The Episcopal Diocese of Newark
Leadership News
Key information for clergy and lay leaders from Episcopal House
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Greetings!

We know this is a busy time for everyone, so this issue of Leadership News is short and sweet.

Please note that Episcopal House will be closed this Friday, April 6 in observance of Good Friday.

Wishing you all a blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter!
We Ask Your Support for the Alleluia Fund

Each year during the Easter season, the people and congregations of our diocese join together as "flashlights of faith" to support outreach and mission by making gifts to the Alleluia Fund.  

The Alleluia Fund begins during the Alleluia season -- Easter Sunday through Pentecost Sunday. It is a time of education, celebration and offering. Gifts go directly to support outreach and mission in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark with no overhead or administrative costs.

We invite clergy and congregations to join us in raising awareness of the Alleluia Fund. Here are some ways you can help:
  • Announce the Alleluia Fund on Sundays during the Alleluia season. 
  • Download the Alleluia Fund brochure and make copies for your congregation.
  • Include a paragraph about the Alleluia Fund in Sunday bulletins, or your church newsletter or e-newsletter. Click here for some suggested text.
  • Preach. Consider connections to lectionary readings.
  • Schedule an adult forum to focus on food, shelter, education or international programs, or invite a guest preacher to speak on outreach and mission. Contact the Rev. Diane Riley for suggestions.
Click here to make a gift online or for downloadable resources.
Events to Share with Your Congregations

Film Screening: Love Free or Die
On Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m., The Oasis (along with Integrity NYC Metro, and the Hudson Pride Connections Center) will be co-hosting a screening of Macky Alston's award-winning biography of The Right Rev. Gene Robinson, Love Free or Die, at Grace Church Van Vorst in Jersey City. Find out more.

God is Calling - How will YOU Answer?
Day of Discernment

Sponsored by the Commission on Ministry, this day-long event on Saturday, April 14 is for anyone who feels a call to service -- lay or ordained -- to better understand that call, to consider different models of lay ministry, or to explain the mechanics of the discernment process and to prepare them to work more effectively with a discernment committee if they choose to follow that path. Find out more.

Youth Participation in General Convention 2012
The Diocese of Newark will take a group of high school youth who have completed grades 9-12 and adult chaperones to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, IN on July 6-10, 2012. The application deadline has been moved to Wednesday, April 18. Find out more.

High School Retreat
The annual High School Retreat for youth in grades 9-12 will be at Cross Roads Camp & Retreat Center in Port Murray, NJ May 18-20. The registration deadline is May 4. Find out more.

First Annual Multi-County Habitat Build Day
Saturday, June 16 will be the first annual diocesan multi-county build day of outreach, providing helping hands to Habitat projects in several of the counties in our diocese. Find out more.
Final Confirmation Retreat

This Friday, April 6 is the registration deadline for the final Confirmation Retreat of the year on April 20-21 at Christ Church, Pompton Lakes.

We can only accept 75 youth candidates in order to maintain the quality of the retreat experience, so please don't delay in registering your youth candidates as the spots are filled on a first come first served basis!

Adults candidates will take part in lunch and conversation with Bishop Beckwith from 12:15 to 2 p.m. on Saturday of the Confirmation Retreat.

All youth and adults MUST be registered -- walk-ins cannot be accommodated due to space and logistic requirements.

You can find everything you need for Confirmations -- registration forms, service dates, and who to contact for what -- on the Confirmation page of the diocesan website.
Application for the Service of a Deacon

A message from Archdeacon Deborah Rucki Drake:

The Archdeacons would like to remind you that those who are interested in having a Deacon assigned to your congregation or organization may submit an Application for the Service of a Deacon. Directions are included on the application. Find out more.
Clergy Conversation Schedule

Time is 10 a.m. to noon. Please bring a lunch for afterward if your schedule allows. See the full Clergy Conversations Schedule.

Tuesday, April 17:
District 3 - Conversation with Bishop Beckwith has been postponed until June 14
District 1 - Canon Jacobs - Church of the Messiah in Chester

Tuesday, April 24:
District 9 - Bishop Beckwith - St. Paul's in Englewood
District 10 - Canon Jacobs - St. Elizabeth's in Ridgewood
In This Issue
We Ask Your Support for the Alleluia Fund
Events to Share with Your Congregations
Final Confirmation Retreat
Application for the Service of a Deacon
Clergy Conversation Schedule
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