Diocesan Investment Trust: Doing the right thing for mission, ministry
John Brunson says the overarching concerns of the Diocesan Investment Trust are both spiritual and financial, and always framed by the mission of the diocese and the question: “Are we doing the right thing — for the diocese, but also for humankind?” Brunson, 60, a...
Diocesan Council: ‘A year to face reality, but not recede’
A projected 35% reduction in income and a $1.2 million budget deficit will make 2021 a year “to face up to reality [but] … not a time for the church of the risen Christ in the Diocese of Los Angeles to recede” from its vital ministries to others, Bishop Diocesan John...
To Be Fed And To Feed: A sermon by Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Bishop John Harvey Taylor of the Diocese of Los Angeles delivered the following sermon during an all-diocese worship service on Sept. 20, 2020. El texto aparece en español a continuación. The text appears in Spanish below. Video of the service is here (Facebook) and...
The Reverend A. LeRoy Young
June 29, 1930 - August 20, 2020 The Rev. A. LeRoy “Roy” Young, rector-emeritus of St. Luke’s Church in Long Beach, died Aug. 20 after contracting West Nile Virus, said his daughter, Jill Young, who noted that her father had previously “lived a full and vigorous 90...
Standing Committee: ‘holy workings’ of the church
Ivan Gutierrez and the Rev. Kay Sylvester both say they ran for election to the diocesan Standing Committee simply “because somebody asked me to.” For Gutierrez, a member of La Iglesia de Magdaleno in Glendale, that someone was Canon Clare Zabala Bangao, diocesan...
Diocesan Council: Connecting congregations to the diocese with a ‘remarkable team of leaders’
Ken Higginbotham Jr., and other Southland Episcopalians say their service on Diocesan Council is both “challenging and rewarding,” and urge others to “put your name on the ballot and become part of this remarkable team of leaders.” These leaders have “an...
National ‘Faith & Blue Weekend’ seeks to engage congregations, police departments in local dialogue Oct. 9-12
All Southland Episcopal congregations and neighboring houses of worship are encouraged to invite local law enforcement officers to join in conversations — via Zoom forums, virtual coffee hours, or in small, socially distanced groups outdoors — to mark national “Faith...
L.A. mayor asks faith communities for help with U.S. Census; resource links available for six Southland counties
Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles recently joined a conversation with the Mayor's Interfaith Collective, representatives of the city's faith communities, to ask their assistance in telling their members about resources on two vital topics: slowing the spread of...
Archdeacon Charleen Crean facing retirement: ‘a deacon, heart and soul’
[The Episcopal News] – The Venerable Canon Charleen Crean plans to retire Oct. 16, 2020 after 34 years of ordained ministry and — like many other Southland deacons who juggle dual roles — she doesn’t rule out the possibility of future active ministry. “There are a lot...
Webinar series on racism, systems of oppression in church and society will continue in September, October
"Trauma & (Un)Truths" is a series of webinars examining systems of oppression in church and society, presented by New Community, the Diocese of Los Angeles' multicultural ministry, and Bishop Suffragan Diane M. Jardine Bruce. The first of four webinars, held on...
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