November 14, 2012 



Notes from Evans House      

 

General Convention made changes regarding lay employee pension plans in 2009, with an implementation date of January 1, 2013. Vestry members and others interested may find this website helpful: 

  

Attention--Principal Clergy: Please look at the front cover of your copy of the Ordination Manual.

  • If it is dated BEFORE February 2012, you need a more up-to-date copy. Contact Lynn Robertson (540-342-6797; 800-346-7982; [email protected]).
  • If it is dated February 2012, make these changes:
    • page 19--Add "Please submit by email as a Word document" in these places
      • after "Report of the parish discernment group  . . . (Form A)
      • after "Biographical Sheet (Form C)
      • after "Financial statement (Form D)
      • after "Spiritual autobiography
      • also on page 19--Add "Please submit Form B-2 by email as a Word document" after "Letter of support . . . (Forms B-1 and B-2).
      • repeat these 5 changes on page 23
    • pages 28, 31, 33, and 35--Add at the top "Please submit by email as a Word document."
  • If you do not have a copy of the Ordination Manual, contact Lynn. 

Events

 

Safeguarding God's Children Training at St. Thomas', Abingdon 

  • Saturday, December 8, 9 am-12:30 pm
  • Contact the Rev. Hilary Camblos to register: [email protected] or (276) 451-8809

St. Mark's, Fincastle, will be hosting its annual Fincastle Community Twelfth Night Charity Concert on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at 7 pm., at Attic Productions Theater, 7490 Roanoke Road in Fincastle.

 

This year's performers will feature nationally known John McCutcheon who is one of our most respected and loved folksingers.

 

Admission is free although tickets are required due to limited seating.

 

Tickets will be available in December from Digital Image Printing, Bank of Botetourt branches and St Mark's.

 

Please direct any questions to St. Mark's 540-473-2370.

 News

Applications accepted for Episcopal Church Relations Manager (Migration Ministries) post 

 

Applications are now being accepted for a full-time position, Co-Sponsorship and Church Relations Program Manager with Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM), on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). 

 

In addition, other full-time positions previously posted are still actively accepting applications. 

 

The work of these positions reflects the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focus on the Five Marks of Mission. 

 

Most recently posted:

    • Co-Sponsorship and Church Relations Program Manager (EMM

Other previously posted full-time positions:

    • Africa Partnership Officer
    • Development Director
    • Development Research Analyst
    • Domestic Policy Analyst (based in the Washington DC office)
    • Domestic Poverty Missioner
    • Drupal Front-end Designer/Drupal Themer, Office of Communication
    • Legal Counsel, In-House
    • United Thank Offering (UTO) Coordinator 

Information on all the positions and application instructions are available here: https://www7.ultirecruit.com/EPI1003/JobBoard/listjobs.aspx. In addition, these positions may be found in the Office for Transition Ministry (OTM) Portfolio database at: www.otmportfolio.org. Access to the OTM database requires registration with the Office for Transition Ministry. 

 

For more information contact a member of the Episcopal Church Human Resources Team at [email protected].

 


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REPEATED NOTES FROM EVANS HOUSE: 

 

Open Enrollment for active clergy and lay employees opened October 31. If you did not receive a packet from Church Pension Group describing how to enroll or if you have any questions, please contact Kate Garcia at [email protected] or 1-800-DIO-SWVA.

 

Locations of the January convocation meetings (January 13, 2013) were determined at the fall meetings:

  • Abingdon Convocation-St. Thomas', Abingdon, 2:30 pm
  • Augusta Convocation-R. E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, 3 pm
  • Lynchburg Convocation-Trinity-Boonsboro, Lynchburg, 2:30 pm
  • New River Convoocation-Christ Church, Pulaski, 3 pm
  • Roanoke Convocation-St. Paul's, Salem, 2:30 pm

Our diocesan Episcopal Relief and Development Coordinator, Nick Moga, asks that parishes consider using this bulletin insert to provide an opportunity to support those badly affected by the recent megastorm.  

 

Connections and the Weekly Email Update Reminders: 

 

The purpose of the Weekly Email Update is to provide a "bridge" between issues of Connections

 

Items that appear in an Update are repeated until they either "time out" or appear in the next issue of Connections

 

Remember that the deadline for submitting items for Connections is the 15th of the preceding month. Connections generally arrives in people's mailboxes around the 1st of each month. It is also available online from www.dioswva.org around the 20th of the preceding month.

 

Please be sure to keep Lynn ([email protected]) up-to-date on any changes in delegates and alternates to Council 2013.

 

All changes must be reported in writing (email is ok) from either the principal clergy, the senior warden (for parishes without clergy), or the vestry clerk. Additions to the Certificate of Election require action by the vestry.

 

Remember that the canons require that all delegates and alternates be communicants in good standing according to the parish register.

