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Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, will be celebrate the second Sunday of Advent at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Dec. 9.

She will preach and celebrate the 10:30 a.m. Eucharist after leading the 9:15 a.m. Sunday seminar.

Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal published, "What Ails the Episcopalians," an article about the recent triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

The author, Jay Akasie, wrote The Episcopal Church voted on minor things, like pet funerals, while ignoring the bigger issues — like the shrinking membership.

The Rev. David Hacker, of The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, talks about his  motivation working among native tribes and the people who live and work in the Yakima Valley.

Today at the General Convention of The Episcopal Church the House of Deputies approved rites for same-sex blessings.

Resolution A049, which was approved by the House of Bishops on Monday, allows same gender couples to make a vow, exchange rings and be declared "bound to one another in a holy covenant, as long as they both shall live."