tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post116370028512448711..comments2024-03-14T04:20:01.243-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: The Falls Church and Truro Church May Sever Ties with The Episcopal Church in the U.S. - Consistent with Protocol For Virginia CongregationsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-1163780773897702922006-11-17T11:26:00.000-05:002006-11-17T11:26:00.000-05:00You can read the Bishop's Special Committee Report...You can read the Bishop's Special Committee Report that was received by both the Standing Committee and the Executive Board here : http://www.standfirminfaith.com/media/diova_special_committee_report.html. I understand that it was faxed to all the churches in the diocese this week.<BR/><BR/>I have been thinking about that word "received." I was actually "received" into the Episcopal Church in 1985. Did that really mean what I thought it meant?<BR/><BR/>bbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-1163770342021930392006-11-17T08:32:00.000-05:002006-11-17T08:32:00.000-05:00No wonder Richmond was the capital of the Confeder...No wonder Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy, this is flip-flop-flip as bas as Washington, DC produces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-1163731757939647172006-11-16T21:49:00.000-05:002006-11-16T21:49:00.000-05:00From: owner-diocesan_news@bnetmd.net [mailto:owner...From: owner-diocesan_news@bnetmd.net [mailto:owner-diocesan_news@bnetmd.net] On Behalf Of Patrick Getlein<BR/>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:51 PM<BR/>To: diocesan_news@bnetmd.net<BR/>Subject: News Release from the Diocese of Virginia<BR/><BR/>NEWS RELEASE<BR/><BR/>November 16, 2006<BR/><BR/>Standing Committee Takes Further Review of Special Committee Report<BR/><BR/>At a regularly scheduled meeting of the diocesan Standing Committee today in Fredericksburg, the Standing Committee further considered the report of the Special Committee appointed by Bishop Lee in late 2005 to help those churches continuing in conflict over the decisions of the 74th General Convention in 2003 to get on with their mission in as close a union as possible with the Diocese of Virginia.<BR/><BR/>Though the Standing Committee today did not approve or endorse the report, the Standing Committee did say it views the report as a potentially useful way forward for those congregations in a period of deliberate discernment over their future relationship with the Episcopal Church.<BR/><BR/>“We view the report of the Special Committee as one of several possible approaches to achieving a mutually acceptable agreement,” said Col. Jean Reed, president of the Standing Committee.<BR/><BR/>The full report of the Special Committee is attached to this e-mail release and is available with this release in the newsroom on the diocesan Web site. (www.thediocese.net)<BR/><BR/>At a joint meeting Nov. 9 of the Executive Board with the Standing Committee, both bodies voted to receive the report but did not endorse or approve the report.<BR/><BR/>“The Standing Committee intends to meet with those churches proposing to separate from the Episcopal Church and review their situations on a case by case basis,” said Col. Reed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-1163710281752274242006-11-16T15:51:00.000-05:002006-11-16T15:51:00.000-05:00In an email reply to a prayer email, I get the sad...In an email reply to a prayer email, I get the sadness of a cradle Episcopalian, next the bewilderment of it all, then this wonderful quote:<BR/><BR/>"Such is always the feeling when the subject matter is grand. It's like trying to photograph something enormous: you keep backing up and backing up but it doesn't fit in the frame."<BR/><BR/>We're perched on the precipice of a new season, things to let go for the new to be received. Not a trip, which one returns but a journey that, like Abram, called out of Ur, goes out. May this journey be transformed into a true pilgrimage as we learn who Our God is in actual fully dependent relationship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-1163706961364759262006-11-16T14:56:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:56:00.000-05:00At this point I'd like to publicly thank Rt. Rev. ...At this point I'd like to publicly thank Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, Bishop of Virginia, for his wisdom in assembling a A Special Committee.<BR/><BR/>I'd also like to thank:<BR/><BR/>Russell V. Palmore, Jr., Esq., diocesan chancellor,<BR/>The Rev. John Yates, rector, The Falls Church, Falls Church,<BR/>The Rev. Caroline Parkinson, President, Standing Committee, rector, Grace Church, The Plains<BR/>Hugo Blankingship, Esq., The Falls Church, Falls Church,<BR/>The Rev. Andrew Merrow, rector, St. Mary’s, Arlington,<BR/>Tom Yates, Truro Church, Fairfax,<BR/><BR/>for their tireless effort of ten three hour meetings, especially when I heard it took seven for the group to begin to function. A very diverse group with different beliefs -- I'd like to thank them for their report, they unanimously endorse, and urge the bishop to continue to follow the protocols set forth by this committee.<BR/><BR/>The Falls Church & Truro continue forth in compliance, I've been told it makes good legal sense, but I know the Lord hates two different weights measuring stones and wants our "yes" to be yes and our "no" to be no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com