“Evangelism is the spiritual practice of seeking, naming and celebrating Jesus’ loving presence in everyone’s stories, and then inviting people to form or deepen their own relationship with God in Christ.”
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2018 Diocesan Convention (Archive)
Convention Offering to Support Clergy Pensions in the Diocese of Cuba
This year’s Convention Offering raised funds to support a church-wide effort to fund pensions for clergy in the Diocese of Cuba! Read More
Convention Recap
The Annual Convention of The Episcopal Church in Vermont took place on October 26 & 27 at the Hilton Burlington. Our special guest was the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, one of the Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers and consultants around 21st century ministry and mission and Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Evangelism, Reconciliation, and Creation Care. Spellers is co-author of The Episcopal Way: Church’s Teachings for a Changing World Series (Volume 1) and author of Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation. She teaches and directs programs in mission, reconciliation and formation at General Theological Seminary in New York City; serves as a senior consultant for the Center for Progressive Renewal, an ecumenical consulting and training group; and is a contributor to the Work of the People’s Transforming Through Love video series, a three-part series on participating in God’s dream of wholeness. (Adapted from The Work of the People.) Videos of the Rev. Spellers’ convention presentations are available below.
In preparation for the Convention, Bishop Thomas Ely encouraged the people of the Diocese to read Speaking Our Faith: Equipping the Next Generations to Tell the Old, Old Story by Kit Carlson. The book can be obtained through Hopkins Bookshop at Trinity located in Shelburne, VT, and a variety of online retailers, including Church Publishing.
Links
Past Convention Journals (2003-2017)
Past Convention Archive (2017)
Past Convention Archive (2016)
2018 Convention Media & Resources
Blessing of Evangelism Catalysts
A Message from Presiding Bishop Curry to Thomas and Ann Ely
Episcopal Evangelism Presentation by Jeremy Tackett, Digital Evangelist
Presentation from the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont to Bishop and Mrs. Ely, October 27, 2018
Why Evangelism? Why Episcopal Evangelism? By the Rev. Stephanie Spellers
The Bishop’s Annual Convention Address
I am a Missionary: The Rev. Stephanie Spellers
Radical Welcome with Stephanie Spellers
The Revolutionary Art of Listening | Stephanie Spellers | TEDxNewYork
Stephanie Spellers Missional Voices 2016
Day 1 with host Peter Wallace feat. Stephanie Spellers
Speaking Our Faith with the Rev. Kit Carlson – Getting Started
Spread the Word: The Episcopal Church in Vermont’s Evangelism Editorial Series
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