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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry calls for prayer for Standing Rock Sioux Nation
In a new video, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry has issued an invitation for prayers for the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and all those gathered in support of the advocacy efforts. Presiding Bishop Curry asks that people pause and pray on Thursday, November 3 at noon local time.
EYE17 Theme: Path to Peace
The 2017 Episcopal Youth Event (EYE17) will focus on the theme Path to Peace, based on Matthew 5:1-12. Path to Peace as a theme was developed by the EYE17 Mission Planning Team who discerned a call to focus on peacemaking and the ways each member of the Jesus Movement can pursue a path to peace. […]
Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corps: Applications accepted for 2017-2018 placements
Young adults (21-30 years old) have an opportunity to transform their own lives while engaging mission and ministry in the Anglican Communion by joining the Young Adult Service Corps. Now, applications are available for 2017-2018 placements in the Young Adult Service Corps, commonly known as YASC. Currently YASCers are serving throughout the Anglican Communion, working […]
Advent devotions offered by heads of Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
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 Advent Devotions for the upcoming liturgical season. Titled “Liberated by God’s Grace” and available here. The weekly devotions were prepared by The Most Rev. […]
Call is issued to the Episcopal Church to stand with Standing Rock on November 3
The Episcopal Church community on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota has issued a call for the Episcopal Church to stand in solidarity and witness with those protecting water on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota. Concerned by the increased repression of non-violent water protectors whose ranks include men, women and […]
Church Planting and Mission Enterprise Zones Grants Awarded
At the October meeting, the Episcopal Church Executive Council approved grants totaling $1,797,000 for church planting and Mission Enterprise Zones. Resolution D005 and Resolution A012 approved by General Convention in July 2015 authorized new and continued funding for church plants and Mission Enterprise Zones throughout the Episcopal Church. Newly created grants have been and will be […]
Today on Thursdays at 2: Presiding Bishop’s Election message
On Thursday, October 27, Thursdays at 2 will feature Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Election Message. “Voting and participation in our government is a way of participating in our common life,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry said in a video election message. “And that is a Christian obligation. Indeed, we who follow in the Way […]
Presiding Bishop Curry’s opening remarks at Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting
The following are the October 20 opening remarks of Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry at the Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting held October 20-22 in New Brunswick, NJ. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Opening Remarks Executive Council October 20, 2016 Allow me to talk about the vision of the Jesus Movement on the practical churchwide […]
Still time to apply for Constable Fund Grants
There is still time to apply for the Constable Fund Grants for the 2016-2017 cycle. Deadline for applications is November 1 The Constable Fund provides grants to fund mission initiatives that were not provided for within the budget of The Episcopal Church, as approved by General Convention 2015. The Rev. Tanya Wallace, Executive Council member […]
President of the House of Deputies opening remarks At Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting
The following are the opening remarks of the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, at Executive Council meeting through October 22 in New Brunswick, NJ. Opening Remarks Executive Council New Brunswick, New Jersey October 20, 2016 The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings Last month, at the kind invitation […]
