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Asher Imtiaz photos THE LIVING CHURCH ON THE COVER Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpio: Two churches are becoming one (see “Cuba THIS ISSUE August 5, 2018 Rejoins the Family,” p. 4). | Asher Imtiaz photo NEWS 4 Cuba Rejoins the Family 5 Same-sex Marriage: ‘We Live with that Tension’ 5 7 Changing Trains on Liturgical Revision 9 Sexual Sins: From Lament to Resolve 11 ‘It’s Going to Take Culture Change’ 13 Marketplace Frustrations 15 Faith Beyond the Episcopal Church 15 Convention Adopts $133.8M Budget EDITORIAL 18 Between GAFCON and General Convention: Means and Ends of Catholic Truth OTHER DEPARTMENTS 23 People & Places 24 Sunday’s Readings

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By Matthew Townsend with reporting by Kirk Petersen

La Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba will soon be a diocese of the Episcopal Church. On July 11 the House of Deputies unanimously passed Resolution A238, which calls for the diocese to be admitted to the church as soon as Executive Council acknowledges receipt of routine paperwork by the secretary of General Convention. The House of Bishops having approved the resolution the night before, Cuba’s reentry into the church is now a foregone conclusion — so much so that official Cuban visitors were seated and offered voice in the House of Deputies, with a CUBA Matthew Townsend photo placard prepared for their table. Mayelin Aqueda, president of Episcopal Church Women in Cuba, embraces Bishop Griselda Delgado It is also safe to assume that the del Carpio after the vote in the House of Deputies to readmit Cuba into the Episcopal Church. Cuban church’s paperwork is in the mail, as it were. The path to admission was far more winding than initially thought. Con- all of us to work with it in this very five decades ago. … For years they’ve cerns about canon law — or the lack difficult world,” Delgado said through asked to come home, out of isolation.” thereof — threw the Episcopal Church a translator. “We meet like this, at con- “The Jesus Movement is based on in Cuba committee into days of extra vention, to put the family in order. respect, diversity, solidarity, inclusivity, work. Because there was no canonical “I know that we have experienced and love,” Pragedes Coromoto Jimenez mechanism to readmit an extra- many things outside of the houses. de Salazar of Venezuela said through a provincial diocese into the Episcopal And the Spirit is moving everywhere, translator. “Most of all, we must put Church, the committee considered in the testimony and the plans you’ve into practice what Matthew 22:36-40 waiting for canonical changes to be all been expressing about the future. states: to love God with all our heart, completed before proposing reintegra- Right now, it’s so exciting not just for and mind, and soul, and love each tion. That would have meant a three- me but for my whole diocese. I want to other like we love ourselves.” year wait. thank the Lord and the Trinity for this Dianne Audrick Smith also spoke in However, after lengthy testimony prophetic moment that we’re experi- favor of the resolution. “We do well to from Cuban visitors, moving com- encing. I want to express my love and follow [the House of Bishops’] example ments from committee members that my gratitude to each one of you, of doing the just and right thing of they could not in conscience make because you have opened the doors.” being inclusive of our brothers and sis- Cuba wait, and reassurances from Delgado said two churches were ters in Cuba, of recognizing that the member Canon Paul Ambos that a becoming one. Episcopal branch of the Jesus Move- course could be charted, the com- Three deputies spoke in favor of the ment is inclusive, just, and gracious,” mittee proceeded with A238. resolution, with none opposing. “This she said. After the vote, Bishop Griselda Del- is a mission issue, a moral issue,” said Deputies voted in Spanish — gado del Carpio was invited to address Benjamin Hill of Florida. “Let’s do shouting “¡Sí!” — and broke into spon- the House of Deputies. what our heart is calling us to do and taneous chanting of “¡Cuba Sí!” after “Right now, I know that the Holy welcome the prodigal child back into Delgado and those from the Cuban Spirit is blowing upon this entire con- the family; not a child that left, how- church were invited onto the floor. vention and that it is moving here for ever, one that was cast from our family The previous day’s proceedings in

4 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 the House of Bishops were similar. The bishops, with boisterous expressions of gratitude and joy, unanimously wel- comed La Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba back into the church. “Bishop Griselda may take her seat at Table 7,” declared Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, drawing whoops and cheers from the bishops and the audi- ence. Technically it was a tad premature to seat Delgado, as the House of Deputies had not yet acted. Concern about tech- nicalities, however, had seemingly receded by then. In approving Resolu- tion A238, the bishops bulldozed over concerns that readmission might be impermissible. A parade of bishops offered a variety Asher Imtiaz photo of justifications for taking the step: The meeting room for Committee 13, charged with hearing testimony on resolutions related to same-sex marriage, was often filled beyond capacity. • While the canons spell out a number of circumstances under which a new diocese may be created, they do Same-sex Marriage not explicitly state that those are the only circumstances. • The 1966 expulsion was an action ‘We Live with that Tension’ of the House of Bishops, never ratified By Kirk Petersen ologian for the Diocese of Dallas and a by the House of Deputies, and thus contributing editor of TLC. With talk Cuba technically never left TEC. After a great deal of discussion on leg- of dioceses leaving the church, espe- • The dioceses of Puerto Rico, Costa islative floors, in committee meetings, cially some among Province IX, an ad Rica, and Venezuela were admitted and behind the scenes, the 79th Gen- hoc group began seeking a compro- under the current canons, so Cuba eral Convention reached a compro- mise that would eventually become should not pay the price for the mise on same-sex marriage than Resolution B012, Marriage Rites for church’s newfound canonical fastidi- enables pastoral delegation on the the Whole Church. ousness. matter — increasing access to wed- The proposed mechanism of com- By the time the bishops finished dings for same-sex couples while promise: Designated Episcopal Pas- speaking for the measure in English maintaining space for conservatives to toral Oversight, or DEPO, the practice and Spanish, the outcome was not in remain in the church. of bringing in a bishop from another doubt — only the margin. After there The road to compromise was not diocese to oversee a priest or congre- was no dissent during the voice vote, without bumps and potholes. Efforts gation in conflict with the diocesan Curry said, “Let the record show that began in April after the Task Force for bishop. This would allow conservative this house has unanimously voted” to the Study of Marriage, charged by the bishops to hand off pastoral oversight readmit Cuba to the Episcopal Church. 78th General Convention to consider of a parish seeking to use same-sex Shortly after the vote in the House of expansion of trial-use liturgies for marriage liturgies to a fellow bishop, Deputies, Delgado told TLC in Spanish same-sex marriage adopted in 2015, and recognize the theological divisions that the vote had been an historical jus- issued its final report. The group informing the conflict. tice — especially for those that “suf- drafted Resolution A085, which would Once B012 was released into the fered through the separation [in the have allowed for such liturgies to be wild, talk of A085 was largely aban- ’60s and ’70s] and lived even then with used throughout the church, even doned. The awkwardly named Com- pain, but also with hope. Everything without the support of the local mittee to Receive the Report on Reso- that was done today is not what I have diocesan bishop. The liturgies would lution A169 — CtRtRoRA169, or done. Almost all of the work was sus- be integrated into the Book of “Committee 13” — revised B012 tained by the many generations who Common Prayer, as well. heavily before sending it to the House came before now.” A lone voice from the committee of Deputies, effectively removing des- It was those generations, she said, issued a minority report expressing ignated oversight. In the first pass July who helped bring the churches to concern about this plan and the con- 9, deputies passed a floor-amended reunification, to the “possibility of servative dioceses it would affect: the version 96-10 in the clergy order and being a family.” Rev. Canon Jordan Hylden, canon the- (Continued on next page)

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97-8 in the lay order. The amendment was moved by Deputy Christopher Hayes, chancellor of the Diocese of Nov. 1-2 California, and restored B012 closer to its original form, with an element of Anglo-Catholic Roots II: Is Christ designated oversight restored. Asher Imtiaz photo Divided? Full Visible Unity The day after, the House of Bishops Bishop Jeffrey Lee of Chicago, co-chairman of Committee A conference at Church of the overwhelmingly passed the amended 13, leads a time of singing. Advent, Boston, MA Resolution B012, which says that a bishop who holds “a theological posi- tion that does not embrace marriage and Larry Provenzano. You couldn’t for same-sex couples … shall invite, as get those three people in a room. And necessary, another bishop of this John Bauerschmidt was linked in,” Church to provide pastoral support to among others, Provenzano said. Dec. 8 the couple, the Member of the Clergy Brewer is Bishop of Central Florida St. Augustine of Hippo as Catechist involved, and the congregation or wor- and Bauerschmidt is Bishop of Ten- shipping community in order to fulfill nessee. Both are among the eight Com- A Study Day at St. Anne’s Episcopal the intention of this resolution that all munion Partner bishops who have Church, Atlanta, GA couples have convenient and reason- declined to authorize same-sex mar- able local congregational access to riage rites in their dioceses. these rites.” “I’ve made it a vocation to sustain Because the bishops made an addi- relationships with folks on all sides of tional amendment to B012, the House these questions,” Wells said. “The con- of Deputies had to vote on it again. servatives don’t have any power any- Jan. 17-25, 2019 That amendment clarified that rectors more, so we just are putting this out Christian Unity in Rome: and priests in charge have the authority there as a proposal, recognizing that Anglican Ecclesiology to disallow same-sex marriages in their we are theological minorities.” and Ecumenism own churches. All versions of resolu- The final version of B012 threaded a tions on same-sex marriage have lot of needles, to the satisfaction of Rome study tour and pilgrimage restated the canonical right of any many advocates on both sides. But as Anglican Centre in Rome priest to decline to participate in any with all compromises in the church, and environs marriage ceremony for any reason. especially on a hot-button issue like On July 13, the final day of conven- same-sex marriage, B012 did not meet tion, deputies concurred with the with universal acclaim. House of Bishops, 99-3 in the clergy LGBT people and their allies order and 101-5 in the lay order — ensured that same-sex marriage rites margins even more lopsided than the will be available in every diocese where Visit the previous vote. such marriages are allowed by civil law. Calendar of Events The original version of B012 They were unsuccessful in adding the at livingchurch.org/tlci emerged from discussions between lib- rites to the Book of Common Prayer, to register and learn more. eral and conservative bishops that were which left some complaining on social Or see Upcoming Events brokered by Christopher Wells, editor media about being “second-class citi- on the Living Church Institute’s of TLC and executive director of its zens.” Facebook page. foundation. Bishop Lawrence Proven- Conservatives were horrified by the zano of Long Island, one of the spon- idea of enshrining the rites in the sors of B012, has described himself as prayer book. Bishop Daniel Martins of one of the most liberal bishops in the Springfield has said that including church. He told TLC that Wells same-sex marriage rites in the prayer “helped build the platform of trust.” book would cross the line from erro- “Sitting in a conference room in the neous practice to heresy. The rites will Mercer School of Theology in Garden be considered in deliberations about City was Christopher, Greg Brewer, prayer book revision, but any such

