Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Delegates Upbeat at Quincy Reorganizing Synod


The Diocese of Quincy reconstituted The Episcopal Church’s governance and ministry in central Illinois during a special reorganizing synod held April 4 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Peoria.

The 54 lay delegates and 14 clergy included delegates from nearly all of the congregations in the diocese prior to the decision last November to withdraw from The Episcopal Church and accept temporary affiliation with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori called the special synod and convened the meeting. She was welcomed with a standing ovation and an expression of thanks from the diocesan steering committee, which helped to organize the reconstitution process. She, along with many of the diocesan clergy and lay delegates, used the words “jubilant” and “joyful” in their public comments to describe the mood of the gathering.

In her homily during Morning Prayer, the Presiding Bishop drew comparisons between the struggles of Episcopalians in the diocese to the Old Testament lesson from the Book of Exodus and to the life of Martin Luther King, whose feast was observed that day. Bishop Jefferts Schori said that just as the Israelites and African Americans were released from slavery and had to deal with their sense of brokenness, so too Episcopalians in the Diocese of Quincy need to nurture and strengthen one another in God’s healing grace.

More here-

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2009/4/6/delegates-upbeat-at-quincy-reorganizing-synod

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