Monday, July 6, 2015

Emmanuel at #GC78


Emmanuel joins Bishop Johnson and Jeannie at the Kaleidoscope Institute booth in the exhibitor's hall at Convention. 


Emmanuel takes on a little extra work as a barista at Starbucks to help defray convention costs
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Emmanuel meets with Dick Schori, spouse of the Presiding Bishop, as they both wonder about what new adventurers God has in mind for each of them in the days ahead. All we can be sure about is that the adventure will go on.




Emmanuel has just returned from General Convention. Exhausted but enthusiastic by all the Vinvention accomplished, Emmanuel takes a long needed nap. 

Friday, July 3, 2015

Sermons from General Convention, July 2-3

A  round-up of sermons from the final days at General Convention:


July 2 sermon by the Rev. Colin Mathewson
 
July 3 sermon by the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop Elect
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and video

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Sermons from General Convention, June 28-30

A  round-up of sermons from the past few days at General Convention:
 

June 28 sermon by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori 
 
June 29 sermon by Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
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June 30 sermon by the Rev. Kimberly Jackson
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Click here to visit the  Media Hub to watch live streaming video of all worship services and legislative sessions during the 78th General Convention.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sermons from General Convention, June 25-27

A Sunday morning round-up of sermons from the past week at General Convention:
 
June 25 sermon by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
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June 26 sermon by the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies
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June 27 sermon by Rev. Cathlena A. Plummer of Navajoland
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Click here to visit the  Media Hub to watch live streaming video of today's UTO Ingathering and Eucharist at 10:00 am MDT/11:00 am CST and all worship services and legislative sessions during the 78th General Convention.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Bishop Michael Bruce Curry from North Carolina Elected 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church



Bishop Michael Bruce Curry
from North Carolina
Elected 27th Presiding Bishop
of The Episcopal Church

Media Release

The Episcopal Church 
Office of Public Affairs 

The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on the first ballot on June 27. Bishop Curry, 62, is the first African-American to be elected Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. The election occurred during the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. Of the 174 votes tallied, Bishop Curry received 121 (89 needed to elect).
Following his election by the House of Bishops, Bishop Curry’s election was overwhelmingly confirmed by the House of Deputies, 800 for, 12 against.


Meet Presiding Bishop-Elect Curry
Bishop Curry was ordained Bishop of North Carolina on June 17, 2000.

His experience includes:

1988-2000: Rector, St. James' Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland
1982-1988: Rector, St. Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church, Lincoln Heights, Ohio
1982-1988: Chaplain, Bethany School
1978-1982: Rector, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Winston Salem, North Carolina

He has served on a number of Episcopal Church Committees, a Commissions, Agencies, and Boards:

• Chair, Board of Directors, Episcopal Relief & Development (current)
• Board of Trustees, Saint Augustine's University (current)
• North Carolina Council of Churches (current)
• Moral Monday movement (current)
• Chair, Advisory Committee, Office of Black Ministries (current)
• Bishop Visitor, Community of the Transfiguration (current)
• TREC/Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church
• General Convention Committees: Evangelism, Global Mission
• Standing Commission on World Mission
• Union of Black Episcopalians
• Institute of Christian and Black Studies of Baltimore
• Ecumenical Clergy on the Square, Revival and Citizens on Patrol (Baltimore)
• Jubilee Ministry, St. James' Afterschool Academy, Baltimore
• Board, Episcopal Social Ministries, Diocese of Maryland
• Chair and Co-Chair, convention Planning Team, Diocese of Maryland
• Commission on Ministry, Dioceses of Maryland, Southern Ohio and North Carolina
• General Board of Examining Chaplains
• Board and Faculty, College of Preachers
• Coordinator, The Racism Steering Committee, Diocese of Southern Ohio
• Board, Winston-Salem Urban League

He holds a Bachelors of Arts, with High Honors from Hobart and William Smith College; a Masters of Divinity from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale; Continuing Studies at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, The Ecumenical Institute of St. Mary's Seminary and Institute of Jewish Christian Studies; and D.D., honors causa, from Sewanee The University of the South,  Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, Virginia Theological Seminary, and The Episcopal Divinity School

An author, his publications include:
• Songs My Grandmother Sang (Morehouse Publishing, Spring 2015)
• Crazy Christians: a Call to Follow Jesus (Morehouse Publishing, 2013)
• "Some Strange Things Are Happening in Charlotte", opinion, (The Huffington Post, Sept. 4, 2012)
• "Stay in the City", sermon (The African American Pulpit, Judson Press, 1999 issue)
• "Abyssinian Annals," a weekly column( The Baltimore Times)
• Essay ("Joy", Forward Movement, 1995)
• Article Series (Episcopal Life, September 1993- May 1994)
• "Servant Woman" and "There's Power in the Word " , sermons ( Sermons that Work 11, Forward Movement Publications)

Married to Sharon, they are the parents of two adult children.