Dear Friends in Christ -
Last Saturday, five clergy and lay people from St. Paul's (Janet Waggoner, Knute Hansen, Ron Kelly, Betty Tuttle and Lilly Beall) spent the day at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford. Their purpose there: to elect a new Bishop Suffragan (to replace The Right Rev. Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, who accepted the call to serve as Bishop of Ecuador).
Episcopal elections are fascinating . . . and very difficult to explain. Basically, two groups vote - 1. lay representatives from parishes and 2. clergy. Voting continues until a majority of both groups concur. In this election, it took five ballots to elect the Rev. Dr. Laura Ahrens to be our new Bishop Suffragan. We thank God for Laura's ministry among us and for how she will bless and lead our diocese in the future.
For details of the election and more information on the election and on our newest Bishop, please see the diocesan website: http://www.ctdiocese.org/news/news.shtmlr.
Faithfully yours,
Janet+
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The official blog for St. Paul's - featuring parish news and events, with reflections written by our Rector, the Rev. Janet Waggoner
About Me
- Janet Waggoner
- Rector of a dynamic Episcopal congregation in the Lower Naugatuck Valley; wife of Ed Waggoner, a professor of religion and theology; mother of two children