Bishop Michael Curry from North Carolina Elected 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on the first ballot on June 27. Bishop Curry, 62, is […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
ELCA News Service June 25, 2015 ELCA presiding bishop to attend funeral in Charleston, S.C. 15-38-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will attend the June 26 funeral of the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, who was among the […]
Presiding Bishop Eaton attending funeral in Charleston
Mark 4:35-41: On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves […]
“Peace Amidst the Storm” Sermon following the Mother Emanuel AME ...
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod June 24, 2015
Jersey Jottings 6/24/15
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Over the past several weeks the Congregational Council has been meeting with Pastor Scott Schantzenbach who is the assistant to the bishop of the NJ Synod. Our conversations have been focused on the mission of Zion Evangelical Lutheran in particular and the mission of […]
Perfect Love
I urge all of us to spend a day in repentance and mourning. And then we need to get to work. Each of us and all of us need to examine ourselves, our church and our communities. We need to be honest about the reality of racism within us and […]
Presiding Bishop Eaton’s Statement on Racism and the Church
Jersey Jottings: News from around the New Jersey Synod June 17, 2015
Jersey Jottings 6/17/15
Therese Bera and Kathryn Irwin are interested in getting a group of people together to crochet sleeping mats out of plastic grocery bags for our brothers and sisters who are homeless. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But it’s not! Watch the video below: While it’s a little labor--intensive to make the […]
Sleeping Mats for the Homeless
Last week, the House State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee released draft legislation that outlines how the U.S. Government should invest in addressing the migration of vulnerable children and families from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Approximately 70,000 children fled their communities and arrived in the United States last year. These […]