Worship
Licensed Lay Ministers
The Bishop will license a lay person at the request of the priest in charge. In order to be considered ...
Lay Worship Leaders
Diocesan Guidelines for Licensed Worship Leaders According to Title III, Canon 4 of The Constitution and Canons of the General ...
Safe Church
Safe Church, Safe Communities The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Rhode Island recognize the potential for harm when a priest, ...
Eucharistic Visitor
The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island licenses lay people to serve as Eucharistic Visitors. Training for this ministry is conducted ...
Eucharistic Minister
The Ministry A Eucharistic Minister is a lay person authorized to administer the consecrated elements at a Celebration of Holy Eucharist ...
Bexley-Seabury Offerings
The Diocese of Rhode Island, as part of Province I, has partnered with Bexley-Seabury Seminary to offer Pathways for Baptismal ...
Supply Clergy
The clergy listed here have indicated their availability for short-term supply work in RI churches. The current list of clergy ...
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2023 – Last Pentecost 2024
The 2023-2024 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
Streaming License Grants These grants are no longer available as of December 31, 2021. To apply to this grant for ...
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 1 Advent 2021–Last Pentecost 2022
The 2021-2022 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is available for congregations to use in their weekly intercessions. Each congregation is prayed ...
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 ...
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
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
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
Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a group of more than 80 Episcopal bishops working to curtail the epidemic of gun ...
Permission for Remarriage
The bishop must give permission for remarriage when either or both parties have been married or in a civil union that ...
Resources for Choirs
Resources for Adult / Parish Choirs The Taize Community Small Church Choirs – Resources / Ideas – For church choirs with ...
Altar Guild
The ministry of the Altar Guild is to care for the altar, vestments, vessels, and altar linens of the parish. Altar ...
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
Making your own altar bread can be a spiritual practice as well as a gift to your congregation. Several recipes ...