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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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Bishop's Confidentiality Statement

Information you tell me about yourself is held in confidence unless I am required by law to report it (e.g. reporting child abuse).  As I work to bring positive change to the diocese, information you tell me about another person, parish, etc. is only helpful if I can share that information.  I may choose to check out the accuracy of the information and to name its source. Information that is presented as confidential about another, which I can’t use to affect change, is not helpful and therefore best kept to oneself.

 

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