93 rd CONVENTION LEADERSHIP DAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015 FORMATION, VOCATION, AND TEACHING

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1 93 rd CONVENTION LEADERSHIP DAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015 FORMATION, VOCATION, AND TEACHING

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3 Formation, Vocation, and Teaching The 93rd Diocesan Convention THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA LEADERSHIP DAY Program Table of Contents Table of Contents Page 1 Agenda Page 2 Presenters and Workshop Descriptions Pages 3 11 St. Thaddeus Campus Map Page 12 St. Thaddeus Upper Floor Map Page 13 1

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5 Formation, Vocation, and Teaching The 93rd Diocesan Convention THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA October 16-17, 2015 LEADERSHIP DAY AGENDA 1:00pm Registration 1:30pm Opening Prayer and Introduction The Right Reverend W. Andrew Waldo Gym Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina Plenary Address 2:30pm Workshop Session 1 Dr. Julie A. Lytle Author, Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age All 8 workshops are offered at both workshop times. Locations follow descriptions in booklet and notated on map pages. 3:30pm Break and Change Workshops 3:45pm Workshop Session 2 5:00pm Plenary Closing Session Dr. Julie A. Lytle Church 5:30pm 6:30pm Evening Prayer Church Leadership Day Dinner Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC Keynote Address Newberry Hall Ms. Mary Hunter Rouse Canon for Education, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA CONVENTION BUSINESS DAY To receive your packet and credentials as a voting delegate at Convention, Please check in and register at the appropriate registration table on Saturday morning: 7:30 8:30 Thanks for your understanding. 2

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7 93 RD CONVENTION LEADERSHIP DAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015 FORMATION, VOCATION, AND TEACHING Leadership Day this year will concentrate on the second area of the Diocesan Strategic Visioning document: Formation, Vocation, and Teaching. As we transition from this past convention s theme of Stewardship of People, Place, and Money, we will have workshops that reflect the interconnectedness of these themes. Each of the workshops will fall under one of the four areas of our Strategic Visioning document. Plenary Speaker and Workshop Leader Dr. Julie A. Lytle, Author of Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age Life lover, curious innovator, and natural networker, Julie's career links theology, faith formation, and all forms of media. Her goal is to connect people, provide them access to resources they need, and build communities of practice to support and sustain efforts that enact God's Mission and fulfill the Dream of God. Her interest is primarily how environments fashion and form individuals and communities. Her book, Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age, 3

8 explores the ways each of the four eras of human communication (oral, written, mass mediated, and interactive) have influenced the ways Christians "proclaim the Gospel" (Evangelization) and "make Christians" (Faith Formation), Best known for her mantra, Message, Method, then Media, Julie helps individuals and communities develop educational and formational offerings that integrate appropriate pedagogical practices and technology to meet their mission and reflect their values. Julie's perspective, skills, processes and practices are anchored in over thirty years' experiencing integration ministry and media in parish, diocesan, church-wide, academic and health care contexts. She has an interdisciplinary PhD in Religion and Education from Boston College, MDiv from the University of Notre Dame, and BA in Journalism/Advertising from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives on Cape Cod and concurrently serves the seven dioceses of New England as the Executive Director of Province 1 and offers facilitation and consulting services through her company M3 (M cubed): Message, Method, then Media. Dinner Keynote Speaker Ms. Mary Hunter Rouse, Canon for Education, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA Mary Hunter is the Canon for Education at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Georgia and Visiting Instructor of Christian Education in the School of Theology at the University of the South. A lifelong Episcopalian and former camp counselor who can t seem to get enough of school, Mary Hunter is deeply passionate about bringing rigorous academic discipline to the practice of Christian formation and bringing practical experience from the field back into the classroom. Mary Hunter s presentation is entitled Organizing the Faithful Community: The Role of the Christian Formation Leader Reimagined. Using principles of community organizing as the starting point, Mary Hunter will explore a theologically grounded and exceedingly practical approach to the concept and practice of Christian Formation in the church today. 4

