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Welcome to the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee's weekly electronic newsletter. Please send your articles, photos, and news to info@diomil.org so that we may include them in E-NEWS. |
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Important Convention announcements!
We are only a week away from this year's Diocesan Convention in Madison (see next article for details).
- The Convention schedule has been slightly modified -- Eucharist begins at 5:00 p.m.
- Remember, ALL members of the diocese are welcomed and invited to attend the workshops and the Eucharist on Friday, Oct. 12th.
Questions? Contact Barb Klauber at the Diocesan Office at info@diomil.org or phone # (414) 272-3028/ext. 111 or (800) 236-3028 / ext. 111. |
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Grace upon Grace . . .
And from his fullness have we all received grace upon grace. (John: 1:16)
The 165th Annual Convention of the
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee (October 12-13)
Click HERE for revised Convention schedule. Please note: Convention Eucharist begins at 5:00 pm on Friday!
The Diocese of Milwaukee's 165th Annual Convention takes place in Madison this year on October 12-13 at the Madison Marriott West Hotel. The theme of thtis year's convention, "Grace upon Grace" builds on last year's "Many gifts, one spirit" theme.
In addition to clergy and elected lay deputies, all members of the diocese are welcome to attend and especially are encouraged to take part in Friday's session which offers workshops, worship, and time for fellowship at the Convention banquet. The exhibit area, which includes vendors, will be open for visitors and deputies to peruse on both Friday and Saturday.
- For general convention information click HERE
- For information on reserving vendor / exhibit space, click HERE
Talk with others in your parish -- think about visiting / attending this year's convention!
The Madison Episcopal Churches are helping with logistics and organizing volunteers. If you are able to assist with registration, hospitality, or teller duties Friday or Saturday, please contact Diane Brown at diane@floods.org
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Reaching out at St. Luke's, Bayview
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Mike Bossow (designer of 'the boxes') and The Rev. John Hickey |
Recently, St Luke's Church, Bay View, has reached out to our community, in a new way, by installing a Little Free Library and an Outside Prayer Bowl. Now anyone passing by the church can ask for a prayer or take a free book. How cool is that? This project began with an idea for a Lenten project during our transition period with Interim Rector Fr Bob Lambert and has been completed with the installation of the boxes, which coincidentally happened the week we welcomed our new clergy, Fr John Hickey.
Our Transition Planning Team had an idea that we should collect parishioner's prayer requests, then hand them out during announcements for people to take home and pray for during the week. The prayer bowl is an opportunity to ask for prayers for anything: their hopes, thanksgivings, or concerns. Our Lenten project was so successful, that it is now being done every Sunday. In addition, in response to the Diocesan Challenge Grant, we have expanded the project by installing an Outside Prayer Bowl (OPB) box to let our neighbors ask for prayers. Every Sunday, we take the outside requests and add them to inside bowl and distribute them.
In addition to the OPB, we have added a Little Free Library (LFL) box, with the sign "Take a book - Leave a book". The LFL mission is to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide. A mission that meshes with our christian values and our Outreach goal to engage and embrace our neighborhood.
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Oct. 6th Auction at St. John's, Burlington
 Fun, Fellowship & Frenzied Bidding!
St. John the Divine's Auction set for October 6th.
The annual auction at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church is set for Saturday, October 6 in Healy Hall. The church is located at 216 E. Chandler Blvd., Burlington (on the triangle of Chandler Blvd, Perkins Blvd and Edward St). This auction supports our ministries and Burlington's community agency for those in need, "Love, Inc.".
Viewing, silent auction, and welcome reception with hors d'oeuvres will begin at 5 p.m. with buffet at 5:30p and live auction at 6:30 p.m. Auction Items include:
- One week lodging at 3-4 star resort (many to choose from around the world).
