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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe

Messages from Bishop Mark

2020 Pentecost Message

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place.   Pentecost, the great feast of the church’s founding, comes on Sunday. It is always a liminal sort of festival; it comes in near proximity to the end of the school year, and at the threshold of the...

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Tags: outreach, gathering, pentecost, coronavirus

Earth and Altar

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

Q. Is God’s activity limited to these rites?   A. God [is not limited] to these rites; they are patterns of countless ways by which God uses material things to reach out to us.   An Outline of the Faith [“The Catechism”], BCP, p. 861   We are going back to...

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Tags: gathering, eucharist, online church, coronavirus

Shepherds Among Us

Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington on

This Sunday brings around the familiar image of the Good Shepherd. We hear the comforting words of the twenty-third psalm again; we hear Jesus describe himself in John’s gospel as the “gate for the sheep.” And he tells us something more about what it means to be a good...

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Tags: leadership, gathering, online church, coronavirus