Ministry
Institute Spring 2008: continued
Analyzing and Understanding Systemic Racism: Introductory Training (2.5 days)
Leaders: Crossroads Ministry instructors
The Anti-Racism Commission of the Diocese of New Jersey offers this introductory training event to lay persons and clergy interested in learning about racism and potentially joining the Team to fight racism in our diocese. Teens and adults, diocesan committees and commissions, seminary students and diaconate students are welcome.
When Thursday through Saturday, April 10–12. Begins with dinner on Thursday at 6 p.m. and ends on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Cost All fees, meals, and overnight accommodations provided. Rooms shared with one other person.
Where University Inn and Conference Center
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
178 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
732 932-9144Register By Friday, April 4
Registration Email preferred to spaige@newjersey.anglican.org. Or fax registration form to 609 394-9546, mail form, or phone Sarah Paige, 609 394-5281, ext. 10. Also complete questionnaire that follows the registration form.
Contact Noreen Duncan, 609 278-9515 or Noreen.duncan@att.net
Crossroads Ministry was founded in 1986 as an effort to develop new directions in understanding and combating the root causes of institutional racism in the United States. Now, following many years of research and experimentation, a variety of new approaches, programs, and resources are being implemented.
The work of Crossroads is to train teams within institutions, helping them to analyze racism and to develop and implement strategies to dismantle racism within their structures. Crossroads training begins with the ability to analyze systemic racism. Then, provided with a comprehensive understanding of racism, an intensive training process equips teams with strategic skills to lead their institutions toward long term and permanent transformation.
For almost 20 years, Crossroads has provided consultation and training services to institutions and organizations, facilitating the development of hundreds of internal transformation teams. Crossroads also designs programs, resources, and networks that provide teams with the necessary skills and tools that are needed to bring about systemic change and lead toward the elimination of systemic racism within their institutions and organizations.
Preacher: The Right Reverend Robert Hibbs, retired Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of West Texas and Vice President of Episcopal Recovery Ministries
Celebrant: The Right Reverend George Councell, Bishop, Diocese of New Jersey
The Recovery Ministries of the Diocese of New Jersey are pleased to invite one and all to the diocese’s inaugural Recovery Sunday Celebration.
All are welcome to this celebration of new life and new hope for recovering alcoholics, addicts, family members, friends and advocates. Please share the good news of this celebration with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Alanon, Alateen and all the 12-step groups that meet in our congregations.
Come and be blessed.
When Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m.
Where Trinity Cathedral
801 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
609 392-3805Contact The Reverend Mark Van Sant, 732 741-7826 or saintjohnschurch@earthlink.net
Leader: Darlene Watson, Lay Rector, the Retreat Team and the Servant Council
Sponsored by the New Jersey Episcopal Cursillo, Diocese of New Jersey, the Cursillo weekend brings together a diverse group of Episcopalians to share the richness of many modes of worship and to broaden each one’s appreciation for our Church.
Lay people conduct the weekend with two or three members of the clergy functioning as spiritual advisors. Cursillo presumes that those who attend are already well grounded in the faith. It is not intended to be a conversion experience but an enriching and deepening of what is already there. It often provides new insights into our faith as well as fostering ministry among lay people.
The four days are filled with talks and group discussions with emphasis on the doctrine of Grace, the Sacraments, and the great Cursillo tripod: Piety, Study, and Action. Plus there is fellowship, singing, good food, and time for privacy, meditation, prayer, and walks. Eucharist is celebrated each day
When Thursday through Sunday, April 17–20. Begins Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and ends Sunday at 6 p.m.
Cost $180, a deposit of $75 is required with the application. Balance due before arrival for the weekend. Check payable to NJ Episcopal Cursillo.
Where Grove Hall Retreat and Conference Center
15 Pilgrim Pathway
Ocean Grove, New Jersey 07756
732 775-6720Register By Friday, April 11, with full payment
Registration Bruce Cecchini 3 Princeton Court Berlin, New Jersey 08009 856 547-7695. Part of the application requires a lay sponsor and parish clergy approval. You can download an application http://njepiscopalcursillo.org/application.html or obtain one from a Cursillo sponsor.
Contact Richard Macauley, 856 423-3133 or info@njepiscopalcursillo.org
Cursillo (Cur-SEE’-yo) is a Spanish word that means “short course”. (“Short” for “A Short Course in Christian Living”). It began in Spain in the Roman Catholic Church in the early 1940s. First, Roman Catholic Cursillos were held in the USA in 1957, in Spanish, and then eventually in English. It was taken up by the Episcopal Church in the USA in the mid 1970s and then by the Anglican Church in Canada.
Cursillo is a movement of the church. Its purpose is to help those in the church understand their individual callings to be Christian Leaders. The leadership may be exercised in work situations, in the family and social life, in leisure activities, and within the Church environment. Leadership, in Cursillo, does not mean power over others, but influence on others; all of us need to be aware that we can exert a positive influence on those around us.
