Diocese of Montana Newsletter, November 2020
Diocesan Calendar
Fall Back - Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour before going to bed! - October 31st 
Election Day - November 3rd
Finance Committee via Zoom - November 5th
School for Deacons - November 6th-7th, Helena or Zoom
Diocesan Council via Zoom to review Assessment Abatement Requests - November 7th
Potential diocesan council via Zoom - November 14th
Thanksgiving Day, Diocesan Office closed - November 26th
Diocesan Office Closed - November 27th
Advent begins - November 29th
The Rt. Rev. Marty Stebbins
Pray without ceasing. Paul’s quote in his first letter to the Thessalonians is undergirded by Jesus’ parable of the widow and the unjust judge. In that parable, the power differential is unsurmountable between the two. Yet that does not stop the widow from fearlessly and constantly pleading her case. Her endurance and determination finally win her justice. Jesus uses the parable to teach us about prayer. Prayer, a conversation between the praying person and God, is not something taken lightly or used intermittently. We are called to pray without ceasing. This takes endurance and determination without fear. The power differential between us and God is unsurmountable, yet God says that we are to pray constantly, to plead our case before God without fear. Justice will be served. (Click below to continue reading.)
Click here to read the complete newsletter, including the following:
- Diocesan Calendar
- Pray Without Ceasing, by The Rt. Rev. Marty Stebbins
- Around the Diocese
- Finance Corner, by Barb Hagen: Bishop Marty's photo book of pets of the diocese
- Vote Early: Election 2020
- Fully Engage the 2020 Election
- Supporting MAC and Advocating for Montana's Children, by The Rev. Valerie Webster
- Community Engagement
- United Thank Offering
- Montana Ecumenical Update, by The Rev. Valerie Webster
- MAC Connect 2020, Zoom Conference, November 13
- A conversation with J. Chester Johnson, author of Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation - via Zoom, November 15
- Episcopal Relief & Development: One Thousand Days of Love
- A conversation with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Dr. Catherine Meeks on the ongoing work of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing
- Diocesan Convention Updates
- Many thanks to those who have finished terms of service for the Diocese of Montana
- Congratulations to new appointees and elected members
- Ecumenical opportunities