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Episcopal Church Women in the News 03-12-22

Summary

South Haven Tribune – Longtime Open Door Ministry cook hangs up her apron – For more than a decade, Nancy Vilims has spent a good deal of her time planning and preparing meals for… older adults

The Telegraph – After the ashes: St. Paul’s says ‘Welcome home’ – Parishioners returned to the sanctuary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for the first service there since a fire heavily damaged the church

The Oklahoman – ‘God is accessible … even on a street corner.’ OKC clergy offer unconventional ashes – Motorists may have been curious when they saw two Episcopal priests waving and greeting passers-by on a busy street corner on Wednesday just outside downtown Oklahoma City.
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Longtime Open Door Ministry cook hangs up her apron

South Haven Tribune – South Haven, MI

For more than a decade, Nancy Vilims has spent a good deal of her time planning and preparing meals for a ministry dedicated to providing a dinner, each Tuesday evening, to older adults who live alone and other people in need.

But this past Tuesday marked the last time Vilims put on her apron and rolled up her sleeves to cook enough food to feed the 100 or so people who line up each week at First United Methodist Church to receive a free, homecooked meal.

After the ashes: St. Paul’s says ‘Welcome home’

The Telegraph – Alton, IL

About 30 parishioners returned to the sanctuary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alton Wednesday night for the first service there since a fire heavily damaged the church nearly two years ago.

On Wednesday, a slight hint of smoke could still be detected inside the structure where a June 23, 2020, fire destroyed the connected offices and smoke damaged the entire church.

‘God is accessible … even on a street corner.’ OKC clergy offer unconventional ashes

The Oklahoman – Oklahoma City, OK

Motorists may have been curious when they saw two Episcopal priests waving and greeting passers-by on a busy street corner on Wednesday just outside downtown Oklahoma City.

The Rev. Katie Churchwell and the Rev. Paige Hanks took the Christian observance of Ash Wednesday outside the four walls of the church as part of “Ashes to Go.” For an hour, Churchwell, dean of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, administered the imposition of ashes at NW 7 and Broadway Avenue alongside Hanks, an associate priest at the church, 127 NW 7.

Meet the next Episcopal bishop of Nevada

Las Vegas Review Journal – NV

The Episcopal Church will consecrate a new bishop for Nevada this weekend, filling a role that has been vacant since 2018.

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Bringing people together goal of new Nevada Episcopal bishop

The new head of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada said Friday that although the coronavirus pandemic has isolated people, she wants to bring people together.

The Rev. Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner will be consecrated Saturday as the leader of the Las Vegas-based diocese. She met with reporters along with the Most Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church.

The early women of General Convention

General Theological Seminary – Episcopal Church

Elizabeth Ann Campbell (1962-1965): The ‘Women of General’ before ‘Women at General’

I smile when I read about Women at GTS for 50 years! We all know what is meant in context, especially those of us who helped promote ordination of women! However, in our own ways, we were already there!

Adelene and Craig Burlington ’69: 1966-1969 “Women on the Outskirts 50+years ago”

Before Women at General, there were WOGS, Women OF General. In our time 1966-69, women were literally on the outskirts of the Close, only welcomed in the Refectory in our Middler year. Formerly, women weren’t allowed on the Close, but entered from the side streets traveling the basement passageways to get from one building to another. Seminarians could only marry before entering GTS or, in our years, finally allowed to marry in summers between semesters (as we did!)

Church Periodical Club Quilt Raffle

Two beautiful quilts: one of Hawaiian heritage materials (twin) and a second machine quilt queen in pink rose and tan. It is available for you to get your tickets thru your computer. maryfrancrist64@gmail.com Raffle runs till the end of March.

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Episcopal Church Women2022-03-11T14:45:50+00:00March 12th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 03-05-22

Summary

Washington Post – For many immunosuppressed, churches stopped being a safe place – For centuries, Christians have met in sacred places that also provided safety for those seeking asylum

John Deere – The Soil and the Soul – Elizabeth DeRuff’s ministry is rooted in farming. Divine inspiration strikes in all sorts of ways and all sorts of places.

The Georgetowner – Mapping Georgetown: A Story of Love Stretching Back to The Mayflower – This sweet story is made doubly so because it threads together more than several centuries of connections back to those married at Plymouth Rock.”

