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Tom Johnson, junior warden, left, the Rev. Barrett Van Buren, rector, and Ned Bergert, senior warden, stand on the 3.8-acre lot at Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia, California, before a $33-36 million senior citizen housing project was completed on site. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Diocese of Los Angeles] Across California and the…

The Diocese of East Tennessee headquarters building is located in Knoxville. Photo: Andrew Morehead [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of East Tennessee wants to reduce the electric bills at its diocesan headquarters in Knoxville to zero. By installing solar panels on the roof, it estimates it will save $8,000 a year, and it plans to…

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal churches along the west coast of Alaska were hit by a storm on Oct. 8 that created heavy rain, high seas and flooding in the area, four days before remnants of Typhoon Haplong brought hurricane-force winds and rain to the state, Alaska Bishop Mark Lattime told Episcopal News Service by email….

[Religion News Service] A controversial exhibition of graffiti art opening Oct. 17 at one of Britain’s most famous medieval cathedrals has already attracted the ire of U.S. Vice President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk, both of whom called the show “ugly.” Called “Hear Us,” the exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral, the seat of the Church of…

Every October, Grace Episcopal Church in Asheville, North Carolina, host a pumpkin patch with most proceeds benefiting Consider Haiti, an Asheville-based secular nonprofit that supports self-sustaining, Haitian-led health care programs. Photo: Courtesy of Shearon Roberts [Episcopal News Service] After being postponed last year due to Hurricane Helene, Grace Episcopal Church in Asheville has resumed hosting…

[Church of England] The House of Bishops has made a series of key decisions on the future direction of the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith process, which explores questions of relationships, sexuality and marriage. Final decisions will be taken in December. At its residential meeting last week, bishops reviewed detailed theological and…

Staff members from St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church in New York pose for a photo on the set of “Saturday Church,” an off-Broadway musical inspired by the church’s LGTBQ+ ministries. Photo: St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] Welcoming and supporting the LGBTQ+ community of New York’s West Village is…

Selena Arnt, right, portraying the fictional charlatan medium, Selene Ravenloft, in the Oct. 10 murder mystery dinner fundraiser hosted by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Valparaiso, Indiana, shares with a participant, left, her supposed relationship with the “murder victim.” Photo: Shireen Korkzan/ENS [Episcopal News Service — Valparaiso, Indiana] St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s narthex, here, was…

[Church in Wales] The Rev. Manon Ceridwen James was installed as dean of Bangor Cathedral at a service there on Oct. 11. James takes up the post following a period of financial pressure, governance issues and public scrutiny at the cathedral. She has been appointed to lead the community through recovery, restore trust and support…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council is in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 13-15 for its annual in-person meeting. The Anglican Consultative Council is one of the four “instruments” of the Anglican Communion. It advises on the organization and structures of the Anglican Communion and seeks to develop common policies concerning…