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July 27, 2022

Carol A. Grosvenor

July 19, 1949 – June 29, 2022 Carol A. Grosvenor, wife of the Rev. Marilyn Omernick, died June 29 at their home at the Hillcrest Retirement Community in La Verne after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 72. Survivors include her wife, Marilyn; two sisters, Susan Krienen and Nancy Grosvenor, and a brother, […]

July 25, 2022

The Bishop’s Blog: Heading for Lambeth

Beginning this week until Sunday, Aug. 7, most of the bishops of The Episcopal Church, including me, will be with Anglican colleagues around the world at the Lambeth conference in England, hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This will be the 15th conference; the first was in 1867, right after the Civil War. This Wikipedia […]

July 20, 2022

The Bishop’s Blog: Bait-and-switch Lambeth Conference

You think it’s hot in London this week? Wait until next week in Canterbury. Beginning Wednesday and continuing through Aug. 7, bishops from around the Anglican Communion are gathering for the Lambeth conference — and it’s evidently not going to be quite the opportunity for fellowship, listening, learning, and healing planners have led us to […]

July 15, 2022

Bloy House receives $100,000 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street with focus on lay, diaconal education; new administrative team named

[The Episcopal News] A new grant of $100,000 from Trinity Church Wall Street will fund new lay leadership and congregational mentoring programs at Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles, which also has announced a newly named administrative team. Reconfiguring previously combined duties of president/dean into two half-time positions, the board of trustees […]

July 14, 2022

Center for Lay Chaplaincy invites Episcopalians to new Fall CPE classes

[The Episcopal News] The Center for Lay Chaplaincy (CFLC) of the Diocese of Los Angeles will offer two units of Clinical Pastoral Education this Fall: a traditional unit and a new curriculum, according to the Rev. Jana Milhon-Martin, director. Both are intended for lay Episcopalians who would like to increase their pastoral skills for chaplaincy […]

July 13, 2022

Registration is open for Education for Ministry sessions to begin in September

[The Episcopal News] Education for Ministry (EfM) a four-year program of course in scripture, theology and church history sponsored by the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, will be offered in about 20 congregations around the diocese, according to Gary Leonard, diocesan coordinator. EfM is taught in small-group settings, usually from September to May. […]

July 6, 2022

New webpages offer resources for those exploring lay and ordained ministry

[Commission on Ministry] The Commission on Ministry (COM) serves the diocese by guiding individuals as they discern how they may be called to further lay or ordained ministry. In fulfilling this responsibility, COM advises the bishop in determining current and future needs for ministry in the diocese, and works closely with the Office for Formation […]

July 5, 2022

RIP: The Reverend Donald Austin Stivers

May 10, 1924 – June 28, 2022 The Rev. Donald A. Stivers, retired vicar of Christ the King Church, Santa Barbara (1983 – 1991), died June 28. He was 98. A service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2514 (805.965.7419). Survivors include […]