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Pastoral Letter concerning Church of the Epiphany, South Haven
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Press Release Concerning the House of Bishops September 27, 2007
- Memo from the Bishop concerning Stewardship
- Convention Address April 20, 2007
- Pastoral Letter April 19, 2007
- Mutual Ministry Review May 2007
August 14, 2003
General Convention 2003
Dear Friends in Christ:
On behalf of our Western Michigan deputation
to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held recently in Minneapolis,
I want to thank you for your prayers and expressions of concern and hope
that sustained us as we prepared for, traveled to, and participated in
the deliberations of the convention. By now you have heard or read about
the decisions that convention made, but perhaps what the media didn’t
(or couldn’t)
report was the powerful presence of prayer that nourished us as we debated
and voted.
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March 23, 2003
Dear Friends in Christ:
I am writing to you from a House of Bishops meeting that finds us poised on
the brink of war. All of us gathered here in the mountains of North Carolina
are grieved by the current situation and I want to assure you of the church’s
pastoral concern for you in these anxious and frightening times. We need to
be aware, as Christian people, of our obligation to search the Gospels of Jesus
Christ for answers to the questions that weigh heavily on our spirits. As Christians
we enter the Gospels to know what is expected of us. I urge you all to do that
with the guidance of your clergy and spiritual leaders.
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