Welcome! Thank you for coming. Joke: A woman dies and goes to heaven, and St. Peter takes her on a tour. They pass a pit where people are wailing and gnashing their teeth. She asks, “who’s down there?” St. Peter says: “Oh those are the Catholics who ate meant on Fridays.” They walk a little farther and there’s another pit with more wailing and groaning and she asks who is in there? Those are the Baptists who went to dances. And a little farther along there is another pit with gnashing of teeth, crying and ripping of garments and she says, and those people? Those are the Episcopalians who ate their salad with their dessert forks! Church Bloopers The following are actual church bulletin board bloopers found in churches across the United States.�11. "Next Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The pastor will then speak on 'It's a Terrible Experience'." �12. "Due to the Rector's illness, Wednesday's healing services will be discontinued until further notice."�13. "Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM. Please use large double door at the side entrance." �14. "Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community." �15. "The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement on Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy." �16. "A song fest was hell at the Methodist church Wednesday." �17. "Today's Sermon: 'How Much Can a Man Drink?' with hymns from a full choir." �18. On a church bulletin during the minister's illness: "God is good - Dr. Hargreaves is better." �19. "Potluck supper: prayer and medication to follow." �20. "The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church." �21. "Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones." �22. "The choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir." �23. A new loudspeaker system has been installed in the church. It was given by one of our members in honor of his wife. �24. Please join us as we show our suport for Amy and Alan in preparing for the girth of their first child. Mortal: What is a million years like to you? �God: Like one second. �Mortal: What is a million dollars like to you? �God: Like one penny. �Mortal: Can I have a penny? �God: Just a second. Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. "You're running around with other women," she charged.�"You're being unreasonable," Adam responded. "You're the only woman on earth." The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by someone poking him in the chest. �It was Eve. "What do you think you're doing?" Adam demanded. �"Counting your ribs," said Eve (Intros: Your name, your church and what brought you here today) God, you have made the heavens and the earth. �You have revealed your beauty in creation �and inspired the tool that we are about to learn about. �Please help us now as we learn and hang out together.�Take us deeper into understanding more about the asset map, you �and your love for us.�Amen. Who knows what ERD is? Who knows what the Asset map is? Great, you can help me out here today.
Our Program Areas
Episcopal Relief & Development’s program areas are:
• Alleviating hunger and improving food supply
• Creating economic opportunities and strengthening communities
• Promoting health and fighting disease
• Responding to disasters and rebuilding communities
Through the WORLDWIDE CHURCH
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US Disaster Program is part of the overall ER&D strategy to respond to disasters and rebuild communities around the world
How We Work
•Help the vulnerable prepare for and recover from disasters by building on existing community ministries and partnerships
• Provide tools to coordinate volunteers, map assets and prepare for disasters
• Link disaster responders to share knowledge and experience
• Deliver needed resources, through grants
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When we had the fires in 2007, they sent chaplain trainers out to us and 50 people were trained as chaplains. The summary is: Heal a Hurting World! Development and sustainable development (with a caveat in the US) Partners with Anglican Communion - worldwide ERD focuses on helping the vulnerable prepare for and recover from disasters through PARTNERSHIPS. It provides TOOLS and CONNECTS people
How We Work
• Connect
• Inspire
• Equip
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ERD is all about equipping the people on the ground to do the work. They are not about coming in and doing it themselves. They figure the locals are the experts on their own areas.
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ERD created an online asset map to Help us connect and learn from one another. This is a national, grassroots effort to map and catalogue our many ministries and gifts. The map is searchable. Our diocese said YES to the map and our diocese is already taking part. Every Five Years Story: A reason we said yes. Now let’s watch the intro video. It’s 3 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i0Mck-83g0
How we got here
• Pilot with Diocese of Louisiana
• Basics of the tool and how it can work in one diocesan context
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The Diocese of Louisiana was the first diocese to get on board. If you search their churches, you will see some awesome use of the map. http://edola.episcopalassetmap.org/ch/st-michael-all-angels-episcopal-church (pimped out with videos)
How we got here
• Second pilot with Diocese of New York
• Now 28 additional dioceses signed on—from San Diego to Maine and many in between
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We are one of the earlier adopters in this process. http://sd.episcopalassetmap.org/
Vision
• Partnership with Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
• Grassroots populated, but diocesan admin • One source map • Can be displayed on a variety of platforms—no
need to drive any traffic to map’s domain
**DEMO**
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http://sd.episcopalassetmap.org/ http://edola.episcopalassetmap.org/ch/st-michael-all-angels-episcopal-church (pimped out with videos)
Overview map
National search
How it works
• All assets in the Episcopal Church are mapped on their local diocesan map – Even if pins are NOT legally owned by diocese, such
as schools, monastic communities, etc. • Institutions take surveys inventorying ministries,
programs and disaster prep info • Survey information approved by admins
appointed by bishop
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Your admins are: Me, Donna Watson from St. Bart’s and Andrew Green from St. Paul, Palm Springs
Possible risks
• Out-of-date information – Integrate into diocesan/network processes – Share best practices among dioceses on how to do
this • False information
– Diocesan map admins check data before posting
Features in the works
• Multiple pins in one location • Emergency mode • Gray pins for assets outside diocesan
boundaries • Non-US Episcopal dioceses • Continue to increase speed
Network maps
• Pins can be tagged as part of national networks – Examples: Episcopal Health Ministries, Jubilee
Ministries • Pins still “belong” to diocese where they are
located – Changes still need to be approved by diocesan map
administrators
Disasters!
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All the affected parishes would appear red during a disaster.
Disasters—response
• Episcopal Relief & Development works to equip dioceses to prepare and respond
• Resources, technical expertise, connections, etc.
Disasters—preparedness
We help dioceses prepare through: • Episcopal Asset Map • Annual disaster prep training (funded!) • Curricula and staff to create materials you need • One-on-one coaching
Integration options
• Link directly to episcopalassetmap.org • iFrames • Export to your local database and your developer
designs your own display
How do we join?
• Congregations/schools/etc. take surveys • Navigate to your congregation page and click the
red “Take the Survey” • Administrators (Hannah Wilder, Donna Watson
and Andrew Green) approve data
Support
Full-time ESC intern can provide: • Technical assistance • Training • One-on-one coaching • Sharing best practices
between dioceses • Data entry assistance
Ethan Lowery
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Ethan Lowery is great. He’s based in San Francisco, he’s an extrovert and he’s a church nerd. His entire job is to talk to people who are using the asset map, or who want to, and help them! He’s also an ENFP, an enneagram 2w3, a Slytherin and a Pisces.
Thank you for coming! Let’s close with a word of prayer: God, thank you for this time today and of learning and getting to know one another. Help us to retain some of what we have learned but even more than that help us to rely on these relationships we have built and go forth into the world to praise you in thought, word and deed. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Please head back to the sanctuary for a 15 minute closing worship.
