[Magdalen] Prayer Request

[Grace Cangialosi]

I knew I knew that name!! I also knew Brian through AMERC. Who would have thought...?

> On Jul 28, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> Wow, I know Brian.  Worked with him when I participated in the Appalachian
> Ministries program in Berea, way before he was ordained in Western NC.
> Good guy, but I know nothing of him for nearly 20  years.
> 
> 
> Ann
> 
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jay, et al,
>> 
>> Here is an announcement from ETN websited:
>> http://www.dioet.org/5th-bishop-election.html
>> 
>> Welcome to our new Bishop-elect Brian Cole! Brian was elected on the 5th
>> ballot and received a thuderous welcome from the entire electing session of
>> the 33rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee.
>> 
>> This is a good thing!
>> Ginga
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Prayers for this election.  Ginny Wilder knows and respects Brian Cole.
>>> Frank Logue has been exceptionally helpful to mission congregations in
>> the
>>> lower part of SC since the schism that needed supply clergy.  He is
>> highly
>>> respected here.
>>> 
>>> Ginga
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jay, I have followed this semi-closely, partly because the last election
>>>> was not so long ago and I wondered why that bishop stepped down,
>> retired,
>>>> or is bishop-ing elsewhere. A priest from Dio TX, and Lane Denson's (of
>>>> beloved memory), friend Lisa Hunt+ was a candidate on that go-round.
>>>> 
>>>> This time I know one of the candidates personally -  Lance+, who
>>>> graduated from Sewanee in '01 and was a transitional deacon at my home
>>>> parish following graduation. He has been in Dio Olympia (WA) for a
>> number
>>>> of years and this is his second 'candidacy' for Bp in less than 2 years
>>>> (and his brother is Bp or Dio Eastern MI).  That old,
>>>> 1-degree-of-separation Episcopal world all over again.  I have heard of
>>>> Frank Logue but the others are unfamiliar to me. It will be interesting.
>>>> 
>>>> Lynn
>>>> 
>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>> 
>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
>> gave
>>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>> 
>>>> "Mercy and compassion are more than personal options. They are the
>>>> antidotes to that fear and hatred." Mark Singel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 10:44 AM
>>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] Prayer Request
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Prayers are requested for the election today of a new bishop for the
>>>>> Diocese of East Tennessee (my former home). I didn't even know this was
>>>>> occurring or I would have posted this much earlier! The candidates are:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Rev. Brian ColeRector, Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington, KY -
>>>>> The
>>>>> Diocese of Lexington
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Rev. Hendree HarrisonRector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Athens,
>> TN
>>>>> -
>>>>> The Diocese of East Tennessee
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Rev. Canon Frank Logue The Canon to The Ordinary -  The Diocese of
>>>>> Georgia
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Rev. Canon Lance OusleyThe Canon for Stewardship & Development, The
>>>>> Diocese of Olympia (Seattle) & Priest-in-Charge, St. John's, Kirkland,
>>>>> WA,
>>>>> The Diocese of Olympia
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Rev. Marty StebbinsRector, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Wilson,
>>>>> NC -
>>>>> The Diocese of North Carolina
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know any of these people.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>