From ENS-
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson have extended their condolences and offered reflections on the August 24 death of Dr. Pamela Chinnis, former President of the House of Deputies.
Chinnis was a lay person and the first woman to serve as the President of the House of Deputies, in 1991, 1994 and 1997. (For more information on Dr Chinnis see Episcopal News Service, www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.)
From Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori:
We give thanks for the ground-breaking ministry of Dr. Chinnis as President of the House of Deputies, and give thanks for her life. We hold her and her family in our prayers in this time of grief and thanksgiving for a life well lived. May she rest in peace and rise in glory, and may all who mourn find comfort in the assurance of resurrection.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
From House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson:
Dr. Pamela Chinnis was one of my role models and has inspired my ministry. She has given me courage when the going has been rough, and I will miss being able to hear her distinctive voice speaking truth with humor and wisdom. My deepest sympathies and prayers are with her family and her friends across the church.
Dr. Chinnis was a tireless advocate for the full inclusion of women in the life and leadership of the Episcopal Church, and for that we owe her a debt of gratitude.
She also was a champion of including the voices of all the baptized in the governance system she cherished and helped to lead.
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