00:16:07 Episcopal Parish Network: Good afternoon and welcome! Thanks for joining us for this conversation about faith and community today. EPN is pleased to host this conversation in partnership with Bexley Seabury Seminary. We invite you to put your name, parish name, and location in the CHAT for the benefit of our panelists. Please know we recognize that the experiences discussed in this workshop might not represent the breadth of experiences in all churches. However, we hope you garner insights that will spark conversation within your teams and leadership groups. 00:16:10 Episcopal Parish Network: We ask that you post your questions or comments in the CHAT feature here and our panel will try to get to them throughout the session. This session will last for about an hour. If you have to leave early, we are recording it and will send the recording and the PowerPoints to everyone registered for this session in the next couple of days. If your parish is not a member of Episcopal Parish Network, we invite you to join our work. Our 240+ members make programs like this one possible. More about membership can be learned by emailing us at info@episcopalparishes.org or https://episcopalparishes.org/epn-members. 00:17:27 Cliff Haggenjos: Cliff Haggenjos (Seabury 2006), St. John's Roseville. CA 00:18:13 Israel Portilla Gomez: HI Everyone. I am Israel Portilla-Gómez, from St. Mary´s Episcopal Church, Anchorage, Alaska. I am a current D.Min student at Bexley Seabury. 00:18:16 Virginia Tyler Smith: Virginia Tyler Smith, BexSea 2016, non parochial, Rochester NY 00:18:31 Dorcie Dvarishkis: Ven. Dorcie Kafka Dvarishkis, Missoula,, in the Episcopal Diocese of MT - a partner with Bexley in the Deacons Formation Collaborative 00:18:45 Barbara Lopes: Barb Lopes, St Raphael Episcopal/ELCA, Benson, AZ between Tucson and Tombstone 00:18:48 Jessica Dennis: Jessica Dennis, All Saints - Sharon Chapel, Alexandria, Virginia 00:19:03 Mildred Reyes: Mildred Reyes, Washington, DC, current BexSea student 00:19:08 Bob Henry: bob henry st lukes episcopal hot springs, sd 00:19:14 Martha McKee: Martha McKee, St. Elizabeth's, Buda, TX 00:19:26 Episcopal Parish Network: For those who just joined, we're glad you're here. Please post your questions or comments in the CHAT. Also, if you just joined, please post your name and parish/location in the CHAT! 00:19:30 Anita Braden: Hello everyone, I am the Rev. Canon Anita Braden, Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Arizona. 00:19:31 Lynne Markova: Lynne Markova, St. Paul's, Port Townsend 00:19:37 Shaun Joynt: Hi from Shaun in Pretoria, South Africa 👋🏼 00:19:41 Dean Aponte-Safe: Rev. Dr. Dean Aponte-Safe, Diocese of Michigan, Diocesan staff. 00:20:06 Tracy Morgan: Tracy Morgan, Newark, Delaware. Church consultant. 00:20:11 Jeremy Simpson: Rev. Jeremy Simpson , Director of Admissions - Bexley Seabury Seminary 00:20:12 Scott Prather: Scott Prather, St. Dunstan's, Shoreline, WA 00:20:19 Cynthia McChesney: Cynthia McChesney, Diocese of Newark, NJ 00:20:22 Rebecca Hall: Iona Collaborative, Austin, TX 00:20:28 Melinda Bobo: Melinda Bobo, Trinity Church, Lander, WY, Seabury alum 00:20:46 David Kendall-Sperry: David Kendall-Sperry, St. Peter's, Delaware OH 00:20:49 Brenda Gilbert: Hello! Archdeacon Brenda Gilbert, Diocese of WNC 00:21:02 Karen Freeman: Grace Episcopal, Fairfield, California 00:21:03 Jill Morrison: The Rev. Jill Morrison; Director of Congregational Development and Networking in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (Hello, everyone!) 00:21:04 Machelle West: Hi Everyone! Machelle West All Saints& Ascension Church in the Episcopal diocese of Missouri. 00:21:05 Michael Redpath: Michael Redpath, Toms River, NJ; parish and community consultant 00:21:06 Jonathan Silver: Jonathan Silver, Bexley Seabury’s Director of Alum Engagement (in NYC) 00:21:08 Mary Jeffers: Mary Jeffers, Deacon, Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina 00:21:13 Debbie McCanless: Debbie McCanless, Deacon, Diocese of West Tennessee 00:21:21 Holy Family Church: Horace ward Holy Family, Miami Gardens, FL - the Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida 00:23:00 Amy Cook: We could see the slides. 00:23:35 Katherine Morgan: Katherine Morgan, Hamilton, Ontario; Diocese of Niagara 00:24:03 Harry Walton: Harry, Saint John’s Hollywood FL 00:25:21 Claudette Taylor: Claudette Taylor, Mississauga. Ontario, Canada, Diocese of Toronto 00:25:21 Justi Schunior: Justi Schunior, St. Martin's, Charlotte, NC 00:28:08 Brett Botbyl: Brett - Honolulu, Hawaii 00:33:30 Karen Freeman: Serving at a Food Bank distribution center; and an annual Thanksgiving meal for the low income community in my city. 00:34:13 Brett Botbyl: Serving interfaith events for community relief for the indigent and the homeless. 