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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Vestry Day Virtual Gathering 2022
Saturday, February 19
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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If you are new to your vestry/bishop’s committee or if you are long time member, we invite you to Vestry Day Virtual Gathering. Clergy are welcome to attend.
Materials we will cover:
- Exploring how the church is to move forward in the midst of the pandemic
- Best Practices
- When to call the diocesan office
- Conversation with fellow wardens and members to exchange ideas and to answer questions
Please register by clicking on the button below.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Saints for Today: St. Patrick's Day Retreat (Zoom)
Saturday, March 19
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Why do we name and remember saints? What makes a saint? And what saint would be relevant to your life today? Join us for a light-hearted retreat that will look at saints past and present, and who might be that kindred saint you haven’t met yet.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Bishop's Staff Openings
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Missioner for Young Peoples’ Ministry: In this fulltime position, the Missioner will encourage, equip and empower communities of faith in the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan to develop ministries for young people ages 0-18. Degree in Education/Christian Education or background and certification in a relevant field of study is a prerequisite, along with 3 years of experience in leading and designing Christian Education programs. Full health care benefits and pension/403b contributions are a part of the package. Click here to read the full job description.
Executive Assistant for the Bishop of the Diocese: The Executive Assistant will attend to and triage daily tasks and be responsible for managing the bishop’s busy calendar and travel schedule. This exceptionally organized and composed person will have a professional manner, amazing communication skills and be able to support the bishop’s work with various committees and through multiple programs and ministries The position is full time and includes a full benefit package and contributions to a pension/403b plan. Click here to read the full job description.
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Racial Justice, Reparations & Reconciliation
Spirituality and Race
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Virtual Historic Tour
Saturday, February 5
10:00 a.m.
The Diocese of Michigan has partnered with The City Institute to offer a customized virtual tour highlighting landmark racial justice moments in our history. The virtual tour takes place via Zoom and includes a live Q&A with a tour guide. This is a great opportunity to deepen our understanding of the context in which we bear faithful public witness to justice and equity.
Tour discussion points include:
● Ossian Sweet House
● Birwood Wall
● 1943 Riot
● Black Bottom and Paradise Valley
● Sojourner Truth Housing
● Redlining and Restrictive Covenants
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Short Courses
As we continue to explore how historical inequities have affected our life together in the Diocese of Michigan, we are once again offering Short Courses, with short-form materials followed by group discussion on Zoom. Our next round of Short Courses looks at how housing and infrastructure planning has shaped the communities we live in. These courses are based on podcasts that also have transcripts available, so you can listen to, or read them, as your schedule allows. Discussions will take place on Wednesday evenings in February.
For more information and to register for a Short Course, click the button below.
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Healing Meditations for People of Color
Drawing on the work of Resmaa Menakem, we will be holding healing meditations for people of color beginning in February. These simple exercises are meant to aid us in acknowledging and releasing the stresses, and the spiritual and emotional pain, experienced specifically by people of color in our present social and political environment. It is designed to be a space where people of color can attend to their own trauma without explaining, teaching, or sharing.
The sessions will be hybrid with a Zoom or in-person option to attend. (In-person attendance is limited to 12 people per session.) The sessions will be in the Crowley Room at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 4800 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 4820.
For more information and to register for a session, click the button below.
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Lenten Book Study
Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m.: Chapters 1-3
Wednesday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m.: Chapters 4-6
Wednesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m.: Chapter 7 and Postscript
To register for this Lenten Book Study, click the button below.
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A COVID-19 Directive Update From Bishop Perry: 01/16/22
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Forming and Nurturing Young People
Grants for Summer Programs Available
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The 2022 Tretheway Down’s Children’s Fund applications for children’s summer programming are now open. These small grants, sponsored by the Trustees of the diocese, are specifically designated to support summer activities for children in our congregations and agencies (i.e, vacation bible school, tutoring programs, etc.). Average grants awarded are between $300 – $1,500, based on the length of the program and number of children impacted.
The applications are due by March 1, 2022 by e-mail to kchapman@edomi.org or by mail to Episcopal Diocese of Michigan; Attn: Kara Chapman; 4800 Woodward Ave.; Detroit, MI 48201
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Announcing the Detroit Church Partnership
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Bishop Perry is pleased to announce a new ministry in our diocese – The Detroit Church Partnership!
A joint Celebration of New Ministry will take place on Sunday, February 6 at 4:00 p.m., at the Cathedral.
