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Leadership Newsletter
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Diocesan Leaders,
Our new Canons, Amy and Jason, have begun their ministry. Praise be to God. They are just in time for Diocesan Convention season. Over the next month, more information and deadlines will be coming up, so please mark your calendars. I look forward to seeing everyone there.
God's grace,
Brian Kinnaman
Communications Director
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September 6, 2013 - In This Issue:
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Nominees sought for diocesan-wide offices
To "work, pray and give for the spread of the kingdom of God" is one of the duties that we assume as Christians (BCP, p. 856). Stewardship is our personal response to God's generosity in the way we share our time, talents and financial resources. While it is easy to think of stewardship as something that happens on a congregational level, we need to remember that stewardship must not be limited to our response at the local level. We are also called to share our time, talents and financial resources to further the mission of the church at the diocesan level.
The 186th Convention of the Diocese of Kentucky will be hosted by Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville, and will be held November 8-9, 2013. At this convention, delegates will elect members to a variety of diocesan positions. Additionally, four members of the clergy (presbyter or deacon) and four laypersons will be elected as Deputies of the Church to the next General Convention. As the nominating committee chairperson, I ask that every layperson and member of the clergy of our diocese prayerfully consider the time and talents that he/she can offer in support of the work of the Church, and be willing to be nominated for election to one of these positions.
Attached is a list of positions to be filled at the next diocesan convention. The list includes qualifications for the various positions, continuing members and members whose terms will expire this year. A one-page Nomination Form is also included. It is important that the individuals who are nominated have given their permission to be nominated. Please note that all lay nominees must be active members of one of the congregations in the Diocese of Kentucky. Priests in charge of congregations will be asked to verify membership. Nominees will be sent a biographical information sheet that they will be asked to complete and return.
Please return completed nominations form to me by the September 10th deadline. Forms may be mailed, scanned and emailed (rosebogal@gmail.com), or faxed (270-753-2420). Nominations may be made after this date from the floor of the convention.
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Christ Church Cathedral welcomes
the Very Reverend Joan Pritcher as Dean in the Interim
By Zachary Cavan
 Christ Church Cathedral is pleased to welcome the Very Reverend Joan Pritcher as Dean in the Interim. Dean Pritcher will assume her Cathedral duties on October 15; her first Sunday will be October 20. Joan is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She's been a priest since 1994 and is completing her 13th parish, eighth transition, and her 10th year of cathedral-specific ministry. She served at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta; and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, where she is currently working.
Known for her creativity, Pritcher is respected as one of the top three transitional specialists in the United States. In making the decision to come to Louisville, Joan was struck by the Cathedral's diversity, creative and broad-based ministry, and its rich history. "A time of transition is not a time to sit and spin wheels," says Joan. "I like to listen to the concerns of folks during the interim, to learn their language and communicate in ways they will understand and connect to." She describes her liturgical style and practice as relaxed and accessible. She sees good worship in all Rites - from very casual to very formal, from the Book of Common Prayer to approved alternative forms.
Bishop Terry White expressed his pleasure about Dean Pritcher's move to Louisville. "Her skill set is outstanding," he said. "She strives for clarity, she knows about cathedral ministry, and clearly has a pastoral side."
Christ Church Cathedral is truly blessed to have Joan Pritcher as Dean in the Interim as the search for a permanent dean begins in the coming months. Please make plans to be at church on October 20 to welcome Joan as she begins her ministry in Louisville.
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Georgine Buckwalter Named the 2013 Oates Award Recipient
 Rev. Dr. Georgine Buckwalter, chaplain at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, has been named as the recipient of this year's Wayne Oates Award. The award, co-presented by the Wayne Oates Institute and the Long Run Baptist Association, will be awarded during this year's Oates Award Banquet on October 3 at Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Buckwalter's presentation in receiving the award will be "Boomers: Aging and Pastoral Care."
Dr. Buckwalter has specialized in pastoral care for the elderly for over 25 years and is well known for her work with the elderly patients she cares for and their families. Her passion for the elderly has compelled her to teach, mentor, publish, and speak to church, educational, and professional groups. She shares her message of hope, inspiration, and comfort with patients, family members, caregivers, students, interns, and other professionals. As Baby Boomers reach retirement age, issues surrounding care and counseling of the elderly will become increasingly important, especially in light of their opportunity to live longer with serious illness or injury than prior generations.
