From South Carolina-Day two of the 222nd annual meeting of the convention for the Diocese of South Carolina took a more serious tone Saturday after Friday night’s celebratory kick-off.
The clergy and delegates unanimously approved removing all references to The Episcopal Church (TEC) from its constitution, and Bishop Mark Lawrence pondered where the diocese will ultimately fit in the greater Anglican community.
In an interview before the bishop’s address Saturday, the Rev. Jim Lewis, who serves as canon to Lawrence, said that the diocese is solely focused on the future, even in light of the most recent court filing by Bishop Charles vonRosenberg of TEC in South Carolina in which he has also claimed rights to serve as the head of the diocese as a national Episcopal-affiliated organization.
“We have already turned the page, that’s all history,” Lewis said. “We’re moving ahead.”
Clergy and delegates from the 47 parishes and missions that currently make up the diocese listened attentively throughout the daylong event at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center that outlined the future for the group that has been caught up in a legal battle over property rights after breaking away from the national Episcopal Church last November due to disputes over ordaining gays and other issues.
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Lawrencites: how can we miss you if you just won't go (out of TEC property)?
Kyrie eleison.
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