Please keep everyone involved in this exciting, collaborative ministry in your prayers.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Celebrations, Ordinations, Renewals & Installations
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A Diocesan Celebration of Absalom Jones
The First African American Priest of the Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A Perry, 11th Bishop of Michigan, cordially invites you to attend:
A Service Commemorating the Life and Ministry of The Rev. Absalom Jones, Prophet, Priest and Pastor
Sunday, February 20, 2022
4 p.m.
The Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson, 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Missouri, will be our preacher.
All are Welcome
Join us in person at
Christ Episcopal Church
960 E Jefferson
Detroit, Michigan
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Upcoming Ordinations: An Invitation to Pray and Attend Online
Please join us as we celebrate the upcoming ordinations.
God willing and the People consenting
The Right Reverend Dr. Bonnie Anne Perry
by Divine Providence, Eleventh Bishop of Michigan
will ordain:
George Lane Dischinger, III (Chip)
Tuesday, January 25 at 7 p.m.
Your presence is requested electronically at the link below
Your prayers are requested.
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All.together Campus Ministry Chaplain Installation
Pastor Ben Adams will be installed as campus chaplain of
All.together Campus Ministry
Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
21915 Beech Street
Dearborn, MI
All.together Campus Ministry is a new joint venture between the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan and the Southeast Michigan Synod of the ELCA, serving Wayne State University, Henry Ford College, and the University of Michigan Dearborn.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie Perry, presiding.
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Featured Congregational Events |
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Feast of the Presentation
Join us on Sunday, January 30 at 3:00 p.m. for a Candlemas procession followed by a Solemn Holy Eucharist celebrating the Eve of the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple. Free and open to the public.
Christ Church Grosse Pointe
61 Grosse Pointe Blvd.
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
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Apollo5 in Concert at Christ Church Detroit
Award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 performs in Detroit's historic Christ Church on February 21 at 7:00 p.m., featuring a wide range of musical selections. Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop. Hear them perform in one of Detroit's historic treasures, Christ Church Detroit. For more information, please contact us at 313-259-6688 or ticketsales@christcd.org
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Zoom: Join Together for a Study of Acts of the Apostles
Nativity Episcopal Church, Bloomfield Township, invites you to join us for a study of the Act of the Apostles. This weekly bible study will provide an opportunity for us to explore this book together, sharing our questions, observations and insights. For those who might like a book to follow along with, we will be using Paul Walaskay's book, Acts. No need to prepare the bible study sessions ahead of time. You can just join each week and enter into the journey! Should you miss a session, we will make them available on a webpage. The Bible Study runs from January 20 to April 7. contact Bob Alltop for times and mordetails: boballtop@gmail.com.
Join us! The more who gather, the more we learn together!
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Public Witness & Leadership
Michigan's Interfaith Coalition Needs You
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Bishop Perry, in partnership with Michigan’s Interfaith Coalition, is asking for individuals, faith-organizations, or friend-organizations to join the Coalition to learn more and do more about Michigan’s no-fault auto reform bill that took effect on July 2, 2021.
Legislators in Michigan signed the no-fault auto law reform bill into law in 2019. This law was aimed at lowering the state’s high insurance rates. The law, however, has had devastating impacts on thousands of crash survivors and medical-care workers in Michigan.
Click the button below to read more.
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Public Witness & Leadership
Diocese of Michigan Supporting Individuals and Families from Afghanistan
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Congregations of the Diocese of Michigan are doing their part to assist those in need.
Your help is needed too! Do you have a source of affordable housing? Can you make a donation? Do you have a gift or talent that you are willing to share such as pro-bono mental health or legal services? Do you have a reliable vehicle you can donate?
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Updates About The College for Congregational Development
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(as previewed at The 187th Convention)
Dates: June 5th (late afternoon) – June 11th (noon)
Place: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit
Overnight housing will be provided on the Wayne State University Campus
This is for both lay and ordained leaders!
What is the College for Congregational Development?
- A comprehensive training program for clergy and laity (in congregational teams) for congregations of all sizes, locations and conditions
- Consists of roughly one week the first summer and one week the next summer with readings and projects in between the first and second week
- Assists teams in learning frameworks they might use in approaching their congregation AND the actual skills to engage their congregations
- Aim is to create practitioners of congregational development in congregations and to provide a diocese with a common language for congregational development
- Grounded in Scripture, a positive Episcopal identity, and the belief that the local congregation is essential within the Body of Christ that is the Church.
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Practice Gratitude and Change the World
The United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through UTO, individuals are invited to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. UTO encourages people to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings and make an offering for each blessing using a UTO Blue Box. UTO is entrusted to receive the offerings, and to distribute the 100% of what is collected to support innovative mission and ministry throughout The Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Communion.
