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Title IV
We encourage you to visit TitleIV.org, the website developed by The Episcopal Church, for full information on the disciplinary process. Read the Title IV canons. Glossary of terms used What is Title IV? “Title IV is the section of t...Read More ›
To Differ Is Divine
To Differ is Divine is a podcast that invites both the curious and the skeptical to explore the idea of spiritual permeability through conversations between our hosts, Bishop Sam Rodman, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, and R...Read More ›
Vestry Resources
If your congregation currently does not have a priest, uses supply clergy or is in transition, you might find some of the clergy resources helpful. Alcohol Policy: As of the 78th General Convention Annual Parish Meeting Guidelines Bylaw...Read More ›
Video Curricula
With the support of a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the former School of Ministry produced these courses for use in congregations, and are intended as a stimulus for adult group discussion. The brief programs, usually lasting between 12 ...Read More ›
Visitation Schedule
The visitation schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have any questions about your congregation's visitation, contact Elizabeth Dawkins, executive assistant to Bishop Sam Rodman, or Patricia Sarazen, executive assistant to Bishop...Read More ›
Voting, Voter and Engagement Resources
Though we hope this page will provide valuable information and resources to help you be ready to vote and engage in helping others to be ready, too, there is no better source of voting and voter information than the NC State Board of Elections. ...Read More ›
Way of Love
Excerpted from Practice That's Not About Perfection, But the Way of Love, by the Rt. Rev. Sam Rodman For me, the challenge to listen to hard truth, with love, and to speak hard truth, with love, is at the heart of what it means to become belove...Read More ›
Wear Orange
June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and traditionally, the first days of June encourage all who wish to see gun violence reduced to wear orange. This year, June 7 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and everyone is encouraged to w...Read More ›
What Can Words Do? Revising the Psalms in a God-awful Time
Using lectures by Dr. Ellen F. Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, "What Can Words Do?" explores how we pray and speak truly in this unprecedented and grievous time. The questio...Read More ›
What You Need to Know About NC Voter ID Laws
Last updated: October 2, 2023 As of 2023, a valid photo ID is now required to vote in the state of North Carolina. 10 Things to Know About Voter ID The NC State Board of Elections has excellent resources to explain all you need to know...Read More ›
YEAH
Some say young adults have left the Church, but we think the Church has simply left the building. The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina wants to help you find a community with which to connect, whether its a traditional young adult group at a ch...Read More ›
Youth & Young Adults
Children, Youth and FamiliesYoung Adults The vision of the diocesan children's and youth ministries department is to be a Christian community that reflects Christ's love and a place of acceptance of all people. The children's and youth ministry ...Read More ›
Youth Ministry Resources
During the last three years, the children's and youth ministries department of the Diocese of North Carolina has developed a practical and relevant resource for all those who work with children and youth. This best practices document includes matt...Read More ›
The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Ministry of the Rev. Ray Hanna
posted on Apr 12, 2023The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Ray Hanna, retiring vicar of St. Stephen's, Erwin. The Rev. Hanna has served as the part-time rector of St. Stephen's since 2021. Previously, he served as the rector of Trinity, Mount Airy. O...
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Diocese Announces the Rev. Lindsey Ardrey as New Canon Missioner for Diocesan Reparations and Restitution Ministry
posted on Apr 4, 2023The Diocese of North Carolina announces today that the Rev. Lindsey Ardrey will soon join the staff as the new canon missioner for diocesan reparations and restitution ministry. Ardrey comes to North Carolina by way of New Orleans in the Diocese o...
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The Bishops’ Call to Action: Add Your Voices to Uphold Gun Safety Legislation
posted on Mar 24, 2023In recent days, the General Assembly of North Carolina has voted on several pieces of legislation associated with gun safety, including bills directly related to North Carolina’s Pistol Purchase Permitting (PPP) system. The results have been dis...
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The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Ministry of the Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French
posted on Mar 17, 2023The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French, departing diocesan canon missioner for regional ministry and innovative collaboration. French was elected 13th bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey in January, and she le...
