The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey

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Take a virtual trip to Ecuador	*So what do you* think?**	Senior Baccalaureate Service
Our Companion Diocese — the Diocese of Ecuador Central — is a beautiful land in the northwest of the continent of South America. We have a warm and loving association with the Diocese of Ecuador Central and its clergy and people. A number of Jersey Episcopalians have made a trip there, but if you've not been able to visit, four new slide shows will let you do that virtually. You can view a slide show of land, people, and churches the day when Bibles in the native language, Quichua, were delivered and given out a mountainside Eucharist and the visit of Bishop Scantlebury to Quito an inside glimpse of the Anglican parish in San Felipe, some three hours north of Quito LIke more information about the Diocese of Ecuador Centrall? Contact the chair of the Companion Diocese Committee, Pete Ackerman, at jbajr@comcast.net or see the home page for that committee — with even more slide shows!	ONLINE SURVEY DEADLINE: NOON on MONDAY, 21 MAY. Click here to go to the online survey. Instructions for the survey are easy to follow. And it shouldn't take very long to complete it. Encourage members of your congregation to take part in the survey by making announcements din church. And include this link to the survey in your weekly worship bulletins: www.zplink.com/NJdiocese WE WANT TO HEAR YOU! Take the survey and let us know what you think.	Senior Baccalaureate Service Sunday, June 10, 5 to 8 pm Trinity Cathedral Graduating seniors and their family, friends, and church members are invited to a Baccalaureate service on June 10 at 5 pm, at Trinity Cathedral in Trenton. This traditional and moving service honors graduating seniors from a public or private high school in the Diocese of New Jersey. The date is chosen as one nearest the time when many seniors are graduating from their schools. Join Bishop Councell and the entire diocese in recognizing our (and your!) graduates. And be sure to stay for the reception after the service in Synod Hall. Deadline By Monday, June 4. See newjerseyyouth.org for more information.
New Jersey supports Nets for Life	ONE BOOK!	A Diocese of New Jersey missionary
The Diocese of New Jersey is undertaking a Nets For Life Campaign to purchase 10,000 nets at $12 each — a goal of $120,000. The sum includes nets and education for their successful use. Launched at Convention on March 2, the campaign continues through Convention 2013. Start planning your church's participation. Have a look at this video. Then head to inspirationfund.org where you'll find all sorts of resources. Go ALL SAINTS, BAY HEAD! This energetic parish raised more than $1400 to buy 117 nets during a March fundraiser. All Saints' church school children led the way with a banner decorated with their hand prints representing children whose lives could be saved by nets. A display included netting, ‘mosquitoes,’ stickers for the kids, pictures and stories of nets in use. And a Nets for Life Coffee and Discussion included two videos and a lively discussion between them. An actual net was unfolded to show how just one can protect up to three children. Questions about the Nets for Life campaign? Contact Lou Cavaliere at captainusn@comcast.net or Janine Kleber at JanineKleber@comcast.net. They'll be glad to help.	*God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our* Time by Desmond Tutu Check out the blog here! Add your own thoughts as you read. The Committee on LifeLong Christian Formation invites everyone — clergy, adult, and youth — to read, study, and discuss One Book in early 2012: Desmond Tutu’s concise and powerful book God Has a Dream. Read it as a parish, vestry, a book club, a ministry group, an Adult Education study, or a small group study. Grounded in who we are as God’s children and focused on God’s justice, this accessible book explores not only God’s dream for all of creation but our part in that dream. Archbishop Tutu speaks personally and compassionately how pain and suffering can be transformed into hope and new life, a life that reflects the fullness of God’s goodness.	Mr. Charlie Nakash, a parishioner (and vestry member) of Christ Church, Toms River, will begin serving as a missionary in the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic in March 2012. Charlie is the first missionary from the Diocese of New Jersey and he intends to live and work in the DR for three years. As of 8 March, Charlie has just arrived in the Dominican Republic and has posted his first blog entry at http://drmissionary.blogspot.com/ He created that blog so he'll be able to keep everyone in Jersey up to date on information about his mission, ministry, projects and progress. Do keep Charlie in your prayers. And bookmark his his blog!

Questions about the website?
Contact Canon Cynthia McFarland, Director of Communications