Bishop candidates visit Grace House

From New Mexico-

The six nominees to be the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande will visit Grace House in Carlsbad today as part of a six-day "walkabout" tour of New Mexico and West Texas to visit church parishes, missions and outreach centers.
The candidates will make a ministry visit to Carlsbad's Grace House, a long-term treatment center and group home for teenage boys, said the Very Rev. Tom Gray, dean of the diocese's southeast deanery and retired rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Carlsbad.

"Grace House is a ministry of the Episcopal Church, of Grace Church here and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Artesia," said Gray. "I don't know of any better example of the church's work than what is done here at Grace House."

The nominees are taking advantage of the tour to meet and speak with Episcopal congregations and to visit church-sponsored outreach ministries, said the Rev. Daniel Gutierrez, diocesan information officer. They are also acquainting themselves with the geography of the largest Episcopal diocese in the contiguous 48 states.

"The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande includes all of New Mexico, the fifth largest state in area, and that part of Texas west of the Pecos River, an area of 154,000 square miles," said Gutierrez. "The diocese boasts two time zones within its boundaries: Mountain and Central."

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