- Flight for 1 in a Restored WWII Observation Plane (piloted by a commercial pilot)
- restored/refinished handcrafted rocking chair and dresser
- Sports memorabilia and tickets
- Museum and Zoo Tickets
- Flowering Crabapple Tree
- Dinners at Local Restaurants
- Art by Local Artists
The cost to attend the auction and buffet is $10 per person. For more information, contact the church at 262-763-7482, ext. 21. All are welcome! |
 Canon Pfaff reviews General Convention actions at October 6th Cathedral Institute The next Cathedral Institute meeting will take place this Thursday, October 11th. This month, please join us for a presentation by the Reverend Canon David Pfaff, who will present on the decisions made in the 77th General Convention. The monthly Cathedral Institute consists of the 5:30 p.m. Eucharist, a simple dinner at 6:00 p.m., and the presentation beginning around 6:45 p.m. Please consider coming, if you are free!
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Looking to Jesus
Spreading His Love
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Keynote speaker Deacon Evelyn Payson |
Fall Retreat and Gathering
Saturday, October 27, 2012
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
146 South Church Street, Whitewater, WI
$10 Registration includes Lunch
Hosted by
Diocese of Milwaukee members of the
Order of the Daughters of the King
St. Anne's Chapter
All woman and girls are welcome!
registration form
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Fall Concerts at St. Matthias, Waukesha
October 26th at 7:30 p.m.
You are invited to an evening of Italian music and Italian influenced music from the 17th Century. The music will be performed by Jerrad Julian Fenske on Harpsichord and Amelia Spierer, Soprano.
Some of the composers featured are Paradisi, Martini, Pergolesi, Pasquini, Zipoli, Bach & Handel. Come and enjoy the influence of Italy and how it changed the music and love of Western Music!
November 2nd at 7:30 p.m.
An Evening of Opera Arias
How do you define a "masterpiece"? What makes a work of art truly "great"? What makes a piece "legendary"?
Come hear the Florentine Opera Studio Artists perform your favorite arias drawn from nearly 500 years of operatic evolution. Familiar and beautiful - these memorable melodies are heard time and time again!
2012-2013 STUDIO ARTISTS
Alisa Suzanne Jordheim ~ Soprano
Kristen DiNinno ~ Mezzo Soprano
Kevin Newell ~ Tenor
Carl Frank ~ Baritone |
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Diocesan Altar Guild Annual Meeting
at
Diocesan Convention
Episcopalians of the Diocese of Milwaukee will meet in convention October 12 and 13 at the Marriott Madison West Hotel and Conference Center in Middleton, near Madison. This gathering gives us a great opportunity for our annual meeting - and a program on icons.
Friday, October 12 at 2pm
The Spiritual and Artistic Discipline of Icon Writing
with Alice Pollock
in the Green Bay Room
Program: Icon writing includes symbolism, traditions, and complex processes. Alice is trained in the Russian School, but will use examples from other well known schools such as Byzantine and contemporary. Icons in several styles by various artists will be on display.
Annual Meeting: Altar Guild members and interested parishioners will have the opportunity to share experiences and expertise, especially regarding recruitment. Please bring your best advice to share!
See the website [www.diomil.org] for other Convention highlights and workshops. The Friday Eucharist will be at 5:30 pm in the hotel, followed by the banquet at 6:45 pm. Altar guild members who wish to register for Convention banquet, contact Barbara Klauber at info@diomil.org by October 1st.
The program and Altar Guild meeting are open to all. Please bring as many altar guild members and friends as you can!
For more information on Altar Guild meeting, contact Micki Hoffman, Diocesan Altar Guild president, at mickipete@sbcglobal.net
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FOOD PACK FOR HAITI
Help assemble meals to feed the hungry
Friday, November 9 - Saturday, November 10
St. Anskar's Episcopal Church
N48W31340 State Rd. 83
Hartland, WI
For more information
Call 262-367-2439
or visit
www.stanskar.net
to scheduel your Food Pack
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Got Art?