6 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 revision has been taken off the fast gregations in the Diocese of Albany Smith of North Dakota; and George track. hold traditional views, while 20 per- Sumner of Dallas. The Rev. Susan Russell, a longtime cent are “more in line with where the Both legislative houses also passed LGBT activist, backed the compro- rest of the church is.” Resolution A227, Communion Across mise. “I was vociferously critical of In addition to the question of cler- Difference, establishing a task force to B012 as it was originally drafted,” she ical choice, there was much debate “seek a lasting path forward for mutual said, because it “fell dramatically short behind the scenes about the concept of flourishing” among proponents and of providing the kind of access we DEPO. opponents of same-sex marriage. wanted for couples in dioceses. The Wells described the final language The long-term success of B012 may amended version, for me, solved that.” of B012 as “DEPO by another name.” depend in part on whether all parties She was unfazed by the last-minute Hayes, the deputy who introduced adhere to the spirit of its provisions. amendment that clarified the preroga- the language, had previously denied The phrase “shall invite, as necessary” tives of rectors. “That’s canonical — that it was the same as DEPO. He said implies a judgment call on what is nec- whether we like it or not, that’s how DEPO was intended for situations essary. the church works,” she said, adding involving a “broken relationship” Love said he did not know exactly that rectors have broad authority, and between a bishop and a priest, whereas how he would respond to the provi- could forbid political rallies or any B012 envisions bishops and priests sions of B012. “I need some time to kind of activism in a congregation’s continuing their relationships in every think and pray, to consult with the building. The new language “is not way except on same-sex marriage. standing committee and get a clear separate but unequal, it is inherently Martins, another of the eight Com- sense of how we might best move for- the same.” munion Partner bishops, said he found ward.” Albany Bishop William Love, who the language of B012 “to be sufficiently He said he would not change his passionately but unsuccessfully urged broad as to be able to find something belief that sexual intimacy is only the House of Bishops to stop the like DEPO in it, even though we’re not appropriate within the marriage of a advance of same-sex marriage rites using that term.” In the debate on the man and a woman. “Whether it’s into all dioceses, said he has no plans floor, Martins spoke in favor of the ver- diocesan canons or church canons, I to leave the Episcopal Church. Love’s sion that Love voted against. He said would argue that God’s word trumps anguished afternoon presentation July the compromise allows conservative all of the above,” he said. 11 raised concerns about further divi- bishops to continue in their roles as Russell acknowledged that no minds sion in the church, which has seen tens chief liturgical teachers in their dio- are likely to change on that core issue. of thousands of members and tens of ceses, and to avoid direct involvement “We live with that tension, because we’re millions of dollars lost to infighting in same-sex marriage. Anglicans,” she said. “And for some of and litigation since an openly gay In addition to Bauerschmidt, us, that’s why we’re Anglicans, because bishop was consecrated in 2003. Brewer, Love, and Martins, the bishops we want to hold that tension together.” In an exclusive interview with TLC, who have forbidden the use of same- She expressed hope that, after Gen- Love said, “I have not sensed that the sex marriage rites in their dioceses are eral Convention, “We can stick a fork Lord is calling me to leave the church. Ambrose Gumbs of the Virgin Islands; in the inclusion wars and move on What I have sensed the Lord calling John Howard of Florida; Michael with being the Jesus Movement.” me to do thus far is to remain where I am, and continue to speak the truth as best I understand it, in as loving a way as I can, and just try to be an instru- ment through which He can work, in Changing Trains on Liturgical Revision this time of confusion for the Episcopal General Convention has approved liturgical revision, Church.” Love welcomed the final version of but not in the anticipated form. B012, but said, “I don’t believe we’ve done the clergy a favor by this.” He By Matthew Townsend The House of Deputies passed an added that “up until now, the clergy in with reporting by G. Jeffrey MacDonald earlier version of Resolution A068, the diocese could actually use the Plan for the Revision of the Book of bishop as the excuse as to why they Both houses of General Convention Common Prayer, by a comfortable can’t go along with or approve a have approved a resolution that will margin on July 7. Things grew com- request for a same-sex marriage in move the Episcopal Church closer to plicated when the resolution moved their parish.” liturgical revision, but not closer to a to the House of Bishops on July 9, Now, he explained, clergy with tra- revised Book of Common Prayer. however, with bishops expressing ditional views on marriage will have to The steps to this decision have been concerns that the church was ill- draw that line themselves. Love esti- unpredictable, and the result may be equipped for the significant, years- mated that 80 percent of the 117 con- equally difficult to foretell. (Continued on next page)

August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 7 At its July 11 afternoon session, the have more stops so much as different news August 5, 2018 House of Deputies concurred with stops, with opportunities to further | this substitute resolution, an act rec- consider how revised liturgies might Liturgical Revision ommended by the committee that be incorporated into the life of the (Continued from previous page) drafted the original. The choice did church without the decade-long for- not lack opposition. mality and expense of prayer book long task of revising the prayer book. The Rev. Evan D. Garner of Ala- revision. “I’m a supporter of liturgical bama spoke against the resolution. “It Memorializing the 1979 prayer reform,” said Texas Bishop Andy is either time for us to revise the book also implies that by the ride’s Doyle. “But I actually have no belief prayer book or it is not time for us to end, Episcopalians may still find the that the present leadership of this revise the prayer book,” he said. “I 1979 prayer book in their luggage, church, as much as I love you all, is believe strongly it is not time for us to even if it is sharing space with new going to do this any better than we’ve abandon a Book of Common Prayer. materials. What this means is also up done over the last 20 years.” I appreciate the attempt by the House to interpretation. Posts on social Doyle led the charge to produce a of Bishops to seek compromise, and I media express dread that this substitute resolution to A068 — one approach could lead the Episcopal that significantly differed from the Church down a chaotic path similar document handed to bishops. The The task force is to to that of the Church of England, the plan to launch a formal process of Church in Wales, or the Anglican prayer book revision — as laid out by represent the “expertise, Church of Canada, where venerable the Standing Commission on Liturgy old prayer books coexist with mod- and Music with a $2 million tab for gender, age, theology, ern materials. Other posts express the first triennial installment — was regional, and ethnic hope that the A068 compromise will nixed. The new resolution forms a lead the Episcopal Church down an Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer diversity of the church.” exciting path similar to that of the Book Revision that will report to the Church of England, the Church in 80th General Convention in 2021. Wales, or the Anglican Church of The funding was dropped by about appreciate the committee’s report Canada, where venerable old prayer 90 percent. The SCLM is absent from encouraging us to continue forward books coexist with modern materials. the final resolution. in our effort for liturgical revision In any event, differing interpreta- The task force is to represent the and reform. But I think that this sub- tions of A068 suggest the resolution’s “expertise, gender, age, theology, stitute resolution that is before us is a fruits, like the birth and rebirth of regional, and ethnic diversity of the mistake.” Garner expressed concern the resolution, may be unpredictable church” and propose “revisions to about memorializing the 1979 Prayer in nature. The makeup and work of the Constitution and Canons to Book while producing new liturgical the task force will undoubtedly affect enable the Episcopal Church to be materials. the shape of those fruits. adaptive in its engagement of future In contrast, Joan Geiszler-Ludlum But as General Convention demon- generations of Episcopalians.” spoke in favor of concurrence. “A068 strates, when a thousand Episco- The resolution bundles both pro- is a substitute but retains key pieces palians (and dozens of pigeons) enter gressive and cautious considerations. as it was reported out and considered a confined space and receive a copy of Emerging technologies are to be con- in this house. It authorizes work to Robert’s Rules, the result is a bit like a sidered, dynamic equivalence trans- proceed on liturgical and prayer billiard break: you can try to guess the lations of the BCP are mandated, and book revision. It empowers church- outcome, but skill, luck, timing, and revisions are to “utilize inclusive and wide engagement. It incorporates the hand of God will be at play. Ener- expansive language and imagery for inclusive and expansive language and gized coalitions, opinions on canon humanity and divinity.” Bishops are imagery, along with expression, law, shrinking legislative calendars, to involve themselves in experimen- understanding, and appreciation for and late-night amending parties can tation with alternative texts within care of God’s creation,” she said. take hundreds of hours of task force their church communities, as well. If it sounds like the church has or commission work and set them Convention “memoralized” the hopped off the express train to prayer aside. This is visible in the search for a 1979 prayer book as a “prayer book book revision and is now on the local, compromise on same-sex marriage of the church preserving the psalter, that is one interpretation. Another is and nearly occurred with the read- liturgies, the [Chicago-]Lambeth that by taking comprehensive prayer mission of Cuba into the church. The Quadrilateral, Historic Documents, book revision off the table, General Episcopal Church, like the U.S. gov- and Trinitarian Formularies ensur- Convention has laid far straighter ernment upon which it is modeled, is ing its continued use.” The resolution tracks to the desired goal: updated, both democratic and bureaucratic, also declares that ecumenical com- inclusive, and approved liturgies. The but democracy wins the day at Gen- mitments are to be kept in mind. new tracks laid with A068 may not eral Convention.

