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NETWORK CONTACTS

  • Altar Guild - Nancy Feid
  • Anti-Racism - Ema Rosera-Nordalm
  • Campus Min Network - Cameron Partridge
  • Chancellors - open
  • Christian Formation - open
  • Deacons Network - Kyle Pedersen
  • Diocesan Canons of the Ordinary and Professional Staff - Charles LaFond
  • Energy Stewardship Minister - Stephanie Johnson
  • Hisp Min - open

 

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News from Around the Province

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Episcopal Diocese of New Hamphire initiates search for Canon for Mission Resources.  Click to see Job Description.

 

FORMATION OF ORDAINED LEADERS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

May 9, 2013, at Hartford Seminary
 

Dear Colleagues in Ministry and Theological Education:

 

We suspect that you might agree with us when we say that the Church has changing needs in the 21st Century and, as a result, theological education centers are having to ask hard questions with respect to their programs and resources. Given the challenges we all are facing in these new times, we believe that it would be productive for judicatory leaders, members of boards or commissions responsible for raising up ordained leaders, seminary deans, and others involved in the formation of Christian leaders to come together for a day of conversation and mutual learning.

 

To that end, we would like to invite you, as fellow Christian leaders in the Northeast, to join us on May 9th at Hartford Seminary from 9am to 3pm. We plan to spend time in informal conversation in order to find even more correspondence between the formation needs of our churches and the resources theological educational institutions have to offer. We believe that working together we will all be better equipped to form the best leaders possible for the Church and the world in the 21st century. Read more

 

Faithfully,  

The Rt. Rev Ian T. Douglas, PhD, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut                               
Heidi Hadsell, PhD, President of Hartford Seminary

 

RSVP by April 26 

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Mission is Message!

Seven Criteria for Mission (as adopted by Maine Diocesan Convention on October 23, 2011)

  1. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts that are Christ-centered and Gospel-oriented.
  2. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts that collaborate with other churches, communities and affinity groups and demonstrate a willingness to share personnel and resources.
  3. Diocesan resources will support those program/ministry efforts led by those who can demonstrate their experience as well as passion for their particular ministry
  4. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts with evaluation processes in place and those that can articulate a plan to achieve sustainability.
  5. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts whose leaders are willing to share their successes and best practices as well as failures with other congregations or collaborative groups that wish to replicate their work in other parts of the Diocese.
  6. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts that demonstrate a willingness to move from a centralized approach to ones that will involve and benefit a wide range and number of people within the diocese and beyond.
  7. Diocesan resources will support program/ministry efforts that demonstrate the values of transparency, equity, fairness and collaboration.

The Province 1 Energy Stewardship Minister, the Rev Stephanie Johnson, has been busy!  Check out the new Energy Stewardship web page (click here or use the "drop down menu" under Ministry Networks on the red bar above) and learn about the "Turn of the Light for God's Sake" campaign currently underway.

 

 

 From 2012 General Convention: Bishop Curry Challenges us to be Crazy Christians!

See General Convention tab above for a 2012 recap.

 

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 Seed Money for Growing God's Mission

The Executive Committee is now accepting grant applications from Province I members for mission-oriented projects or programs.  Grants of $500-$2,500 are available for collaborative projects/programs that involve two or more Province I dioceses. Proposals are accepted throughout the year until funds are exhausted and will be reviewed during the monthly Executive Committee Meeting, usually the first week of the month. We anticipate that most projects/programs will occur within the fiscal year, though multi-year efforts will be accepted with assumption that the grant could be renewed or extended into another fiscal year. 

To apply, download the application form as a .pdf file or download the application in Word (.doc or .docx). Then, email your completed file to the Province 1 Executive Director. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader if you use the .pdf.

Caring for God's Creation - A Four-week Multi-generational Curriculum - $2500 - to assist congregations develop and deepen theological appreciation for and concern about the environment as highlighted by the House of Bishops Pastoral Teaching. Vermont's Bishop Tom Ely is leading a team that includes Province 1 Energy Stewardship Minister the Rev Stephanie Johnson to create and publish this curriculum. The goal is to have a preliminary draft by February which will be piloted in congregations then tweaked for church-wide launch in September 2013. Partners come from across the country and include Province 4, The Episcopal Church, and individual bishops -  contact The Right Rev. Thomas Ely  or The Rev. Stephanie Johnson.

2012 GRANT DISTRIBUTION

  • CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING - $2500 in each 2012 and 2013 - ULCUCUThe staff of Province I dioceses will collaboratively develop a program designed to increase the cultural competency of the clergy and lay leaders in our dioceses. This program will enable participants to enhance their ability to build relationships with people of differing cultural or life circumstances: race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, ableness, language, political views, religious differences, etc. It is designed to address both “isms” and the more benign differences that divide us and increase the participant’s capacity to lead. We anticipate that the program will be offered several times a year in the Province over the next five years. Contact the Rev Canon Linda Grentz.
  • ECUMENICAL CONVERSATION ON FORMING ORDAINED MINISTERS - $2500 - Grant will be used for May 9, 2013 Province 1 ecumenical conversation on best practices in forming ordained leaders for the Christian church in the 21st century hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of CT and Hartford Seminary. Contact the Rev. Molly James, PhD.
  • STIRRINGS OF THE SPIRIT - $2500 - a strategy for the Episcopal Church in Vermont to discern where the Spirit is calling us through exploring new understandings and expressions of what it means to follow Jesus in a rapidly changing world. In the years 2013—15, a leadership team will research, explore, and identify resources, models, and funds to enact and support spiritually healthy church communities and inspire new expressions of church. Funds from Province 1 will assist us in the start-up phase. Contact Susan Ohlidal
  • CAMPUS MINISTRY NETWORK - contact the Rev. Cameron Partridge
  • ENERGY STEWARDSHIP CURRICULUM - $2500 - contact the Rt. Rev. Tom Ely/the Rev. Stephanie Johnson
  • TITLE IV TRAINING - $1000 - contact Rev. Canon Mally Lloyd
  • RHYTHMS OF GRACE - Training for Province - $525 - contact The Rev. Rebecca Black. 28 people attended the training, from 7 parishes, and three dioceses: Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Diocese of Maine will begin the Rhythms of Grace service at St. Stephen the Martyr in Waterboro, Maine in October 2012. The Diocese of New Hampshire will begin the Rhythms of Grace service at St. Christopher’s in Hampstead, NH on October 6, 2012. The Diocese of MA South Shore Deanery is planning to begin two Rhythms of Grace services – once the sites are picked, services will most likely begin in November 2012.
  • TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, FOR GOD's SAKE -Energy Stewardship Campaign - $2375 - contact The Rev. Stephanie Johnson.
  • CRUSHING POVERTY: SERVICE AND SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE ON THE EDGE - New England Deacons Network Conference- $1000 - contact The Rev Deacon Kyle Pedersen  

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