In this edition: New ideas for parishes; Racial Reconciliation at GC80; Fun Fact; Did You Know?; Check it Out!; Upcoming events; News in the ECD community, The Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion
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New and creative ideas being sparked!
Can these ideas help your parish?
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The Find a Church: You're Invited campaign, a diocesan-wide marketing effort, has sparked new ideas, action, and enthusiasm across the state. We want to share what we have heard about in the past few weeks, in case it would be helpful for your parish or spark another new idea you might have. (see ...What's Happening... below)
Thus far, approximately 25,000 mailers and hundreds of door hangers have been ordered by parishes across the state — individualized for each. Some churches have already received their orders, some are en route, and some are still being processed.
The printing and shipping is moving quicker than we had planned, so there is still time to process more orders past today's deadline date. If your parish has not had a chance to place an order, please contact Cynde Bimbi, cbimbi@delaware.church or 302.345.9392.
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOME PARISHES:
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New and updated websites: While many are currently updating and sprucing up their sites, at least two parishes are building new websites that will debut prior to the campaign start date of August 22. The communications team helped these two parishes get started by provided training on building and maintaining their new sites. If you would like to consult with the communications team about your site, please contact: Cynde at 302-345-9392 or communications@delaware.church.
Community fairs: One parish is taking advantage of a community fair that attracts approximately 3,000 visitors and will be handing out the campaign mailers along with a bottle of water to fair-goers.
New signage: One parish is working on new permanent signage for their parish.
Technology: Several parishes (large and small) are ramping up their streaming efforts. This includes improving WiFi access, changing carriers to allow for better WiFi in their specific area, purchasing new equipment, and taking advantage of the tech grant offered by the diocese. If you have questions or need guidance with your streaming and tech needs, contact Cynde at 302-345-9392.
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Phone messages: Some parishes do not always have a person available to answer the phone during the week. For this reason, one parish has reported that they will revitalize their message so it is welcoming, friendly, inviting, provides service times, and directs them to the website.
Additional marketing plan during campaign: In addition to ordering 7,000 campaign mailers, five of the beach churches have banned together to further their marketing efforts using media that is specific to their area. Following the diocesan website strategy of sending visitors to a web page where all parishes are listed with links to their site, these churches have created a website that will do the same for each of the five churches. If a group of churches in your area would like to do the same, contact communications@delaware.church or call Cynde at 302-345-9392. Check out the Delaware beaches site: delawarebeaches.church.
Facebook: Twelve parishes have joined the diocesan Facebook program — increasing their traffic and reach. If you have missed the information for this program or would like to learn more please contact communications@delaware.church.
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If your parish has been working on new projects, programs, or ideas please let us know so we can share with everyone. |
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From North to South
and East to West:
6 billboards
25,000 mailers
1,000+ door hangers
Social media advertising
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There is still time to process more orders past today's deadline date. If your parish has not had a chance to place an order for an individualized campaign mailer and/or door hanger, please contact Cynde Bimbi, cbimbi@delaware.church or 302.345.9392.
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Racial Reconciliation
“Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?”
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From the 80th General Convention
Successful Racial Justice, Healing and
Reconciliation-related Legislation
Race-related resolutions poured into the General Convention from dioceses, committees, task forces, and other bodies. We’ve curated this list of resolutions passed and concurred by both houses of General Convention. Items in bold seemed to spark the most conversation or had significant funding implications. Please note: the full budget approved by Convention did not necessarily include funding for all the resolutions that passed.
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Fun Fact
Question: Which bishop’s wife was the granddaughter of a Revolutionary War poet and patriot?
Clue: He was also a judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut.
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Today in Christian history |
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On this date in 1969, Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian elder, took communion during the Apollo 11 landing. This has since become shrouded in mystery, but the rite itself was relatively simple. The astronaut was also an elder at Webster Presbyterian Church, and before he headed into space in 1969, he got special permission to take bread and wine with him to space and give himself communion. More information
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Standard textbook of theology |
On this date in 1164, Peter Lombard died.
Lombard, was a scholastic theologian, Bishop of Paris, and author of Four Books of Sentences which became the standard textbook of theology, for which he earned the accolade Magister Sententiarum. His work held a prominent place in universities unjtil the sixteenth century, and was more popular than Thomas Aquinas's writing.
