Office of Public Affairs
Free advertising available for jobs, calls, events in the Episcopal Church
Congregations with open positions or upcoming events can now advertise at no cost on the newly re-designed Episcopal News Service website https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/ Launched in early December, the Episcopal News Service website now includes Featured Jobs and Calls, a jobs area as well as a bulletin board where churches can post jobs and calls for free. […]
Anti-Racism Committee offers action in response to General Convention resolution A-143
In response to the 2009 General Convention Resolution A-143, the Episcopal Church Executive Council’s Anti-Racism Committee has called for facilitated conversations and video viewing by dioceses and congregations to combat the sin of racism. Resolution A-143 called for dioceses “to continue over the next six years a process to gather information in its community on […]
Observe Advent and Christmas with the Episcopal Church through new Advent Portal, social media
The Episcopal Church Advent Portal provides an ideal avenue for personal observations of Advent and Christmas. Available here and https://vimeopro.com/episcopalchurch/advent-2011, the Advent Portal features videos vignettes of personal reflections by Episcopalians and seasonal musical selections. With new videos posted each week, the current offerings include: Madrigal Singers at St. John's Church, Washington DC; Advent Greetings; […]
Redesigned Episcopal News Service website highlights enhanced news outlets, multimedia, social media
A redesigned Episcopal News Service website now enhances its news and commentary with a myriad of advances, including expanded multimedia and a range of social media offerings and share tools, all designed to help you keep up-to-date on the Episcopal Church. Episcopal News Service: https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/ “The new Episcopal News Service website enables readers and visitors […]
Share your thoughts and observe Advent and Christmas through Episcopal Church social media
The Episcopal Church Office of Communications is offering myriad avenues to enjoy, share, and actively participate in observing Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Starting on the first day of Advent – Sunday November 27 – the Episcopal Church Facebook and Twitter features special Advent and Christmas elements: conversation-starting inquiries, a word of the day, videos, and […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s office notifies Diocese of Alabama of successful canonical consent process
The Governance of The Episcopal Church: This information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Alabama that Bishop Suffragan John McKee Sloan has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s calls Advent “a time of listen, a time to reflect”
Calling Advent “a time to listen, a time to reflect,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori urges in her Advent Message 2011 to “rest, wait, yearn” for the coming celebration of the birth of the Savior. The Presiding Bishop’s video Advent message, taped at General Theological Seminary in New York City park, is available […]
