Friday, July 13, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
Convention is rapidly winding down. As of press time, there are about 138 resolutions left to go! In the end, there were just over 500 resolutions brought to General Convention 79, so while a great many have been worked through, there are still quite a few to go, and...
Friday, July 13, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
I am getting ready to board a plane that takes me back to Virginia. The time spent working with EPF over the past few weeks has been life changing. I walked into this experience with very little knowledge of General Convention and I leave with hope that the church...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
One of the main issues I’ve been tracking at General Convention is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I testified at the hearing on Israel-Palestine issues and have attended both informal talks and the formal debates on the floor. However, I didn’t expect to find...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
FROM ¡CUBA SI! to ¡CUBA AHORA! From Isolation to Communion A joint blog by Cody Maynus (Episcopal Peace Fellowship) and the Rev. Rena Turnham (Deputy, Minnesota) Now the whole group of those who believe were of one heart and soul…With great power the apostles gave...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
Within the past few days here a lot has happened. On Saturday morning I testified three times on policy regarding migrant children and their families. These issues are the primary reason I am here. Later in the day a few of us attended the Revival Worship. It was a...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
Or at least I think it’s day four. It’s hard to tell. While I have in fact been outside (between the Austin Theological Seminary, where we’re staying and the Convention Center and two hotels committees are meeting in) and seen the sun, time has started to behave...
Friday, July 6, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
July 5, 2018 Today was the first “official” day of Convention, despite the fact that we’ve been here three days now. I’m still learning my way around how Convention works — namely, how to pace my activities so I don’t find myself exhausted at four pm with things left...
Friday, July 6, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
It’s hard to believe we are already at the end of day three here at General Convention. Many of my peers within the Young Adult Delegation have been testifying and preparing testimony on a wide variety of issues from prayer book revisions to immigration policy reform....
Thursday, July 5, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
This is my 3rd General Convention. I feel like I’m almost an old pro. But this convention feels different than others. Perhaps its the fact that it is held in a town I know very well. But perhaps there is also something different in the air. This year, we are not...
Thursday, July 5, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
Greetings from Austin, TX and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship 2018 General Convention Young Adult Delegation! The Episcopal Peace Fellowship has a long and rich history of helping Episcopalians and all Christians live into our baptismal identity as people of peace and...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
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Thursday, June 28, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
So you heard about Standing Rock… What did you hear? Where did you hear it? Social Media, private Security Forces, Local News Outlets, National News including Networks, and first person reporting have all been used to spread the #NoDAPL, Standing With Standing Rock,...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
The R. Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche writes about the calling of Rt. Rev. Clifton “Dan” Daniel III as 10th dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine after his service as interim dean: In the Spring of 2017 the Right Reverend Clifton “Dan” Daniel III began service as...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
The church is accepting applications for the position of canon to the presiding bishop for ministry within the Episcopal Church. The canon is a visionary leader, senior member of the presiding bishop’s staff, and primary implementer of ministries established by...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | Episcopal Church News
GAFCON’s New Synod GAFCON 2018 will include the first gathering of the movement’s synod. GAFCON has previously been led by a primatial council consisting of the leaders of its provinces with the assistance of a general secretary and his office in London. The newly...
