First Anglican service in New World is marked
Hundreds join in celebrations at Jamestown Island where "Protestant worship took hold."
BY AMY JOHNSON3
June 25, 2007

JAMESTOWN -- Close to 1,000 people withstood the heat Sunday morning on Jamestown Island to join the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first Anglican Holy Communion in the New World.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, led the ceremony.Men, women and children listened to lessons in Scripture, worshiped, and participated in Holy Communion.

The event was sponsored by four Episcopal dioceses in Virginia and drew people from across the state. The event began Sunday morning at 11 with members of the Virginia Indian Tribe drummers and dancers and lasted until 6 p.m. the rest