KANSAS: Episcopal Bishop Makes Reunion Overtures to Diocese of Western Kansas
KANSAS: Episcopal Bishop Makes Reunion Overtures to Diocese of Western Kansas
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 16, 2010
The Bishop of Kansas, the Rt. Rev. Dean E. Wolfe has written a letter to the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Western Kansas calling for a reunion of the two dioceses.
"We have a unique opportunity, in this brief moment, to engage in a crucial conversation and it is an opportunity which may not present itself again for many years. I believe if our two great dioceses were to join forces it would create an atmosphere of holy excitement and renewed hope throughout our state." (See full letter below.)
Both dioceses face serious financial shortfalls.
The Diocese of Western Kansas will elect a new bishop on August 21. The three nominees for bishop announced on Aug. 3 are the Rev. Michael Pierce Milliken, 63, rector of Grace Church, Hutchinson, in the Diocese of Western Kansas; the Rev. Robert Allen Rodgers, 65, deployment officer in the Diocese of Eau Claire and vicar of two mission congregations, St. Albans' Church in Spooner and St. Luke's Church in Springbrook, WI; and the Rev. Bryce Dennis Zimmerman, 58, rector, of St. Cornelius Church, Dodge City, in the Diocese of Western Kansas.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 16, 2010
The Bishop of Kansas, the Rt. Rev. Dean E. Wolfe has written a letter to the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Western Kansas calling for a reunion of the two dioceses."We have a unique opportunity, in this brief moment, to engage in a crucial conversation and it is an opportunity which may not present itself again for many years. I believe if our two great dioceses were to join forces it would create an atmosphere of holy excitement and renewed hope throughout our state." (See full letter below.)
Both dioceses face serious financial shortfalls.
The Diocese of Western Kansas will elect a new bishop on August 21. The three nominees for bishop announced on Aug. 3 are the Rev. Michael Pierce Milliken, 63, rector of Grace Church, Hutchinson, in the Diocese of Western Kansas; the Rev. Robert Allen Rodgers, 65, deployment officer in the Diocese of Eau Claire and vicar of two mission congregations, St. Albans' Church in Spooner and St. Luke's Church in Springbrook, WI; and the Rev. Bryce Dennis Zimmerman, 58, rector, of St. Cornelius Church, Dodge City, in the Diocese of Western Kansas.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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