2011 EAM Filipino Convocation! Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 9 and 10

To the EAM Filipino Convocation Community

Greetings to you all in the Name of the Risen Lord!

On behalf of the EAM Filipino Convocation Officers and in collaboration with Fr. Fred Vergara, Asian Missioner of TEC and Fr. Jim Kodeira of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry Executive Council, I am pleased to announce our gathering for the year, the 2011 EAM Filipino Convocation!

This will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 9 and 10 and the venue will be All Saints' Episcopal Church and the Circus Circus Hotel.

The gathering begins on Friday afternoon with Registration, Opening and Dinner at All Saints' Episcopal Church, with Bishop Dan Edwards personally welcoming us.

The Saturday events and meals will be at the Circus Circus Convention Center and the Sunday Inter-cultural Worship will be at All Saints', where we will be joined by St. Luke's Fil-Con members and All Saints' Latino congregation.   

The theme for our gathering is "Ugnayan: Advancing Communication, Building Connections, Creating Community -- the Fil-Am Way."

We chose this theme as we give emphasis to the struggle we find in fostering connectivity among the various congregations and churches and with the younger sector (Youth and Young Adult). We hope to create an opportunity where this and other partnering concerns will be revisited. We are privileged to have a couple of presentations whereby we can learn some tools to equip us in addressing those issues.

An online registration has been made possible, courtesy of Meghan Ritchie, Events and Project Groups Associate at the Episcopal Church Center. Rooms are reserved at Circus Circus Hotel. Registration to this event will be processed by Meghan's office at the Episcopal Church Center. Please click on the link below to register.

http://events.SignUp4.com/filipinoconvocation2011

Congregations of the EAM FilCon Community are entitled to send up to three(3) delegates; hopefully one from the Youth and Young Adult sector will be included.

More details will follow; in the meantime, please begin making your travel plans. Thank you and God bless.

In His Service,
Fr. Bayani

The Rev. Bayani D. Rico
Church of the Ascension
2420 Tuolumne St.
Vallejo, CA 94589
W (707) 644-5505
Email:    rector_ascension@sbcglobal.net
Web:     www.ascensionvallejo.org

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