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For many immunosuppressed, churches stopped being a safe place

Washington Post – Washington D.C.

For centuries, Christians have met in sacred places that also provided safety for those seeking asylum, including runaway slaves and undocumented immigrants. But those same sanctuaries where many sing and embrace each other have become anxiety-inducing, and possibly dangerous, for many Americans who are considered higher risk for covid-19.

More than 7 million Americans have weakened immune systems that make them more vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus and can make covid-19 more deadly.

The Soil and the Soul

Healdsburg, CA

Divine inspiration strikes in all sorts of ways and all sorts of places. For Rev. Elizabeth DeRuff, an ordained Episcopal priest who describes herself as an agricultural chaplain, a field of wheat is a perfect place to connect with God.

At a California family camp where she served as chaplain and dean, DeRuff met a woman in 2003 who declined communion because of her bread allergy. That prompted DeRuff to begin exploring the connections among land, health, regeneration, and wheat.

Mapping Georgetown: A Story of Love Stretching Back to The Mayflower

Georgetowner – Washington D.C.

I want to share this sweet story. It is truly an American love story that began with those who came a long time ago to our shores and finds its way through the ages to a boy and girl by a stream sharing a cup of water who lived happily ever after in Washington D.C.

The boy and girl were my grandparents. Harold Whiting Burnside met Enid Holden when he was a young man of 15 and she, a little tow head of 12. While Harold was picking strawberries in the field below Enid’s Grandpa’s house in Hyattsville Md and drinking from the pasture spring, she showed him where they hid the drinking cup. Grandpa said he was smitten right then and there. They married in 1917 and lived over fifty years in the District.

St. John’s Episcopal Church Women to host Two Sip ‘n’ Paint Workshops

Pine Island Eagle – St. James City, FL

Local artist Mary Linden Ragains will guide participants through a water color session on Monday, Feb. 28, and an acrylic painting class on Monday, March 14, both from 2-4 p.m. in St. John’s Comfort Hall, 7771 Stringfellow Road, St. James City. To register for either or both of these classes, please call Janet Pinnell at 239-558-8135 for tickets. The watercolor class is $25, the acrylics class is $30, with all materials provided, as well as coffee, wine and hors d’oeuvres.

Triennial News

Registration for the 80th General Convention will open on Friday, March 18 and will be a two-part process. In March, diocesan coordinators, other authorized persons, and individuals who register for attending the entire convention will be able to pre-register those attending as deputies, alternates, bishops, ECW delegates, and visitors.

Resolved, the Joint Standing Committee on Planning and Arrangements adopts the following vaccination policy for all attendees of the 80th General Convention: Read the full resolution.

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Episcopal Church Women2022-03-04T14:25:11+00:00March 5th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 02-26-22

Summary

Religion News Service – As Russian threat escalates, prominent US faith leaders hold vigil for peace in Ukraine – More than a dozen faith leaders offered prayers for a peaceful resolution during an online vigil Wednesday.

Mountain Express – Female diversity thrives at Asheville pulpits – The Rev. Milly Morrow, rector of Asheville’s Grace Episcopal Church, believes dismantling gender bias is part of her work as a Christian minister.

The Union – A part of our history: African Methodist Episcopal Church site commemorated – An important piece of Grass Valley’s early African American heritage was commemorated Friday morning, in front of a trio of residences

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As Russian threat escalates, prominent US faith leaders hold vigil for peace in Ukraine

Religion News Service

The vigil came not long after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the independence of two Ukrainian regions bordering Russia and delivered a speech arguing Ukraine is part of Russia’s “own history, culture and spiritual space.” Russian troops have been massing around Ukraine.

Female diversity thrives at Asheville pulpits

Mountain Express – Ashville, NC

“Our Father, who art in heaven,” goes the start of one of Christianity’s most popular prayers. “On earth as it is in heaven,” goes another line — and just as believers often envision a male figure at the head of the celestial hierarchy, so do they usually see a man in charge of their faith community. According to the most recent National Congregations Study, released last year by Duke University researchers, only 14% of all American congregations were led by women as of 2019.

