Presiding Bishop, HOD President issue statement on special task force on church structural reform

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have released the following statement concerning the special task force for church structural reform.   “We are offering an update on the selection of the members of the special task force on structural reform.  We wish […]

House of Deputies President: “Let’s be bold and visionary disciples of Jesus.”

“Let’s be bold and visionary disciples of Jesus,” the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, said in her sermon at the noon Chapel service at the Episcopal Church Center during the meeting of the Executive Council. The Executive Council, meeting in New Brunswick, NJ, visited the Church Center in New York […]

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents opening remarks to Executive Council

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented her opening remarks to the Executive Council at its first meeting of the triennium. The following is the text of the Presiding Bishop’s remarks:   Executive Council October 15, 2012 Opening remarks   The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding Bishop and Primate   I want to […]

Straub honored with inaugural Episcopal Church House of Deputies Medal

The Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory S. Straub, who will retire as executive secretary of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church on January 1 after nearly eight years and three General Conventions, was awarded the inaugural House of Deputies Medal today. The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, presented […]

House of Deputies President opening remarks to Executive Council

Episcopal Church President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings has presented her opening remarks to the Executive Council at its first meeting of the triennium. The following is the text of her remarks:   The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies Opening Remarks to Executive Council New […]

Presiding Bishop’s sermon at Executive Council opening Eucharist

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has delivered the following sermon at Eucharist at the Executive Council meeting on the opening day of its four-day meeting, the first of this triennium.   The following is the Presiding Bishop’s sermon:     Teresa of Avila 15 October 2012 Executive Council   The Most Rev. Katharine […]

Presiding Bishop writes to presidential candidates

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written to the presidential candidates, urging President Barack Obama and the Hon. Mitt Romney “to use the debate forum to articulate strong support for a just and peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a clear plan for how you would work to support that […]

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Office of Communication offers music by US Army Chorus at St. John’s, Lafayette Square, Washington DC

A new musical video, featuring The United States Army Chorus is now available on the website of the Episcopal Church Office of Communication. Originating from St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, DC (Diocese of Washington), the event was recorded on October 3 and features popular favorites presented by this well-known and widely-respected choral group. […]