Episcopal Diocese of San Diego

Youth Pentecost Bonfire
2022-06-05 14:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bahia Point
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Latino Ministry Meeting + ZOOM
2019-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Episcopal Church Center

Youth Mental Health Training & Collaborative Meeting
2022-06-13 10:00 - 15:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA, 92064, United States

Commission on Ministry
2019-03-12 12:00 - 14:00 | CA

Clergy Day 2022
2022-06-20 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States
Of course, in times like these, clergy work hard on preaching about pressing social issues in a politically divided world. Bishop Susan is excited to invite you to a special event to help you think about how to preach on difficult social topics:
Diocese of San Diego Clergy Day with Mark Jefferson
Monday, June 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
“Preaching in a Time of Social Crisis:
Strategies and Approaches to Difficult Topics”
St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego
Registration Required: $15
Speaker: The Rev. Mark Jefferson, PhD
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This class will explore the context for our modern proclamation and help preachers construct a proactive approach to community formation through developing an intentional arc to the preaching life. Preachers will leave this class with a framework for reimagining their preaching and an approach to attending to modern issues. There will be sufficient time for questions.
Our Clergy Day leader will be The Rev. Mark Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary. Dr. Jefferson’s preaching, scholarship, and engagement with popular culture outline his commitment to be a public theologian. The critical engagement of the American social imagination and African socio-political enfranchisement and empowerment are areas of concentration for Dr. Jefferson’s life and work. Dr. Jefferson is an internationally respected preacher and teacher of preachers, and has been inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.
In this time of social crisis and deep political division, please don’t miss this opportunity to think deeply about how you can speak to the issues of the day. Please register today. Your $15 fee covers registration and lunch. As a bonus, you will be able to see the cathedral’s new space! Parking will be available.
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Setting Up a Planned Giving Program for Your Parish
2022-06-25 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States
Workshop: Setting Up a Planned Giving Program for Your Parish

Take the mystery out of planned giving for your parish. Learn in easy-to-understand terms how planned giving differs from annual stewardship and capital campaigns, and how your parish can build endowments through estate allocations, life income, and other gifts. After a review of the planned giving instruments, you will learn about the importance of a parish vision, protecting and growing your endowment, and how to invite others to remember your parish through estate and financial planning. You will leave the workshop with a plan of action.

Location: We will meet in the Cathedral’s new building at 525 Olive Street in the Guild Room.
Parking: Limited onsite parking is available at 525 Olive Street between 5th and 6th, metered street parking, and free parking in Balboa Park accessible at 6th and Upas.
Getting to the Guild Room: From parking underground, take the elevator to 1 and exit the lobby. The Guild Room will be to the left, connected by a glass door. From the street, 5th Avenue has a gate between the Great Hall (Old Building) and 525 Olive (New Building). Head down the ramp and you will end up at the Guild Room.
Breaks: We will take a break from approximately 10:20 to 10:30am. For break amenities, there are three bathrooms and a water bottle fountain, plus refreshments in the pre-function area.
Food & Beverages: Light refreshments will be provided.
Materials: Printed materials from ECF will be available as well as pen and paper for note-taking.
Masking: Masks are highly encouraged. Our presenter, James Murphy will not be masked while presenting, though he will be physically distanced from the group. When speaking one-on-one with participants, he will be masked. Those who are uncomfortable demasking for food or drink are welcome to use the Dean’s Courtyard, immediately outside the Guild Room.
Online Participation: Contact Canon Jason Evans at jevans@edsd.org.

This workshop will be led by James Murphy, Program Director for Endowment Management, Planned Giving and Donor Solutions at the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF). Jim is Managing Program Director for Endowment Management, Planned Giving and Donor Solutions at the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF). He oversees ECF’s financial resources programs: planned giving, endowment management and donor solutions, including ECF’s Donor-advised Fund program. He works with congregations, dioceses, and other Episcopal organizations to enhance and develop their programs and resources. Jim holds a Certificate in Fundraising from New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, MA in Christian Spirituality from General Theological Seminary, and BS from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Jim is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive. For more info on ECF’s Planned Giving tools click HERE.

