- MICHIGAN ORGANIZING PROJECT: JUSTICE ASSEMBLY
- Would you like to see more family-supporting jobs in our community?
- Do you think our immigrants deserve a chance at the American Dream?
- Do you think homeless people deserve a decent, affordable place to live?
Come and make change possible in these areas…We will have key decision makers in attendance from the City of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, as well as state and federal legislators from our area.
THURSDAY MAY 11 2006 - 7:00 P.M.
MOP JUSTICE ASSEMBLY
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL
930 LAKE STREET, KALAMAZOO, MI
Sponsored by Michigan Organizing Project (269-344-1967)
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING - SPRING ASSEMBLY
MAY 13, 2006 9:30am – 2:30pm
Spring Assembly and Labyrinth Walk at the Cathedral in Portage
(directions below)
- Brown Bag Lunch – Please Remember To Bring Your Own Drinks
Muffins, coffee & tea will be available upon arrival in the morning.
An ice chest will be available to keep your drinks cold.
- Assembly Agenda
9:30 am Gathering & Welcoming
10:00 am Opening Prayers & Introductions
10:10 am Devotions – Kate Wood, St. Clare of Assisi Chapter, Traverse City
10:30 am Program – Walking the Labyrinth with Elizabeth Tompkins
12:15 pm Lunch – (please bring your own lunch & drinks)
1:00 pm Business meeting
1:30 pm Eucharist (Mother Mary Perrin, St. Martin of Tours, Celebrant)
2:30 pm Adjournment
ALL WOMEN ARE WELCOME
(you do not need to be a Daughter of the King, or even Episcopalian, to attend)
Directions to Cathedral of Christ The King:
Located near I-94 (east of US-131). From I-94, take Exit 75, Oakland Dr., and turn north (you will be on Oakland Dr.) Turn left at Vincent Ave. and continue 0.3 miles until you reach the Cathedral at 2600 Vincent Ave., Portage, MI.
- Here Comes Everybody!: Christian Communities That Work
Trinity Church presents
a Live Internet Telecast Exploring Christian Communities That Are Coming Alive!
May 25, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
NEW YORK- Trinity Church-St. Paul’s parish in Manhattan will present a live online telecast on Ascension Day, Thursday, May 25, 2006 exploring the increasing interest within Christianity to build inclusive and progressive faith-based communities.
Here Comes Everybody!: Christian Communities That Work
is for lay and clergy leaders who want to learn how to re-build their faith community through the renewal of basic practices of hospitality, discernment of the church’s calling, personal testimony, observing the Sabbath, and constructive, open conversation.
Some might find it surprising that “emergent churches” are forming because people feel called to form communities without a creed, doctrine, biblical orthodoxy, or even the structure of a denomination. They simply feel called to share a spiritual journey in a dynamic Christian community. This program will show how they are doing it.
This telecast will bring together three prominent advocates for reimagined discipleship including Diana Butler Bass, a senior researcher at Virginia Theological Seminary and director of the Project on Congregations of Intentional Practice; the Very Reverend Alan Jones, dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco; and Brian D. McLaren, founder of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area.
- Here Comes Everybody!: Christian Communities That Work
will be telecast live at www.Trinitywallstreet.org from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (EST) and will include an in-depth interview with each guest, and a panel discussion with telephone and email Q&A from viewers. Following the live telecast, the program will be available for viewing online and by ordering DVDs through www.TrinityWallStreet.org.
Panelists:
- Diana Butler Bass is a senior research fellow and director of the Project on Congregations of Intentional Practice at Virginia Theological Seminary. In her work she reports that there are thousands of Protestant congregations in this country that are no longer viable. She has studied fifty congregations across six different denominations and discovered that “the more emphasis a congregation gives to the values of home and personal religious practices, the higher the congregation’s vitality and the more likely it is to be growing in membership.”
- The Very Rev. Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, has expressed concerns about rethinking and reimagining Christianity. He believes history has a purpose (Communion with God and with each other) and that in a sense, “Christianity hasn’t happened yet.” Jones calls us to unity: to have the great conversation at the heart of faith that has been obscured by the extremes—“on the one hand, those who embrace ‘inclusion’ with no sense of reasonable discernment” and, on the other, the punitive conservatives whose hard theology masks a mean spirit.”
- Brian D. McLaren has been sited in Time magazine as one of American's twenty-five most influential evangelicals and the “Translator for the Vaguely Churched.” In 1982, he helped form Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. During his twenty-four years at Cedar Ridge, the church earned a reputation as a leader among “emerging missional congregations.”
Fit 2006 is a self-guided summer fitness program designed to encourage individuals and groups to increase their level of physical activity. Citizens of Michigan and Rotarians are joining with counterparts in Finland, aiming at increased fitness levelsand better health.
The goal is to be physically active for the summer of 2006 - a minimum of 30 minutes a day, five days a week - and ultimately for life. This is a three-month commitment from June 1st to August 31st - walking,
running, biking, dancing, lawn mowing, etc. Your effort must be for a minimum often minutes at a time. You do it when and where it is convenient.
