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78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 3 sermon by the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry; letter from President Obama presented
“Now I’ve got one word for you,” the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry of North Carolina, Presiding Bishop-Elect, told the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in his sermon on July 3. “If you don’t remember anything else I say this morning, it’s the first word in the Great Commission: GO!” Presiding at the Eucharist […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: July 2 sermon by the Rev. Colin Mathewson
“There is a single, eternal, and glorious Word whom we worship here today: the Word of God made flesh who dwelt among us, died on the cross of shame, and rose victorious,” the Rev. Colin Mathewson said in his sermon July 2 to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. “Jesus’ life, death, and […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 30 sermon by the Rev. Kimberly Jackson
“I invite you to sing a song that resurrects hope within you,” the Rev. Kimberly Jackson, chaplain and vicar of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center, Emmaus House Chapel, Atlanta http://absalomjones.org/said in her June 30 sermon to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. Bishop Wendell Gibbs of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan presided at […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 29 sermon by Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
“There are times when the weight of our historic experience seems like it is unbearable,” Archbishop Vicken Aykazian of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America said in his June 29 sermon to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. “And yet, it is precisely at such moments that Christ can become […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 28 sermon by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
“Talitha, cum. Get up, girl – and boy, and woman, and man – get up and dance!” Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori told the gathering in her June 28 sermon to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. The following is the text of the sermon General Convention June 28, 2015 The Most Rev. […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 27 sermon by the Rev. Cathlena A. Plummer
“This is my story, this is who I am,.” the Rev. Cathlena A. Plummer of Navajoland shared in her sermon to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church on June 27. Bishop Michael Smith of North Dakota presided at the Eucharist. The following is the text of the sermon: A Very Good Shepherd The […]
Bishop Michael Curry from North Carolina Elected 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on the first ballot on June 27. Bishop Curry, 62, is the first African-American to be elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The election occurred during the 78th […]
United Thank Offering grants: $1.3 million for Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion mission and ministry
The United Thank Offering of The Episcopal Church awarded 55 grants for a total of $1,558,006.85 for the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. The announcement was made by Samuel McDonald, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission for the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, during the 78th General […]
78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: June 26 sermon by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies
“We don’t seek solutions whose only virtues are that they save us time, save us energy and save us money,” the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies said in her sermon to the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church on June 26. “We seek solutions that serve the kingdom.” The […]
Presiding Bishop on Supreme Court Ruling
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued this statement following today’s Supreme Court ruling: Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in […]
