BPG BOOKLET!!! Click here for the booklet!
The Province V Synod meeting will be held on Friday afternoon.
This meeting is open to all and required for Synod Deputies and Bishops.
YOU ARE INVITED!
The Big Provincial Gathering (BPG) is an opportunity to meet new people and connect with others who share your ministry passions. It is structured like a "ministry fair" so that people may host workshops and conversations to share program and resource ideas with others. Pre-event trainings will run from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, the Synod meets on Friday afternoon, we celebrate a community Eucharist Friday night, and workshops run on Saturday.
EVERYONE is invited to this event! Mark your calendar now and revisit this page to follow the newest information.
Everything you need to know!
Register Here
$75 - registration fee
Workshop list as a .pdf
Workshop chart
Workshop blog - when you access this site, you will need to scroll to the bottom and click "previous" or "next" to see the full list of workshops. With 42 different options, it covers multiple pages of blog formatting.
Lodging - Stay at our conference hotel (The DoubleTree), at another nearby hotel, or with a local host
Pre-event Trainings
Swag / Exhibitor Form
Scholarship Form
FAQ - have questions? check this page first. If you still have questions, contact Heather, 989-413-3229
Book Table - bring a book or a few, take a few or a lot!
Sacristy Swap - help liturgical items find new homes
Provincial Choir - for Friday's Eucharist
Location of our events:
The Big Provincial Gathering (BPG) is an opportunity to meet new people and connect with others who share your ministry passions. It is structured like a "ministry fair" so that people may host workshops and conversations to share program and resource ideas with others. Pre-event trainings will run from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, the Synod meets on Friday afternoon, we celebrate a community Eucharist Friday night, and workshops run on Saturday.
EVERYONE is invited to this event! Mark your calendar now and revisit this page to follow the newest information.
Everything you need to know!
Register Here
$75 - registration fee
- All of the programming is subsidized through sponsorships.
Workshop list as a .pdf
Workshop chart
Workshop blog - when you access this site, you will need to scroll to the bottom and click "previous" or "next" to see the full list of workshops. With 42 different options, it covers multiple pages of blog formatting.
Lodging - Stay at our conference hotel (The DoubleTree), at another nearby hotel, or with a local host
Pre-event Trainings
Swag / Exhibitor Form
Scholarship Form
FAQ - have questions? check this page first. If you still have questions, contact Heather, 989-413-3229
Book Table - bring a book or a few, take a few or a lot!
Sacristy Swap - help liturgical items find new homes
Provincial Choir - for Friday's Eucharist
Location of our events:
- The Cathedral of St. James, 117 N. Lafayette Blvd, South Bend, IN
- First Presbyterian Church, 333 W. Colfax Ave, South Bend, IN
Weekend schedule:
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday afternoon - trainings
- Pre-event trainings will happen at the Cathedral of St. James. Please plan on arriving about 30 minutes before your training begins to get registered and get settled into the space.
- Please have lunch before you arrive, or bring it with you. Snacks and basic beverages will be provided throughout the afternoon. Peruse local restaurant options at Visit South Bend Mishawaka.
Thursday, 6-7:30 pm - Walking the Potawatomi Trail of Death: A conversation with Bishop Douglas Sparks
Join us on Thursday, April 25 at First Presbyterian Church from 6:00-7:30 PM EST for a reception featuring refreshments. Discover and be inspired by the stories shared by the Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks about his pilgrimage experiences during his sabbatical. This complimentary event is hosted by Bexley Seabury Seminary, and everyone is invited to attend. Registration for this event will be found on the BPG registration page. If you are not attending the BPG and would like to attend this event, please contact Ash Love, Director of Institutional Advancement, at [email protected].
Friday, April 26, 2024
Friday morning - trainings continue
- If your pre-event training has a Friday morning component, you will continue your training during this time.
- Breakfast is on your own and snacks and beverages will be provided.
- Your training will end by 12 noon and we invite you to find lunch at one of the amazing local restaurants.
- If you find that you are free for the morning, find adventure options at the the Visit South Bend Mishawaka website
Friday, 11 am - exhibit hall opens for set up - First Presbyterian Church
Friday, 12 noon - registration opens - First Presbyterian Church
After registering, visit all of these areas:
Exhibit hall
Indigenous Boarding School Survivor Traveling Exhibit
Prayer Chapel, hosted by Daughters of the King
Book Trading Tables - drop books or take books
Sacristy Swap
Province V Synod
Friday, 1 pm - Synod meeting - First Presbyterian Church
This gathering is open to all, and is required for Bishops and Synod Deputies. Curious about the programs, networks, and events in Province V? This is the place to come to learn and network!
