Episcopal Church Women Lenten Retreat The Episcopal Church Women will have their Lenten Retreat March 24-26, 2023. The retreat will be held at Toddhall (320 Todd Center Dr, Columbia, IL 62236). Bishop Brian K. Burgess will be the keynote speaker and Claudia Byrne will be the guest worship leader on Saturday evening. There will be [...]
Diocese of Springfield January E-Newsletter January 10, 2023 - Epiphanytide PDF Version: Diocese of Springfield January E-News From Emmanuel Memorial Champaign Emmanuel Memorial Champaign is pleased to announce the naming of our interim priest, the Reverend Fred Robinson. Most recently Fr. Robinson and his wife, Linda, come from Tampa Florida where he served as interim [...]
Keep Bishop Brian Burgess, Canon Mark Evans, Mo. Sherry Black, Fr. Zach Brooks, Kevin Babb, Cindy Lynk, Gerry Smith, and Randy Winn in your prayers. Our deputation is in Baltimore this week for the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The 145th Synod of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield will happen October 21-22, 2022 [...]
BISHOP CONSECRATION We are now less than two weeks away from the consecration of the Right Reverend Brian K. Burgess as the twelfth Bishop of Springfield. The Transition Committee is pleased to report that arrangements are proceeding well, with all signs favorable for a glorious day of liturgy, music, and fellowship that occurs only very [...]
The Transition Committee has been busy making plans for a gala celebration of the consecration of the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, the Very Reverend Brian Burgess. The liturgy of Ordination and Consecration will take place on Saturday, May 21 at 11:00 am in the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, with a reception [...]
As we prepare for the election of the XIIth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, the Standing Committee, along with our Assisting Bishop Paul Lambert, invites all members of the Diocese to Three Fridays of prayer and fasting: November 26, December 3, and December 10. Here you may find practical materials for these devotions [...]
by Marian Smithson St Andrew's, Edwardsville Our annual meeting is usually held in January each year. This year we opted to continue the three vestry members who would usually have retired in January and continued their term until May. So, the primary business of the meeting was the election of three new vestry members as well as [...]
The day included: Two substantive phone conversations with Canon Evans. A screening interview with a potential candidate for one of our parishes in transition. A mentoring session with one of our postulants. An Ignatian meditation on the daily office gospel reading. Processing a not insignificant number of emails and text messages.
Communicated by email with the Standing Committee--blessedly, not about a matter of conflict between them and me (still potentially a matter of conflict--just not between them and me!). Worked with the Communicator in getting some of what she needs for a video project she's working on for me. Various tasks related to the Department of [...]
Out the door at 0715, in time to arrive at Emmanuel, Champaign in time for a "private" (limited to confirmands and immediate family) 1015 Eucharist with confirmation and reception. It was a sweet experience, chastened as it was by pandemic safeguards that were over-the-top stringent. I left with some very touching gifts, arriving home around [...]
