Roanridge Trust Award Grants announced for innovative leadership development programs

Twelve projects in ten dioceses and two provinces, totaling $211,210 for the Roanridge Trust Award Grants, have been announced for 2018. The Roanridge Trust Award Grants are provided annually for creative models of leadership development, training and ministries in small towns and rural communities across the Episcopal Church.  Recipients The twelve projects receiving 2018 Roanridge […]

Advancing to General Convention 2018: Consider volunteering opportunities in Austin

Today’s video on Thursdays at 2: YASC: Looking Back

On Thursday, April 26, Thursdays at 2, a favorite and popular feature produced by the Office of Communications, presents the Young Adult Service Corps: Looking Back. This week, Thursdays at 2 presents the last in a four-part series on the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), a one-year commitment to international mission service across the Anglican […]

Don’t wait: registration open for the 2018 Called to Transformation facilitator formation workshops

Registrations are now open for three Called to Transformation Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) facilitator formation workshops in 2018. The workshops will be held: Monday to Thursday, August 13 – 16 at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA Monday to Thursday, October 8 – 11 at St. Columba Center in Memphis, TN and two parallel tracks […]

Media advisory: May 23 webinar to review Episcopal Church General Convention 2018 for media, writers, bloggers, videographers

A May 23 webinar will review the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church for members of the media: writers, print/electronic reporters, bloggers, videographers, photographers, and anyone who will be covering/reporting on the event. The 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church will be held Thursday, July 5 to Friday, July 13, 2018 at The […]

Presiding Bishop offers tribute to Barbara Bush

The following statement from Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is in tribute to Barbara Bush. Today and tomorrow, as the Bush family and the nation they have served so faithfully give thanks for the life and witness of Mrs. Barbara Bush, we of the Episcopal Church likewise give God thanks for her life and […]

Video series invites Episcopalians to revisit slave trade, share truths about race today Door of Return: Racial Truth and Reconciliation Pilgrimage

Door of Return: Racial Truth and Reconciliation Pilgrimage to Ghana is a series of three powerful, short films and discussion tools that open conversation about race, faith and the path toward healing. The videos were filmed during a pilgrimage led by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Episcopal Relief & Development to Ghana, West Africa. A […]

Today’s video on Thursdays at 2: YASC: Looking Forward

On Thursday, April 19, Thursdays at 2, a favorite and popular feature produced by the Office of Communications, presents the Young Adult Service Corps: Looking Forward.   This week, Thursdays at 2 presents the third in a four-part series on the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), a one-year commitment to international mission service across the […]

Task Force presents updated Safe Church Policies

The General Convention Task Force to Update Sexual Misconduct Policies has updated the Safe Church Policies for the Episcopal Church to help and enable clergy, congregations, volunteers, and individuals understand and live into the importance of this training. Robin Hammeal-Urban of the Diocese of Connecticut, chair of the Task Force, explained that the work of […]

Advancing to General Convention 2018: Registration open for children’s program; Applications accepted for counselors, junior counselors

Registration is now open for the Children’s Program and applications are being accepted for volunteer counselor and junior counselor opportunities at the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.    The 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church will be held Thursday, July 5 to Friday, July 13 at The Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas […]