La Chambre des évêques s’engage pour mettre fin à la violence par armes à feu et à la violence sexuelle

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

[Service Episcopal News] La Chambre des évêques de l’Eglise épiscopale a déclaré le 7 mars que ses membres soutiendront deux grands mouvements sociaux, pour mettre fin, l’un  à la violence par armes à feu et l’autre au harcèlement sexuel, à la violence...

La Cámara de Obispos promete abogar por el fin de la violencia armada y de la violencia sexual

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

[Episcopal News Service] La Cámara de Obispos de la Iglesia Episcopal dijo el 7 de marzo que sus miembros apoyarán dos importantes movimientos sociales, uno para ponerle fin a la violencia armada y el otro para terminar con el acoso y la violencia sexuales y la...

Liturgy and Music committee offers church a plan to unscramble its calendar of saints

Monday, March 5, 2018

The Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music has spent the 206-2018 triennium attempting to bring order to the Episcopal Church’s calendar of commemorations. Photo: Church Publishing Inc. [Episcopal News Service] The church’s calendar of saints has been in a state of...

Liturgy and Music committee recommends against revising The Hymnal 1982

Monday, March 5, 2018

The Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music is recommending to the General Convention that it not authorize a revision of The Hymnal 1982. The committee did propose a revised and expanded collection of rites for the pastoral and liturgical needs of congregations....

House of Deputies Special Committee on Sexual Harassment and Exploitation appointed

Thursday, March 1, 2018

House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings has appointed a House of Deputies special committee to draft legislation on sexual harassment and exploitation for this summer’s General Convention. “In January, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and I called the church to...

Advancing to General Convention: Registration open for Young Adult Festival

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Registration is now open for the Episcopal Church Young Adult Festival, scheduled to run concurrently with the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The Young Adult Festival is designed for young adults 18-30 years old to meet peers from across the globe,...

Women tell #MeToo stories of life in the Episcopal Church

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

[Episcopal News Service] Sexual harassment and exploitation in the church are being highlighted in a series of reflections, essays and meditations, some of them explicit in their descriptions, that began Ash Wednesday on the House of Deputies website. “The examples...

Liturgy and music group offers General Convention two ways to approach the prayer book

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

This summer’s meeting of General Convention is being invited to consider how it orders its common prayer and why. [Episcopal News Service] The prospect of revising the current Book of Common Prayer is filled with risk, complexity and “potentially great promise.” That...

Comments invited on Episcopal Church draft 2019-2021 budget

Thursday, February 8, 2018

The Episcopal Church Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (known as PB&F) invites comments on the draft budget for the 2019-2021 triennium. PB&F met February 5-7 in Linthicum Heights, MD to extensively review the draft budget for the...

Episcopal Church draft budget for 2019-2021 available for review

Friday, February 2, 2018

The draft budget for the Episcopal Church in the 2019-2021 triennium is available for viewing here. The draft budget was approved by the Episcopal Church Executive Council at its January meeting. The draft budget is now submitted to the General Convention through the...

El Consejo propone un anteproyecto presupuestario de $137,7 millones para los próximos tres años

Friday, January 26, 2018

La Rda Mally Lloyd, a la derecha, miembro del comité que conduce la labor presupuestaria del Comité Permanente Conjunto de Finanzas para la Misión del Consejo Ejecutivo, presenta ante el Consejo el anteproyecto del presupuesto 2019-2021, junto con Tess Judge,...

Council proposes balanced draft budget with $133.7 million price tag for next three years

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The Rev. Mally Lloyd, right, the committee member who lead Executive Council’s Joint Standing Committee on Finances for Mission budget work, presents the 2019-2021 draft budget to council with Tess Judge, FFM chair. Photo: Shannon Ferguson Kelly [Episcopal News...

Planning team named for Young Adult Festival at Episcopal Church General Convention 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The six-member planning team for the General Convention Young Adult Festival at the Episcopal Church 79th General Convention has been announced. Named to the Young Adult Festival Planning team are: Christina Donovan: Diocese of Long Island Nic Mather: Diocese of...

Nombrado el Equipo de Planificación para el Festival de Jóvenes Adultos en la Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Se ha anunciado el equipo de planificación de seis miembros para el Festival de Jóvenes Adultos de la Convención General en la 79ª Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal. Los nombrados para el Equipo de Planificación del Festival de Jóvenes  Adultos son: •...

Episcopal Church challenged to repent when it failed to protect victims of sexual exploitation and abuse

Monday, January 22, 2018

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, issued a call Jan. 22 for the Episcopal Church to spend Lent and beyond examining its history and how it has handled or mishandled cases of...