Meeting of the Southern Mission District

Saturday - Nov 10th - 10:00 am, at St. Thomas', 5383 East Owens, Las Vegas

Below is a summary of the meeting held on Nov 10th at St. Thomas� parish.

 

Twenty-three people representing 7 mission district congregations attended the meeting.

 

Fr. Ed Lovelady opened the meeting with a prayer for the Mission of The Church.

 

Topics of Discussion:

1.  Diocesan offices:

      -  we need to be prepared to offer candidates for the various diocesan offices at 2008 convention � clergy and lay.  Nominations need to be

prepared and submitted in time to be included in the convention journal.

      -  If we expect to have appropriate representation in the life and decisions in our diocese, lay people who are communicants in good standing

and clergy in our congregations must to be available to serve.

      Diocesan Council � clergy and lay

      Diocesan Standing Committee � clergy and lay

      Commission on Ministry

      Diocesan Review Committee

      Ecclesiastical court

      Youth Council � adult, young adult, youth

 

2.  Speaking of Youth

      -  Copies of applications to serve on Diocesan Youth Council were distributed to take back to parishes to find an adult, a young adult

(19-30), and a youth (8 � 12 grade) to represent our mission district in matters regarding youth ministries.

      -  HAPPENING � a program for high school age youth is coming to Nevada.

Three young people and one adult from our mission district are attending a HAPPENING event in Texas later this month and will become the leaders for this program in our diocese.  The TEC program has been �retired� in favor of HAPPENING, which is an Episcopal Church program.

 

3.  Christmas Advertising

      -  Flyers about Christmas advertising were distributed, if you want to go in together as we did for Easter ads Ed Lovelady is willing to coordinate this effort � Copy deadline is Dec 10th

 

4.  Special Events � What�s happening in your parish?

 

-  All Saints�  : Hispanic Ministry � Spanish language Holy Eucharist on Sunday at 1:00 pm � Spanish language Bible study on Monday at 6:30 pm

-  Dec 9th � 2:00 pm.  Bishop Lamb will receive The Rev Jim Lyons as a priest in the Episcopal Church at All Saints� � clergy are invited to vest �

red stoles.

- Jan 19th � an all day retreat �Desert Spirituality� led by Phyllis Strupp, using her book �The Richest of Fare, Seeking Spiritual Security in the

Sonoran Desert�  The retreat is sponsored by the Daughters of the King � The cost is $15.00.  RSVP to All Saints� parish, 878-2373

 

-  Christ Church:

Advent Quiet Day �Mary as a Pilgrim� � Saturday, Dec 1st from 9 am to Noon. RSVP to Mary Bredlau at 464-8309 or [email protected] by 11/29.

 

-  100th Anniversary Celebration on Nov 25th, with The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as Celebrant.

 

-  Other congregations mentioned events and activities and will forward that information to Ed Lovelady for placement on the mission district web site (www.allsaintslv.com - �Southern Mission District� link)

 

5.  Other Events:

Mission District Confirmation � Sunday - April 6th 2008 � 2:00 pm � tentatively scheduled for All Saints� � open to another parish to host �

contact Ed Lovelady.

 

Ordination of the 10th Bishop of Nevada:  Jan 5, 2008 � 2:00 pm at the Henderson Convention Center.  The Transition committee is asking for help

with transportation for invited guests and with parking.  Contact Pam Radke, [email protected] or 564-5106 if you�re able to help with either of these needs.

 

Clergy Conference � May 1 � 3, 2008 � location to be announced by Standing Committee.

 

2008 Stewardship Conference � June 26 � 28 in Portland, OR.  This is a Province VIII conference and well worth attending by clergy and lay leaders.  Several people from our diocese attended the conference earlier this year. The �testimony� from All Saints� is that their stewardship campaign produced 102% of their goal, and part of the credit goes to the fact that three people from the parish attended the stewardship conference this year.

 

Diocesan Convention October 2008 in Elko, NV.  St. Matthew�s parish is working on getting a charter bus for delegates from our part of the state to travel together and reduce our �carbon footprint� for the trip to Elko.  More information will be coming out and will be posted on the mission

district web site.

 

6.  Helen McPeak � presentation about �Fresh Start�  Helen suggested that the information available in the �Fresh Start� program might be useful for lay leaders as well as clergy and offered to lead portions of the program in conjunction with quarterly mission district meetings.  The group seemed to think this was a good idea.  Ed Lovelady & Helen will work together to coordinate this for future meetings.  Contact Helen at [email protected] for more information.

 

7.  Karl Gustafson � presentation about Video conferencing and electronic communications.  Karl is proposing the use of video conferencing from our

office and home computers as a practical way to have meetings and discussions.  He is working on a way to make this available easily to everyone with a computer.  He also suggested use of an Internet Forum to exchange information and ideas and is building an on-line Bible Study.

Contact Karl at [email protected] for more information.

 

8.  Karen Wilkes � presentation about Planned Giving.  Karen gave a short presentation and distributed some information about Planned Giving and the newly formed diocesan Planned Giving committee.  They are working to develop for the diocese, and to assist congregations to develop Planned Giving programs and will be scheduling workshops and providing information and assistance.  Contact Karen at [email protected] for more information.

 

9.  Advertising:  �The Catholic Christian Yellow Pages� is a new directory coming out soon and will have a section for The Episcopal Church in southern Nevada, with a listing for each of our congregations.  This advertising is free.

 

Other free advertising is available in �The Christian Yellow Pages�.  For contact information on either of these directories, contact Ed Lovelady

 

10.  NEW CONVENTION DELEGATES � as congregations elect or appoint delegates to diocesan convention for 2008 � get that information to Ed Lovelady so the new delegates can be added to the mission district mailing list for information and to attend quarterly mission district meetings.

 

11.  Next Southern Mission District Meeting � Saturday, Feb 2, 2008, Holy Spirit parish, Bullhead City, AZ � let�s get organized and car pool � and remember there�s a one-hour time difference � one hour later than Nevada.

 

That�s my recollection and notes from the meeting � if I missed something, let me know and I�ll put the info out.

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Ed Lovelady,

Convener, Southern Mission District

All Saints� Church

[email protected]

www.allsaintslv.com

878-2373

Southern Mission District Web Site is located on All Saints� Parish site www.allsaintslv.com - through the link button �Southern Mission District