Tag: Parishes

Grace Episcopal Church in Allentown PA offers grace in the city for those who come seeking spiritual and physical sustenance. PBS39 features the work of

The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright will serve as revivalist for the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 28 and 29. The rector notes, “This will … be the first time that Rev. Wright will be speaking in Philadelphia since all the media attention he has recently received so we are prepared.”

2/19 UPDATE: the rest of the story — the Diocese of Texas has cancelled services – which these people knew – until the safety of

The Jewish Daily Forward reports: An influential Episcopal church in Pasadena with long-standing ties to the Jewish community is coming under fire from local Jews

Camp Quixote, a tent city for homeless residents that began illegally on city property but now is celebrated by city leaders, marked its first anniversary Friday. Churches in Olympia offered space for Tent City when the homeless were evicted from a vacant lot.

It’s common during the first week of January to see Christmas trees lying naked by the side of the road. For some, including the congregation at St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg, Va., disposing of the trees has become an occasion for gathering for an Epiphany bonfire, bringing to life the light that is the promise of Advent and Christmas. The event, which drew about 100 people from the church and the community, was featured in a Washington Post video this week.

Many Episcopal Church buildings are found in urban or downtown settings. A century ago this was were their parishioners lived. But that’s not the case today. St. Bartholomew’s parish on Park Avenue in New York City is one of the premier examples of how congregations need to transform the way they function in order to survive and flourish.

At Steve and Jean Keplinger’s Thanksgiving table, there will be turkey, ham and sauerkraut, mixed with traditional foods reflecting a potpourri of cultures. Nearly 200 people have been invited, and if you happen to show up, they’ll squeeze you in somehow. That the rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church has invited his entire congregation to dinner at home is not unusual….

John Animasaun is a pharmacist and a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Albany. He was born and raised in Nigeria, the eldest of six