The Episcopal Church Office of Communications is offering myriad avenues to enjoy, share, and actively participate in observing Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Starting on the first day of Advent – Sunday November 27 – the Episcopal Church Facebook and Twitter features special Advent and Christmas elements: conversation-starting inquiries, a word of the day, videos, and…

The Governance of The Episcopal Church: This information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Alabama that Bishop Suffragan John McKee Sloan has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process….

Calling Advent “a time to listen, a time to reflect,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori urges in her Advent Message 2011 to “rest, wait, yearn” for the coming celebration of the birth of the Savior. The Presiding Bishop’s video Advent message, taped at General Theological Seminary in New York City park, is available…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following statement concerning Bede Parry. ____________________________________________________________________ Bede James Parry was serving as organist and music director at All Saints Church, Las Vegas, when I became aware of him.  His arrival preceded my own in the Diocese of Nevada. He approached me to inquire about being…

Videos of conference available at  http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/ee11.htm The four-day Episcopal Church conference Everyone Everywhere 2011 concluded on October16 with a multi-national, multi-language Eucharist which included lively music that prompted singing, clapping and some dancing. Eucharist preacher Bishop Stacy Sauls challenged the conference attendees in his sermon: “Mission is not about something we do.  It is about…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori: “Repentance and amendment of life are the answer” Focusing on the theme of Healing and Reconciliation, the Episcopal Church has prepared resources for congregations and individuals to understand the importance of the repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery. The resources, named Exposing the Doctrine of Discovery: A Call to Healing…

The Episcopal Church Office of Mission Funding will sponsor a day-long symposium on the Spirituality of Philanthropy, uniting the theological and spiritual basis of philanthropy with a useful practicum on advanced fundraising strategies and techniques. Designed for directors of development at dioceses, parishes, and other Episcopal organizations, the September 29 event will be held at…

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will meet Monday to Wednesday, April 20 – 22, in Portland, Maine (Diocese of Maine). The meeting will be held at The Wyndham Hotel Portland Airport (South Portland, ME) http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/PWMHT/main.wnt This will be the last meeting of Executive Council prior to the General Convention 2009 in July in…

Applications for 2010 and 2011 Jubilee Ministry grants are now being accepted in six categories for mission and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church. Applications are available in three 2010 categories: health and nutrition; building a just society; and diocesan development. The three 2011 categories are Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) workshop funding; summer camp partnership…

“Our hearts are broken,” The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a homily at a prayer service for Haiti on January 17. The Presiding Bishop joined Bishop of Washington John Bryson Chane, Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III, The Honorable Susan E. Rice, US Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Raymond…