 Church-wide Feedback Requested on 2013-15 Budget
The Episcopal Church Joint Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (PB&F) has established a blog for comments on the draft budget approved by Executive Council in January at http://jscpbf.blogspot.com.
"PB&F offers this blog as a place for the Church to comment on the Executive Council draft budget," explained Diane Pollard, PB&F chair. "Concurrently, the purpose of the blog is also to give PB&F an additional way to hear the comments on the Draft Budget."
Pollard, a deputy from the Diocese of New York, stressed that the blog is open to all: bishops, deputies, alternates, clergy and lay people.
The blog was launched on Thursday, March 8 and will be monitored by PB&F members. Download the proposed budget.
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Social Media and Web Publishing for Parishes
Saturday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Colin Chapman and Joseph Mathews from General Seminary's Digital Formation and the Rev. Canon Shawn Duncan will present a workshop for parishes on why social media matters, tools for online collaboration and dynamic web publishing. Learn about Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, Google Docs and content management! Fee for Social Media & Web Publishing workshop is $20.00 to cover lunch and materials. Class is limited to 30 participants. To register, download a registration form from www.mercerschool.org and mail to Mercer School with payment. Questions? Contact: merceroffice@dioceseli.org or 516.248.4800 Ext. 40. |
Report on Blessing Same-Gender Relationships
The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) of the Episcopal Church has forwarded to the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies excerpts from its report, "I Will Bless You, and You Will Be a Blessing": Resources for Blessing Same-Gender Relationships.
The report, nearly three years in the making, was prepared by the SCLM in compliance 2009-C056, "Liturgies for Blessings," a resolution approved by the General Convention (GC) of the Episcopal Church in 2009 which directed the SCLM to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources for the blessing of same-gender relationships through an open process. Read more... |
