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Siblings in Christ – fellow friends in Chet – on behalf of a grateful diocese, I offer blessings and thanks to the Program Group on Black Ministry and the H. Belfield Hannibal Union of Black Episcopalians for getting Chet and April back to the Cathedral, for getting Canon Dr. Chas Cheatham back out of Atlanta, […]
[The Episcopal News] “Welcome to the Family,” sang the children’s choir – and several hundred state, county, and local faith, civic and community leaders, housing activists, neighbors, and church members cheered and applauded May 13 as Bishop John Harvey Taylor and other dignitaries officially opened the Santa Angelina Senior Housing Community with a joyous ribbon-cutting […]
[The Episcopal News – May 15, 2024] Diocesan Council, at a May 9 online meeting, unanimously approved the Assessment Review Committee’s (ARC) recommendations to allow eight parishes temporary relief from mandatory 12% Mission Share Fund assessments for 2024. The council also heard reports from the Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care; of an […]
[The Episcopal News] The paradox of church leadership today is that “we are Easter people in a world stuck on Good Friday,” Bishop John Harvey Taylor said during opening remarks at the May 6 – 8 annual diocesan clergy conference at Riverside’s historic Mission Inn. He welcomed Kathy Wilder, executive director of Camp Stevens, a […]
[The Episcopal News] A service of celebration and thanksgiving for the ministry of retired Bishop Chester Talton will be held on Saturday, May 18, 3 – 6 p.m. at St. John’s Cathedral. The Program Group on Black Ministries and the H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians invite the diocesan community to […]
[The Episcopal News] It’s true, the Lord is risen! What does this acclamation really mean? Why is our faith based on this very fact? Join the Program Group on Hispanic Ministries for “Resucitó,” a festival of praise, prayer, music, interesting discussions, food, and fellowship, on Saturday, May 25, 5 p.m. at St. John’s Cathedral, 514 […]
At festive grand opening ceremonies on Monday for the Santa Angelina Apartments in Placentia, 64 units of affordable and permanent supportive housing for seniors, my heart was full thinking about all our partners but especially the risk-taking, love-spreading people of the Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Because while church people are famously averse to […]
You may remember it from our conversation yesterday, when Dr. Kathy Wilder was helping us with conflict management. Jamie, vicar of The Church of the Epiphany in Oak Park, stood up and talked about the holy space that exists between stimulus and response. We absorb that thoughtless comment, that shaming email, that belittling criticism. We’re […]
[The Episcopal News] In an era of widespread unrest and distrust of mainline institutions, campus ministries provide crucial spiritual, relational, and practical resources for students, according to a gathering of chaplains from across the Los Angeles diocese at St. Paul’s Commons April 30. Bishop John Harvey Taylor welcomed the chaplains, who serve campuses from Isla […]
[The Episcopal News] Offering free compost and cookbooks, ministry partners at St. Paul’s Commons – headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles – staffed one of the busiest booths at the first-ever Echo Park Earth Fest, held April 27. Thousands of Angelenos visited the lively event presented around Echo Park Lake by state Sen. […]
[The Episcopal News] Deacons Christie Mossman and Jeanne Roe Smith, as UCLA partner chaplains, say they were on the front lines to be “a presence of prayer and nonviolence, to be seen and to witness what was going on” when violence erupted as groups of demonstrators clashed on the Los Angeles campus Sunday. “We wanted […]
[The Episcopal News] A summer youth program and an immigrant welcome center will expand in coming weeks through the new Lydia Lopez Center for Community Empowerment, launched April 21 with a fiesta benefit that raised more than $102,000 in support.Bishop John Harvey Taylor opened the festivities by greeting attendees including actor Edward James Olmos and […]