If you would like to make a gift, visit https://unitedthankoffering.com/ or mail checks made out to Episcopal Diocese of Michigan (with memo to UTO) to:
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
4800 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Attn: UTO
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Racial Justice, Reparations & Reconciliation
Sacred Ground Series: Open to All
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Sacred Ground is part of Becoming Beloved Community, The Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. This series is open to all, and especially designed to help white people talk with other white people. Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.
A number of congregations in our Diocese have already offered the Sacred Ground program. However, it was felt that a Diocesan Sacred Ground program would be valuable to those congregations who may not have the resources to facilitate their own dialogue circles. The Diocesan-wide program will also offer an opportunity to build community across congregations.
If you are interested in participating in a Diocesan Sacred Ground dialogue circle, visit the Diocesan Sacred Ground web page at www.edomi.org/sacredground view a video from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and complete the registration form, or contact Sister Vee at sistervee@edomi.org.
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Public Witness & Leadership
The Nuts & Bolts Blog:
Water is a Human Right
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Increased Financial Stability & Facilitation Transfer of Wealth
Donate Online to Your Congregation!
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Donate to your congregation electronically, even if they don't have their own online giving program! To make a donation to a congregation within our diocese, go to edomi.org/give. If you do not have a PayPal account, select "Pay with Debit or Credit Card." Then be sure to type in the name of your congregation (with city name too!) in the optional “Write a Note” field just below the dollar amount. Donations will be promptly sent to your intended congregation. If you have any questions please contact Mark Miliotto, Our Canon for Finance and CFO, at mmiliotto@edomi.org.
For information on how to set up online giving in your congregation, consider watching the webinar or scrolling through the slides from the webinar (below):
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Updates to Safe Church
SafeChurch has migrated to a new platform hosted by Praesidium Academy. Safe Church, Safe Communities has been designed to be a self-paced online training that individuals can fit into their own schedules. New modules created by the national Church’s SafeChurch Task Force began to roll out in mid-July. These modules contain entirely new material, and all of the new modules will be available in the coming months. At that time, the old materials that have been used for SafeChurch training will be retired. The new modules are:
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- Introduction and Theological Background
- Inclusion of all God’s People
- Healthy Boundaries
- Power Imbalances
- Pastoral Relationships
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- Abuse and Neglect
- Bullying
- Anti-harassment
- Organizational Rules and Specific Ministry Policies
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The “Track 1, Track 2, Track 3” designations have been retired, and the national Church is currently creating a new, streamlined chart to let users know which modules they need to take appropriate to their role within the church. The Diocese of Michigan will be reworking and revamping its web page to accommodate a new registration process and update the links to Safe Church, Safe Communities training. The basic modules should be available to take in a couple of weeks! Keep an eye on your Weekly Connection for updates! Questions? Contact Sister Veronica Mary at sistervee@edomi.org
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Learn About Your Faith!
Online Classes from The Whitaker Institute
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Are you interested in taking online classes for free? The Whitaker Institute Online School offers short video with reflection questions, most of which are single sessions for 45-minutes to an hour. FREE to use! Simply register your interest and you will receive an email back with enrollment instructions. FREE to use! Courses include: “Growing Giving In An Online World,” “Praying Stations of the Cross,” “Spirituality and Racial Justice,” “Redeeming Dementia,” and more than 130 more classes to choose from! But wait, there's more! FREE for congregations! Access these formation videos from the Iona Center at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest. Simply sign up here and use “michigan” to have access to the videos.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Province V News & Events
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
Big Provincial Gathering - April 29-30, 2022 in South Bend, IN
This event will be open to everyone and we hope that you will share it widely in your congregations.
Province V Networks - You're invited to join!
Looking to connect with like-minded people around the church? Join a network! Province V has networks that meet monthly surrounding topics like creation care, dismantling racism, economic justice, lay-led congregations, public theology, prison ministry, suicide prevention, youth/young adult ministry, and archiving. Click here to learn more about each network.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Openings in our Diocese
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Trenton
Parish Administrative Assistant: Responsible for supporting the Rector, staff, and membership in administering the parish with specific attention to parish communications, office duties and supervision. The person must have a high level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite programs, multiple internet communications kills, have working knowledge of Facebook, Instagram, etc., and the ability to operate office equipment. Deadline for applications is Friday, January 21, 2022. A Letter of Introduction and Resume may be sent by email to stthomastrenton@gmail.com or mailed to Rev. Maryjane Peck at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2441 Nichols Drive, Trenton, MI 48183.
