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The Episcopal Church has issued the following statement concerning the current swine flu outbreak. The Episcopal Church recommends that its dioceses actively review the most current information about swine flu in order to make decisions based on local practices and safety concerns in our church communities. Episcopal Relief & Development is closely monitoring the needs…
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected for a three-year term to the Anglican Communion Primates’ Standing Committee representing Central, North and South Americas and the Caribbean.The election was held among the Primates of the Anglican Communion during the group’s recent meeting in Dublin, Ireland. “I am grateful to my colleagues in the…
By the Rev. Maria Tjeltveit I feel twice blessed by a Full Communion Sacred Ground program on Zoom. Every other Monday, seven of us serve as facilitators for an afternoon group (with three dialogue circles) and an evening group (with four circles) with about 50 participants. We are Episcopalians, Moravians, Lutherans, and other clergy and…
By Mark Edwards and Avril Barker The website for St. John’s Episcopal Church, Norwood Parish, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland, proclaims, “Everything we do at St. John’s is done through the lens of building community—helping people to connect to people. Whether we worship, learn, grow, or serve, everything is meant to help us grow into deeper community…
By Noelle Ptomey and Lesley Dean Known by some as a flyover state, Nebraska is worth a look to see how to imbed Sacred Ground in a conservative-leaning culture. Located in the middle of the country, we are a small, predominantly rural diocese made up of 51 congregations spread out over 77,000 square miles, with…
House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris led a delegation of Episcopal leaders on a trip to Sweden last week to attend the Church of Sweden’s General Synod and affirm the recently finalized full communion agreement between the two churches.
During a Liturgy of Thanksgiving on March 27, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, primate of The Episcopal Church, and Archbishop of Uppsala Martin Modéus, primate of the Church of Sweden, signed a memorandum of understanding, establishing a full-communion relationship between the two churches.
Working alongside the United Nations’ “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, the four member churches of Churches Beyond Borders have compiled a 16-day devotional focusing on the campaign’s theme opposing intersectional violence against women.
On Nov. 16, the North American heads of Churches Beyond Borders met online with their Lutheran and Episcopal counterparts in the Holy Land for a time of solidarity and prayer.
“Making changes in the church is like giving birth to a child, except that it takes a longer time,” the Rt. Rev. Emelyn Dacuycuy said, referring to her journey to the episcopate. It took 11 special meetings of the General Assembly and three meetings of the Supreme Council of Bishops (SCB) before her election as bishop…
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