9 Formation Workshops on the Church as a Community of Worship, Prayer and Dialogue Music and Christian Formation Mr. Kenneth Miller, Associate Organist and Choirmaster at Trinity Cathedral, Columbia, SC STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING UPPER FLOOR, ROOM 202 Much of our Christian heritage, and particularly our Episcopal heritage, affirms music's place as the chief art form of the church. Looking at several examples from the Hymnal 1982, as well as choral and organ music by Johann Sebastian Bach and others, we will discuss music and its application in Christian education and formation--how do we, as Saint Paul suggests, sing with the spirit, and sing with the understanding also? And how do we help others, especially children, to do the same? Kenneth Miller is Associate Organist and Choirmaster at Trinity Cathedral, Columbia, where he works with the choirs of Men and Boys, Men and Girls, and Adults. He is a doctoral candidate in organ at the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music and holds degrees from Yale and Lenoir-Rhyne University. He serves as Instructor of Organ at the University of South Carolina. Prayers with the People: Meeting one another where Faith and Life Intersect The Reverend Furman Buchanan, Rector of St. Peter s Episcopal Church, Greenville, SC The Reverend Dorian Del Priore, Associate for Children, Youth & Family Ministry at St. Peter s Episcopal Church, Greenville, SC STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING UPPER FLOOR, ROOM 212 Even though Jesus regularly withdrew in order to be alone for prayer, he also embodied an active prayer life that met people where they were--walking on the road, sitting beside a pool, gathered on a grassy hillside, lying on a cot or sailing on the water--and he engaged with them in ways that were transformative. How can the Church become more focused about meeting people where they are with prayer and service that transforms lives? 5

10 In this session, The Rev. Furman Buchanan and the Rev. Dorian Del Priore will describe examples of prayer and blessing which meet people where they are. Blessing athletes who have spent months devoted to rigorous preparation and conditioning is a way that we can illuminate the connections of body and soul. Anointing those preparing for surgery with prayers that draw in the healing touch and words of family members can help others' claim their intercessory role. Celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, back to school and other special events are ways that we can meet people where they are and connect the practice of faith with the living of our days. The Rev. Furman Buchanan is the Rector of St. Peter s Episcopal Church in Greenville, where he has served since Prior to that he served at St. Martin s in the Fields Episcopal Church in Columbia. Fr. Buchanan is a graduate of the School of Theology at Sewanee, and Wofford College. In addition to parochial ministry, he serves as the ecumenical officer for our diocese and a participant on the steering committee for the partnership of Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran and United Methodist Bishops in South Carolina (LARCUM). He is married to Kim Buchanan and has three daughters, Katherine, Finley and Lamar. The Rev. Dorian Del Priore is the Associate Priest for Children, Youth, and Family Ministries at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Greenville, where has served since graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary in May Dorian is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, a native of Columbia, and former Director of Youth Ministries at St. John's, Shandon. He is married to Lauren Del Priore, and they have a son, Jordan, and a daughter, Brynn. Dorian loves butter pecan ice cream, photography, hiking, camping, and going on adventures with his family. 6

11 Formation Workshops on Formation, Teaching and Vocation Within the Church Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age Dr. Julie A. Lytle, Author of Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING LOWER FLOOR, GYM Faith Formation 4.0 looks at how our efforts to be story-keepers, storysharers, and story-makers have evolved over four eras of human communication, including 1.0 Jesus telling stories and the oral tradition; 2.0 Peter's letters to build and guide the church and the written tradition; 3.0 The reformation, printing press, and rise of mass media; and 4.0 faith communities online and the interactive age. Together we will explore examples of how communities are using digital tools and methods for ensuring they are used appropriately for evangelization and faith formation. Life lover, curious innovator, and natural networker, Julie's career links theology, faith formation, and all forms of media. Her goal is to connect people, provide them access to resources they need, and build communities of practice to support and sustain efforts that enact God's Mission and fulfill the Dream of God. Her interest is primarily how environments fashion and form individuals and communities. Her book, Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age, explores the ways each of the four eras of human communication (oral, written, mass mediated, and interactive) have influenced the ways Christians "proclaim the Gospel" (Evangelization) and "make Christians" (Faith Formation), Best known for her mantra, Message, Method, then Media, Julie helps individuals and communities develop educational and formational offerings that integrate appropriate pedagogical practices and technology to meet their mission and reflect their values. Julie's perspective, skills, processes and practices are anchored in over thirty years' experiencing integration ministry and media in parish, diocesan, church-wide, academic and health care contexts. She has an interdisciplinary PhD in Religion and Education from Boston College, MDiv from the University of Notre Dame, and BA in Journalism/Advertising from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives on Cape Cod and concurrently serves the seven dioceses of New England as the Executive Director of Province 1 and offers facilitation and consulting services through her company M3 (M cubed): Message, Method, then Media. 7

