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Stay connected to www.edusc.org/Consecration.
And please note, the deadline for securing
overnight accommodations at the diocesan rate is
Monday, April 19.
88th Convention delegate certification deadline is
today, April 15!
For information, instructions and forms go to
www.edusc.org/Certification.
Diocesan Leadership Days to gather like-sized churches
Five days scheduled in April, May & June—
Attend the one that's right for your church!
Program and pastoral-size churches up first, April 24 & May 1
All clergy, elected lay leadership (wardens, vestry, and delegates), lay
staff, and interested others are encouraged to attend one of five
diocesan Leadership Days scheduled over the next three months. These
events are organized according to church size and will offer
time for worship, sharing congregational stories, listening to the
stories of other faith communities, participating in interest groups
around common topics, and entering into dialogue with our new bishop
about the ministry we all share in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
All events take place at All Saints', Clinton. For planning purposes
RSVP is required.
The schedule is as follows: Saturday, April
24, Program size congregations; Saturday, May 1, Pastoral size
congregations; Saturday, June 5, Transitional size congregations;
Thursday, June 10, Resource size congregations; and Saturday, June 19,
Family size congregations.
Visit
www.edusc.org/Leadership
for more information and to get on board. Please RSVP and let us
know the total number of persons who will attend. An RSVP link is found at the bottom of each day's agenda.
Questions? Contact Sue von, 803.771.7800, ext. 13.
By standing resolution of Diocesan Convention, the
loose offering on the second Sunday of May is
designated for Still Hopes and Finlay House.
Please mail your offering, earmarked "Mother's Day," to Diocesan House,
Attn. Roslyn Hook, 1115 Marion Street, Columbia, SC
29201.
For those in discernment regarding the ordination process in
the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, the next Ordained Ministry
Conference has been set for Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Church of the
Redeemer, Greenville. The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. with
Morning Prayer and conclude by noon. To register contact Deacon d’Rue
Hazel at 800-889-6961 ext. 24, dhazel@edusc.org.
All individuals in the ordination process are required to attend this
conference along with their sponsoring priest and a potential and/or
current member of their local discernment committee.
(Handbook for
Discernment for Ministry and the Ordination Process, p. 19)
The fall conference will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at St.
David's Episcopal Church, Columbia. It will also be held from 9:00 AM to
noon.
The 2011 conferences will be held on the first Saturday in May and the
first Saturday in November. Locations are not yet confirmed.
| 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 |
Ordained Ministry Conference, Redeemer, Greenville, 9 a.m. |
| May 9 |
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 8 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| June 10 |
Leadership Day (Resource-size congregations), All Saints',
Clinton |
| June 19 |
Leadership Day (Family-size congregations), All Saints',
Clinton |
| July 13 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| August 1 |
Reedy River Convocation meeting
Gravatt Convocation meeting |
| August 10 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| September 14 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| September 19 |
Midlands Convocation meeting
Catawba Convocation meeting |
| September 26 |
Reedy River Convocation meeting
Gravatt Convocation meeting
Piedmont Convocation meeting |
| September 27-30 |
Fall Clergy Conference |
| October 12 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
| October 15-16 |
88th Diocesan Convention, Trinity Cathedral, Columbia |
| November 6 |
Ordained Ministry Conference, St. David's, Columbia, 9 a.m. |
| November 9 |
Catawba clericus, Harmony House, noon |
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