Nominations open until August 1 to continue work of General Convention

Now that the 77th General Convention has concluded, the work of the Church continues. There is still time to submit a nomination to the General Convention office for clergy and lay volunteers to serve on committees and commissions of the General Convention and committees of the Executive Council. All members of the Episcopal Church may […]

Episcopal Church, Lutheran Presiding Bishops issue joint statement on 2012 International AIDS Conference

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in presenting the following joint statement on the 2012 International AIDS Conference meeting in Washington DC July 22-27. We join together as Presiding Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church […]

Media Hub, social networks, Episcopal News Service Bring General Convention 2012 to audiences everywhere

A look at the astounding numbers from the Episcopal Church Media Hub, Facebook, Twitter, and Episcopal News Service illustrates not only the high level of interest in the recent General Convention, but also shows that viewers were engaging with the actions of General Convention, whether in Indianapolis or elsewhere.   Media Hub The Media Hub […]

General Convention July 12 Sermon: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

[1] Program, Budget, and Finance – committee that develops the budget [2] The Rev. Gregory Straub is the Secretary of General Convention [3] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [4] A good biographical review here:  http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1930/soderblom-bio.html [5] http://www.colonialswedes.org/Churches/Churches.html and related sites [6] https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2012/07/11/the-rev-stephanie-spellers-preaches-at-convention-eucharist/ [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping [8] Draw us in the Spirit’s Tether, music by Harold […]

General Convention July 11 Sermon: The Rev. Stephanie Spellers

General Convention July 10 Sermon: The Rev. Albert Cutié

The following sermon was presented today at the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, meeting in Indianapolis IN through July 12.   SERMON – JULY 10, 2012 – Remembering Bartolomé de las Casas: Tireless Advocate for Justice (MT 10:26-31) – The Rev. Albert Cutié, Diocese of Southeast Florida In the name of God: Father, […]

Program, Budget and Finance presents budget to General Convention

The following statement has been issued by the members of the Episcopal Church Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, on July 10 at the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.   The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance completed its work on the proposed 2013-15 budget and presented it to […]

The Rev Gay Clark Jennings on her election as President of the House of Deputies

Statement from the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, clerical deputy, Diocese of Ohio, on her election  on July 10 as President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church. I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues in the House of Deputies as their next president, and I’m grateful to all of the […]

General Convention July 9 Sermon: the Rev. Dr. Mary Crist

Program, Budget and Finance issues statement on budget completion

The following statement has been issued by the members of the Episcopal Church Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, on July 9 at the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church.   The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance completed its work on the proposed 2013-15 budget on Monday morning, July […]