CPG: Benefits for the Church. An informal roundtable discussion with CPG leadership about its benefit offerings, lines of business, and work for the Church.
Bring your questions, observations, and ideas to the discussion. Presenters: Clayton Crawley, Chief Church Relations Officer Canon Arlette Benoit Joseph, Church Relations Officer Church Pension Group, New York
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Requiem or Renaissance is a discernment and skills-building program for all congregations struggling with decline and interested in finding out what God is up to inside and outside their walls. 11 congregations in the Diocese of Missouri have taken part in 2022-2023, and two have chosen Requiem and nine have chosen Renaissance. Hear more about the spiritual and practical ins and outs of confronting decline head-on and discovering new gospel energy in the midst of it. Led by The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice, Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development in the Diocese of Missouri.
Presenter: Whitney Rice, Diocesan Staff, Diocese of Missouri 1/1/2024 0 Comments B9 - Episcopal Migration Ministries: Welcoming our New Neighbors (an Orientation)Forced migration and displacement are ballooning crises of our times, intersecting with other crises and dynamics, including climate change and environmental degradation, rising authoritarianism and ethno-nationalism, as well as ongoing and new conflicts and wars. The Episcopal Church has responded to such refugee crises with love, compassion and welcome since the late 1930s, and since 1988, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) has resettled more than 103,000 individuals as a formal refugee resettlement agency partnered with the U.S. Department of State.
Join Allison Duvall, EMM Senior Manager for Church and Community Engagement, to learn more about EMM's expanding work to welcome and support refugees, asylum seekers, and other populations. Ms. Duvall will provide an orientation to global forced displacement and the international refugee protection scheme, discuss the rapidly changing U.S. refugee resettlement landscape, and offer practical ways that dioceses and congregations can partner with EMM - in ways large and small - to welcome our newest neighbors, as we would welcome Christ. Presenter: Allison Duvall, Senior Manager for Church and Community Engagement, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) Allison Duvall serves on Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s staff as Senior Manager for Church and Community Engagement for Episcopal Migration Ministries, The Episcopal Church’s migration ministry and one of only ten national refugee resettlement agencies which work in partnership with the U.S. Department of State. Ms. Duvall joined EMM in 2013, initially focusing on supporting local affiliate community engagement programs and later developing EMM's church engagement work. Today, Ms. Duvall guides all of EMM’s church and community engagement work and programs, including Neighbor to Neighbor, the Asylum & Detention Ministry Network, the Rainbow Initiative, and the development of new refugee resettlement affiliate and community partners. Previously, Ms. Duvall was the Executive Director of Reading Camp, a literacy ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. Ms. Duvall served as a Deputy to General Convention for the Diocese of Lexington in 2009 and 2012. She has served on the Executive Council of the Diocese of Lexington, as well as on the board of Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Outside of her work and ministry within The Episcopal Church, Ms. Duvall is an accomplished Irish dancer and dance educator. In 2022, Ms. Duvall received first class honors for her Masters of Arts in Irish Dance Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and she is presently the director of the McTeggart Irish Dancers location in Kentucky. She resides in Lexington with her husband Clay, an attorney. The congregation is the great choir, and often churches find themselves with a small choir or no choir. I will offer ways to support the congregation in song and how to encourage them to participate more in the singing of the liturgy. I will also explore creative ways to build a choir program in a church that has a small choir or no choir.
Presenter: Westley Art Hodges, St. Mark's Episcopal, Chicago Caminemos con María is an invitation to our communities, to celebrate Latinas, their gifts, and their stories of struggle, liberation, and resurrection, as captured in the traditional genre of Canción Latinoamericana, (Latin American Song). Each song has the name of María, and tell the story of women from different contexts, women of unbreakable faith, who draw strength from their "weaknesses", to face the struggles of life, to bring about hope and liberation for themselves, and the families who depend on them.
Yuri Rodriguez, sings these stories, and makes the connection between the name "María", the socio-cultural expectations that weigh on the shoulders of Latinas and Marías all over the world, and the biblical stories of Marías in our faith tradition. http://www.caminemosconmaria.com Presenters: Yuri Rodriguez, Church of the Nativity, Indianapolis Daniel Duarte Petar Jankovic As a college professor and a neuroscientist, I believe in giving my science away--helping people to think critically about claims made about what the brain is doing when we engage in various human activities. "Neurotheology" is a relatively new field of study focused on the human brain and religion. It's making the news--even the Episcopal News Service (Dec. 1, 2023; https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2023/12/01/neurotheology-explores-religion-as-activity-of-the-brain/). Those writing about the field typically don't have expertise in neuroscience, which limits their ability to evaluate claims made by scientists. I would like to introduce participants to the brain and to neurotheology through a short presentation followed by interactive activities in which we evaluate statements from news sources and develop our abilities to think critically about what the brain is doing as we go through life as religious and spiritual beings.