Dr. Buckwalter says that she is "relentlessly positive" about her profession, and it becomes abundantly clear when she speaks about aging, the elderly, and the nature of care that is possible when respect, understanding, and Christian love are present. She is ordained in the Episcopal Church, and has received both Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees. In addition to serving as the Director of Pastoral Care for the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, she serves as the Pastor for their on-site church, St Luke's Chapel, and serves as a field education supervisor and mentor for students.
This year's Oates Award Banquet, where Dr. Georgine Buckwalter will be honored, will be at 6 pm on October 3. The banquet will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Broadway Baptist Church on Brownsboro Road in Louisville. Tickets are $30 per person if purchased by September 26 ($40 at the door).
The Oates Award was established in 1989 by the Long Run Baptist Association in Louisville, Kentucky, and has continued as an annual recognition honoring the legacy of Dr. Wayne W. Oates. The Wayne Oates Institute became a co-sponsor of this award is 2003 and remains committed to continuing this tradition and promoting it internationally. The award recognizes persons who have exemplified the ministry of pastoral care in areas of ministry, leadership, and personal service. Recent Oates Award recipients include Dr. Loren Townsend (2012), Rev. Dr. Helen Jones (2011), Dr. Hardy Clemons (2010), Dr. Allan Josephson (2009), and Dr. Kay Shurden (2008).
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St. Mark's calls the Rev. Richard Humke to serve as Priest-in-Charge
By Alex Campbell, Sr. WardenSt. Mark's Episcopal Church, Louisville
The Rev. Richard Humke will be coming out of retirement for yet a third time to serve at St. Mark's, this time as Priest-in-Charge from August 31 until the arrival of our Interim Rector in mid-October.
As Priest-in-Charge, Fr. Humke's role will be to lead all weekend worship services and any funerals. He has also agreed to keep office hours open to all on Wednesdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. He may also provide other pastoral and other services in his descretion. We muist remain mindful of these necessary limitations on the time he can give us in this period of transition.
Fr. Humke has served parishes in the Diocese since 1961. He formally retired as Rector of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in 1996 but has continued his service ever since. At St. Mark's, he first served for 12 months during the transition from Wayne Yeager to Charles Hawkins some 13 years ago and again for 4 months when Fr. Hawkins was recovering from a serious illness. His services to St. Mark's were enormously helpful and we are so fortunate that he is willing to return yet again.
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The Rev. Bill Parker has begun his service as Interim Rector at St Andrew's, Louisville
By Mary Jane Cherry
 Having been without a full-time priest for about seven months, St. Andreans were happy to welcome the Rev. William C. "Bill" Parker as the priest who will help guide them through the process of successfully discerning and calling a new rector. He was called by their vestry earlier this summer to serve as interim rector for a year.
A Delaware native, Fr. Bill is coming to St. Andrew's from Pennsylvania, where he spent the last year and a half as interim priest at Church of the Ascension in Parkesburg. Located in Amish country, the area has lots of horse farms and countryside very much like Kentucky, according to Fr. Bill. He has lived and worked on both coasts, however, and Louisville, especially the Highlands, reminds him of Seattle, where he lived for five years, working as a paralegal. Before that he lived for 10 years in San Francisco, where he was an undergraduate student at the University of San Francisco and later worked for a gourmet coffee company and a home health care agency. The call to ministry, however, took him back to the East Coast, where he obtained a Master's of Divinity Degree from General Seminary in 1996.
Fr. Bill is bringing to his ministry at St. Andrew's extensive experience as a parish rector and as an interim priest. He had his first experience with interim ministry about a year after his graduation from seminary, when he was asked to serve as the interim priest at a Midtown Manhattan church where he was an assistant. He went from there to serve as a rector at a Long Island church for eight years and a New Jersey parish for three, but he eventually felt called to pursue interim ministry as his vocation.
Since then, he has received training from the Interim Ministry Network, an interfaith certification program; Rob Voyle's Clergy Leadership Institute, where he participated in appreciative inquiry and intentional interim training programs; and The Congregational Development Institute, which serves Episcopalians. This education included training in conflict management and team building.
What he likes about interim ministry is that it involves specific tasks and goals that are to be accomplished and a structure for helping a congregation "understand more fully who they are" so that when they do call a priest, "it is a positive experience."
