July 4, 2012

Today we begin committee hearings at General Convention. I keep thinking that going through this process is like trying to learn the rules of Cricket.  You know they make sense to others, but you also have a sense there is an easier way to spend your day.

I am Co-Chair, with Ms. Debby Stokes from Ohio, of the Education Committee. We have about a dozen resolutions. The most controversial resolution  is to remove Confirmation as a requirement for holding office in the Church because we are fully empowered as ministers in Baptism.

We will work today from 8:00 to 7:00 pm and then cross the street to watch the Indianapolis Indians take on the Louisville Bats (it's all about the fireworks).

So much of Convention is worship and people and getting new ideas/perspectives and remembering what a wonderful alphabet soup The Episcopal Church is.

Keep us in your prayers.  As we celebrate our independence as a nation, let us celebrate our complete dependence on God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

+Porter