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Supply Clergy

Supply Clergy

The clergy listed here have indicated their availability for short-term supply work in RI churches. The current list of clergy ...
Licensed Lay Ministers

Licensed Lay Ministers

The Bishop will license a lay person at the request of the priest in charge. In order to be considered ...
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2023 – Last Pentecost 2024

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2023 – Last Pent...

The 2023-2024 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is available for congregations to use in their weekly intercessions. Each congregation is prayed ...
Safe Church

Safe Church

Safe Church, Safe Communities The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Rhode Island recognize the potential for harm when a priest, ...
Congregational Development Commission

Congregational Development Commission

Learn and Lead 2023- Finding God (and sharing God) in the new world - Materials. Video of Emily Keniston's Keynote ...
Lay Worship Leaders

Lay Worship Leaders

Diocesan Guidelines for Licensed Worship Leaders According to Title III, Canon 4 of The Constitution and Canons of the General ...
Eucharistic Visitor

Eucharistic Visitor

The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island licenses lay people to serve as Eucharistic Visitors. Training for this ministry is conducted ...
Eucharistic Minister

Eucharistic Minister

The Ministry A Eucharistic Minister is a lay person authorized to administer the consecrated elements at a Celebration of Holy Eucharist ...
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2022–Last ...

The 2022-2023 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is available for congregations to use in their weekly intercessions. Each congregation is prayed ...

Worship at Home

We Are the Church As we are unable to attend worship services in person, here are a few suggestions for ...
Music Streaming Licenses

Music Streaming Licenses

Streaming License Grants These grants are no longer available as of  December 31, 2021.  To apply to this grant for ...
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2021–Last ...

The 2021-2022 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is available for congregations to use in their weekly intercessions. Each congregation is prayed ...
Scholarship Opportunities - Organists

Scholarship Opportunities – Organists

The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (RIAGO) is pleased to announce its Second Annual Lois Conboy Memorial Awards 2021, ...
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Bexley-Seabury Offerings

Bexley Seabury Seminary Preaching Sermon Camp Registration   Now is the time for lay leaders who are called to serve as ...

Responding to Coronavirus and other emergencies

Statements Our Covid-19 Reopening plan, Journeying by Stages. Updated 3-19-21 May 26, 2020 - A joint statement from RI Faith ...
Journeying by Stages - A plan to reopen our buildings

Journeying by Stages – A plan to reopen our ...

UPDATED - Journeying by Stages is our guidance for re-opening our church buildings. In this plan you will find our ...
Substitute/Supply Organists

Substitute/Supply Organists

If you need an organist the Rhode Island American Guild of Organists website maintains a list of musicians you can ...

Getting your service Online

Paraphrasing from a webinar: Online is not the backdoor to worship anymore. It is the front door for many newcomers, ...
Prayers In a Time of Pandemic

Prayers In a Time of Pandemic

A Litany, from Earth and Altar For Doctors and Nurses Sanctify, O Lord, those whom you have called to the ...
How2charist videos and discussion guide

How2charist videos and discussion guide

An instructed Eucharist in digital format, available 24/7. All of the How2charist videos for viewing on our diocesan video portal ...
Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting

Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting

Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a group of more than 80 Episcopal bishops working to curtail the epidemic of gun ...
Hymnals

Hymnals

Music in the Episcopal Church can be as diverse as its worship services. Although final authority over the music used ...
Permission for Remarriage

Permission for Remarriage

The bishop must give permission for remarriage when either or both parties have been married or in a civil union that ...
Two churches share bulletins & website

Two churches share bulletins & website

Collaborative communications creates efficiency and builds confidence for two small churches by Dave Seifert Worship bulletins, websites, newsletters and formation ...
Resources for Choirs

Resources for Choirs

Resources for Adult / Parish Choirs The Taize Community Small Church Choirs – Resources / Ideas – For church choirs with ...
Handbells

Handbells

Bells have had a long history in the church and were used all over Europe to toll time and to ...
Altar Guild

Altar Guild

The ministry of the Altar Guild is to care for the altar, vestments, vessels, and altar linens of the parish. Altar ...
Acolytes

Acolytes

In contemporary Anglicanism, "acolytes" is a general term which covers not only servers, torchbearers, and lighters of candles but also ...
Royal School of Church Music

Royal School of Church Music

The Royal School of Church Music is a structured choral training program that provides a framework for choral singers to ...
Altar Bread Recipe

Altar Bread Recipe

Making your own altar bread can be a spiritual practice as well as a gift to your congregation. Several recipes ...