Christ Church Detroit
Associate for Operations: The Associate for Operations is an integral part of the leadership team who supports the detailed, daily operations of parish life. This part-time position is perfect for someone who is community-minded, has a keen eye for detail, possesses both can-do creativity and the willingness to learn new tasks and functions. Click here to read the full job description for this role.
Weekend Building Host: The Building Host fulfills a vital role in the life of Christ Church by maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming facilities; interacting with members and visitors in a courteous manner; efficiently providing furniture set-up and break-down to make events possible; and securing the property. The primary shifts are Saturday mornings (times vary) and Sunday mornings 7:15 a.m. -12:45 p.m. The Building Host also will be asked to work at evening and weekend afternoon events as they are scheduled, although these occasional shifts can be shared among other staff members. Click here to read the full job description for this role.
Little Lambs of Christ Church Cranbrook
Assistant Teacher: Responsible for assisting the Lead Teacher in the daily management of the classroom by guiding each child in their spiritual, emotional, social, academic and physical growth. Full description at: rsvpccc.org/asst. Apply at https://christchurchcranbro ok.org/careers/.
Floater / Substitute Teacher: Little Lambs of Christ Church Cranbrook. Responsible for assisting and supporting all classrooms to ensure a well-run program responsive to the children’s needs. Full description at: rsvpccc.org/sub. Apply at https://christchurchcranbro ok.org/careers/.
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Creating, Forming, Nurturing & Finding Leaders
Clergy Openings
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St. Aidan’s, Ann Arbor – Priest-in-Charge (Part-time)
We seek a pastor who will provide leadership and inspiration to energize our spiritual life and social justice outreach, and provide and guide pastoral care. Candidates for our open position should be collaborative, empathetic, and a flexible partner and leader. Click here for a full description
Trinity Episcopal Church, Saint Clair Shores - Priest (Part-Time)
Our mission is to live by faith, to be known by love and to be a beacon of hope to the world through the life-changing power of Jesus Christ. We are looking for a part-time priest that is flexible to new ideas, has strong leadership and diplomatic skills and is sincere and friendly. Apply by March 1st. Click Here for More Information.
St. John's, Royal Oak - Curate/Assistant Priest
Progressive congregation in Royal Oak MI, a walkable, vibrant mid-sized city just north of Detroit. St. John’s is well known in our diocese for community engagement and justice work in our neighborhood and for our vibrant and dynamic liturgy. We seek a gifted, creative clergy person to assist in liturgical, pastoral, programmatic and administrative ministries with the rector, deacon, lay leaders and staff.
St. Paul's, Romeo - Rector (Part-Time)
We are seeking a priest who is empathetic and sensitive to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the congregation, reflecting the compassionate attitude of the members. Our clergy must be open-minded and welcoming of a diverse group of people united in seeking and serving Christ. We are looking for a leader to teach and guide us to a closer understanding of God and Jesus’ message through scripture and prayer. Click here for a full description. Apply by December 17, 2021. Click Here for More Information
Christ United, Dewitt - Priest-in-Charge (Part-Time)
We Are looking for a spiritual leader who is a disciple of Christ who is well versed in
the teaching of Jesus. A communicator who will bring the teaching of Christ to life and be understood by young and old as well as persons of many religious traditions. Flexible to be ready and able to change and adapt to different circumstances as the spirit leads. Transformational to encourage and motivate the positive development of our spiritual lives. Apply by November 26, 2021.
St. John’s, Plymouth - Rector (Full-Time)
We seek a modern, energetic leader that can effectively listen and represent all generational groups within our Body of Christ. Someone who can inspire, organize, and encourage the talents and leaders in our church to create the next evolution of our faith and community. Click here for a full description
St. Katherine’s, Williamston - Rector (Half Time)
We seek welcoming and respectful energy. St. Katherine’s hopes that our next rector prioritizes getting to know who we are as a congregation to help us grow our community in a respectful, welcoming, and energetic manner. We respect intellect and continual, enthusiastic learning from our rectors as they help us grow in our faith. Click here for a full description.
Christ Church, Grosse Pointe - Associate for Children's Youth and Family Ministries
Christ Church seeks an energetic, creative, Jesus-centered priest to join the Rector, senior staff, and vibrant community in the leadership and ministry of a large parish rooted in the Anglican liturgical tradition. Specific ministry leadership will focus on member development, engagement, and care, and the formation and enrichment of Christian discipleship. Click here for a full description
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The deadline to submit Weekly Connection news & event items is each Friday at 12pm. Please submit the information to edomi.org/weeklyconnection. Please note that submissions of items does not guarantee placement in the newsletter.
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