http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/default.asp information@e4gr.org (Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation) http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_116023_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas of Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, was elected Oct. 24 as 15th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, pending the required consents. Douglas, 51, Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity at EDS, was elected on the second ballot out of a field of four nominees. He received 150 votes (121 needed to elect) in the lay order and 169 (140 needed to elect) in the clergy order. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_116023_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.ctdiocese.org/News/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096840&NewsCategoryID=1 (Hartford CT) The Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas was elected today to head the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut as its 15th diocesan bishop. Douglas, 51, was one of the founding organizers of Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation, and is currently the Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Episcopal Divinity School Cambridge, Massachusetts, and associate priest at St. James’s Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.ctdiocese.org/News/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096840&NewsCategoryID=1 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18bono.html President Obama reminds us that America is not just a country but an idea, a great idea about opportunity for all and responsibility to your fellow man. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18bono.html http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096852 William Kamkwamba recounts his mission to overcome famine and poverty in his village by building a windmill from a picture in a library book. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096852 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.endpoverty2015.org/ For the fourth year in a row, millions of people around the world will “Stand Up and Take Action” to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs offer us a roadmap to end poverty and its root causes. In September 2000, 189 world leaders adopted the MDGs as part of the Millennium Declaration, agreed to at the United Nations Millennium Summit. (LEARN MORE) Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.endpoverty2015.org/ http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www2.tbo.com/video/2009/oct/02/u2charist-worship-service-to-raise-money-33799/video-entertainment/ At Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Bay Area musicians will bring U2's songs to the church sanctuary to raise money for a South African nonprofit organization. Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www2.tbo.com/video/2009/oct/02/u2charist-worship-service-to-raise-money-33799/video-entertainment/ http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096853 As leaders in our dioceses and parishes, we can take our cue from General Convention, held this past summer in Anaheim, California. Facing tremendous budget constraints, General Convention cut nearly $23 million from the budget for the Episcopal Church over the next three years. And yet, what remained in the budget – coming at tremendous cost – was 0.7% for MDGs. Now is the time to call our dioceses and parishes to that same mission-centered, prophetic leadership. Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096853 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8258136.stm The Archbishop of Canterbury has told the BBC he fears financiers feel no repentance for the excesses which led to the economic collapse. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8258136.stm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096848 In the church, Fall is budget season. It is that time of year when diocesan councils pull together their figures and numbers to create the budget proposal they will present to diocesan convention for approval. It is that time of year when vestries and parish finance committees organize their fall stewardship drives and discern how to allocate their collective resources in the upcoming year. And, it is the moment when your voices and action are most needed on behalf of the world’s poorest people. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096848 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096847 I try to track news coverage of the MDGs via a Google News Alert, and I have to say there is little in the US press about extreme poverty and the attempts to address it. Eleanor Braun Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096847 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.one.org/us/climatefive/index.html?rc=climatefivefb Ask Your Senators Climate change threatens to reverse the gains being made against poverty and disease in some of the poorest countries on earth. Countries such as Malawi, Kenya and Ethiopia face increased droughts, floods and storms, eroded coastlines, falling crop yields, and the spread of waterborne and insect-driven diseases. It's up to us to make sure the climate bill currently being written in the Senate directs 5% of any revenue to helping the world's poorest people meet this dire new challenge. Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.one.org/us/climatefive/index.html?rc=climatefivefb http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112949_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Public Policy Network issued a Policy Alert July 29 asking Episcopalians to contact their elected officials and urge them to pass legislation that would provide affordable health care to all Americans. Sat, 1 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112949_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112977_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] Reaction to the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent reflections on the actions of the Episcopal Church's recent General Convention have come from such diverse sources as advocacy groups, bloggers, breakaway Anglicans and the Vatican. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112977_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112891_ENG_HTM.htm By ENS staff, July 27, 2009 [Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has offered some reflections on the Episcopal Church's General Convention, which was held July 8-17 in Anaheim, CA Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112891_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112928_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] Eight cyclists riding from sea to shining sea to raise money and awareness for Episcopal Relief and Development's fight against malaria completed their 12-day, 4,000-mile, 13-state journey July 28 when they arrived at the Episcopal Church Center in New York Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112928_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096840 On Sept. 25, world leaders will gather in New York to chart progress on the Millennium Development Goals -- 8 goals agreed to by the world's nations in 2000 that represent the largest concerted effort ever to end extreme poverty Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096840 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112789_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a letter to the church about General Convention, which was held July 8-17 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Above all else, this Convention claimed God's mission as the heartbeat of The Episcopal Church, Jefferts Schori says. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112789_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112412_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at the Sunday, July 12 Eucharist and Triennial Ingathering of the United Thank Offering, during the Episcopal Church's 76th General Convention in Anaheim, California. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112412_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_111900_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service – Anaheim, California] Many people are fearful and angry over the economic crisis and the world's troubles, said Pan Adams-McCaslin, chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance (PB&F), and she suggested July 6 that her committee help the Episcopal Church rewrite the equation. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_111900_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112342_ENG_HTM.htm [Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] The Young Adult Festival (YAF) has a single message to General Convention: We are here and we are committed to the Episcopal Church. Each triennial General Convention features a YAF and the current theme is Together, a variation of the convention theme, ubuntu, a Xhosa word that means I am because you are. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112342_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112248_ENG_HTM.htm The 0.7 figure that has adorned Episcopal Church buttons and bumper stickers for the past three years would change to a single digit of 1 according to a resolution passed by the House of Bishops on July 9. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112248_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112252_ENG_HTM.htm Warning that the Episcopal Church ought to expect severely reduced income for the next triennium, the General Convention's committee on Program, Budget and Finance (PBF) listened to a cross section of the church explain why their ministries and causes should be funded. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112252_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096829 The Legislative Committee on Stewardship and Development, reported out Resolution D019 Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, to include in the 2010-2012 Budget for The Episcopal Church a budget line item of no less than an additional 1% of the non-government revenue of The Episcopal Church. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096829 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://ecusa.anglican.org/79901_112163_ENG_HTM.htm Describing the global economic downturn as a crisis of truthfulness, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams addressed more than 2,000 people attending a July 8 forum in Anaheim, California, as part of the Episcopal Church's General Convention. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://ecusa.anglican.org/79901_112163_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096828 Executive Director Devon Anderson and Board member and Co-founder, Ian Douglas Testified at the Priorities Hearing on the Budget of the Episcopal Church. Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096828 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096825 Two series of videos from 2008. Mike gives the Opening Eucharist Sermon at the Everyone/Everwhere Conference in June 2008. The second one is a series of interviews given after he preached a sermon on the Day1 radio program during the summer of 2008 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096825 http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_111721_ENG_HTM.htm Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_111721_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/episcopal_church/eg4r_lobbys_to_put_mdg_line_it.html#more The Rev. Devon Anderson, executive director of Episcopalians for Global Reconcilliation recently sent an email to the organization's supporters: Although the MDGs have been our church's number one budget and programmatic priority since 2006, the draft budget coming to General Convention actually cut the MDGs line item.... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/episcopal_church/eg4r_lobbys_to_put_mdg_line_it.html#more http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096822 The list of speakers appearing at the EGR Booth during Convention. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.e4gr2009gc.org/news/newsView.asp?NewsId=4096822