A part of our history: African Methodist Episcopal Church site commemorated

The Union – Grass Valley, NV

An important piece of Grass Valley’s early African American heritage was commemorated Friday morning, in front of a trio of residences that was the location of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and school at 317, 319, and 323 S. Church St.

The church was built there in 1854, and its choir was known for being exceptional with accomplished musicians.

The school, built in 1865, helped offer education to the children of African Americans, who were denied entry to white schools.

Both locations were important to the local African American community, which included Rev. Peter Green and former slave Isaac Sanks, who worked to abolish slavery, secure voting rights for African American men, and eliminate the ban on testimony of African Americans in court.

Hometown Heroes – Haiti school started by Lake Charles church

7PLC – Lake Charles, LA

It was 30 years ago Good Shepherd Episcopal began their “Tend My Lambs” Education Mission in Haiti. The need for a school in a small village was great, so the church helped fund five classrooms.

“You teach people how to think,” said Glenda Williams, church member. “That’s their only way out of poverty and they know that. You can’t tell somebody to pull yourself up by your bootstraps if they don’t have any boots – Martin Luther King.”

The school has become a stabilizing force for the village.

Drive-thru Empty Bowls event raises dollars to fight hunger

Palm Beach Daily News – Palm Beach, FL

Drivers — and some bicycle riders, pedestrians and folks pushing baby strollers — lined up for lunch at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the Sea on Friday to help reduce hunger in Palm Beach County.

Feminist Street Initiative Aims to Rename LA Roads to Honor Trailblazing Women

NBC Los Angeles

The Women’s March Foundation is campaigning to rename Los Angeles-area streets for Biddy Mason, one of the founders of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in LA, and Dolores Huerta, a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association.

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Episcopal Church Women2022-02-25T15:06:22+00:00February 26th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 02-19-22

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Tapinto.net – Meet the Leaders: Q&A with Reverend Susanna Cates, Pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains – “I never predicted ordained ministry as part of my journey”

NJ Herald – Breaking the stained-glass ceiling: How women are rising to leadership in the Black church – Rev. Ratona Stokes-Robinson’s … phone buzzed with excitement.

Salem News – Shining light on an untold story – For years, Sheila Cooke-Kayser, a former National Park Service employee, has been researching these stories as a volunteer with the Danvers Historical Society. If the walls of the Page House in Danvers Square could talk

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Meet the Leaders: Q&A with Reverend Susanna Cates, Pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains

Tapinto.net – Scotch Plains, NJ

“I grew up in Gainsville, FL, and lived there until my early 20s. Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, and so it’s a very diverse town. Lots of folks from all over the world attend school and teach there, and some of them decide to stay, bringing their traditions and worldviews with them. It makes for a community that’s very flexible, open-minded, and willing to learn from others. In that way, this part of New Jersey feels a lot like home. We are so close to NYC, and our surrounding areas have just about every kind of person from every kind of place. It’s one of the many things I love about living here.”

Breaking the stained-glass ceiling: How women are rising to leadership in the Black church

NJHerald – Thorofare, NJ

After the Rev. Ratona Stokes-Robinson was appointed to lead St. James AME Church in South Jersey last summer, her phone buzzed with excitement. But the joy was short-lived. She wound up delivering her first Sunday sermon not from the front of the small white church in Thorofare, but outside its locked doors. Officers of the Gloucester County church refused to hand her the keys, reportedly unwilling to let a female pastor take over.

Shining light on an untold story

Salem News – Danvers, MA

If the walls of the Page House in Danvers Square could talk, the stories that they would tell are ones of bravery, strength and mystery. For years, Sheila Cooke-Kayser, a former National Park Service employee, has been researching these stories as a volunteer with the Danvers Historical Society and is now primed to share her findings of one individual with a larger audience.

Iona Celtic Retreat with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows

Episcopal News Service

From June 18-25, 2022, join Bishop Jennifer and members of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis in a Celtic retreat on the sacred Isle of Iona, off the western coast of Scotland. The retreat will be led by the Rev. John Philip Newell, an internationally known expert on Celtic spirituality.

