Bulletin Insert: The Nicene Creed, Week 8 – November 2, 2025
Bulletin Insert: The Nicene Creed, Week 1 – September 14, 2025
An Invitation to a Holy Autumn
By Heather Melton, UTO Staff Officer At my house, we have a rule that each season/holiday is only celebrated during its designated time. In August, it’s back to school and the blessing of the backpacks; September is apple picking and birthday month for our kiddos; once their birthday has passed, we can decorate for Halloween. […]
Bible Study: Proper 14 (C) – 2025
RCL: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 The part of Isaiah that this reading comes from was written before the Babylonian Exile and is part of a series of oracles against Judah and Jerusalem. Judah was the southern part of what was once the united kingdom of […]
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Homily by the Rev. Cameron Patridge
Trust and See, Lent 1 (C) – 2025
[RCL] Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 “The only way to get rid of a temptation” Lord Henry advises Dorian Grey in Oscar Wilde’s novel, “is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.” We, like Lord Henry, have the sense that when a desire […]
Bulletin Insert: Life Transformed: Week 1 – March 9, 2025
Bulletin Insert: What Is Lent? – March 2, 2025
Bible Study: Epiphany 7 (C) – 2025
RCL: Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50; Luke 6:27-38 This Bible study is part of a series produced by the Office of Global Partnerships of The Episcopal Church. Genesis 45:3-11, 15 The story of Joseph is well known. His brothers sold him to merchants and, after some time dealing with imprisonment and […]
Letter from Episcopal Church leaders on Trump administration immigration executive orders
Because our true citizenship is not here on earth but in heaven, we are called to transcend the earthly distinctions made among us by the leaders of this world. We must proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is promised to the persecuted and answer Christ’s call to welcome the stranger among us. This vision of God’s kingdom, this new reality, is the one to which we Christians are pledged in our baptism above any political preference or policy, and to which our church must bear witness through word and deed.
To Be the Beloved, Epiphany 1 (C) – 2025
[RCL] Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 I want to talk a bit about the Baptism of Jesus, about what it means. And the place to start, of course, is with today’s Gospel reading. We heard the first part of this story just a few weeks ago at the end of Advent. […]
1789 Society
The mission of The Episcopal Church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer’s catechism, is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” In step with that mission, we follow Jesus into loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, with each other, and with the Earth. Your gift to […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (C) – 2025
RCL: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 This Bible study is part of a series produced by the Office of Global Partnerships of The Episcopal Church. Isaiah 43:1-7 The book of Isaiah can be seen as an account of both the physical and spiritual journey of the people of Israel and their […]
Bulletin Insert: Journeying in the World – December 22, 2024
Bulletin Insert: Journeying with Community – December 15, 2024
Bulletin Insert: Journeying with Family and Friends – December 8, 2024
Bulletin Insert: Saying “Yes” to the Journey – December 1, 2024
Finding Purpose and Resilience: My Year as a YASC Volunteer in Sri Lanka
My name is John Buterbaugh and I served as a YASC volunteer in Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2023. Having been a special education teacher at an inner-city middle school, I experienced many of the difficulties that many teachers around the country were feeling. I wanted to take on a new opportunity to explore my […]
We make our plans, but God guides our paths
A YASC reflection by Henry M. Bibelheimer (Oklahoma) My name is Henry Bibelheimer and I served as a Young Adult Service Corps (YASC) volunteer in the Episcopal Church in the Philippines from 2018 to 2020. When each new YASC application season begins, I think about where I was in the fall of 2017. I had […]