When: January 26-28, 2024
Where: Wawasee Episcopal Retreat Center
Cost: $25
RSVP: Space is limited and is first come, first served.

The Winter Retreat is a time for our Jr. & Sr. High Youth to gather, share stories, play games, and grow as a community in the love of Jesus Christ.  Please register and plan to join us January 26 - 28 at the Wawasee Episcopal Center in Syracuse.

Register online, download or print the medical forms and bring them to the retreat along with the $25 fee on January 26, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Carol Bianchini at cjbianchini@comcast.net or 574-551-3087.

We are thrilled to share with you that our Clergy Retreat for October 9-11, 2023 will be entitled "Icons of Christ" and will be an icon writing retreat led by Pastor Kris Graunke, formerly of the Calumet Episcopal Ministry Partnership. Pastor Kris recently moved to Tennessee but is happy to return to lead our iconography retreat.  With the help of two other iconographers/artists, she will open for us the beautiful world of writing icons.  Regardless of whether you are an experienced or first-time iconographer, I (Michelle) am here to attest that this retreat will be a blessed and holy time for you.

Pastor Kris has led many icon writing workshops in the Western Deanery, including one at St. Paul's in LaPorte, and she makes icon writing fun and approachable, creating lots of space for the Holy Spirit. I know that the parishioners at St. Paul's can attest to their incredulity at creating something they never would have believed they could have done. Group instruction, hands-on assistance, holy music, and lots of time for prayerful presence will be key components of our time together.

In order to write an entire icon in less than three days, it will be important that you are present for all of the sessions. Additionally, to ensure we have enough time we will need to begin early on Monday October 9th, at 2 p.m. Eastern. Please mark your calendars to arrive by 1 p.m. for check-in and to prepare yourself to begin icon writing. The entire retreat will be dedicated to our icons, with a closing Eucharist on Wednesday when the Bishop will bless the icons. This is truly a special offering - that will cost you nothing more than the normal retreat registration fee. I pray that you can set aside this holy time for yourself. (View the retreat schedule.)

You will have the choice between an icon of the Risen Christ or of the Tenderness of Christ (the one with the lamb). Each will be created on a 9x13 board for you to take with you at the end. Pictures are included and you don't need to determine which icon until the moment you pick up the tracing sheet to transfer the line drawing onto your board.

Again, we are thrilled to offer this holy opportunity and pray that you will make it a priority to join us. Even the non-artists in the St. Paul's group were amazed at their results. You will be too!

When: Friday, September 29 at 7 p.m. through Sunday, October 1 at 11 a.m. (EDT)
Where: Wawasee Episcopal Center (Syracuse)
Cost: $25 per person

The Fall Retreat for the Diocese of Northern Indiana is for all youth in the diocesein 6th – 12th grade. This retreat will focus on Faith, Friendship and Fellowship.

Please fill out the attached medical forms signed by parents and your rector or youth leader and bring them to the retreat, along with your $25. Please register online by September 22, 2023.

REGISTER HERE

DOWNLOAD HEALTH FORMS

The Summer Work Retreat for the Diocese of Northern Indiana is for all youth in the diocese in 6th – 12th grade. We will be doing some odd jobs around the center, like maybe paint the decks, pull some weeds, wash windows, vacuum and clean bedrooms, wash doors, door knobs, and help organize the basement. We will also help over at All Saints Church with a list of things to do there. For questions, please reach out to Canon Carol Bianchini.

New Happenings Ministry Camp is an ecumenical Christian, week-long, overnight camp for children ages 8-11, primarily from Northern Indiana, who have experienced parental incarceration.

The vision of New Happenings Ministry Camp is:

• to remove the isolation of poverty.

• to break the pipeline to prison cycle.

• to create a space that promotes education, spiritual, physical and emotional development.

• in the context of community.

For more information or for an application, please contact Mother Tina.

You are invited to accompany the Compañeros en Cristo members on our summer mission trip to Honduras this July 6th to 18th. We are excited to be continuing our relationship with the parish of San José de la Montaña in San Pedro Sula. For more information please contact Timothy Skimina ASAP.

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana is excited to attend the 2023 Episcopal Youth Event - A New Age of Faith! The Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) is a triennial event for the entire Episcopal Church. About 1,500 people (high school students, their adult mentors, and bishops from around the church) come together and live on a college campus for a little under a week. Time is spent in worship, large group presentations, small group discussions on a variety of topics, and a lot of time hanging out and meeting people from around the world.

EYE23 is open to youth who have completed 9th-12th grades by June 2023. You must be between the ages of 15-19 by the start of the event.

Your registration to attend EYE form (Word or PDF) must be filled out and sent to the diocese at the address below along with a check for your $400 registration fee.  If you wish to pay online using PayPal, scan the QR code (registration fee is $425 to cover Paypal fees) and send your completed registration form to the address below. You are not registered until the registration form and registration fee is received by Carol Bianchini, Director for Sr. High Youth Ministries.  The deadline to register is February 28, 2023. If you have any questions, please text Carol at 574-551-3084.

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana Summer Youth Camp is offered for students entering 3rd-9th grades in the 2023/2024 school year. It is held at Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, IN on the shores of Lake Waubee. Each year the planning team designs a special curriculum centered around a theme intertwining biblical teachings and modern day experiences.

The 2023 fee for the week at Diocesan Youth Summer Camp is $500 for one child and $470 per child for additional siblings. This year we are asking that all balances be paid no later than June 1. This is to cut down on the amount of items we are collecting at registration and to simplify the drive-thru process. You can pay this balance via PayPal or by sending in a check. The check must be received in the EDNIN office no later than June 1. Balance reminders and links to pay via PayPal will be sent out near the end of May. If you are in need of assistance with camp fees we ask that you first contact your parish priest or administrator to request help with funds. After contacting your parish, you may request assistance from the Diocese by emailing the missioners for camping.

Clergy are invited to attend the Spring Clergy Retreat. This year's theme will center on the Lambeth Calls. Bishop Doug Sparks will be our retreat leader and will be joined virtually by other bishops from across the Anglican Communion.

Check-in begins on Monday, May 8 at 3 p.m.

Wrap up after Eucharist/Lunch Wednesday, May 10.

RSVP by Friday, April 21.