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Celebrate the Easter Vigil with the Episcopal Churches of Waukesha County
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 Ridiculously Awesome Acolyte Festival April 5th at Grace Church, Madison
We hope you are as excited as we are for the Ridiculously Awesome Acolyte Festival, happening this Sunday, April 5th! We welcome our bishop, The Rt. Rev. Steven Andrew Miller, celebrant; The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Grieser, Rector of Grace Church, Madison; The Rev. Tom Warren from the Diocese of East Carolina, our presenter; and Mr. Bryce Boddie from Diocese of West Texas, our guest musician.
Here are some important things you need to know for April 5th:
- Parking will be available at the Overture Center Parking Garage, 318 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703. Grace Church will give all drivers 2 parking vouchers for the full day. Please be sure to pick up your vouchers at the registration table.
- Registration begins at 9:30am at Grace Church, 116 W. Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703.
- All participants are invited and encouraged to bring your acolyte vestments to wear for our closing Eucharist. We will have a mass procession into Holy Eucharist. Be sure all vestments have a name or parish name and city labeled inside.
- Each parish represented is asked to send their processional Cross (with base), church banner (with base), and/or parish kites/streamers to be used in the opening procession for the Holy Eucharist. Be sure Cross, banners, base stands, and kites/streamers are labeled with name of parish and city.
- If you have not already sent in your payment you may pay at registration table when you arrive or you may mail your check to Diocese of Milwaukee, 804 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202. Make all checks payable to Diocese of Milwaukee, Memo: Acolyte Festival, or if paying with cash, please have exact amount.
If you have any questions prior to April 5th, email Rev. Carla McCook, mccook@diomil.org.
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Jazz for Good concert at St. Dunstan's on May 24 benefits Diocese of Newala's nurses training program
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Staff Needed For Camp Webb 2014: "Feed My Sheep"
 Staff Needed For Camp Webb 2014: "Feed My Sheep"
Camp Webb brings together kids ages 8 -18 for a week of fun and formation, en- countering Christ by living and learning in God's creation. At Camp, we worship and grow together in faith, and have fun on the camp's lake, archery range, rock wall, and ropes course. This year's theme will teach campers about poverty and hunger and send them back to their communities inspired to take action.
We're looking for energetic, creative high-school graduates who love kids and are comfortable taking on a leadership role to join our staff. Staff will be compensated for their two-week commitment, which includes one week of training and team building as a staff.
Camp Dates Staff Week: June 15-21 Camp Week: June 22-27
To apply, complete the Staff Application and Reference Form, which can be found at: http://www.diomil.org/forming-disciples/camp-webb/
Applications are due April 15. |
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Northshore Faith Communities sponsor play to raise awareness of mental health issues/suicide
 Join Northshore Churches in Raising Awareness of Mental Health and Suicide. Christ Church, St. Christopher's, and 8 other Northshore faith communities are co-sponsoring a play called Pieces: In My Own Voice. This play is a series of monologues performed from the perspective of people with mental illnesses. It examines the issue of stigma as well as hope for recovery. This event is appropriate for youth middle school and older as well as adults. Please consider attending and spreading the word. Thursday, April 24th 7pm at Whitefish Bay High School (1200 East Fairmount Avenue, Whitefish Bay, WI). Free to the public. |
 Taking The Cross Into The World: A Good Friday Pilgrimage
On Good Friday morning, the Church will leave the building. Echoing the very public execution of Jesus, several Milwaukee and Madison area Episcopal parishes will participate in bringing the Stations of the Cross into the city streets.
The Milwaukee pilgrimage will begin at All Saints Episcopal Cathedral at 9 a.m. April 18th, where a wooden cross will be carried to eight stations that represent places of power, desolation and comfort. At each station, a nail will be driven into the cross, a piece of the Good Friday Scripture read, and a prayer or hymn offered. Participants and passer-bys will then be invited to write a short prayer and place it on the cross. The walk is approximately 3.5 miles. Anyone may participate and anyone may join or leave the journey at any of the stations. Our pilgrimage will end at St. James Episcopal Church on Wisconsin Avenue sometime between 11 and 11:30 a.m. A bus will be available to take participants back to the All Saints Cathedral.
The Stations of the Cross in Downtown Madison, will be held on Friday, April 11th at 12pm. As we walk the fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross, we will reflect together on how we can trace those events in the geography of Madison today - our issues, stories and struggles. We will start on the sidewalk near the Federal Courthouse, across from the Overture Center, and end in the garden at Grace Church on the square. The total walk will be about 1.2 miles. All are welcome.
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Altar Guild Adventure -- Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Forward to Madison! Sites visited will include:
- Luther Memorial
- Grace Episcopal,
- Assumption Greek Orthodox
- Deer Park Buddhist Center
- First Unitarian
Lunch and the bus are included in the registration. Lunch choices: BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich,
Asparagus stuffed ravioli, Pecan crusted chicken/spinach salad,
Gluten-free available. Dessert/Beverage included.
See poster for details / registration.
Participants will leave from the Sears parking lot, Brookfield, in the luxury bus at 8 am - OR - meet the bus at St. Dunstan's, Madison, at 9:15 am.
