Bishop Lee preached this sermon on November 23, 2019 at the 182nd Annual Convention of the Diocese of Chicago. It was his final annual convention Eucharist as bishop; he will retire in August 2020. Some of you may have heard me tell what is quite possibly my favorite story from all the twelve years I…
Casper ter Kuile, a researcher and fellow at Harvard Divinity School, will give the keynote address at the Diocese of Chicago’s annual convention in November. Ter Kuile, who holds masters of divinity and public policy degrees from Harvard, is a co-founder of How We Gather, which describes itself as a “Millennial-led spiritual startup collaboration between…
Journalist, Author to Discuss What Demographic Shifts Mean for the Church On November 16, Ray Suarez, a prominent journalist, author and lifelong Episcopalian will give the keynote address at the Diocese of Chicago’s annual convention. He will discuss a rapidly approaching tipping point–the year 2044, when demographers predict that a majority of Americans will be members…
The 179th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Chicago took place on on Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19 at the Westin Yorktown Center in Lombard. The theme of this year’s convention was “Revisiting Pentecost,” inspired by keynote speaker Bishop Yvette Flunder. Read more about Bishop Flunder on the website and watch for a video of her presentation coming…
Presiding Bishop Yvette Flunder of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries has had a few things on her mind lately, and she is planning on sharing her concerns with the Diocese of Chicago when she gives the keynote speech at its annual convention on November 18-19 at the Westin hotel in Lombard. “I am talking a…
At the Diocese of Chicago’s 177th annual convention, the message was clear: members of the diocese must be willing to step out of their churches and into their neighborhoods. They must be ready to talk about how God is active in their lives and listen to how God is active in the lives of neighbors…
