The ’s When he is not celebrating Holy Bishop Edwards

Eucharist, the Bishop wears a purple that belts at the waist. A is visiting our church cassock is like a long robe with buttons down the front or side. Over the cassock he wears a whit that has billowy sleeves. Over this, the bishop wears a red CHIMERE, which is like a

long vest. If the bishop is celebrating a Eucharist, he will wear a long black scarf called a TIPPET. The Bishop also wears

a hat called a . This pointed hat symbolizes the point of the flame that the

disciples, who became apostles, received at the first Pentecost. We remember that the bishop is a successor to these

apostles. The Shield of the Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Shield was adopted 1940, but our church has been around for many more years. In 1789, nine dioceses of the new United States met in Philadelphia to ratify the first constitution of The Right Reverend Dan T. Edwards is the 10th bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Many of the founders of this nation, including George Washington, Nevada. He and his wife Linda have two grown up were Episcopalians. daughters and three grandchildren. Bishop loves to go to The colors (red, white, and blue) are the same colors in the baseball games and enjoys hearing cowboy poetry. Bishop American flag. Red is for the blood Christ shed for us; White is the color of purity; Blue is the traditional color of the Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother. Dan lives in Las Vegas and travels all over the state visiting

The whole shield is the red and white St. George's Cross. The nine white crosslets in parishes in Nevada. There are 32 churches in the diocese the upper left corner represent each diocese that originally met in 1789. The crosslets and it takes Bishop Dan one year to visit all of them. The form an “X” on a field of blue to represent the cross of St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The Scottish Episcopal Church played an important role in Bishop spends time preaching, confirming people, teaching our history as their ordained Samuel Seabury as the first American Bishop in 1784. classes, meeting with other bishops, and going to many meetings. When Bishop Dan visits at a church he spends The Nevada Diocese shield is in the shape of the state of Nevada with the Shield of the Episcopal Church inside of it. time meeting with the leaders of the church. Symbols of the Bishop Help the Bishop find his way to your church

The crozier is a staff carried by the bishop. It is in the shape of a shepherd’s crook and reminds us of Jesus who is our Shepherd. The word “bishop” comes from the Greek word for “shepherd .” What would your crozier look like?

Bishop Dan has a special ring that has the seal of the Episcopal Church. Only the Bishop may wear this ring and he uses it to Word Search seal special letters and certificates with red Bishop c r b a l N e wax. what Nevada h t i p p E t w W hat would your ring look like? Diocese i e s n b v e

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The pectoral cross is a Ring e t o l x d c large cross that the Cassock r i p a s a o bishop wears in front of Rochet e m w e c o r his shirt. Bishop Dan’s cross is silver with Chimere k c o s s a c turquoise stones on it. Tippet d i o c e s e

Seal

Wax What would your cross look like?