- Please have lunch before you arrive, or bring it with you. Snacks and basic beverages will be provided throughout the afternoon.
- This meeting will end by 4 pm.
- You are invited to use this break to check into your hotel and eat dinner at one of the amazing local restaurants.
Friday, 4 pm - Choir rehearsal - First Presbyterian Church
Join the choir! Fill out this form to receive details and music before the event.
Big Provincial Gathering
6 pm - BPG!!! Welcome and Eucharist - First Presbyterian Church
8:30 pm - reception and exhibit hall open - First Presbyterian Church
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Workshops
Workshops that you registered for will be printed on your name tag. You are welcome to choose differently, if so inspired. The booklet contains all workshops and locations.
8 am - Prayers in the morning - Cathedral of St. James
8:45 – 9:45 - workshop #1 - Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
10:10-11:10 - workshop #2- Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
11:30-12:30 - workshop #3, including closing / sending prayers - Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
A note about food: Snacks will be available during Thursday evening's presentation and there will be a reception for everyone on Friday evening, No 'meals' will be provided unless explicitly noted in training descriptions, or if directly notified.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday afternoon - trainings
- Pre-event trainings will happen at the Cathedral of St. James. Please plan on arriving about 30 minutes before your training begins to get registered and get settled into the space.
- Please have lunch before you arrive, or bring it with you. Snacks and basic beverages will be provided throughout the afternoon. Peruse local restaurant options at Visit South Bend Mishawaka.
Thursday, 6-7:30 pm - Walking the Potawatomi Trail of Death: A conversation with Bishop Douglas Sparks
Join us on Thursday, April 25 at First Presbyterian Church from 6:00-7:30 PM EST for a reception featuring refreshments. Discover and be inspired by the stories shared by the Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks about his pilgrimage experiences during his sabbatical. This complimentary event is hosted by Bexley Seabury Seminary, and everyone is invited to attend. Registration for this event will be found on the BPG registration page. If you are not attending the BPG and would like to attend this event, please contact Ash Love, Director of Institutional Advancement, at [email protected].
Friday, April 26, 2024
Friday morning - trainings continue
- If your pre-event training has a Friday morning component, you will continue your training during this time.
- Breakfast is on your own and snacks and beverages will be provided.
- Your training will end by 12 noon and we invite you to find lunch at one of the amazing local restaurants.
- If you find that you are free for the morning, find adventure options at the the Visit South Bend Mishawaka website
Friday, 11 am - exhibit hall opens for set up - First Presbyterian Church
Friday, 12 noon - registration opens - First Presbyterian Church
After registering, visit all of these areas:
Exhibit hall
Indigenous Boarding School Survivor Traveling Exhibit
Prayer Chapel, hosted by Daughters of the King
Book Trading Tables - drop books or take books
Sacristy Swap
Province V Synod
Friday, 1 pm - Synod meeting - First Presbyterian Church
This gathering is open to all, and is required for Bishops and Synod Deputies. Curious about the programs, networks, and events in Province V? This is the place to come to learn and network!
- Please have lunch before you arrive, or bring it with you. Snacks and basic beverages will be provided throughout the afternoon.
- This meeting will end by 4 pm.
- You are invited to use this break to check into your hotel and eat dinner at one of the amazing local restaurants.
Friday, 4 pm - Choir rehearsal - First Presbyterian Church
Join the choir! Fill out this form to receive details and music before the event.
Big Provincial Gathering
6 pm - BPG!!! Welcome and Eucharist - First Presbyterian Church
8:30 pm - reception and exhibit hall open - First Presbyterian Church
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Workshops
Workshops that you registered for will be printed on your name tag. You are welcome to choose differently, if so inspired. The booklet contains all workshops and locations.
8 am - Prayers in the morning - Cathedral of St. James
8:45 – 9:45 - workshop #1 - Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
10:10-11:10 - workshop #2- Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
11:30-12:30 - workshop #3, including closing / sending prayers - Cathedral of St. James or First Presbyterian Church
A note about food: Snacks will be available during Thursday evening's presentation and there will be a reception for everyone on Friday evening, No 'meals' will be provided unless explicitly noted in training descriptions, or if directly notified.
