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From Washington D.C.-
More than 3,000 people filled the Entertainment and Sports Arena in
Southeast Sunday as the Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of the
Episcopal Church, preached during a revival titled “More Jesus, More
Love.”
Curry mixed scripture with humor during the revival, which was part
of a weekend of meetings and services convened by the Episcopal Diocese
of Washington in which Curry preached at venues ranging from the
National Cathedral to St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Southeast.
“This is the largest diocesan-wide gathering in our history, and part
of an entire weekend of events with the potential to reach every
congregation and beyond with a message of God’s love, revealed in Jesus,
for all people,” Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Washington, said in a statement.
Curry’s involvement in the 125th Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal
District of Washington began Saturday at the National Cathedral.
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/bishop-curry-brings-more-jesus-to-se-revival/
From Georgia-
While this week’s tent revival at Honey Creek may seem out of character for the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Georgia’s history has been marked by revivals, including these three notable examples from our history:
18th century – Beef and Beer Dinners Lead to a Colony
Thomas Bray (1656-1730) was for most of his life, the rector of St. Botolph-Without-the-Walls, in London, but a brief tour of Maryland expanded the scope of his ministry. The Bishop of London, who was responsible for the colonies, sent Bray to the colony as his representative. Bray returned to England with a passion for assisting the work of the Gospel in the colonies. He developed a group of friends who ministered with beef and beer meals in the prisons on Sundays. A young James Oglethorpe joined him in this work. Bray suggested the idea of a colony where people could have a new chance at life. Though he died before Georgia was founded, the charter reflects his Christian utopian vision. Georgia was founded as a place where there would be no slaves, lawyers, and no accumulation of land beyond 150 acres per family.
More here-
http://gaepiscopal.org/?p=7926
From San Joaquin-
There will be no tents, torches or sermons threatening hell and damnation.
The Episcopalian Church doesn’t do revivals that way.
That it’s doing a revival at all is a startling break from tradition, but it’s holding a three-day revival in the San Joaquin Valley beginning Friday at University of the Pacific.
“It’s not typically something coming out of the Episcopal Church,” said the Rev. Anna Carmichael, Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin. “We’re usually heady, not so emotive. We don’t do a lot to get anyone’s attention.”
All of that is changing under Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, who was elected to lead the national church for a nine-year term in 2015.
Curry has called on Episcopalians to join the Jesus Movement and said the three-day San Joaquin Revival — which continues with events Saturday in Fresno and Sunday in Bakersfield — is just the beginning. More revivals are planned across the country.
More here-
From North Carolina-
As a buzz swarms worldwide about six Episcopal Church revivals planned for this year and 2018 to motivate, equip and mobilize Episcopalians for evangelism and reconciliation, St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Southeast Raleigh will host one of its own that crosses denominations and into communities across the state.
It’s a rarity for Episcopalians everywhere – and the first-ever revival for St. Ambrose, a historically African-American church founded in 1868 for the newly emancipated.
The St. Ambrose Revive Me Community Revival is Friday from 7-9 p.m. at St. Ambrose, 813 Darby Street. There will be preaching, a worship and prayer service, personal testimonies, storytelling, and music and dance from African drummers from Oxford, and liturgical dancers and choirs from other churches.Read more here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article174691231.html#storylink=cpy
From ENS-
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry returned to his old stomping grounds in the Diocese of Maryland, bringing an inspiring message and encouraging Episcopalians to claim their role as members of the Jesus Movement.
“’Heaven help the devil if the Episcopal Church ever wakes up,’” he said, quoting the famed 20th-century evangelist, Billy Sunday. “Wake up, Episcopal Church. That’s what the Jesus Movement is all about.”
Curry, who served as rector of St. James in Baltimore for 12 years, has been calling for a new period of evangelism within the church since being elected in 2015. This effort also includes a desire for the Episcopal Church to address some of the systemic race and class issues that plague American society.
“We need to find a way for the grace of God to bear on the deeply rooted system of sin that mires us in a quagmire of racism,” he said. Racial reconciliation, evangelism and the care of God’s creation are the roots of the Jesus Movement for the presiding bishop.
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2017/05/15/presiding-bishop-urges-the-church-to-wake-up/
From West Missouri-
Springfield has played host to several political rallies and marches in recent months, with crowds ranging from the dozens to thousands. This weekend, an event entitled “Awakening the Spirit” is projected to draw people from across the region.
It’s designed to build a stronger community, says Rev. Martin S. Fields, the bishop of the West Diocese of Missouri.
“We’re trying to be hosts to folks who just perhaps need a lift, perhaps need an opportunity to explore anew the fact that what can be an awfully hard, tough life in this world can actually be lived with joy if we find joy in one another and we build relationships with one another.”
Fields is one of many scheduled speakers at Sunday’s event, with the Most Rev. Bishop Michael Curry to deliver the keynote address.
Curry, elected in 2015, is the presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. He’ll be speaking in Springfield a day after a similar event Saturday in Kansas City.
More here-
http://ksmu.org/post/awakening-spirit-event-springfield-aims-strengthen-community#stream/0
From Anglican News-
Twenty five Bishops and their teams from the northern half of The Church of England led by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, have taken part in four days of mission and celebration called ‘Talking Jesus.’ The Bishops and their teams went out into communities in all corners of the Diocese – talking about Jesus at more than 450 community events.
The mission came to a close at a service of celebration at Durham Cathedral on Sunday. The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Revd Paul Butler, told a packed Cathedral that it had been a resounding success. He said: “We can’t be sure quite how many people we have come into contact with across four days, 450 events, numerous conversations and through social media interactions - but it is many tens of thousands.”
More here-
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/03/tens-of-thousands-of-people-have-been-involved-in-a-mission-in-the-diocese-of-durham.aspx
From The Living Church-
The Episcopal Church is not famous for tent revivals, but its youngest diocese wants to try new approaches, according to the Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, Bishop of Eastern Michigan.
St. John’s Church in Midland was the host for a diocesan-wide leadership strategy session September 7. The purpose of the meeting was to offer a collaborative platform for building parish enthusiasm and focus on common diocesan mission initiatives.
“I’m not sure who came up with the idea to call it a tent revival, but it was visible from the intersection of two busy streets,” Bishop Ousley said. “People would have seen something out of the ordinary on that lawn that day. It was lots of fun.”
More here-
http://www.livingchurch.org/under-tent-michigan
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