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Greetings!
eRISEN is taking eBREAK for eSUMMER. Your next issue of eRISEN will be Wednesday, August 22nd. That means that all submissions will be due by Tuesday, August 21st. Here is the summer schedule for submissions:
Tuesday, August 21st
Tuesday, September 25th
We will resume 2x per month in October.
Avert your eyes. The new issue of RISEN has hit the stands and while filled with great content., it has a few glaring errors. Namely it is not the Eastertide 2006 issue. It is the Summer 2007 issue. Sue Hunn is our very own Sue Hurn, Director of ECC. And while labled Christmastide 2007 on the inside, I am just not ready to start my holiday shopping yet. A series of edits was lost in translation. Hopefully you will be able to see beyond this and enjoy the contributions of our writers.
Peace,
Jessica Gates
Editor of RISEN and eRISEN
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The 217th Diocesan Convention will be held at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence on Friday and Saturday, October 26th and 27th. A complete list of Offices for Election including Deputies to General Convention, is available: so start thinking about who to nominate. Completed forms for Nominations and Resolutions to be considered at the 217th Convention should be returned to Diocesan House NO LATER than September 10, 2007!
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Safe Church Training Dates for Summer and Fall, 2007 are scheduled! For those who cannot attend a full-day, 6-hour workshop on Saturdays, for your convenience the training has been split for Two Tuesday Evenings or Two Thursday Evening workshops! The Saturday sessions remain a full-day workshop.
The scheduled dates are:
Tuesdays, August 14th & 21st: 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Church of the Epiphany, East Providence
Saturday, August 18th: 9:00am to 4:00pm at St. Matthew's, Jamestown
Thursdays, September 13th & 20th: 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Trinity, North Scituate
Saturday, September 22nd: 9:00am to 4:00pm at Christ Church, Lincoln
The cost is $8.00 per person which includes the cost of food/drinks. Pre-Registration a must by calling the Diocesan Registration Line:
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Diocesan Study of the Conflict in the Holy Land
James Carroll and Lincoln Chafee to speak in autumn
We are currently making final arrangements for dates and venues for talks in September and October by acclaimed author and columnist James Carroll and by our own former-Senator Lincoln Chafee. eRisen will carry the details in August.
Audio-visual and printed materials in Resource Center
To supplement the series of talks on the conflict in Israel-Palestine, books, articles, pamphlets, and DVDs are available at the
Diocesan Resource Center for borrowing by individuals and parishes. Among the many materials currently available are two books, one by Jimmy Carter entitled Palestine Peace Not Apartheid and the other by Rabbi Michael Lerner called Healing Israel/Palestine. There are also a video made for PBS by David Shipler entitled Arabs and Jews:Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land and the DVD produced by Anna Baltzer that we showed during our program on June 20, Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories and Photographs. Both video and DVD lend themselves to group screenings; and if you so desire, we can arrange for someone with knowledge of the conflict to assist in leading discussion. The collection will be expanding. We ask that you return these materials as rapidly as possible so that they may be available to others.
For questions, comments, or offers to be involved in this study, please contact Priscilla Read at priscillaread@cox.net or 401 272-4003.
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VacationBibleSchool - Learn about St. James Episcopal Church.
When: Monday, August 13-Friday, August 17, 9:00 a.m.-noon
Where: St. James, 24 Hamlet Ave., Woonsocket
Info: 401-762-2222
Children and teens ages 7-15 warmly welcome
St Matthias Annual Golf Classic
When: Monday - August 27, 2007
Where: Foster Country Club, FosterRI
Additional Info: For Benefit Of The Joey Kuras Scholarship Fund
Contact: 401.828.0366 or golf@stmatthiasri.org
Website: http://stmatthiasri.golfregistrations.com
SAVE THE DATE:
ECW of Rhode Island Retreat
October 11-13
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During Family Camp, June 1-3, participants were given the opportunity to donate to two worthy outreach organizations. We collected $110 for ERD (Episcopal Relief and Development) and $90 to the Southside Community Land Trust in Providence.
Many thanks to the Rev. Dn. Gail Wheelock for organizing this opportunity.
Thanks also to Mike Guastini and Brian Cerullo for planning and directing Family Camp '07.
Campus Ministry
Are you a going off to college in the fall? Do you know someone who might be interested in Episcopal Campus ministry at their university or college?
