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[Episcopal News Service] Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya has established a new migrant support fund and has asked diocesan congregations to take a special collection on March 2 to add to its initial gift of $10,000. Loya created the fund, he told Episcopal News Service, because the diocese has seven congregations where immigrants are the majority of…

[Episcopal News Service] East Tennessee Bishop Brian Cole joined his counterpart in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in writing a column in the Nashville Tennessean pleading for the state to commit to distributing federal food assistance to address child hunger this summer. The state has until Feb. 15 to decide whether to use the…

[Religion News Service] The Rev. Michele Morgan, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., strives to be a “non-anxious presence” for the congregation she serves. It’s an important trait for any pastor, but especially for one who serves a church that sits a block or so from the U.S. Capitol and includes members…

The Rt. Rev. Mary Glasspool preached March 9, 2020, at the Episcopal Church Center’s Chapel of Christ the Lord. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] After almost 45 years of ordained ministry, Assistant New York Bishop Mary Glasspool will retire this summer. Her last day will be June 30. “Even at the most…

Episcopalians of African, Asiamerican, Indigenous and Latino/Hispanic heritage gathered on the opening night of the 81st General Convention, June 23, at Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, for the New Community Festival hosted by The Episcopal Church’s Department of Ethnic Ministries. Photo: Wilfreddy Alexander Carmona Arias [Episcopal News Service] As the new Trump…

General Synod, the Church of England’s governing body, is a mix of bishops, other clergy and lay leaders. It meets three times a year. Photo: Church of England [Episcopal News Service] The Church of England’s General Synod is meeting in London this week for the first time since the resignation last month of former Archbishop of…

Valentine’s Day cookies. Photo: Jill Wellington/Pixabay [Episcopal News Service] As a young Episcopalian, dating in person and online has been tough, and oftentimes frustrating, for Eva Warren. She’s too theologically “liberal” for most Christians on dating sites, but the people who do share the same progressive values oftentimes don’t share the same religious views. “In…

[Episcopal News Service] The dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem, which are in the process of merging, have announced plans to experiment with a “sibling parish” program, connecting congregations from one diocese with counterparts from the other to help smooth the transition to one diocese by next year. “Each parish in the Diocese of Bethlehem…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rev. Rachel Mash, environmental coordinator of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, has been appointed as a member of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Faith for Earth Interfaith Women Council. This newly established council, launched Jan. 30, brings together women faith leaders from across the world to advocate for environmental…

[Diocese of Canterbury] The Church of England’s Diocese of Canterbury has five new chaplains for the LGBTQIA+ community after they were commissioned during a service of Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral on Feb. 5, during LGBT+ history month. The group includes two clergy and three lay people. Dover Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin has oversight for the diocese…