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In the News
Rapid Response Grants In early November of last year, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church awarded 33 Beloved Community “Rapid-Response” grants totaling $187,800 to support parishes and dioceses that are mobilizing to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their neighbors and communities. Online classrooms effectively locked thousands of children out of school because their […]
Getting to Know You: The Rev. Shaneequa Brokenleg
The Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg did not have “host a podcast” on her 2020 bingo card! Brokenleg joined the presiding bishop’s staff in the Office of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care in January 2020 as the staff officer for racial reconciliation. She anticipated lots of travel and looked forward to this new call, training and teaching […]
This is Sacred Ground
Across the country, parishes and dioceses are implementing the Sacred Ground and Healing from Internalized Oppression curricula created by The Episcopal Church to address systemic racism in congregations and communities. This past August, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society staff (DFMS is the legal name of The Episcopal Church) took up this work too. Following the murders of George Floyd […]
Online International Black Clergy Conference Draws Hundreds
More than 390 Black clergy and laity of The Episcopal Church gathered online in mid-November of 2020 for the Office of Black Ministries International Black Clergy Conference, “The African Diaspora United: Woke and Ready to Go.” Participants included Black clergy and lay leadership worldwide, representing the diversity of backgrounds and communities they serve. The conference was […]
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 […]
Prayer/Meditation
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O, God, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be […]
In the News – Arctic Drilling and The Episcopal Church’s response
The Trump Administration made a recent decision to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Episcopal Church has long opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Our Office of Government Relations and the Church’s ministry for Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care actively works within General Convention resolutions to promote and advocate for indigenous […]
Profile: The Rev. Edwin Johnson
Chair, Presiding Officers’ Advisory Group on Becoming Beloved Community ImplementationRector, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts Tell us about yourself: Where did you grow up? What inspired your call? Why The Episcopal Church? I was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents who found the Episcopal/Anglican Church before coming to the United States from Montserrat […]
Voting Faithfully
It is a Christian obligation to vote, and more than that, it is the church’s responsibility to help get souls to the polls. -Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Through the Office of Government Relations, The Episcopal Church leads the way in creating and sharing curriculum for individuals and parishes to Vote Faithfully. This means recognizing the importance […]
Pauli Murray, Priest, 1985
Anna Pauli Murrayli” Murray (1910–1985) was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, a women’s rights activist, Episcopal priest, and author. Drawn to the ministry, in 1977 Murray was the first African-American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest, the first year that any women were ordained by The Episcopal Church. Some of her words reverberate […]
