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  • Grant Story: Final Report from the Diocese of Kansas 2022 Butterfly Grant
    UTO - United Thank Offering

    Grant Story: Final Report from the Diocese of Kansas 2022 Butterfly Grant

    ByChris Sikkema Feb 5, 2024Jun 29, 2026

    By the Finance and Archives Committee Each month, we like to share the story of where your thank offering has gone in recent years. With all this talk of gratitude for creation, we couldn’t help but share this great story of some pollinators with the 2022 grant to the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. Tell us…

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  • Office of Government Relations

    Episcopal Church statement on the passing of the Expanded Child Tax Credit (2024)

    ByChris Sikkema Feb 1, 2024Jun 30, 2026

    Last night, the House of Representatives came together in a major way and passed a bipartisan tax package that outlined provisions for an expanded child tax credit (CTC). The Episcopal Church celebrates the passing of this legislation and hopes the Senate will follow suit in continuing to provide aid for the most vulnerable communities.  We…

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    Episcopal Church Statement on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital

    ByChris Sikkema Dec 22, 2023Jul 17, 2026

    Earlier this week, the Israeli military forced the closure of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, as well as detained medical staff. On Wednesday, WHO and UN staff visited Al-Ahli and determined that northern Gaza is without a functioning hospital. They described horrifying circumstances at Al-Ahli, with patients dying slowly and in pain, crying out…

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  • Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Meets
    Ecumenical Interreligious Relations

    Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Meets

    ByChris Sikkema Dec 6, 2023Jun 30, 2026

    The 89th meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States of America (ARC-USA) met at the Bon Secours Retreat and Conference Center in Marriottsville, Maryland, from Nov. 8-10, hosted by the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Against a background of communal worship, participants…

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  • Ecumenical Interreligious Relations

    UMC-TEC Dialogue (2023)

    ByChris Sikkema Dec 6, 2023Jul 1, 2026

    The United Methodist-Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee met at the Cathedral of St. Philip inAtlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 1 – 3. Major focus was given to planning strategy for upcomingchurchwide conferences in 2024; the UMC Annual Conference will occur in May with TheEpiscopal Church’s General Convention happening shortly after in June. Notably, this will be thefirst…

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  • Ecumenical Interreligious Relations

    Third Round of Bilateral Dialogues: A Communiqué for Public Release (2023)

    ByChris Sikkema Dec 1, 2023Jul 1, 2026

    The Third Round of Bilateral Dialogues between the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) held its Winter 2023 meeting in Austin, Texas, both in-person and online. All sessions began with morning and evening prayer, with celebration of the Eucharist on Thursday. Those present in-person/online representing the Episcopal Church: The Rev. Canon Elise Johnstone (co-chair),…

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    Strength in Community: Trans Day of Remembrance

    ByChris Sikkema Nov 20, 2023Jul 17, 2026

    In the fall of 1995, I was a first-year divinity school student interning at Fenway Health’s Violence Recovery Program, which supports LGBTQIA2S+ people who have experienced violence. I had only recently heard the word “transgender,” learning how it could refer both to people who transitioned from one binary gender to another, and to people whose gender…

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  • PEPFAR: A Conversation with OGR and Tom Hart
    Office of Government Relations | Podcasts

    PEPFAR: A Conversation with OGR and Tom Hart

    ByChris Sikkema Nov 7, 2023Aug 11, 2026

    In this special episode, we’re in conversation with Tom Hart, President of the ONE Campaign and former Director of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations. We discuss the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the role of the faith community in the success of this program, and the urgent need for reauthorization….

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  • What Has the Church Said on U.S. Foreign Policy?
    Office of Government Relations | Podcasts

    What Has the Church Said on U.S. Foreign Policy?

    ByChris Sikkema Oct 17, 2023Aug 11, 2026

    Did you know The Episcopal Church is part of the third-largest Christian body in the world—the Anglican Communion—and that we have a lot of policy positions on foreign policy matters? Join Patricia Kisare, our legislative representative for international policy, in a review from the broad to the regional in our U.S. foreign policy engagement.  The Office…

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    The Episcopal Church calls for prayers for peace in the Holy Land

    ByChris Sikkema Oct 7, 2023Jul 17, 2026

    “We offer our prayers and support during this time of violence in Israel and Palestine. In Luke 19:41, we are reminded, ‘That when Jesus drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.’ Many still weep. We pray for those who have been killed, injured, are searching for loved ones, and are struggling with grief and fear….

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