Cursillo is patterned on Jesus’ own example. He searched out and called a small group of potential leaders. He trained them by word and example and inspired them with a vision. He linked them together and sent them out into the world to bring the world to Him.
Creating
an Awareness of Cross Cultural Ministry
Leader: The Right Reverend Sylvestre Romero, Assisting Bishop, Diocese of New Jersey
Discover what types of multicultural ministry are supported by the diocese. Find out how these ministries fit into the diocesan Vision. Engage in discussion of the possibilities of multicultural ministries in your region.
When Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost $5, lunch provided. Check payable to the Diocese of New Jersey.
Where Diocesan House
808 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
609 394-5281Register By Friday, April 11
Registration Email preferred to spaige@newjersey.anglican.org. Or fax registration form to 609 394-9546, mail form, or phone Sarah Paige, 609 394-5281, ext. 10.
Contact Deborah Crall, 609 394-5281, ext. 20 or dcrall@newjersey.anglican.org
The Right Reverend Sylvestre Romero became Assisting Bishop in the Diocese of New Jersey on October 1, 2007. Born in Belize, he moved to Guatemala as a teenager. He comes to New Jersey from the Diocese of El Camino Real, where he served as Interim Bishop for three years.
Consecrated in Belize in 1994, he served as bishop for eleven years. Previously he was Hispanic Missioner in the Diocese of El Camino Real and a parish priest in Guatemala.
Youth
Ministry Adult Workshop: The Theology and Practice of Play
Speaker: Cookie Cantwell, Director of Youth Ministry, St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington, North Carolina
Do you need new ideas for games with your youth? Do you wish that your games could be more theologically relevant? Come and discover a way of playing that brings spirituality and community to the forefront of the experience.
Cookie is a seasoned and dynamic Youth Minister with expertise in teaching and leading purpose-filled games with teenagers. Join us for a fun and informative night!
When Wednesday, April 23, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Cost No fee, dinner provided
Where Diocesan House 808 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618 609 394-5281
Register By Friday, April 18
Registration Email preferred to dclarke@newjersey.anglican.org. Or fax registration form to 609 394-9546, mail form, or phone the Reverend Debi Clarke, Deacon 609 394-5281, ext. 37.
Contact The Reverend Debi Clarke, Deacon, 609 394-5281, ext. 37 or dclarke@newjersey.anglican.org
Healthy Choices, Healthy Relationships
Leader: The Reverend Dr. Henrietta Lavengood, Vicar, St. Mary’s Church, Clementon; The Reverend Charles Lochner, Rector, St. Peter’s Church, Spotswood; The Reverend Dr. Paul S. Rimassa, Trinity Church, Rocky Hill; The Reverend Peter Stimpson, Associate, St. Matthew’s Church, Pennington and Priest-in-Charge, Holy Trinity Chapel, Spring Lake
The dynamics of interpersonal relationships within ministry require that the clergy make choices which lead to healthy or unhealthy relationships. The stressors clergy face are many and over time may lead to a loss of emotional, psychological and spiritual wholeness. This workshop focusses upon the makeup of healthy relationships by addressing boundary issues, sexual health, and potential warning signs that may lead to unhealthy choices, i.e. unhealthy relationships. Includes tools that may be used to establish or maintain healthy relationships.
Sponsored by the Pastoral Response Team of the Diocese of New Jersey
When Thursday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost No fee, lunch provided
Where Trinity Cathedral 801 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618 609 392-3805
Register Friday, April 18
Registration Email preferred to calvarez@newjersey.anglican.org or phone Cecilia Alvarez, 609 394-5281, ext. 22.
Contact The Reverend Dr. Paul S. Rimassa, 609 921-8971 or trinityrockyhill@patmedia.net
Leader: Andrew Weeks, conference leader and author on evangelism
The Magnetic Church Conference is non-confrontational, practical evangelism to help our churches attract and retain new members. The Diocesan Congregational Development Committee is pleased that noted evangelist Andrew Weeks will be presenting this event. To learn more about his ministry, see magnetic-church.com.
Sponsored by the Diocesan Congregational Development Committee
When Friday, May 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost $30 per person ($25 per person if five or more from a congregation attend
Where Trinity Cathedral 801 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618 609 392-3805
Register By Friday, April 25
Registration Email preferred to spaige@newjersey.anglican.org. Or fax registration form to 609 394-9546, mail form, or phone Sarah Paige, 609 394-5281, ext. 10.
Contact The Reverend Canon Donald Muller, 609 654-2963 or frdon@stpetersmedford.org
Andrew Weeks is a cradle Anglican, born in Canada. After working in Canada, he moved to the United States and worked for Arthur Andersen, Walter Kidde, and in other corporate settings as an executive or management consultant on operations.
He began his work as an evangelist helping churches to change their ways to reach out to church visitors after encountering obstacles in his own search for a new church community, including facing church attitudes that it was “All up to the visitor to figure things out” and, “If visitors were really interested, they would figure it out!”
