Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves shares thoughts from 2024 Anglican Primates’ Meeting
[…] May 3 on behalf of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Every two years, senior bishops, archbishops, and moderators from the Anglican Communion’s 42 member churches meet for prayer, conversation, study, and fellowship.
News of Transition in the Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries
[…] great thanks for all of the support offered by this network this year, and my prayers for The Episcopal Church’s continuing ministry to young adults on and off college campuses […]
The Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message
[…] to be born and grow to maturity in us. Our participation in the Incarnation, there fore, is a profound and all-demanding fact of life to be patiently and courageously lived […]
Worthy of the Calling, Pentecost 11 (B) – August 4, 2024
[…] see God’s liberating action in our lives. Eager to listen to God’s voice in our daily challenges, we raise our demanding voices to God, asking for a quick response. Like […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Message for Lent: “Are you traveling light on the earth?”
Noting that the season of Lent has tradition ally been in “solidarity with those to be baptized,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an invitation to deepen our […]
Alfred, King, 899
[…] for thy church and love for thy people: Grant that we, inspired by his example and prayers, may remain steadfast in the work thou hast given us to do for the building up […]
Epiphany: Carrying the Light of Christ into the Darkness
[…] at a church in Colorado several decades ago. On Epiphany, a small group gathered for prayers and then each lit a candle from the Paschal candle to carry the light […]
Sermon for the Diocesan Convention of Central New York
[…] of that kingdom, and discovering it in the shared pain and joy and challenge of daily life. I see the kingdom at work in the community who gather around Kathryn […]
EPPN: Support Summer Nutrition
[…] children who formerly participated in the National School Lunch Program abruptly lose access to their daily meals. Summer meal programs already successfully operate in some areas of the country, yet […]
Struggling Towards Peace: Advent Meditation, 12/7/2012
[…] that we, being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through the mercies of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen (Book of Common Prayer, p. 123).
Taizé in the Far West: 18 to 35 year olds apply now
[…] Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for a landmark event. Taizé in the Far West will include meditative prayer, Bible study, workshops, small group sharing, and meals together – all provided by the […]
Advent 2016 Reflections on Social Justice
The Episcopal Networks Collaborative, consisting of the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice, the Union of Black Episcopalians, and the Episcopal Ecological Network, has published a new resource for preachers entitled […]
What are you doing for World Mission Sunday?
[…] our call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” (Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, p. 305). In 2013, World Mission Sunday will focus on the ministries of the […]
Stir Up Your Power, Advent 3 (C) – 2000
[…] thinking about in the midst of Christmas shopping and holiday plans. But today’s lessons and prayers are about just that. Power. Today we ask for God’s power to come amongst […]
Celebration of our Episcopal Heritage and Mission in Worcester County
[…] âitâs time to ordain women, and oh, by the way, we really should revise the prayer bookâ? It was hard enough work in the 1970s, let alone the 1870s! William […]
Presiding Bishop’s keynote address
Episcopalians have a prayer that names “this fragile earth, our island home.” We’ve been praying it for nearly 40 years, yet many are only beginning to awaken to our wanton […]
Getting Started, Pentecost 21 (B) – October 13, 2024
[…] we feel between the groceries and the glaciers; the ordinary and the overwhelming; between our daily bread and the world’s deep hunger, is not so much a conundrum to solve, […]
2019 Ash Wednesday Devotion
[…] better to use them to His glory. How about asking the Saviour to show us daily how to share our blessings? We can go on a diet or join a […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Collect: Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives […]
Lenten Book Club: ‘Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey’
[…] book follows Jacobs as he decides to try and thank everyone who contributes to his daily cup of coffee. This is a perfect book to explore during Lent because it […]