8 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 Sexual Sins: BARRY DONALDSON ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

From Lament HISTORIC PRESERVATION to Resolve MASTER PLANNING CONDITIONS SURVEY

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald LITURGICAL DESIGN

Graphic accounts of sexual harassment ENERGY ANALYSIS in the Episcopal Church were center GRANTS & CAPITAL stage on the eve of General Convention CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE July 4 as bishops presided at a liturgy focused on lamentation, confession, and healing. Raw material came from 42 letters received in response to the bishops’ call for stories in the wake of the #MeToo movement that has exposed sexual harassment and abuse in industries 14 King Street, Croton on Hudson, New York 10520 914-525-9610 www.barrydonaldsonarchitects.com from film to news media. On July 4, more than 300 people heard stories of suffering at the hands of people in power — a rapist priest, an Visit our website: livingchurch.org abusive rector, a cleric’s wife with a fondness for young boys — who were and our weblog: covenant.livingchurch.org never held accountable. In a dramatic twist, 12 victims’ sto- ries were rendered anonymously through the mouths of bishops who NOTICE: MOVING SERVICES took turns reading them. First up was Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Diocese of Washington. Skip Higgins “I am a victim of clergy sexual abuse,” she read on behalf of a woman 225-937-0700 who said her abuser had become a www.custommovers.net • [email protected] bishop when she reported the abuse. “Moving Episcopal clergy to new ministries since 1982.” Twenty-five years later, she’s still Clergy discounts • Only one survey/ 3 estimates • Major van lines represented waiting for resolution. Full value protection plans • Late pick-up/delivery penalties* “The Office of the Presiding Bishop Internet satellite tracking • 24/7 cell phone contact to assure your peace of mind has sought a legal model that called for CUSTOM MOVERS - FHWA Lic. #MC370752 the silence,” she said, “the silencing of *Certain Restrictions apply the victor-survivor and avoiding any accountability or responsibility.” The church’s process of handling com- plaints internally is rife with conflicts of interest, the victim alleged, and needs to be handled by a third party rather than the Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development. The liturgy came as General Con- vention prepared to confront what has been a largely hidden history of sexual harassment and abuse in the church. More than 20 resolutions on the topic, drafted by the House of Deputies’ Spe-

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August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 9 church, such as illuminated stained- glass panels. Musical selections drew on those used by the Taizé community in France, which emphasizes simple verses, repeated again and again. In a time of confession, bishops stood while all others remained seated. “We lament,” the bishops said in unison, “and confess to you our arro- gance in insisting that our claims to being right outweigh our willingness to build honest relationships in which we name how we contribute to the injustices within our dioceses and the larger church,” Some in the audience said afterward that they could not tell whether the bishops were communicating their personal stories or reading others’ sto- ries. The bulletin was accessible only to people who had brought tablets or Matthew Townsend photo smart phones, and it did not say At a July 4 service of repentance, bishops stand to confess and lament sexual misconduct within the church. explain the source of the readings. “It took me halfway through to realize these weren’t your personal sto- ries; you were reading other people’s Sexual Sins today who was not abused in some way stories,” said Sandy Skirving of the (Continued from previous page) — emotionally, physically, sexually,” Diocese of East Carolina to her bishops one bishop read on the victim’s behalf. as they left the Convention Center. “I cial Committee on Sexual Harassment “I have stopped counting the suicides, had no idea.” Others said they were and Exploitation, worked their way the substance abuse, the broken mar- confused by the layout. through committees. More than a riages, poverty, failed careers, prison Bishops said future responses on dozen won committee recommenda- sentences.” sexual harassment will be considered tions to adopt. No perpetrators were named in the carefully, but what is needed is not yet The July 4 event, called a Listening event. Protocol called for the identities clear. Session for Pastoral Response to of those submitting stories to be “It’s a process to get there,” said #MeToo, was aimed at laying a known only to the Rt. Rev. Todd Bishop Sam Rodman of North Car- groundwork for healing. Ousley, Bishop for the Office of Pas- olina. “I need to stay with what I feel in “People will commonly say, Bishops toral Development. Those deemed to my gut. I need to pay attention to that just don’t understand. Even though the warrant disciplinary investigation are gut-wrenching heartbreak and live bishops know these stories, they just being marked as such, according to an with that for a while in prayer before I don’t understand the impact,” said Episcopal Church news release. know what action will look like. But I Bishop Dede Duncan-Probe of the Wednesday’s liturgy marked the first do know that it means carrying the Diocese of Central New York. “So a lot time bishops had ever taken part in a power that the church has given me in of what we heard is [victims] reflecting liturgy centered on honoring and a different way.” on how it has impacted them.” bearing witness to experiences of vic- Each bishop who spoke did so in tims’ of sexual harassment and abuse. Convention’s Responses front of a giant black, unadorned sac- “That wasn’t my story, so I had to Melodie Woerman of the ENS General rificial altar. Two prominent white can- channel and go to a different place to Convention news team provided this dles remained unlit during the entire read that,” said Suffragan Bishop Anne summary of approved resolutions: service. At the time of each reading, Hodges-Copple of the Diocese of • D016 creates a Task Force on two colleagues (bishops in most cases) North Carolina, after she read a Women, Truth, and Reconciliation to flanked the reader, silently bearing wit- victim’s account. “But what we were help the church “engage in truth- ness. Silence punctuated each reading, doing was stirring up all of our own telling, confession, and reconciliation followed by congregational responses stories.” regarding gender-based discrimina- of kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy). Staged in a cavernous Austin Con- tion, harassment, and violence against “Of the 100 or some boys I met in vention Center auditorium, the atmos- women and girls.” the choir, I do not know a single adult phere included spare touches of • D021 removes from the materials

10 THE LIVING CHURCH • August 5, 2018 ‘It’s Going to Take Culture Change’ Could the Rev. Megan Castellan’s vision for Title IV reform shed light on the church’s darker corners?

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald

As the Rev. Megan Castellan set out five months ago on a disciplinary reform project to reduce sexual mis- conduct in the Episcopal Church, she expected progress to take longer than it has. “Even the most well-meaning people don’t like change if it means they have to give up power or perceived power,” said Castellan, an alternate deputy from Central New York and convener of a special House of Deputies sub- committee on Title IV and Training. “A lot of what we were asking for would be a tacit acknowledgment that the way things have been was wrong. For people who have been in power, that’s an uncomfortable statement to have to make.” Castellan said July 11 that she has been pleasantly surprised by the

Matthew Townsend photo achievements at General Convention, Bishop Marianne Budde of Washington, D.C., reads an anonymous account of sexual abuse. and more victories still were possible as the houses took up legislative pro- posals born in her subcommittee. But much work remains to be done that clergy file with the Office of Tran- sexual misconduct for three years in coming years, she said, including sition Ministry any reference to gender between Jan 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2021. bigger changes, such as creation of a or current compensation, since statis- Cases dating as far back as 1996 will be churchwide court that would exclude tics show women in the church are considered. bishops from of Title IV disciplinary paid less than men of comparable • D037 directs the Church Pension proceedings. experience. Group to expand its Clergy Compen- “Bishops are compromised inher- • D025 creates a task force on clergy sation Report to include more specifics ently by our structure because they formation and continuing education, on items relating to gender. want to be pastors to their clergy,” especially regarding preparation for • D045 affirms that pension plans Castellan told TLC in an interview at ordination. for clergy and lay employees need to be the Austin Convention Center • D026 adds family status, including more equitable and calls on the Church between legislative sessions on July 11. pregnancy or child-care plans, to the Pension Group to study how to make “[Bishops], by virtue of their office, list of things for which no one in the that happen. will seek to be a pastor to their clergy. church can be denied rights, status, or • D074 amends the process for filing That’s good. That’s what they should access to an equal place in the life, wor- Title IV charges. do. But that is also in conflict with their ship, governance, or employment by • D076 protects people who file Title role in Title IV, frequently.” the church. IV charges against clergy from retalia- Castellan rattled off achievements • D034 suspends the current statute tion and allows confidential filings for that were priorities of the so-called of limitations for victims of clergy those who fear retaliation. (Continued on next page)

August 5, 2018 • THE LIVING CHURCH 11 conduct, is the focus of the #MeToo Setting up a churchwide court to news August 5, 2018 committee’s push, Castellan said. hear misconduct cases could prove | Holding individuals accountable will more difficult. The #MeToo committee ‘Culture Change’ be a byproduct, she said, of a larger “floated a trial balloon,” Castellan said, (Continued from previous page) effort to clean up a system that has too in the form of Resolution D033. The often been compromised by conflicts #MeToo committee. She cited D016, of interest and dynamics that allow which passed both houses. It creates a misconduct to go unchecked. It needs to be an “airtight Task Force for Women, Truth, and “I really don’t think it has anything plan,” Castellan said. Reconciliation. She pointed also to to do with individuals,” Castellan said. new protections for whistleblowers, “It’s going to take culture change — all including a prohibition on retaliation of us changing ourselves and changing proposed legislation would have estab- against those who bring Title IV com- the culture of the church in order to lished a churchwide intake officer plaints, in D076. The Committee on create an institution where this stops position to function as a resource out- Safeguarding and Title IV recom- happening. That’s really the goal.” side of a complainant’s diocese. Such a mended D076 be adopted. Changing Episcopal Church culture resource could be useful, advocates say, One of the biggest milestones came, to become more just and equitable when would-be complainants fear Castellan said, when the Committee could take many years, she said, but local consequences of speaking up. on Safeguarding and Title IV approved the process has momentum. The D033 met resistance in committee. D034, a resolution that temporarily House of Bishops helped advance the The panel referred it for further study suspends statutes of limitations. If cause at General Convention, she said, and opted not to recommend adoption. approved by both houses, DO34 would by repenting on the first day, high- “It got a lot of traction, but people allow misconduct cases dating as far lighting victims’ stories in a liturgical wanted more details,” Castellan said. back as 1996 to be filed between 2019 forum and adopting a covenant of “They wanted to know exactly how it and 2021. Current canons prohibit resolve to do better. would work.” hearing of cases that are more than 10 “The force and effect of having A resolution (A182) to study years old. bishops stand up en masse and confess prospects for creating a churchwide Systemic and cultural reform, not sin to the rest of us was deeply Title IV court received the blessing of identifying perpetrators of sexual mis- moving,” Castellan said. the Safeguarding and Title IV Com- mittee. But even some who voted for it expressed concerns. “I’ll probably vote for it because it’s just a study, but I think it’s a terrible idea” to have a churchwide court, said David Harvin, a deputy from Texas and member of the Safeguarding and Title IV Committee. He said bishops should be involved in disciplinary and related pastoral processes as essential roles of their office. Castellan said she knows of no bishops who support establishing a churchwide court, but the idea has not prompted a lot of lobbying. It needs to be an “airtight plan” when it’s pre- sented, she said. That includes explaining how it would free dioceses from burdensome Title IV proceeding costs in time and dollars. “Moving to a churchwide disciplinary board would standardize the people who are doing this,” she said. “It would allow us to train them more intention- ally. It would allow us not only to transfer the costs from the diocese to Asher Imtiaz photo the churchwide network, but would also Crowds gather daily to observe the flight of the bats from the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, one of the allow us to get a tighter grip on the sort popular attractions during a break at General Convention. of training these people are getting.”

