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September 12, 2013 Dear Deputies: In the last several days, many people in the church have expressed interest and concern about the United Thank Offering (UTO). I wanted to write directly to you to give you my perspective and ask for your thoughts. First, some background as I understand it: Beginning this summer, a group…
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House of Deputies Vice President Byron Rushing will be a panelist at Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America, a forum to be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, MS on November 15. Learn more.
In July, President Jennings led an Episcopal Relief & Development Pilgrimage to Ghana. The group of nineteen pilgrims included five deputies and a former deputy. View a photo gallery from the pilgrimage.
From House of Deputies Vice President Byron Rushing: Let me take this opportunity to remind Episcopalians in the United States that many of us do not consider the words–“the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us”–in the Independence Day collect (BCP, p.242 or p.190) to be accurate. Look around your congregations…
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The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s rulings that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that same-sex marriage can resume in California: “I join with millions of Christians across the country in celebrating today’s…
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The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County vs. Holder: “In the summer of 1965, two weeks after President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Myrick Daniels died…
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In her 1998 book Amazing Grace, Kathleen Norris writes about learning to believe: Perhaps my most important breakthrough with regard to belief came when I learned to be as consciously skeptical and questioning of my disbelief and my doubts as I was of my burgeoning faith. This new perspective also helped me to deal with…
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Good morning. My name is Gay Clark Jennings, and I am the president of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church. Along with the Rev. Will Mebane, Bishop Bowman and Bishop Persell, I am very glad to welcome you to our cathedral. When my friend and colleague Will asked me to speak to you…
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It’s difficult to talk about Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville, North Carolina, without wanting to add your name to the waiting list. With the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop and national recognition as one of the best retirement communities in the country, Deerfield offers a multitude of amenities and a compassionate, complete continuum…
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Eternal and ever-gracious God, you blessed your servant Thurgood with exceptional grace and courage to discern and speak the truth: Grant that, following his example, we may know you and recognize that we are all your children, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ, who teaches us to love one another; and who lives and reigns…
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In late March, The Episcopal Church purchased a three-year certificate of deposit for $500,000 in the Bank of Palestine. The bank, founded in 1960, has 48 branches in Palestine that employ 1200 employees and serve more than half a million customers. According to Lindsey Parker of the Diocese of Massachusetts, chair of the Economic Justice…
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement in the United States, has been challenged in Shelby County v. Holder. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing the case and is expected to issue a decision this summer. If you would like to receive updates and advocacy alerts on voting rights…
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