From The Rev. Suzie Ward,
St. Paul's, Visalia
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. (Luke 10:1)
So begins the Gospel lesson for Proper 9. It is also the subject of Chapter 10 in Alan Roxburgh's text Missional: Joining God in the Neighbor. In the chapter you read the "Rules for Taking the Journey." The rules are a guide about how to be present in the community where we land, listening and experimenting and becoming poets to give voice to the stories we hear.
In the book, Radical Sending by Demi Prentiss and Fletcher Lowe there is a chapter titled, "So I Send You." These authors have also chosen Luke 10. According to Prentiss and Lowe, "going" is not just about the places one goes but it is how one is to "go" to be with people. Just as Jesus had directed the 70 to go taking no baggage and staying among the people, eating what was served, these authors were echoing Jesus' words for us today.
You know, when you keep hearing the same message again and again, you begin to wonder what the Spirit is trying to tell you. We haven't figured all of it out yet but we know we are being sent.
We created a service of "Sending" to remind us. We blessed hands and feet and then everyone was "sent."Click here for service and pictures.
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 Preparing for Canonball Express |
Current Total: $6,899.95
Last week we introduced the Canonball Express and already have received a good response. It is our hope that our new Canon to the Ordinary will be in place well before diocesan convention. Therefore we need to start raising funds for a new car. For the Car-thedra appeal, your generosity and the expediency in which you gave was extraordinary. I hope we can duplicate that again for the Canonball Express. Blessings,
+David
Please send your donations to The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, memo Canonball Express,1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA 95355 Be on the lookout! Canonball Express Envelopes were mailed yesterday, Thursday July 7th to all parishes and missions.
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St. James', Sonora
Royal Flush Crapper Derby Entry
To see more pictures click here.
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57th Diocesan Annual Convention
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Radical, Welcome, and Sending
The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin
57th Annual Convention
October 28-29, 2016
ECCO
Evergreen Conference Center, Oakhurst
Guest:
The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
Canon to the Presiding Bishop
for Evangelism and Reconciliation
More information coming soon!
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For Clergy, Wardens, Treasurers
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HAVE YOU SCHEDULED YOUR AUDIT?All audits should be have been done or scheduled by now and date communicated to the Diocesan Office! Audit is not optional.
Please turn in the form included in the Annual Congregation Management Review Binder and send to the Diocesan office with confirmation of intent of audit.
Fr. Paul Colbert is available to do the required peer audit. Contact him at: pcolbert@diosanjoaquin.org
Completed Audits:
St. Matthew's, San Andreas
St. Paul's, Visalia
St. John the Baptist, Lodi
St. Nicholas, Atwater
St. Raphael, Oakhurst
St. John the Evangelist, Stockton
Holy Trinity, Madera
St. Paul's, Modesto
Scheduled Audits:
St. Michael's, Ridgecrest
St. Anne's, Stockton
St. Andrew's, Taft
St. Sherrian's, Kernville
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Announcements, Stories of the Bag, Missional Days, Five Marks of Missions articles, and special events articles can be submitted to the Diocesan Office at: emeyer@diosanjoaquin.org
All submissions are due Tuesday for the following Friday Reflection.
Submission requirements:
pictures -JPEG format
articles- word document
linked documents- PDF
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Erskine Fire at Lake Isabella: Help Needed!
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Thank you for your calls and concern for parishioners whose property was damaged by the Erskine Fire at Lake Isabella. The good news is that 2 out of the 3 homes are repairable. One needs just cleaning, the other some electrical work and clearing outbuildings that burned. The third home burned to the waterline and there is no insurance.
Please contact Fr. Bob Woods at 760-376-2455 if you can donate or have connections to the following:
Motor home or trailer or
a tiny house or house kit
Wellhead and pump motor
Financial donations to the purchase of the above.
Donations are to be mailed to:
St. Sherrian's Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1837, Kernville, CA 93238. Memo: Erskine Fire Assistance.
Thank you,
Diocesan Staff
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 Mission Focused Buildings
Go to link below to learn more!
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 Good stewardship is to understand that giving
is an integral part of our spiritual journey.
If you have yet to start your Stewardship plan, start now! Contact the Diocesan Office for the TENS password.
Stewardship is a year long program!
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The Five Marks of Mission
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The Five Marks of Mission
Click here for poster to post
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Send your donations to The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, 1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA 95355. Please write Yellow Bags in the memo line. Thank you.
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Safeguarding God's Children
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Safeguarding God's Children!
Please review your Safeguarding God's Children program in your parish. Are all volunteers working with children current with the training or have gone through the program?
Please contact Stephanie Gilmer, Diocesan Coordinator at mzgilmer@att.net.
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Southern Deanery Clergy Prison Ministry Meeting
Wednesday, July 13, 10am
Teleconference
Central Deanery Clericus
Friday, July 15, 4pm
The Episcopal Church of the Saviour, Hanford
Southern Deanery MeetingSaturday, September 17, 11:am,St. Michael's, Ridgecrest
Northern Deanery Meeting
Saturday, October 1, 10am,
St. John the Evangelist, Stockton
57th Diocesan Annual Convention
October 28-29, ECCO
Evergreen Conference Center, Oakhurst
Advent Clergy Retreat,
December 6-8,
St. Anthony, Three Rivers
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