Greetings friends to the first ERD blog for our diocese. I hope to use the blog to keep you informed of what is going on in our diocese and the national ERD. If you have information on an ERD event or activity in your neck of the woods (or burbs) please let me know by email or comment here.
Firstly a big thanks to the diocese for their support of ERD during the annual council. The MDGs and ERD's support of them was incredible. The donation at the Sunday U2charist was designated for ERD (and our new MDG inspiration fund) and totaled $5128.00! Woo Hoo! There were many workshops on the MDG including one given by yours truly and Luke Fordor from ERD, New York. Luke is my ERD coordinator boss. He did a wonderful job explaining ERD's roles in supporting the MDGs. Presiding Bishop Katharine focused her keynote address on supporting the MDGs.
ERD Sunday was February 10 (the first Sunday of Lent). I emailed all the rectors in the diocese giving them information and resources for the day. If you had a special ERD program that Sunday please let me know. I've distributed over 250 Lenten Devotional guides in the diocese. If you need some for your parish you can order them here: ERD Lenten Devotional Guide
You can also download the guide here in pdf format: Download Page
Please check with your vestry to see if they have put the MDGs in your parish budget. The goad is for every parish (and individual!) to give 0.7% to the MDGs. A great way to give is ERDs MDG Inspiration Fund. Click here for more information: MDG Inspiration Fund
I'll be keeping this blog updated periodically so bookmark this page as one of your favorites and keep checking back. Email me if you have some content you would like to share!
Monday, February 18, 2008
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