Province VIII of the Episcopal Church

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

Good News from Alaska on Episcopal Life Online

ALASKA: Three years after a fire, Holy Trinity parishioners set to return

By Pat McCaughan, April 30, 2009

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[Episcopal News Service] Three years after fire destroyed historic Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Juneau, Alaska, the congregation is eager to return home from their "location in exile."

"Excitement is building. We are shooting for July 1 occupancy of worship space, but we don't expect to move into our offices and classrooms" then, said the Rev. George Silides, rector of the 113-year-old downtown congregation which has been meeting in a nearby Roman Catholic parish hall.

Adobe Connect Offers Active Participation and Equal Access to Province VIII

 The Executive Committee of Province VIII is committed to trying on new ideas, processes, and content to better "do together what we cannot do alone. At our last Executive Committee conference call we  learned how to use Adobe Connect, an online teleconferencing tool. There were 5 of us online, able to see each other and share documents.  It's awesome! Through an arrangement with Province VI, we are sharing the software and The Rev. Roy Walworth from Wyoming has offered to serve as IT trainer. Adobe Connect is one way we can explore a new way of behaving and belonging. Instead of traveling to a meeting and paying for food, lodging, transportation, and increasing your carbon footprint, you can schedule an online meeting with a group of people online. All you need is a camera (built in or not) and a microphone.

If you're interested in joining the next training session (TBA), please contact Province VIII Coordinator Patricia Erskine for details.  Check to see if your dioceses is already using Adobe Connect.  Start thinking today about how to plan your next meeting on Adobe Connect!

New Communications Network

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the creation of a provincial network for communications.  President Jack Eastwood has named The Rev. Dick Snyder, responsible for the Utah Region, Episcopal Church in Navajoland to be the new Communications Network Coordinator.  Dick has attended our Provincial Leadership Conferences at Mercy Center in Burlingame, often taking pictures, writing articles, and consulting on Navajolands.  A member of the network of national church communicators, Dick was formerly priest-in-charge of. St. Michael’s in Brigham City, Utah, and editor of the diocesan newsletter and the Episcopal Voice in the Diocese of Utah.

Contact information:

The Rev. Richard Snyder. Utah Region, Episcopal Church in Navajoland

435-672-2296
PO Box 28
Bluff, Utah 84512
(435) 237-9720 (Cell)
Rhsnyder12@aol.com