St. Michael's, Easley, consignment sale scheduled for August 22, 23

Twice a year for the past several years St Michael's, Easley, has sponsored a children's consignment sale to benefit outreach in the community. The fall sale at St. Michael's will take place this year on August 22 and 23. Consigners please contact Shannon Keyes (864.442.6505) or Anne Martin (864.859.2407) as soon as possible.

For details about the sale, contact the church at 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley, 864.859.6296.

St. Thaddeus', Aiken, presents "Contemporary Music Within Traditional Churches" workshop, August 30

St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Church of Aiken is honored to sponsor a musicians' workshop entitled "Contemporary Music for Traditional Churches" that will feature Robin Mark. This workshop is designed for church musicians (1) who want to begin to include contemporary Christian music in their existing services, (2) those who want to begin a contemporary music service, and (3) those who already use contemporary music within a traditional church setting.

Robin Mark is an Irish singer and song writer from Belfast whose worship and praise songs are often sung in traditional and contemporary churches. Some of his most famous songs include "Days of Elijah," "In the Beauty of Holiness," and "Take Us to the River." He has published 13 albums and has won many awards in the UK, Canada, and the United States. Those who have been to Cursillo are very familiar with his songs.

The date of the workshop is August 30, 2008, and it will be held at St. Thaddeus', Aiken.  Download a flyer here. Please contact Gregory MacDougall with any questions at macdou_g@earthlink.net or 803.646.3948.

DOK annual diocesan business meeting, September 13, St. Bart's, N. Augusta

The Daughters of the King Diocesan Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 13, at St. Bartholomew's, N. Augusta. Registration begins at 8:30a.m., the business meeting  at 9.

Following the business meeting, there will be workshop, "Designing Prayer Cards."  Lunch will be served and the guest speaker is Sister Carol Andrew from the Convent of St. Helena. The cost for the day is $12.00  Download the event flyer.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 10, 803.279.4622, ext 307.

Seminar on backyard habitats at St. Matthias, Rock Hill, September 20

Tony Esposito of the SC Wildlife Federation stands with St. Matthias' vicar Alice Haynes and bishop's warden Julie Patterson after certifying the wildlife habitat at the church.

St. Matthias', Rock Hill, is hosting a community seminar on developing Backyard Habitats on Saturday, September 20, from 9-12. St. Matthias' was recently certified as a Backyard Habitat by the SC Wildlife Federation.

To achieve certification, the church set aside part of its property to “provide the four basic habitat elements needed for wildlife to thrive: food, water, cover, and places to raise young.” Lynn Cooler has chaired efforts to develop the church habitat and encourage the surrounding community to do likewise.

Backyard habitats are becoming increasingly popular as people attempt to recover natural habitats for wildlife. Wildlife habitats are disappearing at an alarming rate due to development and the often-used practice of clear-cutting.

Mr. Tony Esposito of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation will be the principal speaker. His Power Point presentation will encourage and inform, helping all who attend to learn about and implement a backyard habitat on their property. Grass seed native to the area will be sold by Carolina Wild at the seminar; these grasses are helpful as food and ground cover, and require little attention on the part of the property owner.

St. Matthias' will also offer lunch for purchase. Proceeds will support further efforts to return part of the church land to its natural state. The church is located in northwest Rock Hill at 535 Hollis Lakes Road, 29732; 803.981.5334; www.saintmatthiasrockhill.org.

Next diocesan Continuing Ed Training Day is October 4

The next Continuing Ed Training Day will be October 4, 2008, at St. Christopher's, Spartanburg, and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Columbia. Download the registration form.

The following courses will be offered, but must have at least 6 participants per workshop. Workshops may be cancelled because of low registrations.

Worship Leader Basic

Worship Leader Continuing Education

Eucharistic Visitor Basic

Eucharistic visitor Continuing Education

Safe Church Training

Race Relations Training

Please click here to see who needs Safe Church training. Contact Roslyn Hook (803.771.7800, ext. 20) with questions.

Partnership Cange Symposium, October 11-12—Save the dates!

"Water Cange!"—the single most important element sustaining our ministry in Haiti’s Central Plateau

The 2008 Partnership Cange Symposium will take place on October 11 and 12 at Holy Trinity, Clemson. Following a World Mission Committee meeting  in the morning, the symposium begins at 1 p.m. in the Holy Trinity Parish Hall, offering an overview of our diocesan ministry in Haiti, with an emphasis on the urgent needs to be supported by the Gifts of Bread and Water Campaign.

