Diocesan Office Closed

The diocesan office will be closed for Monday, November 10th following Diocesan Convention and after 12 pm Eastern November 27-28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Health Benefits Open Enrollment for 2015

Online open enrollment for 2015 will start October 31, 2014 through November 21, 2014. 

 Click to view the complete 2015 Health Benefits Overview memo containing all of the information about the available medical, prescription, visual, dental, and EAP plans available. Please share that memo with your employees.

To enroll in pension or health benefits, please contact Becky Meyer at the Diocesan Office via (502) 584-7148 or beckym@episcopalky.org.

Convention Materials

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Ordination of Cortney Dale to the Sacred Order of Deacons at Diocesan Convention

God willing, the Right Reverend Terry Allen White, Bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky will ordain Cortney Dale to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ's One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, pending all canonical requirements are met, on Friday, November 7, 2014 at six o'clock in the evening at Trinity Church, during the opening Eucharist of the 187th Annual Convention of the Diocese, 720 Ford Avenue, Owensboro, KY 42301.

 Your prayers and presence are requested. 

 

Reception following         Clergy:  red stoles

Documents required for seat at Diocesan Convention

Credentials of Lay Deputies

Registration

Every person planning to attend Convention, whether clergy, lay deputy, alternate, visitor, or other, needs to register for convention. The planning committee has worked hard to keep registration fees at last year's rate. Registration is only available online. 

 

Congregations that have already registered for convention should be receiving invoices in the mail in the coming days. 

Exhibitor Registration

Businesses and organizations seeking to take advantage of the 200+ people attending convention can register for exhibit space for Saturday. Exhibitors will be notified October 24th if there will be access to the exhibit space on Friday, November 7th. Exhibits will be located in the high traffic area of the convention center's 3rd floor east side where registration, venues, and meals will be held. 6' tables, chairs, electrical outlets are available. All other items, including table coverings, the exhibitor will need to provide. 
 

A couple of years ago in seminary I was in a Godly Play class and our instructor told the story of the Good Shepherd. I had heard it before but this time it left an imprint on me. You can read it below: 

John 10: 11- 18:

'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away-and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.'

It is a powerful piece of scripture about the unconditional love of Christ and how he protects us. He protects not only those who are a part of his herd, but also those that do not belong to his fold. This really struck me, especially in relation to Diocesan Youth Ministry. In this ministry we have youth who are deeply embedded in the fabric of their churches, and we have those who participate periodically yet have no tie to a particular church. They may have a teacher or friend who is an Episcopalian and who reached out and invited them to an event. Youth can have a number of ways they were invited to participate, but one thing remains true throughout, our community is practicing evangelism in these contexts. The welcomed stranger (youth) received an invitation, felt the call of Christ, and witnessed it in community. Christ says, "I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice." 

 Sometimes when we reach out and evangelize to people, they may be in need. As Christians we can and should help them meet this need with our resources, so they may hear the voice of Christ in community. My challenge to you is to discern how you can share your resources with those not part of your church's fold? Ask yourself what does evangelism in the context of a child/youth look like?

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