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Upcoming Meetings
March 24 - April 14
Strategic Planning Committee Retreat Saturday, April 2 Christ Church 1114 Ninth Street, Coronado 9:00am - 4:00pm Diocesan Council Executive Committee Wednesday, April 6 Office of the Bishop, Conference Room 1:30pm ECS Water to Wine Event Thursday, April 7 The Lodge at Torrey Pines More Info Ordinations to the Diaconate and Priesthood Saturday, April 9 St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego 10:00am Denominational Health Plan Meeting Tuesday, April 12 Office of the Bishop, Conference Room 10:00am Contact Julie Young for more info Jubilee Officers Lunch Tuesday, April 12 St. Paul's Cathedral, Guild Room 12:30pm Property Committee Meeting Wednesday, April 13 Office of the Bishop, Conference Room 2:00pm
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Water to Wine 
More information
Thursday, April 7
The Lodge at Torrey Pines
11480 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
6:00pm
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Women's Guide to Retirement Planning  | |
Ladies, start planning!
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Today's financial challenges and opportunities are different than they were 20 years ago. Grace Shanahan, chartered retirement planning counselor, will host this webinar; she'll discuss retirement planning and family risk management strategies that can increase your financial knowledge and independence.
For your convenience, we will be offering this webinar on two different dates. To register, please click the date you would like to attend:
March 29 - 12:00PM - 1:00PM ET
March 30 - 2:00PM - 3:00PM ET
For more information, call 888-735-7114.
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Ordinations to the Diaconate and Priesthood 
All clergy of the diocese are invited and encouraged to attend this service.
Clergy: red stoles.
For more information, contact Bobbi Hoff.
Saturday, April 9
St. Paul's Cathedral
2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego
10:00am
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St. Margaret's School to Close
The school at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert must close at the end of this school year, according to a congregation-wide letter from the rector, the Rev. Lane Hensley. While it is a hard decision, it has come after much consideration and prayerful discernment. Bishop Mathes affirms and supports the work of the decision-makers, and encourages all who have questions to contact him or Father Hensley directly.
Read the letter announcing the school's closure
Contact Bishop Mathes or Father Hensley.
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Church Deployment Office Profiles Terminate April 1, 2011
Please make sure your information in the new Office for Transition Ministry Portfolio is correct, as the old Church Deployment Office profiles will terminate on April 1. After that time you will not be able to access information in the old system.
The Office and Board for Transition Ministry are in the process of rolling out a new database, the OTM Portfolio, to replace the old CDO Profile database. The application is designed using state-of-the-art technology to offer the greatest potential for individuals and worshiping communities to express who they are as gifted and talented ministers of the Episcopal Church. The new system has been live since October 26.
For more information, contact the Office for Transition Ministry, 212-922-5251.
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More sermons online 
Listen to the Paige Blair's sermon "Do you ever feel like God has forgotten you?"
Listen to the Rev. Canon Allisyn Thomas preach about repentance.
Listen to the Rev. Lane Hensley preach about the breath of God.
Benefits of recording your sermons
Free online converter
Encode your mobile recoding AMR files into high-quality, noncorrupted MP3 files so you can share them online.
If you would like help getting started, contact Hannah Wilder, 619-481-5456.
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Help Solicit Feedback for Strategic Plan 
Your Strategic Planning Committee values your feedback and thanks you for the input you offered us at Diocesan Convention last month. It's important that this plan have the broadest input possible, and so we depend on your participation. We want to be sure to hear from your parishioners who were not at Convention as well. Please share the following link with them, and encourage them to share their thoughts on the draft Preamble, Vision, Mission and interpretation of the Baptismal Covenant, and invite them to share with us that which inspires them in your context, and in the diocesan context as well.
If you are a procrastinator, and have not yet planned a Lenten program, this draft plan might just suit.
We invite you to engage this conversation in whatever way is most meaningful in your community.
The survey will be live till April 13.
Read Draft Respond to Survey
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Earth Hour 2011  | |
Join the movement
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Earth Hour is this Saturday, March 26. People all over the world are turning off their lights for one hour. If you would like to run Earth Hour in your church, click here.
Earth Hour - Kids
from: earthhour.org
Whether you are an individual, a business, a school or a city, Earth Hour 2011 is your Earth Hour. And you can show your support for the planet in the following ways:
- Turning off your lights at 8.30PM on March 26 2011 wherever you are in the world and sign up to let us know you will be taking part.
- Run your own Earth Hour event, street or house party with friends and family.
- Take Earth Hour beyond the Hour by taking action for the planet and telling us all about it.
- Tell the world through social media, or add our tools and downloads to your blogs and websites.
- Encourage your local government or community groups to run earth Hour in your region.
- Rally your office or business to get involved.
- Make a Lantern and send it your friends
For more information about what you or your organization can do to support Earth Hour, check out our How to Guides.
VIDEO: about Earth Hour
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"Clergy News" is Bishop Mathes' main mode of communication with clergy in the Diocese of San Diego. It is a free, weekly, informational email. Questions? Contact Hannah Miller: 619-481-5456. Thank you for reading. |
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