Ecumenical Partnerships: "Jesus Powerfully Present"
On a June day that reached 100 degrees, members of St. Matthew’s Cathedral and True Lee Missionary Baptist Church marched together for the Juneteenth...
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Grouped by: The Rt. Rev. George Sumner
Bishop's Top Ten Episcopalian/Anglican Song List
The Start-of-Summer (sometime) Episcopal (Angiican) Musicians’ Appreciation Week (rated G) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Greetings in Christ. That was certainly a painful, surprising, heartbreaking, occasionally hopeful...
Communion Protocol
Communion Protocol during COVID-19 Preparation of Bread Prior to Consecration Wear a mask that covers nose and mouth Wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and water. Wash any reusable containers (including lid) used to contain bread for...
Mass of Collegiality Sermon 2020
I want to begin by telling you something about how I grew up, for it comes to my mind these days. If you were a child, in suburban America at the end of the 1950’s, you assumed that the world was a stable place in which things were...
Bishop's Sermon at Nashotah House
We reach a point in aging at which we realize we have morphed into our fathers, or mothers, and our parent-like mentors. One for me was Alex Stewart, the bishop of Western Massachusetts who ordained me. He had a touch of Attention...
Bishop's Sermon to Seminary of the Southwest
Long ago and far away, I was a parish priest who would travel across the northern border to teach an adjunct course. In fact, I was once listed as one exported unit of missiology for the purposes of NAFTA, which I like a lot. I did my part for...