12 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 Every three years, General Conven- tion’s Exhibit Hall becomes an Episco- pal ministry fair, marketplace, and activity hub rolled into one. For any- one excited to chat with Episcopal nuns, try on a new cassock, or charter a Holy Land tour, it’s the place to be. Yet for organizers of General Con- vention, scheduling posed some chal- lenges for those in the exhibit space. At short notice, a worship service was moved to an earlier slot in the sched- ule, according to Nancy Davidge, the church’s interim public affairs officer. That turn of events had ripple effects for exhibitors, she said, in part because General Convention differs from typi- cal retail trade shows. To wit: when the

Asher Imtiaz photo church gathers for worship, the hope is Several General Convention exhibitors struggled to break even in Austin, including Wortman Pottery that everyone will attend. That some- of Lafayette, Louisiana. times means shutting down exhibits so people are not tempted to shop during that time slot, according to Davidge. “One of our primary reasons for Marketplace Frustrations gathering is for common prayer,” Davidge said. “The worship takes time every day, and that’s very important.” By G. Jeffrey MacDonald bowls, chalices, and other altar adorn- Organizers also tried to condense ments to be popular with Episco- General Convention closer to one For more than 250 exhibitors who palians — if she can grab their week rather than two, as it has been in cater to a niche clientele of Episco- attention. years past. Committees meet before palians, the start of General Conven- She spent $3,000 on booth fees, the first legislative day, so total time tion on July 5 marked a long-awaited lodging, and other overhead costs, she wasn’t reduced for many participants. opportunity to greet, sell, and interact said, and suffered a net $1,500 loss. Compressed schedules meant meet- with the 3,200 registered bishops, She isn’t confident that follow-up ings happened from early morning deputies, visitors, and volunteers. orders will close the gap. until well into the evenings, leaving But the exhibit’s peripheral location “I’m not coming back,” she said. little time for exhibit browsing. — tucked away in a corner of the Wortman’s experience was not unique. What irked exhibitors, however, sprawling 246,000-square-foot Austin Alabama artist Carol McGrady, who was a sense of not receiving what they Convention Center — left some ven- paints watercolors on papyrus and is a paid for. Several referred to a floor dors feeling marginalized and disap- regular exhibitor at General Conven- map they received from General Con- pointed, and that was not the only tion, also rented a 10-by-10 booth for vention organizers. Seeing the layout, problem. Poor communication, sched- four days. The booth cost about $1,300, they opted for sites in high-traffic uling conflicts, and unfulfilled prom- she said. Like Wortman, her total over- locations near food vendors. But ises added to the sting, said exhibitors head ran about $3,000; her revenue when they arrived, food vendors were who spoke with TLC. barely broke $1,500. After taking such not where the map said they would be. Not everyone had a bad experience. a hit, she likely will not exhibit at future That meant vendors were in secluded Ministry exhibitors said the showcase General Conventions, she said. corners where few would-be shoppers was largely a success because their “Consistent hours would have ventured. goal was simply to raise awareness and helped,” said McGrady’s daughter and The confusion arose because Gen- reinforce relationships. But some ven- business partner, Michelle. “The eral Convention organizers decided to dors who incurred a financial loss hours changed every single day. Yes- change course and place additional vowed never to exhibit at General terday we were supposed to be open vendor booths in spots marked for Convention again. from 12 to 6, but then someone came food on the Austin Convention Cen- “Everything I thought I was walk- around and said, ‘Do you know that ter’s floor map, Davidge said. ing into did not pan out,” said Emily we’re closing the exhibition hall at “The map is what it is,” Davidge Wortman, a potter near Lafayette, 4:30?’ Well, surprise! The lack of com- said. “It’s unfortunate that it has that Louisiana, who finds her baptismal munication has been stunning.” (Continued on next page)

August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 13 news | August 5, 2018 Marketplace (Continued from previous page)

option on it, and that it caused some confusion. But the space was used for booths.” Some vendors believed opportuni- ties were missed to promote the mar- ketplace, which becomes a de facto Episcopal Church fair for more than a week every three years. General Con- vention did not advertise the exhibit hall locally, and the Diocese of Texas did not work at bringing in locals, except for the 948 volunteers who came largely from Texas. “I don’t think bringing in the public was something we were expected to do,” said Jason Evans, a Diocese of Asher Imtiaz photo In addition to housing vendors, General Convention’s Exhibit Hall offers space for friendships old and new. Texas missioner who worked at the host diocese’s booth on July 9. “If ven- dors want promotions to market their products, that’s on them to do that.” record out of concern that doing so instance, simply needed to have a Challenges notwithstanding, this would harm their General Conven- presence as an Anglo-Catholic semi- year’s General Convention notched tion relationships. nary and help people from around the some gains. The number of exhibits For some vendors, the traffic was dis- church get to know the administrative jumped 25 percent from 2015, accord- appointing but not enough to dampen staff as regular, joyful people. ing to the church’s data. The exhibit the overall experience. Michael Gyura, “You could get the wrong idea that hall featured 179 organizations spread whose Worship Times provides website [Nashotah House] is an emotionally across 256 booths. and social media services for faith austere place, but it’s really a very joy- Also new this year was a policy of organizations, said on day one that his ful place,” said Garwood Anderson, inviting the public to visit for a day. visit to General Convention would be a provost and interim dean and presi- (In the past, only registered partici- success if he could leave with 15 dent. “That’s why this is what you see pants and volunteers could visit requests for proposals. With three hours here,” he said, gesturing toward cheer- exhibits). But charging $15 to enter to go on his last day, he had received ful photos and smiling administrators the Exhibit Hall likely diminished only six. But he wasn’t discouraged. in the booth. interest, vendors said. Three made “I’m the new kid on the block,” Episcopal Migration Ministries that point but would not speak on the Gyura said, noting that his company exhibited in a location separate from had not exhibited before the Episcopal Church Center for the at General Convention first time this year. The agency shared a and was not well-known 10-by-10 booth with the Episcopal beyond a handful of Public Policy Network. EMM has Episcopal clients. “It recently begun fundraising in the wake takes time. And we get a of reduced federal contracts for refugee weekend for the staff in resettlements. Exhibiting helped raise Austin in the mean- awareness of refugee resettlement as an time.” Episcopal ministry and promote Ministry exhibitors, avenues by which congregations and who had less need for dioceses can become involved. immediate returns than “There are a lot of things that retail vendors, found churches can do to have a seat at the plenty to like about the table,” said Allison Duvall, manager Asher Imtiaz photo Exhibit Hall experience. for church relations and engagement An Episcopal ministry was featured each day at GC79 — often bringing Nashotah House Theo- at EMM, as she handed out materials music and dance into the Exhibit Hall. logical Seminary, for at the booth.

14 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 Faith Beyond the Convention Adopts $133.8M Budget Episcopal Church General Convention has adopted a $133.8 million budget for the By Richard J. Mammana Episcopal Church’s 2019-21 triennium. The House of Deputies approved the budget July 12, and the House of Bishops concurred without dis- The 79th General Convention included cussion the next day. several elements of legislation and part- The budget, presented by the Joint Standing Committee on Program, nership related to the Episcopal Budget and Finance, was summarized in Resolution A295. As A295 Church’s ecumenical and interreligious states, the budget allocates $74.7 million for mission and ministry; $18.8 relations. million for governance, the president of the House of Deputies, and the Full communion partners from the archives; and $40.3 million for financial, legal, and operational support. Moravian Church and the Evangelical In terms of income, the budget asks for 15 percent contributions Lutheran Church in America also spoke from dioceses, exempting the first $140,000 of their income, paid to resolutions touching on relationships monthly. The rate will be based on a two-year trailing average, and the and shared public policy commitments. total anticipated income from diocesan contributions stands at $83.4 During the first week of General Con- million. Another $50.5 million in income is anticipated from other vention, ecumenical and interreligious sources, bringing total anticipated income to $133.9 million. guests shared a daily lunch and listening Matthew Townsend session at St. David’s Church with visiting primates and general secretaries of other provinces of the Anglican Communion. Connecting ecumenical relationships eral Convention in 1976. olution A035 to commend the World with the General Convention’s stated Two resolutions focused on the Epis- Council of Churches 2013 convergence priorities across several triennia, Reso- copal Church’s relationships with Euro- document on ecclesiology, The Church: lution A012 directed “that the Office of pean Lutherans. Resolution C059 urged Toward a Common Vision, along with Ecumenical Relations shall include the future dialogue between the Episcopal the Episcopal Church’s draft response Stewardship of Creation as a priority Church and the Lutheran Evangelical to that text. item for dialogue and action in the Church in Bavaria (ELKB). The Convo- One closely watched resolution was Church’s ecumenical relationships.” cation of Episcopal Churches in Europe A041 on Episcopal Church-United Resolution D055 created “a task has six congregations in Germany, sev- Methodist Dialogue. It received the force with membership appointed by eral of which are within the geograph- 2017 full communion proposal “A Gift the Presiding Bishop and the President ical boundaries of the ELKB. That to the World: Co-Laborers in the of the House of Deputies to report church’s ecumenical officer, the Rev. Healing of Brokenness” and urged “all annually to the Standing Commission Maria Stettner, expressed her hope “that Episcopalians to utilize the many on Structure, Governance, Constitu- we can begin to have full communion resources available to understand the tion and Canons,” with responsibility between Lutherans and Episcopalians substance of this dialogue and its goal for developing responses to ecu- in Bavaria.” of full communion.” Resources are menical and interreligious documents. Resolution D085 followed the pre- available websites of the Episcopal Resolution D043 resolved that “the vious General Convention’s celebration Church, Episcopal Diocesan Ecu- Secretary of the General Convention of a deepening relationship with the menical and Interreligious Officers, send warm greetings to the Moderator Lutheran Church of Sweden and and umc-tec.org. of the Church of South India … and all requested “a memorandum of under- “While this resolution simply com- CSI congregations within the geo- standing setting forth the terms and mends the work of the dialogue, it graphical bounds of the Episcopal procedures of the full communion gives notice of the work that will be Church.” The Church of South India is between the Episcopal Church and the done over the next six years as we pre- a member church of the Anglican Church of Sweden.” pare for a full communion vote in Communion formed in 1947 through “We continue to be humbled with the 2021,” said the Rev. David Simmons, the union of Church of England, long and fruitful relationship between president of Episcopal Diocesan Ecu- Methodists, Presbyterians, and Con- the Episcopal Church and the Church menical Officers. “This resolution reaf- gregationalists. It has several dozen of Sweden and look forward to ways firms our commitment to walk with congregations in North America, some that we work together as partners in the our United Methodist brothers and sis- of which are constituent members of Body of Christ,” said the Rev. Canon ters as we each face change in our own their local Episcopal Church dioceses. Elise Johnstone of the Diocese of Lex- denominations.” The Episcopal Church entered into a ington, co-drafter of the resolution. The Rev. Kyle Tau, ecumenical staff direct full communion relationship In other international church mat- officer for faith and order and theolog- with the Church of South India at Gen- ters, General Convention voted in Res- (Continued on page 22)

