WAYCROSS

It's time to be thinking of summer camp.  But Waycross offers many other things too.  Check it out online http://www.waycrosscamp.org/  and plan to spend some time at Waycross this year.

 

VBS

Our Vacation Bible School will be a joint effort partnering with Resurrection Lutheran Church and it will be held July 28-August 1.  There will be an organizational picnic in June.  Details later.  This particular VBS includes a ministry project and the committee has chosen the River Ministry.  Jim Wilkinson hopes to participate.  Registration forms for children 3 and up will be available in the Great Hall soon.

 

ULSTER PROJECT

The Ulster Project will meet this Thursday night, 7:00 in the Great Hall.  Host families should meet beforehand at 6:30.

 

PENTECOST SUNDAY

Our 9:30 service should be particularly lively for Pentecost.  We will have prayers or readings in Eskimo (Inupiak), Spanish, Korean, Swahili, German, Italian and French.  The dismissal will be in Maori.  We are also adding an interesting feature for the Psalm.  Katie Brichto will recite a verse in Hebrew and we will then repeat the verse in English.  All together, it should give us a better sense of then many languages of the Good News.  We won't be able to have as many languages at 8:00, but we'll do our best there too.

 

THANKS

 

CONFIRMATION SERVICE

Our Deanery Confirmation service will be this Saturday at Trinity, Lawrenceburg.  We do not have anyone being confirmed this year, but it is a great time to be with our bishop and with other Episcopalians from the deanery.  It is a big deal for Trinity!  They have often been bypassed for deanery functions because they are such a small church. This has made them feel they were a bit of a stepchild.  So this year, it was a unanimous decision on the part of the deanery that we wanted them to feel that they were an essential part of the deanery and that we all wanted the service to be at Lawrenceburg.  So, please try to come.  The service is at 11:00 and there will be lunch afterwards.  There will not be a Deanery Council meeting, because the budget is not yet ready for presentation. 

 

FROM THE DIOCESE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
ORDINATION TO THE SACRED ORDER OF PRIESTS
By the grace of God and with the consent of the people, The Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Waynick will ordain Barbara Anne Kempf to the Sacred Order of Priests on Sunday the first of June, two thousand and eight at two o'clock in the afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church 6050 North Meridian Street; Indianapolis, Indiana 46208. The favor of your prayers and the honor of your presence are requested.  Clergy should vest with red stoles and there will be a reception to follow.

INDIANA DAY AT WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL
Our diocesan bus heading to the Indiana Day weekend festivities in June has a mere six slots left for registration.  Go to our diocesan web site and register for the remaining spots now.  Don't miss this incredible experience!  The bus boards at New Albany, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Richmond.  www.indydio.org

PRAYERS FOR NATASHA'S HOMECOMING
The Natasha Porter home---the house the people of this diocese built---will be dedicated this Friday morning, 9 a.m., in Pass Christian, Mississippi.  A mission work team/delegation has already arrived there and more, including our Bishop Cate, will be arriving later this week.  Please remember us in your prayers as we remember you and all that you have brought to this wonderful project.
 
MUSIC@TRINITY CONCERT
The next Music@Trinity event at Trinity, Indianapolis, features the Meridian Song Project on Sunday, May 11, at 7 p.m.  Joined by the Trinity Choir, under the direction of Michael Messina, Steven Stolen pulls out the stops for a program that includes the most notable of tenor and choral combinations. With music by Gounod, Puccini, Bach and a few surprises, it's a perfect way to top off a Mother's Day celebration. Free Admission.
Trinity, Indianapolis is located at 33rd at North Meridian.
 
TRINITY, INDIANAPOLIS, "GREEN TEAM" TAKES ACTION
Trinity, Indianapolis, presents "The Low Carbon Diet Workshop: A 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds" Reduce your carbon footprint. But how, you ask? The Green Team has a workshop just for you! This five-session workshop begins May 17 and gives participants home improvement strategies to save energy and money while reducing our individual carbon dioxide "footprint."
All classes will be held in the St. Richard's School library. Co-facilitated by IUPUI SPEA professor Tim Koponen and Paul Chase of the Citizens Action Coalition, the group meets on following dates and times:
Saturday, May 17 10 a.m. - noon
Saturday, May 24 10:30 a.m. - noon
Saturday, May 31 10:30 a.m. - noon
Saturday, June 14 10:30 am - noon
Saturday, June 21 10:30 am - noon
The workshop is FREE, but Trinity asks for a $15 donation to cover the cost of the book, The Low Carbon Diet: A 30-Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds, by David Gershon. The class is limited to 20 people, so it is first-come, first-served. Sign up by e-mailing Tim Koponen at tkoponen@iupui.edu
 
COMMUNION LINENS
Are your purificators fraying at the edges or breaking at the fold?  Would you like a new cross design on a set of altar linens?  Contact your LOCAL source for small linens:  Sweet Charity Altar Linens, 317-738-5994 or email sweetcharityaltarlinens@embarqmail.com.  Sweet Charity is a fund-raising arm of the St. Thomas Clinic in Whiteland.  Money raised from the sale of linens helps buy medicines and diabetic supplies, or pays for lab tests for patients without health insurance.  The Clinic provides nearly one million dollars' worth of medical care on an annual budget of about $90,000 which comes from donations and fundraising efforts such as this.  Please contact them first when you need communion linens, credence cloths and communion kit linens.
 
ST. PETER'S, LEBANON RETREAT
St. Peter's, Lebanon, is offering a "Praying With Dreams" Retreat on Saturday, June 14, 2008, from 9:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.  This retreat will consist of short meditations followed by a period of quiet time.  The focus of the meditations will be dreams and visions in Scripture and one's own dreams.  The Rev. Dr. M. Lorraine Coufal will be the retreat leader.  A free will offering may be made to the Summer Sack Lunch program, which is one of St. Peter's outreach projects.  Bring your own lunch.
To find out more and register, contact Carol Ann Webb at 765-482-2227 or by email at carolscasa@hotmail.com
 
DAYSPRING CENTER AWARENESS
Today, over 1,200 children in Indianapolis have no place to call home.  Please assist Dayspring Center in their efforts to raise awareness about homeless families and their children by including the attached announcement of an upcoming event in your bulletin and/or e-news. (Please see attachment)
 
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
The Rev. Canon Gray Lesesne (Kevin Turner)
 grayl@cccindy.org                      
160 Pope Street #E
Indianapolis, IN  46202                
317-602-6272 (h)
317-636-4577 (c)
*Christ Church Cathedral                                               
55 Monument Circle, Suite 600
Indianapolis, In 46204
 
St. Peter's, Lebanon
The Rev. Ellen Morrell
*10156 N. Park  (all mail send to this address)                       
Indianapolis, In  46280                                               
317-502-2938 (h)
765-482-2322 (c)
950 E. Washington
Lebanon, IN 46052
emorell@earthlink.net
and
Church of the Nativity
7300 Lantern Road
Indianapolis, IN 46256
317-849-3656 (c)
 
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
Postulants and Candidates for Holy Orders: Mary Bargiel, Susan Dashler, Timothy Fleck, Michael Gordon, Jody Hayes, James Lowney, Fatima Hakubu-Madus, Enid Morrison, Kyle Moser, Janet Oller, Anya Royce, James Said, Michael Scime, Samuel Smith, Dustin Trowbridge, Deby Veach