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Help Make Summer Arts Camp in Wilkinsburg a Reality
 On May 6th, your dollar is worth more! The Neighborhood Youth Outreach Program (NYOP) is planning to expand their programming beyond the school year by offering a three week camp for the youth of Wilkinsburg. There is a huge need for affordable opportunities for youth in Wilkinsburg during the summer months when school is not in session. Due to tight funding, NYOP has been unable to offer summer programming since 2011. This year we are sure we can do it with a little help from our friends. The budget for the camp is $8,000, and any gift toward that goal will be extremely welcome.  There is a special opportunity coming up that will enable you to stretch your giving dollars. NYOP is one of the organizations that you can support at the annual Day of Giving, which falls this year on Tuesday, May 6, from 6 am until 12 midnight. The Day of Giving is a resource of the Pittsburgh Foundation. Each donation (between $25 and $1000) will receive a match.
To donate, go to the Day of Giving website, pittsburghgives.org, click on the Donate Now button, and search for Neighborhood Youth Outreach Program. Before the Day of Giving, you can also go to the same website, click on Nonprofit Search and search for Neighborhood Youth Outreach Program to find out more specific details about our ministry and the important work we think we do.  Of course, if you prefer, you can always donate by check, made out to NYOP and mailed to 600 Pitt St., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221.
NYOP was founded by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkinsburg in the mid-1990s. Its mission is to be a Christ-centered, arts-based community outreach program that empowers children, youth and their families to develop healthy relationships and lead responsible lives built on faith, hope and love. The diocese has actively supported this ministry since its founding. Some highlights of this year include: - NYOP children worked with installation artist Tobias Madison to develop a play-based video installation that was a part of the Carnegie International.
- NYOP has formed a partnership with the Neighborhood Academy to provide academic challenge to our older youth. The Neighborhood Academy is a faith-based, college preparatory independent school who mission is to break the generational cycle of poverty by preparing low-income youth for college and citizenship.
- The youth of NYOP went on a first-ever college field trip to Duquesne University, hosted by one of the NYOP volunteers, a student at Duquesne.
- The students performed at both Diocesan Convention and at Absalom Jones Day.
Everyone is invited to see our youth perform at their Spring Showcase on Friday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Stephen's.
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 Garden Grants Awarded Great things are springing up in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh! In the last few years, several groups in the Western Pennsylvania region have developed vegetable gardens to help meet the needs of urban and suburban residents who have limited access to fresh produce and healthy food supplies. Last year, our diocesan Social Justice and Outreach Committee (SJO) initiated a small grant program to help Episcopal parishes and organizations to create new vegetable gardens or to support and grow an already functioning garden. These grants, each a maximum $500, were intended to assist with small material needs such as: seed or plant purchases, fencing, bed construction, soil or fertilizer purchases, soil testing costs, hand tool purchases, water connections, and rain barrels.  Once again in 2014, the SJO is pleased to be able to award garden grants. Because of additional funds from the St. Paul's, Mt. Lebanon, Outreach Commission and private donations to supplement the SJO budget, six garden grants this year. The committee is pleased to support new garden initiatives this year at Holy Cross, Homewood; St. Stephen's, Wilkinsburg; and St. Brendan's, Franklin Park. In addition, continuing support was granted to Sheldon Calvary Camp in Conneaut, OH, Shepherd's Wellness in Bloomfield, and Spring Street Farms in Aliquippa. Last year's awards also helped start a garden at St. David's, Peters Township.  Volunteers are what make the gardens grow and prosper. If you have a green thumb, please consider volunteering at these gardens. Or, if you don't "dig" working in the soil, volunteer to package and distribute the produce. And pray for just enough rain, no bad bugs, and lots of luscious and healthy vegetables.
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Friday, May 16, 2014
8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Christ Church at Grove Farm
249 Duff Road, Sewickley, PA
Description
A conference for clergy and laity to learn about pastoral care issues including:
addiction and recovery, mental health and wellness, family and marriage,
community outreach and other timely topics to connect the church with social services.
Partners in Healing Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry
Christian Associates of Southwest PADuquesne University
Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
The Oasis Recovery Center and CLEAR
Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute
Samaritan Counseling Center
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
Master of Ceremonies
Sally Wiggin
WTAE-TV News
Keynote Speaker
The Rt. Rev. Dorsey W. M. McConnell, D.D.
