At our recent diocesan convention, a new mission plan was approved for our work together over the next three to five years.  Based on our baptismal covenant, the mission plan will focus on worship, evangelism, outreach, advocacy, repentance and reconciliation, and stewardship. Teams are eager to visit your congregation and share how this plan will help build and shape our lives. For more information, call Canon Howard Smith: 619-481-5451, or visit the diocesan website: www.edsd.org/strategicplan.

For clergy, congregational leaders and members of planned giving ministry teams, this training will be led by Jim Murphy, planned giving officer for the Episcopal Church Foundation. He will discuss the basics of planned giving, why it's important and how to start a planned giving program in your congregation. Cost: $10 per person. For more information, contact Canon Howard Smith, 619-481-5451.

This Saturday, March 3

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

334 14th St., Del Mar

9:00am - 12:00pm

Register here

Homeless Foot Washing

Join in the next diocesan service project: washing the feet of homeless people at the Episcopal Church Center in Ocean Beach on Maundy Thursday, April 5.

Bishop Mathes will host the first Bishop's Legacy Society Evensong on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at St. Paul's Cathedral. For those who have remembered an Episcopal church or ministry in their estate plans, or would like more information, please contact Canon Howard Smith. Evensong followed by a reception in the Great Hall.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

St. Paul's Cathedral

2728 Sixth Ave., San Diego

5:00pm

There were 11,430 births on the most recent leap year, February 29, 2008, on par with the average daily number of births for the year (11,606), says the National Center for Health Statistics.

It was the ancient Egyptians who first figured out that the solar year and the human-made calendar year didn't always match up.  

Singer Dinah Shore was born on February 29, 1916.