There’s some lovely video of The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows working with members of the congregation she serves in Syracuse to creates garden plots in the city. It’s hoped that the plots will provide healthy food this summer for Grace Church’s food pantry patrons.
There have a been a number of stories about the Global Anglican Future Conference appearing in the press and on NPR today. Here’s a list of a few we haven’t already mentioned.
Bishop Bob Duncan’s address to the gathered at GAFCON has been posted to the Anglican Communion Network webpage. In his address Bishop Duncan claims that the Elizabethan settlement, out of which has grown modern Anglicanism, has now failed and a new model must be found.
“Hard-line bishops make a mess of it in the Holy Land” is how the Telegraph headlines today’s report on the startup of the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem today. The article details a number of the initial organizational hurdles the meeting has had to overcome so far.
There’s a long interview in the Asian Times today with Bishop John Chane where he discusses his work in trying to create religious dialogue with Islamic leaders.
According to news reports the review committee looking into charges against the bishop of Pennsylvania has found that he did not act inappropriately in using diocesan funds as was charged. There is no ruling yet on the other charges brought against him.
Yesterday was the final day of the presentations to the trial court convened to rule on charges of misconduct against Bishop Charles Bennison. The trial concluded with closing arguments and a not unexpected move by the defense to dismiss all charges. The verdict is expected in 30 days or less.
The Lead has been passed along an essay entitled “Our Journey Into the Future” that is reportedly to be presented to the Global Anglican Futures Convention (GAFCON) which occurs later this month in Jordan. This is a new document and not the paper published by SPREAD that appeared a few weeks ago.
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has moved its yearly Diocesan Convention forward by a month so as to be better positioned to respond to the expected action by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops following the Lambeth Conference.
The Scottish Episcopal Church is meeting in its General Synod now. The reports from the first day’s business have appeared on its web site, and are summarized on Thinking Anglicans. In their meeting, the Synod expressed a willingness to participate in the design of a possible covenant, but pointedly stopped at saying anything more committal.