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Connections Linking Diocesan Leaders Vol The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Connections linking diocesan leaders Vol. 13, issue 11 November 2013 Around the Diocese and Beyond Mission Action Plan. This will be taking place during the upcoming months, as will a revamping of diocesan communications. The fall convocation meetings served as the place to discuss the needs and opportunities of the upcoming year, as required by the diocesan canons. These conversations will fuel further discussion as Executive Board Parish representatives wave at the Abingdon Convocation meeting, members begin to craft a proposed held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Abingdon. budget for 2014. Fall Mission Days 2014 his vision for the diocese: "One in Elections for Executive Board Diocesan Convocations Gather for Mission: Minds To Think, Hearts To positions and nominations for the First Time with Bishop Love, Hands To Serve." positions to be elected at Council Bourlakas Bishop Mark also described the first met another canonical requirement. steps in moving from the These results will be available after Convocations gathered for their all the meetings are concluded. annual fall meetings heard Bishop Sustainability Report to a Mission Mark Bourlakas emphasize the call Action Plan (MAP). One of these is Each parish represented at the to go out into the world, to see to approach the Evans Foundation meetings was invited to share an where God is at work and to join to rekindle the diocesan example of positive and exciting in--not just as individuals but as relationship there. With an ministry. The many responses parishes. anonymous gift in hand toward the included services for blessing of the cost of building an adult lodge at animals, planning pizza and movie Using Dwight Zscheile's book the Phoebe Needles Center, the nights for children and their friends, People of the Way: Renewing time is ripe to approach the preparing meals and collecting Episcopal Identity as a reference, foundation about possible food for those in need, and the bishop urged reexamination of participation in this project. Such collaborating ecumenically within what it means to be a missional an expansion would pave the way the community. One parish church. Rather than using the word for vestry retreats and other reported hosting a thirty-minute "outreach," the bishop suggested leadership training events to take radio show weekly! These stories parishes think about "partnerships" place at the diocesan conference and others will be shared more fully that are possible between the center. Another early step is the across the diocese over the months church and the community. The restructuring of the Executive Board to come. upcoming Council theme pinpoints in order to better address the --Kate Garcia "Around the Diocese and Beyond" continues on page 3 Responding from a Grateful Heart "Gratitude should shape our common life as we begin a new season of mission and ministry in this diocese." --The Rt. Rev. Mark Bourlakas Sixth Bishop Below is my cover letter that will accompany the annual appeal to each congregation for its 2014 gift to our diocesan mission. My prayer is that this time of fall stewardship will begin a renewed commitment to our Christian discipleship of responding to each other and the neighbors who surround our churches. “Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.” – George Herbert Dear Sisters and Brothers: In this fall season of giving, I recall George Herbert’s beautiful prayer that focuses on the heart of our Christian discipleship. Herbert prays for God to give him the kind of grateful heart that will not simply offer thanksgiving when he received something exceptionally pleasing, as if God only portioned out a specified number of blessings for each of us, but rather a heart that pulses with praise for blessings large and small. Our giving must strive to reach beyond notions of obligation and transaction: “I should give to my parish to keep the lights on.” “We should give to the diocese so they can keep the lights on at Evans House.” These are not responses of gratitude. These are grudging responses of obligation combined with the cynical consumer perception that we get what we pay for . maybe. On a recent Sunday Luke told us about Jesus’ healing of ten lepers. The remarkable detail is that only one of those healed returns to give thanks to Jesus. His heart is grateful. The other nine people are narrowly focused on their own selfish needs and do not see the need to return and praise the source of their blessing. Our individual giving and the annual sharing of our parish’s blessings with the larger diocesan community should spring from the place of gratitude. Gratitude should shape our common life as we begin a new season of mission and ministry in this diocese. I