00:11:10 Episcopal Parish Network: Good afternoon and welcome! Thanks for joining us for this Advent meditation. We are pleased to partner with the Godly Play Foundation (www.godlyplayfoundation.org/) and Being With (https://being-with.org/). EPN is excited to present this end-of-the-year offering. We invite you to learn more about our work at www.episcopalparishes.org. For more of content like this, please join us at our 40th Annual Conference in Kansas City next February 25-28 https://episcopalparishes.org/2025-annual-conference/! 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. 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. 00:11:12 Episcopal Parish Network: We invite you to put your name, parish name, and location in the CHAT for the benefit of our panelists. If you must leave early, we are recording it and will send the recording 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 e-mailing us at info@episcopalparishes.org or https://episcopalparishes.org/epn-members. 00:11:34 Patricia Anders: Patricia Anders, St. John's Gloucester, MA 00:11:45 Katherine Thomson: Greetings from Katie Thomson, St. Charles Episcopal Church, St. Charles IL 00:11:54 Bernadette Blong: Bernadette Blong, St. Dunstan's Succasunna, NJ 00:11:55 Mary Hawes: Hi James. Greetings from Mary in London England. 00:12:09 Carol Ann Weston: Carol Ann Weston, Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, TX 00:12:20 Michelle Dayton: Michelle Dayton, Pine Ridge Episcopal Mission, South Dakota 00:12:24 Sian Wetherill: Hello from Sian, Trinity Church New York 00:12:32 Wildaine Andre: Rev Wildaine Andre, St Aidan Church, Diocese of Haiti 00:12:58 Iain Luke: Iain Luke, St Paul's Edmonton (Alberta) 00:12:59 Teresa Phares: Teresa Phares, Diocese of Oklahoma 00:13:04 Daniel Heim: Dan Heim, Zion Lutheran, San Antonio TX 00:13:31 Bernadette Blong: The heart of my week has been "Prepare." 00:14:09 Jim Jones: Jim Jones, Christ Church, Binghamton, NY😊 00:14:45 Burt Blackburn: Good Afternoon Everyone, Saint John’s Concord, Pennsylvania. 00:14:54 Mary Hawes: The heart of my week has been 'school' 00:14:58 Michelle Dayton: The heart of my week has been expecting the unexpected. 00:15:00 Iain Luke: Heart of my week - sermon preparation. Word of God, people of God. 00:15:02 Daniel Heim: The heart of my week has been “sickness” 00:15:07 Carol Ann Weston: joy 00:15:11 Teresa Phares: The heart of my week is that I got a new cat and she’s so sweet and acclimating to our home and having her curl up next to me brings me such joy and peace 00:15:56 Paul Shackford: sadness with brother's difficulties 00:18:25 James Fawcett: - I wonder where you find most meaning in life. - Tell about a time you wanted something to last forever. 00:19:04 Heather Ingersoll: https://feedbeo.com/events/4c54a32b-bfe3-4fd0-917f-18cfb745dec4/user-view 00:20:21 Paul Shackford: The link I clicked on said it was unsafe 00:21:49 Bernadette Blong: People, all kinds, being with them in community, is where I find the most meaning. I am of the age when I realize nothing last forever, but somethings have been with me for a very long time especially family and friendships. 00:24:43 Wildaine Andre: Being with the families which suffer the atrocity of the gangs in Haiti for moment of silence and prayers 00:31:55 Paul Shackford: Distributing food to those in need 00:43:07 Daniel Heim: How great it is that God became one of us 00:44:09 Sian Wetherill: Tender, gentle relationship. Glimpse the glory. 00:44:09 Bernadette Blong: Thinking about the circle essence comes into existence so that we who exist can become essence. 00:44:37 Michelle Dayton: I am curious… if we come from Essence, and return to Essence — how do we lean into Essence during our existence and notice Essence in others? 00:45:52 Episcopal Parish Network: For those who have to leave us early, thanks for joining today. Wishing you a blessed end to Advent. The meditation will continue a bit longer. This meditation is being recorded and will be available in the next day or so. If registered, you will receive a link to the recording and materials. You will also find it in our Workshop Library at: https://episcopalparishes.org/digital-workshop-library/ Thanks, again, to Heather and James for sharing their time. We were honored to partner with the Godly Play Foundation (www.godlyplayfoundation.org/) and Being With (https://being-with.org/). We hope you found this meditation meaningful. There are additional digital workshops coming up in 2025. We hope you join us as you are available. You can see a list here: www.episcopalparishes.org/upcoming-workshops/ 00:52:51 Episcopal Parish Network: What a wonderful meditation! Merry Christmas to all (when it arrives!)… 00:53:00 Michelle Dayton: 💙 00:53:22 Carol Ann Weston: Thank you for this. 00:53:31 Bernadette Blong: Thank you. Peace.