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RIP The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris (1930-2020)
Mar. 14th, 2020 | 01:17 pm
posted by: 
wantedonvoyage in 
episcopal
The Bishop of Massachusetts, the Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, announced today that the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, retired Suffragan Bishop of that diocese, died Friday evening. She was 89.
Harris was the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Communion and the first African-American elevated to that title in the Episcopal Church. A native of Philadelphia, she was an acolyte at her home parish, the Church of the Advocate, for the revolutionary service in 1974 where eleven woman were ordained as priests. Small in stature, she was a giant witness for social justice and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Harris once wrote, "If we can believe that Jesus, who died, rose again from the dead, ... then we can, in peace, give over those who have died—known and unknown—to a loving, compassionate and ever-merciful God who has prepared for us a better home than this Good Friday world."
The Diocese also shared a remembrance of the life of this remarkable woman.
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Online Holy Eucharist with the Presiding Bishop This Sunday
Mar. 13th, 2020 | 06:24 pm
posted by: wantedonvoyage in episcopal
In this extraordinary time when corporate worship is being discouraged or even forbidden, the church has been invited to participate in a special Eucharist broadcast from the Cathedral Church of St. Peter & St. Paul in Washington DC, to be held this Sunday, 15th March, beginning at 11:00 EDT. The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, will preach.
The Cathedral will not be open for in-person attendance.
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*sneezes*
Apr. 20th, 2016 | 12:25 am
mood: 
hopeful
posted by: wantedonvoyage in episcopal
I don't know if there is any hope for this community as such, but if you are still using LJ and would like to be friends (assuming we're not already), please comment or PM me. I have become less, I won't say picky but certainly *specific* in order to keep my friends list active, and as such it has become overwhelmingly secular, as I imagine yours has as well.
Thanks in advance
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General Convention 2015
Nov. 24th, 2013 | 05:37 pm
mood: 
nostalgic
music: "To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King"
posted by: wantedonvoyage in episcopal
I'm writing this as much to get off the last unhappy but very relevant topic which has been our "headline" for a long time as to get an answer to my question. I saw in That Other Place that at least four people from this group -- including yours truly -- will be at The 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City in July/July 2015. Wondering how any others might be there? It would be fun to have a meet-up. I was just out there for a meeting and to begin Integrity's prep work and I think it is going to be logistically better than Indy was... I just hope it's not as hot!
Also on that subject, given our quiet traffic here, I wonder if we should start an "alumni" group in That Other Place to stay in touch?
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Anybody out there? EfM, Believe Out Loud and other randomness
Jun. 12th, 2012 | 04:03 pm
posted by: wantedonvoyage in episcopal
I have noticed a slight uptick in people posting to their journals and commenting... a number of folks who disappeared into Facebookland seemed to realize there are some things you can't say adequately in a 160-character post.
I have also processed a few new member requests (welcome, new folks!) so I wanted to see who is still visiting this community.
For myself, since I posted here last a shamefully long time ago I have become an EfM mentor am and currently in year 3 of my own study, and have also gotten involved with Integrity and am standing for election to the national board. We are rolling out a congregational program called Believe Out Loud and I wonder how many people have heard of it.
Thanks
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Reviving this Community / Things I like about TEC
Nov. 25th, 2011 | 12:42 pm
posted by: mylifemyfaith in episcopal
1. Weekly Communion
2. The worship doesn't change from week to week.
3. No matter what fruitcake things the Rector believes, as long as the 1979 BCP is used
the worship will be orthodox and include the Creeds.
4. In most dioceses gay people can be out and be ordained.
5. Remarriage after divorce is subject to restrictions
6. Continuity with the pre-reformation church (I about swooned with delight when +John Saxby called +Cardinal Wolsey his distinguished predecessor as Bishop of Lincoln)!
7. Tradition is subject to correction based on Reason and Scripture (unlike the RCC).
I'd love to see other people's versions of this list in the comments.
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Book of Remembrance
Feb. 12th, 2011 | 12:47 pm
posted by: joannahurley in episcopal
Does anyone use a Book of Remebrance in their church, to list those who have died and those who have donated money in their name? Ours is almost out of space and we've been trying to find a new one for years. The one we have currently is 13" x 10" x 2", about 100 pages, leather-bound and with a woven binding (not spiral). And, the important part, is that the pages are thick enough that you can do calligraphy on both sides of the page without the ink running or showing through.
If you use something like that, could I please know where you purchased the book? We have at least 3 large entries to make and there's only room for one of them.
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Fort Worth: Judge rules against Bishop Iker
Feb. 22nd, 2010 | 08:58 pm
location: 97.148510°W 32.681365°N 650ft ASL
posted by: furrbear in episcopal
From Thinking Anglicans:
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Judge rules for national Episcopalians, against Iker’s group
A state district judge on Friday ordered the group of Episcopalians headed by Bishop Jack Iker to “surrender all Diocesan property as well as control of the Diocese Corporation” to Episcopalians loyal to the national church.
Judge John Chupp’s ruling in 141st District Court came after months of legal arguments over who owns church buildings and other property in the 24-county Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
Chupp heard arguments for both sides Jan. 14 and granted a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs — Episcopalians who have remained a part of the U.S. Episcopal Church.
Chupp wrote that they have legal claim to diocesan property. He ordered the defendants to “provide an accounting of all Diocesan assets within 60 days…”
The Diocese of Fort Worth has this press release: Judge Grants Episcopal Parties’ Motions for Summary Judgment and Orders Surrender of Diocesan Property.
On Friday, January 21, 2011, the Hon. John P. Chupp of the 141st District Court, Tarrant County, Texas, granted the Local Episcopal Parties’ and The Episcopal Church’s Motions for Summary Judgments. He denied the Southern Cone parties Motion for a Partial Summary Judgment The orders can be seen here.
The Court orders provide in part that the defendants, including Bishop Jack L. Iker, “surrender all Diocesan property, as well as control of the Diocesan Corporation, to the Diocesan plaintiffs and to provide an accounting of all Diocesan assets within 60 days of this order.” Additionally, “the Court hereby orders the Defendants not to hold themselves out as leaders of the Diocese.”
The parties are ordered “to submit a more detailed declaratory order within ten days of the date of this order” or by January 31…
The judge’s order is available as a PDF file.