United Thank Offering young adult, seminarian grants awarded for 2018

The 2018 United Thank Offering grants for four seminarians and six young adults were approved by the Episcopal Church Executive Council at its January meeting. The focus of the grants is Becoming Beloved Community: Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice. The United Thank Offering is a ministry to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole Church. […]

Traveling the Jesus Movement: a witness to hurricane recovery

Traveling the Jesus Movement, a new periodic video series, chronicles the visits of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry throughout the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. “The hope for this new video series is to raise awareness within the church and in the wider world of the ministries of Episcopalians everywhere, helping people understand the exciting […]

Join the Journey: Webinar explores ways to participate in The Good Book Club

Join the Journey, a January 31 free webinar, will explore the many ways to participate and become enriched through The Good Book Club. 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 […]

Planning team named for Young Adult Festival at Episcopal Church General Convention 2018

The Rt. Rev. Edward J. Konieczny elected Episcopal Church bishop member on Anglican Consultative Council

The Rt. Rev. Edward J. Konieczny was elected by the Executive Council on January 23 to serve as the Episcopal Church bishop member on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). Bishop Konieczny serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma and is a member of Executive Council. The ACC is one of the four instruments […]

2017 Parochial Report online filing available

Online filing for the 2017 Parochial Report for all Episcopal Church congregations is active and user-friendly. “The annual Parochial Report has traditionally played a major role as the Church plans its mission and ministry,” noted the Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of General Convention. Barlowe pointed out that by now all congregations should […]

Letter to the Episcopal Church From Presiding Bishop, President of House of Deputies

Deadline nears for 2018 Roanridge Trust Award Grants

The January 31 deadline nears for applications for the 2018 Roanridge Trust Award Grants from the Episcopal Church. 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.  Dioceses, congregations, and Episcopal-related organizations and institutions are invited to […]

Advancing to General Convention 2018: Legislative committee rosters announced

In preparation for the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, the legislative committee rosters for the House of Deputies and House of Bishops have been announced. The House of Deputies legislative committees were appointed by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies. The roster of the 26 House of Deputies […]

January 25 webinar discusses Episcopal Church and the Middle East

“Mission, Ministry, and Advocacy: The Episcopal Church & the Middle East” is the topic of a January 25 webinar. Hosted by the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, the free one-hour webinar is designed to be an informative online conversation on connections of ministry and relationship between the Episcopal Church and the entire Middle East. […]