Nonprofits Benefit From Shop Of St. Philip’s

Transylvania Times – Brevard, NC

The Episcopal Church Women of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church announced they were able to award grants totaling $81,000 to nonprofit groups serving families and children in Transylvania County for 2022. The grants are intended to help with operating expenses. The Family Place, The Haven, Pisgah Legal, Meals on Wheels, Rise & Shine, and Free Rein are among the 20 grant recipients.

Musician for Triennial

Elaine Conger is a native of Nashville and life-long musician and music educator. After years of teaching and touring, she’s finally settled down in the mountains of East Tennessee for another chapter in her musical journey. Her current passion is writing and performing worshipful songs that stir the soul and encourage spiritual reflection.

Chaplin for Triennial

Gayle Fisher-Stewart was ordained in 2015 and currently serves as the interim rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. A native Washingtonian, prior to accepting the call to ordained ministry, she retired from the Metropolitan Police Department as a captain and then taught at the university level.

Episcopal Church Women2022-09-28T18:08:04+00:00February 22nd, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 02-12-22

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Citrus County Chronical – Food and warm clothing collection Feb. 15 to benefit SOS Food Pantry – So, the women had another food drive, and another, and another.

News4 – Oldest church in Dothan appoints first female pastor – Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as the first church in Dothan in 1877. The church is 144 years old, and they just appointed their first female pastor, Pastor Lynntesha Henley.

The News Herald – New doughnut shop and bakery opens in downtown Morganton – Something sweet is coming to downtown Morganton as a new bakery and doughnut shop is gearing up to open its doors. Located in the old Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church building on Bouchelle Street, Divinity Donuts and Bakery will hold its grand opening

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Food and warm clothing collection Feb. 15 to benefit SOS Food Pantry

Citrus County Chronical – Lecanto, FL

Since June 2020, the Daughters of the King, Esther Chapter, at Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Lecanto have collected approximately thousands of pounds of food each month to benefit the SOS food pantry. In this photo from June 2021 are, from left to right: Jessie Ballou, behind Jessie is Sue Guth, Cathy Allen Yvonne Furman, Marilyn Stokes, and Deacon Gail Towell.

Oldest church in Dothan appoints first female pastor

News4 – Dothan, AL

Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as the first church in Dothan in 1877. The church is 144 years old, and they just appointed their first female pastor, Pastor Lynntesha Henley.

She says she’s ready to take the church to new heights.

“Being the pastor of the historic Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church and what it means to me, everything,” says Pastor Henley.

Pastor Henley says the appointment to this church has been nothing but an honor. “God doesn’t give that opportunity to everybody, and someone had to see fit for me to come here.”

New doughnut shop and bakery opens in downtown Morganton

The News Herald – Morganton, NC

Something sweet is coming to downtown Morganton as a new bakery and doughnut shop is gearing up to open its doors.

Located in the old Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church building on Bouchelle Street, Divinity Donuts and Bakery will hold its grand opening Friday through Sunday from 7 a.m. through 2 p.m. or whenever they sell out.

Owned by Matt and Betsy Herrington, natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Divinity Donuts will be a small batch bakery that will offer a variety donuts and other treats baked fresh every morning. Menu items will include donuts, long johns, pastries, whoopie pies, macaroons, cookies, pies and cakes.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Hoping To Draw People To Its Historic Campus With New Community Space

Tapinto Milltown/Spotswood – NJ

The SHOP at St. Peter’s was bustling on February 5 as it welcomed customers back to its newly renovated thrift shop. The space occupying the original thrift shop got a makeover too. It’s now a community space that has been nicknamed the “living room” by volunteers. The area actually encompasses the oldest part of the campus of the historic St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

Episcopal leaders hear stories of repatriation of remains of Native American children

Church Times – Pennsylvania

THE remains of several Native American children who died while in government-run boarding schools in the United States have finally been returned home, but many more are still thousands of miles from their homelands.

