Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
You are invited to attend
The Episcopal Church Women's Annual Conference and
Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
at St. Paul's Cathedral 127 Northwest Seventh Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma73102
Keynote Speaker - The Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe
Professor of the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City University, and affiliate faculty for Saint Paul School of Theology
Please see your church office for Registration Details
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 16, 2016
Registration Point of Contact is: Ginny Murphy
1325 North Walker Ave
Apt 405
Oklahoma City, Ok 73103
Conference Co-Chairs: Joann Speers at 610-772-6907 and Janice Eberhard at 405-341-4115
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
CONFERENCE FLYER
2016 Conference Hosts St. Paul's Cathedral 127 N.W. Seventh Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma73102-6090
Keynote Speaker
The Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe
Professor of the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma CityUniversity
Hotel Accommodations
Courtyard by Marriott NW Hilton Garden Inn
1515 NW Expressway, 326 E. Sheridan
$89 King, $94 2 QueensStandard rooms $134.00, park $12 per night
1-800-321-2211405-270-0588
Price cutoff 8 AprilPrice cutoff 30 March
Room Block is “Episcopal Church Women Group”
You are responsible for making your hotel accommodations!
Conference Co Chairs: Joann Speers at 610-772-6907 and
Janice Eberhard at 405-341-4115
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE APRIL 16, 2016!
PLEASE POST THIS INFORMATION
AND DUPLICATE FOR ALL THE
WOMEN OF YOUR CHURCH
WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN ATTENDING
THIS VERY SPECIAL
ECW CONFERENCE
APRIL 29 -30, 2016
AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA!
.PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE WOMEN OF YOUR CHURCH TO COME AND ENJOY THESE TWO DAYS OF INSPIRATION AND FUN!
THANK YOU MUCH!
Joann Speers & Janice Eberhard, Conference Co-Chairs
A Note to the Clergy:
You have received thepacket with all of the informationyou will need to attend this conference. Please review each part of the packet and submit the information that will acknowledge any women who achieved the high status of a Diamond Jubilee Member and those who should be named in the Necrology Report.
Please put the Conference on your calendar and complete the Clergy Recognition Form so we can recognize you during the Saturday luncheon. We look forward to seeing you here.
PLEASE encourage the women of your congregation to come to our very special conference at St. Paul's Cathedral, OKC, April 29 and 30.
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
This year’s committee for the Annual Conference and Bishop’s Day invites you to
join us at St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City. We will give thanks for all that
has been accomplished by the ECW and by our churches.
ECW Diocesan President Bebe Dotter is excited to welcome all who gather for
worship and fellowship. This Conference offers many opportunities to share your
experiences as well as time to meet with friends across the Diocese.
We are pleased to welcome our Keynote Speaker, The Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe.
Professor of the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma city University, and affiliate faculty for Saint Paul School of Theology at OCU. Please refer to her biography in this packet for more details.
*Conference material to be shared with your parish is attached. This material is also available electronically. Contact a conf. co-chair for transmission.
Please duplicate for those interested in attending the conference.*
1. Invitation9-10. Description of Sessions
2.Conference Flyer11. Conference Registration FORM
3. Please Post12. Clergy Recognition FORM
4. Note to Clergy13 Diamond Jubilee Award FORM
5. Special Invitation14. Exhibitor Registration FORM
6. Keynote Speaker Bio15. Necrology Report FORM
7-8. Conference Schedule
CONFERENCE REGRISTRATION: Checks should be made payable to
“ECW Conference” and returned with the Registration form and other
applicable forms. Saturday, April 16th is the deadline for all forms to be received by
Ginny Murphy, 1325 N. Walker, Apt. 405, Oklahoma City, OK73103 or send forms electronically to .
Individuals are responsible for making their hotel accommodations at either Courtyard by Marriott NW or Hilton Garden Inn (see Conference Flyer).
We appreciate the assistance given by ECW Diocesan Board members and the
parishioners of St. Paul's Cathedral for helping to make this a successful
conference. We hope to see you and the other women of your church in OKC,
April 29 & 30 for this uplifting event.
