A Call to Pray and Fast — Monday June 12
Bishop James Stanton of Dallas has urged June 12 be set aside for special prayer & fasting for General Convention. Here is what he posted on the Diocese of Dallas website:

A CALL TO PRAYER AND FASTING

“Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.” Ephesians 6.18

The General Convention of the Episcopal Church begins at Columbus, Ohio on June 13, 2006. Those of you who have access to the internet, or access to friends or family who do, undoubtedly know th1t the air is thick with prognostications, predictions, warnings, forebodings, and the pushing of various points. This is, I believe, neither the time nor the place to contribute further to this anxious moment in the life of the Church to which we belong and which we love.

Instead, I am issuing a call to all the congregations of this Diocese, to all the Clergy and all the members of the Lay Order: I call upon all of us to set apart Monday, June 12, as a day of prayer and fasting for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. I call upon the Clergy to offer the Holy Eucharist on that day with special intention for the Convention, and to set apart additional times of vigil for the people to offer their prayers and intercessions for the bishops and deputies who will go the Convention.Offer the fast throughout the day from sunrise to sunset. Traditionally a fast includes abstinence from food, but may also involve abstaining from other customary comforts. The point of the fast is to concentrate our attention on God and His will for us and allow prayer and the reading of God’s Word to sustain us. the rest