October 19, 2024
Vocational Discernment Day, 12:30 p.m.
A time for you … to discover something new within yourself!
Sponsored by The Episcopal Church in Delaware’s Commission on Ministry, the Diocesan Day of Discernment is an opportunity for all to come together to discern their Baptismal call of service to our church whether it be a call to lay ministry or a potential call to ordained ministry.
This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about our partnership with the Stevenson School for Ministry in raising up new leaders for our parishes.
RSVP by October 10 to COM@delaware.church.
For more information contact the Rev. Jeffrey A. Ross, chair of the Commission on Ministry at jross@stpeterslewes.org
- Saturday, October 19
- 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
- St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, DE
- Followed by the Philadelphia Eleven film at 3:00 p.m.
‘Come and See‘ what a deacon is and learn more about their ministry as deacons in the Episcopal Church in Delaware.
Learn more about the call to the priesthood from the compelling stories told by priests in the Episcopal Church in Delaware.
In an act akin to civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened, and banned from stepping on church property.
In this feature-length documentary film, we meet the women who challenge the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom and succeed in building a movement that transforms an age-old institution.
Everyone is invited to the film screening at 3:00 p.m. on October 3, in the Englehard Theater at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown. There will be a panel discussion following the film, where the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions. The discussion will be moderated by the Rev. Louise Howlett (the fifth woman ordained in the Episcopal Church in Delaware, the first woman chaplain at St. Andrew’s School, and founding chaplain at St. Anne’s Episcopal School) and Canon Marianne Ell (the first woman ordained in the Diocese of Easton and the Canon for Strategic Mission in the Episcopal Church in Delaware).
Advance registration is required. Reserve your spot today by registering here
