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Registrations accepted for Called to Transformation ABCD facilitator formation workshop
Samuel McDonald, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission, announced that registrations are now accepted for the Called to Transformation Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) facilitator formation workshop September 14 […]
November 1 at Washington National Cathedral: The Holy Eucharist with the Installation of Bishop Michael Bruce Curry as the Presiding Bishop
The Holy Eucharist with the Installation of the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Michael Bruce Curry, will occur on Sunday, November 1 at noon Eastern at Washington […]
Fourteen Jubilee Ministry grants awarded for programs of mission and ministry work
Samuel McDonald, Deputy Operating Officer and Director of Mission for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, has announced 14 recipients of The Episcopal Church Jubilee Grants totaling $52,048 to support […]
Episcopal Church Economic Justice Loan Committee invests in four community loan funds
N. Kurt Barnes, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, announced that The Episcopal Church Economic Justice Loan Committee (ELJC) of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society has approved four investments in […]
78 educational scholarships granted throughout Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion
Samuel A. McDonald, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, has announced that 78 educational scholarships, totaling $216,903.44 have been awarded to […]
Bishops Accept “Statement of Clarification” about Marriage
The 78th General Convention approved two marriage liturgies for trial use, along with a revision of the marriage canon, allowing same-sex couples to be married in The Episcopal Church beginning on First Sunday of Advent 2015, when both resolutions take effect.
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 3 sermon by the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry; letter from President Obama presented
“Now I’ve got one word for you,” the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry of North Carolina, Presiding Bishop-Elect, told the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in his sermon on […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 2 sermon by the Rev. Colin Mathewson
“There is a single, eternal, and glorious Word whom we worship here today: the Word of God made flesh who dwelt among us, died on the cross of shame, and […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 30 sermon by the Rev. Kimberly Jackson
“I invite you to sing a song that resurrects hope within you,” the Rev. Kimberly Jackson, chaplain and vicar of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center, Emmaus House Chapel, Atlanta http://absalomjones.org/said […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 29 sermon by Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
“There are times when the weight of our historic experience seems like it is unbearable,” Archbishop Vicken Aykazian of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America said in […]
