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[The Episcopal News] Controversy and some quick maneuvering marked the beginning of the 15th Lambeth Conference of Anglican and Episcopal Church bishops, which opened July 27 at the University of Kent and Canterbury Cathedral in England and will conclude August 8. Bishop John Harvey Taylor is attending along with bishops from around the Anglican Communion. […]
[The Episcopal News] The Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care is urging California clergy and laity to join a letter-writing campaign in advance of Aug. 1 senate action on the Miles Hall Lifeline Act in the state legislature. Recent launch of the national 9-8-8 mental health crisis phone line, now accessible by every […]
[The Episcopal News] Lives will be saved by the new 9-8-8 national crisis line and related mental health-care alternatives to unnecessary incarceration or tragic deaths, U.S. Congresswoman Katie Porter and other speakers said during a July 19 online Town Hall hosted by the diocesan Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care. (Video of the full […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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. […]
[The Episcopal News] A Mental Health Justice Town Hall – set to underscore professional best practices for dealing with mental health crises – will be hosted via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, by the Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care of the Diocese of Los Angeles. All are invited to […]
[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 […]
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 […]
