Beirne Carter Education Grant applications for the education of clergy children are due by March 31. Go
here for complete information.
Note the change in the time for the Abingdon Convocation's spring meeting posted in the list on the right.
St. John's, Roanoke, invites you to a performance by the Virginia Glee Club with the Oriana Singers on March 14 at 6 pm.
The Mary & Martha Chapter of the Daughters of the King at St. John's, Bedford, invites you to a Lenten Quiet Day on Saturday, March 15. Complete information is
here.
St. Paul's, Lynchburg, invites you to their Celtic Evensong service:
Trinity Ecumenical Parish, Moneta, invites you their choir's performance of Jesus, Son of Our Father, on Saturday, April 12 at 3 pm. Download the flyer for this event here.
Upcoming Conferences at Kanuga
The largest event of its kind in the Episcopal Church, Kanuga's
Christian Formation Conference is four days of learning, fellowship, refreshment and renewal. This year's keynoter is Dr. Walter Brueggemann, noted Biblical scholar and author of over 100 books and articles. To supplement his addresses, there will be a wide array of workshops providing practical resources for the home and parish. To learn more and register, go
here.
The
Lansing Lee Conference: This three-day conference, themed "Experiencing Eternity", will explore ways God reaches across time and space to meet us and how this connections shapes and transforms our lives. Celebrate the transcendent power of God's love with powerful story, great worship, and creative experiences in the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. To learn more and register, go
here.
Answers to questions that are already coming in concerning the Good Friday Offering are here.
The Presiding Bishop's Lent message is available here. The video is downloadable here.
The Task Force for Re-Imagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) has released the second of its Study Papers.
Focusing on reforms to church-wide governance and administration, the Study Paper is available here.
The first Study Paper was released February 6 and is available here.
TREC members previously noted: We ask you to respond in whatever way feels comfortable and constructive for you: email a TREC member privately, email TREC through our common address ([email protected]), respond publicly by posting on our website, use your name or a pseudonym, write papers we can use and incorporate, or make comments on specific points.
Episcopal Church grants available for campus ministries
Applications are now being accepted for grant proposals from dioceses, parishes or community college/college/university campuses for new as well as current campus ministries in higher education institutions in the Episcopal Church. Go here for complete information.
Episcopal Appalachian Ministries Grants
The spring small grants deadline is approaching fast! Go here for complete information.
The Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage wants videos from Episcopalians throughout the church.
The videos should focus on the topic: Give us your first name and tell a one-minute story about your relationship or one you know well in which you have seen the image of God.
"We invite Episcopalians to prepare, produce and submit a one-minute video sharing their thoughts and feelings that we can use in our reporting," commented Task Force member the Rev. Canon W. (Will) H. Mebane, Jr., Diocese of Ohio. "The videos don't need to be professionally recorded-feel free to use a Smartphone or flip cam."
The videos should be sent to [email protected].
These videos will be used as part of upcoming presentations and reports to the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies.
A statement from the United Thank Offering Board
The members of the board of the United Thank Offering have issued the following statement:
Please join the United Thank Offering Board in giving thanks to God for the collaborative work between the Board, staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society and members of Executive Council, the result of which is the creation of organizational documents that clarify and implement the work of the Board, grow the ministry of the United Thank Offering, and facilitate the relationship between the Board and Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS).
Read the complete statement here.
New Opportunities Grants: Proposals invited for Native American program assistance
The Episcopal Church Office of Indigenous Ministries and the Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministries invites Episcopal communities with Native American initiatives to submit proposals for the New Opportunities Grants, which provides funding for programs in 2014.
"The New Opportunities Grant was a project established to assist native people throughout the Episcopal Church to develop new and innovative approaches to their ministry," explained Sarah Eagle Heart, Episcopal Church Program Officer for Indigenous Ministries.
Grant guidelines, requirements, forms, further information and application instructions are located
here.
Lee Vaughn Children's Fund
The sudden death of Lee Vaughn, age 51, a long-time member of Emmanuel, Bristol, who served recently as Senior Warden there has prompted the parish to establish a fund for his three children (Charlotte, age 14; Sarah, age 14; and Reilly, age 12) for their college education and possibly their future major medical expenses. The fund will be managed by Doyle T. Liske, CPA, Lee's father-in-law.
Deposits may be made at any Wells Fargo branch, or mailed to
Donna Clark
Wells Fargo Bank
601 State Street
Bristol, VA 24201
Lee Vaughn Children's Fund
Account #5385462725