episcopal Urban Caucus invites you to listen, reflect and take action in your communities. A transcript of the entire speech may be found at:
https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945
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The Triangle of Hope
is an international program between the dioceses of of Kumasi, Ghana; Virginia, USA; and Liverpool, UK — the triangle of the international slave trade. It is a covenantal community dedicated to transforming the long history, ongoing effects, and continuing presence of
slavery in our world through repentance, reconciliation, and mission. Youth pilgrimages focus on transforming a Triangle of Despair to a Triangle of Hope. See the presiding bishop's special
Triangle of Hope
edition of
Traveling the Way of Love
here
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Upcoming Programs in the Diocese
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NEW!!
Stewardship Campaign for Diocese
Customized for Your Parish
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Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
We are pleased to be able to offer resources for your 2020 Annual Giving campaign. All resources can be found
here
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This is a gift for you to open and examine — an offering of good information including best practices, as we navigate our budgets for the upcoming year in the midst of a global pandemic.
We will offer two Zoom webinars to introduce the Annual Giving content — Wednesday, July 29 at 2:00 pm and Saturday, August 1 at 10:00 am. The webinars will be identical, so you only need to tune in to the one that best fits your schedule. Contact
Helen Spence
for more information on the Annual Giving program meetings.
May God guide us all as we prepare for the future, for it is likely to look different from our past.
Sincerely,
Helen King Spence,
Chair
Diocesan Stewardship Resource Team
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via Zoom
Thursday, July 16
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Has your parish been contemplating any of the following questions: What things do we need to think about when planning live stream videos now and beyond COVID-19? What video equipment and software should we use? What type of camera should be considered? What do we need to know about WiFi connections? What platforms should we stream to? What is the cost? Is there money available for technology?
The diocese will host a conversation on Thursday, July 16, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., titled,
Church Service Live Stream Conversation: Now and Beyond,
in hopes to help answer some of these questions; providing guidance, suggestions, and direction
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Panel members will speak to their experience, research, and expertise with WiFi, lighting, sound, and camera options.
to receive Zoom link and dial-in information
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Curriculum During Quarantine
Workshop via Zoom
Saturday, August 22, 10:00 am-12:00 p.m.
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This workshop will help leaders discover ways to connect with youth during this quarantine and into the future. We will look at curriculum, resources, and ideas to help continue youth ministry, grades 6 to 12, in a new way. Information presented at the workshop can be used in person or with online gatherings.
Our presenter, Lynne Jensen, brings 30 years of experience in children and youth ministries and currently serves as Minister for Children, Youth, and Families at Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, Delaware.
Pre-registration is required.
Spread the word! We look forward to seeing you!
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Save the Date!
2020 Census Faith Weekend of Action |
July 24-26, 2020
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Greetings from the faith-based partnership team at the US Census Bureau's National Partnership Program. We appreciated your participation in the
2020 Census Interfaith Partner Summit
last February. We are calling on faith leaders to share 2020 Census messages and to encourage your communities to respond to the 2020 Census over this Weekend of Action. Please stay tuned for new outreach material to be released in advance of this Faith Communities Census Weekend of Action. Thank you for your continued support in ensuring an accurate and complete count!
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News from the Episcopal Church in Delaware
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Province II Summer Newsletter invites you to a virtual C
onversation on Race,
July 27, 2-3:30 pm
Read full newsletter
here.
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Awakening to Racial Justice Webpage on Diocesan Website
A webpage has been posted on the diocesan website,
delaware.church
, entitled,
Awakening to Racial Justice.
This will be a hub for all information that relates to social and racial justice. More information and resources will be added, please check back often.
We need your information!
We would also like to add programs that your church is sponsoring or any programs you may be aware of in Delaware that speak to racial/social justice and would be helpful to post on this page. Please let us know by email to
communications@delaware.church
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Paradigm Lost: A Presentation by Professor Ian S. Lustick, Wednesday, August 5, 7pm, via Zoom
Please join us for an evening with Ian S. Lustick, a professor of plitical science at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the council on Foreign Relations, who will discuss his new book,
Paradigm Lost.
