SESQUICENTENNIAL

O'ahu Celebrates!

November 9 - 11, 2012

In just a little over a week, O'ahu will celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the Episcopal Church in Hawai'i!  The public is invited to take part in the festivities beginning on Friday, November 9.  Kicking off the weekend will be the Opening Ceremonies in Tenney Theater beginning at 9:00 am, with the Keynote Address from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. 

Following the Opening Ceremony is special guest speaker and Convention Chaplain, Dr. Jenny Te Paa, from New Zealand; the O'ahu premiere of the video documentary Grace and Beauty: 150 Years of the Episcopal Church in Hawai'i; a Ministry Fair in Queen Emma Park; a performance about Queen Emma in Tenney Theater, and a Requiem Mass in the Cathedral at 3:00 pm.    

Friday also includes two private events; a fundraising luncheon with the Presiding Bishop and the Clergy and Spouse Dinner with the Presiding Bishop at Washington Place.

Saturday will be devoted to the 44th Annual Meeting of Convention that will end with A Taste of Grace and Beauty, a delectable event for clergy, convention delegates and guests, with entertainment by the 'Iolani performance band.

Presiding Bishop

On Sunday, November 11, the entire Diocese is urged to participate in the closing Festival Eucharist beginning at 9:00 am.  Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori will celebrate and preach at this service taking place in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, and the service will be live-streamed through the internet.  Congregations are encouraged to make arrangements to follow along and worship together during this very special event, and can learn more about setting up for live-streaming HERE.

Please visit the Diocesan website to view all the latest information on the Sesquicentennial celebration.  For more information or if you have any questions, e-mail Carol Arney, Event Support and coordinator of the event.

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The Vestry of the Church of the Holy Nativity, Honolulu (Aina Haina), has called the Rev. Debra Vanover as their next Rector. Vanover moves to Hawai'i with one of her daughters from the Diocese of Oregon, where for the past 10 years she has been serving as a hospital chaplain in Lebanon, OR. She has served congregations in Alaska and British Columbia and has lived and worked in New Zealand. She will move to Hawai'i in mid-December and begin the new position on January 1.

The Rev. Robert Walden has accepted a position as Interim Vicar at Grace Episcopal Church, Moloka`i. Walden is a retired priest of the Diocese, having served for 18 years as the Rector at All Saints, then serving in Okinawa, before retiring back here to Hawai'i. He has already been serving Grace Church as supply priest on some Sundays, and will move to the island in late November.

The Rev. Mary Tudela will be serving All Saints Episcopal Church, Kapa`a, Kaua`i, as regular supply priest while the church is in a search for a new Rector. Tudela is a church consultant from the Diocese of Chicago who regularly spends time on the island of Kaua`i. Her first Sunday at All Saints is November 4. 

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Cathedral Choral Evensong

 

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Diana Butler Bass at St. Clement's

Noted author, Diana Butler Bass, will speak at the Vi and Paul Loo Parish House at the Parish of St. Clement in Honolulu, on Saturday, November 24, from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Butler Bass recently released her newest book, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening.  Registration is $60 and includes a light lunch.  For more information and online registration, please go the St. Clement parish website HERE, or call the office at 955-7745.

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 Applications still accepted for Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants 

Funds earmarked for mission initiatives

There is still time for congregations, dioceses, organizations, institutions and others to apply for the Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants for the 2012-2013 grant cycle.

Anne Watkins, Executive Council member from the Diocese of Connecticut and current chair of the Constable Fund Grant Review Committee, noted that the deadline for applications is January 2013, "and that's really right around the corner."

The Constable Fund provides grants to fund mission initiatives that were not provided for within the budget of the Episcopal Church General Convention/Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS).  Specific guidelines, suggestions, application form and timetable are available HERE. 

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the latest issue of the E-Chronicle.  

AUGUST 2012 ISSUE

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Did you miss an edition of the E-News?  Listed below are the titles of some recently published announcements. To see the complete article, click on the linked issues below, or visit Archived E-News Editions on the diocesan website, and click on the desired issue.

10/18/2012:

Sesquicentennial Countdown!

Prepare/Enrich Workshop February 8, 2013

Free Vestments Available

Presiding Bishop Writes to Presidential Candidates

United Thank Offering Applications to be Available in January

ECF Webinars

10/01/2012:

Sesquicentennial Fever!

Priest-in-Charge Appointed to St. John's, Kula

Hale Haumana Campus Ministry

09/17/2012:

Sesquicentennial Events Continue

Give Thanks: A Junior & Senior High Retreat at Camp Mokuleia Deadline to register is November 2

Episcopal Student Center is Up and Running!

On Stewardship

Ministry Info Available on Diocesan Website

Reminder: Book of Common Prayer in Hawaiian available Discounted price until November 1

09/05/2012:

Sesquicentennial Celebrations Begin

Posting for Lay Positions now available on the Website

Convention Update

The Parish Paper

Bible Study: In a Bowling Alley?

Pray the Bible offered at Trinity By-the-Sea, Maui

08/22/2012:

Ernesto "Jar" Pasalo to attend Virginia Theological Seminary

General Convention 2012 Summary of Actions available

08/01/2012:

Congregational Assessment in the proposed 2013 diocesan budget Message from the Bishop

Sexual Misconduct Prevention Trainings coming up this fall

1% Support for Theological Education Message from the Bishop

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