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The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Minstry of the Rev. Dr. Clarke French
posted on Mar 17, 2023The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Clarke French. French has served as the rector of Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill, since February 2011. Additionally, he has been active in the life of the Diocese serving as the cha...
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Diocese of North Carolina Announces Joy Shillingsburg as New Mission Strategy Coordinator
posted on Mar 16, 2023The Diocese of North Carolina announces today that Joy Shillingsburg has accepted the position of diocesan mission strategy coordinator. Shillingsburg comes to the position from St. John’s, Wake Forest, where she has served as the director of yo...
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Disciple: Historic Foundations: Uncovering History
posted on Mar 15, 2023St. Michael’s, Raleigh, explores local history of race and real estate By the Rev. Greg Jones Anyone who has lived in downtown Raleigh, near North Carolina State University, or gone to the airport from Raleigh has spent a fair amount of...
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Disciple: Being Salt and Light
posted on Mar 15, 2023By the Rt. Rev. Sam Rodman Adapted from a sermon preached at St. Philip’s, Durham, on February 5 I spent a recent weekend at Bishops’ Ball, an annual event attended this year by about 100 young people from across our diocese. It was the f...
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Disciple: New, Notable & Newsworthy
posted on Mar 15, 2023The Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French Elected 13th Bishop of New Jersey The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina offers congratulations and blessings to the Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French, diocesan canon for regional ministry and collaborative in...
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Disciple: A Commandment to Rest
posted on Mar 15, 2023By the Rt. Rev. Jennifer Brooke-Davidson “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on G...
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Disciple: Starting a Spiritual Practice
posted on Mar 15, 2023If Jesus found the time for spiritual practice, so can we all By Jenny Beaumont As you read this issue of the Disciple, the holy season of Lent is underway. As a season of penitence and self-examination, a season of turning around, ...
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Disciple: Funding Mission
posted on Mar 15, 2023Whether for a new outreach ministry, clergy salary support, global missions, physical plant needs, seminary tuition or theological education for lay people, the Diocese of North Carolina has an extensive grants program to provide support to chur...
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Disciple: Community Through the Screen
posted on Mar 15, 2023Why online community is real community and how churches can use livestreaming to build it By Summerlee Walter Simply put, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Episcopal churches online. Most churches in the Diocese of North Carolina had a social me...
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Disciple: Community Violence Intervention Programs
posted on Mar 15, 2023Work decades in the making is gaining traction in addressing today’s issues By Christine McTaggart If you’ve spent any time reviewing the resources compiled by the diocesan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, you may have noticed “get...
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Disciple: Historic Foundations: How Did We Get Here?
posted on Mar 15, 2023The story of God, land and race at Holy Family, Chapel Hill By the Rev. Sarah Ball-Damberg One of the goals of the diocesan mission strategy’s priority of Racial Reckoning, Justice and Healing is to see historically white congregat...
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The Rev. Dr. Cathy Deats Rejoins Diocesan Staff as Interim Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality
posted on Mar 7, 2023The Diocese of North Carolina is welcoming back to its staff the Rev. Dr. Cathy Deats, who will serve as the interim canon missioner for congregational vitality beginning March 21, 2023. It is a role familiar to Deats, as she served on the dioce...
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History Day 2023 and Celebration of Blessed Henry Beard Delany
posted on Feb 24, 2023April 15, 2023 | 10a.m. - 3p.m. St. Luke's, Salisbury REGISTER. Co-sponsored by the diocesan office of Black ministries and our history & archives committee, this year’s History Day honoring the Rt. Rev. Henry Beard Delany will take place ...
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Diocese of North Carolina Extends Call for Volunteers for New Network of Support
posted on Feb 20, 2023From the start, the mission strategy of the Diocese of North Carolina has been designed and presented as taking a grassroots approach, meaning that the work of the strategy is not a diocesan directive, but instead an invitation for every congregat...
