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Epiphany 2021: A Call to Prayer for our Nation from Presiding Bishop Curry

January 6, 2021

On this day of the Feast of the Epiphany, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites Episcopalians and people of faith to turn and pray on behalf of our nation

Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet virtually January 22-25, 2021

January 5, 2021

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will convene a virtual meeting on January 22-25, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the health and safety of all involved.

Fourth season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast continues with guest Bryan Stevenson

December 21, 2020

Season 4 of The Episcopal Church’s podcast The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, is now available. In this episode, Bishop Curry talks with Bryan Stevenson – author, lawyer, and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama – about what it means to remember, reorient, and renew an active faith in Jesus and his Way of Love.

Diocese of Wyoming notified of successful canonical consent process

December 10, 2020

The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry and Registrar of General Convention, the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, that Bishop-Elect Paul-Gordon Chandler has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed in Canon III.11.3.

Application process now open for Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants

December 8, 2020

The application process is now open for the Constable Fund Grants for the 2021 grant cycle. The Constable Fund provides grants to fund mission initiatives that were not provided for within the budget of The Episcopal Church, as approved by General Convention 2018, with a stated preference for work in the area of religious education. In 2020, Constable Grants ranged from $2,500 to $50,000. The 2020 grants totaled $209,500.00, distributed among nine grant recipients.

Presiding Bishop Curry’s Christmas Message 2020

December 7, 2020

“Joy to the world! The Lord is come. In your hearts, in your homes, in your lives, prepare him room,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry said in his Christmas Message 2020.

Fourth season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast continues with guest the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas

December 3, 2020

Season 4 of The Episcopal Church’s podcast The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, is now available. In this episode, Bishop Curry talks with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. This conversation comes from the 2020 International Black Clergy Conference, presented by The Episcopal Church’s Office of Black Ministries.

Fourth season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast continues with guest the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas

December 3, 2020

Season 4 of The Episcopal Church’s podcast The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, is now available. In this episode, Bishop Curry talks with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. This conversation comes from the 2020 International Black Clergy Conference, presented by The Episcopal Church’s Office of Black Ministries.

Episcopal Migration Ministries offers Virtual Advent Vigil

November 30, 2020

Episcopal Migration Ministries, in partnership with the EMM Asylum Ministry Network and EMM Immigration Detention Ministry Network, will host a virtual Advent vigil on Sunday, December 13, 7:00 – 8:00 pm EST. The Advent vigil, available via Zoom webinar and Facebook Live, will offer a time of prayer and reflection in a world being transformed by forced migration.

Deadline approaching for 2021 Roanridge Trust grants for leadership development in small towns and rural communities

November 30, 2020

The deadline is approaching for the 2021 Roanridge Trust Grant Awards. Dioceses, congregations and Episcopal Church related organizations and institutions are invited to apply.

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