am now working with our diocesan leadership to develop a Mission Action Plan that will realign our ministries and resources in order that we might be prepared to listen for where God’s Holy Spirit may be leading us. This is a blessed diocese. We have much to give, to each other and to the world around us. George Herbert was right. God’s blessings do not have spare days. They are new every morning. Yours in Christ, 2 Bishop Mark 2 Around the Diocese and Beyond continued from page 1 • Beginning with this issue, some --The Rev. Winfred Verara, previous features of Connections will Asiamerican Missioner no longer be available in print. This [email protected] month, these include the staff --The Rev. Angela Ifill, Black directory, the supply clergy listing, Ministries Missioner Fall Mission Days conclude and the sponsor-a-day form. These aifi[email protected] with the New River will be included as downloadable --The Rev. Anthony Gullen, Latino/ Convocation meeting; Nov 3 files in Lynn Robertson's Weekly Hispanic Missioner Grace Episcopal Church Email Update. If you are not already [email protected] 210 4th St. receiving diocesan eNews you may --Sarah Eagle Heart, Indigenous Radford, VA 24141 sign up at www.dioswva.org. 3:00 PM Missioner Fall meetings include: • Mark your calendar for Kanuga's [email protected]. Church Leadership Conference: --the nominations & elections • The Task Force for Re-Imagining Unlocking the New Church, described in the Spring Convocation the Episcopal Church (TREC) has booklet February 21--23, 2014. Episcopal posted its Engagement Kit and invites --a review of the diocesan budget and Lutheran keynoters will be joined input and comments from for the first half of the year by staff from the Episcopal Church Episcopalians. The Engagement Kit is --a review of funding requests for 2014 Foundation and presenters from located at http://reimaginetec.org/. It from ministries described in the Spring parishes who are successfully is intended to be used by any local, Convocation booklet meeting the challenges of growing --and a discussion of the needs and diocesan, or churchwide gathering. and nurturing God’s people. Learn opportunities of the diocese for the Data from the Engagement Kit will be more at www.kanuga.org. upcoming year. used by TREC to help inform the Task Registration for Annual Council will • Registration is now open for the Force's work. Deadline for begin online in mid-November. Watch for popular Episcopal Church New submitting information is March 14, your Invitation to Council by email. Community Gathering, March 2014. For more info, questions or January Convocation Meetings 13-16, 2014, also held at Kanuga comments, contact TREC members at All Convocations: Conference Center. The theme for reimaginetec @gmail.com. January 12, 2014 the event is "Together, Advancing the • The Ecclesiology Committee of (Snow date, if needed: January 19) Sacred Dream." Sponsored by the Times and locations to be chosen the House of Bishops has released Episcopal Church Diversity and at Fall Mission Day meetings what it calls a Primer on the Ethnic Ministries Team, plenary and Governance of The Episcopal Annual Council workshop topics will provide Church. While it is meant to be the January 24--26, 2014 opportunities for clergy and lay Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center prologue to a major document on the people to explore advocacy and 110 Shenandoah Ave NW ecclesiology or theological nature of Roanoke, VA 24016 mission in ethnic ministries. The 2014 the Church, the Committee members "One in Mission" gathering continues the work of the wanted to offer something that would first New Community Gathering in Keynote Speaker: have wider appeal. The history of The The Rev. Michael Hunn 2012. Also included will be ethnic- Episcopal Church's development specific meetings, inter-ethnic and begins, they say, with the New cross cultural conversations, and Testament church of Antioch, and has multicultural banquet and worship continued to our day. Members hope celebrations. that parishes and dioceses will find The event will be held at Kanuga the Primer a useful tool for inquirers' Conference Center, in classes, catechumens, people in Find Connections Hendersonville, NC. Registration discernment of their vocation, and so on the web-- deadline is February 3. Scholarships on. The document may be early and in color! are available to ethnic3 delegates on a downloaded at bmrc-online.org, www.dioswva.org/news/ first come, first served basis. For more using keyword "government." connections.html information, contact: 3 The 4:15-5:00 PM. Volunteers will be matched up one-on-one or in a Community small group with students who Youth would greatly benefit from this Program assistance! Training is provided on (CYP) at St. John’s, how to best help the students.
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