From Chicago-
The woman Stephen Applegate replaced at the pulpit
earlier this year liked to pop champagne corks at baptisms, write
rock-themed Christmas pageants and almost single-handedly saved the
church from extinction 27 years ago.
Rev. Applegate, a soft-spoken New York native, made his
debut at All Saints Episcopal Church in Ravenswood in mid-February
before a congregation still reeling from the loss of that beloved
priest, Bonnie Perry, who left after being named bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Michigan.
Three weeks later, Applegate’s voice echoed in a church of empty pews.
Applegate, 68, is an itinerant man of the cloth. But even
for someone whose job is to wade into sometimes messy situations — say,
when a former priest has been accused of theft or sexual misconduct —
there is, as he puts it, no “pandemic handbook.”
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