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Episcopal Church’s ACC members see hope in connections made with Anglican leaders

David Paulsen · July 07, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s three representatives to the 19th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council say they are returning to their dioceses with a message of hope from the ACC’s recent mee...

Episcopal Church Center in New York evacuated after bricks fall from nearby construction site

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David Paulsen · July 07, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s headquarters in New York was one of several buildings in Midtown Manhattan that were evacuated early July 7 after emergency crews responded to falling debris at a nearb...

Tennessee diocese extends its bishop search process

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Shireen Korkzan · July 07, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Nashville-based Diocese of Tennessee is extending its bishop search process to find “a Christ-centered, theologically astute, energetic, forward-thinking and visionary leader.” The process...

Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at ACC’s closing service

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David Paulsen · July 06, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally preached July 4 during the closing Holy Eucharist of the weeklong 19th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The se...

Episcopal priest elected to Anglican Consultative Council Standing Committee

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David Paulsen · July 04, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Belfast, Northern Ireland] The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, one of three Episcopal delegates to the 19th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, was elected July 4 by the Anglican Communion bo...

ACC leaves archbishop of Canterbury’s role unchanged in ongoing talks on Anglican identity

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David Paulsen · July 04, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Belfast, Northern Ireland] The 19th Anglican Consultative Council, on the final day of its June 28-July 4 meeting here, approved a resolution that affirmed the existing understanding of Angl...

5 Family Charters Off the Quiet End of 30A: Dolphins, Scalloping, Shell Island, and More

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Staff · July 03, 2026 · Posted by: Panhandle Adventures

Everybody's heard of Seaside. Everybody's fighting for a beach umbrella in Rosemary. Meanwhile, an easy drive east — past Panama City Beach, out to Mexico Beach — the water is just as emerald, the sand just as sugar w...

Churches to host, participate in America 250 events, including honoring an enslaved woman’s poetry

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Shireen Korkzan · July 02, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal churches nationwide are hosting and participating in events commemorating the United States’ 250th anniversary this weekend. While the commemoration is intended to be joyful and fes...

Derry residents offer ACC lessons in forgiveness, reconciliation after decades of conflict

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David Paulsen · July 02, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Londonderry, Northern Ireland] The Peace Bridge is one of the most prominent public symbols of reconciliation in this city, once an epicenter of Irish sectarian violence. Completed in 2011, ...

Lexington diocese announces final slate for ninth bishop

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Shireen Korkzan · July 01, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Lexington] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Lexington in Kentucky announced on July 1 the final slate for nominees for election as the diocese’s ninth bishop. With the successful addition of the Re...

Michigan priest serves as chaplain on Coast Guard ship leading America 250 parade

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Shireen Korkzan · July 01, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The U.S. Coast Guard’s Eagle cutter will lead an international fleet of tall and gray hull ships as they sail into New York harbor and salute the Statue of Liberty on July 4 in celebration of...

For America 250, Episcopal leaders reject nostalgia, lift up church’s prophets

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lwilson · July 01, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] If you ask New York Bishop Matthew Heyd for his two cents on how The Episcopal Church should mark the United States’ 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, you m...

Richard T. Lawson III consecrated 13th bishop of Alabama

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Shireen Korkzan · June 30, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Alabama] The Diocese of Alabama ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Richard T. Lawson III as its 13th bishop on June 27 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. Lawson succeeds the Rt. Rev. ...

ACC scrutinizes, raises concerns about proposed changes to Anglican Communion structures

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David Paulsen · June 30, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Belfast, Northern Ireland] The Episcopal Church is one of 42 member provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion. But what is the Anglican Communion, and what binds its provinces together? ...

Mark September 1: The 31-Day Gulf Gag Grouper Window Is the Last Big Offshore Harvest of 2026

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Staff · June 29, 2026 · Posted by: Panhandle Adventures

Circle it on the calendar in permanent marker. September 1 through October 1, 2026 — that's the 31-day federal window NOAA Fisheries has set for recreational gag grouper in the Gulf of Mexico. For Mexico Beach, Panama...

Venezuela Episcopalians join earthquake recovery efforts, as death toll surpasses 1,400

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Shireen Korkzan · June 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Venezuela is still in the early stages of recovering from back-to-back earthquakes that devastated the northern state of La Guaira and Caracas, the capital, last week. At least 1,450 people h...

Anglican Consultative Council gets underway in Northern Ireland with tone of hope, unity

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lwilson · June 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Belfast, Northern Ireland] Anglican leaders sounded upbeat, hopeful and unifying notes June 28 on the opening day of their weeklong meeting here as the Anglican Consultative Council, or ACC....

Growing ‘goon’ violence against churches in Kenya worries clergy

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Shireen Korkzan · June 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Religion News Service] On a recent Friday morning, groups of young men on motorbikes roared around the grounds of the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi to disrupt and scare those gathered for a civil meeting about the ...

Congregation’s addiction recovery ministry builds relationships, fights stigma beyond the pews

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Shireen Korkzan · June 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Many medical agencies, organizations and facilities recognize substance and alcohol addictions as chronic diseases, but stigma keeps many people from seeking treatment. St. Mary Anne’s Epis...

Episcopal leaders offer prayers and support for Venezuela after back-to-back earthquakes

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Shireen Korkzan · June 25, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal and Anglican leaders are calling for prayers and offering support after back-to-back major earthquakes in Venezuela killed at least 188 people and injured at least 1,500 others whil...

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