Tuesday, July 23, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
Bishop Chet Talton, retired suffragan of Los Angeles, center, celebrates the opening Eucharist at the Union of Black Episcopalians 2019 conference on July 22 at St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles. Photo: Janet Kawamoto/Diocese of Los Angeles The 51st annual...
Monday, July 22, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
Ninety-six youths from Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States attended the first-ever Evento de Jóvenes Episcopales in Panama City, Panama. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Panama City] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry...
Friday, July 19, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] In 1971, St. Christopher Episcopal Church in League City, Texas, gave a Bible to a parishioner, David Scott, to take with him on a business trip. To this day, the congregation still has not gotten it back. That’s because he left it on the...
Friday, July 19, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
Syrian refugee Ahmad al Aboud and his family members, on their way to be resettled in the United States as part of a refugee admissions program, walk to board their plane in Amman, Jordan, in 2016. Photo: Reuters [Episcopal News Service] Trump administration officials...
Thursday, July 18, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
The Guatemala Youth Initiative’s Byron Paredes, sexual and reproductive health educator, and Alison Urbina, program assistant, lead a workshop of sexual and reproductive health for middle school students. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
The Diocese of New Hampshire softball team poses for a photo July 16 outside the state’s Correctional Facility for Women in Concord before the team’s final game of the season in a league with a prison team. The league’s coordinator, Dan Forbes, is on...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
LaTonya Merritt performs at All Souls Episcopal Church’s Prophetic Poetry Slam in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 2019. Photo: Egan Millard/ENS [Episcopal News Service – Washington] The litany that could be heard at All Souls Episcopal Church on the evening of...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
[Episcopal News Service] The opioid epidemic in the United States continues to affect millions of Americans, with tens of thousands every year dying from overdoses, and some of the most vulnerable to the epidemic’s effects are the users’ children and other young...
Monday, July 15, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
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Thursday, July 11, 2019 | Episcopal Church News
About 100 people live in a homeless encampment on the Chehalis River in Aberdeen, Washington. Photo: Sarah Monroe [Episcopal News Service] A group of Episcopal chaplains who for several years have ministered to homeless individuals in the coastal communities of Grays...
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...
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...
