God IS calling you!

2024 Lenten Vocations Course

Wednesday evenings

6:00-7:30PM (Mountain)

 7:00-8:30PM (Central)

2/21, 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20  on Zoom

(2/7/2024: Optional Introductory Zoom Session for introductions, discussion, and general Q & A about the DRG Diocesan Discernment Program)

Contact:
For more information on Vocational Discernment in the Diocese of the Rio Grande please contact ​Mary Jewell in the Bishop's Office at (505-881-0636) or mjewell@dioceserg.org and visit the DRG Vocations Page

Course Description

(Weekly in Lent, online)
Our annual Diocesan Discernment Program in the DRG begins each Lent with an Introductory Vocations course. This course is open to any and all lay people, deacons, and priests in the DRG and beyond. Each session includes time for prayer, a brief topical presentation, and small group sharing. In this introductory course we explore our basic understanding of Christian Vocation in the Episcopal Church. Over the course of five 90 minute sessions, we explore how the particular vows made in three different services from our Book of Common Prayer: the services of Holy Baptism, the Ordination of a Deacon, and the Ordination of a Priest, can shed light on particular aspects of the shared vocation of all Christians, and help us begin to see our own unique vocations, as individual members of Christ’s Body, more clearly.

Notes:
*This course is for ALL people (at every stage of life and in every order of ministry) who feel called to deepen their relationship with God and their vocation in the church and in the world. It is also the "starting place" for individuals who may be sensing a call towards ordained ministry in the Diocese of the Rio Grande and wish to enter into a formal process of discernment.

*If you are unable to participate in the Vocations 101 Course/Online Retreat "live" during Lent, you may access session recordings and other materials online to complete the course independently or with a small group at any time.

Contact: Please contact Mary Jewell in the Bishop's Office at (505-881-0636) or mjewell@dioceserg.org

Course Schedule & Materials

In our Lenten Vocations Course, each participant shares responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe, sacred space where every participant can be heard with respect and held with love as they listen for the Spirit's call. Participants share responsibility in holding themselves and one another accountable to the loving communication practices set forth in our Community Communication Covenant.

2/7/24: Optional session: General introductions and Q & A about drg Discernment Program

2/21/24: Session 1: Introduction to Christian Vocation

2/28/24: Session 2: The Baptismal Covenant as a lens for Vocation

3/6/24: Session 3: The Diaconal Vows as a lens for Vocation

3/13/24: Session 4: The Priestly Vows as a lens for Vocation

3/20/24: Session 5: Wrap Up: What's Next?

Past Session Recordings

Links to recordings of this year’s sessions will be posted 1-2 days following each live session.

Session 1: Introduction to Christian Vocation w/Bishop Hunn

Session 2: The Baptismal Covenant as a lens for Vocation

Session 3: The Diaconal Vows as a lens for Vocation

Session 4: The Priestly Vows as a lens for Vocation

Session 5: Wrap up with the Bishop: What's Next?

  • No Session Recording

Eastertide session: discernment workshop w/mo. carolyn metzler