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State of the Church Committee Meets with Bishops
Group charged with adaptive thinking travels to Minneapolis The members of the House of Deputies State of the Church Committee met earlier today with the House of Bishops. The group, which President Jennings asked "to identify, study and report on the Episcopal...
Navigating Uncharted Territory: Using Social Media Responsibly and Charitably
Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies: Last week, we learned that the 10-year membership and attendance numbers for the Episcopal Church show a steep decline. For those of us who love the Episcopal Church, this news was sobering and even upsetting. It has inspired many...
A Relentless Cascade of Violence and Injustice: A Letter from President Jennings
Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies: For the past several weeks, reading the news has registered like a series of body blows. First, a cluster of mass shootings by white men in California, Texas, and my home state of Ohio killed more than 30 people, most of whom were...
Plans Underway for Families with Children at #GC80
In February, the Diocese of Western Louisiana became the first diocese to elect deputies for General Convention 2021 in Baltimore. As deadlines to stand for election approach in other dioceses around the church, families with children can explore options for children...
Honoring the Ministry of Journalism: Executive Council Opening Remarks
President Jennings gave these remarks to the opening session of Executive Council on June 10, 2019, at the Maritime Center. Good morning. Welcome, once again, to the Maritime Center. I’m looking forward to our meeting, and I particularly want to welcome our guests Dr....
Learn: A Sermon Preached at Executive Council
When I received the email asking me to deliver today’s sermon, I was at a café with a bright teenage girl from my church’s youth group, helping her write her first sermon. I had just said to her, “You’ve been listening to sermons your whole life and you already know...
A Tale of Two Pilgrimages: 2019 Easter Message
The Body of Christ, throughout the world, working together creating God’s dream in our lands. Recently I was appointed interim vicar of a very small congregation in San Francisco. It’s an historically African American church in a gentrifying neighborhood, a...
Provincial Court of Review Nominations Now Open: March 15 Deadline
At its meeting earlier this month, Executive Council adopted Resolution G0005, which accepts the recommendations of a working group convened to establish a way to populate a new Court of Review established by General Convention in Resolution A110. The Court of Review...
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