Bonnie Anderson to visit Albany

Bonnie Anderson, the President of the House of Deputies (of the General Convention) will be visiting the Diocese of Albany over the weekend. While invited by Albany Via Media, this visit includes participation by the diocesan bishop (Bill Love), which is unusual for these sorts of visits previously.

According to the article in the Times Union, this is being billed as an intentional bridge-building event that is explicitly seeking ways to find reconciliation.

From the report in the Times Union:

“The highest-ranking lay officer of the national Episcopal Church will be in Albany Saturday for an event organized to build bridges between different wings of the church.

Episcopal House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson will speak at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church, focusing on the state of the church and the broader Anglican Communion — and how that affects the Albany diocese.

 

The address will be preceded at 1 p.m. by a celebration of the Eucharist, led by Albany Bishop William Love.

‘This is the first time since Bill Love became bishop that a high-ranking representative of the national church has met with the bishop and with other Albany Episcopalians in a public forum,’ said Robert Dodd, president of Albany Via Media.

Albany Via Media, the group sponsoring Saturday’s event, is made up of liberal-to-moderate local Episcopalians who want to keep the Albany diocese in communion with the national church.”

Read the rest here.

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