Make a Global Difference
One-minute read. Apply to be a member of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s delegation to the 2021 U.N. climate change conference (COP26)
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Taskforce announces training updates to Safe Church curriculum
Two-minute read. Three new courses related to safe church policies within The Episcopal Church will be released July 14, with webinars planned soon to help dioceses transition to a new learning platform. All new courses will be launched to create a new program called Safe Church, Safe Communities.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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New prayer book translations into Spanish and French available, feedback from native speakers sought
One-minute read. The Episcopal Church has announced the release of draft translations of the Book of Common Prayer in Spanish and French, with Haitian Creole to follow. Feedback is sought from native speakers of those languages by October 15.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
Episcopal Church Task Force Develops New Training for Safe Church, Anti-Sexual Harassment Policies
One-minute read. A task force created to develop materials for The Episcopal Church related to anti-sexual harassment and safe church policies announces the upcoming launch of nine new training modules.
Pentecost season to open with Way of Love Revival Weekend
three-minute read. The Episcopal Church greets Pentecost with One in the Spirit, a Way of Love Revival Weekend designed to fan the flames of hope, celebrate difference, honor creation, foster beloved community, and send people toward Jesus’s Way of Love.
Presiding Bishop Curry’s Easter 2021 Message
Seven-minute video. “Our work goes on. Our labor for love continues,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry said in his Easter 2021 Message, “We will not cease, and we will not give up until this world reflects less our nightmare and more God’s dream where there’s plenty good room for all God’s children. Hallelujah anyhow.”
Episcopal Church scholarship applications for the 2021-2022 academic year are now accepted
Applications are now being accepted for educational scholarships from The Episcopal Church for the 2021-2022 academic year. Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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Episcopal Toolkit for COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution
Two-minute read. The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations has developed a toolkit for individuals, congregations and ministries to facilitate and promote COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the United States. This toolkit promotes the ongoing work that parishes and dioceses have already been doing, shares best practices, and offers ideas for ways that communities can help U.S.- based Episcopalians. Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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Task Force announces next round of missional investments
Two-minute read. The Episcopal Church’s Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment announced that its sixth set of grants are now available for Episcopal dioceses and mission developers who are envisioning, planning, or growing new worshipping communities and missional enterprises throughout the church.
The Episcopal Church offers a new Global Mission Digital Toolkit
Two-minute read. The Global Mission Digital Toolkit is now available. Launched on World Mission Sunday, which was observed on the last Sunday after Epiphany, February 14, this resource is a collaboration between The Episcopal Church Office of Global Partnerships (OGP), the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN), and the Standing Commission on World Mission (SCWM).
Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corps: Application open for 2021-2022 placements
Two-minute read. Applications are now being accepted for 2021-2022 placements with the Young Adult Service Corps (YASC), the international missionary program of The Episcopal Church. YASC offers Episcopalians ages 21-30 the opportunity to follow the Way of Love into deeper relationship with God and the global Anglican Church while spending a year living and working with communities around the world.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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Deadline approaching for 2021 Roanridge Trust grants for leadership development in small towns and rural communities
Two-minute read. The deadline is approaching for the 2021 Roanridge Trust Grant Awards. Dioceses, congregations and Episcopal Church related organizations and institutions are invited to apply.
Grants available for Young Adult and Campus Ministry
Three-minute read. The Episcopal Church announces its 2021 grants program for Young Adult and Campus Ministries currently engaged in or seeking new relationships with young adults on or off college campuses.
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Episcopal Evangelism grants available for local and regional efforts
Three-minute read. Episcopal institutions can now apply for the next round of the Episcopal Evangelism Grants Program, designed to fund local and regional evangelism efforts in the Episcopal Church. The application deadline is November 15.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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A Word to The Church from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Ten-minute read. A Word to the Church from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, and is also the text of his sermon at The Episcopal Church House of Bishops, which met virtually September 16, 2020.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
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Racial reconciliation program from The Episcopal Church open to all
Two-minute read. July 28-30, 3-5 p.m. CDT, Online gathering.
Racial justice and healing leaders and practitioners across The Episcopal Church will gather to build community, craft strategy and equip each other for action during a series of “Becoming Beloved Community NOW” online gatherings.
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United Thank Offering 2021 Annual Grants – Two grant cycles offered
Six-minute read. Application deadlines: August 14, 2020 and February 26, 2021. These grants are awarded for projects in The Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion, each year with a different focus. For 2021, the focus is Recovering with Love and Gratitude: An Episcopal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Local Contexts.
The Episcopal Church encourages support of the Dream Act
Two-minute video. “At this time, the Dream Act is pending before the Congress of the United States,” said Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry. “I’m asking you as Episcopalians, as people of goodwill and faith, to write and call members of Congress who represent you to support this Dream Act.”
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Opening remarks from The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council meeting
10-minute read. Transcripts of the opening remarks made by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, and President of the House of Deputies, Gay Clark Jennings at this week’s Executive Council meeting. Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español.
National Council of Churches to Hold Virtual Ecumenical Memorial Service on May 24 to Mourn the Lives Lost to COVID-19
Four-minute read. The National Council of Churches USA (NCC) will hold a public online memorial service on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at 6:00 pm ET to mourn the more than 300,000 people worldwide who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 90,000 of whom were in the United States.