He sees his ministry at St. Andrew's as helping the congregation "discover their core values" and what they will need in a rector who will help them fulfill their vision of St. Andrew's mission. He wants to involve as many people as possible in these discussions, he said. "It's important to see that everyone has a voice. You never know whose voice the Holy Spirit will use."
Fr. Bill moved to Louisville with his partner of 13 years, Rob Monitto.
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St. George's Community Center's 49th Anniversary Celebration of Success
Featuring Honorary Co-Chair
Mr. Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville
Thursday, September 26, 2013
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
The Brown Hotel
335 West Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
Cost
$50.00 per event ticket or $400.00 for table of eight raffle tickets will be sold based on individual gift baskets.
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Our biggest celebration is just around the corner, and we do not want you to miss out on the fun! Please join St. George's Community Center and Honorary Co-Chair Mr. Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville, for our 49th Anniversary Celebration of Success. This event will be held on the morning of September 26th, 2013 to commemorate 49 years of successful service in Louisville. During the event, we will be raffling gift baskets filled with a wide array of special items, dining on a delicious breakfast buffet, and hearing from St. George's Community Center leaders and youth.
All proceeds go directly toward youth programming at St. George's Community Center. Through your contributions, we are able to provide students with opportunities that will impact them for the rest of their lives. Donations may be sent to St. George's Community Center at 1205 S. 26th Street Louisville, KY 40210. We invite you to support our youth and purchase tickets today!
Please call me (262-0211 - cell; 426-1707 - home), and I will gladly deliver tickets to you -- Event tickets: $50 (checks made payable to St. George's Community Center). $5.00 and $10.00 raffle tickets for gift baskets are also available. Themed baskets include "A Day of Pampering", "A Night on the Town", "Family Fun", "A Taste of Kentucky", and more.
Sincerely,
Gwen O'Dea, Board Chair
St. George's Community Center
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25th Anniversary for Episcopal Migration Ministries and Kentucky Refugee Ministries
Greetings from Kentucky Refugee Ministries
Kentucky Refugee Ministries is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting refugees who are legally admitted to the United States by the U.S. Department of State. We have offices in Louisville and Lexington and also work with refugees in Northern Kentucky. In 1994 we became an affiliate office for Episcopal Migration Ministries which is based in New York and has 31 offices throughout the US who assist refugees with resettlement. This year Episcopal Migration Ministries is celebrating its 25th anniversary and invites you to join in the celebration by offering hope and welcoming refugees home to Kentucky.
Our staff is energized by the challenges and rewards of working with refugees. Through our work we meet people who have fled persecution in their home countries to live in adjacent lands that may offer them temporary housing but no hope of integrating into the community and rebuilding their lives. We receive children and teenagers who may have spent their entire lives in refugee camps waiting for resettlement, dreaming of living someday in their own homes, waiting for the yellow school buses, and watching their parents prepare to go to work in the morning. When they arrive in Kentucky they bring very few tangible items with them but they all bring hope and belief in the future.
You may read a letter from Deb Stein, Director of Episcopal Migration Ministries asking you, if you haven't already, to please take a minute to learn about opportunities to help refugees by volunteering, extending congregational support or offering prayers at www.episcopalchurch.org/emm. You may also enjoy learning more about EMM's mission through their 2012 Annual Report.
We want to invite you to attend our 14th annual celebration and fundraiser, Global Gourmet on September 20th. Tickets are available at our website at www.kyrm.org. Join us at the Mellwood Art Center for an evening of international food, music by Danny Flanagan and Friends and Muhamed Skopljak, a silent auction, and more.
I would enjoy visiting with you and your parishes to spread the word about opportunities available at Kentucky Refugee Ministries. We value your contributions and need your help. Please invite me or one of our staff to meet with you!
Peace be with all of you,
Lee Welsh
Sponsorship Developer
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
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 Congratulations to Young Leader
Meghan Holland By Grace Episcopal, Paducah
Grace Assistant Rector, the Rev. Meghan Holland, was nominated for a Young Leaders Award by the Four Rivers Business Journal. She is the only clergy among this outstanding group of young leaders. Meghan, we are proud of you and the many gifts you share with Grace Church, St. Peter's, and the communities of Paducah and Gilbertsville!
