New resource for personal reflection: Daily Prayer for All Seasons
Daily Prayer for All Seasons is now available for free downloading on the website of The Episcopal Church here Developed by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and authorized by the 77th General Convention in 2012 (Resolution A055 here), the prayers in Daily Prayer for All Seasons are presented according to liturgical season beginning […]
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 […]
Transformed in Baptism, Epiphany 1 (B) – January 7, 2024
[RCL] Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 Paul said to the disciples in Ephesus: ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?’ They replied, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ Then he said, ‘Into what then were you baptized?’ They answered, ‘Into John’s baptism’” (Acts […]
Music & Liturgy
Music & Liturgy Liturgy is the term for the church’s sacramental rites and texts used in public worship. In An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church (Church Publishing, 2000), Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum explain that “liturgy expresses the church’s identity and mission, including the church’s calling to invite others and to serve with concern for […]
Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee issues communiqué
The Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee (LECC) has issued the communiqué below following their October meeting in Chicago, Illinois: Almost Two Decades of Life Together: How Do We Encourage Next Steps? Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee (LECC) October 15-17, 2019 Lutheran Center, Chicago, Illinois The Lutheran Episcopal Coordinating Committee met at the Lutheran Center in Chicago on October 15-17, 2019. […]
New Resources for a New Program Year
Welcome to guest blogger, Sharon Ely Pearson. Sharon is an editor and the Christian Formation Specialist for Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI). Church Publishing, Morehouse Publishing, and Morehouse Education Resources are imprints of CPI. Curricula, Books and Resources Available The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, and our programs have resumed for a new […]
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from the president of the House of Deputies
Opening remarks of President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris at the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting through Jan. 29 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Creation Care Resources for Lent
As we enter the season of Lent we have the opportunity to reflect and to integrate creation care into our Lenten practices. The following resources offer an invitation into daily practices of meditation, prayer, and action. Share these resources with your congregation or creation care committee, or use them for your own personal Lenten journey. […]
Sinners, Proper 25 (C) – 2022
[RCL] Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14 When Jesus walked this earth, he was known not only for the miracles he performed but also for the parables he told. The genius of Jesus’ parables is the way they shock and surprise the audience by subverting conventional wisdom and expectations. One such parable […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (C) – 2022
RCL: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Isaiah 43:16-21 Have you had the opportunity to visit an arid landscape? There is a rich and complex ecosystem here, but to someone who is unfamiliar with the terrain, it might be hard to see the complexity of the webs of life. When the rain comes, […]
Bulletin Insert: Pentecost 12 (B) – Meet Our Religious Communities: The Community of the Holy Spirit – August 15, 2021
Meet the Community of the Holy Spirit, a religious community for women in The Episcopal Church:
Books and Print
Books and Print 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 […]
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.
Preparing to Become the Beloved Community curriculum revised for Advent 2020
New and updated Advent and Christmas resources for congregations, dioceses, and communities of faith are available, with additional resources coming soon. Available now: Preparing to Become the Beloved Community Advent curriculum; Way of Love Digital Invitation Kit; updated Journeying the Way of Love Advent calendar and curriculum; AdventWord 2020; Episcopal Migration Ministries Refugee Prayer Vigil. And be sure to sign up for daily Advent and Christmas emails. Find Advent and Christmas resources from The Episcopal Church here.
Adults
For Adults A Journey with LukeJoin the journey with Luke with fifty days of scripture readings, meditations, and prayers written by dynamic spiritual leaders from around the world. A Journey with Luke is part of a series of fifty-day Bible studies and is an extension of The Bible Challenge, a global initiative to encourage daily […]
Congregations
For Congregations A 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 the Rev. Drew Courtright of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Concord, N.H. […]
Youth
For Youth Baptism Ceremony – Church on the SquareFather Jim Hamilton describes the importance of baptism in the context of a congregation: as a way of reaching back and forward in time and space with the communion of saints, as a way of celebrating the gift of a child to the Gregory family and their […]
Young Adults
For Young Adults 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 […]
Adults
For Adults 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 corresponds to topics like “Human Nature”, “The Christian Hope”, and “Sin and Redemption”. Created by the […]