supporting congregations
creating disciples
building community
nurturing growth
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Upcoming Events
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August 22
Children and Youth Leader Training and Safeguarding God's Children
August 28-29
Whose Church is it Anyway Conference
September 19
Safeguarding God's Children
October 2-3
Rite 13 Leader Training
(watch for more details soon!)
October (tba)
Youth Event at the Cathedral
October 17
Safeguarding God's Children
November 13-15
Senior High Youth Convocation at the Wisconsin Dells!
AND
Diocesan Convention
November 20-22
Happening!
will be held at St. Andrew's Church in Madison.
Stay tuned for more details!
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Camp Webb
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We had a fabulous summer at Camp Webb.
You can go to the website to see pictures.
Stay tuned for information about next summer!
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Dear Christian Formation Leaders,
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This Christian Formation eNews will goes out regularly with news about Christian Formation resources, events and
information in order to assist you in your formation efforts on a parish
level.
If you have formation news, events, or resources that you think would be
of interest to the Diocese at large and that you would like to see in this electronic publication, please do not hesitate to email me at
kelly@diomil.org.
If you want to be removed from this list, you may do so. If you have missed an issue or if you would like to look at old issues, links to the archives can be found on the Christian Formation Pages at www.diomil.org.
Please forward this on to any and all who you think might be interested!
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August 22, 2009
held at St. Paul's in Watertown
Join us for a day of training, workshops, idea sharing, resource gathering and prayer.
All people who work with children and youth (Sunday school teachers, DRE's, children and youth group leaders, Vacation Bible School Leaders, etc.)or people who want to work with children and youth are especially encouraged to attend!
The entire day, everything we do, is geared toward teaching, learning and networking with each other so that you can come away more energized, aware and connected.
Click here to download the flier and registration information.
MORNING
TRACK ONE
9:00
a.m. Arrival / Registration
9:15
a.m. Gather for Prayer
9:30
a.m. Cooking
Ministry Presentation
10:00
a.m. Large Group
Presentation and Sharing
11:30
a.m. "Affinity Groups"
12:00
p.m. Noonday Prayer
12:15
p.m. Lunch
MORNING TRACK TWO
9:15
a.m. Safeguarding God's Children
(Abuse Prevention Training)
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
1:00
p.m. Workshops
Godly Play
Mission Trips
Bible Study and Prayer with Youth
1:30
p.m.
Break
1:40
p.m. Workshops
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Confirmation Curricula
Learning new games
2:10
p.m.
Break
2:20
p.m. Workshops
Intergenerational Sunday School
Bible Study and Prayer with
Children
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:00
p.m.
Resource Center
3:20 p.m.
"Affinity
Groups" Brainstorming - What can the Diocese do to help our parish/ministry?
3:50 p.m.
Evaluations
Closing Prayer
Blessing
Date/Time:
August 22, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost:
1-2 people $15 / person
3 -5people, $10 / person
6th person comes free!
Scholarships available!
Childcare is available, but you must sign up ahead of time.
Please contact me if you have any
questions about this training event at kelly@diomil.org.
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Safeguarding God's Children Trainings
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Please make your calendars and pass on this information to anyone who needs to be trained in Safeguarding God's Children. We have three trainings scheduled for this Fall and will continue to add them to the calendar.
- August 22 at St. Paul's in Watertown 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- September 19 in the Madison/Sun Prairie area 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- October 17 in the Milwaukee area 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
If you have any questions or if you need to have people trained and these training times do not work, please let me know.
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Episcopal Day at Six Flags Great America
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Tuesday, August 11
Sponsored by the Dioceses of Chicago, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee
Tickets Only $30.00 (under age 3 are free) (a $25.00
savings off the main gate price!) (children's tickets same price this year)
A
special "Meal Deal" may be purchased for $10.50 ahead of time $11 on site,
redeemable for any one of four meal packages.
Come join us for a day of fun
for: families, youth groups, campus ministries, young adult groups, and parish
organizations! Bring your friends!
What opportunities are available August 11?
A great day to organize a group outing with other Episcopalians, family or
friends.
We will have a booth in front of the park between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Stop
by and say
hello, pick up extra tickets.
A Eucharist will be celebrated at Great America at 5:00 in the Wilderness
Theater.
Click here to see or print the flier.
