Your parish leadership is most likely watching the value of parish investments. In consultation with the Diocesan Investment and Finance Committee, we offer the following best-practice reminders and available options for assistance in the current economy.

As the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church wrapped up on Monday, July 11th, we asked our CNY Deputies about the holy moments they encountered in the four-day summit, and the outcomes they're celebrating.

Author Rose Bish, a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Speedsville, shares how her faith and the support of her church community encouraged her to lead a community response to recent gun violence.

Grace Episcopal Church in Utica is the church home for a vibrant and growing community of Karen Episcopalians (the Karen people are one of the 135 ethnic tribes in Myanmar (formerly Burma), and many have fled their homeland as refugees due to intense government persecution.  On July 3rd, Grace Church hosted 210 Karen youth and young adults from across The Episcopal Church for the national American Karen Episcopal Youth (AKEY) Day, including an address by Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe. The participants stayed to join Grace Church in Sunday Eucharist.

This past week’s rulings by the Supreme Court, especially Dobbs v. Jackson, have been deeply painful and have resulted in many of us feeling significant anxiety and emotional distress. Gun violence, women’s access to healthcare, and the degradation of God’s creation are emotional, complex, and for many, deeply personal realities. This is a time for compassion, understanding, mutual support and respect. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7) No one stands alone. ...