The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis

Monthly Safe Church Administrator Training - December
2025-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Zoom
Kelly Nickson, the Coordinator for Congregational Development and Safe Church at IndyDio, will host a 2-hour training for Safe Church administrators who are new to the role in their parish. This training session will cover administrator responsibilities, how to access and use diocesan resources, an overview of the IndyDio policies, and Praesidium Academy website training (making new accounts, ordering background checks, etc). Continuing administrators are welcome to register if they would like a review of the policies and processes.
Click here to register.

Youth Ministry University: Monthly Virtual Trainings
2025-12-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
From August through March, we offer monthly virtual trainings informed by the needs identified within our Youth Ministry University Cohort. These sessions are open to anyone—both within and beyond our diocese—and all are welcome to participate, regardless of congregational or denominational affiliation.
Click here to download a flyer!
December 9, 2025; 6:30-8:00pm EST | All Ages, One Church: Intentional Intergenerational Ministry
Many of our churches are intergenerational by default – but what would it look like if we were intergenerational on purpose? In this workshop, we’ll explore how to move from passive coexistence to active discipleship across generations. You’ll leave with practical tools for shared leadership, meaningful relationships, and creating worship and formation spaces where every age is valued.
Guest Speaker: Sarah Allred; Project Director, Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative from the Department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary
Register Here

Bishop Jennifer Visits Church of the Nativity, Indy
2025-12-07

IndyDio Office Closed for Thanksgiving
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-28
The office of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis will be closed November 26-28 for Thanksgiving.

Bishop Jennifer Visits Peace, Rockport
2025-11-23

Diocesan Youth Fall Retreat 2025
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-23 | Waycross Camp and Conference Center, 4879 Richards Rd, Morgantown, IN 46160-8755
6th-12th graders across central and southern Indiana are invited to join us for our Diocesan Youth Fall Retreat at Waycross Camp and Conference Center, November 21-23, 2025. At this retreat, youth and leaders will have the opportunity to learn more about their faith while doing activities at our diocesan retreat center.
This year’s theme is ORIGIN STORY. At this retreat, we’ll explore the truth that your life is part of God’s bigger story—one that’s still unfolding. Through art, storytelling, and sacred conversation, you’ll create a personal zine that captures the story only you can tell. Come ready to listen, create, and share—because God’s story isn’t complete without yours.
For full information about this retreat, including a schedule and other details, please click here.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

Congregational Resources: To access printable flyers, postcards, and social media squares for Facebook & Instagram, please click here. If you’re extra-handy on Canva, it even includes template links to update and edit the flyers!

Monthly Safe Church Administrator Training - November
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom

Bishop Jennifer Visits St. Paul's, Richmond
2025-11-16

Youth Ministry University: Monthly Virtual Trainings
2025-11-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
From August through March, we offer monthly virtual trainings informed by the needs identified within our Youth Ministry University Cohort. These sessions are open to anyone—both within and beyond our diocese—and all are welcome to participate, regardless of congregational or denominational affiliation.
Click here to download a flyer!
November 11, 2025; 6:30-8:00pm EST | Leading Up: Communicating Vision to Senior Leaders and Vestries
Even the best youth ministry plan goes nowhere without leadership buy-in. Learn how to speak your leaders’ language, cast vision with clarity, and navigate resistance with grace. We’ll spend much of our time in an open Q&A—when signing up, submit your real questions about conflict, culture shifts, and getting buy-in when the stakes are high.
Guest Speakers: The Rev. Aaron Rogers, Missioner for Black Ministry, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio and The Rev. Melissa Collier-Goepford, Intergenerational Discipleship Coordinator at the Great Plains Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Register Here

IndyDio Office Closed
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-11
The office of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis will be closed November 10 & 11

Diocesan Convention 2025
2025-11-08
This year’s Diocesan Convention will be held on Saturday, November 8, at the Cunningham Event Center in Plainfield.

Early Bird Registration will be $75 through September 30.
From October 1 – October 24, registration will be $125.

