Dates for Regional Confirmations
Please contact your Regional Missioner or Administrator for more information.
May 10: Northwest, St. John the Baptist, Breckenridge, 11:00 am
Mission-Shaped Leadership Workshops
All workshops are 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.
May 10: St. Paul, Montrose, 2900 Sunnyside Rd., 81401, 970-249-2535
There will be a $15 charge for the Workshop, which includes lunch Please visit the Congregational Development Programs page to download the brochure (which includes the registration form). For more information, contact Nancy McClung, 303.837.1173
Front Range and High Plains Parish Administrator Appreciation Luncheon, May 1, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm, Calvary, Golden.
This annual luncheon honors the administrative professionals in High Plains & Front Range Regions of the diocese, and is sponsored by the High Plains & Front Range Regions. There is no charge for the luncheon. Please RSVP by April 18 to either Bob Leaman (High Plains Region) highplainsregion@comcast.net; or Judy Maguire (Front Range Region) jammaco@gmail.com
Creating Connection: A Workshop for Couples, May 2 – 3, Arvada United Methodist Church, Arvada.
Peter and Julia Munson will teach you the basic principles essential to creating a lifelong, vibrant relationship. With the skills you acquire, you will experience greater joy and appreciation for each other. Find out how pursuing your own personal growth can bring a new energy and passion to your relationship. Come take a look at what's possible... and don't buy into those messages that say "relationships must be hard" or "we can settle for good enough". Learn the most common mistakes that couples make. Join us on this exciting new path to connection and vitality. For more information or to register, visit the Munsons’ web site at http://www.munsonseminars.com/index.html.
Daughters of the King Annual Retreat – “What Gives Life,” May 2 – 4, Spring Canyon (near Buena Vista)
Peggy Godfrey will be the speaker at this retreat. The cost is $150 per person, which includes lodging, meals and materials. For a registration form and more information, click here.
You Hold the Future in Your Hands: A New Legacy Society Workshop, May 8, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, St. Gabriel’s, Cherry Hills Village.
Our parish lives usually focuses on the day-to-day or the upcoming week. Join us on Thursday, May 8th, as the Colorado Episcopal Foundation hosts a new workshop to discuss how to prepare for the future through new resources for Legacy Society efforts. We’ll share practical ideas and materials designed to strengthen the capacity of parishes to serve and minister the next generation. If you are thinking of forming a Legacy Society, if you are a Legacy Society looking for new ideas, if you have an endowment and want to take it to the next level, or if you are wondering how a planned giving ministry and/or endowment can benefit your church, then you will benefit from joining us. The workshop is free, and a light supper will be served. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Vivian at the Colorado Episcopal Foundation by May 5th at 303.534.6778 or vivian@coef.org. Your RSVP allows us to plan accordingly.
Mary’s Hope Workshop, May 10, 8:45 am – 5:00 pm, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Centennial.
Mary’s Hope Workshops help both survivors and those who care find the tools to help with the difficult journey of spiritual healing. There is a $100 Fee for Abuse Survivors and adoptive and/or foster parents; $125 for all others; $60 for repeat attendees. You can register via Mary's Hope Workshops: 303-377-0293 or maryshope@qwest.net. For more information about Mary’s Hope, visit their web site at www.maryshope.org.
Installation of The Rev. Lyn Burns as Vicar at St. Benedict in La Veta, June 1, 10:00 am.
For more information about the day’s festivities, contact the church at 719-742-5202.
Navigating Life’s Tensions Creatively – A Contemplative Christian Approach with Tessa Bielecki, June 6 – 8, Shambala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes.
Work and play, service and celebration, solitude and community—we will learn how to balance the polarities in our lives by looking at the lives of the Christian mystics, from the mothers and fathers of the desert and the early Celts; through Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Hildegard of Bingen and Bernard of Clairvaux; into our own era. There we will find practical wisdom about the vastness of our outer landscape and inner soulscape, the movement from the false self to the true self, the value of the ordinary and earthy in our spiritual practice. Drawing on her 40 years as a Carmelite monk and experiences as a teacher in Naropa University’s Buddhist-Christian dialogue in the 1980s, Tessa will incorporate lecture and discussion, poetry, music and meditation, with ample silence for personal reflection. Tessa Bielecki cofounded the Spiritual Life Institute and lived there as monk and Mother Abbess for almost 40 years. She now lives alone in a log cabin in the wilderness outside Crestone, Colorado, where she writes and teaches. Tessa recently created the Desert Foundation, an informal Circle of Friends who explore the wisdom of the world’s deserts, focusing on peace and understanding between the three Abrahamic traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. She was one of the first teachers at Naropa University’s Buddhist-Christian dialogue in the 1980s and considers that experience pivotal in her life. She is the author of several books and CDs on St. Teresa of Avila, and recently recorded Wild at Heart for Sounds True. For more information or to register, visit the event’s web site.
Flocks of Fun Carnival and Craft Fair, June 7, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Good Shepherd, Centennial.
There will be plenty of fun, affordable activities for the kids--including a Mini Train Ride, Bouncy House, Carnival Games & of course cotton candy! Bring the family for lunch & browse indoors to check out a large variety of craft/boutique tables. Check out our website for more info: www.gshep.org. All proceeds go toward Youth & Children's Ministries. It will be a great time for everyone--hope to see you there!
