From Chicago-When the Rev. Bonnie Perry first started working at All Saints Episcopal Church in Ravenswood, she remembers the pews being filled with no more than 30 parishioners during a Sunday service. Now, Perry estimates more than 300 people come to a service.
The secret? Building an active community inside and outside church walls, she said.
“We’re fun, we’re vital, we’re relevant,” Perry said. “We worry about what’s important. When the world is having a hard time, this is a place you can cry. When you’re angry, it’s a place people can express our outrage.”
But after 26 years in Chicago, Perry, who serves as the rector of All Saints, is planning her departure after being elected bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. She is the first woman and first openly gay priest to be elected bishop in Michigan.
More here-
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-bonnie-perry-bishop-michigan-20190602-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2nDXQ1o97ZikDEEPE3IuG7-lFqOQUyA5lD3XIwpdw8iBWWDLSbXNP-eew
and here-
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/06/03/diocese-of-michigan-elects-bonnie-a-perry-as-11th-bishop/
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