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Episcopal Church Center moves forward with new strategic model
The Episcopal Church Center continues to move into its new strategic model emphasizing project-based goal-oriented mission and ministry. The new structure calls for a Department of Mission with seven program-based Mission Teams. In a November 18 memo released to Church staff, Directors of Mission Antoinette (Toni) Daniels and the Rev. Margaret R. Rose explained, “Mission […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishops Advent Message:
Noting that the season of Advent is “a time of waiting, but it is not a time to sit around and wait for someone to do something,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori urged all to take this time and reach out to families and to strangers. The Presiding Bishop”s video Advent message, taped […]
Episcopal Bishop Wolfe Elected Vice President of House of Bishops
The Rt. Rev. Dean Elliott Wolfe, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, was elected Vice President of The Episcopal Church House of Bishops. He was elected at the 2009 General Convention in Anaheim, California and assumed the responsibilities immediately. "It was an honor to have been invited by the Presiding Bishop to serve in […]
Presiding Bishop’s Statement for World AIDS Day 2009
Marketing materials available focusing on "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You"
Marketing materials focusing on the welcoming nature of The Episcopal Church are available to dioceses, congregations and provinces from The Episcopal Church Office of Communication. As example of outreach and evangelism, The Episcopal Church ad was featured on page 9A in the Friday, November 20 edition of USA Today, receiving national exposure. The print ad […]
General Convention DVDs now available
DVDs featuring all the sermons and daily highlights of The Episcopal Church”s General Convention 2009 are now available through Episcopal Books and Resources. The DVDs are ideal for adult forums, Sunday school classes, evangelism, Advent or Lenten reflections, Bible study, discussion groups, or as a commemorative item. The content of the DVDs originally appeared on […]
Episcopal Bishop Christopher Epting comments on the Vaticans Apostolic Constitution
Bishop Christopher Epting, Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations of The Episcopal Church, has issued the following: Now that the full text of the Vatican's “Apostolic Constitution” dealing with certain former Anglicans who wish to become Roman Catholics has been released, it is clear that what is being touted by some as an 'ecumenical gesture' […]
Messages to Fort Worth
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson sent messages to the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on the historic ordination of Susan Slaughter. From Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori: November 12, 2009 To the faithful gathered for the ordination of Susan Slaughter: I give thanks to God for this […]
Committees, Commissions continue the work of General Convention
Note: this is the another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. In a few days, the CCABs of GC will gather at a huge meeting in the Windy City. In regular, non-church language, that means that the Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards (CCABs) of General Convention (GC) of The Episcopal […]
