From ENS-Good to see you all; welcome to the desert. When I landed in Phoenix Saturday evening It felt like coming home – to see those multi-colored mountains, dry air, and fascinating plants! The culture in this part of the world really is different – people retire here from all across the U.S., others come to work here from around the world, shorts and sports shirts frequently count as formal attire, and you can’t predict a person’s political stance on one issue if you know it on another. The Episcopal Church is thriving here – Bishop Smith tells me they’re working on their 10th new congregation in the last 13 years. Susan Snook has started a vibrant one, which you’ll get to sample this afternoon. Carmen Guerrerro has started three Latino congregations, and members of the most recent one visited Susan’s congregation on Pentecost.
We’ve got a number of significant issues at this meeting, all of which are related to how best to use the gifts we have as resources for churchwide mission. All of you been involved in dreaming and prioritizing about the budget for the next triennium, and that work will continue here.
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2014/06/10/presiding-bishops-opening-remarks-at-executive-council/#respond
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