Convention

Daring to be disciples of Jesus entails listening to and being changed by the stories of one’s communities. We hear often of the needs of children. In this Mission Minute we see how St. James’ in Hackettstown (with their Summer Backpack Food Program) and the Community of St. John Baptist and Church of the Redeemer in Morristown (through their  support of the Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon) offer response to the needs of children here and abroad.

Daring to be disciples of Jesus encourages listening to and being changed by Scripture. In this Mission Minute, we can see how programs such as the Bible Challenge, Education for Ministry (EfM) and Redeemer Church’s “Season of Sacred Story” present exciting opportunities.

Daring to be disciples of Jesus challenges us to listen to and be changed by the stories in your communities. In this Mission Minute we see three congregations – Christ Church, Bloomfield-Glen Ridge, St. John’s, Ramsey, and Calvary Church, Summit – take the Altar into the World with Ashes to Go.

Daring to be disciples of Jesus involves listening to and being changed by the stories of one’s communities. Of particular concern are the needs of children. In this Mission Minute, we see how Cross Roads Day Camps and St. Stephen’s Drumming Program seek to respond to those needs.

Daring to be disciples of Jesus encourages us to listen to and be changed by the stories of one’s communities. In this Mission Minute we see how two congregations take the Altar into the World through St. Luke’s in Montclair’s Worship Without Walls, and the outdoor Labyrinth of Trinity Church in Cliffside Park.

Here am I. Send me.

More than 80 images of members engaged in discipleship and bringing the altar into the world, as well as scenes from congregational and diocesan life, taken throughout 2013 in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. (Time: 5:29)

Produced by Diana Wilcox and Nina Nicholson, this video debuted at the 140th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark on Friday, January 24, 2014.

How would the world be transformed if we understood ourselves as being called and sent out to join God in God’s mission? With the theme Daring to be Disciples of Jesus, the 2014 Diocesan Convention seeks to provide innovative answers to this question, which is central to Christians and to the missional church.