Public Affairs

The Episcopal Church Office of Communication is offering a full month of multimedia programming featuring favorite Advent observations and traditional liturgies. Beginning with an Advent Reflection by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the multimedia offerings include Lessons and Carols, a St. Nicholas celebration, and a Christmas Pageant. The multimedia offerings are available here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/Advent2009/ “The…

The Rev. Canon Dr. Gregory Straub, Executive Officer and Secretary of General Convention, has announced that the Episcopal Church Executive Council special meeting slated for Monday, December 7 has been cancelled. The request for the meeting has been withdrawn by the members who requested it. The next regularly scheduled Executive Council meeting is February 19…

Continuing to provide marketing materials to tell our story, The Episcopal Church Office of Communication is offering Christmas ads, announcements, and postcards. As part of the Church”s outreach and evangelism efforts, print ads in various sizes and postcards are available for local and regional use by dioceses, congregations and provinces. The print ads and postcards…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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'…

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…

The results of the Strategic Planning survey indicate youth and young adults, evangelism and elements of congregational life are top on Episcopalian”s suggestions for the future. The results of the Strategic Planning survey were shared with Executive Council at the group”s recent meeting in Memphis, TN. Complete results from the Strategic Planning survey along with…