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1. Learning to Walk and Talk relationships with God and with one another that, we hope, endure and mature. We are striving to grow, by Episcopal Church leaders, and our friends and colleagues God’s grace, into deeper faithfulness, and we “make space” around the Anglican Communion and beyond who care, for one another and our differences in the name of inter- are now in the throes of interpreting what the 79th Gen- personal and inter-ecclesial truth and love, in structures of eral Convention did and did not accomplish in Austin, unity and promise: structures inscribed in the gospel that Texas, during the last several weeks. Interpretive work is would frame and form our loyalty. In this way Christian required to suss out the meaning of often-vague resolu- life together compounds our several households — mar- tions, writ under duress or as difficult compromises, ital, familial, ecclesial (see Matt. 12:48-50) — by setting reflecting multiple authorial hands; resolutions that some- them within the all-encompassing reach and reordering of times also suffer from poor articulation, unhappy syntax, Israel’s redemption (Eph. 2:12; Gal. 6:16). God has acted in lexical confusion, and a measure of theological foppery, Christ and seeks to incorporate the peoples of the world even as they achieve some good. Here’s looking at you, within the body of his Son “through the cross” (Eph. 2:16). Resolution A068,1 on all things liturgy (save marriage), The Trinity has set sail in the visible ark that is the Church: which cut off comprehensive prayer book revision by pre- a great holy, catholic, apostolic mission to the nations. serving the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, “the product of If God still has a vocation for Anglicans the world over, about 100 years of ecumenical scholarly convergence,” bound in love as one family to hasten wider unity and rec- and charting a long-term course of reform comparable to onciliation within the one Church, praise the Lord. Just that found in most of the Anglican Communion, to wit, this hope should be our aim; that is, we must not fail to “expansive and dynamic bodies of authorized texts, which place even the steps of a General Convention within the refer back to a historically normative book,” to quote Dean comprehensive, world-historical frame of the gospel. Our Andrew McGowan’s helpful mid-convention missive.2 church — I speak as an Episcopalian — is a very small part We may derive some comfort from recalling analogous of the movement of Christ-followers across time and hermeneutical conundra of greater councils — Vatican II, space, but it may still serve as a site for the formation of for instance, famous for carefully constructed arguments evangelical and catholic disciples. When we lose our way, that seemingly give as they take away, inspiring and frus- repentance, conversion, and re-initiation should be trating in equal measure; call it richness, under the heading sought! And this is a good word for us now: to pray for “The Best We Can Do for Now: Both A and B.” Inversely, pre-catechumenal humility, in the hope of learning the traditional doctrinal anathemas mostly laid down what way of wisdom and following it. not to do or say, thus creating a bounded space within To be clear, I am not asking, like some of my friends, “Is which true and faithful speech about God, the Church, the Episcopal Church a true church, or part of it?” Yes, and and so forth could proceed with licit diversity and cre- yes. Given that God has placed me here, where I can still ativity. serve with real affection for my fellows and for our broadly Christian speech has always been reticent to define too Anglican tradition of holy teaching and saintly sacrifice, my much, because wisdom seeks to inculcate humility and question concerns how we may non-idiosyncratically reserve so as to protect conscience, leave room for pastoral answer the call of Catholic truth and unity, holding the two discretion and local discernment, and avoid circum- together. And how can we respect those with whom we dis- scribing God. Indeed, regarding this last, precisely no one agree — and, respecting them, learn to enjoy and love them, in the whole Western Christian tradition has imagined we not wishing they were other than they are — while at the can understand God, much less make him over in our — same time giving one another sufficient space for potential male, or for that matter, female — image. Recall ques- “flourishing,” should the Lord desire it (1 Cor. 3:6)? tions 3-13 of the first part of Aquinas’s Summa, setting out This way of putting it has become mainstream in “how God is not,” in service of true and devout speech Anglican discourse of late — in the Church of England’s about the One who is unknowable, save by his effects. Five Guiding Principles;3 in the Episcopal Church since the I start here in order to place the humble ecclesiological 2015 General Convention in Salt Lake City, where the labors of Episcopalians within a continuing stream of House of Bishops issued its “Communion across Differ- attempts to do the right thing over time in the context of ence”4 statement. We do well to consider carefully the the-

18 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 ological coherence of these incipient arrangements. But will enable access to the marriage rite for same-sex couples let me first sketch what the General Convention in Austin through (3) “pastoral support” not only to the couple in apparently tried to do and offer my optimistic reading. question but to the congregation and the priest thereof. This resolve was supplied as an amendment on the floor 2. Ways of Walking of the House of Deputies by Christopher Hayes of Cali- fornia, and it served to draw the already-amended B012 Start with the end to which convention committed itself in closer to the substance of its original writing. I am told Resolution A227: Communion across Difference,5 which that Hayes’s amendment was developed in consultation calls for a task force that will, in the next triennium, “seek with Bishop Ely of Vermont and others who, having read a lasting path forward for mutual flourishing” both for the midstream expression of concern by several of us (in progressives and traditionalists on the matter of marriage. this article 7 on Covenant), wanted to recover the initially The task force will presume, on the one hand, “General proposed compromise, which sought, as we wrote, “to Convention’s firm commitment to make provision for all preserve the role of bishops as chief teachers and liturgical couples asking to be married in this Church to have access officers for the congregations under their care.” With the to authorized liturgies” and, on the other, “the indispen- episcopate thus preserved, Communion Partner dioceses sable place that the minority who hold to this Church’s could continue, we said, “walking together in full com- historic teaching on marriage have in our common life, munion with Canterbury and the global Anglican Com- whose witness our Church needs.” To ask the obvious munion.” On the appearance of Hayes’s amendment, question, with which many are now wrestling: Can these Communion Partner deputations generally got behind two, arguably contradictory commitments be held B012 and contributed to its overwhelming passage in the together by the Episcopal Church, and if so how? We shall House of Deputies. In turn, on the introduction of a final see, of course. Just insofar as the task force is promptly amendment by the bishops — restoring the seventh organized, properly populated, and otherwise equipped to resolve’s citation of Canon III.9.6(a), argued for in the do serious work, we may hope that it can give a push same Covenant article — the Communion Partner bishops down a common path, even if it proves necessary for us to mostly supported B012, as well. walk at something of a distance from one another in the Even so, some critics on the left have, in retrospect, short-, middle-, and even long-term. expressed consternation at the total accomplishment of And this takes us to the interim means to the possible B012. The relativizing, on several counts, of the seventh path of our future common walking, namely, Resolution resolve’s assurance that “provision will be made for all B012: Marriage Rites for the Whole Church.6 B012 should couples desiring to use these marriage liturgies in their be seen as a means both because it proposes a modus local congregation or worshipping community” has drawn vivendi on the way to A227’s “lasting path” and because it special fire. Relativized how? First, per Canon III.9.6(a),8 can be interpreted as a test-case attempt at structural dif- rectors and priests in charge retain “full authority and ferentiation of the sort that seems necessary for the fore- responsibility for the conduct of the worship and the spir- seeable future. Here the creative key is the eighth resolve, itual jurisdiction of the Parish, subject to the Rubrics of which, in sprawling fashion, states that the Book of Common Prayer, the Constitution and Canons of this Church, and the pastoral direction of the in dioceses where the bishop exercising ecclesiastical Bishop,” and “shall at all times be entitled to the use and authority (or, where applicable, ecclesiastical supervision) control of the Church and Parish buildings.” Second, the holds a theological position that does not embrace mar- eighth resolve underwrites the continuing role of all riage for same-sex couples, and there is a desire to use bishops as chief teachers, pastors, and liturgical officers in such rites by same-sex couples in a congregation or wor- their dioceses. In the words of the Communion Partners’ shipping community, the bishop exercising ecclesiastical consensus “Austin Statement,”9 published immediately fol- authority (or ecclesiastical supervision) shall invite, as nec- lowing the convention: essary, another bishop of this Church to provide pastoral support to the couple, the Member of the Clergy involved Our church is called episcopal in order to indicate the pri- and the congregation or worshipping community in order macy of bishops and dioceses within our polity, an ancient to fulfill the intention of this resolution that all couples catholic principle. The diocese, not the congregation, have convenient and reasonable local congregational forms the basic unit of the Church. We believe that the pro- access to these rites. visions of B012 for supplemental episcopal pastoral care enable the local adaptation of the historic episcopate, as What has been established here? Several things: (1) The provided in the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral, as a right of refusal to sanction same-sex marriage by tradi- means toward unity within our church and with the wider tionally minded bishops, tied to (2) a clear instruction Anglican Communion. (§10) (“shall”) to those bishops to call upon other bishops who (Continued on next page)

