Bulletin Insert: Palm Sunday (B) – The Sunday of the Passion – March 28, 2021
“Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life.”
Bible Study: Easter 3 (B) – 2021
RCL: Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 Acts 3:12-19 Today’s passage from Acts is a tricky text that has contributed to Christianity’s unfortunate anti-Jewish and antisemitic history of violence. From the crusades to the Holocaust to today’s rise of neo-Nazism, misunderstandings of passages such as this one from Acts have led to […]
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit for World Mission Sunday
Traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday after Epiphany, this year World Mission Sunday is observed on February 14.
Bible Study: Lent 3 (B) – 2021
RCL: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 Exodus 20:1-17 Moses and the Israelites have finally reached Mount Sinai. They’ve escaped their bondage in Egypt, and now God will lay out the expectations for their covenantal relationship. But before handing down the Decalogue, or the laws as the Israelites would understand them to […]
Bulletin Insert: Last Sunday in Epiphany (B) – World Mission Sunday – February 14, 2021
The Episcopal Church works hand in hand with neighbors around the world and down the block, praying for partner congregations and dioceses, and offering relief to our brothers and sisters during times of crisis. Episcopal missionaries around the world serve as the church’s eyes, ears, hands, and feet on the ground.
Bulletin Insert: Epiphany 4 (B) – The Feast of the Presentation – January 31, 2021
Each year on February 2, the church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, also known as the Feast of the Purification, and Candlemas. This feast commemorates the 40th day after Jesus’ birth, when he was presented in the Jerusalem Temple and Mary was purified in accordance with Jewish Law.
History
The information below is based in part on research by The Archives of The Episcopal Church and highlights selected UN-related activities of The Episcopal Church and individual Episcopalians, paired with archival documents illustrating the events. For more information or to add to this historical timeline, contact Lynnaia Main. Support for the United Nations since the beginningAccording to Archives, […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (B) – 2021
RCL: Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 Genesis 1:1-5 This is the beginning of the priestly (or “P”) creation story, written by the priestly class of Israelites during the exile in Babylon. The priests wrote of a God so powerful that he could bring the world into existence simply by speaking. Such a […]
Will You Follow?, 2 Christmas – 2021
[RCL] Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84 or 84:1-8; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12 There is a traditional Italian story about an old woman named La Befana who was the most renowned housekeeper in her entire village. She would happily spend the day with her broom sweeping the floor, cupboards, and front […]
All
All Turn Resources A Way of Love Companion to An Outline of the FaithA guide that explores the Way of Love in conversation with the catechism in the Book of Common Prayer. Users explore how each of the seven practices correspond to topics like “Human Nature”, “The Christian Hope”, and “Sin and Redemption”. Created by […]
Journeying the Way of Love Advent Curriculum
Journeying the Way of Love Advent Curriculum For the season of Advent, Journeying the Way of Love offers four sessions to be explored as we await the coming of Christ by moving through the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke. Luke’s gospel provides a pattern for understanding how we can live the Way of Love as individuals, […]
Worship and Formation Resources
Worship and Formation Resources A Prayer for the Power of the Spirit among the People of God Burial Office Prayers (Rite II) Bishop Curry: An invitation to Episcopalians to join in an interfaith remembrance of all who have lost their lives to COVID-19 U.S. Copyright Issues Related To Live Streaming Music U.S. Copyright Issues Related […]
Websites
Websites Episcopal Asset Map: Global PartnershipsThis network exists to support individuals, congregations, and dioceses interested in building new relationships across the Anglican Communion as well as those already engaged in global partnerships. Global Episcopal Mission (GEM) NetworkThis association of dioceses of the Episcopal Church is committed to increasing the awareness and participation of congregations in […]
Fourth season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast continues with guests Kory Caudill and Wordsmith
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 Kory Caudill and Wordsmith, two musicians supporting the Concert for the Human Family series – a project in collaboration with The Episcopal Church’s Becoming Beloved Community initiative, which seeks to build a world where all people may experience dignity and abundant life and see themselves and others as beloved children of God.
Resolution Reached In Disciplinary Matter Involving Bishop of Albany
Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry announced today that on October 16, 2020, pursuant to Title IV of the Canons of The Episcopal Church, he and the Rt. Rev. William H. “Bill” Love, Bishop Diocesan of Albany, entered into an Accord to resolve a disciplinary matter that was pending against Bishop Love. The Accord was approved by the Disciplinary Board for Bishops on October 21, 2020 and became effective on that date.
Ways to Give
Did you know that there is a counsel in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) to have a will? It’s true. Read page 445 in the BCP about “the duty…of all persons to make wills.” Having a will or other estate plan is such an important part of our Christian faith and stewardship that it is […]
Bible Study: Proper 24 (A) – 2020
Exodus 33:12-23 The context of this passage is the sin of the golden calf and Moses’ responding intercession on behalf of the Israelites. That act had granted a tentative reprieve, but Moses here reengages God with a frantic, bulldog-like quality that recalls Abraham’s interaction with God over Sodom (Genesis 18). Moses thus has the courage […]
What makes us Anglican?
Hallmarks of the Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church, having its roots in the Church of England, is also an Anglican Church. Like all Anglican churches, the Episcopal Church is distinguished by the following characteristics: Protestant, Yet CatholicAnglicanism stands squarely in the Reformed tradition, yet considers itself just as directly descended from the Early Church as the Roman […]
Frank T. Griswold
Frank Griswold was elected to a nine-year term as 25th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church at the 1997 General Convention and invested in January 1998. A renowned preacher known for his warmth and wit, Griswold served as the 25th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, leading the Protestant denomination from 1998 to 2006. Griswold […]
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil The Episcopal Church of Brazil was part of The Episcopal Church of the United States for some eighty years until Brazil’s autonomy in 1964. The Episcopal Church (TEC) and Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (IEAB) in 2015 celebrated 125 years of shared missionary history that began with the arrival of missionaries […]