Community updates (4/20/23)
Transition Status Update
by Sharon Hall
The Transition Team is pleased to announce that ECA's Profile has been approved to be posted in search of candidates for our Priest-in-Charge position!
The Profile was developed over the course of several months by a sub-committee team. A significant portion of the content came from the individual story gathering of parishioners, the 4 different Parish Meetings, Neighborhood Walk, and Parish Status Report. The Transition Team presented the Profile to the Vestry on April 6th. There were some additional items to be included in the Profile so a new version was reviewed and approved by the Vestry on April 13th and approved by Bishop Lucinda as of April 17th.
We will be celebrating this major accomplishment at this Sunday's Coffee Hour. The Profile will be published on the ECA website shortly and will be available for all to see!
While the Profile is posted (~4 weeks), the Transition Team and Vestry will be developing the specific questions/inquiries that are most pertinent in helping us to discern the best candidates for ECA. We have faith that the Transition Team and Vestry represent the voice and needs of the congregation supremely well. However, feel free to communicate any critical topics for questions to either Sharon Hall or Ellen Lukanc.
Interviews could start as early as the end of May and be down-selected to several potential candidates for the Vestry to interview during June/early July. This of course depends on the number of potential candidates that apply. The Lord is working with us and the light is shining forth as we continue this path to ECA's next chapter.
In Christ,
Sharon Hall
Thursday April 20th from 4:00 pm to 6:00pm
Drop in Social, All are Welcome! Drop into Fellowship Hall this Thursday afternoon for the chance to casually visit each other. Bring an appetizer or snack to share if you like. Also bring along some baby pictures to look at. The Grandkids, the Kids, or even your own!
Hearts and Minds Activity Center is having their 6th Annual Gala fundraising event on Saturday May 13th from 5:00 to 8:00pm. It will be a Live Auction, raffle and dinner. Tickets are $125 per person. Contact Susanne Moore if you are interested in being part of a table from ECA or register at HMAC2023.givesmart.com
408 279-7515 for more information.
Anyone interested in becoming a Lay Eucharistic Visitor/Minister? There will be a training Sat May 20th, 2023 at St. Jude's in Cupertino. We will need to confirm exact timing for the day. Contact Ellen or Marianne if interested.
VBS – Kids’ Camp-Adventuring in the Arts
WE NEEED YOUR HELP!
We have lost our momentum with our Kids’ Camps in our neighborhood. Would you believe that our camper families now have college graduates and their youngest ones are getting their driver’s licenses? So, we need to rebuild again. How could you help?
Do you have families you know with children aged 6 to 10 years? Do you have families living on your streets with children aged for our camp? Could you share our camp flyer with those families?
If you are working at church when someone drops by with a registration form and our office isn’t open, could you accept their form. If you have a key to the church, please put the form in my mailbox or Ruthanne’s. If not, put it in our locked mailbox outside.
Families may be hesitant to sign up since they don’t see lots of activities on our church site and haven’t for some time. Here’s a chance for us to begin rebuilding. Could you help? It would be greatly appreciated.
New ‘Susie’s Book Nook’ YouTube Episode Live!
This week's book reviewed by Susie on YouTube is: Just Help! How to Build a Better World, by Sonia Sotomayor and illustrated by Angela Dominguez.
If you know of any parents looking for some great books to introduce to their children and/or teens around the subjects of Creation Care and Social Justice, please send them this link and let them know about Susie’s Book Nook on our YouTube channel. She provides many great book recommendations!
"SAVE THE DATE" Saturday April 29th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.
On Sat. April 29th we will have a Joint congregational fellowship event. We will be gathering in the afternoon in Fellowship Hall to share some time with each other and also have more information about "Church of the Future." Kate Colligan from HR&A Associates will be presenting information about our feasibility study results. There is a sign up sheet on the Fellowship Hall bulletin board.
Prayer Vine Kathleen Eagan in the new director of the Prayer Vine. If you have any prayer requests, please leave a message for her through our Contact Us portal.
Here is a direct link to our weekly “An Episcopal Sermon” podcast.
Each weekly podcast episode is a live recording of the Gospel reading followed by the sermon based on that reading from our Sunday services. A new episode is posted on our website every Monday (in case you missed it on Sunday). This podcast provides thought provoking messages that can be listened to anywhere at any time. Enjoy!
Link for this week:
https://www.churchinalmaden.org/news/apr16-2023-an-episcopal-sermon