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Joint Nominating Committee announces timeline
The Episcopal Church Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) has issued information on its timeline for nominations for the next Presiding Bishop. The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) continues its work and is pleased to share with the Church its timeline for the process […]
New website offers ways to assist Navajoland
Opportunities abound to assist the self-sustaining ministry of Navajoland, a regional district in the Episcopal Church. Ideas to help sustain Navajoland by volunteering or donating are offered at a visually engaging new website, http://www.navajoland.org/ The website was produced by the Episcopal Church Office of Communication in collaboration with the Navajoland Area Mission and the Development […]
Applications accepted for General Convention office position
Applications are now being accepted for the Staff Assistant for Content Management and Digital Publishing in the Executive Offices of the General Convention of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). The Staff Assistant for Content Management and Digital Publishing will be based at the Church Center in New York City. Position information is located […]
A call to peace and prayer for Ukraine
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joins the heads of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada in issuing A call to peace and prayer for Ukraine. The following is their statement: A call to peace and prayer for Ukraine from […]
Deacon Terry Star, Rest in Peace
The Episcopal Church is saddened by the sudden death of Deacon Terry L. Star of the Diocese of North Dakota, a member of the Episcopal Church Executive Council and a seminarian at Nashotah House in Wisconsin. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori commented, “The Episcopal Church has been much blessed by the ministry of Deacon Terry […]
Share your Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, Easter experiences with the entire Church
The holy season of Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday and continues to the festive day of Easter. This season, consider sharing your experiences with the entire Episcopal Church by uploading photos and videos to appear on the stained glass on the main page of the Episcopal Church website www.episcopalchurch.org. “Please share photos and […]
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Lent Message 2014
“So as you enter Lent, consider how you will live in solidarity with those who are hungry, or broken, or ill in one way or another,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her Lent Message 2014.
Still time to submit videos to Task Force on Study of Marriage
There is still time to submit a video to the Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage. The videos should focus on the topic: Give us your first name and tell a one minute story about your relationship or one you know well in which you have seen the image of God. The […]
TREC releases second Study Paper
The Task Force for Re-Imagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) has released the second of its Study Papers, Focusing on Reforms to Church Wide Governance and Administration, the Study Paper is available here The first Study Paper was released February 6 and is available here TREC members previously noted: We ask you to respond in whatever […]
Episcopal Church grants available for campus ministries
Applications are now being accepted for grant proposals from dioceses, parishes or community college/college/university campuses for new as well as current campus ministries in higher education institutions in the Episcopal Church. “We hope that, through these grants, dioceses, parishes and campus ministries can imagine new ways of ministering to those young adults who are traditionally […]
