Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will conduct a conversation about mission with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a live webcast on Saturday, May 19 at 3:30 pm Eastern (2:30 pm Central, 1:30 pm Mountain, 12:30 pm Pacific, 11:30 am Alaska, 9:30 am Hawaii). The live webcast will be available at no fee on the…

Experts will examine The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment on April 21 in a live webcast beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). The program will be available at no charge on the Episcopal Church website www.episcopalchurch.org Viewers will be able to submit questions to the panelists during the…

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 Central Florida that Bishop-Elect Gregory Brewer has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As…

The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet January 27-29 at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org. A media conference with phone access for media not able…

Congregations with open positions or upcoming events can now advertise at no cost on the newly re-designed Episcopal News Service website  https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/ Launched in early December, the Episcopal News Service website now includes Featured Jobs and Calls, a jobs area as well as a bulletin board where churches can post jobs and calls for free….

The Episcopal Church Advent Portal provides an ideal avenue for personal observations of Advent and Christmas. Available here and https://vimeopro.com/episcopalchurch/advent-2011, the Advent Portal features videos vignettes of personal reflections by Episcopalians and seasonal musical selections. With new videos posted each week, the current offerings include: Madrigal Singers at St. John's Church, Washington DC; Advent Greetings;…

New facts and figures about membership in the Episcopal Church have been posted on the Research page: www.episcopalchurch.org/research Among the facts:– Membership in the Episcopal Church is 2,125,012, with 1,951,907 in the domestic dioceses and 173,105 in the non-domestic dioceses. – Sixteen domestic dioceses showed growth in the past year: Alabama, Arkansas, Atlanta, Central Gulf…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori opened the Executive Council meeting in Salt Lake City today with an address that called for a mission focused budget using the Five Marks of Mission. A video of the Presiding Bishop’s remarks are available on the home page of the website: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ The following is the Presiding…

Thanks to live webcasting and on-demand videos, people everywhere will be able to watch the worship, plenary sessions and selected workshops from the important Episcopal Church domestic and global mission conference, Everyone Everywhere 2011. The four-day Everyone Everywhere 2011 will be held October 13-16 at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO.  All…