In the Episcopal faith, children are full members from birth. We create Sunday school programs for them, and choirs, vacation bible schools and retreats. But even when they cross into the age of reason, we often fail to include our youth in one of the most central aspects of our faith, the governance of our church. Until they come knocking, that is.
ACTS/VIM BOARD - Clergy class of 2014
Kathryn King, St. Alban’s, Oakland - Elected
ACTS/VIM BOARD - Lay class of 2014
Martha Wolf, St. Paul’s, Paterson – Elected
Sidney King, Church of the Incarnation, Jersey City – Elected
Cathie Studwell, St. John the Divine, Hasbrouck Heights
Pat Ferrin, St. Barnabas’, Newark
CONSTITUTION AND CANONS COMMITTEE - All were elected
After five ballots, four clergy deputies and three of four lay deputies had been elected to represent the Episcopal Diocese of Newark at General Convention 2012. Only two candidates remained for the last lay deputy position: Marge Christie, who has served the diocese for decades, and her granddaughter Caroline Christie.
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The featured speaker at the annual Newark Episcopal Women's Commission Breakfast on January 29, 2011 at Diocesan Convention was Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of NJ (www.acnj.org).
Cecilia Zalkind has an extensive background in public policy advocacy for children. Her 25 years in leadership positions at ACNJ have helped produce key policy advances in child welfare, early care and education, and health care in New Jersey.
We are shaped by stories. The stories that we hear and the stories that we tell. We are adherents of this faith because each of us has been transformed by the Jesus story -- and we have, at different levels of intensity, committed ourselves to living with that holy story. And committed ourselves to passing that story on.
Four congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark have used words, music and outreach to strengthen their worship and those of other faith communities, and to stand up against injustice in God's name.
Four congregations and groups in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark have taken bold steps on behalf of children, meeting their needs for understanding God and coping with the challenges of the world around them.
