Commission invites letter-writing to state senators before Aug. 1 action on Miles Hall Lifeline Act, 9-8-8 mental health call centers
by EN Staff | Jul 27, 2022
[The Episcopal News] The Bishop's Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care is urging California clergy and laity to join a letter-writing...
Mental health justice is focus of diocesan town hall; speakers urge state funding of 9-8-8 national lifeline
by Bob Williams | Jul 27, 2022
[The Episcopal News] Lives will be saved by the new 9-8-8 national crisis line and related mental health-care alternatives to unnecessary...
Carol A. Grosvenor
by EN Staff | Jul 27, 2022
July 19, 1949 – June 29, 2022 Carol A. Grosvenor, wife of the Rev. Marilyn Omernick, died June 29 at their home at the Hillcrest Retirement...
Bloy House receives $100,000 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street with focus on lay, diaconal education; new administrative team named
by Bob Williams | Jul 15, 2022
[The Episcopal News] A new grant of $100,000 from Trinity Church Wall Street will fund new lay leadership and congregational mentoring programs at...
Center for Lay Chaplaincy invites Episcopalians to new Fall CPE classes
by EN Staff | Jul 14, 2022
[The Episcopal News] The Center for Lay Chaplaincy (CFLC) of the Diocese of Los Angeles will offer two units of Clinical Pastoral Education this...
Registration is open for Education for Ministry sessions to begin in September
by EN Staff | Jul 13, 2022
[The Episcopal News] Education for Ministry (EfM) a four-year program of course in scripture, theology and church history sponsored by the...
Diocesan commission to host Mental Health Justice Town Hall on July 19 via Zoom; all welcome to attend
by Bob Williams | Jul 8, 2022
[The Episcopal News] A Mental Health Justice Town Hall – set to underscore professional best practices for dealing with mental health crises – will...
New webpages offer resources for those exploring lay and ordained ministry
by EN Staff | Jul 6, 2022
[Commission on Ministry] The Commission on Ministry (COM) serves the diocese by guiding individuals as they discern how they may be called to...
RIP: The Reverend Donald Austin Stivers
by Janet Kawamoto | Jul 5, 2022
May 10, 1924 – June 28, 2022 The Rev. Donald A. Stivers, retired vicar of Christ the King Church, Santa Barbara (1983 - 1991), died June 28. He was...
Profile: Secretary of Convention Steve Nishibayashi juggles church responsibilities, Dodger fandom
by Pat McCaughan | Jun 29, 2022
[The Episcopal News] It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Canon “Dr. Steve” Nishibayashi that a wall in the Secretary of Convention’s...