Dear Friends in Christ: Earlier this week, the Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group met for a third time to continue planning a shorter, smaller, safer General Convention in Baltimore from July 8 to 11. This week, the group’s primary recommendation is...
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Letter to The Episcopal Church from Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies: COVID-19 safety recommendations from Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group
Dear Friends in Christ: Earlier this week, the Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group met for a second time to continue planning a shorter, smaller, safer General Convention, which will take place in Baltimore from July 8 to 11. The group has made several...
House of Deputies Legislative Committee Roster
Search the current roster of House of Deputies legislative committees for the 80th General Convention: https://houseofdeputies.org/2022-legislative-committees/
Letter to The Episcopal Church from Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies: Recommendations from May 17 meeting of Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group (in English y español)
May 17, 2022 Dear Friends in Christ: Last week, as COVID-19 rates continued rising across the United States, we appointed the Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group to plan a shorter, smaller, safer General Convention to take place in Baltimore in July....
A Shorter, Smaller Convention: President Jennings’s Remarks to Executive Council Special Meeting
Good morning. It’s good to see all of you again. Thank you for making the time to be here, and special thanks to the members of Executive Council who took the initiative to call this important meeting. As the Presiding Bishop has said, we are committed to holding the...
From President Jennings: The Dignity of Safe and Legal Reproductive Health Care
I was a 21-year-old college junior in 1973 when Roe v. Wade became law. Coming of age with access to safe and legal reproductive health care, including birth control and abortion, shaped my life and the lives of many women of my generation. Our ability to plan our...
Support During General Convention: A Message from President Jennings
Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies, News travels fast, and you may already know that I have tested positive for COVID-19. Several other members of Executive Council have tested positive as well, and so far we are all experiencing only mild symptoms. It is also...
Change Will Come: Executive Council Opening Remarks
Good morning. Before I begin, I want to introduce you to my husband, Albert Jennings, who has never been to an Executive Council meeting before. Albert and I have been married for 46 years, and for 34 of those years, he has been the rector of St. Timothy’s Episcopal...
Learning a New Story: a Sermon Preached at Executive Council
This sermon was delivered by President Jennings during the meeting of Executive Council in San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 20, 2022: In the name of the Risen Lord. Amen. Perhaps of all the stories in the Gospel, the Road to Emmaus is the one I have the easiest time...
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