Silent Auction and Reception
at St. Dunstan's (Madison) on October 13th
to benefit The Haiti Project
At the close of the Diocese of Milwaukee's
Annual Convention,please join us at St. Dunstan's!
It will be a great opportunity to meet Pere Lenord and to bid on some fabulous art donated by midwestern artists in support of
St. Marc's School, Jeannette, Haiti. |
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MEN AND THE CHURCH:
IS THERE A FUTURE?
November 2 - 3, 2012
A conference for clergy, pastors, emerging denominational leaders and individuals who are passionate about men's ministry in their local church
Nashotah House Theological Seminary is pleased to welcome presenters:
Mr. Jay Crouse and the Rev. Gary Wilde from the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida.
This dynamic conference will explore in depth the critical church issue widely referred to as the "missing man" and the impact this decades-long crisis is having on the life of the local church. Participants will:
- Gain an understanding of the impact of the "missing man" and the challenge it poses.
- Receive clear insight into masculine spirituality.
- Learn how to lead the Christian spiritual formation process for men.
- Come away with a model and strategy for ministry to men that will work in your church.
- Take away practical insights, examples, and implementable programming for your church.
Cost for the conference including meals is $85 for non-credit seeking attendees and $430 for those seeking one course credit.
To register and for more information, including a list of area hotels and their rates, please visit http://www.nashotah.edu/academics/men-and-the-church/
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Safeguarding God's People: Preventing Sexual Exploitation in Communities of Faith and Preventing
Sexual Harassment of
Church Workers
Safeguarding God's People is the training program which is for protection of adults with regard to sexual exploitation and sexual harassment. All clergy who have not taken this course within the last five years may now take this two part course ON-LINE! To register, email Rev. Carla McCook at mccook@diomil.org with your full name, date of birth (mm/dd), parish in which you serve. On-line will now be the way this SafeGuarding section is offered. Lay employees, volunteers, and vestry members may also register to take this course.
Safeguarding God's Children is also available with this same registration opportunity! Clergy and Laity that have already been to a 4-hour class may now take re-certification on-line.Taking these courses on-line takes about an hour. Hurry! Register TODAY!
Safeguarding God's Children as a class will be offered as follows:
- Saturday, Oct 6 Christ Church, Whitefish Bay 9am-Noon;
- Satturday, Oct 6 St. Luke's, Madison, 9am-Noon;
- Saturday, Oct 20 St. Thomas of Canterbury, Greendale
You may call the parishes to register or register on-line on our diocesan website www.diomil.org . |
 Julian of Norwich meeting October 10th
Julian of Norwich, ca.1342 - 1416, lived in terrible times: the Black Death (bubonic plague) and repeated famines ravaged the English population; Lollards (then considered heretics) were burned at the stake just outside Norwich; the Hundred Years War with France, the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and other civil strife meant continual warfare and conflict. Many people and even the Church believed that God was punishing them. How could anyone who lived at the time believe in the unconditional love of God?
"In a medieval church which emphasized God's condemning wrath, Julian wrote, 'There is no wrath in God....It is the most impossible thing that can be that God would be angry, for wrath and friendship are two opposites.'" (from the Order of Julian of Norwich's website: http://www.orderofjulian.org/julian_of_norwich.html
Join us in reading and discussing Julian's "Revelations of Divine Love" and practicing contemplative prayer together. Brief guidance on contemplative prayer will be offered for newcomers. Our next meeting is October 10. For more information, contact Susan Fiore, AOJN: slfiore@mac.com or (608) 845-2413 |
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Important Info for those interested in pursuing call to Ordained Ministry in Diocese of Milwaukee
- The commission on Ministry will be hosting an information day, September 22, at Zion Episcopal Church in Oconomowoc from 9:00 to Noon. This will provide information about the ordination process for those interested in pursuing a call to Holy Orders. If you are interested in ordained ministry, or perhaps you are just curious, plan on attending this meeting to get a better understanding of the ordination process.