Andrew Weeks resolved to adapt for churches the effective customer-oriented processes used in most of today’s successful businesses. He began by writing a “manual”: Welcome! Tools and Techniques for New Member Ministry, his first book published in 1992 by The Alban Institute. Concurrently, he began to develop a conference ministry to help empower churches to be more effective and intentional in their evangelism programs. He left his corporate career in 1994; conference ministry is his full time and only vocation.
Hosted by the Reverend Frank Crumbaugh, Rector, Holy Innocents’ Church, Beach Haven, New Jersey
This is a play day at the beach. Its stated agenda is NO agenda, other than to relax and enjoy one another’s company. The exercises of the day include volley ball, hammock snoozing, feasting, laughing and scratching, reading the first “beach trash” of the season, surf and bay dabbling, boat riding, fishing… You get the idea.
When Thursday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost No fee, lunch provided
Where Holy Innocents’ Church 410 South Atlantic Avenue Beach Haven, New Jersey 08008 609 492-7571
Register By Thursday, May 8
Registration Email preferred to calvarez@newjersey.anglican.org or phone Cecilia Alvarez, 609 394-5281, ext. 22.
Contact The Reverend Frank Crumbaugh, 609 492-7571 or crumbaugh@msn.com
At the time of publication, the themes for some youth ministry events were not finalized. For more current information see the web site for the Youth Ministry Office: newjerseyyouth.org.
We’ve listed below registration deadlines for each event. You can download registration forms at newjerseyyouth.org or phone the Youth Ministry Office at 609 394-5281, extension 36 or 37.
For information on registration, attendance, adult sponsors, medical release
forms, scholarships, and the like, please see newjerseyyouth.org. or phone
the Youth Ministry Office at 609 394-5281, Canon Kep Short at extension
36 or the Reverend Debi Clarke, Deacon, at extension 37
Diocesan
Youth Ministry: Events Calendar
At the time of publication, the themes for some youth ministry events were not finalized. For more current information see the web site for the Youth Ministry Office: newjerseyyouth.org.
We’ve listed below registration deadlines for each event. You can download registration forms at newjerseyyouth.org. or phone the Youth Ministry Office at 609 394-5281, extension 36 or 37.
For information on registration, attendance, adult sponsors, medical release forms, scholarships, and the like, please see newjerseyyouth.org or phone the Youth Ministry Office at 609 394-5281, Canon Kep Short at extension 36 or the Reverend Debi Clarke, Deacon, at extension 37.
49th Annual
Bishop’s Ball
When Saturday, January 26, 2008
For 9th–12th graders and their adult sponsors
Where Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, New Jersey
Youth
at Diocesan Convention
When Friday, February 29–Saturday, March 1, 2008
For 6th–12th graders in the Diocese of New Jersey
Where Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood
Generation
Come
join us for an intergenerational event as we gather together to share
and worship with each other. The Hip Hop Emass will be celebrated. Don’t
miss it!
When Saturday, April 5, 2008
For Intergenerational
Where Grace Church, Plainfield, New Jersey
The
Senior Retreat
When Friday, April 18–Sunday, April 20, 2008
For 12th graders
Where St. John the Baptist Convent, Mendham, New Jersey
Spring
Youth Event
When Friday, May 9–Sunday, May 11, 2008
For 6th–12th graders
Where Camp Lebanon, Lebanon, New Jersey
Save
the Dates for Fall 2008!
The Fall 2008 catalogue of the Ministry Institute offerings will
be available in July 2008. Here’s some advance notice of events:
mark your calendar with the ones that interest you.
Thursday, October 23 – Saturday, October 25, 2008
Event Analyzing and Understanding Systemic Racism: Introductory Training
For Everyone
Where Grove Hall Retreat and Conference Center, Ocean Grove, New Jersey
The Anti-Racism Commission of the Diocese of New Jersey will offer this introductory training event to diocesan lay persons and clergy interested in learning about racism and potentially joining the Team to fight racism in our diocese. Teens and adults from all parishes, diocesan committees and commissions, seminary students and diaconate students are welcome.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Event Advent Clergy Day
For Clergy
Where Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, New Jersey
Advent Clergy Day has traditionally focused on clergy preparation, either through academic presentations or with spiritual exercises, to lead their parishes and institutions in the quietly expectant season of Advent.
CONTACT
The
Ministry Institute
Diocese of New Jersey
808 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08618-5326
Phone: 609 394-5281
Fax: 609 394-9546
CO-DIRECTORS
The Reverend
Linda Moeller
609 499-0998
Lindagts@comcast.net
Constance
L. White
215 321-0722
connielouwhite@msn.com
REGISTRATION
Events
for Laity and Everyone
Sarah Paige, Administrative Assistant
609 394-5281, Extension 10
spaige@newjersey.anglican.org
Events
for Clergy
Cecilia Alvarez, Administrative Assistant
609 394-5281, Extension 22
calvarez@newjersey.anglican.org
Events
for or related to Youth
The Reverend Debra Clarke, Deacon, Program Assistant for Youth
Ministry
609 394-5281, Extension 37
dclarke@newjersey.anglican.org