Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks for Executive Council: June 25, 2021
The following is a transcript of the opening remarks of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, currently meeting virtually through June 28.
The Affordable Care Act: Unfinished Business
EPPN Health Care Series Part 3 Sanctify, O Lord, those whom you have called to the study and practice of the arts of healing, and to the prevention of disease and pain. Strengthen them by your life-giving Spirit, that by their ministries the health of the community may be promoted and your creation glorified; through […]
Maternal Health: A Persistent Crisis
EPPN Health Care Series Part 2 O gracious God, we give thee humble and hearty thanks that thou hast preserved through the pain and anxiety of childbirth thy servant, who desires now to offer unto thee her praises and thanksgivings. Grant, most merciful Father, that by thy help she may live faithfully according to thy […]
Global Mission Digital Toolkit
By Jenny Green, officer, Global Relations and Networking The Global Mission Digital Toolkit is now available. Launched on World Mission Sunday, which was observed on the last Sunday after Epiphany, Feb. 14, this resource is a collaboration between The Episcopal Church Office of Global Partnerships (OGP), the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), and the Standing Commission on […]
Health Care: the Perennial American Problem
EPPN Health Care Series Part 1 The Holy Scriptures are replete with references to the Savior’s healing ministry. In obedience to the Lord’s command to tend the sick, the Church has long committed itself to improving the health of people through a wide variety of ministries and means, from running hospitals and nursing facilities to […]
Bulletin Insert: Pentecost 3 (B) – Meet Our Religious Communities: The Community of St. Mary, Southern Province – June 13, 2021
Our mission statement is “We endeavor to say a fervent ‘yes’ to God by responding to the temporal and spiritual needs of our society through daily worship and prayer, the nurture of spiritual growth and the practice of responsible stewardship.”
A Year in the Life: Sundays with Marilee
By Kyran Pittman On the second Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2020, I brought my mom, Marilee, with me to church. We sat on the left side of the nave, about half way back, in the sunlit, whitewashed sanctuary of what I’d described to her as a little village church deep in the heart of […]
Bulletin Insert: Day of Pentecost (B) – Pentecost – May 23, 2021
Today we mark Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit among the apostles and followers of Jesus. Celebrated 50 days after Easter (including the day of Easter itself), the name of the holiday comes from the Greek Pentēkostē, which literally means “the 50th day.”
Solving the Climate Crisis: Policies for a Green Recovery
EPPN Creation Care Series 2021 Part 5 **After reading, don’t forget to use the Take Action link below to urge your Members of Congress to enact ambitious infrastructure and energy legislation!** “From the primal elements you brought forth the human race, and blessed us with memory, reason, and skill. You made us the rulers of […]
Presiding Bishop’s Statement on the Release and Removal of the Rt. Rev. William Love from the Ordained Ministry of The Episcopal Church
In response to a request from Bishop William Love, resigned bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany to be released and removed from the ordained Ministry of The Episcopal Church, pursuant to Episcopal Church Canon III.12.7, Presiding Bishop Curry brought this matter to the Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice. On March 29, following consultation with this Council and with the advice and consent of a majority of the members, the Presiding Bishop granted Bishop Love’s request.
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 […]