Help for Leeds?

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Should financially stable dioceses step help those that need more funds? An announcement that the Diocese of Leeds must review salaries, make staff redundant, and close its pension program has triggered a national debate. Leeds is the Church of England’s youngest...

Tasmania Welcomes Property Concerns

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

The Diocese of Tasmania plans to sell churches to pay redress to child-abuse survivors, and has extended the deadline for responses. The diocese, located in the island state to the south Australian mainland, originally set September as the deadline to complete...

Fire Relief for Californians

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Episcopal Relief & Development and the Diocese of Northern California are providing emergency support to communities struck by the Carr Fire that began on July 23. The support includes rental assistance, short-term storage for recovered belongings, food, gasoline,...

Tutudesks for Africa

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

The Diocese of Atlanta’s Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing has announced its initial goal to donate 1,308 Tutudesks to students in Africa: In partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Education, the Tutudesk provides the answer to the classroom desk...

New Bishop for Ecuador Litoral

Monday, August 6, 2018

Christobal Leon Lozano | Glenda McQueen Lynette Wilson reports for Episcopal News Service: Cristobal Leon Lozano was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador Litoral on Aug. 4. He will succeed to the Rt. Rev. Alfredo Morante España, who has been the diocesan...

‘No Kid Sleeps on the Floor’

Monday, August 6, 2018

Members of St. Michael’s Church in Racine, Wisconsin, have formed a chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to provide beds and bedding for children between the ages of 3 and 17. Sleep in Heavenly Peace, based in Twin Falls, Idaho, had only two chapters in 2017. Since the...

Jury Clears Patrick Sookhdeo

Monday, August 6, 2018

Tola Mbakwe reports for Premier: The founder of Christian charity Barnabas Fund has been found not guilty of an indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1977. After deliberating for less than two hours, the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court unanimously found Dr...

8/12: A Death Like His

Monday, August 6, 2018

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | Wikimedia Commons 12 Pentecost, August 12 2 Sam. 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ps. 130 or Ps. 34:1-8 • Eph. 4:25-5:2 • John 6:35, 41-51 Trying to reclaim Jerusalem, David was in locked battle against the armies of his son Absalom,...

8/3 People & Places

Friday, August 3, 2018

Appointments The Rev. Lee Anne is canon for formation in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The Rev. Karri Backer is head of school at St. Mark’s, Upland, CA. The Rev. Kirsten Baer is assistant chaplain at Casady School, Oklahoma City. The Rev. Kevin Bartle is deacon in...

Bp. Shannon Johnston to Resign Nov. 3

Friday, August 3, 2018

The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnson writes to members of the Diocese of Virginia with details about his retirement plans: After many months of intense prayer and reflection, and in close consultation with the Presiding Bishop and our Standing Committee, I am formally...

Lyghfield Bible Returns to Canterbury

Friday, August 3, 2018

A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after its removal. The Lyghfield Bible, named after the 16th-century monk who once owned it, was among a number of items removed from the cathedral’s monastic library at the time of the...

Upload Gratitude

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Adapted from the Diocese of Missouri Think of it as a little blue box that lives on your phone. The United Thank Offering has encouraged generations of Episcopalians to mark gratitude in daily life by adding spare change to small paper boxes. Months of work with...

Bishop: Pray for the Victims

Thursday, August 2, 2018

The Rt. Rev. Audrey C. Scanlan, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, writes to members of her diocese about allegations of past sexual abuses by priests of the Diocese of Harrisburg: I bid your prayers for those who will find this report to be difficult, and perhaps...

Benches and Reconciliation in South Sudan

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Morus and Dinkas who worship together Deacon Deborah Goldfeder writes for the Diocese of Missouri about her visit to Kiryandongo, South Sudan, earlier this year: How did benches become a symbol of peace and reconciliation between two tribes that have been enemies as...

Canon Stevenson to Assist PB

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

The Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson, director of Episcopal Migration Ministries since 2016, will be the next canon to the presiding bishop for ministry within the Episcopal Church. Stevenson’s first day in the role will be Sept. 1, and he will be based at the Episcopal...