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The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of East Carolina that Bishop-Elect Robert Skirving has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. The Rev. Robert Stuart Skirving was elected on May 17.  His ordination and consecration service is slated for November 8; Presiding Bishop…

Episcopal authors now have a new Bookshelf! Thanks to Sermons That Work, a new service has been launched, named the Episcopal Bookshelf, to promote books written by Episcopalians. Episcopal Bookshelf is here “Although the Sermons That Work website has been offering reviews of books by major publishing houses for several years, Episcopal Bookshelf now provides…

Registration is still available for The Episcopal Church Development Office Fall 2014 Fundraising Symposium, Sacred Fundraising, Secular Tools, on Thursday and Friday, October 16, and 17. Designed for directors of development at dioceses, congregations, and other Episcopal organizations, as well as clergy interested in parish/diocesan fundraising, Sacred Fundraising, Secular Tools will be held at the…

It’s time to vote for your favorite original artwork that will be used for the 2014 Episcopal Church Christmas card. Forty-eight artists submitted 70 entries expressing a local understanding of God’s incarnation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. About the voting: Submissions and voting instructions are here Participants are requested to vote for only one….

Exhibitor applications are now available for organizations and vendors interested in exhibiting at The Episcopal Church’s 78th General Convention, June 25 – July 3, 2015 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, UT (Diocese of Utah). The Episcopal Church’s General Convention is held every three years, and is the bicameral governing body…

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Mississippi that Bishop-Elect Coadjutor Brian R. Seage has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction,…

Applications are being accepted for a provincial delegate and up to 20 churchwide delegates to represent The Episcopal Church at the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York City, March 9-20, 2015. The provincial delegate and the churchwide delegates will be able to attend the official…

Input is requested from members of The Episcopal Church for a questionnaire that will form the foundation of the church’s presence and participation at the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, March 9-20, 2015. The questionnaire is located here In 2015, UNCSW will undertake a review of progress made in…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has urged Episcopalians to observe Sunday, August 17, as a day of prayer for those in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East living in fear of their lives, livelihoods, and ways of living and believing.   Her call for prayer is in response to violence in Iraq that has…

Three Episcopal Church 2014 Campus Ministry awards have been presented for outstanding service and dedication. The awards were presented by the Rev. Michael Angell, Episcopal Church Missioner for Young Adult and Campus Ministries during the recent Kindling conference. The awards and recipients are: Distinguished Leadership: The Rev. Jonathan Melton, Chaplain, St. Francis House, University of…

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Maryland that Bishop Suffragan-Elect Heather Cook has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction, and…

Episcopal Church Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer N. Kurt Barnes announced that the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society’s (DFMS) trust funds, which total $380 million, continued an exceptional performance during the first six months of 2014.  The trust funds account for 25% of the annual budget of The Episcopal Church. Barnes explained, “Annual returns after…