Joann Speers and Janice Eberhard, Conference Co-Chairs
Bring Us Your Talents
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day, St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City,April 29 – 30, 2016
KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe
Lisa M. Wolfe is Professor of the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma CityUniversity, where she started teaching in fall 2007.
Lisa grew up in northeastern Ohio, in the city of Stow. She received her BA in
Psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1990, where she was active in the Wesley Foundation. She received her M.Div. from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH in 1996, and was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2000. Over the years she has served more than six different churches and numerous church camps, specializing in Youth Ministry, Christian Education, and Interim Ministry.
Lisa received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from NorthwesternUniversity’s joint program with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Religious and Theological Studies in July of 2003. At that time, she became Assistant Professor of Old Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH, where she later served as Director of the Harriet L. Miller Women's Center, Academic Program Coordinator, and Lecturer in Old Testament and Women's Studies.
Wolfe's areas of expertise include Wisdom Literature, in particular Ecclesiastes, and women in the Hebrew Bible. In 2010 Living the Questions released Lisa's DVD Bible Study series, "Uppity Women of the Bible." Cascade Press published the companion book to that series, "Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs and Judith" in 2011. The title of a February 2012 book review in Sojourners magazine gave it the catchier title "Widow, Queen, Lover, Warrior" and noted that "Wolfe explores in detail and readable prose the stories of some of the 'uppity women' of the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha." In addition, Lisa has authored over thirty entries for TheNew Interpreter’s Dictionary ofthe Bible, which she fondly dubs her "bad words of the Bible" project. Currently Lisa is working on a book project on Ecclesiastes. Above all, Lisa enjoys teaching on these topics and others not only at OCU, but also in local churches of various denominations.
Lisa is a member of Church of the Open Arms United Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, OK. Lisa and her husband Fred Mischler have two children who keep them busy with reading books, running around the backyard, and taking trips to the science museum, zoo, playground, and grandparents' house.
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day, St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City
April 29 – 30, 2016
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 29, 2016
SESSION I
8:00 Exhibitors Set Up
9:00 Registration (Dean Wiley Hall Reception area)
Attendees gather for coffee and Continental Breakfast
10:00 Opening Celebration - The Very Rev. Justin Lindstrom: Welcome
The Rev. Debora Jennings: Devotion
10:15 Ministry Fair
11:00 Break
11:15 Business Meeting
Election of Officers
12:00 Lunch (Dean Wiley Hall)
1:00 Nurturing Your Talents, Rev. Canon Susan Joplin
Prayer and Christian Meditation
-God uses all experiences to help open a window
The Labyrinth
-Offers us a "time out" from our busy lives
3:30 Break
3:45 Leave for tour of OKCArt Museum or Oklahoma Hall of Fame (The
Gaylord –PickensMuseum) or Embelish Your Prayer Candle (Undercroft)
SESSION II
5:00 Social Hour
6:00 Dinner in Dean Wiley Hall
7:00 "Biblical Women in Bad Situations: Finagling Their Gifts and Finding Grace"
Keynote Address I, The Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe
8:00 – 9:00 Dr. Wolfe Book Signing
8:00 – 9:00 Social Hour
9:00 Compline in small chapel
Saturday, April 30, 2016
SESSION III
8:00 Registration and Exhibits Open
9:00 Sharing Your Talents, Rev. (Ret) Janie Kirt Morris
- How do I know what God wants me to do?
9:45 Break
10:00 Keynote Address II, The Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe
"The Gifts of Biblical Women for Our Time"
10:45 Break
11:00 Holy Eucharist celebrated by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Edward Konieczny, The Very Rev. Justin Lindstrom, The Rev Debora Jennings
The Bishop's message for attendees
Necrology Report
Installation of Officers
Alms
1230 Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe book signing
1:00 Lunch in Dean Wiley Hall
2:00 Recognition of Clergy in attendance
Diamond Jubliee
Recognition of Past Presidents
Recognition of Outgoing Board Members
Introduction of ChristChurch, Tulsa Committee
Gifts for Dignitaries
Passing of the Crystal Bell from St. Paul's Cathedral to ChristChurch, Tulsa for
the 2017 Annual Conference and Bishop"s Day
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day, St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City, April 29 – 30, 2016
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Summary for Friday, April 29th
10:15 pm In the Nave - Ministry Fair – Our ECW Executive Board Members will update us on Christian Ministries and Social Concerns, Danyel Siler; United Thank Offering (UTO), Julia Harris; Church Periodical Club (CPC), Jeannie Haas; Archives and Episcopal Women's Project (EWHIP), Kathleen Haynes and Christian Education, Kathryn Kiester
1:00 pm In the Nave - Nurturing Your Talents
For 500 years, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius have helped Christians all over the world to find a way to deepen their relationship with God. Nurturing Your Talents will be an invitation to learn some of the basics of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. We will explore ways in which God uses all our experiences to open the way to God. In this workshop, the labyrinth will also be introduced as a prayer tool.