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Communicators Dinner
2022-06-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Episcopal Church Center

Property Committee Meeting + Zoom
2019-05-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Episcopal Church Center

Tuesday Talks Zoom Meeting
2019-05-28 14:00 - 15:00 | CA

Communications Committee Zoom Meeting
2019-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 | CA

EDSD Youth at Pride
2022-07-16 | St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States

EDSD Youth Summer Service Trip
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-23 | CA

NETWORKING FOR SERVICE AND JUSTICE
2022-07-23 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom
YOU are invited to the next meeting on
JULY 23, 2022, from 9:30-11:30am on Zoom
Go to EDSD DSJC webpage by clicking HERE to get your meeting invitation.
The Diocesan Service & Justice Coalition is a group of dedicated service/outreach and peace/social justice coordinators who gather to network and share ideas and collaborate on projects to make a greater impact in our community. Join other Episcopalians who want to get the church involved in the issues facing our world today. Share how you do it at your church, learn how others are doing it, troubleshoot problems, pool resources and collaborate on projects larger than your one church. Future meeting dates include: Sep. 17 & Nov. 19, 2022. Meeting both Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 am.
A guaranteed inspiring dialogue at every meeting!

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Congregational Leadership Roundtable
2022-08-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom

Godly Play Training Retreat
2022-08-19 15:00 - 2022-08-21 17:00 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1114 9th St, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Godly Play Training
The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego in partnership with Christ Church Coronado is pleased to offer a Godly Play Core Training Retreat August 19-21, 2022. Over the course of the retreat, participants will experience all aspects of the Godly Play method and begin to become fluent in the Godly Play core stories and fundamental practices. Additionally, Godly Play’s guiding Theology of Childhood is introduced, so participants become more deeply connected to their work. The circle of participants becomes very strong and trustworthy when this work is done in the closed environment of a several-day retreat, and participants enjoy spiritual renewal and lasting friendships. This training is regularly $355 but will be offered to participants in our diocese for $75 per person.
Retreat Schedule
8/19, Friday – 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. includes dinner
8/20, Saturday – 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. includes coffee, snacks and lunch
8/21, Sunday – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. includes lunch, snacks, and beverages
** Space is limited. Please register through the link below.
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Introduction to Community Engagement
2022-08-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
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Community engagement is a strategic process of involvement in a particular social group or geographic context (i.e., town, neighborhood, city block) with the purpose of understanding and improving the community’s well-being.
When asked what the greatest command was, Jesus said that it was to love God with every fiber of our being but that the second greatest command was of equal importance—to care for our neighbors, in the same way, we care for ourselves (Matthew 22:37). As congregations, we are called to do the same and the practices of community engagement can help.
We are called to love our neighbors. We can’t love our neighbors in meaningful and relevant ways if we don’t know them. This community engagement process will allow you to get to know, listen to, and learn from your neighbors.
Join us for an introductory webinar on the community engagement cohort starting this September. There is no cost for materials or participation. More information is available here.

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Environmental Summer Film Festival
2022-08-24 19:00 - 21:00 | CA
Grab some popcorn and join us for an Environmental Summer Film Festival on Wednesday, August 24

Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution: https://youtu.be/JwfdfNRcpAo (1 hr. 11 min.)

The evening starts with prayer at 7:00 pm. We’ll stream the films online and have a twenty-minute discussion on each film.
Free registration for one or more of the films is available for this event. Please reserve your spot by completing the form below:

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Youth Leadership Counsel Retreat
2022-08-26 - 2022-08-28 | CA

Season of Creation 2022
2022-09-04 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States
I have heard their cry. I know their sufferings. Come, now! I will send you. I will be with you.
Exodus 3: 1-12
The burning bush is the symbol for the Season of Creation 2022. Today, Creation cries out as forests crackle, animals flee, and people are forced to migrate due to the fires of injustice. In contrast, the fire that called to Moses as he tended the flock on Mt. Horeb did not consume or destroy the bush. This flame of the Spirit revealed God’s presence. This holy fire affirmed that God heard the cries of all who suffered, and promised to be with us as we followed in faith to our deliverance from injustice.
A Word from the General Convention in 2022
The 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church recognized climate change as “an all-encompassing social crisis and moral emergency that impacts and interconnects every aspect of pastoral concern including health, poverty, employment, racism, social justice, and family life and that can only be addressed by a Great Work involving every sector of society, including the Church.”
From “Our Mission > Creation Care” diomass.org/creation-care
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This year in solidarity with faith communities across the globe, the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego Creation Care Task Force celebrates another Season of Creation. Several congregations will hold services and participate in Interfaith Season of Creation service. Please share your church’s activities to provide others with ideas for recognizing this time for prayer, education, healing, and action. For more information and to add your events to the Season of Creation calendar, contact dianelopezhughes@gmail.com. For prayer and liturgical services suggestions:
https://www.diocesewma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SeasonOfCreationLiturgicalGuide2022-MADioceses2.pdf
2022 EDSD Season of Creation, September 4 to October 2

