News Updates

News Updates

8/23/2004

• Street Presence

  Hip-Hop Masses in the Bronx Bring the Eucharist to Younger Generations. (By Becky Garrison)

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Communication Gap

  What separates the Church on the issue of V. Gene Robinson’s consecration is scripture. (By Tad de Bordenave)

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Changes and Blessings

  The good news is that the Church continues to grow in understanding and faithfulness. (By Nan Arrington Peete)

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Tough Job Ahead for Tennessee Interim

  The Rev. Susan K. Crawford becomes the interim rector of St. Luke’s Church, Jackson, Tenn., at a pivotal time. Last year the building was destroyed when a tornado swept through the area. Then General Convention swept away the long-time rector, who objected to the consecration of the Bishop of New Hampshire and took early retirement. Soon after about a third of the congregation left the church.

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Chaplain in Iraq Spared Death

  At 3:09 a.m. on July 27 Chaplain Stephen Pike was sound asleep inside Camp Fallujah, Iraq. At 3:10 a.m. he was awakened by a loud thud and then realized he was “three feet above the bed and parallel to it.”

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• The Season of Creation

  Nearly 100 Anglican Communion congregations in the United States, Australia and England began observance of a new liturgical season on Aug. 15. Along with the traditional seasons, a number now observe Creation from Aug. 15 through Oct. 3.

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Bishop Robinson Says Be Wary of Certainty

  In an address to the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Aug. 9 in Los Angeles, Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire likened the polarized state of the Episcopal Church to a nation divided over the war in Iraq.

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Two L.A. Churches Break from Diocese

  The vestries of two prominent congregations in the Diocese of Los Angeles have voted to dissolve their legal ties to the Episcopal Church and come under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Luweero in the Anglican Province of Uganda.

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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• Florida Churches Sustain Heavy Hurricane Damages

  A steady stream of supplies including water, food, generators and personal items are finding their way to areas of Florida hardest hit by Hurricane Charley.

  Posted on August 23, 2004

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