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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

Invitation to Palm Sunday Live

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

My sisters and brothers in Christ,   In this season of unexpected isolation, I invite you, on behalf of the entire Convocation, to join people from across Europe as we gather to begin our walk through Holy Week as a single, faithful community. We cannot be where we would...

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Tags: holy week, livestream, online worship, coronavirus

2019 Convention Address: Giving up the Exceptional

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

Feast of St. James of JerusalemActs 15:19: “Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those...who are turning to God.” Even if this is supposed to be the bishop’s annual address to the Convention of the Convocation, it still says “sermon” in...

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Tags: status, budget, strategic plan, convocation, convention, financial support, taskforces

Consecration Thank You

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

To our friends across the Convocation, Judy and I are still in awe of the amazing events planned, organized, and carried off with such grace and joy by so many people during our weekend of celebrations and thanksgivings. You have all achieved the remarkable feat of bringing our sisters and...

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Tags: thanks, consecration