From the President: The Task Before Us Is Not New
In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, many Episcopalians have turned to their church and its leaders for comfort and pastoral guidance, but also for leadership in a fast-forming movement to fight gun violence....General Convention Legislation on Gun Violence
On December 21, the one-week anniversary of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, President Jennings wrote to the House of Deputies about General Convention’s history of speaking against gun violence. “Episcopalians involved in this movement are supported...Jennings Writes to Diocese of South Carolina
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina has posted a letter written by President of the House of Deputies Gay Clark Jennings on December 11. “Your experience as faithful Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina must feel, at times, like trial...
The Bush Burns at Christmas: A Letter from Deputy Frank Logue
The burning bush is an image I can’t imagine ever being featured on Christmas cards or wrapping paper. The idea of an angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in a flame of fire out of a bush set ablaze yet not consumed by fire may bring to mind Cecil B. DeMille’s epic...Structure Task Force Appointed
December 5, 2012–Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have announced the 24 members of the special Task Force for Church Structural Reform created by Resolution C095 of the 77th General...From the President
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