Presenters: Edie Wakevainen, St. Luke's, Ferndale, Michigan Edie Wakevainen, PhD, is a neuroscientist by training (Yale, 1986). She also earned an Anglican Studies Diploma from Bexley Seabury. She is passionate about helping people understand what is known about the brain--and, more importantly, what has not yet been revealed in brain research. Is there a community college or university in your neighborhood? Have you wondered how to build relationships with an institution of higher education near your church? This workshop will explore ways of discerning, connecting, and developing relationships between congregations and campuses. Provincial leaders in campus ministry will share stories of building these relationships, offer suggestions for how to gather information and build alliances with campus partners, and use your congregation’s unique resources to support the campus community.
Presenter: Stacy Alan, Brent House, Chicago Resolving conflict in today’s world is not easy, but it is possible. You will discuss five steps to rebuilding broken relationships. As an example, we will show how to build connections between Indigenous people harmed by history and those helped by it. We will compare examples of how governments, churches, and prisons reconnect people who were once enemies. Find out how Indigenous models of knowing can resolve differences while preserving them. Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, but it does mean learning to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8).
Presenter: Mary Crist, Coordinator, Indigenous Theological Education Mary Crist (Piitaki/Eagle Woman) is enrolled in the Blackfeet nation in Montana. She was appointed Coordinator of Indigenous Theological Education for The Episcopal Church in 2019. She is a visiting professor at Bexley Seabury Seminary, and a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles serving at St. Michael’s Ministry Center in Riverside. She is an experienced teacher, professor, dean, and founding head of St. Matthews Episcopal School in Edinburg, TX and Academy Hill Day School in Springfield, MA. She earned the Doctor of Education at Columbia University, the Master of Divinity at Claremont School of Theology, the Master of Education at Pan American University, and the Bachelor of Arts at the University of California Berkeley. She publishes in early childhood education, special education, online instructional design, and Indigenous theological education. For starters—what is policy advocacy and how is it different from, and complementary to, political activism? How can you leverage your personal power to influence U.S. policies on a host of issues, and how is such activity an expression of carrying out our faith? This workshop from the church’s Office of Government Relations will cover the basic tools for engaging elected officials in advocacy and allow ample open space to discuss questions attendees may have around advocacy and political engagement. Being involved in the public square is a part of the church's work in the world--come learn how to engage effectively in relationship building with government officials.
Presenter: Alan Yarborough, Office of Government Relations Alan Yarborough is the church relations officer for The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations. He is primarily responsible for developing resources and training aimed at educating, equipping, and engaging the church in policy advocacy. Prior to this, he lived and worked in Haiti with the Young Adult Service Corps. He holds a BS in economics from Clemson University in South Carolina and a master’s degree in conflict analysis and resolution from the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. 1/1/2024 0 Comments C2 - Opening the Vault: Creating Accessible Digital Church Archives Using ScalarHave you ever wondered how to bring your parish or diocesan archives into the Digital Age? Join John Beatty, Archivist for the Diocese of Northern Indiana, and Erika Mann, Director of Digital Initiatives, Technology, and Scholarship at Purdue University Fort Wayne, as they present the basics for creating a church historical website. They will be exploring Scalar, a free digital software offered by the University of Southern California. They will demonstrate its use and show how it was used to create the Archives website for the Diocese of Northern Indiana. https://ednin.org/archives.
You can find historical photographs, documents, parish registers, diocesan newspapers, and convention journals, all in one convenient place. Presenters: John D. Beatty, CG, MA, is the Archivist for the Diocese of Northern Indiana. He is a Senior Librarian with the Genealogical Center of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne and a Certified Genealogist. Erika Mann, MA, MLS, is Director of Digital Initiatives, Technologies, and Scholarship for the Helmke Library at Purdue University, Fort Wayne. She is an Episcopalian and assisted John in creating the Diocesan Archives website for the Diocese of Northern Indiana. |
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