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Dates, location for General Convention 2018 announced
The 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will be held in July 2018 at The Austin Convention Center, http://www.austinconventioncenter.com/ Austin, Texas (Diocese of Texas). http://www.epicenter.org/ The decision was presented by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of General Convention and Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements, to the Executive […]
Nominations now accepted for Episcopal Church positions, committees, boards
Nominations are now being accepted for various Episcopal Church positions, committees or boards that will be elected during the next General Convention. The Episcopal Church Joint Standing Committee for Nominations for General Convention has issued a call for nominations for seven positions. Elections will take place at the 78th General Convention, to be held in […]
TREC announces information about Study Papers
The Task Force for Re-Imagining the Episcopal Church (TREC) has announced information about Study Papers and its Engagement Kit. With the release of the first Study Paper, the following was issued by the members of TREC. A note regarding TREC Study Papers Over the next few months, TREC will be offering a series of […]
President of the House of Deputies at Executive Council: Opening Remarks
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, presented the following opening remarks at the Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting currently gathered at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Opening Remarks Executive Council Linthicum Heights, Maryland February 5, 2014 The Rev. Gay […]
Presiding Bishop at Executive Council: Opening Remarks
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented the following opening remarks at the Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting currently gathered at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Executive Council 5-7 February 2014 Maritime Center, Linthicum Heights, MD Opening remarks The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding […]
Pierce elected to Executive Council
The Rev. Nathaniel W. Pierce of the Diocese of Easton has been elected the Province III clergy representative on the Episcopal Church Executive Council. The announcement was made by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of General Convention, during the opening session of the Executive Council meeting on February 5 at the Conference Center […]
Baker elected to Executive Council
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker of the Diocese of Northern California has been elected the Province 8 clergy representative on the Episcopal Church Executive Council. The announcement was made by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of General Convention, during the opening session of the Executive Council meeting on February 5 at the […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori calls for Day of Prayer for South Sudan on February 16
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has called for a Day of Prayer for South Sudan for February 16. Bishop Jefferts Schori is joined in this call by the Rev. Gradye Parsons, the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly https://www.pcusa.org/, and the Reformed Church in America https://www.rca.org/ “The world is increasingly concerned over […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop writes to congregations about Good Friday offering for Jerusalem and Middle East
“I continue to be inspired by the Christians who are a small fraction of the population of most of the nations throughout the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East,” Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori writes in the annual Good Friday letter to all congregations asking them to consider assistance for Jerusalem and the Middle East.
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music seeks feedback on Holy Women, Holy Men
The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) has issued the following request for responses concerning Holy Women, Holy Men. At the last General Convention, the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music was directed to continue revising Holy Women, Holy Men with particular attention to the 2006 guidelines, renewed attention to the form, poetry, and […]
