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Traducción al español a continuación ‘Good Governance is Sacred and Holy Work’ Hello, Executive Council! It is so good to be back here again with you all in person. Before I begin my remarks, I would like us to take a brief moment of silence to pray for our 31st president of the House of…
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We are saddened to hear the news of the passing of former President of the House of Deputies, the Very Rev. George L. W. Werner, who died peacefully in his home next to his family at the age of 85 this Monday, February 6, 2023. Rev. George served six years as the 31st president of the…
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Traducción al español a continuacion “Walk Humbly with God” Psalm 19:14 (adapted) Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts     be acceptable to you,     Our creator, our guide, and our redeemer. Our theme for this conference is a favorite verse among Christians. Micah 6:8 “God has told you what is good,…
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Traducción al español a continuación Advent 2022 On Thanksgiving Day, my family and I chose to visit the pilgrimage site Santuario de Chimayo, which is about 30 miles north of Santa Fe. For hundreds of years, the Indigenous peoples in the area told stories of how the sand beside a stream at this location had…
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Traducción en español a continuación It takes prophets to say that this will not harm us, but heal us. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, our creator, our guide, our rock, and our redeemer. Amen. (Adapted from Psalm 19:14.) In today’s reading from Second Kings, we see…
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Traducción en español a continuación Learn how to love and be loved in our beloved church Hello fellow Church Geeks!  It is so good to be together again, isn’t it?! I hope you will find this time together in person exceedingly fruitful, especially given how quickly you must do your work in this short timeline. …
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Traducción en español a continuación Hello Friends, I hope this letter finds you safe and healthy. It has been a busy fall in the office of the PHoD. After returning from the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Germany, I spent a week at the Episcopal Church Center, getting myself oriented to this new…
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Read this letter in Spanish Hello Friends, It’s been a little more than a month since we headed home from the 80th General Convention, and since then, I have been starting to master the behind-the-scenes details of serving as your president. Thank you for putting your trust and confidence in me. Together, we can begin…
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Julia Ayala Harris, a deputy from the Diocese of Oklahoma, was elected today as president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church. Her term as one of the denomination’s two presiding officers begins  on Monday at the close of the church’s General Convention in Baltimore. She will be the first Latina and first…
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