Labyrinth walk in Dean Willey Hall will be primary offering; smaller break-outs for those who do not wish to walk:
the parlor set up with a meditative art project that will have something to do with the labyrinth;
an outdoor labyrinth walk offered with garden meditations;
and a Chapel set up for reflections with reflection sheets on our talents/gifts.
The Rev. Canon Susan Colley Joplin, presenter, for Nurturing You Talents, has been an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church for 24 years and has served at St. Paul's Cathedral since 1991 and as Canon since 1993. She has been an Ignatian Practitioner since 2005 and leading groups in Ignatian spirituality since 2008. Her training as a Spiritual Director, through the former Red Plains Monastery in Piedmont, will be certified in 2016. She has been leading labyrinth walks for 10 years and was certified as a Labyrinth Facilitator by Veriditas in 2015.
3:30 Gather in Ed Bldg Foyer - Leave for tour of the Art Museum(Adults $12 and Seniors $10) or Oklahoma Hall of Fame ($7 Adult and $5 Senior).
3:30 Ed Bldg Undercroft - Prayer Candle Embellishment led by Elizabeth McGuinness
7:00 pm Dean Wiley Hall - Keynote Address I. The Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe “Biblical Women in Bad Situations: Finagling Gifts and Finding Grace.” Hagar (Gen 16: 1-16; 21: 8-21) and Rizpah (2 Sam 21)
The Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe is Professor in the Endowed Chair of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma CityUniversity, and affiliate faculty for Saint Paul School of Theology at OCU. She received her Ph.D. from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and NorthwesternUniversity in 2003, was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2000, and received her M.Div. from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH in 1996. In 2010, Living the Questions released Lisa's Bible Study DVDs "Uppity Women of the Bible: Ruth, Song of Songs, Esther, and Judith." Cascade Books published the companion book to that series, "Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs and Judith" in 2011. The title of a February 2012 book review in Sojournersmagazine gave it the catchier title "Widow, Queen, Lover, Warrior" and noted that "Wolfe explores in detail and readable prose the stories of some of the 'uppity women' of the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha." Lisa is currently working on a book project on Ecclesiastes. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband Fred Mischler, and their two children.
Summary for Saturday, April 30th
9:00 am In the Nave - How do I know what God wants me to do?
The Rev. Janie Kirt Morris invites you to participate in this workshop to 1) Learn more about the faith practice of discernment; 2) Learn how you might use this in your home church, what ever size it is; and 3) Gain insight about your own call to ministry. She and the participants will focus on these particular ministries: Pastoral Care, Outreach, i.e. serving people in our towns and cities, and Hospitality.
Pastor Janie was at St Michael's, Norman and teaching 9th graders at West Mid-High, when God's call to priesthood arrived in her life. Following the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, she served All Saints, Austin and St. Mary's, Edmond. Then she was Rector for ten years at Emmanuel, Shawnee and for twelve years at Emmanuel, Houston. Recently retired, she moved to Oklahoma City where both her children and their families live and are active at St. Paul's Cathedral.
10:00 am In the Nave - Keynote Address II, The Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe
“The Gifts of Biblical Women for our Time”
Deborah (Judges 4-5) and Phoebe (Romans 16)
11:00 am In the Nave – Holy Eucharist
Everyone is invited to attend this church service.
