Clergy news
Good Friday Offering in support of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
Download resources, including Good Friday Offering bulletin insert and poster
Since 1922, Episcopalians here have supported the ministries of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East through the Good Friday Offering. It is vital that we continue to share in this burden, and not let our brothers and sisters in Jerusalem carry the cross alone.
For 150 years the Anglican Church in Jerusalem has borne the responsibility of sharing the cross of Jesus in a special way. By helping to maintain the Christian witness in the Holy Land, by serving all of God's people there in a variety of ministries, by proclaiming the gospel and promoting justice, peace and love throughout the four dioceses in that region, the church serves us all.
Where to send funds collected: Make your check payable to Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, write Good Friday Offering on the "Memo" line of the check, and send it to:
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Good Friday Offering
P.O. Box 12095
Newark, NJ 07101
Medical Trust to cover Haiti travel inoculations
The following is from the Episcopal Church Medical Trust and applies to clergy and lay employees enrolled in the Active Empire BCBS Health Plan and retired clergy enrolled in the UnitedHealthcare Medicare Supplement Plan. If you are an active clergyperson, please share this information with your lay employees that are enrolled in the Active Empire BCBS Health Plan.
In order to support the efforts of volunteers and others in ministry
helping with the recovery efforts in Haiti, the Medical Trust will be
reimbursing members enrolled in Medical Trust self-funded plans for the
required inoculations for travel to the island. (These self-funded plans
include our active and retiree health plans administered by Aetna,
CIGNA, Empire BCBS, Kaiser, and UHC.) This reimbursement benefit will be
available for Haiti-related inoculations received by July 1, 2010.
To utilize this benefit, a member will first have to pay out-of-pocket
for the required inoculations and then submit the receipt(s) with:
· Their name, address, and a contact phone number
· The nature of their mission to Haiti
· The name of the group they’re traveling with
· And the dates of travel to:
Church Pension Group
Clinical Care Department
445 5th Avenue – 6th floor
New York City, NY 10016
Attn: Haiti Inoculations
If you have any questions about this special benefit, please contact
Malbia Udoji in our Clinical Care Department at 212.592.8345.
TEC Lifelong Christian Formation and Vocations Team offers campus ministries grants
The Episcopal Church's Lifelong Christian Formation and Vocations Team is offering grants for campus ministries. The purpose of the grants is to assist in the start-up of new campus ministries or the re-start of dormant campus ministries. Download the application form.
Please pass this along to folks who would be interested. The deadline is March 31, 2010, so it is time sensitive.
With questions, please contact Bronwyn Clark Skov, bskov@episcopalchurch.org, 212.716.6074, 800.334.7626 ext. 6074 (toll free
The DUSC clergy directory is still collecting those photos
If you haven't already sent a photo, please do send one now for the clergy directory we are putting together for the bishop-elect. The directory will contain contact information, parochial assignment, and a picture of each clergy person in Upper South Carolina. (Hint: you can use your picture from your church directory.) You may submit an electronic or hard copy of your photo. Please send your picture to Bethany Human, 1115 Marion Street, Columbia, SC 29201. All printed pictures will be returned once they are scanned and put in the database. If you have any questions about the directory, please contact Bethany Human, 803.771.7800 x 19.This is also the perfect opportunity to update your contact information. Click here to submit your updated information. Not sure your have updated your information? Click here to look in the most recent clergy directory.
Calendar
| March 9 | Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| March 12-14 | Happening #63 |
| March 29 | Renewal of ordination vows, St. John's, Columbia |
| April 2 | Good Friday offering to the Church in Jerusalem |
| April 11 | Reedy River Convocation meeting Catawba Convocation meeting |
| April 12 | Catawba clericus meeting, Harmony House, noon |
| April 9-11 | Vocare #5, Gravatt |
| April 15 | Fresh Start, All Saints', Clinton |
| April 18 | Gravatt Convocation meeting Midlands Convocation meeting |
| April 20 | Clergy Business Day, Gravatt |
| April 23-25 | Jr. High Spring Retreat |
| April 24 | Leadership Day (Program-size congregations), All Saints', Clinton |
| April 25 | Piedmont Convocation meeting |
| May 1 | Leadership Day (Pastoral-size congregations), All Saints', Clinton |
| May 6 | Fresh Start, All Saints', Clinton |
| May 8 | Mother's Day Offering (to Still Hopes and Finlay House) |
| May 11 | Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| May 22 | Consecration of the 8th Bishop of Upper SC, Christ Church, Greenville |
| June 5 | Leadership Day (Transitional-size congregations), All Saints', Clinton |
| June 19 | Leadership Day (Family-size congregations), All Saints', Clinton |
| TBD | Leadership Day (Resource-size congregations), All Saints', Clinton |
| October 15-16 | 88th Diocesan Convention, Trinity Cathedral, Columbia |