9/3 – A Visual Contemplative Nature presentation/Sermon
St. Bartholomew’s, Poway, Rev. Nancy Burnett, 5 pm
9/4 – A Visual Contemplative Nature presentation/Sermon
St. Bartholomew’s, Poway, Rev. Nancy Burnett, 9 pm
9/8 Contemporary Service in the Courtyard
6 pm Queen’s Courtyard, St Paul’s Cathedral
Come early and walk the Labyrinth in the Dean’s Courtyard
9/13 – EDSD Film and Discussion: 2040
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Registration: https://edsd.org/event/2040-film-and-discussion/
*Virtual event
9/17 – 38th Annual Coastal Cleanup
I Love a Clean San Diego
*Registration starts on 9/1: https://cleansd.org/event/38th-annual-coastal-cleanup-day/
9/17 – A Walk on the Pomerado Trail – Presentation and Walk
5 pm at St. Bartholomew’s, Poway
*For more information, parth.domke@gmail.com
9/18 – A Walk on the Pomerado Trail – Presentation and Walk
9 am at St. Bartholomew’s, Poway
*For more information, parth.domke@gmail.com
9/21 – Listening to Creation, An Interfaith Service:
Moving from Lamentation to Stewardship to Joy
5 pm BYO Picnic dinner/ La Jolla Shores Beach
6 pm – Service begins
*For information curate@stbartschurch.org
9/24 – Earth Examen Contemplative Nature Walk
Blue Sky Ecological Reserve in Poway
Offered by St Bart’s Church: Rev. Brian Petersen curate@stbartschurch.org for information
*Please note: Trails are not paved
9/25 – Season of Creation service
8:00 am St Paul’s Cathedral
10:30 am Carolyn Lief, Preacher
9/25 – Spiritual Resilience in a Climate Emergency
9:00 am Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Episcopal priest, climate activist and co-author: Rooted and Rising
*St Paul’s Cathedral live and virtual event
10/2 – Blessing of the Animals
Various churches across the diocese

And please note these additional opportunities from dioceses across the state:
https://edsd.org/event/the-creation-care-commission-of-the-episcopal-diocese-of-san-joaquin/

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The Creation Care Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin
2022-09-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
“This fragile earth, our island home.”
Join us each Wednesday in September from 6:30 – 8:00 PM
September 7th
“Inspiring Climate Action”
(video presentation by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe)
Presenter: Kim Leslie
This session opens with a March 2022 keynote address by Climate Scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe. Our discussion will include Katharine’s suggestions for what churches can do to reduce their carbon footprint, as well as resource suggestions from the Creation Care Commission.
(DioSanJoaquin.org/creationcare)
September 14th
“Don’t Poison the Well”
Presenters: Deacon Teri Van Huss, Chuck Schaeffer
Water conservation includes using less water, as well as what we put into the water as it goes down the drain, into the earth and our groundwater. We will discuss how to create chemical-free homes, ways to use grey water, and give an update on California’s efforts to regulate groundwater.
September 21th
“Plastic pollution is worse than you think”
Presenters: Presenters: Beryl Simkins, Suzanne Harvey
California just took a big step in leading the push to lessen the impact of plastics on people and the environment. Most of us know that plastic, especially singe-use plastic is a problem; unfortunately, recycling does little to reduce plastic pollution.
September 28th
“Cover the Ground” & “Talking about Climate Change”
Presenters: Xan Adams, Deacon Teri Van Huss
Bare earth is naked, hungry, and running a fever. Mulches and compost create healthy soil and provide cover (shade) to keep water from evaporating quickly. We need to replace luscious green water soaked lawns in ways that are beautiful and still keep the ground covered.
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