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Province V Whose Church is it Anyway Leadership Conference
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A conference for formation leaders in Province V
Friday, August 28-Saturday August 29
The Diocese of Chicago's Office of Christian Formation is again hosting
the Whose Church is it anyway? conference for Province V on Friday August 28 and Saturday August 29.
The conference will include over 30 formation learning opportunities, a
keynote speaker, worship and prayer activites as well as social events.
Workshop topics include a focus on Journey to Adulthood, Youth
Ministries, Catechesis and Godly play, Revisiting Via Media Values,
Rotation, MGD's and Confirmation with some new workshops on Creative
and Children's Liturgies, Nooma, and using Face Book and Twitter.
Anyone working in formation is encouraged to attend.
Our keynote speaker, Rev. Nadim Nasser, A Syrian and an Anglican priest and a co-founder of the Awareness Foundation, will be speaking about religious conflict throughout the world and Middle East in particular and the Awareness Foundation.
The Awareness
Foundation, based in London, was founded in 2003 in response to the
disturbing increase in religious conflict and violence around the
world. Fr. Nadim and The Rt. Reverend Michael Marshall, Assistant
Bishop of London, are the authors or the Awareness Course which is the
educational program of the Foundation.
http://www.awareness-foundation.com/index.html
To register use the online registration form. Schedule and workshops are available in the brochure. If you have questions contact Barbara Rasero in the Office of Christian Formation (312) 751-4206.
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Godly Play Trainings
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Are you currently doing Godly Play at your church? Would you like to be doing Godly Play? Do some of your teachers need to be certified?
If you answered yes to any of these, please send me an email at kelly@diomil.org.
I know that many parishes have a desire to do Godly Play training. I have been in conversation with the National Godly Play Foundation about doing workshops in our Diocese. They have two ways of offering trainings for teachers. Option #1 is the an all weekend, intensive training. Option #2 is to do training over an extended period of time, offering three different training sessions on Saturday. Please let me know which one you would prefer.
This is still very much in the planning stages, so please also let me know what time of year is NOT good to have these trainings.
For more information about Godly Play you can go to:
http://www.godlyplay.org/
AND
http://www.godlyplay.com/
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Senior High Youth Convo
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Join us for a great weekend in the Wisconsin Dells!
Friday, November
13, 2009 5:00 PM - Sunday, November
15, 2009 3:00 PM
This is the same weekend and the same place as our Diocesan Convention, so it is a great way to get LOTS of people together, to get our Senior High kids involved and connected and to have a ton of FUN!
We will bring
together senior high students from all across Wisconsin and from all denominations for
a weekend of faith and fellowship centered on the theme:
Imagine a World
Where We
Hear No Evil
See No Evil
Speak No Evil
How can we use what unites us to make a difference in the world around us?
Together we will discover how to become agents of change in our world -- in
our schools, churches, and communities.
With music from the Robbie Seay Band, Speaker Chris Lahr, and comedy from
the Jersey Guyz.
WHERE
Chula
Vista Resort
4031 River Rd
Wisconsin Dells,
WI 53965
FEES
Program Ticket:
$50 if registered by Aug. 31st
$60 if registered
by October 26th
$75 if after
October 26th
In case of
cancellations, churches are still responsible for 50% of the registration
fee. No refunds after October 26th.
Hotel:
$100/room/night
Rooms hold up to 6
people (2 Queens & 1 Queen Sofa Sleeper)
$300/room/night
for a 3 Bedroom Condo
Room holds approx.
12 people with full kitchen and living space
Meals: $40
Optional Meal Plan
Breakfast, Lunch,
& Dinner on Saturday, and Breakfast on Sunday
Register for
program tickets and meals at www.wiconvo.org
beginning August 1st.
Book
accommodations with the Chula
Vista directly at: 1-800-388-4782. Mention our
room block "Senior High Convo."
Registration
available at www.wiconvo.org.
If you or your youth are interested in attending, please contact The Rev. Shannon Kelly at kelly@diomil.org and we will put together a group of attendees to share hotel rooms and travel together if necessary.
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Thank you for your ministry, for your commitment to Christian Formation, and for sharing your gifts with the church. Please let me know if there is anything that you would like to see in this eNews in the future and don't forget to pass this along!
Peace,
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The Rev. Shannon Kelly
Bishop's Assistant for Christian Formation
The Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
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