We Will, With God’s Help

An Invitation

During the season of Easter, members of the Diocese of East Carolina are invited to participate in a prayerful process of discerning mission priorities for our life together. This process will be centered in reflection on our Baptismal Covenant and will engage participants in three simple conversations. Participants will be invited to offer their feedback to the Executive Council of the Diocese, the group of leaders who will be responsible for establishing mission priorities for the next period of time in our life together.

Foundational to this discernment process is the conviction that God’s Holy Spirit is available for all of God’s children, and not only those who have been ordained or elected to congregational or Diocesan leadership. God’s Holy Spirit can inspire any and all of us. For us to gain the wide support of the congregations and members of our Diocese for the mission priorities that God places before us, it is critical that we listen for the moving of God’s Holy Spirit in and through as many people as we can include.

This prayerful process can be something for individuals to do alone, with others in their household, or with others from their congregation or community. Initially, we had imagined a whole series of congregational and deanery gatherings that would have brought together individual feedback and then passed it along to the Executive Council of the Diocese of East Carolina. With the continued impact of COVID-19 on our common life, we have set aside plans for larger gatherings of people and therefore invite you to send your feedback to the Executive Council directly, using the link provided in the “Your Feedback” section. If you’re not comfortable with the technology involved in responding this way, you are welcome to email your responses to Communications or mail them to Diocesan House at this address:

Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
P.O. Box 1336 Kinston, NC 28503

Your feedback will be welcomed through Friday, May 21 and will be considered by our Executive Council at its June meeting and then in the months to follow. As mission priorities are established, they will be shared publicly across the Diocese.