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The Rev. Canon
Fred Himmerich
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Rev. Fred Himmerich's condition improving - moved to rehab unit
Sometime in the early hours of Thursday, March 27, the Rev. Canon Fred Himmerich (retired), a longtime priest of this diocese, suffered a stroke in his apartment at St. John's on the Lake. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, where it was discovered that he had suffered a stroke.In the past week, Fr. Himmerich has improved enough to be transferred to
Sacred Heart, the rehabilitation unit at St. Mary's Hospital where he is happy to receive visits after 5pm when he has completed his physical / occupational therapy. Plans call for another week or two of therapy before he returns to his apartment at St. Johns on the Lake. Please continue to hold Fr. Himmerich in your prayers!
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See Monstrance at the Rampage Against HomelessnessSee Monstrance LIVE in concert on April 29 at 5:30 pm at UW Madison Union South, 1308 W. Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin!! This concert will benefit Porchlight Ministries. More information is available here.
Get a printable pdf of this poster HERE.
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Please donate Used Books to St. Mary's, Dousman!
 St. Mary's, Dousman's 2014 Used Book Sale will take place June 4-7. The parish is now collecting used books, DVD's, and CD's. For information on donating or to arrange for pick-up service, please call: (262) 965-3924 or (262) 470-8750
(262) 965-4104 or (262) 490-0715
Books not sold at St. Mary's book sale are passed on to All Saints' Cathedral for their sale later in the summer. Remember, donations are tax deductible! |
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Walking the Way: 2014 Stewardship Conference sponsored by The Episcopal Network for Stewardship
 Are you ready to take the next step in stewardship?
The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) Stewardship Conference is June 6-7 at Emory University, Atlanta, and registrations are now open. Individuals, groups, or congregations can also register for the webcast, to view the conference live or throughout the month of June.
For more information or to register, visit their site:
http://www.tens.org/2014-conference/
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 Holy Living: A Diocesan Lenten Study
by The Rev. Carla McCook, Bishop's Assistant for Christian Formation
As Bishop Miller wrote in his Lenten Meditation, the season of Lent is a time for the faithful to take on a spiritual discipline rather than a season of giving something up. In our new Holy Living video series we invite folks to go deeper in spiritual disciplines. Each Sunday we'll post a new video introducing a new spiritual discipline, and invite you to put them into practice and try them out for the following week. Some of these practices may be new to you, while others may be long-practiced disciplines. Below each video, you'll see a link to the In-Formation blog, where you can participate by asking questions or commenting and encouraging others during this season of Holy Living. Tell us if you try these spiritual practices, and let us know how they enrich your Lenten journey! We hope that this Lenten study will support each of us as we practice Holy Living, to grow deeper in our relationship with our Lord. Access videos and accompanying information HERE.
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Julian Gathering in Madison on April 9th
Wednesday, April 9
7:15 - 9:00 PM
St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
6205 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
The Madison-Area Julian Gathering will begin meeting again after our winter break. Please come, and bring Spring with you! For information, call or email Susan Fiore, ObJN at (608) 845-2413 or slfiore@icloud.com .
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EVENTS AROUND THE DIOCESE . . .
Lenten services and events at St. Paul's, Milwaukee
The music of J. S. Bach will be incorporated into the Lenten practice at St. Paul's, Milwaukee, which is located at 914 East Knapp Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Guest speaker for adult education at 9:00 AM on Sundays, March 23 and April 6 will be The Rev. Dr. Daniel Westberg of Nashotah, who will discuss the St. Matthew Passion.
Following a light supper at 5:30 Tuesday evenings, devotions on March 25, April 1 and April 8 will consist of meditation time accompanied by selections from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier played by pianist Kathy Thome. There is no charge, but a call to the church office regarding supper would be appreciated (414-276-6277.) All are welcome.
 If you have never attended a Good Friday Rites of the Day or a Liturgy of the Burial on Holy Saturday, St. Peter's, West Allis invites you to their parish to take part in these rarely-celebrated liturgies. Visit their website for details!
Cathedral Institute: Lenten Series
At All Saints' Cathedral, 818 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Thursdays in Lent: When we pray the Lord's Prayer, we say, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us." But how do we do that? Join Cathedral Institute every Thursday in Lent (March 13, 20, & 27, April 3 & 10) to participate in this year's Lenten series, which will focus on the concepts of love, forgiveness, justice, and reconciliation. Each evening begins with Evening Prayer at 5:00 p.m., followed by Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. and a Simple Supper at 6:00 p.m. The program begins at 6:45 p.m. Please sign up to bring dinner items at coffee hours each week.
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 Commission on Global Reconciliation seeks your input!
Deacon Carol Smith, chair of the diocesan Commission on Global Reconciliation has announced that the Commission is soliciting input from diocesan clergy and laity as they prepare to recommend distribution of the diocesan 0.7% Millennium Development Goal Funds. The amount in this year's diocesan budget is $5,752(plus $5,000 which pays partial salary of the Coordinator of The Haiti Project.)
The Commission will be meeting in July to consider the ideas received from members of the diocese, and will send its recommendations for distribution of the funds to The Executive Council for deliberation at its August meeting. For details on the Millennium Development Goal Fund and directions for submitting your input, please click HERE.
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One more time . . . THANK YOU for forwarding this newsletter to parishioners and others who may be interested and for sending YOUR news/events / photos to info@diomil.org ! See you next week! Sincerely, Barb
Barbara Klauber
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
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