Reminders for Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Web Events through
The Episcopal Church Foundation
The following are free webinars. Please click on the link to learn more about each event.
September 10: Stewardship for the New Millennium- explore the theology of Christian stewardship, understand how to define the mission and vision of your church, develop a financial ministry plan, teach you tools to communicate often and openly with the entire congregation, and how to ask - and thank - more effectively
September 17: Best Practices for Vestry Leadership- explores common challenges for vestries of Episcopal congregations and offers basic practices for leading vestries effectively.
September 18: Flourishing in Faith: Celebrating the Harvest!- This webinar will be based on the Flourish In Faith narrative stewardship series produced by The Episcopal Network for Stewardship.
September 19: Las Campa�as Anuales de Mayordom��a- En este webinar se discutir�n las formas m�s efectivas para prepararse, contar su historia, motivar la membres�a, y desarrollar campa�as exitosas.
September 24: Picturing the Future: Vision and Planning- This web conference focuses on the basic principles of a vision and planning process. |
Partners in Health and Wholeness (PHW) is co-sponsoring a Healthy Communities, Healthy Churches Summit on Saturday, September 7 from 10:00am-3:00pm in New Bern at Christ Episcopal Ministry Center, 311 Middle Street. The Summit will provide information on local health initiatives, funding opportunities for faith-based organizations, as well as information on the upcoming Affordable Care Act.
Lunch will also be provided. Please RSVP today by contacting Pastor Dawn Baldwin Gibson at 252-671-1006 or Chaplain Martha Brown at 252-481-5679.
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Holy Cross, Wilmington seeks Part-Time Music Director
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Important Links:
Find campus ministry at any college in NC.
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Reminder:
September 8, 2013 is Campus Ministry Sunday.
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The Standing Committee of East Carolina is pleased to announce that the Diocesan Profile has been posted to the Episcopal Transition webpage. The Search Committee will be accepting applications for those asking to enter into the discernment process through September 27th, 2013.
If you are beginning to hear God's call into a period of discernment regarding the VIIIth Bishop of East Carolina, we are grateful for your willingness to open yourself up to this vocation. We invite you to read and spend time with the Diocesan Profile, located under the tab on the Search and Transitions webpage. If you would like to formally place yourself into consideration the application forms are found on the "Application" tab. We also invite you to join in prayer with us as we continue moving forward in this journey towards God's hope for his people in this part of the world.
The bishop diocesan election is scheduled to take place on May 17th, 2014 at Christ Church, New Bern and the ordination and consecration of the new bishop is planned for November 8th, 2014.
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Holy Spirit, guide our discernment as we seek the next bishop for our diocese. Be with us as we gather and discuss our life together. Help us remember, celebrate, and dream. Nurture in us the vision you have for our future. Through Jesus Christ, the Great Shepherd of the Sheep. Amen.
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Baptismal Font to New Home
Mr. Jim Warren, a parishioner at St. John's, Wilmington, is looking for a new home for a baptismal font that was hand made by his father and consecrated by Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Diocese of NC for the congregation of The Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Apex and transitioned to
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal in Apex. Since the closing of St. Elizabeth's a year or more ago, the font has been in storage. It was designed after the font at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cary. The basin is removable for washing and the body is oak. The body is approximately 30" x 30" square and 35" tall.
It is Mr. Warren's hope that this font finds a new church home where it can continue to serve and be used often for the holy sacrament of baptism.
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