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Hello, we’re the Bishop Search Profile Subcommittee: Chair: Kathy Eisel, St. Luke’s, Monrovia; Craig Riemer, All Saints, Riverside; the Rev. Canon Gary Hall, St. Stephen’s, Santa Clarita; the Rev. Dr. Shane Scott-Hamblen, St. Michael and All Angels, Corona del Mar; and the Rev. Jeffrey Thornberg, Church of Our Savior, San Gabriel. What does your subcommittee […]
Many Sunday mornings, the Rev. Bill Garrison performs double duties, celebrating the Eucharist at 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at St. Andrew’s and at 9 a.m. at Emmanuel churches in Fullerton. Recently, he juggled bishop’s visitations — with different bishops — the same day at each. “I enjoy the people, I enjoy the services,” said […]
The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice, canon for evangelism and discipleship development in the Diocese of Missouri and keynote speaker at Clergy Conference 2025, led the clergy of the Los Angeles diocese through an exploration and discussion of the “questions of Jesus” in Riverside May 12-14. Rice is also the creator of the “Requiem or Renaissance” […]
The LGBTQ Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is gearing up to make God’s love tangible at Pride events around the diocese in the wake of accelerated targeting of LGBTQ people in general and transgender people in particular. The Sacred Resistance Task Force is continuing to organize and mobilize to defend the dignity and human rights of […]
What is the real situation at the Southern Border? What can we, as people of faith and Episcopalians, do? These two questions inspired the “Mission to the Border” organized by the Sanctuary Task Force of the Diocese on Tuesday, May 2. The one-day visit was attended by seventeen people including Bishop John Harvey Taylor; the […]
The parish of All Saints, Beverly Hills, gathered May 3 for a festival morning Eucharist and gala dinner marking the congregation’s centennial. Among former clergy and parishioners “welcomed home” for the celebration was the Rev. Carol Anderson (in photo: seated at left), rector from 1989-2010, who preached a homily underscoring the priority of “doing God’s work […]
The Standing Committee has named a six-member Transitions Committee to assist with the process of electing, consecrating, and welcoming the diocese’s eighth bishop diocesan, who will be elected by Diocesan Convention during its annual meeting Nov. 7-8. The members are: Kathy Eisel, St. Luke’s, Monrovia The Rev. Canon Gregory Larkin, St. Paul’s, Ventura The Rev. […]
Watch Video Here: TELL OUT YOUR SOUL! Sacred Leadership Licensing Registration for a new session of Sacred Leadership Licensing courses — formerly Lay Licensing (including lay Eucharistic ministers and lay readers) — is now live on the Bloy House website. For program details, please view the video above. “With new and revamped offerings, we are excited to […]
The Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change (BCCC) is asking all congregations to assign or elect a liaison, in a new initiative to share and discuss creation care projects and create direct communication among congregational “green teams” or creation care ministries, and with the BCCC. Mahri Mendenhall, BCCC member and parishioner at Church of the Epiphany, […]
The Bishop Search and Transitions Committees have made great progress in recent weeks, moving ahead in the process of selecting a successor to Bishop John Harvey Taylor, who has announced his retirement in 2026. On April 28 the Search Committee conducted a two-hour “soulful dialogue” with Taylor to hear from the person who knows best […]
Nearly 400 mourners filled St. John’s Cathedral for the April 26 funeral Mass for the Rev. Canon Richard Estrada, civil rights and immigration justice leader who died March 31 at age 83. Mariachi standards melded with hymns and chant as Bishop John Harvey Taylor presided at the two-hour liturgy for which the Rev. Dr. Francisco […]
The Guibord Center asked me to speak about spirituality in times like ours. I discussed being mindful about my incoming, my outgoing, and my indwelling. My thanks to president and CEO Lo Sprague for the gracious invitation. The cover photo features the late Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, the center’s founder and Lo’s partner and co-innovator […]
