[World Council of Churches] Churches and Christians in the southern hemisphere will observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity May 17-24, which traditionally centers around the Ascension and Pentecost.
This year’s theme comes from Ephesians 4:4: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling.”
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[Episcopal News Service] All dioceses in The Episcopal Church regularly rely on the 1979 Book of Common Prayer to structure their worship services. The bishop of the Diocese of Dallas wants his diocese’s congregations to refrain from using any other liturgical text, at least on Sundays. Last month, Bishop Robert Price issued new guidance for…
The Rev. Bill Radant is joined Sept. 10 on the altar at Church of Our Saviour in Lugerville, Wisconsin, by Wisconsin Bishop Matthew Gunter, left, and Ken Johnson, the church’s senior warden, on the right. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Lugerville, Wisconsin] In the terminology of the sparsely populated rural communities…
St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem, Massachusetts, houses the oldest church bell in the United States. Cast in 1740 in Gloucester, England, by Abel Rudhall, the bell has been tolled for the death of every U.S. president since the nation was founded in 1776. Inscription: “St. Peter’s in Salem New England AR 1740.” AR…
In August 2022, water protectors on Kauai came together along a roadside and held signs calling for the Red Hill storage facility’s closure to get the attention of Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrived for vacation in August 2022. Photo: Will Sato [Episcopal News Service] The Social Justice & U.S. Policy committees are considering…
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in the West Ashley neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina, worships in a temporary space in an administrative building during repairs to its main church building. Photo: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of South Carolina is using seed money from The Episcopal Church to launch its…
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, left, and the Very Rev. Martini Shaw, celebrate the Eucharist during a Feb. 9 service celebrating the Feast of Absalom Jones. Photo: Kirk Petersen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] To celebrate the Feast of Absalom Jones, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe traveled to the spiritual home of the first Black Episcopal priest:…
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