Why have Israelis and Palestinians failed to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict that has cost so much and lasted so long?
More information
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Choir School of Delaware announces new academic year programming
With our
Virtual Summer Session
now underway, the Choir School of Delaware is preparing for the upcoming year of after school programming. We are beginning to hold auditions for new choristers to join our program. With the pandemic making the future a little harder to predict, we are creating a hybrid in-person/virtual program with the flexibility to pivot services as needed. As always, the program will include daily academic support and music education.
FAQs here
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More information
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Congratulations to the Rev. Dr. Marta Illueca upon receiving a grant from United Thank Offering!
United Thank Offering announced the grant recipients for the 2020 gra
nting year, and we are excited to share that the Episcopal Church in Delaware will receive funding for "The Pain and Prayer Scale Project: A prayer tool for drug-free pain control." Prayer joins faith and medicine to offer an alternative pain management tool. As a priest and medical doctor, the Rev. Dr. Marta Illueca, curate at Brandywine Collaborative Ministries, plans to develop and validate a “Pain and Prayer Scale” and this bedside-prayer-tool will connect church and academia in an unprecedented way to offer drug-free alternatives to pain management. Read press release
here
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The Rev. Canon Martha Kirkpatrick testified in the Delaware General Assembly in support of Senate Bill 250, an enhancement of the renewable Energy Portfolio Act
The Rev. Canon Martha Kirkpatrick gave virtual testimony at the Stakeholder Meeting held on June 20, 2020. You may read her full testimony
here
. The testimony referred to a letter of support from interfaith leaders, including Bishop Brown, which may be read
here
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Regathering Document,
Version 2
We have been worshipping outside our church buildings for many weeks now. As we continue to shelter in place for our own health and safety and that of others, we are also entering a new phase and some parishes have prepared to regather in person. The bishop's task force has prepared guidelines and requirements for regathering in both
English
and
Spanish
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Cycle of Prayer in the Episcopal Church in Delaware
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News from the Episcopal Church
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Traveling the Way of Love, the Way of Love video series from The Episcopal Church Office of Communication, is offering a special episode, focusing on the Triangle of Hope.
This special episode, developed with The Episcopal Church Office of Global Partnerships and filmed in late 2019, Sikkema visits with the Tsedaqah community of young adults representing dioceses in locations that participated in the Triangle of Despair that fed and nourished the transatlantic slave trade. Through worship, communal life, and service to the community, they work toward reconciliation and transformation of the Triangle of Despair to a
Triangle of Hope
. See video
here
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Breathing Life into an Unjust World
The world is gasping for breath. The novel coronavirus’s chief death-producing modality is to deny our ability to get oxygen. The world is gasping for breath. Unable to work remotely from home, large numbers of Black and Latino people work on the frontlines of the pandemic,without adequate personal protective equipment. Read full article by the Rev. Charles Wynder, Jr.,staff officer for social justice and advocacy engagement for the Episcopal Church,
here
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Episcopal Church deepens engagement with Poor People’s Campaign, racial justice work
The Episcopal Church’s support of the
Poor People’s Campaign
hasn’t wavered since the ecumenical initiative was launched in 2018 to rally Americans behind the moral cause of fighting poverty – 50 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made an appeal for economic security in the
original Poor People’s Campaign
.This year, with Americans’ attention newly focused both on the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic and the pervasiveness of systemic racism – the systems, structures and procedures designed to disadvantage African Americans – the
church
is deepening its engagement with the Poor People’s Campaign, through in-person calls to action and online organizing.
More information
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Habits of Grace
"The 4th of July weekend has concluded and a new week has begun, but the titanic struggles of the old world continue. The struggles to face painful truths of our racial past, the struggles to find ways to fashion a new future, the struggles for racial justice and human equality and true human reconciliation," said Bishop Curry, in his
Habits of Grace.
