David Paulsen

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service] To say this year has been a busy one for The Episcopal Church’s Washington, D.C.-based Office of Government Relations would be an understatement.

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service] April was a busy month at St. James Episcopal Church in Marietta, Georgia. First, the congregation stepped up its preparations for Holy Week and gathered all week for daily liturgies, culminating April 20 in Easter worship services attended by almost 600 people. Then, less than 24 hours later, a professional film crew arrived. Certain St. James facilities will be featured in an upcoming true crime limited series on Hulu about the notorious Murdaugh family murders.

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service] The dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York, whose six-year partnership has served as a model for diocesan collaboration across The Episcopal Church, voted May 3 to seek separate bishops. The move effectively ends their partnership months after their former shared bishop stepped down to become the church’s presiding bishop.

2 weeks ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service] The disciplinary hearing in two Title IV cases against former Florida Bishop John Howard has been delayed to an unspecified future date, according to an updated scheduling order detailing the next steps in the cases over the coming four months. Howard’s cases previously had been scheduled for a hearing April 30-May 2.

4 weeks ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James knows her problem is a good one to have. It’s a printing dilemma: How many bulletins will be enough for Easter Sunday at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois? Like most Episcopal congregations, attendance at St. James surges on Easter, when the holy day draws many people who don’t worship regularly on other Sundays. The same goes for Christmas, another holy day central to the Christian faith.