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[The Church of England] Leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church in Great Britain issued a challenge to work to become “fully one” as they celebrated the 21st anniversary of the historic covenant between the two churches. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the president of the Methodist Conference, the Rev. Helen…

Gender Justice Jam is a 12-week virtual education and formation series on gender justice. The Nov. 4, 2024, session, “Gender Justice Election Issues,” was dedicated to the U.S. presidential election and its potential impact on gender-based issues. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] One day ahead of today’s U.S. presidential election, The Episcopal Church dedicated its…

The Rev. Portia Corbin displays her award-winning quilt, “Web of Colors.” It was selected as part of a national traveling exhibit of award-winning quilts. Photo: Dawn Hurney [The Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin] In the heart of Wisconsin’s quilting community, the Rev. Portia Corbin, part-time vicar at St. John’s in New London, Wisconsin, has made a name…

[Episcopal News Service] As the polls began opening early Nov. 5 for Election Day in the United States, the doors opened at Washington National Cathedral for prayer. Washington National Cathedral in the United States’ capital is open all day Nov. 5 for prayer on Election Day. The Episcopal cathedral in the nation’s capital city is…

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, in his first week in office, has made a series of changes to churchwide staffing that were, Rowe said in a Nov. 4 letter to church leaders, “the result of discernment on the part of the people involved, and I give thanks for their dedication and love for…

[Episcopal News Service] St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, has offered a community meal every Wednesday evening since the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Last week’s meal was particularly meaningful. About 65 people gathered Oct. 30 to share chicken enchiladas, black beans and rice, mango ice cream – and to reconnect…

[World Council of Churches] An Africa-Europe Ecumenical Roundtable on the legacies of colonization and the future of ecumenical relations took place in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 24-25. The gathering drew Christian leaders from Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Cameroon, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, the United Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe….

[Anglican Communion News Service] A scientist who played a major role in the Human Genome Project and other guests from the international science community joined members of the Anglican Communion Science Commission as they met for a consultation event Oct. 29-31. The event took place at Virginia Theological Seminary and welcomed representatives from 25 provinces of…

Members of St. John’s, Franklin, Pennsylvania, where Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe served as rector from 2000-2007, celebrate his investiture before the start of the livestream of the service. Photo: Shawn Clerkin [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians gathered in locations across the church Nov. 2 to watch the livestream of the investiture of the 28th presiding bishop, the…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe preaches Nov. 2, 2024, at his investiture in the Chapel of Christ the Lord at the church’s headquarters in New York, in this image taking from the livestream of the service. [Episcopal News Service] The Most Rev. Sean Rowe took office Nov. 1 as The Episcopal Church’s 28th presiding bishop. On…