Please note that only participants who complete registration by October 24 will receive lunch. Additional guests and late lunch requests cannot be accommodated.
Register for 2025 Diocesan Convention

Safe Church Webinar with the Chancellor
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Have questions about the new policy updates or Safe Church policies in general? If so, the Diocese invites you to attend a special IndyDio Safe Church Webinar on Wednesday, October 29 at 12 noon Eastern/11am Central in which Chancellor Todd Relue and Shelley Jackson from Krieg DeVault will provide insights into the recent policy updates and answer your Safe Church policy questions.

Click here to access the webinar event page and register to attend. Ahead of the webinar, the presenters would like to hear from the diocese about what topics would be most beneficial to discuss and what specific questions they would like for the presenters to answer. Please submit your questions or desired webinar focus topics through the linked Question Submission Form here – this is not a registration requirement and is entirely optional. A recording will be made available after the webinar.

Bishop Jennifer Visits St. John's, Crawfordsville
2025-10-26

Bishop Jennifer Visits Trinity, Lawrenceburg
2025-10-19

Monthly Safe Church Administrator Training - October
2025-10-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom

Youth Ministry University: Monthly Virtual Trainings
2025-10-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
From August through March, we offer monthly virtual trainings informed by the needs identified within our Youth Ministry University Cohort. These sessions are open to anyone—both within and beyond our diocese—and all are welcome to participate, regardless of congregational or denominational affiliation.
Click here to download a flyer!
October 14, 2025; 6:30-8:00pm EST | Growing Young: Shaping a Church That Welcomes the Next Generation
The Spirit is always doing a new thing—are we listening? This workshop explores practical strategies for helping your whole congregation grow younger in spirit, practice, and participation. We’ll look at research-backed approaches to foster belonging, authenticity, and purpose across generations, while confronting the narratives that keep churches stuck in the past.
Recommended (but not required) Pre-Reading: Growing Young
Register Here

Bishop Jennifer Visits Grace, Muncie
2025-10-12

Discerning God's Call
2025-10-11 09:30 - 15:00 | Waycross Camp and Conference Center, 4879 Richards Rd, Morgantown, IN 46160-8755
Discerning God’s Call is an event that is offered for those who are in a place of discerning their own vocations (lay and ordained). Along with the Commission on Ministry, Bishop Jennifer and other members of her staff will offer programming grounded in hospitality that provides both practical information about the ordination process discerners seek, and an introduction to spiritual formation resources all disciples need.
This event is open to all in our diocese and will be hosted on the beautiful grounds of our Camp and Conference Center and include lunch.
Register here.

Fall COM Retreat 2025
2025-10-09 17:30 - 2025-10-10 16:00 | Waycross Camp and Conference Center, 4879 Richards Rd, Morgantown, IN 46160-8755
The Commission on Ministry, the Standing Committee, and individuals in the discernment process will gather at Waycross for discernment and to interview individuals prepared for the next step towards ordination. The retreat will start on Thursday, October 9th at 5:30pm and will conclude on Saturday, October 10th at 4:00pm.
Register here.

Riverbend/Waycross Fall Neighborhood Meeting
2025-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church – Columbus, 2651 California St., Columbus, 47201, United States
The Riverbend and Waycross neighborhoods will combine for their fall meeting on Monday, October 6th. It will be at St. Paul’s Columbus at 6pm with dinner provided. They will offer a hybrid option on Zoom beginning at 6:30pm Eastern.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85037186641?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 850 3718 6641, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bishop Jennifer Visits St. Stephen's, Terre Haute
2025-10-05

Fall Wabash Neighborhood Meeting
2025-09-30 18:00 - 20:00
Please mark your calendars for September 30th at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church for the next Wabash Neighborhood Meeting. Holy Eucharist is at 6 pm with the meeting starting right afterwards.
One of the highlights will be that the Rev. C. Davies Reed will be presenting the draft diocesan budget for 2026. Please invite your delegates to convention, your vestry or bishop’s committee members, and all interested parties! ALL ARE WELCOME. More information to follow.
In God’s Service,
Jessica Short and the Rev. Jim Said, your faithful, friendly Neighborhood Conveners.