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
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The Finance Committee of the Episcopal Church Women of the Episcopal DIocese of Pittsburgh recommends the following disbursements of income from the Bailey, Fleming, Hartley, Kendig and Phillips Funds for the spring of 2014:
TOTAL: $12,284.64
| DIOCESE: $4,350.00 | | | Bishop Discretionary Fund |
$1,000.00
| | Sheldon Calvary Camp Scholarship Fund |
$1,000.00
| | St. Thomas, Oakmont; Youth Ministry |
$1,000.00
| | St. David's, Peters; Youth Ministry & Boaz Fields Garden |
$750.00
| | United Thank Offering (UTO) Ingathering |
$600.00
| | | | | HOME MISSIONS: $6,100.00 | | | Coal Country Hangout Youth Center, Cambria County |
$500.00
| | Homeless Children's Education Fund |
$1,500.00
| | Angels' Place |
$1,100.00
| | Spring Grass Book'em (Books to Prisoners) |
$500.00
| | Shepherd Wellness Community |
$1,500.00
| | Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute |
$1,000.00
| | | | | NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: $1,834.64 | | | Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) |
$334.64
| | St. Paul and Rose Orphanage-Buwala District, Uganda |
$1,000.00
| | Society for the Increase of the Ministry (SIM) |
$500.00
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-Submitted by the Finance Committee:
Betty Duckstein, President, ECW
Debbie Wiles, Treasurer, ECW
Josie Harmon, St. Paul's, Mt. Lebanon
Dee McGough, Calvary, East Liberty
Jan Stevenson, Christ Church, North Hills
Betsy Hetzler, Nativity, Crafton
Mary Sweeney, Chairman, Finance Committee
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 Children's Ministry Team Survey
Dear Clergy, Parish Leadership, Children's Ministry Leaders and Volunteers, In order to better serve the needs of Children's Ministry throughout our Diocese, the Children's Ministry Team is asking all interested parties to participate in a short survey. Please submit your survey before Saturday, May 17. With Blessings and Kind Regards, The Children's Ministry Team |
The Wardens, Vestry and Congregation
of
The Episcopal
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
cordially invite you to attend
THE CELEBRATION OF A NEW MINISTRY
at which
The Right Reverend Dorsey W. M. McConnell
Bishop of Pittsburgh
will institute
The Reverend Michael B. Foley
as the Eighth Rector of
The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
in the City of Pittsburgh
Saturday, the seventeenth of May, two thousand and fourteen
at ten-thirty in the morning
The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
5700 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217
(412) 422-7100
Your prayers and presence are requested
RECEPTION FOLLOWS
Clergy: choir dress with red stoles
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Dear Friends in Christ,
As you may know, Betsy and I have been active in mission for many years with Pilgrim Africa, an indigenous, non-denominational Christian relief and development organization bringing the mercy and hope of the Gospel to the people of Northeastern Uganda through education, agricultural development and public health initiatives. I blogged a great deal about Pilgrim's mission and ministry during my trip last year; to find out more, please click here.
Betsy and I are returning to Uganda from July 18th to August 4th. We will be teaming up with old friends from New York who will be leading a seminar in trauma therapy in Kampala, but we will be spending most of our time in and around Soroti, the capital of the Teso region. We usually tailor our activities to match the gifts and interests of the team who go with us.
That is where you come in!
 Please think and pray about whether you have a call from the Lord to this mission field. We are particularly interested in addiction specialists, teachers, nurses and physicians (general surgery, OB/GYN, pediatrics, hygiene education, etc.), but have taken dozens of people with a bewildering variety of gifts: actors, writers, EMT's, gardeners and horticulturists, business consultants, accountants, evangelists, and folks with gifts of prayer. Please don't think you have nothing to offer.
 The cost will be about $1,500 per person in addition to airfare. Some scholarship aid is available. In the past we have taken children as young as ten, though twelve is a preferred minimum age.
If you are interested, or would like more information please contact me as soon as possible through my diocesan email, dmcconnell@episcopalpgh.org.
Blessings, 
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 Help Define Qualities and Skills
The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of a Presiding Bishop is asking for input on the qualities and skills that will be important in our next Presiding Bishop. Let your voices be heard! Click here to participate in the survey. |
Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS) Seeks Summer Intern
The Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS), Ambridge, PA, is seeking a Summer Intern for the home office. The Summer Intern will produce a contingency plan for responding to internal and external crises in accordance with existing auditing standards, document financial operations procedures, and undertake special projects oriented around the intern's skills and the ministry's needs. The intern will also participate in home office conferences and other functions. Applicants will preferably have completed successfully some accounting and/or business administration coursework as well as possess past experience in an office setting. The position will be non-exempt, temporary, full-time (40 hours per week), and compensated at the current federal minimum wage rate. The internship will start in May and run approximately eight weeks.
SAMS' purpose is to recruit, send and support Anglican missionaries to be witnesses and make disciples for Jesus Christ in fellowship with the Anglican Church globally. SAMS' missionaries share the Gospel, establish churches, train national church leaders, and minister through medical clinics, social ministries and schools. SAMS' staff members are committed to Jesus Christ and to the values, mission, and vision of the Society.
Contact SAMS Office Manager Nita Dempsey at NitaDempsey@sams-usa.org to obtain application. For more information on this position visit the SAMS website at http://samsusa.org/content/summer-intern
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Bishop McConnell Visitation Schedule:
May 4: St. Paul's, Mt. Lebanon
May 11: St. Peter's, Brentwood
May 18: St. Andrew's, Highland Park
June 1: St. Stephen's, Wilkinsburg
Diocesan Clergy Gatherings: Tuesday, May 6, 10 a.m. at Panera Bread in Wilkins Township or Tuesday May 13, 11:30 a.m. at Panera Bread in Oakmont. Please RSVP to Judi Rogers at jrogers@episcopalpgh.org
Save the Date: The Clergy Conference will be held at Antiochian Village October 8-10, 2014. The Clergy Association is in the midst of solidifying a speaker and a schedule. Details will be released as soon as they are available.
Job Opening: Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, PA, is seeking a part-time (29 hr/wk) Development Assistant responsible for event and travel planning and arrangement, support of TSM alumni program, and administrative and clerical support for the Development Department. Details are available by clicking here.
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Participants meet at the Spring 2014 Anti-Racism Workshop on Saturday, April 26 at
St. Martin's in Monroeville.
Members of the diocesan Episcopal Church Women gathered at St. Paul's Mt. Lebanon
for the UTO Ingathering on April 26, 2014.
The diocesan Youth Initiative sponsored an overnight lock-in at St. Paul's, Mt Lebanon on
Friday, April 4, 2014.
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All submissions to the Grace Happens newsletter and diocesan web site are welcome and should be sent to info@episcopalpgh.org. Please be sure to include your contact information with any submission.
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