Encourage your family and friends, church, workplace or other groups to join Fit 2006 with you. It is simple to participate and there is no cost. Register online or CLICK HERE for registration form and complete information.
- A BENEDICTINE EXPERIENCE
AT THE EPISCOPAL HOUSE OF PRAYER - COLLEGEVILLE, MINNESOTA
September 19-24, 2006
Sponsored by the Friends of Saint Benedict & the House of Prayer
The Benedictine Experience is a time spent in community designed for those who wish to nurture and strengthen their daily lives through prayer and spiritual companionship. It is modeled after the balanced way of life set out by St. Benedict in his Rule, giving due attention to body, mind and spirit.
This will be our 11th Benedictine Experience at the very lovely House of Prayer. Several participants have returned year after year, and they requested a Benedictine Experience for alumni or for those who have had some exposure to the Rule of St. Benedict. The format will remain the same but the lecturers will be invited to speak beyond the basics. However, we would like to emphasize that past participation is not a requirement. All are welcome who wish to come and enter into a simple rule of life, which supports their witness to Christ at home, work and church.
For a complete flyer with registration information, fees, schedule and more - please visit the diocesan website FILE DOWNLOADS - CONFERENCES or click HERE
REMINDERS:
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PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM CELEBRATES 36th YEAR
The Pastoral Care and Counseling Program begins its 36 year as a ministry of the Diocese. Beginning in 1969 with the opening of the Cathdral, the Program was instituted as a means of supporting Episcopal clergy and their families. Over the years the Program expanced to address the needs of lay persons as well as clergy. Approximately one fourth of the individuals receiving counseling are non-Epsiscopalians.
The fee-for-service counseling varies according to the situation and may include couple, family, small group, or individual counseling. Consultation for clergy having to do with individual and group dynamics, as it relates to their ministry, is available by phone or in-person at no charge.
In response to the high divorce rate the PCCP offers pre-marital counseling focusing on a number of areas including communication patterns, finances, and expectations. The PCCP office is located on the second floor of the Cathedral. Clergy and laity desiring additonal information should contact Dr. Ken Reid at (269) 381-4442.
- June 22-25, 2006 - WESTERN MICHIGAN CURSILLO WEEKEND
Grace Church, Holland
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2006 Safeguarding God's Children Certification Workshop Dates
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Saturday, May 20 - St. Mark's, Grand Rapids
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Sunday, September 24 - St. Luke's, Kalamazoo
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Saturday, September 30 - Emmanuel, Petoskey
To register, or for further information, please contact Mary McGuire at the Episcopal Center offices at 269-381-2710.
- Clergy Leadership Institute - Appreciative Inquiry Based Training Programs
The failure to reorient is one of the primary causes of why people don’t achieve the change they want in their life. It keeps them trapped in the pain of regret, trying to do less of an unwanted behavior which in turn is a guaranteed way of maintaining that behavior in focus and ensuring that it will persist. Reorientation occurs when we turn our attention to what it is that we do want and orient our life around that preferred behavior. Appreciative Inquiry is a powerful way of helping individuals and organizations to orient around what they would prefer rather than orienting people around having less of what they don’t want. The appreciative way is about living in the New Life of Easter.
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About the Training Programs
Our training programs are at a professional development level, (typically of 15-30 hours) and qualify for Clergy and for Psychologists Continuing Education requirements. Typical early registration tuition costs are $350 per 2 1/2 days of training. Some prices vary depending on content and accommodation costs are extra. Some programs are size restricted to create an optimal learning environment.
For registration and details of these and other events please visit the Clergy Leadership web site:
http://www.clergyleadership.com/training/programs.html
- Saturday May 6,2006
ECW of the Diocese of Western Michigan will hold its 125th Annual Meeting
The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Western Michigan will hold its 125th Annual Meeting on Saturday May 6,2006 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 5333 Clyde Park SW, Wyoming , MI 49507.
A complete packet containing a letter of invitation, registration form, flyer, directions, agenda and board nomination form is available at the following link:
http://www.edwm.org/ecw/pdf/2006_ECW-PACKET.pdf
- August 25-26, 2006
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT PROGRAM
Spiritual Discernment program Application Form & Program Essentials can be downloaded here:
http://www.edwm.org/pdf/2006-SDP.pdf
The diocese will begin its second year of the Spiritual Discernment Program (SDP) with the first session to be held at Kettunen Center, Tustin, the weekend of August 25-26, 2006.Those in charge of congregations are invited to identify parishioners who might be suitable for the SDP. Key in the parish recommendation process is an identification of the gifts parishioners might have for ordination as deacons or priests.
Anyone with questions is asked to contact the Director for the Discernment Program:
the Rev. John Crean 616-682-7810 [home] 616-540-4566 [cell].
Persons who completed the SDP last year and are now in the David Pendleton Oakerhater School for Deacons, as well as graduates considering seminary enrollment, are also willing to talk with prospective applicants. Please note the absolute May 15 application deadline, and that any application must be endorsed by the applicant's rector or senior warden.