Episcopal News Service – Online Education Opportunity

Turkiye (Turkey) Cradle of Christianity

Enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Bible and the people and culture of Turkiye this summer with Guest Speaker Ben Witherington. The Bible comes alive when you visit many of the ancient cities where the Christian church began. The natural wonders of the Cappadocia region will leave you in awe. The centuries of history in Istanbul will expand your understanding of faith and life throughout history. Ben Witherington will add his expert insights from years of academic study and years of traveling throughout this amazing country. Individuals and groups are welcome to join this journey of a lifetime. [starts 7/16/22]

Episcopal Church Women2022-09-28T17:59:27+00:00February 12th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 02-05-22

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WGN 9 Chicago – Women breaking through to top roles in Black churches – “I can’t tell you how many times people said, ‘Yes sir,’ to me,” she said. “I just remind them, ‘Yes ma’am’ is OK.”

Essex News Daily – Church increases number of parishioners – Wilcox said the pandemic was an emotional hit for the church, but worship quickly went virtual.

Episcopal News Service – Oregon parish, diocese sue city for restricting feeding ministry – St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Brookings, Oregon, and the Diocese of Oregon are suing the city of Brookings, arguing that the city’s attempt to limit the church’s ministry of feeding the homeless and hungry violates its right to religious freedom.

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Women breaking through to top roles in Black churches

WGN 9 Chicago

When an opening for bishop arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were offering to be candidates.

None were.

She knew that since its founding 140 years earlier by Black Methodists emerging from slavery, the denomination had never elected a woman bishop.

“I was like, oh my goodness, this can’t be,” she recalled. “If no one steps forward, it gives the church a pass.”

Jefferson-Snorton, who had spent decades as a pastor, chaplain and theological educator, undertook several months of intensive prayer before discerning she was “feeling a call to this” from God. Then she put her name forward.

Church increases number of parishioners

Essex News Daily – Glen Ridge, NJ

As with every house of worship during the pandemic, Christ Episcopal Church in Glen Ridge has had a difficult time, with its members locked down and in-person services curtailed. But as with other houses of worship, there has been resilience.

“We were hit hard, like a lot of people,” said the Rev. Diana Wilcox during a telephone interview on Friday, Jan. 21. “We had to shut down our nursery school, but it is now reopened.”
Wilcox said the pandemic was an emotional hit for the church, but worship quickly went virtual. The church closed its doors to the public on March 15, 2020.

Oregon parish, diocese sue city for restricting feeding ministry

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Brookings, Oregon, and the Diocese of Oregon are suing the city of Brookings, arguing that the city’s attempt to limit the church’s ministry of feeding the homeless and hungry violates its right to religious freedom. The parish and diocese filed the lawsuit in federal court on Jan. 28 in response to a recent city law that cuts the weekly number of meals St. Timothy’s can serve in half.

“The restrictions imposed by the city target and interfere with the congregation’s free expression of their Christian faith which calls them to serve others in need,” the diocese wrote in its announcement of the lawsuit, which asks the court to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and block its enforcement.

Episcopal team to launch virtual reality church services in metaverse, all avatars welcome

Episcopal News Service

Your Zoom church? It’s so 2020. This year, Episcopal liturgies are about to enter the metaverse. The metaverse is the term increasingly applied to experiences in virtual reality, or VR, in which users wear internet-connected headsets and manipulate hand controllers to immerse themselves in an entirely digital world. A team led by Episcopal clergy is developing a church space in VR called Web3 Abbey, and they plan to welcome the first worshipers to their avatar-friendly liturgy on Feb. 28.

Church, library join in citizen science project

Livingston County News – Honeoye Falls, NY

The Very Rev. Virginia Tyler Smith and her congregation at St. John’s Episcopal Church wanted to reach out beyond the congregation and do something with the broader community. After much discussion, they established a relationship with Mendon Public Library, 22 North Main St., and decided to move forward on a project that would connect the church, community and the natural world.

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Episcopal Church Women2022-02-04T16:05:55+00:00February 5th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 01-29-22

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Guideposts – 3 Questions: Rev. Pamela Conrad – The Episcopal priest and astrobiologist on how her faith and scientific work coexist and impact each other.

Religion News Service – Dilemma for houses of worship: Openness or safety? – Our hope as those who attend and lead religious institutions is to maintain our humaneness and treat others with compassion, while keeping ourselves and others safe.