See these meditations any time in English
here
and in Spanish
here
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Episcopal leaders hail judge’s order to drain Dakota Access Pipeline for environmental review
The Episcopal Church has long supported the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their efforts to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline that threatens their source of clean drinking water and infringes upon sacred tribal burial grounds. Read full Episcopal News Service article
here
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Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center receives grant
The Episcopal Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination announced that the
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
received a grant from them, even while closed because of COVID-19.The Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination promotes greater understanding, training, and the practice of dismantling racism, and works to further reconciliation and justice within the church and the communities it serves. Read full episcopal News Service article
here
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The Episcopal Church is accepting applications for the position of Chief Legal Officer.
Major, Lindsey, & Africa
has been engaged as the search firm for this position. The Chief Legal Officer will be responsible for assuring the reliable and timely provision of high-quality legal advice and services on secular legal matters to the Presiding Bishop, the President of the House of Deputies, the Executive Office of the General Convention, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, and Executive Council.
More information
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An invitation to join
Beijing +25: Celebrating the Blessing, Realizing the Dream
online study group
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United Thank Offering 2021 Annual Grants - Two grant cycles offered
Application deadlines: August 14, 2020 and February 26, 2021
The United Thank Offering (UTO) Board is pleased to announce the availability of their 2021 United Thank Offering Annual Grants. These grants are awarded for projects in The Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion, each year with a different focus. For 2021, the focus is Recovering with Love and Gratitude: An Episcopal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Local Contexts. The United Thank Offering will accept applications in two categories, Sustaining Ministries and Innovative Ministries, at two different funding levels through two granting cycles.
More information
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News from the Anglican Communion
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Lambeth Conference postponed to 2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has sent a message encouragement to “walk together and be good news” to the bishops and spouses of the Anglican Communion today – in the month that would have seen the fifteenth Lambeth Conference hosted in Canterbury. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this decennial meeting of Anglican bishops and spouses has now been rescheduled to the summer of 2022. Read full Episcopal News Service announcement
here
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Lambeth Award recognizes CARAVAN president for interreligious peacebuilding
The Rev. Paul-Gordon Chandler, an Episcopal Church mission partner serving in Qatar, is among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Lambeth Awards for outstanding contributions to the church and wider society. Chandler is the founder and president of
CARAVAN
, a nonprofit initiative affiliated with The Episcopal Church that uses the arts to build bridges between different cultures and religions around the world. The initiative is now in its 11th year of touring the world with peacebuilding exhibitions that showcase art.Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced a total of 32 international awards recognizing significant contributions in fields such as evangelism, safeguarding, ecumenism, theology, and interfaith relations. More information and full list of recipients
here
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Anglican Communion confirms inauguration of the Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria
The international secretariat of the Anglican Communion – the global family of churches linked to the Archbishop of Canterbury – has confirmed the inauguration of its newest member: The Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria. The new Province, rooted in Egypt and serving 10 countries across North Africa and the Horn of Africa – becomes the Anglican Communion’s 41st Province. It was formed from the former Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, within the Episcopal / Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Read official press release
here
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ACEN - Environmental Racism Statement
The Anglican Communion Environmental Network (ACEN) issued a statement on Friday, June19, on Environmental Racism. That date is known in the United States as Juneteenth - a day which commemorates the end of slavery in the US. The statement has been published in
English
,
French
,
Spanish
, and
Portuguese,
available on the ACEN webpage:
acen.anglicancommunion.org
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During this time of pandemic, parishes across the diocese are offering livestream services and virtual children's programs.
- Worship opportunities offered include morning devotions, morning worship, noonday worship, evening worship, and Sunday worship.
- A wide variety of children's programs are also available.
- You may find details of all these on the diocesan website here. If your service is not listed or has changed, please let us know! communications@delaware.church
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