Monday November 10, 2008
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Monday November 10, 2008
Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real
My husband John and I are both delegates from our home parish of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Saratoga, California) to the Convention of the Diocese of El Camino Real. This weekend was our annual meeting and the first after the ordination of our new Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves. There were many references to the Year of Wonder declared by Bishop Mary during our last convention. A Baldachino or hanging of the word WONDER was a feature of the stage during the entire convention.
Convention takes place over a day - from late afternoon Friday through late afternoon Saturday. The last few years, we have met in Salinas. Our Central Coast diocese is very long and thin - running from Palo Alto in the north to Nipomo in the south. Salinas is more-or-less convenient (or equally inconvenient) for most delegates. There were presentations, dignitaries, music and dancing, much prayerful discussion, knitting by delegates, and extensive debate over the difference between majority and plurality voting. We passed the budget in record time as well as passing resolutions on conservation, gang violence, the Millennium Development Goals, Marriage Rites in Civil Jurisdictions that Permit Same-Sex Marriages, Consents to Episcopal Elections, and matters of pay and governance. Full texts are on the Diocesan Convention 2008 web page.
WONDER Baldachino
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Bishop Mary
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Mariachi Eucharist
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Anthony Guillen
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Fiero Nuevo Folklorico
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Fiero Nuevo Folklorico
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Santa Maria Urban Ministry display
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Lambeth Conference Report
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Garza Family Delegates
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Giraffe Presentation
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Bishop and Giraffe
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Holy Child Delegates
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Rev. Vincent Raj speaks
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Jennifer Ezell speaks
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John Plocher speaks
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Posted at 09:01AM Nov 10, 2008 by katysblog in Church |
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