Campus Ministries -  The Rev. Sarah Midzalkowski
Provide opportunities for college students and young adults to come together to network, share ideas, worship and have educational and spiritual experiences.

Christian Formation & Education - Kate Gillooley
The Christian Formation & Education Program Unit has representatives from each diocese working in partnership with those engaged in Christian Education, formation and instruction throughout the Province.

Church Periodical Club - Karen Powers
Through members in each parish and diocese, the Church Periodical Club seeks to meet religious and secular needs by providing printed and computer materials to individuals, churches and organizations including particularly missionaries and seminarians affiliated with the Anglican Communion through a grant system. Visit www.episcopalchurch.org/cpc for more information.

Communicators - David Skidmore 
A loose network of staff and volunteers who, using a variety of media, seek to communicate the work of the dioceses we serve and the wider Episcopal Church to congregation members, clergy, church agencies andoffices, the media seekers and the general public.

Episcopal Church Women - ECW - Ms. Joanna Gesicki
Gather as women of the Church for spiritual growth, education and fellowship.

Episcopal Relief and Development - Jon Boss
Supports diocesan coordinators for Episcopal Relief and Development. Distributes news and information to dioceses.

Health Ministries- Mary Fran Crist
Provide resources, education and support for developing health ministries including parish nursing in Province V in order that the congregations may be caring places of health and wholeness.

Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation - Mr. Philip Mantle
A network of Jubilee Ministries linking the diocesan social ministries of economic justice, peace, racism, environmental concerns, and multi-cultural ministries. Annually provides a conference to encourage, educate and empower the participants.

Ministry - The Rev. Canon David Pfaff
Hold an annual Fall Conference on Ministry issues, both lay and ordained. Commission on Ministry chairs and members, Standing Committee members, Bishops, deployment officers and seminary representatives are all invited. Issues are local and diocesan ministry concerns and issues from the Standing Commission for Ministry Development, on which the Chair serves as Province V representative.

United Thank Offering - Carol Gottard
The Mission of the United Thank Offering is to expand the circle of thankful people.  To achieve this mission we encourage daily prayers, offerings, and awareness of the abundance of God's Blessings.  This work is done in each Diocese by a Diocesan Coordinator who educates, encourages and helps each parish in her/his Diocese to give Daily Thanks for the offerings we receive Daily from the abundance of God's Blessings.   For more information please visit the United Thank Offering web site:  www.episcopalchurch.org/uto

Youth Network - Gennie Callard
Assist youth in fostering and developing relationships with Christ and each other; to prepare them for transition to post-high school life and to choose to stay in the Church. Train them for adult leadership roles in the Church.

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Welcome to the Christian Formation program site for Province V. We offer resources for lifelong Christian formation and sponsor an annual workshop for formation leaders working with adults, youth and children:

Whose Church is it anyway?

August 2008  date to be determined

Contact: Anne Cothran  (312) 751-4206

The mission of the Church Periodical Club is to develop inquiring and discerning hearts by supporting local congregations' requests for grants and assistance for books, computer software, music and mailing costs for children, adults, seminarians and missionaries, locally and worldwide. Projects supported include juvenile facilities, hospitals, libraries, schools, prisons, addiction treatment centers, retirement homes, and seafarers' institutes.

The Church Periodical Club representative to Province V is elected for a three-year term and represents the national CPC board at the province level. As a member of the Province V Board it is the responsibility of the CPC Representative to pass on to the 15 Diocesan CPC Representatives  (and thus 865 parishes) making up our Province knowledge of the work and initiatives of the Province V Board.

The Province V CPC Representative attends annual ECW and Diocesan meetings in the Province and, upon request, local parish  meetings in Province V to promote knowledge of the CPC mission.

 For the history of CPC and grant forms  visit   www.episcopalchurch.org/cpc.  For information contact the CPC office at cpc@episcopalchurch.org  or Prov V Rep  Susan Lenz  312 397 9108  or lenzchicago@sbcgobal.net

Episcopal Church Women of Province V

Program Unit Chair:

The health ministries unit of Province V is coordinated by Mary Fran Crist of the Diocese of Chicago.

Five of the 15 dioceses in Province V have Hispanic congregations. Others offer support for Hispanic ministry through leadership development, immigration and citizenship advocacy and education, ESL classes, and community outreach.

Roster of Hispanic Congregations

MINISTRY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Program UNIT Chair: The Rev. Karl Stevens  

Program Mission or Purpose Statement:

To interpret the Episcopal Church and its comprehensive faith to the University and vice versa, to serve as a spiritual home for Students, faculty and staff, to provide common programming opportunities for enriched educational, spiritual, and social experiences.

 To whom is your ministry directed and how is that accomplished?

Our program is directed toward young adults and those who minister to them. We provide a sacred space for campus ministers/chaplains and young people through an annual retreat where they come together to network, share ideas, worship, and experience programming that is educational as well as spiritual.

Our network works to encourage and facilitate the development of new and innovative ministries on campus. New programming and resources for non-traditional student are also being developed.

Our young adults experience the wider church as they attend international, national, provincial and diocesan conferences.  Our students serve as leaders for their own programs; they are also emerging as leaders in the Episcopal Church. We travel with students from their home parish, remain with them throughout college life and assist them to return to their churches in the adult life.  We welcome new members into the Episcopal Church, baptizing, confirming, and receiving students who are previously unchurched or grew up in other traditions.

How is your program helpful to parish, diocese, and province?  Describe the ways in which your program relates to the General Convention resolutions as well as to dioceses and our province needs and concerns.

We connect higher education ministries with parish, diocese and province.  We serve as advocates for young people in parishes. We assist parishes to provide and develop resources for programming.  Parishes located near Institutions of Higher Education are encouraged to start campus ministry using our network as a support and a starting place.

 Described the ways in which your program relates to the General Convention Resolutions as well as to diocese and our province needs and concerns.

Ministry in higher Education is positioned to answer the call to double our membership by 2020.  The Episcopal Church calls for a focus on "children, youth, and campus ministry” in its attempts to double its membership.   

The calls on each Diocese to identify mission possibilities that are not presently funded, but which if funded, would assist with new church development, revitalization of existing congregations, reaching children and youth, and ministering to those in need.   Ministry in Higher Education is helping to create and build new faith communities on campus and promises to connect young people with the Episcopal Church by meeting their specific needs which parishes may not be suited to provide.  Many seminarians and older lay leaders are the product of Campus Ministry

In what ways can the Provincial leadership assist you in your ministry?

·        Continued prayer and funding. 

·        Attendance at our Spring Gathering and National events.

·        Stronger partnership with diocesan and provincial staff.

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