By Kirk Petersen The Episcopal Church will take a financial hit currently estimated at $1.1 million for the decision, on very short notice, to cut the length of the General Convention in half, the Executive Council learned June 7. The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, who is the executive officer of the General Convention, told the council by Zoom that the impact is a … [Read more...] about GC80 Changes Estimated to Cost Church Center $1.1 Million
Archives for June 7, 2022
‘Open Table,’ Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church
A New Attitude Drives Enrollment at Nashotah House
Garwood Anderson just celebrated five years as president and dean of Nashotah House, a 180-year-old Episcopal seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin, in the lake country west of Milwaukee. In those five years, the House has enjoyed a 93 percent increase in full-time equivalent enrollment, far outpacing its peers. According to data from the Association of Theological Schools, other … [Read more...] about A New Attitude Drives Enrollment at Nashotah House
Free Women
By Michael Fitzpatrick A Reading from Galatians 4:21-31 21 Tell me, you who desire to be subject to the law, will you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by an enslaved woman and the other by a free woman. 23 One, the child of the enslaved woman, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born … [Read more...] about Free Women