Walking Together: Finding Common Ground
This exhibit will be available for viewing during the Big Provincial Gathering!
The Diocese of Northern Michigan’s racial reconciliation initiative, “Walking Together: Finding Common Ground,” is centered around a traveling exhibit that showcases stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors in Michigan. It includes a recording of Northern Michigan Bishop Rayford Ray formally apologizing for The Episcopal Church’s participation “in the human trafficking of children to place them in orphanages, boarding schools, forced adoption and foster care as an attempt to wipe out Indigenous culture, language, identity, sovereignty and beliefs.” Photo: Walking Together: Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit/Facebook
See this article for more information.
The Diocese of Northern Michigan’s racial reconciliation initiative, “Walking Together: Finding Common Ground,” is centered around a traveling exhibit that showcases stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors in Michigan. It includes a recording of Northern Michigan Bishop Rayford Ray formally apologizing for The Episcopal Church’s participation “in the human trafficking of children to place them in orphanages, boarding schools, forced adoption and foster care as an attempt to wipe out Indigenous culture, language, identity, sovereignty and beliefs.” Photo: Walking Together: Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit/Facebook
See this article for more information.
Thank you to the leaders who are sharing their time!
The Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks, Bishop of Northern Indiana
Thursday evening presenter |
Ms. Julia Ayala Harris, President of the House of Deputies
Speaker at Synod and Preacher at Friday's Eucharist |
Book Table
If you have books looking for a new home, bring them with you! Tables will be available to drop available books.
We will encourage everyone to look at books and take them home with them!
We have places to donate the books, so you are welcome to leave your books with us.
Sacristy Swap
Have liturgical items that need a new home? Bring them with you! We will have an area where others can look through items and take home new blessings. If you have questions about what might be best, contact Brian Wilbert, 440-935-2183.
Please mark each item with your name. You will need to take leftovers home with you.
Provincial Choir
Join the choir! Fill out this form.
Music will be available by March 15 so you can practice before you come.
Friday, 4 pm - Choir Rehearsal at First Presbyterian Church
Friday, 6 pm - Eucharist
If you have books looking for a new home, bring them with you! Tables will be available to drop available books.
We will encourage everyone to look at books and take them home with them!
We have places to donate the books, so you are welcome to leave your books with us.
Sacristy Swap
Have liturgical items that need a new home? Bring them with you! We will have an area where others can look through items and take home new blessings. If you have questions about what might be best, contact Brian Wilbert, 440-935-2183.
Please mark each item with your name. You will need to take leftovers home with you.
Provincial Choir
Join the choir! Fill out this form.
Music will be available by March 15 so you can practice before you come.
Friday, 4 pm - Choir Rehearsal at First Presbyterian Church
Friday, 6 pm - Eucharist
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Meet our Musician!Westley Art Hodges is a native of New Orleans and resides in Chicago, IL, as of 2018. Westley is the Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's Episcopal Church (www.stmarksevanston.org) in Evanston, IL. Before being at St. Mark's, they served as Director of Music for The Annunciation of Our Lady Episcopal Church in Gurnee, IL, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Peoria, IL, St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, McDonough, GA, St. Aiden's Episcopal Church, Alpharetta GA, and St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, MS. Outside of church work, Westley performs as an accompanist and solo artist and teaches private music lessons to a studio of 24+ students.
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Westley earned their Associate of the Arts in Music Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS, studied Clarinet Performance at Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, under Dr. Andrea Cheeseman, earned a Bachelor of the Arts in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Women and Gender Studies at The University of Illinois Springfield and is currently completing a Masters of the Arts in Liberal and Integrative Studies with a focus in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Outside work, Westley enjoys spending time with their fabulous husband, Joseph, and their eleven-year-old black lab, Daylie-Lark. Westley and Joseph are both Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band (www.lakesidepride.org) members, and Westley is also the clarinetist in the Amethyst Wind (www.amethystwinds.com), a professional woodwind quintet in Chicago. For more information about Westley, please visit www.westleyhodges.com
Outside work, Westley enjoys spending time with their fabulous husband, Joseph, and their eleven-year-old black lab, Daylie-Lark. Westley and Joseph are both Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band (www.lakesidepride.org) members, and Westley is also the clarinetist in the Amethyst Wind (www.amethystwinds.com), a professional woodwind quintet in Chicago. For more information about Westley, please visit www.westleyhodges.com
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