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[The Episcopal News] Delegates and visitors to Diocesan Convention will have opportunities to attend Friday morning workshops on topics of interest to church leaders and members. All are welcome, and no reservations are required. Topics, presenters, meeting times and rooms (on the lower concourse) are: 9 – 10:15 a.m. Congregational Discernment Committee Training Meeting Room […]
Brian Ide’s Grace-Based Films, well known to all their friends at All Saints’ Beverly Hills, have unveiled the website for “A Case For Love,” their feature-length film on the teachings of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, in theaters Jan. 23. You’ll find a trailer and other information by clicking here. And remember: “If it’s not […]
[The Episcopal News] Envisioning new configurations of shared ministries, Bishop John Harvey Taylor has named the Rev. John Watson – a priest skilled in bilingual ministry and church growth in multiple sites – to serve as diocesan missioner for new ministry models. In this capacity, Watson – ordained in 2003 in the Church of England […]
[The Episcopal News] Episcopal Communities and Services for Seniors (ECS) began more than a century ago as a vision in the heart and mind of Deaconess Sophie Miller, who identified a need for housing for clergy widows. Miller raised funds with dime coin cards, her efforts eventually culminating in the 1923 opening of the Episcopal […]
[The Episcopal News] Episcopalians in Claremont and Pasadena joined interfaith partners last weekend in vigil and for conversation and support in response to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, triggered by an Oct. 7 Hamas attack on an Israeli kibbutz. About 80 participants gathered Sunday Nov. 5 at St. Ambrose Church in Claremont, amid the haunting lilt […]
[The Episcopal News] The 2024 proposed budget to be submitted to the Nov. 10 – 11 Diocesan Convention, along with the new assessment process for parish contributions to the Mission Share Fund, was the main business of the Oct. 14 meeting of Diocesan Council, held via Zoom. The council also heard reports from the Bishop’s […]
[The Episcopal News] Several hundred members of the Order of St John, which supports community healthcare in Israel-Palestine, began an Oct. 7 celebration of their humanitarian mission with a moment of silence and prayers for peace and healing as news emerged of the Hamas surprise attack that had killed hundreds of Israelis. “When we went […]
[The Episcopal News] A panel focused on best practices for launching and advancing multicultural ministries in local congregations is set for Diocesan Convention, with speakers including denomination-wide leaders from The Episcopal Church’s Department of Ethnic Ministries joined by the convener of Chinese ministries in the Diocese of Los Angeles. Set for the afternoon of Friday, […]
May 18, 1944 – October 3, 2023 Mary Dianne Bly Dybvig, 79, wife of the Rev. Ronald Dybvig, died at home surrounded by family on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. With her husband, a Lutheran pastor, Mary Dybvig was a co-founder of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, which now shares facilities and services with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, […]
[The Episcopal News] In 2024, the Diocese of Los Angeles will begin to enforce assessments on parishes for the Mission Share Fund, as voted on at the 1996 special diocesan convention and reaffirmed at the annual convention in 2011. This shift is from the expectation that each parish will give 12% of normal operating income […]
[Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society] Dr. Lucy Jones and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles are set to premiere a process to improve post-disaster communication, allowing faith-based institutions to better help their members. On Sunday, Oct. 15, seismologist Jones will lead an earthquake drill at St. James’ Episcopal Church in South Pasadena […]
[The Episcopal News] Sylvia-Rose Pretorius Mackenzie – widow of the late Bishop Edward Mackenzie, mother of the Rev. Vanessa Mackenzie of L.A.’s Church of the Advent, and grandmother of the Rev. Lester Mackenzie, rector of St. Mary’s, Laguna Beach – died Sept. 3 in her native South Africa at age 92. A former church organist, […]
