Friday, September 20, 2013

Episcopal Church House of Bishops Fall 2013 retreat meeting: Daily Account for Thursday, September 19

From The Episcopal Church Public Affairs Office-

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church is meeting in Nashville, TN (Diocese of Tennessee) from September 19 to September 24.  The following is an account of the activities for Thursday, September 19.

The theme for the fall meeting of the Episcopal Church House of Bishops is Transforming Loss into Possibilities.

The emcee for the day was Bishop Sean Rowe, Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania www.dionwpa.org

Following morning table discussion, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori welcomed all to the House of Bishops, and introduced guests:

Bishop Tilewa Johnson of  the Province of West Africa (Gambia)
Bishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
Greg Palmer and Mary Anne Swenson of the United Methodist Church
Bishop Miguel Tamayo, former bishop of  Cuba and Uruguay
Bishop David Rice of the Diocese of Waiapu in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies


More here-

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/notice/episcopal-church-house-bishops-fall-2013-retreat-meeting-daily-account-thursday-september-19

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