Updated 10/1/07

The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pennsylvania is holding an Open Forum on the diocesan financial situation especially as it relates to the Wapiti Wilderness Center on Sunday, October 14th from 5-7pm at St. Mary’s Church, 107 Louella Ave, Wayne. St. Mary’s is located on the corner of Louella and Lancaster Aves and is within walking distance of the Wayne train station.

Memebers of the Finance and Property Committee, the Executive Committee of Diocesan Council and the Wapiti Board will also be present for the forum.

Concerned Pennsylvania Episcopalians (CPE) is open to any Episcopalian who is concerned about the spiritual and financial health of the Diocese of the Pennsylvania. CPE is a volunteer coalition. It is not a membership organization. People attend meetings, they do not join. In fact we do not even have a list of people who have come to meetings. Some people have come to one meeting, and some of have come to many meetings. The meetings of the CPE are open. To find the schedule of the next meeting simply click “meetings”on this website. The website is an information site that raises concerns and questions about the Diocese’s mission and priorities affecting men and women, and youth in the parish pew.

For a list of members of the Steering Committee which sets agendas for the meetings and develops the mission of Concerned Pennsylvania Episcopalians, please click here.

Concerned Pennsylvanians Episcopalians (CPE) is a voluntary coalition of people of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania who take seriously the promises we have made to God and to Jesus Christ at the time of Baptism: "(to) strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being."

We are concerned for the wholeness of the Diocese's spiritual and financial health which has been fractured by Diocesan leadership that does not listen or encourage consensus building. Our purpose is to uncover and reveal the truth via positive actions to all people in the Diocese which support a wide variety parish ministries, congregational development, engage in efforts that adhere to our Baptismal Covenant, and reach out to the poor, disenfranchised and discriminated in our communities.

We are an inclusive coalition representing diverse cultural, theological, social, geographic, and economic perspectives within our Diocese, prophetically crossing these boundaries and also those demographics of race, sex, age and place of worship.