6/7-8 - Clergy Overnight

 

6/8 - Chicken & Ribs Barbecue @ Holy Communion, Lakeview

 

6/9 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

6/13 - Chiavetta's Delicious Downtown  BBQ for Lunch or Dinner @ Trinity, Bflo. 

 

6/13 - Diocesan Council

 

6/15 - Safe Church Training @ St. Paul's Cathedral

 

6/15 - Krolick's Chicken Dinner @ Advent, Kenmore

 

6/16 -  Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

6/16 - Pet Food Pantry @ Grace, Lockport

 

6/16 - Youth Commission @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

6/19 - Holy Eucharist @ Diocesan Center

 

6/19 - Commission on Ministry

 

6/20 - Standing Committee

 

6/20 - Clergy Book Group

 

6/21 - Chiavetta's Chicken Barbecue @ St. Philip's for UBE

 

6/23 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

 

6/23 - 6/29 - Senior High Youth Conference

 

6/29 - Good Grief Support Group @ Calvary, Williamsville

 

6/30 - Free bread and baked goods @ St. Patrick's, Cheektowaga

  

  

    

  

• St. Paul's Lewiston

Friday, June 7

• Preside at Eucharist at the Cathedral

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This Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9, the McClurg Museum, in Westfield, will hold their annual Civil War weekend. Two of the events will take place at St. Peter's Church.

On Saturday the 8 at from 2:00 to 3:00, in Bailey Hall, there will be a reading of original letters sent home to families in Westfield from soldiers fighting in the war.

On Sunday at 10 am the Eucharist will be conducted from the 1853 Book of Common Prayer as it would have been during the Civil War and as it was when William Seward (Secretary of State to President Lincoln) was baptized at St. Peter's.

If you think the church and its services have not changed before, experience this service!

Note: Costumes are optional but welcomed.

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In the News... 

             

The Oleans Hub ran this story about St. Paul's Cathedral and the relationship with Medina: www.orleanshub.com/news/  

 

Read all about Twenty Years of Lunches at St. Peter', Westfield.  

 

The traditional Convention Packets have been mailed. However, it is important to note that our diocese is joining the overwhelming number of dioceses across the church that conduct Convention Registration online.

Clergy, lay delegates and alternates, as well as visitors may use this portal to secure their Convention Registration.

If you are a parish administrator who is simply registering your church's clergy and delegates, be sure to select the "Not Attending Convention" option under fees.

Please note that online registration does not supplant submission of the Lay Member Certificate required by church canons.

Electronic files of this certificate and all other Convention materials currently available may be downloaded from

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Casting Call for

 

Do you have a personal commitment to mission and outreach? An understanding of fundraising, or a willingness to learn? Are you a creative person, and dedicated towards carrying out a task?

 

Then run for the Episcopal Partnership for Mission & Outreach Board. The goals of the Partnership are to  

• Educate people about mission
• Communicate stories of mission and outreach to the greater community
• Create connections between our Diocese and local social justice programs
• Assist congregations in launching and sustaining their outreach programs

 Meetings take place on the first Tuesdays of most months at 6:30 pm.

Download a Nomination Form today from http://episcopalwny.org/diocesan-convention. The deadline for nominations is July 1st.

 

Pray about this. God may be calling YOU to ACT on Mission & Outreach.

 

Peace and Blessings,

The Nominations Committee

We need WALKERS (bike riders, wheel chairs, walkers, strollers). Calvary, Williamsville is the 2013 co-sponsor of Walk Off Hunger to be held on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The event benefits the Food Bank of WNY, and the more walkers we have, the more money we make for the Food Bank.

So this is a call to all churches. Get involved! Let's take steps together to fight hunger in our community. Let's see which church can have the most walkers or monetary donations.

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Exploring stewardship as a response of faithfulness will be the major focus of the 2013 Conference of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on July 12 and 13 at the Episcopal Commons of Utah in Salt Lake City, Diocese of Utah.

 

The conference, centering on the theme Flourish in Faith, is designed to offer congregational and diocesan stewardship teams the theological, scriptural and practical aspects of stewardship information and annual giving.

 

This year, the opening worship, three plenary addresses, and four workshops will be broadcast to the wider church through a webcast registration fee. We envision people gathering in parish halls and parishioner's homes to explore, engage and enrich their own stewardship journey and the stewardship practices of their congregations-from Portland, Oregon to Portland Maine and everywhere in between. 

 

To learn more go to: http://www.tens.org/2013-conference

Deadline for early bird registration is June 6.

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Prayer intentions made at Diocesan Convention that we ask all to add to their personal prayers this week are: 

• For health
• For new marriages and relationships
• For my family
• For the healing of Rosa
• For health following surgery