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…

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…

“You may not be 100 per cent certain about what God is asking of you, but go on out there anyway and change the world – by loving your neighbor as yourself,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her October 23 sermon. The Presiding Bishop preached on Sunday at St. Mark’s Cathedral…

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: https://staging.episcopalchurch.org/ The following is the Presiding…

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…

“What gates and walls need to be opened in order to take up the work God sends us to do,” Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asked in her sermon at the opening service of Everyone Everywhere 2011.  “ Some of them are in our own hearts.” The four-day Everyone Everywhere 2011 kicked off October 13…

The social justice policies of The Episocpal Church are formed in a number of ways. For one thing, almost all dioceses of The Episcopal Church are actively engaged in companion diocese relationships across the Anglican Communion, which lends the church a broader perspective. Also, Episcopal seminaries enroll and generally fund students from around the Anglican…