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Richmond Free Press – Rev. Marlene E. Forrest to be installed as rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church – Ministry is the second career for the former special education teacher who retired after 30 years of working with students with disabilities
Episcopal News Service – House of Deputies president, church reaffirm commitment to reproductive rights as Supreme Court looks poised to overturn Roe v. Wade – Office of Government Relations affirmed the church’s commitment
Salt Lake Tribune – Utah Episcopalians choose a new bishop, the second woman to lead them – The Rev. Phyllis Spiegel is eager to “meet and converse” with Latter-day Saint authorities
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Rev. Marlene E. Forrest to be installed as rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Richmond Free Press – North Side Richmond, VA
The Rev. Marlene E. Forrest will be installed as the 23rd rector of historic St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in North Side on Saturday, May 14. The ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the church, 2900 Hanes Ave. Rev. Forrest’s installation comes nearly two years after she was named priest-in-charge of the 300-member congregation, the largest Black Episcopal congregation in Virginia. She will succeed Bishop Phoebe A. Roaf, who led the church for eight years until she was installed as bishop of West Tennessee in May 2019.
House of Deputies president, church reaffirm commitment to reproductive rights as Supreme Court looks poised to overturn Roe v. Wade
Episcopal News Service – National
One of The Episcopal Church’s presiding officers and its Office of Government Relations affirmed the church’s commitment to equal access to reproductive health care on May 3, after a leaked draft of a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling indicated the court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that ensured for women nationwide the right to obtain an abortion.
Utah Episcopalians choose a new bishop, the second woman to lead them
Salt Lake Tribune – Utah
After more than a decade under the direction of Bishop Scott Hayashi, Utah Episcopalians have chosen a new top leader — the Rev. Phyllis Spiegel — as the 12th bishop and second woman to head the state’s oldest Protestant denomination. Spiegel, born in southwestern Virginia but most recently serving in Ohio, was elected Saturday on the first ballot by a vote of clergy and lay representatives at downtown Salt Lake City’s St. Mark’s Cathedral.
St. Francis Episcopal Church welcomes Rev. Grace Flint
LIHerald.com – North Bellmore, NY
Following an eight-month-long stretch without a leader, St. Francis Episcopal Church welcomed the Rev. Grace Flint to its ministry on April 1. The church’s previous leader, Brother Christopher McNabb, left last August to move to Washington state, where he works for the Diocese of Olympia doing resettlement work with immigrants.
General Convention to consider proposal to end Episcopal Church’s baptism requirement for Communion
Episcopal News Service – National
General Convention’s committees on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music heard testimony May 3 on a diverse selection of resolutions, from proposals to add the late Bishop Barbara Harris to the church’s calendar of feasts to a measure “addressing antisemitic, anti-Jewish and/or supersessionist interpretations of our lectionaries.”
Soaring food prices are pushing food banks to the brink
CNN Politics – Virginia Beach, VA
The swift rise in food prices has led Kay O’Reilly to hang out outside her local Amazon warehouse in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to see if it has any extra eggs, milk, meat or produce to spare. The visits are part of O’Reilly’s efforts at “food wrangling” to make sure the Chapel Pantry at Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church has enough groceries to provide to its clients.