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Episcopal Migration Ministries launches podcast

February 9, 2018

Episcopal Migration Ministries has launched a podcast, HomeTown, featuring voices from across the United States, the Episcopal Church, and the New American community. HomeTown, available on SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play and iTunes, was developed by Episcopal Migration Ministries, the refugee resettlement ministry of the Episcopal Church. Each podcast episode will feature a reflection on the […]

The Good Book Club: February 11 through Pentecost

February 8, 2018

Ash Wednesday nears, and a new, collaborative Lenten resource, The Good Book Club, starts Sunday, February 11. The Good Book Club is an Episcopal churchwide initiative that invites the reading of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles during the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter 2018.  Led by Forward Movement, the […]

Comments invited on Episcopal Church draft 2019-2021 budget

February 8, 2018

The Episcopal Church Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (known as PB&F) invites comments on the draft budget for the 2019-2021 triennium. PB&F met February 5-7 in Linthicum Heights, MD to extensively review the draft budget for the 2019-2021 triennium that had been adopted by Executive Council on January 24. To focus on […]

Executive Council awards Episcopal Church Evangelism Grants

February 7, 2018

The Episcopal Church Executive Council, at its January meeting in Linthicum Heights, MD, approved the recipients of 15 Evangelism Grants, totaling $37,450.  The new Episcopal Evangelism Grants Program is designed to fund local and regional evangelism efforts in the Episcopal Church. “This program will encourage our whole Church to share resources, catalyze imagination, and ultimately […]

Upcoming session trains advocates, allies, ambassadors for refugee resettlement ministry

February 7, 2018

Registration is now open for “Love God, Love Neighbor”, a three-day training course for clergy and laity that is designed to equip Episcopalians to be advocates, allies, and ambassadors for refugees and the ministry of refugee resettlement. Sponsored by Episcopal Migration Ministries, “Love God, Love Neighbor” will be held Wednesday – Friday, May 2-4 at […]

There is still time to register for Evangelism Matters March 15-17

February 5, 2018

Don’t miss the registration for the next Evangelism Matters, an Episcopal Evangelism Conference on March 15-17 for anyone excited to learn about sharing and growing loving, liberating, life-giving relationships with God. Hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, OH, Evangelism Matters is a churchwide event co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church’s Evangelism Initiatives Team and […]

Episcopal Church draft budget for 2019-2021 available for review

February 2, 2018

The draft budget for the Episcopal Church in the 2019-2021 triennium is available for viewing here. The draft budget was approved by the Episcopal Church Executive Council at its January meeting. The draft budget is now submitted to the General Convention through the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance, which will meet to […]

Lent Devotions offered by heads of Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

February 1, 2018

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry joined the leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in preparing Lent Devotions for the upcoming liturgical season. Named Set Free By Truth, the Lent Devotions begin with Ash Wednesday on February 14 and […]

Blessed Absalom Jones offering to assist Episcopal Historically Black Colleges and University

January 29, 2018

Executive Council awards Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants

January 29, 2018

The Episcopal Church Executive Council, at its January meeting in Linthicum Heights, MD, approved the recipients of the Constable Fund Grants, totaling $200,000 for six projects. The Constable Fund Grant Review Committee was chaired by the Rev. Tanya Wallace, an Executive Council member from the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. The Constable Fund provides grants to […]

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