Bishop’s Easter Message 2025
Bishop’s Easter Message We are the Easter People: The Lord is Risen!! “…The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!...and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread”(Luke 24:34,35) The Easter Story always strikes us as a strange and...
Bishop’s Address to the 157th Diocesan Convention
Diocese of Easton 157th Annual Diocesan ConventionChrist Church Parish, Stevensville, Kent Island MDHosted by the Middle Convocation March 6th - 8th, 2025 On behalf of the Diocese of Easton and the Episcopal Church family on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, welcome to the...
Bishop’s Pre-Convention Pastoral Letter
Bishop’s Pre-Convention Pastoral Letter Pursuant to Canon III.12.3.b My beloved diocesan siblings, You will hear in my Bishop’s Address a few touchpoints on the positive state of the Diocese. This letter gives a more robust and deeper dive into those...
Bishop’s Lenten Reflection 2025
Bishop’s Lenten Reflection 2025 The Season of Lent is once again upon us. Ash Wednesday is traditionally earmarked in our liturgical calendar as the beginning of Lent when the faithful gather to commemorate the commencement of this solemn season. The Church invites...
Bishop San’s Notice of Resignation Date Change
Re: Bishop’s Notice of Resignation Date Change: February 2, 2026 Through much prayer and consultation with my family, I write to you to announce that I will be resigning effective February 2nd, 2026, being the Feast of the Presentation/Candlemas as per Church Pension...
Bishop’s Christmas Message
Bishop’s Christmas Message God’s Divine Love for a Broken World “They shall name Him Emmanuel” which means, “God is with us”.(St. Matthew 1: 23) Christmas gathers the faithful together in celebration of the birth of our Savior, Jesus, the world’s Messiah and Anointed...
Bishop San’s Retirement Letter
The Office of the BishopEpiscopal Diocese of Easton November 15, 2024 My Siblings in Christ: In the Book of Revelation the anointed one says, “See I am making all things new.” (21:5) Likewise, the prophet Isaiah writes with a similar focus, “I am about to do a new...
Bishop’s Reflection, Post-Election
Bishop’s Reflection, Post-Election For St. Paul, writing to the early Christians was profoundly important. In his writing to the Colossian disciples, he weaves a stunning poem into his letter (Colossians 1:15-20): “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn...