Clergy News
MDG Sunday is July 8
July 8th has been designated Millennium Development Goals Sunday in the
Episcopal Church celebrating the mid-point of the MDG goal to
reduce extreme poverty in the world by 2015.
Materials to celebrate a special Millennium Development Goals Sunday include a complete worship service with sermon and prayers of the people, bulletin inserts and background information. Curricula for children and youth are also included with PowerPoint presentations of MDGs and another with an MDG atlas from the World Bank. God's Mission in the World, a study guide provided by the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations serves as an adult curriculum.
These materials are available for your use on July 8 or at any other time. They were prepared by the Diocese of Texas and are available at: www.epicenter.org/images/edot/MDG/MDGContents.pdf.
Have you appointed your congregational MDG rep?
We need
these key players as we work to comply with our diocesan MDG resolutions
Parochial clergy: If you haven’t already done so, please appoint an MDG (Millennium Development Goals) representative to keep your congregation informed and energized and to share MDG news and ideas with others throughout the diocese.
Please read this letter and contact our diocesan MDG liaison Angela Daniel (Daniela@heathwood.org, 803.343.0400, ex 234) to make sure that your rep is in the loop!
Have Sunday readings available on your church Web site
Preparing for Sunday, from Morehouse Publishing, is a quick, easy, and affordable way to include the weekly lectionary readings on your own church Web site.
Preparing for Sunday includes last week's, this week's and next week's readings, plus overviews, scripture backgrounds, reflections, and prayer starters designed to enrich the understanding of each Sunday's readings. The cost is $15 a month.
To learn more, click here.
Next Diocesan Discernment Conference set for August 18 at Trinity Cathedral
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. Click here for details.
Clergy calendar
Dates on the table below are for 2007. For 2008 dates of interest to clergy, click here.
| July 15 | SC State Day, National Cathedral |
| July 22 | Gravatt Convocation meeting, Church of the Resurrection, Greenwood (2:30 p.m.) |
| July 29 | Midlands
Convocation meeting, St. Michael
& All Angels, Columbia (2:30 p.m.) Reedy River Convocation meeting, Church of the Redeemer, Greenville (2:00 p.m.) |
| August 12 | Catawba Convocation meeting, Good Shepherd, York (3 p.m.) |
| September 10–12 | Fall clergy retreat |
| September 22 | Training the trainers day |
| September 23 | Catawba Convocation Meeting, St.
Peter's, Great Falls (3 p.m.) Gravatt Convocation Meeting, Trinity, Abbeville (lunch-1:30p.m., meeting-2:30 p.m.) |
| October 13 | Diocesan Continuing Ed training day |
| October 26–27 | 85th Diocesan Convention, Christ Church, Greenville |
| November 14–16 | Reedy River residency |