Please find linked here and below Pastoral Liturgies for Gender Transition and Affirmation. In November 2021, the Council of General Synod approved Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Transition and Affirmation for trial use and evaluation. These liturgies were approved for use by General Synod in July of 2023. Bishop John Stephens has approved these liturgies for use in the Diocese of New Westminster.
For more background information here is a link to online coverage in the July 2, 2023 edition of The Living Church.
IMAGE on left: Leaders of four Canadian and American churches together addressed a joint meeting of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. From left are Susan C. Johnson, national bishop of the ELCIC; Linda Nicholls, archbishop and primate of the ACC; Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; and R. William Franklin, who heads the Episcopal Church's ecumenical commission. Franklin represented Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop of TEC, who is recovering from health issues. | Photo: Carter Brooks, Assembly 2023
