Organizing a Dialogue Circle
Organizing a Dialogue Circle Thank you for being interested in organizing a dialogue circle for Sacred Ground. You may be a layperson, priest, deacon, or diocesan staff person. You are probably Episcopalian but if you come from another faith tradition: please feel welcome as well! Any faith-based entity is welcome to organize circles (read more […]
Calendar of the Church Year
Calendar of the Church Year The calendar (BCP, pp. 15-33) orders the liturgical year of the Episcopal Church by identifying two cycles of feasts and holy days-one dependent upon the movable date of Easter Day and the other dependent upon the fixed date of Christmas, Dec. 25. Easter Day is the first Sunday after the […]
Bible Study: Year C
Bible Study: Year C On this page, you will see all of our Year C Bible studies, organized by the liturgical occasion and season of the church year. Click on the large boxes for all of the studies for a given observance going back to 1995. Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning […]
Bible Study: Year B
Bible Study: Year B On this page, you will see all of our Year B Bible studies, organized by the liturgical occasion and season of the church year. Click on the large boxes for all of the studies for a given observance going back to 1995. Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning […]
Bible Study: Year A
Bible Study: Year A Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning with the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continuing through the day before Christmas. The name is derived from a Latin word for “coming.” The season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming celebration of our Lord’s nativity, and […]
Sermons: Year C
Sermons: Year C On this page, you will see all of our Year C sermons, organized by the liturgical occasion and season of the church year. Click on the large boxes for all of the sermons for a given observance going back to 1997. Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning with the […]
Sermons: Year B
Sermons: Year B On this page, you will see all of our Year B sermons, organized by the liturgical occasion and season of the church year. Click on the large boxes for all of the sermons for a given observance going back to 1996. Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning with the […]
Advocacy Resources
Advocacy Resources Explore our resources to equip you for advocacy including Episcopal Church policies, tips for communicating with your elected officials, voter engagement, and more! For resources on civil discourse and political conversations visit our civil discourse page. Have you used a resource below? Let us know! Reach out with your stories of educating about the […]
Episcopal Service Corps
Episcopal Service Corps empowers adults 21-32 to transform unjust structures through community building, local collaboration, prayer, and action. For more than 20 years, ESC has been built on the belief that change happens when we bring together diverse teams of committed and passionate young leaders and support them as they tackle some of our nation’s […]
Listings
The Episcopal Church canonically recognizes 18 traditional orders and 14 Christian communities for men, women, or both. Religious Orders and Christian Communities serve the greater church in several ways. Many offer retreat houses and individual spiritual direction. Each community has a rule of life and is committed to prayer, life in community, and hospitality. Each year, the […]
What is the “quest and adventure” of Religious life today?
What is the “quest and adventure” of Religious life today? – Brother Curtis Almquist, SSJE Religious sisters and brothers are eccentrics. I’m not referring to our being rather dated curiosities (though we often do attract attention). I’m speaking of how, since the early centuries of the church, individuals have been drawn to the edge, to […]
Liturgical Resources
Liturgical Resources Liturgies, Prayers, and Music Enriching Our Worship 6Rites for Blessing Relationships Service of Renamingin The Book of Occasional Services, page 149 Prayers for Trans Day of Visibilityfrom TransEpiscopal and Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Affirmation and Transitionfrom the Anglican Church of Canada Songs for the Holy […]
Bible Study: Proper 7 (A) – 2020
Genesis 21:8-21 Outside of the book of Genesis, the word “Abraham” appears in the Bible 142 times. Compare that with Sarah, which appears 24 times, and Hagar who only appears 3 times—once in Baruch and twice in Galatians. Given that father Abraham is remembered for the covenant God makes with him to provide descendants as […]
United Thank Offering: More than $1 million awarded in 2020 for Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion mission and ministry and young adult, seminarian grants
At its June 2020 meeting, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church approved United Thank Offering (UTO) grants to support seven Young Adult and Seminarian grants, as well as 26 annual grants. UTO thanks everyone who, through a personal spiritual discipline of gratitude, contributed to the 2019 Ingathering. As a result of this gratitude and […]
Sermons: Year A
Sermons: Year A On this page, you will see all of our Year A sermons, organized by the liturgical occasion and season of the church year. Click on the large boxes for all of the sermons for a given observance going back to 1995. Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning with the […]
Organizations and Networks
Organizations and Networks Below is a list of groups affiliated with The Episcopal Church that provide resources, collaborations, ministry memberships, disaster assistance, and other services. Anglican Observer at the United NationsThese web pages are a new educational resource to help Anglicans-Episcopalians around the world in a timely way as they seek information about issues, debates […]
Habits of Grace, May 29, 2020: Pray for the entire human family
As we learn how to adjust our lives given the reality of the coronavirus and the request to do our part to slow its spread by practicing social distancing, I invite you to join me each week to take a moment to cultivate a ‘habit of grace.’ A new meditation will be posted each week […]
Misinformation, Disinformation, Fake News: Why Do We Care?
It can be tempting to think that the fear-inducing, hyper-partisan, misleading, and outright false content pervasive today is an exclusively modern problem. Yet for thousands of years, our Jewish and Christian ancestors have taught that deception is as old as humanity itself. In Genesis 3, the serpent manipulates Eve through a series of misleading and half-true statements to eat the forbidden fruit, then makes Adam do the same by offering him the choice through a trusted source. Sound like anything that has crossed your social media feed recently?
National Council of Churches to Hold Virtual Ecumenical Memorial Service on May 24 to Mourn the Lives Lost to COVID-19
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to join other faith leaders in remembering those who have died in global pandemic The Episcopal Church is honored to share the following invitation from the National Council of Churches (NCC): The National Council of Churches USA (NCC) will hold a public online memorial service on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at […]
All Sinners, Epiphany 6 (A) – February 16, 2020
[RCL]: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 There have been many good and talented comedy troupes throughout the years: Burns and Allen, Martin and Lewis, the original cast of Saturday Night Live, for instance. Of course, there is Monty Python, so good it hurts. But of all the wonderful […]