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Greetings!
Summer must be winding down because Church activities for the fall are flooding my inbox! See all the great offerings in this issue of eRISEN. Rather than switch back to 2x per month in October - I think it will be best to do so in September. Your next issues of eRISEN will be delivered on September 12th & 26th which means that the 11th and 25th are submission deadlines.
Would you like to see book reviews in RISEN magazine? Brief descriptions and reviews of books that inspire, motivate, move or even just entertain us? What are you reading? Would you like to be a guest critic? Contact RISEN@episcopalri.org for details.
The next issue of RISEN is scheduled to come out in early October. It will focus on our upcoming Diocesan Convention and the topic of stewardship.
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 Resolutionsto be considered at the 217th Convention should be returned to Diocesan House NO LATER than September 10, 2007! Reservations for Dinner / Lunch must be made on or before October 19th!
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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:
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
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The cost is $8.00 per person which includes the cost of food/drinks. Pre-Registration a must by calling the Diocesan Registration Line at 274-4500 x111
Who should attend Safe Church Training and full details about the training as well as the Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth are both available in pdf format.
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Clergy Refresher Course in Healthy Church Practices will be held on Tuesday, November 27th from 8:30am (coffee), begin at 9:00am until 3:00pm (lunch included) at St. Paul's Church, Pawtucket. Clergy are asked to pre-register with Debbie Smith at x240
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| Stewardship Workshop offered by the Stewardship Committee of the Diocese, will be held on Saturday, September 8th from 8:30am until Noon in Synod Hall at the Cathedral of St. John, Providence. The Committee will share ideas that can help parishes with this year's stewardship program and their on-going total stewardship ministry. There is no cost or obligation for this help. To help plan for materials and refreshments, please make a reservation by calling the Diocesan Registration Line: 274-4500 ext 111. Don't miss this exciting workshop!
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| A Eucharistic Visitor Training workshop is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th, from 1:00 to 5:00pm in the Resource Center at Diocesan House. The cost is $10.00 per person. For those desiring to be a Licensed Eucharistic Visitor, applicants must submit a Declaration of Intent Form, signed by the Rector/Vicar of their parish. The 6-hour, Safe Church Training workshop is a pre-requisite for this training! Register by calling the Diocesan Registration Line: 274-4500 ext 111 on or before September 24th |
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The Commission on Ministry is seeking individuals both Lay and Ordained to become trained Discernment Team members for the upcoming Discernment Program Year. Individual participants in the training course will make a commitment of one year to be available in taking part in assisting Program individuals in the understanding and recognition of their spiritual journey. The Listening Hearts training course will be held on the evening of Friday, October 19th and the morning of Saturday, October 20th with a follow-up program on Saturday, November 17th. Trainers have worked with Suzanne Farnham in the Listening Hearts Model of Spiritual Discernment. Individuals who have previously been trained in this program are encouraged to complete the application.For further information you may use e-mail @ bevhall@cox.net or by phone 401-293-0223.
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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
St. Augustine's Church - URI - Upcoming Events
I. September 1-3, 11AM to 2PM
Burgers 'N Bulbs event, perrenials and flower bulbs, lunch, compact fluorescent light bulbs, dorm room yard sale
II. Worship & Potluck Sundays - Starting September 9th, 6PM
All are welcome!
III.September 10th, 8PM
Lyra Vocal Ensemble. Russian sacred & folk music
S. Stephen's Church - Upcoming Events
I. Sunday, September 9, Organ Recital 5:30 pm
James Busby, Organist & Choirmaster, S. Stephen's Church
with Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Works by Couperin, Bach, Elgar
Reception following
II. Sunday, September 30, 5:30 pm
Solemn Evensong & Benediction
St. Michael & All Angels
Music of Byrd & Dering
Reception following
2007 ECW Retreat about Celtic Spirit and Christian Community will be held at ECC on October 11- 13.The leader of this workshop is The Rev. Dr. john Gregory Prior, who has been the rector of St. Andrew's-by- the-Sea in Little Compton since 2002.
Celtic Spirit and Christian Community is designed as a lived introduction to Christian spirituality in the Celtic tradition. It explores insights from the Celtic tradition about how we live our lives in community and in relation to the world around us.
The retreat schedule includes introductory lectures on the Celtic spiritual tradition, quiet time for reading and prayer, long walks and conversation and an opportunity to explore ways to apply the insights to issues of how we live our lives as Christians in community.
A deposit of $50 ( non-refundable after September 30, 2007 ) to Anna Gray Prior, 100 Sakonnet Point RD., Little Compton, RI 02837. Checks should be made payable to "ECW, Diocese of RI", and the balance of $100 is due upon arrival. The retreat begins with supper on Thursday and ends after lunch on Saturday. Any questions, please call Anna Gray at 401-635-2041
Bernice Belt on the board of ECW, has been recognized as Volunteer of the Year for Meals on Wheels. Congratulations, Bernice!
SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, November 10,2007. The Annual Meeting of ECW at the Church of the Ascension in Wakefield. More info to follow
Organ Concert - Christ Church, Westerly Dr. Douglas Major, former organist and choirmaster of the Washington National Cathedral, will play an organ concert on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 4 p.m. at Christ Church, 7 Elm St. Westerly, RI. The concert will be followed by a reception and opportunity to meet the artist.
