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BISHOP MARY'S LENTEN MESSAGE NOW ONLINE HERE!

Taize for Lent Around the Diocese:

St. Jude's, Cupertino: Sundays in Lent at 5PM/Quiet Taize Saturday,
March 2, 1-5PM with Brother Emile of Taize, France.

Contact Wilma@saintjudes.org for more information.

St. Benedict's, Los Osos: February 24, 7 PM at Trinity United Methodist, corner of Pine & Los Osos Valley Road.

St. Luke’s, Hollister: Jazz Taize Evensong, Every 2^nd Sunday, 6PM (March 10^th).

Lenten Quiet Days Around the Diocese:

St. Mary’s, Pacific Grove: Wednesdays, 12:15 – 12:45. Click HERE for information.

All Saints, Palo Alto: February 28, 10AM-4PM.Click HERE for information.

All Saints, Carmel: March 23rd 9AM-3PM. Click HERE for more information

Lenten Study Around the Diocese:

St. Mary’s, Pacific Grove: Explore your Spiritual Roots – Tuesday, March 5^th at 1:00 PM. Click HERE for information.

St. Mary’s, Pacific Grove: Christ of the Celts book study: Sunday, March 3, 10 at 11:45 AM or Thursday, March 7 at 1:00 PM. Click HERE for information.

St. Philip's, Scotts Valley: Sundays through March 17, 9-10AM, Study of Paul's Letter to the Galations with Jeremy Gabrielson, PhD, M.Div.

St. Andrew's, Saratoga: Lenten Program and Soup Supper, Feb. 20-March 20 6-8PM in The Center. Studying David, Mary, Peter, John, and Paul. Information: diLovelace@aol.com

St. Paul's, Salinas: Sundays in Lent through Palm Sunday 5-6PM, John Steinbeck's spiritual lessons for modern readers.Please click HERE for more information

Stations of the Cross around the Diocese:

St. Mary’s, Pacific Grove: Fridays throughout Lent at noon. Click HERE for information.

Strategies for Congregational Growth

Please click on the following link from the Episcopal Digital Network on some strategies your congregation can use for growth:

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/stw/2012/10/01/strategies-for-congregational-growth/

The Strategic Plan Update presented at Convention is available HERE.

We have moved from 11 goals to 7 goals and have reorganized our teams to be more effective as we put our strategic plan in to action. This execution phase will roll out throughout 2013 with details to follow. Click HERE for more information on these changes.

Visit the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real's
Facebook Page HERE and "Like" us! Post comments and your church's activities on our Wall! Our goal is 1000 Likes!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Congregation	Position	Status
St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Cupertino	Associate Priest--Children, Youth, Families, Student/Young Adult Ministries	Open
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale	Organist	Open
St. Andrew’s, Ben Lomond	Preschool Director	Open
St. John's, Ross (DioCal)	Youth and Family Minister	Open

OUTREACH

SSP NEWS!

El Camino Real sent 10 youth and 2 adult counselors to Sacramento for a weekend of service with Sierra Service Project. They joined community members to harvest citrus from private homes for the Sacramento food bank.

From SLO deanery are Leann Brooks, Beau Parks, Jaron Fuglie, Anay Molina (hidden), Carla Gutierrez and Martha Rodriguez.

From St. Francis San Jose are Rene Nichols, Sammy Nichols, Zach Nichols, Jacob Doar and Albert Tenbrink

FUNDING MINISTRY PROJECTS

ST. EDWARD’S, SAN JOSE

Fight Cancer: Join and/or Support "Episcopal Faithwalkers"!

Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 26 and continuing for 24 hours, St. Edward's, San Jose and other interested Episcopalians will be participating in the Cambrian Relay for Life at Union Middle School in San Jose, an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. We would love to have anyone who is interested join our team and would certainly appreciate any donations towards our $2,500 fundraising goal. Please use this link to join, donate, or dedicate a luminaria in someone's memory:

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/EFaithwalkers

Thanks for your prayers and support!

DWT STUDENTS ARTWORK NOW NOTE CARDS!

The students of DWT sent us thank you notes as pictures that they drew by hand. Several of them were so good, with wonderful sentiment, that Julie Fudge and Becky Mikkelsen, the co-chairs of the Scholarship Fund, decided to have some note cards made. We have 3 different pictures and they come 3 for $5.00. They are blank, waiting for your personal message! To view, please click HERE. To purchase, please email Becky Mikkelsen at bmikkels2001@yahoo.com. All proceeds benefit the DWT Scholarship Fund!

CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS

SSP Summer Program now Open for Registration

The Sierra Service Project has scheduled the summer Junior High and High School trips for 2013. Junior High is July 6^th-12^th in Susanville, CA. Senior High trip is July 14^th-20^th in Stockton, CA.

We have reserved space for 8 youth, 2 counselors for the middle school trip and 15 youth, 3 counselors for the high school trip. Click HERE for the applications. These trips fill up fast so please register early!