Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori opens the Episcopal Church House of Bishops fall meeting

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori opened the Episcopal Church House of Bishops fall meeting in Province IX, Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday, September 15.  “The gospel insists that we are all united as children of one God, that the actions of one affect others, and that we share a responsibility for the whole of God’s creation,” […]

President Bonnie Anderson nominates the Very Rev. Scott Kirby as vice president of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies

Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies, announced today that she will nominate the Very Rev. H. Scott Kirby, retired dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to serve as vice president of the House of Deputies for the duration of the 2012 General Convention, which meets next July in Indianapolis. The […]

Tuition subsidies available, free webinars scheduled for innovative Episcopal Church – GreenFaith partnership

[September 7, 2011] Michael Schut, Episcopal Church Economic/Environmental Affairs Officer, has announced the availability of tuition subsidies and the scheduling of two free webinars regarding the partnership between the Episcopal Church and GreenFaith. For the past year, the Episcopal Church has been in partnership with GreenFaith, a leading national religious environmental group, to assist churches […]

Episcopal Church Office of Communication coverage of 10th anniversary of September 11 from Episcopal News Service, Multimedia, Web and Social Media

[September 7, 2011] Videos, articles, interviews, sermons and social media remembrances and conversations are the offerings from the Episcopal Church marking the 10th Anniversary of September 11. “September 11 profoundly changed our country and our people,” noted Anne Rudig, director of communication. “While the anniversary is a sad moment to mark, it also opened windows […]

Still time to register for Everyone Everywhere 2011, Episcopal Church domestic and global mission conference

Ten Episcopal Church missionaries embark on international mission placements

September – December 2011 consecrations, elections and consents in the Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church offers six-week reflections on stewardship: "Feasting On Gratitude"

The Episcopal Church Office of Stewardship has developed a six-week series of readings, reflections and questions called “œFeasting on Gratitude” to assist in discerning the practice of intentional and proportional giving to one’s faith community. “Feasting on Gratitude” invites individuals and congregations to reflect and discuss stewardship principles and practices, based on the Sunday gospel readings […]

Episcopal Church Executive Council draft triennial budget preparation process underway

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson Reflect on Dr. Pamela Chinnis

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson have extended their condolences and offered reflections on the August 24 death of Dr. Pamela Chinnis, former President of the House of Deputies. Chinnis was a lay person and the first woman to serve as the President of the […]