Meaningful meetings
February 25, 2007

U.S. Episcopal Church reaches a crossroads

Two meetings set two worlds apart might have a profound effect on the religious life of thousands of Episcopalians living in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.

The first meeting took place Feb. 10 at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Lodi.
The meeting was presided over by the president of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies, the second-highest ranking officer of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

It's one of 38 Anglican communions that make up the world Anglican Church.

The meeting was held to assure local church leaders and members in the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin that the national Episcopal Church is taking steps to make sure they're supported in case the San Joaquin Diocese at the next convention decides to pull away from the national church to become a non-Episcopalian diocese. the rest