Experts focus on The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment in Episcopal Church live webcast on April 21
Experts will examine The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment on April 21 in a live webcast beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). The program will be available at no charge on the Episcopal Church website www.episcopalchurch.org Viewers will be able to submit questions to the panelists during the […]
Community gardens thriving as parishes commit to turning vacant land into ministry of produce
Both food and faith are growing at Episcopal parishes around the country who have launched community garden projects. Here’s a look at what some of the winners of Health and Nutrition grants are doing in the garden this year: Brigit’s Bounty, a ministry of St. Brigit Episcopal Church, Frederick, CO. St. Brigit’s began Brigit’s Bounty […]
Episcopal Church sponsors major topical forum: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment
On April 21, the Episcopal Church will sponsor a forum on a critical topic: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment. Originating from St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City, UT, the two-hour ecumenical forum will be live webcast beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). “Through The Intersection […]
‘It takes a community’ … to godparent
When considering what makes for great godparents, think 12-step program sponsor.
Call Your Member TODAY and Tell them to Vote NO on Drilling in the Arctic!
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will debate and vote on H.R. 3408, the Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act, which opens up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling. The proponents of drilling will attempt to use the revenues derived from […]
EPPN urges protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will debate H.R. 7, the transportation reauthorization bill, which has attached to it H.R. 3407, the “Alaska Energy for America Jobs Act,” a bill that seeks to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. House leadership is pushing this proposal as an attempt to […]
New features, new opportunities abound in experiential Episcopal Church website www.EpiscopalChurch.org
The Episcopal Church website – www.episcopalchurch.org – has undergone a complete transformation and redesign into a welcoming, eye-appealing, easy-to-navigate, experiential site. Launched on December 28, the new website features a motif of stained glass windows, each of which holds a small piece of our contemporary church. Taking direction from newcomer research, the design is steeped, […]
Faith-Based Recommendations for US Participation in UN Climate Change Convention
Faith Based Recommendations for United States Participation in COP17 Ensuring a Global Commitment Beyond Kyoto As people and communities of faith, called to till and to tend â to protect and to serve – Godâs Creation and seek justice for all people, we believe that a global framework and response to climate change is necessary […]
Presiding Bishop opens Executive Council; video available at www.episcopalchurch.org
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori opened the Executive Council meeting in Salt Lake City today with an address that called for a mission focused budget using the Five Marks of Mission. A video of the Presiding Bishop’s remarks are available on the home page of the website: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ The following is the Presiding […]
Episcopal Church Structure and Organization
The Episcopal Church is governed by a bicameral General Convention, which meets every three years, and by an Executive Council during interim years. The General Convention consists of the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies. The House of Bishops is composed of every bishop with jurisdiction (diocesan bishop), every bishop coadjutor, every suffragan […]
Episcopal Church House of Bishops issues A Pastoral Teaching
Episcopal Church House of Bishops issues A Pastoral Teaching
The Episcopal Church House of Bishops, meeting in Province IX, in Quito, Ecuador, issued the following Pastoral Teaching: A Pastoral Teaching from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church Quito, EcuadorSeptember 2011 We, your bishops, believe these words of Jeremiah describe these times and call us to repentance as we face the unfolding environmental […]
The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson preaches on syndicated radio program June 26, July 3
The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson, PhD, Canon to Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, is the featured speaker on Sunday, June 26 and Sunday, July 3 on “Day 1,” the nationally syndicated weekly ecumenical radio program produced by the Alliance for Christian Media. In his sermon for June 26, entitled “God Will Provide,” […]
Here’s an Experiment…, Last Sunday in Epiphany (A) – 2011
Here’s an experiment: Read the gospel appointed for today to a group of friends, all of whom have jobs, places to live, and automobiles. Then – at least in your imagination – read this gospel to the 800,000 or so people in Haiti who have been living in refugee camps for a year. This message […]
A Message from Executive Council to the Episcopal Church
Coming Home in Love, Epiphany 4 (A) – 2011
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop preaches at House Of Bishops: Were here to figure out how to bring more light into a world.
At the opening Eucharist of the House of Bishops meeting in Phoenix, AZ, on September 16, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori noted in her sermon, “We”re actually here to change some light sources to figure out how to bring more light into a world in great need of it.” Referring to the recent trip […]
Episcopal Church symposium to present Spirituality of Philanthropy
The Episcopal Church Office of Mission Funding will sponsor a day-long symposium on the Spirituality of Philanthropy, uniting the theological and spiritual basis of philanthropy with a useful practicum on advanced fundraising strategies and techniques. Designed for directors of development at dioceses, parishes, and other Episcopal organizations, the September 29 event will be held at […]