Presiding Bishop offers prayer for Boston

  [April 15, 2013] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori calls for prayer following the explosions in Boston, MA, and offers the following prayer: Gracious God, you walk with us through the valley of the shadow of death.  We pray that the suffering and terrorized be surrounded by the incarnate presence of the crucified […]

Episcopal Church, Church of Sweden gather to explore "Sustaining hope in the face of climate change"

The Episcopal Church and the Church of Sweden are sponsoring a two-day environmental event, “Sustaining hope in the face of climate change” in Washington DC on May 1 and 2. The public is invited to attend the Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon events held at St John’s Lafayette Square for no charge. Pre-registration is suggested; […]

Scholarship applications now accepted for Episcopal church grants

New Episcopal Church video features Church of the Apostles, Seattle

It’s innovative.  It’s young.  It’s an Episcopal and Lutheran congregation, truly living into Called to Common Mission.  It’s the Church of the Apostles http://www.apostleschurch.org/ in Seattle, WA (Diocese of Olympia), and, to many, it’s the face of the future. The Church of the Apostles is featured in a new video in the groundbreaking series, Transforming […]

New DFMS staff model, new tenant announced

PB Joint Nominating Committee addresses tasks, hears insights

The Joint Nominating Committee for the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) kicked off its work on March 18-20 with a conversation with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and a mapping of the committee’s future work. Meeting at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in NH, JNCPB is charged to present a slate of no fewer […]

Episcopal Church focuses on gun violence March 25 In Stations of the Cross in Washington DC

On Monday, March 25 at 10:30 am Eastern, more than 20 Episcopal bishops from throughout the church will lead hundreds of clergy and lay people in praying the Stations of the Cross in Washington, DC, as they process along Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the U. S. Capitol to challenge violence, especially the […]

Episcopal Church Economic Justice Committee invests in Bank of Palestine

As approved by the Episcopal Church Economic Justice Loan Committee (EJLC) of the Executive Council and as part of its economic justice portfolio, The Episcopal Church recently purchased a three-year certificate of deposit for $500,000 in the Bank of Palestine.  This action, approved in late January by EJLC, is in response to several resolutions affirmed […]

Episcopal Church Asiamerica Ministry to celebrate 40th anniversary

The Episcopal Church Asiamerica Ministry will celebrate its 40th anniversary June 20-24 in San Francisco CA.  Focusing on the theme “EAM@40: Remember, Celebrate and Re-Envision Our Mission,” the conference will celebrate the 40 years of Asiamerica Ministry, from its beginnings when a handful of Chinese and Japanese clergy gathered in San Francisco on March 1973. […]

Holy Week, Easter worship available on Episcopal Church website

The Office of Communication will present worship offerings every day of Holy Week. The offerings will be available on a special page of the Episcopal Church website here http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/holy-week-worship Palm Sunday, March 24 – Palms and Parasols Second Line Procession with Jazz Band from St. Paul & St. James Church, New Haven, CT http://www.stpaulstjames.org/  (Diocese […]