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The Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French Elected 13th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
posted on Jan 28, 2023The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina offers congratulations and blessings to the Rev. Canon Dr. Sally French, diocesan canon/missioner for east regional ministry and collaborative innovation, upon the announcement of her election as the 13th bi...
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The Rev. Daniel P. Strandlund Called to St. Christopher's, High Point
posted on Jan 25, 2023The Rev. Daniel P. Strandlund has been called to serve as the part-time vicar of St. Christopher's, High Point. Strandlund grew up in the Diocese of Alabama and most recently served as the vicar of St. Elizabeth, Buda, Texas, in the Episcopal Dioc...
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Distancing Diaries: Season 1 Finale
posted on Aug 26, 2020Hosts, Eliza, Caleb and James recap distancing diaries, discuss themes and share favorite moments. AND they reveal plans for season 2!! Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for And Also with Y'all Season 2, beginning in October 2020!
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 7
posted on Aug 4, 2020Chaplain Caleb has a candid discussion with anthropologists Kristen Savell and Xandra Daniels about the difficult balancing act of higher education instruction, starting their careers and families, and managing anxiety within our present context o...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 6
posted on Jul 20, 2020Co-host Eliza Brinkley chats with Lindsey and Don Porter, who have been figuring out how to parent two young children during school closures. As government and educational leaders begin to announce reopening plans for school in the fall--many of w...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 5
posted on Jun 22, 2020Chaplain Caleb Tabor of Raleigh ECM and Chaplain Laura Brekke Wagoner of Davis and Elkins College touch on life during the pandemic, what it means to engage in self-examination in the spiritual life, the importance of an evolving faith, why religi...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 4
posted on Jun 18, 2020In this episode of Distancing Diaries, Eliza Brinkley chats with Jack Kittrell, who is employed at a biomedical engineering company in Raleigh. Jack shares a little about his experience social distancing and what his schedule has been like as an e...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 3
posted on Jun 4, 2020Chaplain Caleb Tabor of Raleigh Episcopal Campus and Young Adult Ministries has a conversation with Mary Houston, a licensed social worker for psychiatric emergencies in the UNC-CH Hospital's Emergency Medicine Department. They discuss what it is ...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 2, Part 2
posted on May 19, 2020In this two-part episode, co-host Eliza checks in with fellow teacher, friend and roommate, Taylor. They speak of her religious upbringing and how her current faith community is guiding how she navigates life amidst social distancing. The lovely m...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 2, Part 1
posted on May 19, 2020In this two-part episode, co-host Eliza checks in with fellow teacher, friend and roommate, Taylor. They speak of her religious upbringing and how her current faith community is guiding how she navigates life amidst social distancing. The lovely m...
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Distancing Diaries: Episode 1
posted on May 11, 2020Eliza Brinkley hosts the first episode of the And Also With Y'all mini-series, Distancing Diaries, in which she reflects on the spiritual dimenison of what it's like to be a young adult living during a time of physical distancing.
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Episode 3: Anna
posted on Mar 23, 2020In this episode, Anna, a young adult from Greensboro tells the story of the search for a spiritual home, how she found belonging through shared experiences and convictions, and her journey as an LGBTQ+ person who also loves Jesus.
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Episode 2: Caleb
posted on Feb 13, 2020The Rev. Caleb Tabor previously led a bilingual parish in eastern North Carolina and now leads Episcopal Campus Ministry-Raleigh.
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Episode 1: Ann
posted on Feb 12, 2020In this first episode, James spoke with Ann, a young adult in Charlotte, about finding community and wrestling with the question, "What does God want me to do with my life?" The conversation focused on Ann's experience of walking the Camino de San...
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Pilot: The 204th Annual Convention
posted on Feb 5, 2020In this pilot episode, recorded live at the 204th Annual Diocesan Convention, we spoke with college students from around the state. They reflected a portion of the young adult voice at convention and shared their opinions about diversity, Cosmic C...
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