Diocesan Convention to Consider Reordering Deaneries
Meeting in Bloomington on November 16-17, diocesan convention will consider a resolution that would temporarily permit Executive Council to change the composition of the deaneries “in order to allow experimentation with developing regional structures to advance God’s call for this diocese.” Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows said the resolution is informed by sentiments she heard expressed frequently […]
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Pathways to Vitality: Three Congregations Complete Pilot Program
Jesus, who told the parable of the talents, was not shy about discussing money, but church people often are. The diocese is working to change that through Pathways to Vitality, a financial literacy initiative funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. Three parishes—All Saints, Indianapolis, Good Samaritan, Brownsburg and St. Timothy’s, Indianapolis—recently celebrated the completion of the […]
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Family and Children Programming at the 2018 Diocesan Convention
This year your diocesan staff and planning team want to make convention a fun learning experience and time for fellowship for all Episcopalians and all ages! Check out what is being planned so you can register to join the fun. If you cannot make it to the entire convention, and only for part of the […]
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Freedom Center Visit Makes an Impact
When Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows visited Trinity Church in Lawrenceburg last November, the Rev. Mary Taflinger, Trinity’s rector, asked her if she’d had a chance to visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in nearby Cincinnati. When the bishop said she hadn’t, but would like to, Taflinger invited her to visit the museum with her parish, […]
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Gobsmacked by God’s Presence: The Rev. Canon Kristin White
The Rev. Canon Kristin Uffelman White may have arrived in Indianapolis directly from the North Shore of Chicago, but her path to ministry began in the small Oregon towns of her childhood that gave her a heart for rural mission and ministry. White, who began work Monday as the bishop’s canon to the ordinary for […]
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