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Current Job Openings

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:32:37 -0700

Full-charge experienced bookkeeper/business administrator for North Valley Episcopal parish. Duties also include recording pledges, insurance, benefit/pension plans, audit compliance, & other office/clerical tasks. Experience with non-profit fund accounting a plus. Must be adaptable to rapidly changing environment. Excellent benefit/vacation package. Submit current resume and references to office@all-angels.com

Part-time communications specialist for North Valley Episcopal parish. Duties include internal/external communications, newsletters, website, promo material for annual and capital fund-raising campaigns, program/event communications, advertising & community relations. Must have excellent writing ability, desktop publishing, a solid knowledge of e-communications. Submit current resume and references to office@all-angels.com

Asian theologians wrestle with reconciliation issues at historic Exchange Forum

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:34:50 -0700

By Winfred Vergara, October 29, 2007

[Episcopal News Service] Thirty scholars and theologians from Asia and the United States gathered October 23-25 at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), for a historic Asia America Theological Exchange (AATE) Forum.

Presiding Bishop reaches out to bishops attempting to withdraw dioceses

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:13 -0700

By Jan Nunley, October 31, 2007
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is making public a letter of warning that is being sent to a bishop who is actively seeking to withdraw his diocese from the Episcopal Church, and has stated that letters to other bishops will follow.

"In this way the Presiding Bishop is reaching out with open arms once more to those bishops contemplating realignments for their dioceses, while also warning them of the consequences should they choose to follow through with their proposed actions," said the Rev. Dr. Charles Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop.

Episcopalians for the Future - Recording of 6/30/07 meeting at St. Michael's with Bonnie Anderson, President, House of Deputies

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:18:17 -0700

Listen to audio recording of proceedings.

Stay calm amid tensions, Bonnie Anderson urges Rio Grande Episcopalians

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:29:08 -0700

[ENS, ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico] House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson told more than 275 people gathered June 30 in the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande to both be prepared and to stay calm amid the current tensions in the diocese, the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.

"Keep your eyes on the prize, which is the reconciliation of the world through Jesus Christ, whom we love more than life itself," Anderson told the meeting at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. "And keep calm."

Gay and Lesbian Parishioners speak to Bishop Steenson

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:43:09 -0700

What are the Millennium Development Goals?

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:42:57 -0700

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.

Anglicans worldwide prepare strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:52:52 -0700

Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, met with national and international planning committee members last week to discuss an international Anglican conference to be held in Gauteng, South Africa from 7 - 14 March 2007. ‘Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM): An international conference on Prophetic Witness, Social Development and HIV and AIDS’ will include 400 representatives from every province in the Anglican Communion. They will meet in a context of prayer and theology to share experiences on issues such as HIV and AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals. To date more than half the people invited have responded positively.

Remembering Katrina: Vigil marks anniversary in New Orleans; Packard preaches

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:45:18 -0700

[ENS, NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana] St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lakeview, New Orleans, served as the site for an August 28 diocesan-wide 7 p.m. Eucharist and vigil of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Located not far from the now infamous 17th Street Canal, St. Paul's has made a remarkable comeback in its first year of rehabilitation following the ravages of the storm and flooding.

Five bishops, clergy from all over the diocese, St. Paul's choir and servers processed into the nave as daylight gave way to evening. Louisiana's Canon Chad Jones led the chanting of the Great Litany in procession.

Remembering Katrina: Mississippi coast clergy, members, mark anniversary with action

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:40:55 -0700

[Episcopal News Service]

Action was the operative word along the Mississippi Gulf Coast this week as Episcopalians observed the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by continuing their commitment to rebuilding.

August 28 was a typical south Mississippi day. It was hot and humid -- not the perfect day to be working in the sun. Yet, that is exactly what the Rev. Elizabeth Wheatley, rector of the destroyed Christ Episcopal Church in Bay St. Louis, did.
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Union of Black Episcopalians strengthens relationships

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:49:23 -0700

[Episcopal News Service] Renewed relationships were in focus August 4 as more than 300 black Episcopalians, gathered in Richmond, Virginia, concluded the five-day, 38th annual meeting and conference of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE.)

Under the theme "Practicing Our Faith: Strengthening our Relationships with God and Each Other," participants are reaffirming their Afro-Anglican connections, conducting business, receiving training, and sharing information.

From Hiroshima, Presiding Bishop's recent homily at Resurrection Church

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:45:39 -0700

[Episcopal News Service] Sunday, August 6, 2006 -- the Feast of the Transfiguration -- marks 61 years since U.S. military forces dropped the devastating atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the interest of ending World War II. In the year since last summer's observance of the 60th anniversary of the bombing, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold has visited Hiroshima and there preached the following homily in the Anglican Church of the Resurrection.

The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & the Middle East

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:37:27 -0700

Bishop Riah, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, on the current crisis in the Middle East

Dear Friends,

For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help.

LAMBETH PALACE: Archbishop condemns Middle East violence

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:24:36 -0700

[Source: Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has condemned the escalating violence in the Middle East.

Writing to the Heads of Churches in the Lebanon, Williams said, "I have been alarmed at the spiral of violence, the vicious circle of attack and retaliation, that has developed over the last few days. My prayers and sympathy are with the principal victims, the innocent civilians on both sides of the border, who now live in terror and are powerless to prevent the collective suffering at the hands of at the hands of Hizballah and the Israeli military.

"The distress felt at the destruction not only of life but also the infrastructure so painstakingly rebuilt after years of conflict will, I know, be acute and reinforce the sense of helplessness at being caught up in a wider regional struggle. My condemnation of this resort to violence is unequivocal."

Church of England begins long process toward ordaining women bishops

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:00:19 -0700

[Episcopal News Service] The process of ordaining women bishops in the Church of England began its steady course July 10 after a motion that calls for the practical and legislative arrangements of admitting women to the episcopate to be explored passed by a large majority with three amendments and after a four-hour debate at the Church's General Synod, meeting at York University in England.