Episcopal Church
ENS has a story on the TEC/PCUSA dialogue (we had a story from the Presby side in last weekend’s roundup)
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/pressreleases/episcopal-presbyterian-representatives-meet-for-third-round-of-bilateral-dialogues/
And in Minnesota, a Federal Office building is named after a former bishop and some clergy are trying to get the name removed because ICE offices are there
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-clergy-ice-critics-want-bishop-name-off-building/563989872/
Napa, CA parish resilient in face of power outages and fire threats
https://napavalleyregister.com/community/calistogan/news/small-group-gathers-sunday-in-darkened-calistoga-church/article_788df07c-8e1e-5f64-bb52-fba9df4a4a81.html
St Luke’s in Portland, ME leading efforts to de-carbonize the electric grid there
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/10/30/faith-groups-exploring-solar-power-possibility/
Story of an expanding church from Shawnee, OK
https://www.news-star.com/news/20191027/expansion-goal-can-be-viewed-on-church-website
TEC is working to answer GC’s call to respond meaningfully to the opioid crisis
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/pressreleases/episcopal-church-responds-to-opioid-epidemic-members-invited-to-participate-in-survey/
Parish in Lewiston, ME dedicates peace park on portion of their property
https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/10/31/lewiston-episcopal-church-to-dedicate-peace-park-and-pole/
Bishop News
Former bishop of Chicago, James Montgomery, has died
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-episcopal-bishop-james-montgomery-obituary-20191025-4iqm3fkmg5enfnaerb6gsl3rpy-story.html
Great article on former PB Frank Griswold’s visit to an Arkansas church.
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/oct/26/the-most-reverend-former-episcopal-lead/
Jonathan Folts to be consecrated as bishop of SD today
https://www.capjournal.com/news/folts-to-be-consecrated-bishop-of-episcopal-diocese-of-sd/article_bfbc57ea-fc4a-11e9-8316-f7441fcd4d14.html
Anglican Communion
Really interesting interview with a seminary head from Canada on practicing and sharing faith in a secular age
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/count-on-whats-true-to-do-its-own-solicitation-vsts-richard-topping-on-preaching-to-a-skeptical-world/
Report on recent meeting of the International Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue group
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/orthodox-anglican-churches-hold-international-theological-dialogue
Anglican Ordinariate Turning Ten
By lowering the bar, an article claims the Ordinariate has been a success
https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/it-hasnt-been-easy-but-ten-years-on-the-ordinariate-is-a-success-story/
A former CoE bishop tells of his move to the Roman Church
https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/i-was-an-anglican-bishop-then-the-pope-made-an-offer-i-couldnt-refuse/
Other Items of Interest
In the RC world, Amazon synod calls for ordaining some married men who are already deacons
https://religionnews.com/2019/10/26/as-synod-closes-bishops-ask-the-pope-to-allow-married-deacons-become-priest-in-the-amazon/
and
https://cruxnow.com/amazon-synod/
and
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/10/pope-francis-revolutionary-culture-war/600877/
In the UK, the problem of maintaining medieval churches is becoming something of a crisis
https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/thousands-of-medieval-churches-face-ruin-who-will-save-them/
image: colored sunlight falls across the chancel and sanctuary, St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Camillus, NY