Category: The Lead

Music for a new old church

One doesn’t have to spend much time planning a liturgy in the Episcopal Church to realize the personal passions and tastes we hold for our music. And the language we use to describe the music we don’t personally like — dirge, sap, drivel, outdated, trash — doesn’t help. One person’s dirge, after all, is another person’s dignity; one person’s sap allows another’s spirit to soar with the Holy Spirit in delight.

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The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane announces the selection of four candidates for bishop diocesan

The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Spokane in Eastern Washington State and the Idaho panhandle has announced that four candidates have been chosen for consideration at the 52nd Diocesan Convention. The candidates will be introduced to the diocese during the period of 26 -30 SEP. There may be additional candidates by that time who were submitted through a nomination by petition process in the diocese. The electing convention will be held 14 – 16 OCT at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston, ID. Should the bishop-elect receive the necessary consents, the ordination & consecration service is scheduled to be held 18 MAR 2017 in the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Spokane WA.

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