Opportunities abound to assist the self-sustaining ministry of Navajoland, a regional district in the Episcopal Church.  Ideas to help sustain Navajoland by volunteering or donating are offered at a visually engaging new website, http://www.navajoland.org/ The website was produced by the Episcopal Church Office of Communication in collaboration with the Navajoland Area Mission and the Development…

Applications are now being accepted for the Staff Assistant for Content Management and Digital Publishing in the Executive Offices of the General Convention of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). The Staff Assistant for Content Management and Digital Publishing will be based at the Church Center in New York City. Position information is located…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented the following opening remarks at the Episcopal Church Executive Council meeting currently gathered  at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland).   Executive Council 5-7 February 2014 Maritime Center, Linthicum Heights, MD Opening remarks   The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Presiding…

The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker of the Diocese of Northern California has been elected the Province 8 clergy representative on the Episcopal Church Executive Council. The announcement was made by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of General Convention, during the opening session of the Executive Council meeting on February 5 at the…

Videos, discussion points and other resources are available for use in observing Black History Monday and Absalom Jones Day on February 13. Resources are available at no fee here: www.episcopalchurch.org/blackhistorymonth The resources include videos from the Episcopal Church two-day event forum, State of Racism In America.  DVDs of the State of Racism can be ordered by…

The Episcopal Church will devote two days to the exploration of a critical topic: Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America. This year marks significant landmark anniversaries in the struggle to end discrimination, provide equal rights and combat racism: the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 50th anniversary of the pivotal March…

Applications are now being accepted for a recently posted position in the Office of Government Relations on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS): Legislative Representative for International Issues. The full-time position is jointly administered by the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Office of…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori announced to the House of Bishops that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will be visiting The Episcopal Church in April 2014 for personal visit with her. “The Archbishop of Canterbury has contacted me and we are planning a private discussion next April,” Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori told…

The Episcopal Church Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) announces a change in leadership with the resignation of Bishop Tom Shaw as co-chair and the election of Bishop Ed Konieczny to that post. Recently JNCPB Co-chair Sally Johnson of the Diocese of Minnesota contacted the 29-member committee, noting, “It is…

The Governance of The Episcopal Church: The following information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. The Executive Council Budget Subcommittee has issued its report on the results of the survey on the diocesan asking formula that was sent to bishops and deputies in August, to help the committee…