“It’s All About Love,” a churchwide festival of worship, learning, community, and action for the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, was held July 9-12, 2023 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The festival ignited and fanned the flames of mission and love and is part of the ongoing revival of The Episcopal Church.
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About “It’s All About Love”
The festival was organized around three Jesus Movement “tents” – Evangelism, Racial Reconciliation, and Creation Care. Explore the Schedule of Sessions, learn about all our Presenters and Preachers, and explore Presenter Resources and Materials.
Highlights included mainstage worship and plenary led by dynamic and inspiring voices within and beyond the Church:
- Sunday, July 9: Opening Revival Worship
Preacher, The Most Rev. Michael Curry; Worship Leader, the Rev. Canon Dr. Altagracia Perez-Bullard; Music by Live Hymnal, Kory Caudill and Wordsmith of the Concert for the Human Family; Gospel Presentation by Lee Osorio and Cynthia Barker - Monday, July 10: Racial Reconciliation Morning Worship and Plenary
Worship Leader, Joe McDaniel; Music by Live Hymnal; Plenary Host, the Rev. Edwin Johnson; Keynote, Dr. Kwok Pui Lan - Monday, July 10: Creation Care Revival Worship
Preacher, the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond; Worship Leader, the Rev. Isaiah Shaneequa Brokenleg; Music by Live Hymnal; Gospel Presentation by Lee Osorio and Cynthia Barker - Tuesday, July 11: Creation Care Morning Worship and Plenary
Worship Leaders, Payton Hoegh and the Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom; Music by Live Hymnal, Carrie Graves and Ken Phelps; Plenary Host, the Rt. Rev. David Rice; Keynote, Young Leaders for Creation Care – Phoebe Chatfield, Arun Sharma and Adrienne Elliott - Tuesday, July 11: Racial Reconciliation Revival Worship
Preacher, Sarah Augustine; Worship Leader, the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton; Musicians, Live Hymnal, Combined Episcopal Gospel Choirs of Baltimore; Gospel Presentation by Lee Osorio and Cynthia Barker - Wednesday, July 12: Morning Plenary and Sending Eucharist
Plenary Host, the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers; Keynote Conversation, Brian McLaren and Jerusalem Greer; Presider, The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson; Preacher, President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris
A Prayer for the Renewal and Revival of the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement:
O God of wondrous power and still more wondrous love, you who have borne us from chaos to creation, from dry bones to dancing flesh, from death to life: Renew and revive your Episcopal Church, especially as we gather this summer for worship, fellowship, learning, and action in Baltimore. Send your Spirit to set us, our ministries, and our communities ablaze, so that the world might come to see and know us as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement – bold, open-hearted bearers of Good News, repairers of the breach, and stewards of creation who truly look, live, and love like Jesus. We make our prayer to him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, our loving, liberating, and life-giving God. Amen.
Download the Prayer for Renewal and Revival here.
Have questions? Contact evangelism@episcopalchurch.org.