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All Saints + Giving
All Saints Annual Fund
 The All Saints Center Annual Fund is the perfect way to support day-to-day operations and sustain the vital ministry of All Saints.
From this past summer camp alone our youth had so much to say about the ministry happening there. Here are just a few answers.
Because of All Saints I...
- am a better person.
- learned how God makes us.
- now know how to canoe.
- want to go to church.
- feel more connected to God & like I can handle whatever comes my way!
- have learned a lot about how to follow the Baptismal Covenant.
- have changed my whole way of how I look at people.
- feel a lot more comfortable with myself and I feel that God wants me to be happy with myself as he is with me.
What moved me spiritually?
- When the clergy talked about forgiveness and sharing.
- The love that was shown in the All Saints community. I always know I can be myself.
- Ongoing Grace and discussion about God.
- The labyrinth
- Morning and Evening Prayer
- Ask the Clergy box
- I asked a question about the connection of science and religion, and I understand that a lot better. God loves everyone else just as much as he loves me, and that helps me love my neighbor like myself.
To give visit the All Saints Center website ( allsaints.episcopalky.org) and select Donate to All Saints. Your gift may be a one time gift or you may set up automatic recurring monthly gifts.
For more information, please contact Becky Meyer at (800) 222-3462 or at beckym@episcopalky.org.
All contributions are tax deductible.
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Diocesan Office seeking your photographs
The Diocesan Office wants to post your pictures showcasing the 5 Marks of Mission throughout our office. We are excited to showcase the diverse ways we answer Christ's call throughout our diocese.
The 5 Marks of Mission include:
- To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
- To teach, baptize, and nurture new believers
- To respond to human need by loving service
- To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation
- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
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Time Warner Cable vs. Insight Communications
With the purchase of Insight Communications by Time Warner, every customer with an @insightbb.com email address has to undergo a change to a @twc.com email address.
As you share your new email address with friends and family, please send us word of your new email address as well. That way you can ensure you'll continue to receive news, stories, and important information about being an Episcopal leader in our diocese.
You may email any changes to bkinnaman@episcopalky.org.
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St. James seeking artists and crafters
Any artists or crafters interested in participating in a booth at St. James Episcopal Church Arts & Craft Day In Pewee Valley, on October 26, 2013 from 10-4; please contact Susan Hinkel @ 502-773-2223 or email at shinkel@rescare.com.
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186th DIOCESAN CONVENTION
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Calendar leading up to Diocesan Convention
There are many important dates in the upcoming months leading up to Diocesan Convention. For easier reference here they are in list form.
| August 8th | Proposed amendments to Canons due | Submit to the Chancellor at wbeard@stites.com | | September 1st | Parish and Mission audits due | Please mail to the Diocesan Office | | September 6th | Commitment Letters due
| Please mail to the Diocesan Office
| | September 10th | Nominations for Diocesan
Convention elections due
| Please submit to the Nominations Chair
at rosebogal@gmail.com
| | October 4th | Advance Reports due
| Please submit to the Secretary of
the Diocese at kayswilkinson@msn.com
| | October 9th | Diocesan Budget published
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| | October 9th | Parish and Missions Secretaries'
Certificates due
| Please mail to the Diocesan Office
| | October 9th | Submissions of proposed
resolution due
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Please submit to the Resolutions
Committee Chair at
| | October 18th | Advance Report sent to
convention deputies
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| November 8th-
9th | Diocesan Convention at Christ
Church Cathedral
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Preliminary 2014 Diocesan Budget now available
Bishop White announced at the 185th Diocesan Convention that work on the budget will begin far earlier in the year. At the June 27th meeting of Trustees & Council the Preliminary 2014 Diocesan Budget was approved.
Below you will find links to both a line item budget and a narrative budget. These budgets are meant to be used as complimentary documents so that a wider range of us may have a deeper and holistic understanding of diocesan finances.
2014 Diocesan Narrative Budget
2014 Diocesan Line Item Budget
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Parish Audits due
A friendly reminder that audit season is here. In accordance with Canon 15.2, two copies of the audit are due to the Diocesan Office, one to the attention of the Bishop and the other to the attention of the Diocesan Treasurer, by Sept. 1. The audit is also one of four documents (Parochial Report, audit, Diocesan pledge, and Certificate of Deputies) that are needed in order to be seated at Diocesan Convention.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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