The Episcopal
                                        Diocese of San Joaquin
             56th Annual Diocesan Convention     
                             

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The Episcopal
Diocese of San Joaquin
56th Annual Diocesan Convention  
  
October 23 and 24, 2015
St. Paul's Episcopal Church  
1528 Oakdale Road
 Modesto, CA 95355   
 
 
 
GOOD NEWS!! Registration is still open but the rate is higher. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are planning to join us.

We look forward to meeting with all of you on Friday and Saturday, October 23rd and 24th.
Come to celebrate, worship, question, visit and with equal importance gather with San Joaquin Friends.

GUEST SPEAKER

 
Anne Lynn is President of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, a 25 year old organization supporting the humanitarian work of the Episcopal Church in our Holy Land.   Anne has held this position since 2008. During that time, AFEDJ has grown substantially, now raising $2 million a year to provide quality education and compassionate healthcare to those struggling in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.

Anne travels throughout the U.S. to make this work better understood and encourage pilgrimage.   She also visits the schools, hospitals and institutes for the disabled supported by AFEDJ donors to see firsthand the impact of donors' gifts. For more, click here. 
 



Join the Convention Choir!  
 This year we will be singing,  
"Spirit Sing Through Me".

We have one rehearsal on Saturday morning October 24 at 8:00 in the sanctuary. Please email me at cbshea@pacbell.net and let me know that you will be joining us so I can order parts.  

Please let me know what part you will be singing. Copy this link: http://www.jwpepper.com/Spirit%2C-Sing-Through-Me/10366447.item#.ViAQsZiFO1s 
so you can listen to the anthem and also a PDFs of the music to follow. Click here 

I look forward to making music together.

Chuck Sheaffer, 
Organist and Choir Director Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Modesto   

Ordinand Book Fund
Book Sale at Annual Convention
 
Once again there will be a book sale at our Diocesan Annual Convention to benefit the Ordinand Book Fund. We are certainly growing people in ministry for this diocese and the wider Church, however ministerial training is an expensive enterprise and many of those in training must bear all the costs themselves. The Ordinand Book Fund provides a grant of $100.00 a term to each of our postulants or candidates in training, as funds are available. Please help to build up this new and important ministry in our diocese. The Book Sale is located in the Fellowship room in the Church Offices Building.
                                                      
                                
We're looking forward to seeing all of you on  
October 23rd and 24th. 
The Information and Registration forms can be found as links in the left hand column.
  


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