1:00 pm Dean Wiley Hall – Luncheon followed by Diamond Jubliee
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Name______
Address______
City/State/Zip______
Telephone (_____)______email______
Church Home or Exhibitor’s Name______
My dietary/special needs are______
Event Cost Quantity Sub-totals
Registration $15 ______
Friday, April 29 - lunch $10 ______Friday, April 29 - dinner $15 ______
Saturday April 30 - lunch $10 ______Exhibitor Tables 8 ft. $20 ______
Total ______
Please check preference for 3:30pm Friday: Art Museum____, Gaylord – Pickens Museum_____ or Embelish prayer candle_____.
Check as applicable:
______Board Member ______Delegate ______General Member
______*Clergy ______Clergy Spouse ______*Diamond Jubilee Recipient
______Clergy Spouse ______Guest ______*ECW Past President
______ECW President/Key Woman ______Exhibitor
*Saturday lunch complimentary
Child Care with meal (no charge) YESNumber
29 Apr from 9am to 5pm ______
29 Apr from 5pm to 9pm ______
30 Apr from 9am to 3pm ______
Lodging is available at the following:
Courtyard by Marriott NW, 1515 NW Expressway, 1-800-321-2211. Rate: $84 King, $94 for 2 for Episcopal Church Women Group. Cut-off date: April 8, 2016 after which prices may increase.
Hilton Garden Inn, 326 E. Sherdian, downtown, 405-270-0588 King or 2 Queen is $134 per night, self park $12 per night for Episcopal Church Women's Group. Cut-off date: March 30, 2016 after which prices will increase.
Exhibitors:May begin early set-up on Thursday, April 28 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday set-up is at 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. St Paul's Cathedral exhibitor fee is $20.00. Exhibitors furnish their own surge protectors and extension cords.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:Saturday, APRIL 16, 2016
Please mail form and check payable to “ECW Conference”. Mailing address:
Ginny Murphy, 1325 N. Walker Ave., Apt. 405, Oklahoma CityOK, 73103
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
CLERGY RECOGNITION FORM
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Edward Konieczny and the Episcopal Church Women of the
Diocese of Oklahoma will recognize the Clergy of the Diocese who are in attendance during the luncheon of the Conference and Bishop’s Day on Saturday, April 30.
Please submit the following information to ensure you are properly recognized:
Name______
Name of Church______
Years of Service at this Church______
Date of Ordination to the Deaconate______
Date of Ordination to the Priesthood______
Bishop – Date of Consecration______
Approximately how many ECW Annual Conferences have you attended?______.
This year, I will attend both days of the 2-day Conference______.
I will only be able to attend on Friday______Saturday______.
Sorry, I will not be able to attend the Conference this year______.
Please send information in time to meet the April 16th Deadline to:
Ginny Murphy
1325 N. Walker Ave. , Apt. 405
Oklahoma CityOK, 73103
Bring Us Your Talents
Serve One Another With Whatever Gift You Have Received
Episcopal Church Women's 79th Annual Conference and Bishop's Day
April 29 – 30, 2016
DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARDS
Each year the Diocesan ECW honors women in our midst who have celebrated at least 75 years as a baptized Christian or Confirmand of the Episcopal Church.
Honorees may be nominated by their congregation and will be recognized on Saturday, April 30 during the luncheon. Each will be the luncheon guest of the ECW and will be presented with a rose and a certificate by the ECW Diocesan President Bebe Dotter and The Rt. Rev. Dr. Edward Konieczny. There will be an opportunity for the honorees to tell us when and where they were baptized (it needn’t be an Episcopal Baptism) and any historical or interesting facts about the occasion. Afterwards, each one will have her photo taken with Bishop Edward Konieczny..
Friends and family are welcome to attend, but are asked to use the registration form enclosed in the packet to reserve a luncheon ticket for themselves.
Please have nominees names submitted to Ginny Murphy by 16 April.
The following information is needed for each woman to be recognized:
1. Full Name______
2. Date of Baptism or Confirmation______
3. Place of Baptism or Confirmation______
4. Church and/or location of Baptism or Confirmation______
5. Place of current church membership______
6. Is honoree attending the annual luncheon on April 30?______