In the early 1980s the lack of safe drinking water was identified as the most critical issue facing the people of Cange. The Cange water system, designed, funded, and built by the Upper SC in 1984, remains the single most important element sustaining our ministry in Haiti’s Central Plateau, and it is in crisis!

After more than 25 years of use and increased demands repairs and upgrades are urgently needed. The water system was built for a small village of fewer than 1,000 residents. The current population is more than 8,000 and growing. Learn how your support of the Gifts of Bread and Water Campaign can ensure the viability of this vital system and benefit agricultural projects and the creation of a vocational school as well.

Special guests at the seminar will include Fr. Fritz Lafontant, Episcopal priest at Cange, and Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of the nonprofit organization Partners in Health, which works around the world to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. On October 11, at 7 p.m., Dr. Farmer will deliver the first William H. Hunter Memorial Calhoun Lecture at Clemson.

Click here to download a draft agenda for the symposium. Please contact Dr. Reggie Brooker, diocesan World Mission chair, with questions.

St. James Center for Spiritual Development announces schedule through June '09

The St. James Center for Spiritual Development at St. James's, Greenville, has announced special programs through June 2009. The brochure is available on the Center Web site and is also available for download here.

Here are some highlights.

October 12 (5:30-9 p.m.): we are presenting the documentary film Constantine’s Sword, about the Church’s involvement in the persecution of the Jews in Europe. Dinner, film, and panel discussion. Children welcome.

December 6 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.): Advent Quiet Day with Thomas Portney, "The Light Is On, But No One Is Home," an experiential workshop about presence and accepting the reality of what is. In April 2008 Thomas Portney led his highly acclaimed workshop "Illuminating Darkness: Befriending the Shadow" at St. James's.

Beginning January 16-18, 2009: Women's Retreat Series led by Victoria Chance. The series begins on January 19  with a weekend retreat at a beach house on the South Carolina coast. There will be two follow-up sessions on Saturday, March 2, and Saturday April 18.

June 15-18, 2009: Three-night retreat at Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, SC. Space is .imited to 6 participants, so don't dawdle.

Cursillo weekend coming October 23-26

The dates for the upcoming October Cursillo are October 23rd-26th (this is the weekend following the Diocesan Convention). Lisa Koehler, Christ Church, Greenville, is the lay rector for the weekend. The deadline for candidate registration is Wednesday, September 22, 2008. Please visit the Cursillo pages of the diocesan Web site for application forms.

Ordination Discernment Conference scheduled for November 22

For those discerning the ordination process in tour dioceses the next Ordination Discernment Conference will be held on November 22 at St. David's, Columbia. 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 one Ordination Discernment Conference along with their sponsoring priest and a potential and/or current member of their local discernment committee. (Handbook [www.edusc.org/Diocese/Commissions/Baptized.shtml]  for Discernment for Ministry and the Ordination Process, p. 19.)
 

Lutheran Theological Seminary to offer Career Crossroads seminar, September 12-14

Are you or is someone you know going through a career crisis? Many people are unhappy in their vocation and don't know how to find the work that fits their gifts and mission in life. Career Crossroads is a spiritual retreat which will help such people.

For more information, please contact Sandra Holland, associate director for ministry, at 803.461.3263 or sandrah@ltss.edu . Download the seminar brochure here.

“Moving toward Wholeness Conference,” October 16-19 in Browns Summit, NC

Episcopal priest the Very Rev. J. Pittman McGehee will be a featured speaker

Episcopal priest the Very Rev. J. Pittman McGehee, D.D., who served for 11 years as dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, will be one of the featured presenters at the "Moving Toward Wholeness" conference to be held at The Summit Conference Center in Browns Summit, North Carolina, October 16-19, 2008.

The conference will focus on the dialogue between the psychology of Carl Jung and the spiritual experiences at the heart of Christianity and other faiths through lectures, workshops, morning Eucharist, dialogue, special events and periods of solitude. McGehee will explore the relation between love and power as we approach the Fall 2008 elections.

In 1991, he became the director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychology and Spirituality. A Jungian analyst and distinguished lecturer and speaker in the fields of psychology and religion, he is also an author, book reviewer and an award-winning published poet.

Along with McGehee, two other Jungian analysts will be offering featured presentations. There will be 16 workshops led by Jungian analysts and other highly qualified professionals. Register as soon as possible to receive the best discount.

For more information, visit www.journeyconferences.com.
 

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