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Palm Sunday (The Sunday of the Passion)
[…] to the title of the day. A form for blessing palms was provided by the Book of Offices (1960). The 1979 BCP presents the full title for the day, “The […]
Bulletin Insert: All Saints’ Day – November 6, 2022
[…] All Saints’ Day, celebrated November 1 or the nearest Sunday afterward, is characterized by the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) as a Principal Feast, “taking precedence over any other day or observance” (BCP, […]
Leave Her Alone. She Is Telling the Truth., Monday in Holy Week – 2023
[…] nature,” we are reminded of our mortality by the ashes imposed on our foreheads ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 265). We have been walking on this spiritual Lenten journey for more than […]
Episcopal Church House of Bishops March 2020: Presiding Bishop’s opening message, March 10, 2020
[…] flock of Christ committed to your charge,” 1 Peter 5:2. In the Ordinal of the Book of Common Prayer, we pray that the new bishop will “Feed and tend the flock of Christ.” […]
Episcopal Evangelism Newsletter, September 2022
[…] And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen. (with modifications, The Book of Common Prayer, pg. 461)
Bulletin Insert: Journeying the Way of Love – Journeying with Community – December 17, 2023
[…] PRAY Pray along with the Collect for Advent 3, found on page 212 in The Book of Common Prayer. How will prayer guide you through the rest of the week? Set aside special […]
Bible Study: Proper 17 (C) – 2022
[…] this loving hand extended to them. What “devices and desires of our own hearts” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 41) do you see causing us to overlook or stray from the loving […]
Proper 12A
[…] common, for a long time. People said similar things about this 35 year old prayer book, and they’ve said it about gay and lesbian people. They took out of their […]
September 2022 Sacred Ground Webinar with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
[…] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry shared the Prayer for the Human Family, p. 815 of the Book of Common Prayer. Becoming Beloved Community Where You Are 2022 an Episcopal resource for individuals, congregations and […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (C) – 2019
[…] the gifts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world.” – Book of Common Prayer, p. 855 This passage from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth reminds the […]
Transformed in Baptism, Epiphany 1 (B) – January 7, 2024
[…] chapel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She teaches writing and literature to college undergraduates and writes book reviews, essays, and literary reference articles. Word – Epiphany 1 (B) SermonDownload PDF – […]
What We Love We Will Protect
[…] the UN Climate Conferences (2015-2022). He co-authored with The Rev. Matthew Fox, PhD an award winning book Stations of the Cosmic Crisis (Unity Press, 2016) and is the author of Brothers in the Beloved […]
Office of Black Ministries offers Lenten Study Resource
[…] and Assignment. Also included in the Lenten Study Resource are the Baptismal Covenant from the Book of Common Prayer, the Five Marks of Mission, and the Charter for Lifelong Christian Formation For […]
Episcopal Church announces 2023 Creation Care grant recipients
Seeking to support creative and long-term eco-ministries, The Episcopal Church’s Task Force on the Care of Creation and Environmental Racism selected 12 new grant recipients, approved by the church’s Executive […]
Presiding Bishop joins denominational leaders on Amicus Brief concerning Supreme Court case
[…] for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.” Book of Common Prayer 305 (1979). Note: Support for the Amicus Brief is also based on numerous […]
Bulletin Insert: Journeying the Way of Love – Journeying in the World – December 18, 2022
[…] PRAY Pray along with the Collect for Advent 4, found on page 212 in The Book of Common Prayer. Pick three or four of your beloveds to focus your prayers on today. Make […]
Some Years Ago…, Epiphany 3 (A) – 2002
[…] deacon in the Episcopal Church. He was called to this “special ministry of servanthood” ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 543) sometime during the early 1900’s and he remained a perpetual deacon. His […]
Bulletin Insert: Journeying the Way of Love – Journeying with Community – December 11, 2022
[…] PRAY Pray along with the Collect for Advent 3, found on page 212 in The Book of Common Prayer. How will prayer guide you through the rest of the week? Set aside special […]
Bulletin Insert: The Feast of the Presentation – January 28, 2024
[…] it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen (Luke 2:29-32; Book of Common Prayer, p. 120). An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, edited by Don S. Armentrout and […]
Bible Study: Easter 6 (B) – 2012
[…] at confirmation. The former option won the day, as can be seen in our current Book of Common Prayer. However, this story in Acts flies in the face of the entire question. Here […]