Time to look at your neighborhood demographics.  You may have gotten this information a couple of years ago, but things change.  Do you know the trends of your city, village or town? Who is moving out and who is moving in?  Contact your local schools to see how they are preparing for demographic changes.  You can start by reviewing and digesting the information found by our National Church.    

Click on the link below or go to the Episcopal Church website - then click on What We Do - The Development Office - Evangelism Tools and Marketing Support  -  Studying your Congregation for information on your Church.

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/studying-your-congregation-and-community  

Madison-Area Julian Gathering

Wednesday, August 12, 7:15 - 9:00 PM

St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church

6205 University Avenue

Madison, WI  535705

We welcome everyone who is interested in learning more about contemplative spirituality in the Christian tradition.  We meet monthly for contemplative prayer for twenty-five minutes, after which we discuss a reading from Julian of Norwich, a 14th Century English mystic who has been called "a theologian for our time."  These gatherings are supported by the Order of Julian of Norwich, a contemplative monastic order in the Episcopal Church.  We would love to have you join us.  If you have questions, call Susan Fiore, ObJN at (608) 845-2413 or e-mail at  slfiore@mac.com.

WANTED: Part-time Short - Order Cook

to work at

St. John's Northwestern

Military Academy

Location: SJNMA Campus - Student Recreation Center

Job Responsibilities: Short- order cooking with some cashiering duties, stocking, and light cleaning. Apply if you are dependable/reliable, conscientious, trust worthy and can work 12-15 hours per week.

We are looking for someone to work 2nd shift - beginning at 4:00 p.m. weekdays and 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays (normally closing approx. 8:00 p.m.).

Pay Scale: Based on experience.

Contact: tcourtney@sjnma.org  or jmazurek@sjnma.org to apply

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Mission and Development is interested in helping support Parish projects that meet one of the following criteria:

• strengthens the congregation's identity and purpose
• deepens the congregation's engagement with the local community, or
• fosters healthy and effective organizational dynamics within the parish

For more information and for an application form to apply for a 2015 Fall Ministry Development Grant, click HERE.

Questions?  Please contact Peggy Bean, Canon for Congregations, at bean@diomil.org or by calling (414) 272-3028 / ext. 158.  

Click HERE  to register online to take a class or any of our online trainings offered by our diocese in Safeguarding God's Children (SGC) and Safeguarding God's People (SGP).

Our next class with a trainer will be in the fall - See Fall dates for classes with a trainer below.

ONLINE CLASSES - registration due on or before June 30th. There will be on online registrations accepted in the month of July. Registration begins again in August.

FALL CLASSES with Trainer:

Saturday, Sept 19th, 9am-Noon at 2 locations: St. Luke's, Madison and St. John the Divine, Burlington.  

L.E.V. are required to complete SGP and anyone who is in ministry with children and youth are required to complete SGC. All certificates need to be renewed every 5 years.  See our website for details on trainings, to register for trainings and to see the Master List of all who have completed trainings since 2003.

Haiti Project Matching Campaign for Water and Electricity

by Heidi Ropa, Haiti Project Exec. Director 

There is a proverb in Haiti that goes like this..."The rocks in the water do not know the pain of the rocks in the sun."  This saying was made real to me in March when I visited Jeannette, Haiti, a community this Diocese has had a partnership with for 28 years.  All water in this community comes from water catchment and is held in cisterns  -- large holding tanks of rainwater. People walk with their buckets for long distances to fill them and return to their homes with their water supply for the day.  Currently, there is no purification system for the water at St. Marc's School, therefore, there is no access to safe drinking water.  The parish priest, Pere Jean Lenord Quatorze reported to me that after each rain, at least 20 students come down with water-born illnesses like diarrhea or intestinal worms.  The way of Christ, invites us to respond to such needs.  All children deserve to grow up with safe water to drink.

Through Labor Day Weekend, the Haiti Project is seeking to match the $35,000 given by two generous donors who seek to address issues of water and electricity at St. Marc's School and Health Clinic.  We, the rocks in the water, may not understand the pain of the rocks in the sun -- what it is like to walk for a bucket of water each day hoping our children will not become ill from drinking it.  We can, having learned of this problem, respond with generous hearts.  Please follow this link to make a contribution to the Matching Campaign for Water and Electricity:  http://haitiproject.org/?page_id=290 .  Questions?  contact Heidi Ropa at (608)235-9393 or email info@haitiproject.org.

Join a Haiti Project trip to Jeannette

Fall Haiti Project trip is being planned Oct. 23-Nov. 1.  Please contact Mary Alice Eschweiler at sheppatch@aol.com for an application.

Contact Heidi Ropa at (608)235-9393 or email info@haitiproject.org.

Participants in Haiti Project's March 2015 trip

"Surprised by Joy"  

The 39th Miniweek for Women August 13-16

The 39th annual Miniweek for Women will be held at Camp Lakotah, Wautoma (center of the state) from evening meal Thursday, August 13 through brunch Sunday, August 16. 

This event is open to all women with the theme this year being "Surprised by Joy". The weekend contains presentations, workshops, entertainment, good food, beach time, worship, naps, conversation, laughter. The participants can go to everything - or nothing - it is your weekend. There are a variety of housing choices from rustic cabins to inside facilities with amenities. Scholarships are available.

The chaplain will be The Rev. Anna Doherty from St. Aidan's, Hartford. The keynoter is Mary Fran Crist, Province V health ministry committee member speaking on the theme. There will be some new workshops including opportunity to learn how to play bells, making fingerless mittens, overview of General Convention, and archery. The labyrinth will return, along with choir, book study, exercise to music, Taize and talent show. And much much more.

Go to www.womensminiweek.org, for registration and other info.

THE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT DEADLINE IS MAY 15, 2015. Gift certificates in any amount for Mother's Day available from Barb McFadden at  feltedsoaplady@gmail.com.