12 Identifying, Training and Equipping Leaders Out of Your Parish Ms. Cameron Graham Vivanco, Diocese of Upper South Carolina Missionary in Quito, Ecuador SANCTUARY Cameron will address the age old question of how to find and prepare normal parishioners for volunteer ministry roles (Sunday School teachers, youth leaders, confirmation teachers). We will look at a few good places to start, and ideas of how to capitalize on the resources in our congregation. Cameron Graham Vivanco serves as a Diocese of Upper SC supported missionary/international worker in the South American country of Ecuador. She has been in professional ministry for 20 years, 5 years as a Youth Minister in the EDUSC and 15 years in Latin America, leading volunteers in a variety of ministries. Currently she oversees the Short-Term Ministry Department of Youth World in Quito, Ecuador as well as directs the Education Equals Hope scholarship program which provides educational resources for 700 children in 6 countries. She is married to Roberto Vivanco and they have two children, Graham and Liam. Formation Workshops on Witness, Common Mission and Service to the World Creating a Community of Support: Connecting the Faith, School, and Non-profit Communities to Transform Lives Ms. Amy Clifton Keely, Director of Afterschool Programs for Communities In Schools, Greenville, SC STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING UPPER FLOOR, ROOM 211 People don t care how much you know until they know how much you care is a saying that we hear frequently when working with at-risk children. Learn how the faith community can partner with schools and non-profit agencies to provide dignity, justice, and peace to youth who need a caring network of support. Hear about an existing drop-out prevention program which provides services to over 500 at-risk youth annually in Greenville County, and learn innovative and helpful ways to partner with agencies and schools. Amy Clifton Keely is a longtime resident of Greer, South Carolina, where she and her husband live currently. She has worked for Communities In Schools of Greenville County, Inc. since 8

13 February Amy s roles with CIS-Greenville have included Case Manager, Site Coordinator of the Afterschool Program at Chandler Creek Elementary School for 7 years, and Director of Afterschool Programs for Communities In Schools of Greenville. Amy has successfully written or helped write grants resulting in over $4 million of funds obtained for at-risk youth in Greenville County. In 2007, Amy was honored as one of seven recipients of the National Communities In Schools Unsung Hero Award, and in 2008, Amy was selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award at Western Carolina University. Amy is a third generation graduate of Greer High School and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She has a Bachelor s degree in Psychology and a minor in English. Aside from Communities In Schools, Amy s work experience includes church youth ministry, school district/title 1 Summer Enrichment Programs, and a counselor at a group home for adolescent girls with behavior problems. Amy also currently owns and operates Amy Clifton Keely Photography as a wedding, portrait, and corporate photographer across the Carolinas. Using Education to Raise Up Leaders in Missions The Reverend Deacon Dianna Deaderick, Deacon at St. Luke s, Columbia, SC STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING UPPER FLOOR, ROOM 211 This workshop will address the steps to take to ensure congregational by in when developing new ministry initiatives, and how educating the congregation is a critical step in the process. Dianna is a retired teacher of middle school children where she was a National Board Certified Teacher, a Coaching Teacher for the University of South Carolina, College of Education and a District Teacher-of-the-Year Finalist. She is actively involved in HIV/AIDS Ministry, serving on the board of directors of NEAC (The National Episcopal AIDS Coalition) and is the diocesan representative for the Province IV Network of HIV/AIDS Ministries. She also is the diocesan Race Relations trainer and the chaplain for the diocesan ECW. Dianna and her husband, Doug, have two daughters and two granddaughters. 9