00:34:27 Dorcie Dvarishkis: Regularly gathering with our Missoula Interfaith Collaborative members to learn and discuss across our differences 00:34:52 Gracia Morton: Gracia Morton, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Downers Grove, IL 00:35:17 Maureen-Elizabeth Hagen: Deacon in Dioceses of Oregon and Virginia. 00:35:31 Catherine Meeks: I make beautiful greeting cards which I give away to people when I travel to make speeches and to folks who are doing pastoral care. I used them for pastoral care opportunities that I have also. I love making the cards that I used to sell, but decided that giving them away was better. I am in the Diocese of Atlanta. 00:35:42 Dorcie Dvarishkis: Would appreciate a copy of this presentation to share with our rector search committee - thank you! 00:38:06 Amy Smith: Amy Smith, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Downers Grove, IL 00:40:20 Episcopal Parish Network: As a reminder, please post questions and comments in the CHAT feature. The panel will get to them as time permits. Thanks again for joining. 00:48:55 Bob Henry: I think that churches should be training "Miracles" waiting to happen! It is our responsibility. Churches have applied to God much more than a responsible person should expect! 00:49:37 Amy Smith: Did you say that is called "Campus?" Thanks 00:50:27 Miguel Briones: What do think abobe multicultural community? 00:50:35 Cynthia McChesney: Reminds me also of "Join or Die," Robert Putnam's documentary, which is a good movie to show to church members 00:50:48 Brett Botbyl: Amy, the group is called CANVAS. 00:51:24 Amy Smith: Thank you, Brett! 00:51:37 Brett Botbyl: 🙂 00:52:03 Jonathan Silver: Question: Do you know if / when there will be any update to the “sad” statistics you laid out at the beginning? I’ve been getting the feeling anecdotally that things may be looking up post-pandemic. (not re polarization, of course). 00:53:07 Israel Portilla Gomez: I have noticed that new families have a very busy schedule. It looks like there is not much time for church things. What ideas or service projects could we use to give them opportunities to serve? 00:53:14 Miguel Briones: It this apply in a Latino community? 01:03:19 Episcopal Parish Network: For those who have to leave us early, thanks for joining today. The conversation will continue a bit longer. Please post questions and comments in the CHAT feature. The workshop is being recorded and will be available in the next day or two. You will receive a link to the recording and other materials when they post to our Workshop Library at: https://episcopalparishes.org/digital-workshop-library/ Thanks, again, to our panel for sharing this time and educating us on faith and community. We hope you found this a useful conversation. Thanks to our partners at Bexley Seabury Seminary for presenting and participating in this important conversation. 01:03:20 Episcopal Parish Network: There are additional digital workshops on liturgy, technology, finances, communication, and current affairs coming up in the next few months. We hope you join us as you are available. You can see a list of upcoming workshops here: www.episcopalparishes.org/upcoming-workshops/ More workshops are added regularly. We also hope to see you at our 2026 Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 3-6. Early bird registration opens on October 15. Keep an eye out on our website for more information: https://episcopalparishes.org/ 01:06:02 Amy Smith: thank you so much! 01:06:14 Brett Botbyl: Thank you and bless you. 01:06:18 Dean Aponte-Safe: Thank you! 01:06:55 Israel Portilla Gomez: Thank you so much. I just ordered the book and am looking forward to read it. 01:07:31 Tracy Morgan: Thank you! I'll be reading your book, too. 01:08:31 Lynne Markova: Thank you! 01:08:31 Episcopal Parish Network: Thank you all! 01:08:34 Brett Botbyl: Mahalo! 01:08:44 Machelle West: Thank you! 01:08:53 Dorcie Dvarishkis: Many thanks! Appreciate EPN's work on our behalf 01:08:57 Amy Cook: Thank you 01:09:04 Mildred Reyes: Thank you! 01:09:04 Claire Doerschuk: Thank you very much. It surely has been very interesting and a blessing. 01:09:05 Claudette Taylor: Thank you!