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Retired Clergy & Spouses
Saturday, January 16, 10:30 am
St. Timothy's, Aiea
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| Prayer for Fourth Sunday of Advent
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Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
- from Book of Common Prayer, p.212.
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| Vision for Our Diocese |
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Vision:
All Episcopalians in Hawai`i shall work together to create a Church filled with visible and spirit-driven Christians - Christians who are eager to share our Episcopal tradition and faith, and traditional Hawaiian spiritual values, with those who have not yet found a spiritual anchor in their lives.
Goals:
1) Convert our Hearts to Accept Jesus' Gospel Message and to Live in a Deep Relationship with God.
2) Transform the Episcopal Church in Hawai`i and Congregations to Vital and Vibrant Faith Communities.
3) Evangelize to Share God's Love in Our Communities.
4) Reduce the structure and administration costs of the Diocese so that its operations, including its bodies, are directed to supporting transformation and growth.
The Five Marks of Mission of the Worldwide Anglican Communion:
1) To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
2) To teach, baptize and nurture new believers
3) To respond to human need by loving service
4) To seek to transform unjust structures of society
5) To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
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What's happening in the Diocese of Hawai'i?
Some formation events
E-News
Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i
December 19, 2009 |
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UTO grant application forms available
 United Thank Offering grant applications are now being accepted. They must be submitted to Marie Elesarke in the Office of the Bishop by December 31, 2009. All applications will then be reviewed, and one will be submitted to the UTO office as the diocesan grant application.
Grant awards are for projects that will occur during June 2010 through June
2011. Awards will be announced in May 2010. Download the application form below, which includes instructions, as either Word or PDF.
UTO will focus particularly on projects that implement significant change toward alleviating profound human suffering that the Millennium Development Goals address. They want projects that will directly impact the lives of women and children.
UTO Grant Application (as Word document)
UTO Grant Application (as PDF)
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Young Adult Service Corps discernment opportunity
A little known resource of the Episcopal Church that comes with an enormous impact on those who take part is the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC). Each year a dozen or so young adults are sent out across the globe to partner with dioceses of the Anglican Communion. They spend a year in service and as mission partners in effecting the gospel mandate "on the ground."
The first part of applying to the program is open to all who are between the ages of 21-30. The process begins with a four-day discernment weekend held at an Episcopal conference center in Florida. All costs for travel, accommodation and meals are covered (i.e. it's free!) The weekend is about discerning whether YASC is right for you and your right for YASC. There is one discernment weekend held each year and the application deadline is Monday, January 4, 2010.
The dates for the next discernment weekend are Thursday, February 4, 2010 to Sunday, February 7, 2010.
For more info...
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St. Andrew's hosts talk on treating PTSD
On Tuesday, January 5, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the Von Holt Room, St. Andrew's Cathedral will be hosting a presentation by Marine Chaplain Efland Amerson on "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Combat Stress; Deploying TFT in the front lines in Afghanistan." The evening is inspired by the film " Between Iraq and a Hard Place." Dr. Efland Amerson stars in the movie along with Marine psychologist, Chaplain Bob Bray and his unit. It features the use of TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and PTSD in the military. Dr. Caroline Saito, former head of the psychology department of Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, is our co-organizer. She has volunteered several times as a missionary to Rwanda teaching TFT to the genocide survivors and has trained volunteers at the Neuman Center in Eugene, Oregon, to use TFT while working with the homeless and the underserved.
TFT is a self-administered treatment following the meridians used in acupuncture developed by clinical psychologist Roger Callahan, author of the book Tapping the Healer Within. Father Luis Jorge Gonzales, OCD, Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology (Teresianum) in Rome has written two books in Spanish on TFT and spirituality: Terapia del Estres, fobias y adicciones con Terapia del Campo Mental; and Siempre Constructivo con Terapia del Campo Mental.
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Save the date for a clergy education day
The Rev. Dr. James Kevern, former Dean of the Bexley Hall Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, will be in Hawai'i for the month of January. Thursday, January 21, has been set aside for a clergy continuing education day, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The likely topic is Contemporary Trends in Anglican Theology.
More details will be forthcoming later, but for now, save the date!
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Training for clergy in premarital counseling
A workshop in premarital counseling, using the materials
Prepare-Enrich, will be offered in Hawai'i by the Rev. James Newman of
the Diocese of Los Angeles. Prepare-Enrich comes from Life Innovations.
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Basic Workshop - directed toward people who have not been trained to
use the materials - is on Thursday, February 4, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The cost
of the workshop is $160 (inclusive of all materials and rolls,
beverages, and fruit, but not lunch). When you have been trained, you
will receive a complementary scoring worth $30.
More info...
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College Horizons applications for Native high-schoolers
 College Horizons, a "crash course" in the college applications process, has applications available for the program, to be held this summer. The program is open to Native Hawaiian (as well as Native American and Alaska Native) high schoolers in the 10th and 11th grades.
One session will be held at University of Hawaii - Hilo on June 12-16. Applications must be received by February 1, 2010 (1st round) or Feb. 26 (2nd round); applications might be accepted until May 1 if space is available. The cost to attend is $200.00 and airfare to the site. There is significant financial aid available (for tuition and airfare) to students who qualify.
For more info...
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Building a Vibrant, Vital, & Growing Church
The
Very Rev. Kevin Martin will be conducting a workshop for the entire
Diocese on "Building a Vibrant, Vital, and Growing Community of Faith."
The workshop will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010, at St.
Timothy's Church, Aiea. Refreshments will be served beginning at 8:30
a.m., with the workshop from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Kevin
is the Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Matthew in Dallas, Texas.
For nine years, Kevin was the Congregational Development Officer for
the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. He is part of the Clear Vision
Conferences and was a member of the original 2020 Taskforce for the
Episcopal Church. He teaches extensively on attracting new members,
evangelism and the development of new leadership. Before his work in
Texas, he served for five years as the Director of Leadership Training
in Evergreen, Colorado. Prior to this, he served as Rector of three
congregations - St. Luke's, Seattle, Washington; St. Matthew's,
Westerville, Ohio; and Emmanuel Church, Stamford, Connecticut - and he
served two years as Resident Chaplain at Bethesda Hospital and
Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Kevin is the author of two books:
"The Myth of the 200 Barrier" and "5 Keys for Church Leaders."
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Sabeel Conference about peace & justice in the Holy Land
A conference entitled "What Does Justice Require of US? Peace with
Justice in the Holy Land," hosted by Friends of Sabeel Hawai'i, will be
held at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, on Friday and Saturday,
February 26-27, 2010.
A variety of prices are given for pre-registration or regular registration, and for different conference options. Reduced prices are available for early registration before January 15, 2010. All fees are half price for students.
Download conference brochure...
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Contact Information
News
Office of the Bishop
229 Queen Emma Square
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 536-7776, ext. 326; Neighbor Islands: 1-800-522-8418
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