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[World Council of Churches] The executive committee of the World Council of Churches has issued a statement calling for prayer on behalf of the people of Haiti, saying in part, “We pray for God’s compassion for the people of this troubled land, and an answer to their cries.” The committee wrote, “In 2024, Haiti has faced…

For 21 years, garden manager Becky Smith and dozens of volunteers have helped Our Saviour Community Garden in Dallas, Texas, produce more than 120,000 pounds of produce to feed hungry people. Photo: Our Saviour Community Garden [Episcopal News Service] Since 2003, Our Saviour Community Garden, located on the grounds of the Church of Our Saviour…

[World Council of Churches] In a statement entitled “Yearning for Just Peace in Europe,” the World Council of Churches Executive Committee recalled with heavy hearts that the war in Ukraine has now passed 1,000 days. “Each of those days has been marked by the blood of so many civilians as well as combatants killed and maimed, the…

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Rev. Hosam E. Naoum, have issued a joint Advent appeal for Anglicans to pray for Palestinian Christians and support the work of the Diocese of Jerusalem. In a pastoral letter, the archbishops urge Anglicans around the world to support the…

[Anglican Journal] A ceasefire and the free passage of humanitarian aid into Gaza are urgently needed to halt a genocide in progress, an official with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem says. The diocese runs the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, which is the only hospital still functioning in northern Gaza. Sawsan Aranki-Batato, programs development officer for the…

[Anglican Journal] The Indigenous Anglican church is beginning work on mental health ministries amid a national epidemic of suicides and overdoses in Indigenous communities, Archdeacon Rosalyn Elm, the church’s Indigenous ministries coordinator, told the Council of General Synod in early November.   The programs, which are still in the early stages, are aimed at bolstering…

[Episcopal News Service] A priest in the Diocese of Dallas who, until recently, served as chair of the Nashotah House Theological Seminary’s board of directors, has been placed on administrative leave from his parish duties to face a disciplinary case alleging mismanagement of parish finances and fraud. The Rev. Edward Monk, rector of St. John’s…

Lee Mingwei, the 2022 artist-in-residence at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California, offered a special performance of “Our Labyrinth for Grace,” where dancers used a broom to sweep a mound of rice along a labyrinthian path. Lee met with GraceArts members in an exclusive meet-and-greet session after the performance. Photo: Graham Holoch [Episcopal News Service]…

Bishop John Harvey Taylor with a pastor of the United Methodist Church at the rally in support of the sanctuary city ordinance. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Diocese of Los Angeles] Los Angeles City Council members voted Nov. 19 to adopt a “Sanctuary City” ordinance, which would prevent city resources and personnel from being used…

[Episcopal News Service] Texas Bishop Andrew Doyle announced Nov. 21 that former Mississippi Bishop Richard Seage had been selected and agreed to serve as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Texas’ North Region. The North Region, formerly the Diocese of Fort Worth, reunited with the Diocese of Texas in 2022 after receiving approval from that…