Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be the featured participant in a public videoconference on new, innovative ministry development July 15 at 3 pm Eastern (2 pm Central, 1 pm Mountain, noon Pacific, 11 am Alaska, 10 am Hawaii). Sponsored by the Episcopal Church Office of Ministry Development, the July 15 event is…

Prayers and liturgical resources focusing on the Gulf oil spill disaster are available from The Episcopal Church: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/119103_123121_ENG_HTM.htm. Michael Schut, Episcopal Church Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer, gathered the resources as Americans look to prayer and healing for the damage that has occurred. “The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico brings into focus our calling…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at Christ Church in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday, July 4. “Disciples are supposed to build bridges wherever possible.” The following is the text of the Presiding Bishop”s sermon.___________________________________________ Greetings from around The Episcopal Church. Today is the day Americans celebrate the beginning of their struggle for independence…

As mandated in General Convention 2009 Resolution A096, The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) is soliciting views, opinions and feedback on Holy Women, Holy Men, a major revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts. The Rev. Ruth Meyers, Ph.D., Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and SCLM…

The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) is addressing its duties to collect and develop theological and liturgical resources for same-sex blessings, as charged in General Convention Resolution C056, through three main task forces and by establishing communication tools to solicit responses from the wider Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ruth Meyers, Ph.D.,…

“The freedom we have received in Christ is meant to give us larger hearts and wider-seeing eyes that don”t focus so much on our own fears,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a sermon presented at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 27. She concluded: “May we claim the…

Funds are available for mortgages, small business loans, community economic development, affordable housing, job creation and other avenues for the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church through the Economic Justice Loan Funds, administered by the Economic Justice Loan Committee (EJLC). Established in 1988 through Resolution C030 by General Convention and in 1989 by The…

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has named the Rev. Dr. Thomas Ferguson as Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Officer for The Episcopal Church. In this position, Ferguson will develop strategies and actions supporting the Presiding Bishop”s efforts as chief ecumenical officer of The Episcopal Church. Working with colleagues, Ferguson will seek to foster ecumenical and interreligious…

In observance of World Refugee Day on June 20, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) is offering web-based resources and videos that movingly tell the stories of refugees who seek a new start, a new home, and a new life. Sunday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, designated by the United Nations and observed by refugee advocates…

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church has issued the following message following the conclusion of its three-day meeting at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD. A Message to The Episcopal Church from the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum, Maryland, June 16-18, 2010 In the 1960s…