If so, please email the contact information, and name of school to be attended, to the Rev. Greg Lisby (glisby@stmartinsprov.org) of the diocesan Campus Ministry commission. We would like to pass the information on to the campus ministry of that school. |
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The gifts of sunlight, warmth and cool refreshing breezes are given in summertime in New England. Thank You, God.
We intentionally slow a bit and have the opportunity for reflection as individuals, and as communities of faith.
We seek to know, love ,serve and be formed into Christ in every state and stage of our lives. Children seek, Teenagers and Young Adults Seek, and Older Adults Seek.
Life in the Community of Faith give us a grace filled opportunity. We are gathered together in celebration and worship and for education and ministry.
Mary Ann will be available throughout the summer to work with individual parish leaders in Christian Formation or with parish teams for review and planning for the coming year.
Individuals or teams are welcome to meet with Mary Ann, in the ResourceCenter or schedule a Sunday or weekday or eve. visit and meet in your parish.
Call 274-4500x247 or email maryann@episcopalri.org
Also, The Aquidneck Deanery has planned a date for Advent Resources on the Road in late September. Plan one for your Deanery too.
Mark your calendar: Province I Convocation on Faith, Advocacy and Public Policy Nov. 16-17 Faith, Advocacy & Public Policy: Reclaiming Our Voice for Justice, Mercy and Kindness is the topic of the Province I intergenerational convocation to take place Nov. 16-17 at the Doubletree Hotel in Westborough, Massachusetts.
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7 Students at St. Luke's East Greenwich Chosen for Select Program at Renowned St. Thomas Choir School
Seven students from the St. Cecilia Choir at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, East Greenwich, have been chosen to attend a special program at the prestigious St. Thomas Choir School in Manhattan. The School, home to the St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue boys' choir, is the only church-affiliated residential choir school in the US, and only four of such schools in the world. Founded in 1919 and nationally recognized as the most important school for boy choristers, the school has begun an intensive summer course for girls, now in its third season. Just 35 teen girls are accepted each year, based on musical skill, and on personal commitment to their own church choirs. St. Luke's choristers attending this year are Anna Basile, Madeline Jenkins, Emma Powers, Lindsay Sampson, Hope Serdakowski, Kelsey Vivian, and Juliana Walsh.
The course runs from July 29 through August 5, 2007, and will be directed by Sarah E.A. McDonald, Director of Music in Chapel Selwyn College, Cambridge, England. Choristers will have classes in music theory, sight-singing, and theology, plus 4 daily rehearsals. To balance long days of study, the school plans lighter activities such as a picnic in the park, pedicures, and a Broadway show. Music for two special liturgies at St. Thomas Church will include the Missa Brevis by Kodaly, and music by Durufle, Durand, Ireland, and Tallis, usually considered professional repertoire due to its difficulty. Evensong, Thursday August 2nd at 5PM, will feature the girls in the St. Thomas Choir School program. For Sunday Eucharist, August 5th at 11AM, the girls will sing with the men of the professional St. Thomas Church choir.
For more information contact St. Luke's at 401-884-4116, or www.stlukesegri.org.
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Parishes in Self-Study
St. Mark's, Riverside
Holy Spirit, Charlestown
Trinity, Newport
Christ Church, Westerly
St. Peter's-by-the-Sea, Narragansett
Parishes Receiving Names
Church of the Ascension, Cranston
St. Ann's by-the-Sea, Block Island
St. Michael's, Bristol
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Part-time Assistant to Handle Full Wedding Schedule: St. Peter's-by-the-Sea, Narragansett, RI.
Our historic stone church, within walking distance to the beach in beautiful Narragansett Pier, is a highly sought-after wedding destination throughout the year.
We're looking for a Episcopal Priest who would enjoy taking charge of this ministry of welcoming couples to be married at St. Peter's. The candidate must be able to work evenings and weekends while helping couples navigate the entire wedding process, from pre-marital counseling, through rehearsals, to the wedding ceremony itself. THE PRIEST MUST BE CANONICALLY RESIDENT OR LICENSED IN THE DIOCESE OF RHODE ISLAND.
The position pays $720 per wedding, with a typical schedule of around 20 weddings annually. Please send your resume to St. Peter's-by-the-Sea, 72 Central Street, Narragansett, RI 02882. For more information you may call us at 401-783-4623 or visit our website at www.stpetersbythesea.com. | |
In Closing...
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