Province VIII of the Episcopal Church

The work below continues here: New Community Clergy and Lay Training Conference February 29-March 3 in San Diego

New Community Clergy and Lay Training Conference to be held February 29 to March 3, 2012, in San Diego, California. The theme of this first joint training event to be sponsored by the church’s Ethnic Offices is “Reclaiming our Mission; Reinterpreting our Context; Renewing our Communities.” The New Community event will address questions such as “How is mission shaped in non-Anglo/non-European communities?” and “How is ministry done in the context of marginality?” as well as provide opportunities for inter-ethnic conversations and multicultural celebration. For more information, contact Sarah Eagle Heart at seagleheart@episcopalchurch.org.

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READ THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT. Leaders meet to consult on Episcopal Church’s ethnic ministries

By Lelanda Lee | January 17, 2012  Episcopal News Service

A Consultation on Alternative Leadership and Theological Training was held January 11-14, 2012, in a suburb of Oklahoma City. This was the first ever churchwide gathering of Episcopal Church leaders involved in ethnic ministries for the purpose of identifying and discussing the common elements of ministry in ethnic communities.

The four ethnic missioners of the Episcopal Church (Sarah Eagle Heart, Indigenous Ministries; Anthony Guillen, Latino/Hispanic Ministries; Angela Ifill, Black Ministries; Winfred Vergara, Asiamerica Ministries) convened the consultation. Eagle Heart, who is the team leader for Diversity, Social and Environmental ministries, explained that Winter Talk, a gathering of people in Indigenous ministry that was originally planned for the same weekend, had been canceled to focus program budget on training.

The missioners worked with acknowledged leaders in each ethnic ministry to invite eight to ten individuals to participate plus seven bishops who are actively involved with ethnic ministries. Several resource people who work directly with ethnic ministries were also invited, including a representative from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gordon Straw, formerly the Director for American Indian and Alaska Native Ministries and now Program Director for Lay Missional Leadership Centers, represented the church’s full communion partner.

Ruth-Ann Collins, officer for Lifelong Christian Formation, served as the facilitator of the breakout

Japanese Episcopal Network Convocation meets June 16-19 in LA

All are welcome to join the Japanese Episcopal Network (JEN) at their annual convocation meeting June 16-19 in Los Angeles at the Cathedral Center in Echo Park. The group will visit  Manzanar, the site of a Japanese internment camp during WWII.  For more information or a registration form, please send an email request to gnkscdds@sbcglobal.net or malcolmhee@gmail.com.

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Episcopal Asian Ministries Combined Leaders Gathering October 27-30

EAM Combined Leaders Gathering Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - Saturday, October 30, 2010 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM Location: Cathedral Retreat Center, 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, CA Contact: Jim Kodera and Mimi Wu Email: jkodera@wellesley.edu or pwu1@juno.com

Event Description: Emphases: Strategic Planning, Re-Visioning Participants: All officers and members of EAM Council; all ethnic conveners and Co-conveners; EAM Women convener; EAM Advocates convener; and  three (3) elected/appointed representatives from each ethnic convocation; speakers and invited experts in selected ministry fields: research, evangelism, congregational development, faith formation. Missioner will present “Re-visioning EAM in the 21st Century Project.”

JAPANESE CONVOCATION GATHERING IN SEATTLE

  Theme:         Diversity in our midst
                       Finding gifts for Ministry

Date: May 20 -22/2010 (Thursday to Saturday)

Place: Seattle, Panama Hotel, St. Peter's/The Diocesan House

 

Registration: $20 per person

 

Goal: Our goal is to find ways to recognize our diversity in our midst and utilize our different gifts to minister different people to enliven our community

 

 

 

The Rev.Andrew Kuni Shirota

Convener, Japanese Convocation of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry

andrew.k.shirota@gmail.com

 

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 Photo courtesy of Norah Joslyn, Communications Director, Diocese of Olympia

 

Register TODAY for the Provincial Youth Event, July 20-25 at Westminster College, Salt Lake City

Register today for the Provincial Youth Event When You Pray You are the Light of the World to be held July 20-25, 2010 in Salt Lake City.   This is truly a life changing experience at which several hundred High School Episcopalians from Arizona to Alaska and Washington

Chinese Convocation E-News Available

The Reverend Ada Wong Nagata, Convener of the Episcopal Asian Ministry Chinese Convocation sent the latest Chinese Convocation E-News.  Download ENews_ Lunar NY_Edition for a look at the many offerings and activities happenings in the convocation.

The Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry (EAM) connects people and resources on evangelism and mission, church

Chinese Convocation Resume and Pictures

    Asian Ministries Network Coordinator Mimi Wu provided this resume of their recent meeting in Los Angeles: More than forty clergy and lay leaders from the EAM Chinese Convocation gathered in Cathedral Center in Los Angeles last Jan 25-27, 2010 on the theme "Be Ready for Mission in the New Age." Lively talks on evangelism, congregational vitality, cell groups ministry and stewardship were presented as participants shared concerns of hard

EAM Chinese Convocation to meet in Los Angeles

The EAM Chinese Convocation will meet Jan 25-27, 2010 at the Cathedral Center of Saint Paul in Los Angeles. For more information and registration details please contact:

The Reverend Ada Wong Nagata, Convener for the EAM Chinese Convocation

Associate Priest for Asian Ministries
The Church of Our Saviour
535 West Roses Road
San Gabriel, CA 91775
Phone: 626-282-5147 ext 32
email: awongnagata@churchofoursaviour.org

www.churchofoursaviour.org

or Mimi Wu, Asian Ministry Convener for Province VIII.

Provincial Leadership Conference, Mercy Center, September 14-16

The 2009 annual Provincial Leadership Conference (PLC) will begin at Noon on Monday, September 14th and end at Noon on Wednesday, September 16th at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California.  The Executive Committee will begin its meeting at 3 pm on Sunday, September 13th and end at 2 pm on Wednesday, September 16th.

The theme for PLC will be "Ubuntu", a concept interpreted by South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond