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UN anti-violence campaign inspires Churches Beyond Borders 2021 devotional
Coinciding with Advent, this year’s devotions by the four Churches Beyond Borders are also timed with and inspired by the United Nations’ annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
The Episcopal Church Statement on the Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
The Episcopal Church supports legislation that protects the most vulnerable, helps to address racial injustice, and provides safer environments for us all to live in.
Episcopal Service Corps seeks applicants for 2022-23 service year
The Episcopal Church invites young leaders ages 21 to 32 interested in a transformative outreach and discernment experience to consider applying to the Episcopal Service Corps for its 2022-23 service year.
Registration open for United Thank Offering’s 2022 Great EpisGOpal Virtual Race
highly successful inaugural year, the United Thank Offering’s Great EpisGOpal Virtual Race returns Nov. 5-14, with multiple ways to participate and raise funds to support special ministries and missions.
Applications open for seminary faculty to apply
for 2022-2023 Conant Grants
The Episcopal Church announces the opening of applications for Conant Grants for the 2022-2023 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, Dec. 3; recipients will be announced in early 2022.
Toward GC80:
Worship Committee provides planning update on convention liturgies
After a year and a half of thoughtful, inclusive discernment, the General Convention Worship Committee has announced the outline for multiple liturgical services that will “highlight a broad cross-section of embodied expressions of worship from around the church” at the eight-day churchwide gathering in Baltimore in July 2022.
Episcopal Church Executive Council: opening remarks from the President of the House of Deputies
The following are the opening remarks of President of the House of Deputies Gay Clark Jennings at the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting virtually through Oct. 28.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks for Executive Council: October 25, 2021
The following is a transcript of the opening remarks of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting virtually through Oct. 28. These remarks have been lightly edited for clarity.
Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet Oct. 25-28; plenary sessions livestreamed
The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will convene a hybrid meeting Oct. 25-28 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. In accordance with agreements made with the hosting venue, continued COVID-19 protocols will be in place to ensure the health and safety of all involved, including reduced in-person attendance of staff and guests.
Statement from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the passing of Gen. Colin Powell, former secretary of state
My heart is heavy today with the news of the death of Colin Powell, former secretary of state, four-star general, and lifelong Episcopalian. I pray for his family and all his many loved ones, and I give thanks for his model of integrity, faithful service to our nation, and his witness to the impact of a quiet, dignified faith in public life.
