10/17/2008
Episcopal Diocese charges clergy with abandonment
By Communications Director
Episcopal Diocese charges clergy with abandonment of communion
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09/10/2008
Episcopal Bishops of California oppose Prop 8
By Communications Director
The Episcopal Bishops of California issued a statement today in opposition to Proposition 8, the proposed amendment to the state’s constitution to reserve marriage as only between a man and a woman, saying that “Jesus calls us to love rather than hate, to give rather than to receive, to live into hope rather than fear.”
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08/26/2008
Court maintains freeze on Diocesan accounts
By Communications Director
In April the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin filed a lawsuit to recover the property and the assets of the Diocese from its former bishop, John-David Schofield. As a result of this lawsuit several of the disputed investment accounts and related funds belonging to the Diocese were frozen.
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08/22/2008
Bishop Lamb asks clergy to recognize authority
By Communications Director
Episcopal Bishop Jerry Lamb asks undecided clergy to recognize his authority
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07/11/2008
Bishop Lamb asks clergy to confirm status
By Communications Director
In a letter mailed on July 10, 2008 Bishop Jerry Lamb has asked all deacons and priests of the Diocese of San Joaquin to decide whether they will uphold their ordination vows to "...conform to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church." Clergy have been given until August 5 to state their intent in writing to the diocesan office in Stockton.
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06/17/2008
Mission congregation claims Episcopal heritage
By Communications Director
In April, members of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Taft, California, contacted the Bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, the Rt. Rev. Jerry A. Lamb, to clarify their desire to remain within the Episcopal Church.
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06/03/2008
Diocese of San Joaquin files amended lawsuit
By Staff
The lawsuit initially filed by The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of San Joaquin against John-David Schofield, former bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, has been amended on the basis of new information gathered about recent transfers of real and personal property and assets to entities formed by Mr. Schofield and his attorney sometime in early April of 2008. The former bishop was deposed by the Episcopal House of Bishops on March 12, 2008.
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05/13/2008
Diocese of El Camino Real reaches out
By Staff
The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, located just west of our diocese, is graciously sharing their resources to members of San Joaquin through invitations to participate in any conferences and training they offer.
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05/06/2008
CANADA: Churches must share buildings
By Solange De Santis
An Ontario judge ruled on May 5 that the Diocese of Niagara should be allowed to share three church buildings where congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada over theological issues that include blessing ceremonies for gay couples.
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05/01/2008
Presiding Bishop's Pentecost letter
By Episcopal News Service
The "gift of Holy Spirit keeps us lively and moving" as "inspiring breath" in the Body of Christ, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori writes in her 2008 Pentecost letter to the Episcopal Church.
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