Come to the BUDGET BLITZ April 1-4

Have you ever wondered what exactly the Diocese does with your Church's apportionment money? How much of our Diocesan budget is paid for by endowments? Where your church can go for financial advice?

Join the Bishop, Diocesan staff and members of the Diocesan Finance Committee to get some answers to your questions. We will be giving three presentations designed to let you know, transparently, how our Diocesan Finances have been put to work the past few years.

Come to learn about our current budget in preparation for the official hearings on our upcoming budget later this spring.

Wednesday, April 1
7-8pm at Emmanuel, Newport

Friday, April 3
7-8pm at St. Paul's, Wickford

Saturday, April 4
9-10am at the Cathedral of St. John

For more information e-mail Liz@episcopalri.org or call the Diocesan House at 401-274-4500

New "Did You Know" Video

Thanks to everyone who attended Convocation this weekend! As promised, I have posted the video I showed in my workshop here on the blog. You can find it just below the older version of the video, which Bishop Wolf showed at Clericus. click here to see it.

CONVOCATION

Thanks to all who came and made Convocation 2009 such a resounding success!

Our keynote speaker, The Rev'd Carol Anderson mentioned several resources which we will be making available.

Currently available is a Lenten Devotional Booklet, written by All Saints parishioners, and available on their website at:

http://www.allsaintsbh.org/lentenbooklet.html


Also, fill out the Convocation 2009 Feedback Form at the link below.
https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=7037b38c-d824-4351-911d-61c67a17ae33

when you are finished filling it out, click the submit button at the top of the form and your comments will be anonymously submitted to us!

Thank you all for a wonderful weekend!

RI in the NY Times: Smallest State Grapples With Oversize Problems

Here is some recommended reading from Bishop Wolf and Dean Krauss of the Cathedral of St John. It is an evocative article, recently published in The New York Times, presenting an outsider's perspective on the past and future of Rhode Island. Is it right on? Way off base? Illuminating? Misleading?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/us/01rhode.html

True or False, this is how Rhode Island is being presented to the world.

How do we as a faith community react?

Comments are welcome.