Online LEV Recertification Training
2025-09-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
An online training for those who seek to be relicensed as Lay Eucharist Visitors’ will be offered on Tuesday, September 30th from 4-5pm Eastern Time. The training is required for relicensing.
In preparation for the training, participants are encouraged to read two short articles, which can be found here and here. A completed application form signed by their rector or priest-in-charge and senior warden should be sent to the Rev. Mary Taflinger at taflinger@indydio.org
A check list of additional requirements for relicensing is attached here. Eucharistic visitors must complete all requirements listed in order to be relicensed for an additional 3 years.
The zoom link for the training will be sent in a separate email upon registration completion.
Register here.

Fall Confluence Neighborhood Meeting
2025-09-29 18:00 - 20:00
Conveners: Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher (Clergy) and Sheila White (Lay)
Location: St. Paul’s Evansville
Time: Start at 6:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Central

Bishop Jennifer Visits Holy Family, Fishers
2025-09-28

Daughters of the King Fall Assembly
2025-09-27
This Fall Assembly is for all women and will be held at Cathedral of St. James in South Bend. The Keynote Speaker is Father Michael Roeske.
Workshops include: Writing Icons, Lectio Divina, What are Daughters All About, Writing Prayers of Thanksgiving, Writing Prayers of Lamentations, Writing Litanies
Click here for more information. To register please email Cherry Radin

2025 Women’s Fall Retreat
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-28 | Waycross Camp and Conference Center, 4879 Richards Rd, Morgantown, IN 46160-8755
September 26 – September 28
2025 Women’s Fall Retreat: “In Times of Unprecedented Change: Women Rising Together.” Led by Rev. Beth Scriven
Come enjoy beautiful Waycross Camp and Conference Center in Brown County Friday, Sept 26 – Sunday, Sept 28. Connect with women from around the diocese, enjoy the gracious hospitality of Waycross, and join the Rev. Beth Scriven in exploring our role as midwives of a future we do not yet grasp. What new visions, dreams, and realities might emerge out of the time of upheaval and change in which we are living? Where do we find the clarity and courage to help a better world be born into our midst? How can we partner with God and with one another to rise from the dust of what used to be and find our way toward the future God dreams for us all?
Invite a friend, family member, or women from your parish. All who identify as women are invited and encouraged to attend.
Full Retreat: Fri to Sun, double occupancy, 6 meals (Fri dinner – Sun lunch) $260; Single occupancy add-on – $70; Saturday Only: lunch, dinner, activities $50. See registration page for 1st time attendee discount. Registration Deadline Sept 15, 2025
Click here to register.

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The Edge and Crossroads Fall Neighborhood Meeting
2025-09-25 18:30 - 20:00
The combined neighborhood meeting for The Edge and Crossroads will be held on September 25 from 6:30 – 8 pm. The meeting will be held at St. Christopher’s in Carmel. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
The agenda for the meeting will be provided a couple weeks ahead of time; this time will include discussion of diocesan openings/nominations for the neighborhoods ahead of the upcoming convention.
Conveners: Steve Lawson (Lay, The Edge) and Rebecca Kirkpatrick (Clergy, Crossroads)
Location & Time: St. Christopher’s Carmel, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Monthly Safe Church Administrator Training - September
2025-09-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Kelly Nickson, the Coordinator for Congregational Development and Safe Church at IndyDio, will host a 2-hour training for Safe Church administrators who are new to the role in their parish. This training session will cover administrator responsibilities, how to access and use diocesan resources, an overview of the IndyDio policies, and Praesidium Academy website training (making new accounts, ordering background checks, etc). Continuing administrators are welcome to register if they would like a review of the policies and processes.
Click here to register

Bishop Jennifer Visits St Michael's, Noblesville
2025-09-21
