At the 2013 Convention this past January, we adopted a resolution calling on the congregations of the diocese to work with GreenFaith, the interfaith environmental organization which the diocese helped found, to reduce their energy use and costs and their carbon footprint. This is a response to a dual reality – that congregations can realize real energy savings at a time when church budgets are tight, and that we should model responsible energy use in response to climate change.
In order to address these needs, we are pleased to announce the GreenFaith Energy Services Program, a partnership of GreenFaith and the Diocese of Newark for congregations of the diocese. The Program will begin with the first 20 congregations that sign up to take part.
Are you interested in starting a Planned Giving program at your congregation... but don’t know what it entails or where to start? Or do you have an existing Planned Giving program, but are having some challenges? Or do you just have questions about Planned Giving. If so, this workshop is just what you are looking for.
The Holy Spirit brings people together – so that we can see and understand each other at the deepest level. And the understanding is, for Christians, that we are all connected through that same Spirit.
On Pentecost afternoon, the Holy Spirit brought many parts of the diocese together to sing, to pray – to have our ministries blessed – and to be fed and freed by the Spirit.
[The Jersey Journal] The Jubilee Center of Hoboken began its 10-year anniversary celebration Friday morning with the unveiling of new bricks for the commemorative walkway around the building at Jackson and Sixth streets.
The event was one of several that will take place this year to celebrate 10 years of success for the center. The Jubilee Center is a project of All Saints Community Service and Development Corporation [which was created in 1995 by All Saints' Episcopal Parish in Hoboken - ed. note].
[Episcopal News Service] The Holy Spirit comes, for some, as a comforting presence. For others, it’s a disturbing upsetter. And still, for others, it is mysterious, even scary.
But don’t confuse it just with Pentecost – the 50th day after Easter – which the church observes this Sunday (May 19) and which “challenges us to focus at least one day on the Spirit’s activity in our life,” according to the Rev. Janet Broderick, rector of St. Peter’s Church, in Morristown, New Jersey.
Since its founding in the 1970s, EfM (Education for every Christian's Ministry) has used textbooks developed by the faculty of an Episcopal Seminary. Starting this autumn, we'll be using standard text books used by colleges and seminars around the world. They'll have rich pictures, color, and web links! And yet your books-included tuition will still be a low $350 per year.
The Diocese of Newark now has a presence on LinkedIn, the world's largest online professional network. Join the Episcopal Diocese of Newark LinkedIn group and find postings and links to important information for the support and operations of your congregations. Expand your own networks by finding colleagues and friends from thoughout the diocese. Resources for congregational requirements can be found here, as well as information on other resources to assist you in supporting your congregation. Join today!
On Friday, June 14, Episcopal House will sponsor a Church Communications Training Day with the two foremost authorities on Episcopal church communications, Canticle Communications co-founders Jim Naughton and Rebecca Wilson. Find out more about Jim and Rebecca.
This day will be helpful for any church leader – clergy or lay member, experienced communicator or novice. Churches will benefit most if they send two or three participants as a team.
The feast of Pentecost commemorates the release of the Holy Spirit. It is long thought of as the birthday of the church. Scripture records the first Pentecost as happening when people were gathered in one place (Acts 2:1). My guess is that they gathered outside, partly because there were far too many people to be contained indoors and partly because the Spirit, which in Hebrew is Ruah (or breath or wind of God), is most manifest outside.
On Saturday, April 20, the girls connected with the Afghan School Project of St. Luke’s Church in Hope held a community spaghetti dinner to raise money to buy 50 tables and chairs for the Yakawlang Central Girls High School in Afghanistan. The dinner, which raised $643 of the $3550 needed, took place at St. Luke’s sister church, St. Mary’s in Belvidere.
Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:08 +0000 - [Interchange] Quietly, her face filled with sorrow, a battered woman confesses, “I shot and nearly killed my husband.” The viewer is close, as if leaning across the kitchen table to catch her words. Shelia is one of four Ohioans who share their stories in the 26-minute documentary “The Right Track,” created by the Rev. Noel [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:07 +0000 - [Episcopal News Serve] For those living in what is known as Tornado Alley, this time of year is tornado season. On hot, humid days, people live with one eye on the sky, watching the clouds, and many communities have gone through the heartbreak of a tornado’s destruction and resolved to rebuild stronger. As Moore, Oklahoma, [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:29 +0000 - [Diocese of Western New York] Residents of Randolph, New York, awoke May 20 to a village-wide rash of vandalism. Buildings had been spray painted with graffiti — some malicious and some an apparent cry for help. Across the side of Grace Episcopal Church was painted a question of the second type: “Can I still get [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:17:19 +0000 - [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians and others from across the globe reached out May 21 in prayer and support for Oklahomans, still reeling from a massive tornado that had injured hundreds and killed dozens of people, including 9 children, the day before. “This is the first full day since the tornado and a lot is still [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:50 +0000 - [Episcopal Diocese of Washington] This blog is part of a series on ministry with young adults that the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is featuring in May. The Gospel, or Good News of God, is all about communication. In “The Baptismal Covenant” in The Book of Common Prayer we read the following: Celebrant: Will you proclaim by [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:35:01 +0000 - The Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Gurnee, Illinois, is delighted to welcome as its 7th rector, the Rev. Elizabeth Molitors. Installation will be held on Tuesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. Molitors comes to us from her position of associate rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where she has [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:38 +0000 - [Seminary of the Southwest] The Rev. Jane Patterson, Ph.D. has been appointed assistant professor of New Testament at Seminary of the Southwest by action of the seminary’s Board of Trustees at its meeting on May 13, 2013. Dr. Patterson has served on the adjunct faculty since 2010 teaching courses in Bible and spiritual formation. Her [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:20 +0000 - [Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace -- Press Release] The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace, Gettysburg’s Episcopal parish, has just installed 21 memorials that a parishioner found to be recorded in parish records, but not among those displayed in the church. Prince of Peace is Gettysburg’s only church dedicated to the memory [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:29 +0000 - [Episcopal Diocese of Texas] More than 3500 members of churches in the Diocese of Texas and the Diocese of West Texas gathered in homes last Thursday, May 16, to share a meal and share stories of their faith. Episcopalians across Texas came together in groups of eight to 12, and engaged in a faith conversation. [...]
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:27:17 +0000 - This week, the Senate considers a five-year Farm Bill that will have profound implications for hungry and malnourished people in the United States and around the world. Despite promising improvements in the Millennium Development Goals, an estimated one billion people still live on less than $1.25 each day, 870 million people are chronically undernourished, and [...]
