Diocesan Episcopal Church Women's Spiritual Retreat With Author Ann Hood
When: October 2nd & 3rd 2009
Where: Canonicus Conference Center - Exeter RI
Description: This two-day overnight retreat for women is features Ann Marie Hood, the nationally acclaimed author of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine, The Properties of Water, Waiting to Vanish, and The Knitting Circle. She has won a "Best American Spiritual Writing Award" as well as many other accolades as a storyteller. Canonicus is set on over 300 acres of meadow and woodland with a picturesque lake in the center. Accommodations are limited so early registration is recommended. The cost of the overnight retreat with three meals is $120. Registration requires a $35 deposit (scholarships are available) and registration must be completed by September 8th, 2009.
Contact: Elaine DaRosa 401-295-5758 BigE824@hotmail.com 

 

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Celebrate 60 Years of Camping
When: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Where: Episcopal Conference Center 872 Reservoir Road Pascoag, RI 02859
Description: This is a family event, come one and all to celebrate 60 years of touching lives through camp!
Contact: Sue Hurn 401.568-4055 director@eccri.orgwww.eccri.org

 

   

 

 

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Episcopal Divinity School
99 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: 617-682-1590
Email: jsmith@eds.edu
www.eds.edu   

 

 

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WHEN: May 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17, at 7:30 p.m.  WHERE: Honyman Hall, on the campus of Trinity Church, Newport

 

  
We greatly appreciate our volunteers and donors for their continued dedication to the Episcopal Charities Mission of  "People Helping People".  Our pledges now total $235,200.  This is 47% of our $500.000 goal.  If you have not made your donation, you can contact your parish chairperson or the Episcopal Charities Office at 275 North Main Street, Providence, RI  02903, 274-4500, ext. 234 for Peggy and 233 for Jack. 

 

Every gift means that our Rhode Island neighbors are getting the help they need.

 
Your Episcopal Charities Dollars at Work
 
The mission of theEast Bay Coalition for the Homeless (EBCH) is to house homeless East Bay families with children and provide them with the support, skills and resources needed to become self-reliant.  Since 1989, EBCH has been the only program in the East Bay providing supportive housing by operating twelve apartment units in East Providence, Warren and Bristol.
 
The number of homeless families continues to increase in Rhode Island due to the serious lack of affordable housing.  The linkage between emergency shelter and the community-based and governmental services and resources that are often fragmented, may be difficult to access or simply not available to homeless families trying to attain stability and independence in permanent housing.  This program facilitates the move into permanent housing and then engages the newly housed family in progressive set of individualized case management activities and interventions as they move toward improved social and economic well being.
 
With a case manger, needs are assessed and each family then devises a plan of action, which may include job training, continuing education, counseling, substance abuse prevention, parenting classes, child care or other supportive services as needed.  Re-establishing good credit and learning how to manage a budget are among the goals set for each family.
 
For more information, please contact:  Diane Smith, Director, 100 Bullocks Point Avenue, Riverside, RI, 02915.