 

We've heard that information about our parishes in the "Find a Church" section of The Episcopal Church's website is not always complete or accurate. 

 

It is frustrating for visitors to your area and for prospective members to be unable to find basic information about your parish from The Episcopal Church's website. It is especially important for correct information to be posted there if your parish does not have its own website.  

 

Each parish should appoint someone to be responsible for monitoring and updating this information. This is not a difficult job!  

 

The designated person should go to www.episcopalchurch.org, click the "Find a Church" button in the top right corner of the page, and enter the parish's ZIP code in the "Find your Church" box. Next, the person should click the parish's name (below the map) and then click "Become the Web Editor of this Page," read the information given there, complete the form, and click the "Submit" button. 

 

The Web Editor is then able to enter correct information for all to see!    

 

Hooray for the 45 parishes who have sent in their 2011 audit materials! These were due by August 31.  

 

If your parish hasn't filed this report yet and has permission to use the booklet, be sure you're using the one for the 2011 audit. It is no longer available online (having been replaced by the one for the 2012 audit, due August 31, 2013) and is NOT the one in the Diocesan Paperwork Notebook refill packet being distributed at the fall convocation meetings.    

 

If you need a copy of the correct booklet, contact Lynn Robertson at [email protected] or 540-342-6797 or 800-346-7982.  

 

These are the parishes whose audits have not yet come to Evans House:

    • Ascension, Amherst (does not have permission to use the booklet audit)
    • Trinity, Arrington
    • Christ, Big Stone Gap
    • Christ, Blacksburg (does not have permission to use the booklet audit)
    • Emmanuel, Bristol
    • St. Mark's, Clifford (does not have permission to use the booklet audit)
    • St. Andrew's, Clifton Forge (does not have permission to use the booklet audit)
    • Good Shepherd, Folly Mills
    • St. Paul's, Martinsville
    • St. Luke's, Pedlar Mills (does not have permission to use the booklet audit)
    • St. Paul's, Salem      
REPEATED EVENTS:

 

St. Paul's, Lynchburg's Holiday Bazaar

  • Saturday, November 17
  • 9 am until Noon
  • Baked goods, crafts, youth table and more

Virginia Episcopal School Overnight Open Houses for Prospective Students: 

  • Sunday, December 2 - Monday, December 3
  • Sunday, January 20 - Monday, January 21 

Go to https://www.ves.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=492 to register. Phone (434) 385-3600 for more information.

 

REPEATED NEWS: 

 

Jubilee Ministry grants applications now accepted for Episcopal Church programs and mission work 

 

Applications for 2012 Jubilee Ministry grants are now being accepted in two categories: diocesan initiatives and health and nutrition. 

 

Jubilee Ministries are congregations or agencies with connections to the Episcopal Church whose mission work affect the lives of those in need, addressing basic human needs and justice issues. Grants to Jubilee ministries are awarded annually. 

 

All application forms are available here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/2012-jubilee-ministry-grants

 

Categories, deadlines, amounts and explanation:

    • Funding diocesan initiatives: due December 1; $1,000 grants to support Jubilee Ministry development plans of the local bishop and the appointed diocesan jubilee officer (dioceses can receive one grant).
    • Health and nutrition: due December 1; $750 grants for Jubilee Ministries that respond to the nutritional needs of people living in "food deserts," defined as those communities in which residents have no easy access to fresh produce, and must rely on convenience stores or fast-food restaurants to provide their meals. 

For guidelines, additional information, and to apply for any of the grants: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/2012-jubilee-ministry-grants

 

For more information contact Angeline Cabanban, [email protected].

 

Applications now accepted for Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corps 

 

The Episcopal Church offers untold opportunities for young adults to provide service and share their expertise worldwide through the Young Adult Service Corps. 

 

Commonly known as YASC, applications for 2013-14 are now being accepted for the Young Adult Service Corps from young adults between the ages of 21-30. 

 

"YASC provides an opportunity for young adults to explore their faith in a new capacity and to live out the Baptismal Covenant by seeking and serving Christ in all persons," noted the Rev. David Copley, Mission Personnel Officer. "Applicants must have a high degree of maturity and possess a faith commitment and the willingness to be a humble guest, and the ability to be an authentic companion." 

 

The application for the 2013-14 YASC year is available online at www.episcopalchurch.org/yasc The application deadline is January 4, 2013

 

Where are the YASC

 

Current YASC members can be found throughout the Anglican Communion. They are working in administration, agriculture, development, education, and technology. They are serving in Brazil, Costa Rica, Haiti, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania. 

 

Read their thoughts and reflections on their blogs: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/young-adult-service-corps-blogs  

 

Possible placements for 2013-14 include Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, the Philippines, South Africa and Taiwan. 

 

For more information contact Katie Webb at [email protected] or (212) 716-6124.  

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