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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Harry Potter and the Sacraments
Free webinar: Overcoming Anxiety on the Fresh Expressions Journey
Fresh Expressions is offering a free webinar on Wednesday, November
13 at 12 noon - Overcoming Anxiety on the Fresh Expressions Journey.
Anxiety is normal, but if it is left unmanaged it can wreck the new work
God is calling you to do. Learn tools that can help you break free of
long term anxious patters, diagnose team health issues and encounter God
at a deeper level. In this webinar you will learn:
- What anxiety is and how it spreads through groups
- how to navigate an anxious church, organization or team
- how to tell the difference between God's voice and your anxiety
Click here for more information and registration.
Women's Guided Gratitude Workshop
Save the date! The Diocesan Episcopal Church Women (ECW) will
host a Women's Guided Gratitude Workshop at Chanco on the James on
Saturday, December 7 with an optional evening event on Friday, December
6. This special Time for Reflection in Advent is open to all. Details
and registration information coming soon!
The Episcopal Church responds to the Opioid Epidemic - Members invited to participate in survey
Responses requested by November 27, 2019
The Task Force to Respond to
the Opioid Epidemic, created by legislation at the 79th General
Convention, is seeking input from lay and ordained leaders throughout
the church about the local response to the opioid epidemic through the
short survey here in English and here in Spanish.
Resolution 2018-C037 Call to Respond to Opioid Epidemic calls
on all dioceses and parishes in The Episcopal Church to respond to the
opioid epidemic with training, pastoral care, advocacy, and liturgy.
Central to this response are partnerships with local responders and
others in the medical community, other faith communities and local
recovery programs to offer pastoral care to those affected by this
epidemic, and with other faith leaders to advocate with local and state
government regarding policies and laws to promote healing and wholeness
for those affected by this epidemic.
This brief survey is designed to gather information in two areas: what is currently working in local contexts, as well as what kind of resources are still needed. There are eight survey questions and an open-ended space for sharing additional resource needs. The information collected will help the Task Force to shape their work as they curate and create resources for real-life, church-based opioid response ministry for use by churches, organizations, and others in the communities we live, work, and worship in.
Please take a few minutes to help with the important work of loving our neighbors that this Task Force has been called to address. Your participation is greatly appreciated!
This brief survey is designed to gather information in two areas: what is currently working in local contexts, as well as what kind of resources are still needed. There are eight survey questions and an open-ended space for sharing additional resource needs. The information collected will help the Task Force to shape their work as they curate and create resources for real-life, church-based opioid response ministry for use by churches, organizations, and others in the communities we live, work, and worship in.
Please take a few minutes to help with the important work of loving our neighbors that this Task Force has been called to address. Your participation is greatly appreciated!
New Digital Invitation Kits for Advent
New and updated Advent resources for congregations,
dioceses, and communities of faith are now available: Way of Love
Digital Invitation Kit, updated Journeying the Way of Love Advent
calendar and curriculum, AdventWord 2019, Sermons That Work compilation
of Advent and Christmas selections, Advent reflections from Episcopal
Migration Ministries, and bulletin inserts. Also offered again this year are digital Christmas Eve services. All resources are available here.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Camp Spirit Song serves children affected by opioid addiction
Camp Spirit Song is a summer camp program that provides youth
in grades 4-8 whose lives have been touched by addiction with the
opportunity to feel safe, feel supported, and develop life skills that
promote resiliency while in the camp environment. The camp is a
program of the Spiritworks Foundation, a recovery community organization
based in Williamsburg. Spiritworks is the ministry of the Rev.
Jan Brown, co-chair of the diocesan Addictions & Recovery Commission
and deacon at Bruton Parish, Williamsburg. Jan is the
founding/executive director of Spiritworks Foundation and she
participated in Camp Spirit Song this past summer. The camp was featured
in BBC News and Radio reports, and included interviews with Jan. Click here to watch video. Click here to listen to the radio report. The full documentary, Addicted: America's Opioid Crisis, can be viewed here. If you would like to learn more about Camp Spirit Song and how you can get involved, please contact the Rev. Jan Brown, jan@spiritworksfoundation.org.
Convocation VIII ECW gathers
Convocation VIII Chair is Dr. Angela M. Parker.
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