Image:
Peter Lombard - Sententiae (The Sentences), Bibliotheque Municipale at Troyes MS900, fol. 1r
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Cycle of Prayer in the Episcopal Church in Delaware |
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This week (week of July 17), in our diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we hold up in prayer St. Philip's Church, Laurel, the Rev. James Manion, rector. For the July – August 2022 Cycle of Prayer, click here.
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Upcoming Events in Our Community |
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Organ Concert featuring R. Monty Bennett, St. Anne's, Middletown, Friday, July 22, 7pm
Damien Jones, the Minister of Music, is excited to announce the return of Mr. Bennett to Saint Anne’s for this in-person concert. Mr. Bennett performed the first virtual organ concert featuring our new Viscount Overture Organ in September 2020. The program will include audience participation by singing familiar hymns such as Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah, and Amazing Grace to name a few. The concert is in-person and Broadcast Live through the Church Website (www.saintannes.church) & Facebook Page.
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Enjoy Caribbean rhythms, iconic Broadway tunes, and a compelling story of love's triumph over all, as performed by our talented summer camp participants.
Once on a golden and verdant Caribbean island, a little girl is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods—Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. So starts the myth told in this breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all. Tickets: $25 (General Admission) $15 (Child Under 10) Get your tickets here or reserve online at choirschoolofdelaware.org or tel: 302.543.8657 x4
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Christ Church Christiana Hundred Golf Classic, Hartefield National Golf course, Monday, August 29
Hit the links at Hartefeld National Golf Course on Monday, August 29 to benefit Christ Church and Preschool programs. Registration and lunch begin at 11:30 AM, with a shotgun start at 1pm. Even if you don’t golf, all are welcome to attend the evening’s reception from 5:30 - 7:30pm. The cost per golfer is $250, with a $50 discount for those ages 21-25. Several levels of sponsorship opportunities are available as well. Link your business identity to Christ Church and its preschool while enjoying the opportunity to network, entertain clients, and have fun. Visit www.christchurchde.org/golf-classic-post for details and to register.
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Icon Writing Class, St. Peter’s, Lewes, November 7 - 11
St. Peter's is again hosting the talented Mary Jane Miller for a week long intensive class in icon writing. No talent or previous experience necessary! This prayerful experience of five full days of personal instruction will enable you to complete a beautiful traditional Orthodox icon. The cost is $400 which includes all the egg tempera paints, gold leaf, board, supplies and lunch. The 8 hour day will begin and end with prayer. To enable personal instruction, class size is limited. To reserve your place, please send a $200 deposit to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 464, Lewes, DE 19958 by August 15. More information
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News from The Episcopal Church |
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The Episcopal Church will create a fact-finding commission to research the denomination’s role in the federal Indian boarding school system that separated generations of Indigenous children from their families and cultures in the 19th and 20th centuries. More information
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The Episcopal Church Office of Creation Care announces the opening of the 2022 Creation Care grant funding cycle, with applications available in English and Spanish being accepted for local and regional eco-ministry projects until 5pm, August 15. More information
You may read the June Creation Care Newsletter here
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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.
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News from the Anglican Communion |
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Read Archbishop Justin's Loyal Address to Her Majesty The Queen
at General Synod
"I’m sure that our Loyal Address today is something that will be sincerely and deeply felt. It is because in Her Majesty we have found someone who carries lightly her own importance, a genuine humility is there while knowing fully what her role is in church and state. Until the last opening of Synod during a brief break in the Covid pandemic, she had opened the Synod herself, in person on every occasion since it started in 1970 ...
And on each occasion she has left us with a memory and a thought of someone whose personal Christian faith is undoubted, whose conviction as to the role and place of the Church of England in the realm is beyond question." Read full address here
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Lambeth Conference history articles available from the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church
Three articles on the history of the Lambeth Conference are featured in the June 2022 issue of Anglican and Episcopal History. The quarterly journal is published by the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. The articles are publicly available at hsec.us/Lambeth. This open source access is designed to enhance knowledge of historical perspective to the 15th Lambeth Conference being convened at the end of July 2022 by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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