Province VIII of the Episcopal Church

Shaping the Parish June 15-21 at Trinity Church in Seattle

From National Episcopal Health Ministries

National Program:

Dates: June 15 – 21, 2011 & June 13 – 19, 2012

For more information, please visit: http://www.shapingtheparish.com/.

The National Program, in Seattle, includes two June week-long workshops, with participants completing readings and six parish projects between summers and just after the second June. You finish the program in a little over one year. 

The Program:

• Focuses on making immediate, tangible improvements while building long-term health.
• Equips participants for effective leadership through their own spiritual and personal growth and

National Episcopal Aids Coalition new website offers support, guidance, and networking for those affected byHIV/Aids

[Episcopal News Service] Bruce Garner says his spiritual life was profoundly changed during an AIDS healing service in 1986 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

"I felt the presence of God so strongly it was like I could reach out and physically touch the Holy Spirit," the Atlanta resident recalled. "As I watched people go up to the altar rail to be anointed, every one of them walked as though they had the weight of the cathedral on their shoulders."

Returning to their seats afterward, "their faces had lighted up. They were standing straight, and you could tell that they had been healed. They had not been cured, they had been healed, and that was a very important point in my life."

The service occurred during an Episcopal Church-sponsored conference, the first national AIDS-related faith gathering ever, Garner said. About 300 people involved in HIV/AIDS ministry attended.

Register today for the Seasons of Health Ministry Conference, May 19-21

National Episcopal Health Ministries invites you to register today for the Seasons of Health Ministry Conference Gratitude and Grace to be held May 19-21 at Mercy Retreat Center in Burlingame, CA. The conference provides learning opportunities for all, but especially for those involved in health ministry and parish nursing. Read the brochure (pdf). 

Click here for details and registration: http://www.episcopalhealthministries.org

 

 

National Episcopal Health Ministries Call for Workshop Proposals

National Episcopal Health Ministries Call for Workshop Proposals Due December 15, 2010 3rd Annual Health Ministry/Parish Nursing Conference NEHM is calling you to be a workshop leader for Seasons of Health Ministry "Gratitude and Grace" May 19-21, 2011 Burlingame, CA These opportunities are for various levels from beginners to specialist ministry. 1. Pre-conference workshop leaders will receive a $200 Honorarium - Sessions May 19th for 3 hours 2. Workshop leaders will receive a $100 Honorarium - Sessions May 20 - 21 for 1.25 hours 3. Best Practices Presentations will receive a $50 Honorarium - Presentations May 19, 3 times for 15 minutes each. To submit your proposal, please complete the form here. For more information, please contact: Maryfran Crist mjcrist@CRtelco.com www.EpiscopalHealthMinistries.org

Health Ministry Conference Gratitude and Grace ~ Save the Date May 19-21, 2011

John 10:10 “I have come, that you may live life more abundantly”

May 19-21,2011

Burlingame, CA

Seasons of Health Ministry

National Episcopal Health Ministries Conference

Keynote Speaker: Sara Miles

The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert, TAKE THIS BREAD is not only a spiritual memoir but a call to action.

Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer. Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a church. "I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian," she writes. "Or, as I thought of it rather less politely, a religious nut."

But she ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine, and found herself radically transformed....

Save the Date!

National Episcopal Health Ministry
3rd Annual Conference - Gratitude and Grace 

Living Abundantly - John 10:10

Mercy Center - Burlingame, CA - just south of San Francisco

May 19 - 21, 2011

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

National Episcopal Health Ministries Releases New Website

Site Will Expand the Reach of Health Ministry and Offer New Resources in Support of Resolution AO77.

http://www.episcopalhealthministries.org/

Indianapolis, IN, Monday, December 7, 2009-- National Episcopal Health Ministries (NEHM) today unveiled a powerful new resource for dioceses and local congregations exploring health ministries: a completely redesigned

Older Adult Survey Deadline Extended to December 14

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

The deadline for the Older Adult Ministries Task Force Survey which was sent out in October has been extended to December 14, 2009. If you haven't responded yet, please do so today! 

The Older Adult Ministries (OAM) Task Force is reviewing the diverse aging population within the Church. As part of this effort, the Task Force has developed a short survey to help it move forward with this important initiative to improve generational programs across our diocese. 

Responding to the survey is easy. Tambien es posible contestar en espanol.  Simply visit this site and fill out the questionnaire. This should take no more than five to ten minutes. If the link above doesn't work, just paste the link below into your browser: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZDSZbs2HAFslrACzQCSJTw_3d_3d

Thank you in advance for your input as we work to improve our programs.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact :

Bud Holland, Task Force Convener, budholland126@gmail.com       

Jeri Sedlar, Coordinator for OAM Survey, jsedlar@dontretirerewire.com (212-628-1616)

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