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Episcopal Media Center News

Episcopal Media Center News

The Episcopal Media Center has released its second book on tape featuring sermons by the Revd Barbara Brown Taylor, voted one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language by Baylor University. "Home By Another Way" includes 39 sermons recorded by the author. In it, Taylor walks listeners through the church year from the expectancy

14 August 2000

Hopes for Common Mission

Hopes for Common Mission

Following the adoption of "Called to Common Mission" at the Episcopal Church General Convention in Denver recently, a conference of Lutherans and Episcopalians in Virginia examined the question "Where do we go from here?"

09 August 2000

The Transfiguration of Christ - Cisterns or Fountains?

The Transfiguration of Christ - Cisterns or Fountains?

Eileen and I are so pleased to be back in Chicago, one of our most favourite cities, and in this lovely church of St Chrysostom's. We are grateful to the Rev Amy Richter for her welcome on behalf of the Rector, Fr. Raymond Webster.

06 August 2000

New steeple, changed times

New steeple, changed times

In 1874 Whitfield was a thriving Canadian village that was enjoying prosperity from the lumbering trade and its strategic position on a busy transport route. But just a quarter of a century later, changes in farming and industry, and a general movement of population to cities had seen a big change of in the fortunes of the village. 

25 July 2000

Millennium Labyrinth

Millennium Labyrinth

Christ Church Cathedral in British Columbia is building a seven circuit labyrinth to mark the new millennium. Labyrinths have been part of the Christian tradition since about the fourth century, an are designed to aid meditation and contemplation.

12 July 2000

New name for Presiding Bishop's Fund

New name for Presiding Bishop's Fund

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA, the Most Revd Frank Griswold, announced on Friday, 7th July, that the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief would from now on be known as Episcopal Relief and Development.

12 July 2000

Episcopal Church meets in Denver, Colorado

Episcopal Church meets in Denver, Colorado

The 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Unites States is meeting in Denver, Colorado, from 5th to 14th July 2000. Around 200 active and retired bishops make up the House of Bishops, while there are a thousand deputies and alternates of the House of Deputies.

12 July 2000

Statement of the Bishop of Madi, Uganda

Statement of the Bishop of Madi, Uganda

I am Bishop Enock Lee Drati, the Bishop of Madi, West Nile Diocese bordering with Sudan and Congo. At the 1998 Lambeth Conference, Anglican bishops asked for the worldwide church to work with their governments to cancel the debts of the world's poorest countries. Since Lambeth, debt relief has become a priority for the Episcopal Church in the United States and throughout the Anglican Communion.

11 July 2000

Anglican religious: 50 years of walking in the gospel zone

Anglican religious: 50 years of walking in the gospel zone

The 24 member communities of the Conference on the Religious Life celebrated 50 years of ministry on Sunday afternoon in St John's Cathedral. 

11 July 2000

Sermon for the General Convention Eucharist

Sermon for the General Convention Eucharist

Your Grace, the Presiding Bishop, Members of the General Convention, invited Guests, Sisters and Brothers: I once read of a Bishop who started his Charge to his Diocesan Convention as follows: "I feel rather like a swan. I look all calm and serene on the surface, but I am paddling like the dickens underneath!" And that's me today!

11 July 2000