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Social Enterprise Academy will teach congregations to create sustainability through new ventures

by EN Staff | Apr 3, 2019

Does your church have property to spare? Could your community use a new school? A dance studio? Senior housing? Would your church be a good location...

‘Called to the Wall’ pilgrimage in support of immigrants planned for April 13

by EN Staff | Mar 24, 2019

“Called to the Wall,” the diocese’s annual pilgrimage to the U.S. – Mexico border in support of immigrants, has been scheduled for Saturday, April 13 – the day before Palm Sunday.

Schedule announced for deanery pre-convention meetings

by EN Staff | Mar 24, 2019

As Diocesan Convention approaches each year, meetings are held in the deaneries of the diocese for clergy, convention delegates and all interested...

Panel will lead conversation on being Asian American, LGBTQ and Christian

by Janet Kawamoto | Mar 19, 2019

Bishop John Harvey Taylor invites all to "Beyond Inclusion: A Conversation on Being Asian American and LGBTQx in the Church," a panel conversation...

Liturgy event celebrates life of Mary, marks end – for now – of “Our Sister’s Keeper’ exhibit

by Janet Kawamoto | Mar 7, 2019

Seven women of varying ages took on the role of Mary, mother of Jesus, in "Through the Eyes of Mary," a liturgy of readings adapted from poems by...

Collaborative Leadership and Ministry training coming to L.A. April 26 – 27

by EN Staff | Mar 7, 2019

In 2014, under the leadership of its lead consultant, the Rev. Ronald Byrd, the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) conceived and launched its Basics...

‘A miracle’ as deported families are allowed to return to U.S.

by Pat McCaughan | Mar 6, 2019

Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor and other faith leaders were praying for a miracle as they gathered March 2 at the U.S. border in Calexico,...

Episcopal Church invites all to ‘Take the Pledge’ and care for God’s creation

by EN Staff | Mar 6, 2019

1,000 pledges sought by Earth Day, April 22 Episcopalians and friends concerned about all of God’s creation are invited to join Presiding Bishop...

Congregations asked to mark March 24 as ‘Camp Stevens Sunday’

by EN Staff | Mar 6, 2019

Camp Stevens, which serves the dioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego, asks congregations in both dioceses to observe Sunday, March 24 as "Camp...

The Rev. James Edmund Furman

by EN Staff | Feb 27, 2019

May 30, 1947 - February 24, 2019 The Rev. James Furman, rector of St. Nicholas’s Church in Encino from 1995 to 2007, died in hospice care on Sunday,...