10 Jun 2026 0 Comment

Easton church to challenge Ocean City in federal court in defense of homeless shelter ministry

St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church is preparing to file a federal lawsuit against Ocean City, Maryland, to stop the resort town from shutting down its overnight shelter for unhoused people. On both June 8 and 9, the church...
10 Jun 2026 0 Comment

Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Within a red binder, each of its typewritten pages encased in a plastic sleeve, sits an early draft of the famous letter written by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he was held in a jail in Birmingham, Alabama. Ten pages that once...
3 Jun 2026 0 Comment

Episcopalians called to ‘Vote Faithfully’ as church renews, expands election engagement efforts

The Episcopal Church is kicking off its “Vote Faithfully” voter engagement efforts for the 2026 midterm elections with a series of online events to educate Episcopalians on nonpartisan ways they and their congregations can support...
3 Jun 2026 0 Comment

Houses of worship older than America outlasted wars, schisms, lawsuits

On Ash Wednesday this year, about a dozen people attended a noon service at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1723. Two days later, a handful of worshippers took part in a Shabbat service at Touro Synagogue in Newport,...
27 May 2026 0 Comment

New York church celebrates Pentecost with community gathering, Bad Bunny flash dance

St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, an Episcopal parish in New York’s East Village, celebrated Pentecost May 24 with a post-worship neighborhood cookout and a flash dance featuring music by Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican reggaeton...
27 May 2026 0 Comment

New Texas regulations affect Episcopal camps’ summer programs after Camp Mystic tragedy

Episcopal camps in Texas are navigating new state regulations as they prepare to reopen this summer, a year after one of the state’s camps was the scene of a deadly disaster caused by flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country. dCamp...
20 May 2026 0 Comment

San Diego diocese calls for prayers, peace after shooting at Islamic center

San Diego Bishop Susan Brown Snook issued a statement calling for prayers and peace after a May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California left five people dead, including the two suspects. “I ask that we all keep...
20 May 2026 0 Comment

Pennsylvania church’s Animal Cabin gives shelter animals, caretakers a quiet break from the cage

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, has expanded its animal ministry by launching the Animal Cabin, a respite space for shelter, rescue and foster dogs on the parish’s 42-acre campus. Thousands of stray animals...
13 May 2026 0 Comment

Goat herd feasts on Michigan church’s invasive plants

For almost a century, cartoons have depicted goats as animals that will eat anything. In Walt Disney’s 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie,” for example, a goat eats Minnie Mouse’s guitar and sheet music. In Sony Pictures...