Having served in Episcopal churches for many years, I have found my understanding of who God is to be changing and growing. The Book of Common Prayer uses only male language for God. If women are truly made in the image of God, our liturgy must include female terms for God.

Modern biblical scholars point to female attributes of God in scripture: breasts and womb. God as Wisdom and Spirit are feminine in both Hebrew and Greek original texts. Early church liturgies also included the divine feminine. When those texts were translated into Latin, the third part of the Trinity became neutered.

The Book of Common Prayer continues to portray God as male or neuter, with only references to women who surrounded Jesus' life. More recent attempts to create inclusive liturgies have fallen short of including the full genderedness of God.

In searching for examples of parishes who have embraced the feminine side of God, I found many denominations who worship God as fully gendered. These clergy and parishes provide examples of how the Episcopal Church could transform our liturgy to fully embrace the feminine part of God. While I found one Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada that is attempting to include feminine language for God, even they are falling far short of embracing the full genderedness of God.

The Episcopal Church needs to embrace the feminine part of God and create liturgies embracing God's feminine nature. I present a guide with essentials to create Episcopal liturgy that worships God's full genderedness. I present two Eucharist services that rewrite the male language of "inclusive" approved liturgies. These services include the beauty of our prayers and embrace the full genderedness of God, especially the feminine part. The Episcopal Church must embrace the feminine part of God in liturgy if we are to truly be an inclusive church.