Deputation Chair Bob Sessum, President of the 4th
Province of the Episcopal Church and nominee for Vice-President of
the House of Deputies, enjoys a visit with National Stewardship
officer Terry Parsons, a member of Resurrection, Jessamine County. |
David Davidson and Jan Dunnavant on their way to
House of deputies |
ECW delegates head to the first session of Triennial
meeting. |
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Juanita Peterson is among those with “wheels” on
her notebook. |
Bishop and Ginger Sauls visit with California
bishops Mark Andrus (l.) and John Bruno (r.) |
Lexington deputies caucus every afternoon following
the end of the legislative day. |
Briefing Officers Bishop Chilton Knudsen of Maine
and George Councell of New Jersey are pictured in the Newsroom
infront of the “Come and Grow” Convention logo. |
Jim Rosenthal, Communications Officer for the
Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion visits with
colleagues in the newsroom. |
Briefing officer Dr. Anita George of the Diocese of
Mississippi talks with the Rev. Sandra Wilson following the
briefing. |
Bishop Knudsen answers questions following the
briefing. |
Bob Williams, News Director of Episcopal News
Service (r.) talks with Dr. Richard Schori of Nevada, who is also
the spouse of nominee for Presiding Bishop, Bishop Katherine
Jefferts-Schori. |
Bob Sessum visits in the Exhibit Hall during lunch
break… |
and chats with Lexington deputies J.P. Brantley and
Mary Ann Weiss. |
Austin Tuning eats lunch in the Exhibit Hall with
former Lexingtonian Sarah Stanton, a deputy from Eastern Oregon. |
A portion of the media line-up waiting for tickets
to the hearing on the Windsor Report and Anglican Communion. |
A portion of the media line-up waiting for tickets
to the hearing on the Windsor Report and Anglican Communion. |
The youth presence at General Convention. Speaker
2nd row, 3rd from left. |
Deputy Morris Thompson shares a few light moments
between sessions with Corky Carlisle and Mike Milliken. |
Among the senior media colleagues covering the
General Convention are front, l. to r. Carol Barnwell, Diocese of
Texas; Mike Barwell, Diocese of New Hampshire; James Rosenthal, the
Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and rear, Nan
Ross, the Diocese of Atlanta. |
Convention visitors from Lexington include the Rev.
Sandy Stone, Advent, Cynthiana and Cedar Hills Retreat Center;
Diocesan Administrator Maggie Hall and the Rev. Bonnie Quantrell
Jones, St. Martha’s and Martha’s Place, Lexington. |
Joining the singing at the Presiding Bishop’s
Forum for a Reconciled World were l.to r. the Rev. Sally Boelter,
C.C. Johnson, J.P. Brantley and Bob Sessum. |
A portion of the crowd giving Senator John Danforth
a standing ovation following his talk on “The Right Church for the
Right Time.” |
On Friday morning, Juanita Betz Peterson nominated
the Rev. Bob Sessum to be Vice-President of the House of Deputies.
The Advocate caught up with Bob and Juanita as they went to the
Secretariat of the HOD to file his papers. |
Katherine Harper presents the Diocese of Lexington’s
UTO offering at the United Thank Offering Convention Eucharist. |
UTO representatives from every Diocese of the
Episcopal Church processed behind the UTO banner. |
Andy, Mattie and Ginger Sauls attend the UTO
Convention Eucharist. |
The Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal
Church, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold in procession at the
Convention Eucharist. |
Mattie Sauls visits with friends following the
Eucharist. |
The Sauls family – Mattie, Bishop Sauls, Ginger
and Stacy gather for a quick lunch prior to the official nomination
session. |
Maggie Hall, Diocesan Administrator visits and Diane
and Gary Gabbard of Trinity, Covington. |
Once a part of the Diocese of Lexington---old
friends Peter Casparian, Terry Parsons, Marguerite Caparian, Whitty
Bohmer and Corky Carlisle enjoy a quick visit in the convention
center. |
Diocesan Communications Officer Kay Collier
McLaughlin is pictured in the Convention Media Room with colleague
Nan Ross, Episcopal Media Center, Atlanta, editor of the Diocese of
Atlanta magazine Pathways. |
Bishop Curry is pictured here at the Briefing table,
with the General Convention “Come and Grow” logo behind him,
answering post-briefing questions from diocesan, national and
international press, such as The Anglican Journal from Toronto
(pictured). |
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Bishop Curry served as one of four Briefing Officers
from the House of Bishops. Briefing Officers met with the media each
morning to answer questions about the business of convention. |
In these photos he is saying: “Every now and then,
Pentecost sweeps through this Church—and that’s what happened on
Sunday. I believe the Baptismal Covenant is transforming our Church—there
is a serious desire on the part of people everywhere to find a way
to go forward—and the Baptismal Covenant is our way forward.” |
Bishop Curry |
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