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Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

April 27, 2010

The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, based in Washington, DC, has issued the following statement on immigration reform. The Episcopal Church Calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform The Episcopal Church, in its commitment to render hospitality to those who are most vulnerable, calls on the United States Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. The passage […]

Jubilee: Episcopal Church documentary chronicles transformation in Dallas neighborhood

April 26, 2010

A 12-year relationship that comprehensively transformed both an affluent Episcopal Church and a Dallas neighborhood located in a high-crime area which residents called “a war zone” and was known locally as “the DMZ” is featured in a new documentary, Jubilee. The poignant documentary, Jubilee, depicting the changes in a 62-block area “that had been forgotten […]

Contact, mailing and website information for the four renewing dioceses of The Episcopal Church

April 20, 2010

Please note the following address, phone, fax, website and bishop information for the renewing dioceses of The Episcopal Church. Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth 3350 Southwest Loop 820 Fort Worth, TX 76133 817-921-4533 Fax: 817-926-8278 http://episcopaldiocesefortworth.org/ The Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl Provisional Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh 4099 William Penn Highway Suite 502 Monroeville, […]

Celebrate the Easter Season with The Episcopal Church through Online Bible Study Group

April 19, 2010

Celebrate the season of Easter by joining a Bible study group – online. The Episcopal Church invites online visitors into a Bible study by posting comments and thoughts on each week”s Sunday readings from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL). The complete weekly readings are posted along with study questions and reader comments at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/107902_116094_ENG_HTM.htm Mark […]

Why Serve: Episcopalian young adults explore lay and ordained ministry opportunities at a three-day retreat

April 16, 2010

Episcopal Church Office of Communication partners with Seamen’s Church Institute to tell the worldwide story of piracy and its aftermath

April 16, 2010

While piracy has topped headlines worldwide, Seamen”s Church Institute is focusing on combating piracy, ministering to seafarers and addressing what complications come next in their lives. The Office of Communication of The Episcopal Church has partnered with Seamen”s Church Institute in presenting a dramatic video, Wading in the Waters, detailing the plight of seafarers affected […]

Episcopal Church Environmental Officer on Earth Day 2010: “Our role here on God’s good earth is to be servants of creation.”

April 15, 2010

“Our role here on God”s good earth is to be servants of creation,” offers Michael Schut, Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer of The Episcopal Church, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Presented in The Episcopal Church”s popular Sermons That Work series, Schut notes, “Following the celebration of Easter, Earth […]

The Rev. Canon Petero A. N. Sabune named Africa Partnership Officer for The Episcopal Church

April 13, 2010

The Rev. Canon Petero A. N. Sabune has been named Africa Partnership Officer for The Episcopal Church. The announcement was made by Antoinette (Toni) Daniels and the Rev. Margaret Rose, co-directors of Mission. Sabune will be responsible for serving as a liaison between The Episcopal Church and its partners in Africa. Sabune will begin in […]

Episcopal Church House of Deputies Anderson featured in updated, freshened web pages

April 8, 2010

The newly updated web pages of Episcopal Church House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson open doors to all aspects and voices of the polity of the Church. With a freshened look, the new pages debuted April 7: http://episcopalchurch.org/phod.htm, Among the key elements are insights into Anderson”s views, sermons and statements as well as a listing […]

The Episcopal Church urges all: Be counted, or lose out, in the 2010 Census

April 8, 2010
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