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The standing committees and bishops exercising jurisdiction have given the required majority of consents to the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin for its Oct. 18 election of the Rev. Gregory Kimura as bishop. His consecration and ordination service is scheduled for April 18.
Theologian Scott MacDougall has been named director for theological resources for The Episcopal Church, a new position designed to support Church Center staff and collaborate with church leadership planning teams.
Grant funding for 31 projects supporting the birth and growth of new ministries was approved by the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council during its October meeting. The grants total $442,166.
The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council approved 11 Becoming Beloved Community grants—totaling $125,000—during its October meeting to support projects seeking to respond to social and racial injustice and grow a vision of healing and reconciliation.
As The Episcopal Church prepares to participate in the 2025 United Nations climate change conference by uplifting the voices of Indigenous people, churches and dioceses are invited to consider ways members can advocate for climate action locally and globally.
Following are opening remarks, lightly edited for clarity, by House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
The Rev. Canon David Ulloa Chavez has been named The Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean. Chavez brings years of bilingual and bicultural leadership experience in diocesan and churchwide contexts, serving most recently as rector of All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church in Sun City, Arizona, and canon for border ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.
Episcopalians are invited to join a first-time churchwide Veterans Day Holy Eucharist service at 7 p.m. ET Nov. 11—via livestream or in person at the Church Center chapel in New York City—to honor those who have served in the military and specially recognize the Episcopal chaplains who support them.
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