[Dialogue] Year Exploring Service Announcement

[Tim Wegner]

Roy Philbrook asked me to forward this to the lists.

Year Exploring Service
A program of St. Mathew´s Episcopal Church
305 Hollywood Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539
www.YearExploringService.org
YearExploringServcie at gmail.com
(956) 789-6149

Greetings from Roy and Gene Philbrook,

This is an announcement to people who have shared the journey with 
us.

We are excited about the launching of Year Exploring Service (YES). 
Young adults will volunteer for a year with a not-for-profit 
organization and, at the same time, live in intentional community to 
reflect on living a life of service. This program is associated with 
St. Matthew´s Episcopal Church in Edinburg, Texas, and nationally 
with the Episcopal Service Corps (ESC). This may be geographically 
a long distance from you, but if you know any young adults who might 
be interested in a life of service, tell them about us. Each July, 
we will be selecting a group of young adults to participate in this 
program. 

This program is being built on our foundation and experience with the 
Ecumenical Institute/Institute of Cultural Affairs.

The program has 5 aspects:

· The living of justice by being engaged in direct service.

· The building of an intentional community to sustain 
themselves.

· The self-conscious experimentation with their worship and 
prayer.

· The study and reflection on both contemporary and 
historical issues and the building of a "meditative council".

· The thoughtful communication of their own journey and the 
calling of others to be aware of their journey.

There is more information at our website 
www.yearexploringservice.org.

The initial event of our program will be the Profound Journey 
Dialogue. You may be aware that a self-selected team has been 
developing this construct over the last few years. The Profound 
Journey Dialogue (PJD) is about the deep journey of our lives: "Will 
life be something that happens to you? Or Is life something which is 
happening through you?" This event utilizes universal, inclusive 
language and offers empowering images as tools for persons caring for 
themselves as they care for the world - from the local to the entire 
Earth community.

Please visit these links to learn more about Year Exploring Service 
(YES) and Profound Journey Dialogue.

We are asking you for your assistance in the following ways:

1. Internships. If you know a young adult who might be interested 
in an intern program, direct them toward the Episcopal Service Corps 
(ESC) and Year Exploring Service (YES). The ESC internships for the 
18 diverse programs across the country begin in July and August of 
each year and are filling up quickly for this year. There will be 
future internships they can apply for if they are interested.



2. PJD. The Profound Journey Dialogue is open to whomever is 
interested and is scheduled for July 15th and 16th in Buda, Texas, 
just south of Austin, Texas, USA. 
If you are interested or know someone who is, please let us know : 
email to yearexploringservice at gmail.com or by phone at (956) 789-
6149. There is a brochure available at www.yearexploringservice.org.


3. Advisory Board: If you would like to participate in our 
advisory board, we would like to know. The advisory board will be a 
virtual board with communication through email.

4. Donations: Our program is funded primarily by the Service Sites 
where the interns will be working. We do however need funds to cover 
the initial set up cost and are looking for donations. Please 
consider a donation to St. Matthew´s Episcopal Church, Year Exploring 
Service, 2620 Crestview Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539. Any donation will 
be much appreciated. As we move this program forward, the number of 
donors becomes an important indicator of the support for the effort. 
Our interest in your donation is for the indication of broad support, 
as well as our need for financial resources. Please consider a 
donation.


If you are ever in South Texas please come for a visit, we have a 
guest room.

Please consider the actions above.

Thanks.

Peace,

Roy and Gene