Convocation 2012
Friday, March 9th & Saturday, March 10th 2012
Register for one or both days www.episcopalri.org/convocation
Working toward the goal of creating a Diocesan mission focus of “Feeding the Hungry,” the Mission Task Force has taken the lead role in planning Convocation weekend 2012 with guest Sara Miles, author of “Take This Bread” and “Jesus Freak.” Sara brings a unique and refreshing perspective on worship and what it means to be a Christian. Come Feed the spirit and body through worship, fellowship, and formation. Sara Miles will be with us both days and we hope you can be as well.
Friday March 9th- Holy Eucharist and Community Supper
6:00pm at St Luke’s Church, 99 Peirce Street, East
Greenwich, RI
Come to this free evening, and be fed with your friends in the Diocese of Rhode
Island. Join the diocesan community for Holy Eucharist, followed by supper
together. Bishop Wolf will preside and Sara Miles will be our guest preacher.
Childcare is available onsite and children are welcome in worship.
Saturday March 10th- Convocation 2012 Feeding the Hungry
9:00am-3:00pm (Check-in & continental breakfast
at 8:00)
The Providence Marriott, One Orms Street,
Providence, RI
This is an opportunity to worship together in creative and nourishing ways,
hear an inspirational keynote address by Sara Miles, and attend workshops to
deepen our engagement. Includes Buffet Lunch together. Workshop topics will
include: “A foretaste of the Heavenly Banquet: Transcendent Worship,”
“Cultivating Kingdom Hospitality,” “Ministry that feeds bodies and strengthens
the Body of Christ”, “The Kids are Hungry: Nourishing the spiritual lives of
young people”, and "Feeding Hungry Teens: Nourishing Youth and Young
Adults".
"Every single thing that the risen Lord does in this world, he does
through our bodies. You are fed, you are healed, you are forgiven, you are
pronounced clean, you are loved. And you are raised from the dead. So go and do
likewise.”
More About Sara Miles
Working out of the Church of Saint Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco, she has built a thriving food pantry ministry feeding over 1200 families each week. In this brief YouTube video Sara elegantly restates what we all, as Christians, know as our mission in life.