Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has issued the following statement: The late John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said, “while on earth God’s work must truly be our own.” The sacred cause of liberty and justice, dignity and equality decreed by God and meant for all has been advanced because while on earth Justice Ruth Bader…

A letter from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to the Church. Please share widely. Dear Friends in Christ, With both public and scientific knowledge of the nature and timing of an effective vaccine and treatment protocol for COVID-19 evolving on seemingly a daily basis; and with the very real possibility of a resurgence of the virus…

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will convene as a virtual meeting June 8-11, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the health and safety of all involved. Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting via a Livestream on YouTube must secure credentials. Pre-registration for all media is required; contact Lisa Webb, associate officer…

A letter from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to the Church. Please share widely.  Dear Friends in Christ, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect much of our individual and corporate lives, posing a threat to the health of so many.  At this time, as states and countries consider or begin to re-open, it is important for…

The Episcopal Church invites all to virtually join the congregation of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, for a rebroadcast of their 2018 Holy Week services with the addition of new sermons, beginning with the Maundy Thursday service on April 9 through the Great Vigil of Easter on April 11, 2020.  On Easter Sunday, the Office…

The United Thank Offering (UTO) and Bexley Seabury Seminary are collaborating to host a Convocation and Scholars Conference on the Theology of Gratitude with Diana Butler Bass, April 23-24, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. “The Theology of Gratitude is based on the premise that the attitude of gratitude is a game-changer in life,” says Episcopal Church…

The Task Force to Respond to the Opioid Epidemic, created by legislation at the 79th General Convention, is seeking input from lay and ordained leaders throughout the church about the local response to the opioid epidemic through the short survey linked in English here, in Spanish here, and in French here.