August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 19 EDITORIAL counting us among the commonwealth of Israel (Eph. (Continued from previous page) 2:12-14). Since “salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22), we too may approach the Son of David to ask the most basic How Communion Partner bishops entrust couples, of all political questions: “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke clergy, and congregations of their dioceses to the care of 10:29). other bishops will need to be worked out patiently and Let us assume, therefore, that all Christians are called to charitably by all involved; and the converse will also be a common anthropological labor across difference on the true, as traditionally minded congregations in progressive way to truth and reconciliation, thence right ordering of dioceses seek the oversight of Communion Partner our lives and communities under God. As our Lord and bishops. We do well to recall that what became A227, the St. Augustine taught, neighbor love starts at home with the Task Force on Communion across Difference, started as a sister and the brother ready to hand; with the mugged part of the original B012 in order to aid the development man upon whom we happen; with the unlovely person in of wise arrangements, mindful of property and polity, the adjoining pew. This is the school of the corpus mixtum beyond the heat and blunt force of General Convention. In — the mixed body of wheat and weeds, which is the defense of the unity of the whole, a Q&A10 on B012 was Church (see Matt. 13:24-30) — that would work its cur- published before convention by its proposer, Bishop ricular wonders by teaching the faithful to judge wisely Lawrence Provenzano of Long Island, urging the Epis- both who to hang out with and who not to exclude, lest we copal Church to avoid further “schism, division, and cross God’s purposes. The Church is full, says Augustine, departure of members who have faithfully served our of “Christians in name only and not in reality” — in one Church for many years. When mediating conflict, a memorable list: “drunkards, misers, cheats, gamblers, common strategy is to find a way for all at the table to ‘get adulterers, fornicators, healers using sacrilegious amulets, to yes.’” With such a process in view, the Communion devotees, spell-chanters, astrologers, and soothsayers Partner bishops were able, heading into Austin, to com- versed in any and every ungodly trick.” The faithful should mend what they described as11 avoid all of this, while also recognizing that egregious sin cannot be extricated from the Church, by divine design. a conversation with all stakeholders in the Episcopal For God himself Church, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and with the wider Anglican Communion in order to find such a truce shows forbearance toward such people, both to use this of God, while preserving the current right of bishops to perverseness to train his own chosen ones in faith and uphold and maintain the Windsor moratoria in their dio- good sense and thus strengthen them, and also because ceses. If the proposal before us [namely, B012] passes at many of the number of the perverse progress beyond their General Convention, we pledge to work within its bounds present state and, out of compassion for their own souls, in a spirit of collegiality and friendship with all members turn with intense passion to God so as to be pleasing to of our church. him. (Instructing Beginners in Faith [New City Press, 2006], pp. 105-08) 3. Where We Are In this way, tolerance of others becomes a virtue for the We say across difference, and by this we mostly mean, at faithful to cultivate, along with humility, in the assurance the moment, differences about marriage, its definition that God, who is faithful, will not let us be tested beyond and parameters. But the matter is enmeshed, theologi- our strength, but with the testing will provide the way out cally and culturally, in a wide web of questions concerning so that we may endure it (1 Cor. 10:13). what it means to be made human in God’s image as men But this is only part of the story. Faced with Donatist and women; questions concerning children and family, heresy, Augustine simply urged return to the visible com- the very institution of marriage (its defensibility and desir- munion of the Catholic Church for all seeking salvation — ability), divorce and remarriage; and a range of associated not because outward membership in the Church guaran- sociopolitical problems concerning the proper use of tees eternal life (it does not), but because “outside the power and the best way to conceive of intercommunal Church there is no salvation”: broken communion is reconciliation, tied to thorny questions about memory surely a deal breaker (see On Baptism 5.27.38–5.28.39). and forgiveness. Here, long histories of abuse, oppression, Had St. Augustine attended the recent GAFCON occupation, and grievance foster hardened resentments. Assembly in Jerusalem, he could have agreed to its impas- From all such injuries inflicted on one another: Good sioned warnings against false teaching, and he might have Lord, deliver us. In other words, Lord, save us from our- spoken in favor of councils of the Church designed “to selves. Remove from us our warring Gentile pride, cir- consult, to decide, and if necessary to discipline.” He cumcise our hearts (Deut. 30:6; Rom. 2:29), and over- would have blanched, however (supposing that an Augus- come — once more, and finally — the dividing wall, tinian understanding of Anglican ecclesiality is imagi-

20 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 nable), at GAFCON’s encouragement “to recognize con- versal Church, and all the more within the Anglican Com- fessing Anglican jurisdictions” willy nilly, absent wider munion — in lieu of the Lord’s subsequent sifting. “Let adjudication and authoritative consensus about visible both of them grow together until the harvest” (Matt. boundaries. If the hand of God is indeed “leading us 13:30). toward a reordering of the Anglican Communion,” as Anglican churches, and the global Communion as a GAFCON’s “Letter to the Churches”12 asserts, it will be whole, have a golden opportunity to focus in coming years orderly, as an agreement about the Catholic faith by the on developing supple structures that may support a pan- instruments of Anglican communion. “When the Spirit of Anglican truce of God, as a means of enabling greater truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth” (John articulation of truth: churches within churches, bound to 16:13), truth and unity being identical in God. one another by varying degrees, leaving room for the And we should say something more: 1,600 years after Spirit’s leading, and eager to discern right doctrine and Augustine and downstream of countless divisions, we obey it together. Such structures, established by provinces have learned to accept that the Church is wounded, with and connected to larger networks of voluntary association semi-permeable bounds. In a Roman Catholic idiom, in the Communion, would need to create space for proper multiple “communities” may faithfully bear their members Anglican conciliarity, incorporating synodical consensus unto salvation, though they be in less than full com- for those desiring it. The Communion Partners recently munion with one another. How so? Baptismal unity has published a paper14 imagining this very thing (hyper- grasped us, which bestows a character, and commonly linked in §6 of the Austin Statement): a multi-staged shared faith follows. So far, so Augustinian. But because, common pilgrimage of Anglicans focused on articulating “often enough, both sides were to blame” for our unhappy apostolic truth in service of catholic unity. As the paper divisions, the sin of schism is transposed into separated concludes, such a model of “articulated Communion — brethren doing the best they can with what they have diverse in extended membership, with a commitment to inherited (Decree on Ecumenism 3; Catechism of the synodical witness — holds enormous promise for Catholic Church §817). The communion of the Church is resolving long-standing tensions, unblocking missionary impaired, therefore, but we might say only in the sense currents, and restoring ecumenical bridges.” that the normal rules of Catholic life apply (see Lumen Anglican diversity in communion presents a divinely Gentium 48). On the one hand, “there have to be factions appointed call in service of salvific ends, a call long since [lit. heresies] among you, for only so will it become clear answered by our having collectively embarked on a road who among you are genuine” (1 Cor. 11:19). On the other trip of would-be unity in love. The way (in via), surely dif- hand: “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of ficult, is made navigable by the Son of God himself, simi- you,’ nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you’” larly sent into the world and sanctified for our sake in the (1 Cor. 12:21). The work of inter-ecclesial reconciliation is word of truth. He still walks with us and prays both on our the work of intra-ecclesial reconciliation, and vice versa — behalf and on behalf of those who will believe in him a providentially imposed both/and to aid picking up the through our word: that we all may be one (John 13:34-35; needed “discipline” that may save us from final “condem- 17:14-26). nation,” “but only as through fire” (1 Cor. 11:32, 3:14). A Christopher Wells gracious, cruciform regimen, therefore, for formation in holiness. In this familiar Corinthian situation, Anglicans and others may find again an opportunity for imaginative Notes charity in discernment, including discernment about faith and order, which require boundaries, permeable and oth- 1 bit.ly/2Nvmc2c erwise, and a readiness to teach confidently about Chris- 2 bit.ly/2NvGSXJ tian things. Resolution B012 secured something of this in 3 bit.ly/2IkOQ80 its ecclesial layering, called by the Communion Partner 4 bit.ly/2Nwjt8u bishops a “helpful space of differentiation, set within the 5 bit.ly/2NvHNHF wider communion of baptism and faith that we continue 6 bit.ly/2NyrCtp to share, however imperfectly” (“Austin Statement” 13 §9). 7 bit.ly/2KVh7CD GAFCON is right to seek common counsel and common 8 bit.ly/2NsF0z0 standards in accord with Scripture, in service of the 9 bit.ly/2NvoU7S Church’s unity and orthodoxy, which go together (just as 10 bit.ly/2NwBOm2 heresy and schism are finally indistinguishable). 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August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 21 with joy and gratitude the deepening for Holy Cross Day (B023), was news August 5, 2018 international relationship among the referred to the Standing Liturgical | leaders of the Episcopal Church, the Commission for further attention Ecumenical Relations Evangelical Lutheran Church in during the triennium. (Continued from page 15) America, the Anglican Church of Another, Resolution D078, provides Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran alternative language for three ical development for the United Church in Canada, and commends the eucharistic orders in the 1979 Book of Methodist Council of Bishops, agreed: members of these churches for the Common Prayer; its ecumenical sig- “In the midst of uncertainty and work they have done together and the nificance is most apparent in the omis- change, it is encouraging to gather with statements and study documents they sion of the Filioque clause (“and the our ecumenical partners, to raise have jointly issued.” Son”) from the text of the Nicene awareness about the progress of our In a matter with implications for Creed, as agreed with Orthodox dia- dialogue, and look to future work with interreligious relations, Resolution logue partners in 1976. hope. We are grateful for this resolu- B016 joined the Episcopal Church with tion commending dialogue and study a 2016 action of the ELCA’s Church- across the church.” wide Assembly on “Justice for the Holy Resolution A036 provided a trien- Land through Responsible Invest- nial reaffirmation of dialogues and ment.” This resolution directs “directs coordinating committees in which the Executive Council’s Committee on Episcopal Church is engaged: dialogues Corporate Social Responsibility to with the United Methodist Church, the develop criteria for Israel and Palestine Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the based on a human rights investment U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, screen and the actions of General Con- and the full communion coordinating vention and Executive Council over The opening worship in Austin Asher Imtiaz photo committees with the ELCA and the the past seventy years.” Moravian Church’s Northern Province Two liturgical resolutions involved Find more General Convention and Southern Province. ecumenical engagement. One, a pro- coverage online The same resolution also “celebrates posal to authorize the Armenian Rite livingchurch.org/gc79

