Archive for July 2009

By Paul Lebens-Englund • July 12th, 2009

after a full week of committee work perfecting our resolutions for vote on the floor, we’re ready now to start seeing the fruits of our hard work before us.  the obligatory work associated with perfecting how we do our work has been done.  the election to our key leadership positions has been done.  and now [...]

By James Waggoner • July 11th, 2009

I am taking the lunch time to blog a bit, having wanted to do so since arrival, but not finding time within the daily schedule to offer comments that might be coherent.
In addition to the regular schedule of committee meetings and legislative sessions, I am also one of the people who presented my public narrative [...]

By Steve Woolley • July 9th, 2009

General Convention is underway, and that means that the massive UTO ingathering will take place soon. Have you got a UTO “blue box” sitting around somewhere, or do you just write out a check once or twice a year when you are reminded that your own UTO ingathering will be next week?
Trust me, there [...]

By Carolyn Terry • July 9th, 2009

How to describe the kaleidoscopic experience of Generalconvention?  It is part family reunion. This morning I passedthe peace with my older daughter’s godfather from Honolulu, and later met a work associate of my younger daughter.   Two Episcopal nuns I know are here from New York, as is deacon Barbara Novak of Spokane, who is selling [...]

By Kristi Philip • July 7th, 2009

Los Angeles was buzzing with activity today as Michael Jackson’s funeral unfolded at the Staples Center. Local news was filled with reports. But in Anaheim there was a lot of activity, too. A lot of work going on in the background as we worked our way toward the start of the 76th General [...]

By Kristi Philip • July 4th, 2009

My bag is almost packed for General Convention in Anaheim and I’m bracing for the early morning flight on Monday. Amid all the usual things in my suitcase is a folder of notes and a collection of advance reading material that deputies have been using to prepare for the wide-ranging [...]

By James Waggoner • July 1st, 2009

The theme for my visit to St. Mary’s, Bonners Ferry and Holy Spirit Church, Dover/Sandpoint this past weekend was clearly New Development for New Vision. On Saturday we gathered at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s to dedicate and consecrate the beautifully done addition to the building that will now serve as a much needed [...]