Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
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	Monday, January 23rd, 2012 from 7:30-9:00 marks the second of the Monday night sessions on "Exploring Presence". We will use the same format as in the Fall. Every week we delve into a new topic. Monday, January 30th, 2012 from 7:30-9:00. marks the third of the Monday night sessions on "Meditation Practice Sessions" that alternate Mondays with "Exploring Presence". It will be an opportunity for more meditation practice and some open-ended inquiry in groups. All are welcome, including beginning meditators. These sessions are open to everyone, including newcomers. They will be led by Alison Hine, a local therapist, and Joe Summers, Vicar of the Church of the Incarnation. The sessions will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 3257 Lohr Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108. To register, or for more information about the workshop, please call (734)846-3578 or email jsummers@umich.edu.
	Thursday, January 26th at 7:30 the Nicaragua Project Annual Meeting will be held at the Church of the Incarnation.
	Tuesday, January 17th at 7:30 the Spirituality Group will meet at Jane's house.
The Detroit Institute of Arts has an exhibition on Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus that will be on display from now until sometime in February. It shows Rembrandt's evolving theology and the way he portrays Jews at a time when they are being persecuted elsewhere. It's also a striking potrait of Amsterdam in Rembrandt's time.
	Sunday Morning: Youth Ministry. We plan to have three age groups meet on Sunday mornings: a pre-school group, a grade-school aged group, and a Middle and High School aged group. The youngest group will use "Living the Good News", which is based on the Episcopal Lectionary and "Godly Play" , which is a Montessori-based curriculum. The Grade School aged group will use the Presbyterian Curriculum "I Know My Bible" and "Living the Good News". The oldest group will use lessons drawn from "Confirm Not Conform".
	Between July 15th and July 30th, 2012 A ten-day Nicaraguan mission trip for older youth is being planned. Again and again youth say that it is this kind of experience that they found most meaningful to them and their faith. The plan is for the mission trip to be something like a summer camp experience with several hours a day of volunteer work combined with times to come to know the people and country of Nicaragua and time to reflect on and discuss the experience. In preparation for this trip we are planning to have the Middle School/High School aged youth meet twice a month on the first and third Sundays of each month from 3:30-5:00p.m. Included will be pizza dinner and worship. These sessions will use Nicaragua as a way to begin to focus our questions and how we might go about answering them. Whether or not youth plan to go on this trip, they will be encouraged to participate in these gatherings.
	NOTE: If you would like to contribute to individuals and families in need, you can do so by making checks out to the church and marking them "VDF". These funds will be used to help people dealing with grave financial difficulties.