The 42nd annual convention of the Diocese of East Tennessee will take place Friday and Saturday, February 20 & 21, with the eucharist taking place at Church of the Ascension and the business session taking place at the Episcopal School of Knoxville. Learn more about diocesan convention at www.dioceseconvention.org.
Ready for celebration? Our annual diocesan convention eucharist will be held at Church of the Ascension on Friday, February 20, at 6:00 PM and will feature the celebration of the feast of Frederick Douglass and the ordination of three of East Tennessee's candidate's for ordination: Adam Ballintoy, Whitney Kimball Coe, and Heather Holland. The Rt. […]
Lent is a season of journeying with Jesus from the wilderness to the cross and grave, and to the joys of Easter. The labyrinth can be a powerful tool for practicing journeying and pilgrimage without physically going very far at all. Learn about this ancient sacred symbol for the first time, or perhaps be reminded, […]
Bishop Brian Cole and St. John's Cathedral host this inspiring gathering with the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, whose new book—Church Tomorrow?: What the 'Nones' and 'Dones' Teach Us About the Future of Faith—wrestles with the decline of traditional religion and the voices of nonreligious Millennials and Gen Zs. Spellers traveled America to ask young […]
You are invited- invited to sit in the same silence Thomas Merton knew, to walk the grounds he walked, to let his words sink into you in the place where they were born. This spring, you are invited to join folks from throughout the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee as we make this pilgrimage of […]
The SUMMA Theological Debate Summer Camp brings together high school students from across the country to one of the largest and most beautiful college campuses anywhere – the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. By exploring life’s biggest questions through theological debate, we broaden students’ understanding of Christianity and its enduring power to speak […]