As the flu season continues, and amid growing concerns about the possible spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, now is a good time to remind everyone about best practices for hygiene during Eucharist and other services.

God has called you "to show what can happen when one heart yields to God's goodness and lives for Jesus." As you prepare for Ash Wednesday and Lent this year, watch this video message from Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York.

“In times of great national concern and urgency, people of faith have returned to ancient practices of repentance, prayer and fasting as ways of interceding with God on behalf of their nation and the world. This is such a moment for us in the United States. “On Ash Wednesday I will join with other Christian leaders observing this Lent as a season of prayer, fasting and repentance on behalf of our nation, with continued fasting each Wednesday until the Wednesday before Advent begins.

Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe provides an update on the completion of a disciplinary process involving Joell Szachara, a former rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in New Hartford.

What intentional steps will you take this Lent to draw closer to God in love? We asked you, and you told us! Folks from all over the Diocese of Central New York wrote in to share some of your favorite Lenten resources for individuals and congregations.