Episcopal News Service – Transgender priests ask church to ‘live fully into’ LGBTQ+ inclusion during Executive Council plenary session – Transgender priests ask church to ‘live fully into’ LGBTQ+ inclusion during Executive Council plenary session

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3 Questions: Rev. Pamela Conrad

Guideposts – Glen Burnie, MD

Rev. Pamela Conrad is rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She is also a research scientist at Washington, D.C.’s Carnegie Institution of Science, a member of the tactical operations team for the Mars Perseverance rover mission and a co-investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She takes us behind her two heavenly pursuits.

What inspired you to pursue the scientific and the spiritual?
One night in 1957, Dad, a scientist, pointed out this tiny speck in the sky—Sputnik, the first satellite. I was almost five. I kept looking up at the stars, delighted. He made a model of the U.S. launch rocket and satellite Explorer, and I ran all around the house with it, captivated by the idea of exploring something as big as the sky. I loved science and music and got my undergraduate and graduate degrees in the latter. I went back to graduate school 20 years later to study geology, focusing on geobiology.

Dilemma for houses of worship: Openness or safety?

Religion News Service

On a cold day, a stranger comes to the door of the sanctuary and asks for shelter. What should happen next?

The Bible’s Book of Deuteronomy says, “God loves the stranger, giving them food and garments.” The next verse goes on to tell us to do likewise: “Love therefore the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” The Christian New Testament, in Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews, says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

Transgender priests ask church to ‘live fully into’ LGBTQ+ inclusion during Executive Council plenary session

Episcopal News Service

In an afternoon plenary session during Executive Council’s virtual meeting on Jan. 25, transgender and nonbinary Episcopal priests shared stories of the difficulties they face in a church where they are accepted on paper but often not in practice, telling council that the church’s work toward LGBTQ+ inclusion is not finished.

While much of The Episcopal Church feels comfortable with the “LGB” part of the LGBTQ+ community, the speakers said the situation is very different for the “TQ+” – people who are transgender, queer or otherwise outside the traditional gender binary.

“We’ve done an amazing job of beginning the process of inclusion at the churchwide level but it just isn’t translating to the diocesan and parish levels,” said the Rev. Gwen Fry, a former president of the Episcopal LGBTQ+ group Integrity and one of six speakers, five of whom were transgender clergy.

Presiding bishop nominating committee plans history-making presence at General Convention

For the first time in Episcopal Church history, the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop plans to be at General Convention in July to hear Episcopalians’ hopes and dreams for the church’s next presiding bishop, who will be elected in 2024.

The postponement of the 80th General Convention from 2021 to 2022 created the opportunity for the committee to attend convention to speak with bishops, deputies, and other participants. General Convention is scheduled for July 7-14 in Baltimore, Maryland.

“The committee members are committed to hearing from as many Episcopalians as possible as we prepare to write a profile and call for discernment for the 28^th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church,” said Canon Steven Nishibayashi, committee co-chair. “We feel blessed that we have this opportunity to visit with the part of the church that will be in Baltimore for convention this summer.”

Episcopal Church Women2022-01-28T15:51:04+00:00January 29th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 01-22-22

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The Suffolk County News – Connecting a congregation – “I had a spiritual calling,” said Mother Lilo. “I wanted to help people in ways that truly affected their lives.”

Shelter Island Reporter – Islander’s art donated to East End church – Two contemporary artworks, Pale Male and Nail This, by Shelter Island artist Roz Dimon have been gifted to Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor

Montclair Local – Need to get out of the cold? daytime Respite Returns to Ton’s Kitchen – Homeless individuals and others needing daytime shelter in Montclair have one more place to go. Toni’s Kitchen has again opened up a daytime warming center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

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Connecting a congregation

The Suffolk County News – Sayville, NY

Interpreting the word of God to connect with a contemporary audience is a difficult task, but one in which curate, assistant rector Mother Lilo Rivera-Carr, of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Sayville, not only excels, but blossoms, as she relates everyday life to scripture for her congregants.

Originally from Massachusetts (her loyalty to the Red Sox/Patriots remains unconfirmed), Mother Lilo, who grew up in a Congregational Church, had artistic interests and studied to become a graphic designer. […]

Islander’s art donated to East End church

Shelter Island Reporter – Mattituck, NY

Two contemporary artworks, Pale Male and Nail This, by Shelter Island artist Roz Dimon have been gifted to Christ Episcopal Church in Sag Harbor by Lyn and E.T. Williams, prominent art collectors who are members and long-time supporters of the church.

