Volume 5, Issue 40
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God said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Exodus 33:14
| God of all who wander in the wilderness,
you go before us as beacon and guide.
Lead us through all danger,
sustain us through all desolation,
and bring us home to the land
you have prepared for us. Amen.
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Changes to Diocesan CommunicationsRebecca Pitre, Diocesan Coordinator for Communications and Publications, will be leaving the bishop's staff in Baton Rouge. Next week, she will move to Dallas to begin a new phase in her life. Rebecca has served the diocese since November 2008. She is very grateful for her time spent here and the wonderful people she got to work with and for. You will see some changes in diocesan communications - namely a new format for this newsletter. Instead of having to download a PDF, you'll be able to view the newsletter right from your inbox (like right now!). Kenn Elder, longtime Web Coordinator for the diocese, will now be in charge of putting E-DoLA together. If you have any submissions for the E-DoLA newsletter, please send them to news@edola.org. Rebecca will still be designing the next issue of ChurchWork. The deadline for the Winter issue is October 31st. Please continue to send your ChurchWork submissions to her at rpitre@edola.org. The Winter issue will be mailed the 2nd week of December, so if you have any Christmas programs to advertise, there will be adequate time.
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Announcing: Upcoming Opportunities for Discussions and Workshops Designed to Help Heal Racism
 Bishop Morris Thompson has declared this the Year of Reconciliation in our diocese. He believes that it is essential for clergy and lay leaders to understand the current local racial tensions in need of healing. Additionally, many parish priests have requested assistance as to how to incorporate this aspect of education into adult Christian formation. They see it as part of the "how-to" follow-up for the Baptismal vow: "seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as ourselves."
Here is a sampling of resources available:
TURNtables Wed. evenings at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Hosted by Trinity Undoing Racism Network (TURN). Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2. Program at 7 o'clock in the chapel following Eucharist at 5:30 in the church and dinner at 6. Members of the Trinity family and friends will tell their stories of parenting in mixed-race or other-than-mainstream families. A multi-generational, multi-racial group will take questions and comments.
The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond holds quarterly 2-and-a-half day workshops in New Orleans on Undoing Racism to provide training in leadership development, networking, personal and community empowerment and basic organizing skills. The foundation of the workshop is a common definition, language and understanding of racism in the United States. Scholarship assistance is available through TURN.
Continuing education certificates will be provided upon request. For more information contact Orissa Arend, TURN steering committee member, at 504-865-1619 or arendsaxer@bellsouth.net.
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Diocesan Acolyte Festival
Featuring special guest, Mrs. Margaret McLarty, President of the National Verger Guild, who will lead us in training and a workshop.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Christ Church Cathedral
Registration in Stuart Hall 10:15am Workshops and Fun 11am Picnic Lunch 12-noon Festival Worship in the Cathedral 1:30pm
Click here for more info.
Acolytes of all ages, Acolyte Leaders, Clergy, and Vergers are invited to participate in the service, please bring vestments and your church banner and stand (labeled with your church name), if you plan to participate.
There is no cost for the event but we need to know that you are coming!
R.S.V.P to Amelia Arthur, Coordinator for Youth and Young Adult Ministries, by Monday, October 17th. Email your R.S.V.P to aarthur@edola.org. |
St. Augustine's Pumpkin-Palooza is a Mini Carnival
Pumpkin-Palooza will be held Saturday, October 29 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. For any of you new to St. Augustine's Pumpkin-Palooza is a mini 
carnival/festival which features children's performances, children's games and prizes, a cake walk, costume contests, cooking contests, and pumpkin carving and decorating contests. There is no charge to attend Pumpkin-Palooza, to win prizes or to enter any contest. This is not a fund raiser; it's just a big party. (We do charge for lemonade, hot dogs, homemade chili and popcorn to cover the costs of these refreshments.) We want your input and your participation! Please consider attending the meeting. If you are unable to attend this first meeting but would like to be included in future meetings, please let Jeanne know by emailing her at chuckjeanne@cox.net
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UTO Guidelines Now Available
Apply online for grant support from United Thank Offering. Please note some changes this year: 
The application period for 2012 starts October 1, and the deadline for receipt of applications by UTO is January 15, 2012.
Bishop Thompson's deadline is December 31, 2011 for diocesan-level review and screening with Mrs. Fay Atkinson, Diocesan UTO Coordinator, and her committee.
Grant awards will be approved at Triennium during General Convention in July 2012; funds will be available for distribution in August or September 2012.
Please keep this schedule in mind when planning projects for 2012 applications.
The application for The Episcopal Church is in both English and Spanish. However, ONLY PROVINCE IX (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador Litoral and Central, Honduras, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) must complete the application in both English and Spanish. Space is provided for these Dioceses to do so on the same application. ALL OTHER DIOCESES must complete the application in English only.
Michelle Jobson, UTO Grants Associate, and Claudia Conner, Interim Coordinator, of The Episcopal Church Center, are very glad to help anyone with the online applications. Please call them at 800.334.7626 (Claudia: ext. 5130; Michelle: ext. 6022) or email them at utoapps@episcopalchurch.org. They will walk anyone through the application, answer questions, solve problems, and generally do their best to be sure everyone is happy when working with the UTO application.
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- Oct 19th @ 7pm TURNtables Wed. evenings at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Hosted by Trinity Undoing Racism Network (TURN)
- Oct 22nd @ 10:15am
Acolyte Festival at Christ Church Cathedral. More Info
- Oct 24 - 26 @ 5:30pm
College of Presbyters at the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center.
- Oct 29th @ 2pm
Pumpkin-Palooza, mini carnival at St. Augustine's Metairie
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E-DoLA
eNewsletter
The Rt. Rev'd Morris K. Thompson, Jr.
The Rev'd Canon E. Mark Stevenson
Canon to the Ordinary
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E-DoLA eNewsletter:
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