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Appointments The Rev. Audra Abt is missionary vicar at Girls’’ FFriendly Society Church of the Holy Spirit, Greensboro, NC. An Episcopal fellowship for girls age 5 and up The Rev. Kate Alexander is rector of Christ Church, Little Rock. The Rev. Colin Ambrose is interim rector of St. Paul’s, Murfreesboro, TN. The Rev. Charlie Barebo is missioner for stewardship and development in the Diocese of Bethlehem. The Rev. James W. Barnhill Jr. is rector of St. Peter’s, Jacksonville, FL. The Rev. Robert F. Beicke (ECLA) is rector of St. Stephen’s, Seattle. Pam Bell is archivist in the Diocese of Okla- homa. VisitisitV The Rev. Christine Belt is interim rector of St. Nicholas, Hamilton, GA. www g.gfsus.org The Rev. Don Caron is interim priest at St. John the Evangelist, Chews Landing, NJ. The Rev. Patricia Cashman is rector of Call 714-330-1156 today! Gloria Dei/Old Swedes’ Church, Philadelphia. The Rev. Megan Laura Castellan is rector of St. John’s, Ithaca, NY. The Rev. Robert Dannals is interim rector of All Saints’, Beverly Hills, CA. The Rev. Lin Davenport is priest-in-charge at Holy Trinity, Gillette, WY. The Rev. Sue Eaves is interim rector of St. Paul’s, Richmond, VA. The Ven. Ruth Elder is archdeacon for for- mation in the Diocese of Maryland. The Rev. Paul Elliott is interim rector of Ascension, Birmingham. A Division of The Rev. Margaret Finnerud is priest-in- charge of St. Saviour’s, Greenwich, CT. The Rev. Zachary Fleetwood is interim rector of St. Paul’s, Ivy, VA. The Rev. Kay Flores is rector of St. Timothy, Chehalis, WA. The Rev. Paul Frolick is rector of St. Matthew’s, Liverpool, NY. Beth Gaertner is program director at St. Crispin’s Summer Camp, Wewoka, Oklahoma. The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia is senior asso- ciate priest at Epiphany, Seattle. The Rev. Javier Garcia-Ocampo is priest in charge of Ascension, Gaithersburg, MD The Rev. Carol S. Gates is interim pastor of Lamb of God (Lutheran-Episcopal), Fort Myers, FL. The Rev. Jay George is rector of Grace, San Antonio, TX. The Rev. Charles Hamill is rector of Grace, Old Saybrook, CT. The Rev. Nancy Howard Hardin is parish priest at Trinity, Troy, OH. The Rev. Spencer Hatcher is priest-in- charge of Grace, Brunswick, MD. The Rev. Rock Higgins is priest-in-charge of St. James the Less, Ashland, VA. The Rev. Dale Hirst is priest-in-charge of St. Simon’s by the Sea, Virginia Beach. The Very Rev. David Hodges is dean of Christ Cathedral in Salina, KS.

August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 23 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, SUNDAY’S READINGS | 11 Pentecost, August 5 San Diego is currently 2 Sam. 11:26-12:13a or Ex. 16:2-4, 9-15 • Ps. 51:1-13 or Ps. 78:23-29 seeking a new Rector Eph. 4:1-16 • John 6:24-35 to serve its relatively small but devoted Anglo- A Parable of Truth Catholic parish. peaking truth to power in terms According to tradition, Psalm 51 is Sexplicit and direct is not only dan- David’s great lament over his crime All Saints, in existence for over gerous but also frequently pointless. against Bathsheba and Uriah, and his 100 years, is in Hillcrest, a very diverse Using the words adultery, deceit, and sin against Almighty God. “Wash me community just north of downtown murder will do nothing to pierce the thoroughly from my iniquity, and San Diego. Our primary purpose is conscience of the king if he has already cleanse me from my sin. For I know fortified himself against moral restraint my transgressions, and my sin is ever to worship God and to receive the and the demands of justice. The king before me” (Ps. 51:2-3). The king, how- Sacraments in this sacred place and secretly pardons himself, admits ever, wants more than mere absolution; to support and encourage one another nothing, and goes on in a royal display he longs for a happiness he had once and the stranger among us. of staged innocence. The only way to known. “Let me hear joy and gladness; reach him is through a story about let the bones you have crushed rejoice” Inquiries can be sent to: someone else. (Ps. 51:8). “Restore to me the joy of [email protected] “The LORD sent Nathan to David. He your salvation, and sustain in me a came to him, and said to him, ‘There willing spirit” (Ps. 51:12). were two men in a certain city, the one Jesus is the truth that illumines the rich and the other poor’” (2 Sam. 12:1). truth in our lives. He casts his light on The prophet appeals to the king’s judi- divine gifts we have received and calls cial role, his absolute right to render them out of us; he shines too in places judgment over his people, and the ref- of shame and guilt and makes repen- erence to the rich man and the poor tance a good word. Jesus calls us to man almost certainly calls to mind a “humility and gentleness,” to “patience special obligation to the poor. The king and forbearance,” as we try “to lead a immediately feels and anticipates the life worthy of the calling to which [we] unfolding story. have been called” (Eph. 4:1-2). This Nathan continues: “The rich man requires a deeply personal and honest had very many flocks and herds; but the self-examination. In love, Jesus says, poor man had nothing but one ewe “You are that person against whom lamb, which he had bought” (2 Sam your moral outrage is unleashed. You 12:2-3). “Now there came a traveler to are that person, and your sin is ever the rich man, and he was loath to take before me.” Jesus is the truth we seek one of his own flocks or herd to prepare and the absolute truth about our lives. for the wayfarer who had come to him, He is judgment and mercy. He is the but he took the poor man’s lamb, and bread of tears and the bread of life. He prepared that for the guest who had is a truth-teller and the truth that sets come to him” (2 Sam. 12:4). David’s free. He purges and washes, and gives moral ballast is immediately restored as joy and salvation. Let him speak the he considers the rich man and the great truth, and let him be your deepest self. crime he has committed against a poor man. “Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man” (2 Sam. 12:5). Look It Up The king, having been trapped by his Read Psalm 51. moral outrage, finally hears the unvar- nished truth: “You are the man!” The veil is lifted and the accusation severe. Think About It “Why have you despised the word of Lamentation leads to hope and joy. the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites” (2 Sam. 12:9).