The artworks are given in memory of E.T.’s sister, JoAnne Williams Carter, also a revered member of the church and community. […]

Need to get out of the cold? daytime Respite Returns to Ton’s Kitchen

Montclair Local – Montclair, NJ

Homeless individuals and others needing daytime shelter in Montclair have one more place to go. Toni’s Kitchen has again opened up a daytime warming center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

The center opened in the second week of January, as temperatures plummeted in Montclair and the region. It was made possible in part by a $10,000 grant awarded by the Montclair Township Council at its Jan. 4 meeting. Additional funding comes from organizations working with Partners for Health, a Montclair based nonprofit organization providing grants to groups addressing health equality. […]

Indigenous children who died at boarding school finally make it home as tribes repatriate remains

Episcopal News Service

Kirby Metoxen had long heard the stories of Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School from his parents, grandparents and other elders on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin, just west of Green Bay. He knew attending boarding schools like Carlisle had devastated earlier generations of Native Americans who were separated from their families, sometimes against their will. The U.S. government-backed education system’s intent was to force them to assimilate into white culture, at the expense of their own cultural identities. […]

New Bethany Ministries to manage soup kitchen operations at Trinity Episcopal Church

Lehigh Valley Regional News – Bethlehem, PA

New Bethany Ministries, a local nonprofit providing basic-need services, housing, and support aimed at lifting people out of poverty, said Wednesday it will oversee and manage Trinity Soup Kitchen food service operations at Trinity Episcopal Church on East Market Street in Bethlehem. […]

Episcopal Church Women2022-01-21T15:39:19+00:00January 22nd, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 01-15-22

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Hutchinson Leader – Called to serve: New priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Church – “Trinity’s new priest looks forward to being a regular and neighborly presence in Litchfield, and to counting herself among.”’

My Ballard – First look at St. Lukes Episcopal Church affordable housing project – The affordable apartment units are for families at or below 60% AMI—for a family of four, that’s $69,420…

Cleveland.com – Episcopal bishop welcomes the Rev. Kelly Aughenbaugh to St. Paul’s Church in Medina – the new rector is “well qualified” and that she had been “prayerfully and lawfully selected.” She was then given a Bible, a vessel of water and a stole as symbols of her new role as pastor.

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Called to serve: New priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Church

Hutchinson Leader – Litchfield, MN

“I feel pretty lucky,” said Meyer, who was called in late December to serve as part-time priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal. “I am so moved by the history, commitment to the parish, commitment to the community. … We said yes to this invitation to the spirit.” […]

First look at St. Lukes Episcopal Church affordable housing project

My Ballard – Ballard, WA

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will be redeveloping its property at 5710 22nd Ave NW to create two eight-story buildings with 292 total apartment units.

The project—a joint partnership with Heartland LLC, Bridge Housing, and Security Properties—will include 80 affordable housing units and over 200 market-rate apartment homes. The two buildings will be integrated but separate, along with a new worship space for St. Luke’s congregation. […]

Episcopal bishop welcomes the Rev. Kelly Aughenbaugh to St. Paul’s Church in Medina

Cleveland.com – Medina, OH

The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, visited St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Medina, 317 E. Liberty St., Sunday (Jan. 9) to welcome the Rev. Kelly Aughenbaugh as the parish’s new rector.

Nominations for Distinguished Women Awards Closes January 31st

The National Board of the Episcopal Church Women is encouraging you to submit the name of a woman from your diocese whom you have identified as your Distinguished Women Nominee.

We ask that you and your board give careful thought and consideration in selecting this woman and encourage others within your diocese to assist with this selection. We invite your Distinguished Women Nominee to Triennial 2022 to receive her award. Please make your selection and submit her information via this form by January 31, 2022.

Episcopal Church Women2022-09-28T18:08:42+00:00January 15th, 2022|

Episcopal Church Women in the News 01-08-22

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Lake Oconee Breeze – Upscale Resale donates $12,000 to Greene and Putnam Co. food pantries – The Upscale Resale is a fundraising event held by The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Belleview News Democrat – St. Michael’s Episcopal Church project in O’Fallon offers comfort to homeless – Busy hands are happy hands every Thursday in the church basement at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in O’Fallon.

