All over our region, congregations are embracing new ways of working on behalf of the Gospel. If you have a story to tell about work your community is doing, please email us.
Last autumn, the Balanovych family arrived in western New York as wartime refugees from the northwestern Ukrainian city of Rivne and began building a new life. Thanks to the generosity of a relative, and a little help from St. Peter’s, Eggertsville and St. James, Batavia, they have succeeded so well that, this autumn, the Balanovyches…
Dear People of God: Earlier this afternoon, we learned that Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is hospitalized in Raleigh and has undergone surgery for a subdural hematoma. Please join me in praying for his recovery: Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servant, Michael, and give your power of healing to…
The Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination supports Bishop Curry’s call for a ceasefire in the Holy Land: “People of faith and goodwill can organize and address our governments to call for humanitarian aid to flow freely to those in desperate need in Gaza; for the release of all hostages; for an end to all…
The Common Ground forum at Calvary, Williamsville is earning a reputation around town as a place people can get good information on subjects that are hard to talk about. In April, almost 300 people packed the parish hall to hear Dr. Christopher Kerr, chief medical and executive officer at Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo, discuss…
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has announced that he will visit the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania on Saturday, December 9 and preach at a service of Eucharist at Luther Memorial Church in Erie at 1:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and congregations are encouraged to organize groups to travel to Erie together, and…
Bishop Sean honored three clergy for their contributions to the Episcopal Partnership and the wider church by naming them canons at the partnership’s recent convention held in Erie on October 20-21. The Rev. Stacey Fussell, rector of Church of the Ascension in Bradford was named canon pastors of the diocese and the Rev. Helen O….
Whether he is talking about love and mercy or budgets and staffing levels, Bishop Sean Rowe frequently begins public presentations with a story from scripture. That tendency was on display twice on the first day of the Episcopal Partnership’s convention, first during his Bishop’s Address at the Bayfront Convention Center and later in his sermon…
The consultants who will lead the evaluation of the Episcopal Partnership outlined their research process and began collecting data at the partnership’s annual conventions on October 20-21 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie. The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, former president of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, and the Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas,…
Bishop Sean’s annual address, delivered during the joint conventions of the Episcopal Dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania at the Bayfront Convention Center on October 20, 2023, used the story of the feeding of the 5000 to describe the work of the partnership dioceses in the past year.