14 Formation Workshops on Stewardship of People, Place, and Money Church Earth Care, In the Spirit of Love & Trust Ms. Cathy Boyd, Director of Christian Formation and Communications Associate, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Greenwood, VA STEVENSON-MCCLELLAND BUILDING UPPER FLOOR, ROOM 203 This workshop will encourage participants' reflection on their beliefs as stewards of God's creation and how they act on these beliefs. Considering current research on the importance of "Vitamin N (Nature)," and Pope Francis' passionate response to climate change, we will share examples of how our individual, church, and community actions to care for the environment can have a big impact. Resources for incorporating stewardship of the environment into Sunday school, youth, and VBS activities will be exchanged. Cathy Boyd is the Director of Christian Formation and Communications Associate at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Greenwood, Virginia. She works with the clergy and people of the church to design and implement programs for children, youth, and adults that accomplish Christian Education and help people fulfill Emmanuel s mission. She studied religion and teaching at the University of Virginia and earned an M.Ed. in Environment-Based Learning at Mary Baldwin College after writing a thesis on Church Earth Care. Cathy brings to her role at Emmanuel a deep appreciation of contemplative prayer, having studied vipassana meditation through the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville; and a love of Native American spirituality, after spending time on Pine Ridge Reservation (Lakota) and through travels to the Four Corners region. She is thrilled to have been offered a fellowship with GreenFaith, an organization with a mission to inspire, educate and mobilize people of diverse religious backgrounds for environmental leadership. Teaching Discipleship to Our Congregations The Reverend J. Edward Ned Morris, Rector, Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, SC CHAPEL In his six years as rector of the Church of the Advent, Ned has worked with lay leaders and staff to develop a healthy and dynamic community of faith. During his time, stewardship of time, talent and money has increased each 10

15 year after forming the parish s first Stewardship Commission in Now serving as one of the Mission Imperatives of the parish, the Stewardship Commission continues to develop a culture of year round stewardship. Ned believes that forming mature disciples is closely tied to a theological understanding of generosity and faithfulness. He will lead a session on creating a church where forming mature disciples goes hand-in-hand with generosity and service. Ned has served as the Rector of the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg since August He moved to the upstate from Louisville, Kentucky, after serving as Rector of Calvary Church ( ). Ned s first call was as the Associate Rector at Trinity Church, Staunton, Virginia ( ). Having grown up in Virginia and Maryland, Ned has also lived in New York, New York ( ), where he graduated with a Master of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary in He received his B.A. in Religion and Philosophy (1988) from Roanoke College (RC) in Salem, Virginia. It was at RC that he met his wife Ellen in RC was also where he came to a deeper understanding of faith and began reflecting seriously on what it means to have a vital and engaging relationship with Jesus Christ. After graduation he lived in Washington, D.C. as a participant in the Cathedral Volunteer Service Community program of the National Cathedral. After this year long program concluded, Ned returned to RC and worked as the Assistant to the Chaplain ( ). During his eight years in this position, he assisted with and led campus ministry programs for students and faculty, directed community service initiatives for the college and served as a member of the college s counseling center staff. While working at RC, Ned earned his Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in clinical practice. In 1993, Ned and Ellen were married and they have four children (Halstead 14, William 12, Lou Lou 10, and Evers 7). Ned enjoys reading, talking, watching sports and movies, hiking, playing and spending time with family and friends. 11

16 Sanctuary Chapel St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Campus Map Gym Stevenson- McClelland Building Leadership Day Workshops: 1) Faith Formation 4:0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age Dr. Julie A. Lytle Stevenson-McClelland Building Lower Floor, Gym 2) Identifying, Training, and Equipping Leaders Out of Your Parish Ms. Cameron Graham Vivanco Sanctuary 3) Choir as Formation Mr. Kenneth Miller Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Room 202 (see pg. 13) 4) Prayers with the People: Meeting One Another Where Faith and Life Intersect The Reverend Furman Buchanan and The Reverend Dorian Del Priore Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Room 212 (see pg. 13) 5) Church Earth Care, In the Spirit of Love & Trust Ms. Cathy Boyd Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Room 203 (see pg. 13) 6) Teaching Discipleship to Our Congregations The Reverend Ned Morris Chapel 7) Creating a Community of Support: Connecting the Faith, School, and Non-Profit Communities to Transform Lives Ms. Amy Clifton Keely Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Room 211 (see pg. 13) 8) Using Education to Raise Up Leaders in Missions The Reverend Dianna Deaderick Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Room 210 (see pg. 13) 12

17 Other Meeting Locations: 1) Leadership Day Plenary Session 1 and Business Day Stevenson-McClelland Building Lower Floor, Gym 2) Leadership Day Plenary Session 2 and Evening Prayer Sanctuary 3) Leadership Day Dinner Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC ) Exhibits Stevenson-McClelland Building Lower Floor, Hallways 5) Business Day Forum Chapel 6) Business Day Eucharist - Stevenson-McClelland Building Lower Floor, Gym 7) Business Day Lunch Stevenson-McClelland Building Lower Floor, Gym 8) DOK Prayer Room - Stevenson-McClelland Building Upper Floor, Parish Library UPPER FLOOR Stevenson-McClelland Building 13