Out Smart – Ademian Pinder and Andrés Herrera provide a platform for queer and BIPOC people of faith – Grappling with the intersectionality of the queer community and Christianity can be a challenge that most people aren’t willing to face. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church began

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Triennial 2022: The following members are nominated for board positions

President: Lisa Bortner
Vice President: Gloria Rogers
2nd Vice President: No Nominations Received
Secretary: Patricia Brake Rutenburg and Samar Fay
Treasurer: Margaret Hammond Gordon
Social Justice Chair: Evita Krislock and The Rev. Deacon Twilla R. Two Bulls

More about the nominees […]

Upscale Resale donates $12,000 to Greene and Putnam Co. food pantries

The Oconee Breeze – Eatonton, GA

In September, The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer’s Upscale Resale Committee reached out to Putnam Christian Outreach (PCO) to announce that the 2021 Upscale Resale event would be benefitting the Putnam and Greene County Food Pantries.

The Upscale Resale is a fundraising event held by The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer where donated handbags and jewelry are resold to generate funds for the local community food pantries. The committee exceeded their goal and has generously donated $12,000 to the Greene and Putnam County food banks. […]

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church project in O’Fallon offers comfort to homeless

Belleview News Democrat – O’Fallon, IL

Busy hands are happy hands every Thursday in the church basement at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in O’Fallon. That’s when volunteers gather to make mats to help homeless people in the area. The community service project has been ongoing for four years, with help from other churches. They deliver the mats to the St. Louis Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral.

“The mats are blessed in church and sent along, with our prayers, to the person in need. On snowy nights when they don’t have any more room in the shelter, they are able to give them a mat,” said Judie Payne, who helped get the project off the ground, along with her husband, Tom […]

Ademian Pinder and Andrés Herrera provide a platform for queer and BIPOC people of faith

Out Smart – Houston, TX

Grappling with the intersectionality of the queer community and Christianity can be a challenge that most people aren’t willing to face. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church began to take on that challenge decades ago, and is now a Montrose haven where Christians of all sexualities and gender identities can proudly profess their faith.

Through their new podcast Faith from the Margins, church members Ademian Pinder and Andrés Herrera are using their voices and personal experiences to bring queer faith leaders and allies to the airwaves and prove that there’s plenty of room at the table for all. They envision the show as a platform for those who are so often silenced. […]

St. Paul’s hosts felony warrant amnesty clinic

Fayetteville Flyer – Fayetteville, AR

A crowd of people seeking legal counsel filled the parking lot and front hall of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church by 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6.

The church, along with The Bail Project and Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition, hosted a felony warrant amnesty clinic to provide an opportunity for those with warrants to meet with Washington County public defenders in a safe space. In all, 71 people along with their friends and families, attended the event for support and resources that could help them continue working, caring for their families, and living their lives. […]

Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida Meeting Cancelled

2022 United Thank Offering Grants

The 2022 United Thank Offering grant application materials are now available. The focus of this year’s grants is Care of Creation: Turning love into action by caring for God’s creation to protect the most vulnerable—who will bear the largest burden of pollution and climate change—through justice, advocacy, environmental reparations, or the development of formation materials. [...]

2021 – A YEAR IN REVIEW

Episcopal Relief Fund

2021 was an unpredictable year. Yet through it all, the staff, board, volunteers and partners of Episcopal Relief & Development were able to create lasting change in countless lives.

As we reflect on the top five blogs from the past year, we thank you, the reader. Your readership allowed us to share insight into our work while also amplifying voices that may not have otherwise been heard. One of these voices is Ana, who escaped an abusive marriage with help from our partner Casa Noeli dos Santos. You can read more about Ana’s story below in A Space for Healing in Brazil. […]

Good Book Club returns in Epiphany 2022 with the Book of Exodus

Start the new year with a renewed spiritual practice of reading God’s Word. Forward Movement, with support from partners from around the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion, will celebrate the time of Epiphany with a new round of the Good Book Club.

Episcopal Church Women2022-01-07T15:08:56+00:00January 8th, 2022|

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