24 THe LIVInG CHURCH • August 5, 2018 SUNDAY’S READINGS | 12 Pentecost, August 12 2 Sam. 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ps. 130 or Ps. 34:1-8 • Eph. 4:25-5:2 • John 6:35, 41-51 A Death Like His St. Francis Church rying to reclaim Jerusalem, David voice of my supplication!” (Ps. 130:1-2). 10033 River Rd., Potomac, MD 20854 Twas in locked battle against the “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and 301.365.2055 | stfrancispotomac.org armies of his son Absalom, whose life in his word I hope” (Ps. 130:5). David is he hoped to spare. “The king ordered “the poor soul who cried” (Ps. 34:6). At the heart of Potomac Village, St. Francis Joab and Abishae and Ittae, saying, His grief shows the sighs and groans Church seeks to proclaim the Gospel with ‘Deal gently for my sake with the young that are the deep language of prayer gratitude and confidence. Our common life man Absalom’” (2 Sam. 18:5). The (Rom. 8:26). Would that we all knew is grounded in classical Anglican liturgy, bitter end is already known. Preemptive how to grieve as David did: openly, supported by accomplished choristers, who mercy in the midst of slaughter is an fully, in the delirium of loss and the are led by a talented musician and impossible hope. “Absalom was riding confusion of all hope. composer. We grow in our knowledge and on his mule, and the mule went under Go down to the depths where the love of God through learned, orthodox the thick branches of a great oak. His cross of Christ is. Feel the dereliction of preaching and a robust program of Bible head caught fast in the oak, and he was his crucified form suspended between study for all ages. We gather youth from left hanging between heaven and earth, heaven and earth. Feel hopelessness our wider community for weekly when the mule that was under him and confusion. Feel a lost and forlorn fellowship. We serve Christ in the poor went on” (2 Sam. 18:9). It was war, so and lonely humanity. Feel yourself through gis to a wide network of “ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, falling away. Who are you? What is a community organizations and mission surrounded Absalom and struck him, human life? What is the span of life? Is work in neighboring Washington, D.C., and killed him” (2 Sam. 18:15). While it worth it to be? and around our nation. Absalom’s dead body hung in the forest A person who has died in the sorrow of Ephraim, David continued to hope, of loss, who holds the death of a loved A LIVING CHURCH Partner and when hearing a report of the battle one as an end, will no longer see from from the Cushite messenger, he asked a human perspective. Having died to the agonizing question, “Is it well with the world and the world one had cre- St. John’s Church the young man Absalom?” (2 Sam. ated, the only hope is resurrection. 146 1st St., Troy, NY 12180 18:32). “This is the bread that comes down 518.274.5884 | stjohnstroy.org To the Cushite, the death of an from heaven, so that one may eat of it A brownstone church in a Rust Belt city, enemy was an unqualified and absolute and not die” (John 6:50). “I will raise St. John’s, Troy, lives out its faith in good. “May the enemies of my lord the that person on the last day” (John relationship to its king, and all who rise up to do you 6:44). Being raised and being called to neighborhood. On Sunday harm, be like that young man” (2 Sam. the table of life-giving bread will mean mornings our church fills 18:32). But David, having lost his son, so very much to a person who is up with worshipers; on was like that young man, hung between already dead. Saturday mornings our heaven and earth in a thicket of stab- My son, my son, my dearly beloved parish hall fills up with bing wounds and bleeding grief. “The son. unchurched persons who king was deeply moved, and went up to come to visit our thrift the chamber over the gate, and wept; shop, our food pantry, our and as he went, he said, “Oh my son Look It Up parish nurses, and a Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Read Psalm 130:1. hospitality ministry that includes coffee, Would I had died instead of you, O bread, and a community Bible study. In Absalom, my son, my son!” (2 Sam. our experience, each day depends on the 18:33). The loss was agonizing. Those who know it firsthand know it as the Think About It other for its health. Our service to the absolute end of life as it has been. “For Vows promised this sorrow. world flows out of and is shaped by our vast as the sea is your ruin; who can worship of the Risen Lord; and our heal you?” (Lam. 2:13). worship of the Risen Lord is shaped and The only way out of the valley of the vitalized by our relationships with our shadow of death is to stay in it, to walk neighbors. They change our prayers; they through it, to let time and providence expose our needs; they prove the limits of cut and make whole. “Out of the depths our faith, hope, and love, and send us to I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my the altar seeking more. voice! Let your ears be attentive to the A LIVING CHURCH Partner August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 25 THE LIVING CHU RCH SUNDAY’S READINGS | 13 Pentecost, August 19 VoLUme 257 • nUmbeR 2 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 or Prov. 9:1-6 • Ps. 111 or Ps. 34:9-14 Eph. 5:15-20 • John 6:51-58 eDIToRIAL Executive Director and Editor Dr. Christopher wells Managing Editor John schuessler Your Teacher Senior Editor Douglas Leblanc olomon is overwhelmed. He stands and a firm foundation, a storehouse of News Editor matthew Townsend Sin the midst of “a great people, so things both old and new. She is a sum- Associate Editor The Rev. Dr. Zachary Guiliano numerous they cannot be numbered mons to continual learning and con- Associate Editor for International News John martin or counted” (1 Kings 3:8). He will rule, stant review. 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The Lord so filled the house Christ is to be fully alive. world in witness to God’s love. One way with a cloud of glory that the priests What does it feel like? God comes as our mission takes shape is through the were unable to stand and minister. the Most High, the Most Excellent, the South Carolina Bishops’ Public Education King Solomon alone faced the smoke Most Powerful, All Powerful, Most Initiative. Bishop Andrew Waldo works and fire of Almighty God, stretching Merciful and Most Just, Most Hidden with the South Carolina Bishops Public out his hands to heaven. “O LORD, God and Most Present, Most Beautiful and Education Initiative, our State Superin- of Israel, there is no God like you in Most Strong, Stable and Incomprehen- tendent of Education, state legislators, heaven above or on earth beneath, sible, Immutable, Changing All Things, our diocesan camp and conference keeping covenant and steadfast love for Never New, Never Old, Renewing center, and other partners to achieve top- your servants who walk before you Everything, Abasing the Proud, Pro- quality education for all of South with all their heart” (1 Kings 8:23). tecting, Creating and Nourishing, Per- Carolina’s children. Mentors from our Even as he prayed in gratitude for fecting All Things (adapted from pews volunteer as tutors in schools, “this house” where the name of God Augustine’s Confessions). “O LORD, forming relationships with the children of would be not only for Israel but for for- God of Israel, there is no God like you our state to help them succeed. eigners who come and pray toward this in heaven above or on earth beneath” place, he knew and did not deny that (1 Kings 8:23). A LIVING CHURCH Partner God cannot be contained. “But will This is one God, Father, Son, and God indeed dwell on the earth? Even Holy Spirit. Having gathered all things heaven and the highest heaven cannot at the foot of the cross, Jesus brings contain you, much less this house that even the most vulnerable to the bosom I have built!” (1 Kings 8:27). The Ark of his Father. The sparrow finds a of God in the temple of God is not home, the swallow a nest, every living God. thing a place to be in Christ. The guilty To be human is to stand before this are forgiven, the weak strengthened, presence with outstretched arms, to the sick healed, the dying comforted. Grace Church sense the magnitude and majesty and God is Most Powerful and Most Mer- 1815 Hall St., Grand Rapids, MI 49506 616.241.4631 | gracechurchgr.org power of the source of all being. To be ciful. In this presence we stand and human is to long and faint for the stand firm (Eph. 6:13). O, the mercy of “Peace be unto you.” ese words are in courts of the LORD, to feel the power of God. O, the love of God. O, the power bas-relief above the doorway that leads life and love and judgment hidden in of God. into the worship space and welcome both courts, sacrifices, smoke, law, winged Jesus will not crush a bruised reed. visitors and members into our sanctuary cherubim, and the empty space of He will not quench a dimly burning to pray, sing, and worship. All those who divine presence. You, O God, made us wick. He will not lift up his voice. And seek the Lord are most welcome to join us worthy to stand before you, and so we yet he is power! in worship and all baptized Christians, stand before holiness and wonder. regardless of denomination, are invited to Your glory is a vestment: a belt of truth, God’s table for the Holy Eucharist. a breastplate of righteousness, shoes Look It Up Grace Church, located in Grand for the gospel of peace, a shield for Read Ephesians 6:13-17 and John 6:65. Rapids, Michigan, was founded with a faith, a helmet for salvation, and a missional heart in the 1870s, ministering sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:14-17). to working-class families through Standing before God, we become Think About It providing education to children. ough strong and ready, able to quench the Put on Christ; ingest your being. it’s also known as the onetime home flaming arrows of the evil one. We are parish of President Gerald R. Ford, there’s not, however, merely shielded from much more to discover in community attack. The glory of God protects, but and worship at this time-tested parish. also infuses with power. The God who Please come and visit! is greater than heaven and earth deigns A LIVING CHURCH Partner August 5, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 27 THE LIVING CHURCH FOUNDATION, INC. CLASSIFIEDS Kathleen Alexander, Potomac, Md. Dr. Garwood Anderson, Nashotah, Wis. POSITIONS OFFERED The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, Toronto, Ont. ASSOCIATE RECTOR FOR CHRISTIAN FOR- MATION: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Jack- The Rt. Rev. Dr. John C. Bauerschmidt, sonville, Florida — This Associate will share in all the Nashville, Tenn. privileges of ordained ministry including preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and administration. He/she will Richard Clements, Oklahoma City, Okla. assist the Rector in coordinating all Christian formation The Rt. Rev. Christopher Cocksworth, opportunities for adult parishioners and also oversee the Coventry, England ministry of the Director of Children’s Ministry and Director of Youth Ministry. This Associate will work to The Rev. Dr. Michael B. Cover, Milwaukee, Wis. Holy Cross, Wisconsin Dells, WI, create a coordinated youth program designed to inspire is in search of a rector. and nurture Christian faith and service. St. Mark’s is a Heather Cross, New York, N.Y. community of faith anchored in traditional Anglican the- Prudence Dailey, Oxford, England We are looking for a part-time commitment from an ology and liturgy as set forth in the Book of Common ordained Episcopal clergy person willing to walk with us; keep Prayer. With a school year ASA of ~350 and an annual The Rev. Dr. D. Stuart Dunnan, Hagerstown, Md. our feet sure on the path; and capture the hearts and minds budget of ~$1.5million, this neighborhood church main- of both young and old. tains a healthy balance of long-time generational mem- The Most Rev. Gerald James Ian Ernest, Mauritius What makes this a challenge? bers combined with those who are new to the Neva Rae Fox, Somerville, N.J. Holy Cross is part of a shared campus with the Dells-Delton Jacksonville community. Inquires should include a cover United Methodist Church. Our association is 46 years old letter, resume, OTM portfolio, and a list of three ref- The Rev. Dr. Andrew Goddard, London, England and going strong. We are part of an active vacation/ resort erences and be sent to the Rev. Tom Murray at community that offers both excitement and solitude. The Rt. Rev. Daniel G.P. Gutiérrez, [email protected]. https://stmarks- Philadelphia, Pa. What does the successful candidate look like? jacksonville.org/welcome/associate-rector-search.htm Loves and respects the elders and cradles the young with Carrie Boren Headington, Dallas, Texas humor and gentleness. Forward thinking with respect to SEEKING MEMBERS time-honored Episcopal traditions. Wesley Hill, Ambridge, Pa. Check us out on our website: HOLY HIKES™ ECO-MINISTRY — launch a chap- Marie Howard, Jacksonville, Fla. http://www.holycrosswisdells.com ter in your diocese of this growing network of eco-min- Facebook page: Holy Cross Episcopal Church Wisconsin Dells. istries committed to rebuilding Communion with all of The Rev. Canon Jordan Hylden, Dallas, Texas Questions and request for additional information may God’s creation and worshiping God in the beauty of the outdoors. More info online at www.holyhikes.org The Most Rev. Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, be sent via e-mail to Holly Pennington, Search Chair at [email protected] London, England Holy Cross Episcopal Church VESTMENTS Catherine Whittinghill Illingworth, Attention: Holly Pennington, Search Committee Chair Los Angeles, Calif. 322 Unity Drive RETIRED: beautifully made vestments for sale — many Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 by Holy Rood. For details please phone (423)767-8838. The Rev. Jay C. James, Raleigh, N.C. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, Dallas, Texas The essential guide The Rev. S. Thomas Kincaid III, Dallas, Texas for church musicians and CHURCH FURNISHINGS clergy who are responsible for The Rt. Rev. Dr. Graham Kings, London, England maintaining standards for FLAGS AND BANNERS: Custom designed Episcopal music in the liturgy. Richard J. Mammana, Jr., New Haven, Conn. flags and banners by Festival Flags in Richmond,VA. livingchurch.org/emh The Very Rev. Ian Markham, Alexandria, Va. 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Cathy Boyd, left) of Episcopal Veterans Fellowship to send the boots to the triennial’s chaplain. the National Odd Shoe Exchange in Chandler, Arizona. The “They served one purpose — thematic decorating — exchange is a clearing house for amputees and others who beautifully,” said Lisa Towle, president of the National need only one shoe.

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