Tag Archives: Episcopal Church

The Season after Pentecost: Proper 22, Year B

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Sharon Ely Pearson

The Sanctity of Human Relationships Job 1:1, 2-1-10 Psalm 26 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Discussions of what “marriage” means in today’s society in the United States has been a much debated topic in secular as well as sacred institutions … Continue reading →

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Updated Holy Week Liturgies in the BCP

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Sharon Ely Pearson

The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) has issued the following statement concerning inconsistencies between the Revised Common Lectionary and the Holy Week Liturgies of the Book of Common Prayer. The statement was prepared during the SCLM meeting in … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Sharon Ely Pearson

Seminarian and Martyr, 1965 Proverbs 4:20-27 Psalm 85:7-13 Galatians 3:22-28 Luke 1:46-55 Jonathan Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian who answered the call of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help register African-American voters in Alabama. He was shot … Continue reading →

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Holy Women, Holy Men

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Sharon Ely Pearson

A liturgical resource and successor to Lesser Feasts and Fasts. Newly published in cooperation with the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints is now available from Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI). It is the … Continue reading →

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The Book of Common Prayer & Christian Education

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Sharon Ely Pearson

If the prayer book is the cornerstone of Anglican theology, then it makes sense to see the Book of Common Prayer (aka BCP) as the cornerstone for Christian education in the Episcopal congregation. The 1979 BCP is very clear with … Continue reading →

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