- On October 26th and 27th the Commission on Ministry will host the Ministry Discernment Weekend for those who have completed the Parish Ministry Discernment process. It will be held at the Redemptorist Retreat center in Oconomowoc, WI beginning Friday evening and ending Saturday afternoon. More details to follow.
- On November 10th will be the Commission on Ministry Parish Ministry Discernment Committee training. This is for Nominees, their sponsoring priests, and the Parish Ministry Discernment Committee members so understand their work in discerning God's call to the nominees. This will take place at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Sun Prairie, WI from 9:00 to Noon on Saturday Nov. 10th.
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 Youth @ Convention
For Ages 6th-12th Grade Students
Friday, October 12 & Saturday, October 13,
Friday(cost $25); Saturday ($30); Both ($45)
On Friday, come to the Marriott Madison West Hotel and Conference Center in Middleton (just outside Madison) at 5:30 PM and join us for Convention Eucharist Celebration. We will be sitting in the designated YOUTH section together. Then we will eat together at the Convention dinner. After dinner we'll carpool to St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church for our sleep over. Bring your pillow, sleeping bag, air mattress, tooth brush and toiletries, and pj's.
Saturday we will breakfast and then carpool to Grace Church, Madison to serve at the Food Pantry (10am-12pm). We will return to St. Dunstan's for lunch, fellowship and fun. Parent pick up is 2pm.
It's not too late to register!
Youth and Adult Leaders must register on-line at http://dioceseofmilwaukee.wufoo.com/forms/convention-youth-event-registration/ or at the diocesan website: www.diomil.org/youth
Call Rev. Carla McCook: 414. 272.3028 ext 116
Registration is online only! |
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Creating Legacies
Want Tools to help your Congregation build a Legacy Society?
Want Materials to Build a Program of Planned Giving in your Congregation?
What: Planned Giving Workshop
Where: Diocesan Convention, Marriott Madison West
When: Friday, 12 October 2012 at 2:00 pm
Who: Presented by Jim Murphy, Episcopal Church Foundation
Sponsored by The Trustees of Funds and Endowments
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
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 Registration for Diocesan Church Development Institute (DCDI) 2012-2013As I watched the 2012 summer Olympics there was a lot of talk about team and the importance of team in success. The women's coach on the swimming team gave each athlete a tag with one side indicating the London 2012 Olympics and on the flip side their individual event.
This is not that different from Diocesan Church Development Institute (DCDI). We train parish teams in leadership development. We are all working toward bringing people to know God through Jesus, yet we have our own individual and community ways of doing that. Our goal is to help people ask questions, look at things in new ways and to be intentional in their planning. If you would like to be a part of our next training cycle the time is now to sign up. We have 20 seats available.
This next cycle will be the Friday - Saturday format but cycle 2 will be a Saturday - Sunday format. This new format gives us the opportunity to invite people who cannot take a Friday off and lets us experience Morning Prayer not only at DCDI but also at our home parishes if we choose. We will have training opportunities this coming year on leading Morning Prayer.
- Our DCDI dates are: Cycle 1 begins on Nov. 1- 2, 2012; Feb. 8 - 9; April 12 - 13; June 7 - 8.
- Cycle 2 begins on November 16 - 17, 2013; Feb. 8 - 9; April 5 - 6; May 17 - 18, 2014.
Another new opportunity will be for all those we have graduated from Diocesan CDI to meet on Saturdays from 10 until 2 to share with one another what they been working on and to practice as well as learn new theories, methods and skills. We will meet at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison while DCDI is in session and preregistration will be required.
To register for our next Cycle:
Email Peggy Bean at bean@diomil.org with the following information: Name, contact information, who you will be attending with you or who has attended from your congregation, and in 25 words or less why you want to participate in this training and what you hope to learn.
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One more time . . . THANK YOU for forwarding this newsletter to parishioners and others who may be interested and for sending YOUR news/events / photos to info@diomil.org ! See you next week! Sincerely, Barb
Barbara Klauber
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
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