This concert will be the first event of the Arts Commission of Christ Church 2006-2007 season. Like all Arts Commission lectures and concerts, this performance is open to the general public at no charge; freewill offerings accepted. |
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. |
CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS
SEPTEMBER, 2007
6th to 8th
Godly Play Trainings (N.E. Regional Training)
All Saints Episcopal Church, BelmontMA
8th
Diocesan Stewardship Morning
9:00am to Noon
Cathedral of St. John, Providence
8th
Deacon Formation Program
8:30am
Diocesan House, Providence
13th and 20th
Safe Church Training/Healthy Church Practices
(Two Thursday Evenings)
6:00pm to 9:00pm
TrinityChurch, North Scituate
22nd
SafeChurch Training/Healthy Church Practices
(Saturday Full-Day)
9:00am to 4:00pm
ChristChurch in Lonsdale, Lincoln
22nd
Deacon Formation Program
8:30am
Diocesan House, Providence
25th
"Religious Self- Criticism and the Middle East:
A Christian Reflects"
James Carroll, Writer and Boston Globe Columnist
7:00pm St. Martin's Church, Providence
25th to 28th
Retreat: Adults Who Work With Youth
(Tuesday - Friday)
Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY
29th
Eucharistic Visitor Training
1:00pm to 5:00pm
ResourceCenter (Annex), Providence
30th
"From Mythology to History"
A Presentation by Marsha Pripstein-Posusney
4:30pm
ChristChurch Parish House, Lincoln
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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Conflict in the Holy Land
Please join us for the continuing series of talks that began in June. Organized by a committee within the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, these presentations are a follow-up to the Resolution on the Holy Land. Approved at our Annual Convention in October 2006, this called upon the Diocese to engage in a year of study of this conflict with a view to formulating policies for constructive involvement in the search for a just peace. Conceived as a coherent whole, the series will be most meaningful if you can attend all talks; however, each presentation can stand on its own.
I. "Religious Self-Criticism and the Middle East: A Christian Reflects"
A Talk By: James Carroll - Author, Playwright, Columnist Boston Globe.
When: Tuesday, September 25, at 7:00 p.m.
Where: St. Martin's Church, 50 Orchard Ave., Providence
Acclaimed author, playwright, and social and religious commentator James Carroll has an op-ed column in the Boston Globe that has run weekly since 1992. His book Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews A History, published in 2001, was a New York Times bestseller and is the basis of a 2007 documentary film directed by Oren Jacoby. A former Paulist priest, James Carroll is a regular participant in on-going Jewish-Christian-Muslim encounters. Suggested donation $10
II. "The Conflict in Israel-Palestine: From Mythology to History"
A Talk By: Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Professor of Political Science at Bryant University and Adjunct Research Professor at the Watson Institute of Brown University
When: Sunday, September 30, at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Christ Church Parish House, 1643 Lonsdale Ave., Lincoln (at the intersection of Routes 123/122)
Having grown up in a Jewish household and absorbed the enthusiasm and idealization that followed the establishment of the state of Israel, Marsha Pripstein Posusney's views changed as she studied Middle East History and became active in Third World causes. This talk combines rigorous history of the conflict with the story of her personal odyssey.
III. "American Credibility in the Middle East"
A Talk By: Lincoln Chafee, Former Senator and Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
When: Tuesday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Cathedral of St. John, 271 North Main St., Providence
Former Senator Lincoln Chafee needs no introduction in the state that he represented between 1999 and 2006. His position on the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations gave him a unique vantage point from which to observe the U.S. role in the conflict in Israel-Palestine on which this talk will focus.
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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. |
The Church Pension Group is sponsoring its third annual Episcopal Business Administration Conference (EBAC) for Parishes and Institutions on October 18-19 in New York City and November 1-2 in Orlando. The conference is a short course in "Everything you ever wanted to know about the Church Pension Group." Administrators, office managers, treasurers, and other persons charged with the financial and administrative functions of a parish or institution will find this conference beneficial. Conference information is available online at www.cpg.org/ebacparish. For additional information, contact Linda Puckett at the Church Pension Group at lpuckett@cpg.org or 800-223-6602, x6260.
MUSIC THAT MAKES COMMUNITY
Join the All Saints Company at St. Paul's Chapel in New York City for a three-day workshop on teaching and performing songs by ear. Designed for clergy and music directors, participants will study and practice techniques for introducing accessible and original music without accompaniment or printed materials. With a special focus on smaller liturgies, this is a great opportunity for those leading alternative services, or working in missions and smaller parishes.
Programs will be facilitated by Ben Allaway, Marilyn Haskel, Eric Law, and Donald Schell, who will work with both small groups and the conference as a whole to develop participants' skills and speak to the role of music ministry in smaller congregations.
Music that Makes Community will be held October 4 to 6, with programs from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. The venue is St. Paul's Chapel, 211 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, and the fee for the conference is $150. Participants are encouraged to enquire about scholarship assistance. For further information or to register, email <info@allsaintscompany.org> or visit <www.allsaintscompany.org>. |
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.
Sunday School Coordinator: Church of the Ascension, Wakefield, has an opportunity as a Sunday school coordinator for an enthusiastic person of faith who loves children and is interested in providing them with a loving, enjoyable and challenging Christian education program. Administrative and communications skills, as well as the ability to nurture and coordinate adult and youth volunteers are a must. A stipend is available. Please send a resume and statement indicating your interest in the position to: Sunday School Coordinator Search, P.O. Box 5248, Wakefield, RI 02880. | |
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