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Episcopal summit focuses on human trafficking in Asiamerica communities

April 25, 2014

Focusing on the need to build awareness about the crime of human trafficking, the public is invited to an Episcopal Church event, Summit on Human Trafficking: Mobilizing Communities against Modern Day Slavery on May 10 at St. James Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY. Sponsored by the Episcopal Church Asiamerica Ministries and the National Alliance […]

ARC-USA releases joint ecclesiology document

April 22, 2014

The Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARC-USA) has released a keynote document, Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness. Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness was approved at the ARC-USA meeting February 24-25 at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA. The meeting was chaired by Bishop Bauerschmidt; the […]

May – August 2014 consecrations, elections and consents in the Episcopal Church

April 22, 2014

In the next four months – May 1 to August 31 – the Episcopal Church will witness the consecration of one bishop and the election of three bishops.

United Thank Offering donations jump for 2014-2015 grant applications

April 21, 2014

Donations to the United Thank Offering jumped over $80,000 while grant applications increased. According to information from the United Thank Offering Board: The 2013 ingathering amount is $1,525,407.78, an increase of $80,477.51 from 2012. Similar to the previous year, all but five dioceses of The Episcopal Church contributed to the 2013 ingathering prior to the […]

DFMS enters lease agreement for Episcopal Church Center space

April 16, 2014

An agreement has been completed between the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations to lease a portion of a floor at the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue in New York City, NY. “I am very pleased by this development,” explained Bishop […]

Plenary sessions live-streamed from Episcopal Church special event

April 9, 2014

Four plenary sessions from Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace: An Episcopal Gathering to Challenge the Epidemic of Violence will be live streamed at no cost. Violence in all its forms in American society and what can be done will be examined at the special Episcopal Church gathering April 9 – 11 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma […]

Applications accepted for two DFMS positions

April 7, 2014

Applications are now being accepted for two full time positions on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS): Mission Budget and Finance Management Associate; and Assistant Grants Administrator in Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM). These positions reflect the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focuses on the Five Marks of Mission. […]

Task Force on Study of Marriage reports on continued work

April 7, 2014

The Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage has issued the following report: In its second face to face meeting since being established by the 2012 General Convention of The Episcopal Church, the Task Force on the Study of Marriage continued its broad inquiry of the historical, biblical, theological, liturgical, and canonical dimensions […]

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Easter Message 2014

April 7, 2014

“Where and how will we look for the Body of Christ, risen and rising?” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents in her Easter Message 2014. “Will we share the life of that body as an Easter people, transformed by resurrection and sent to transform the world in turn?”

Episcopal Office of Communication provides daily live, on-demand webcasts of Holy Week, Easter services

April 3, 2014

On a daily basis, the Episcopal Church Office of Communication will offer live webcasts and on-demand airings of Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter services from churches throughout New York City (Diocese of New York). All live webcasts will be available here and here The services also will be available on demand. “Holy Week, from […]

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