(ENS) Two days of record rain in the Nashville area have damaged buildings at St. George’s Episcopal Church and closed the Diocese of Tennessee offices.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow parishioners and neighbors in Tennessee as we deal with the effects of the rainstorms experienced in the state over this past weekend,” Bishop John Bauerschmidt said in a statement posted on the diocesan website May 3. “We are mindful of the loss of life and the damage caused to homes and businesses, which is still being assessed.”
The loss of life and damage to church and home calls to us. I hope that there will be ways through the Diocese to help our brothers and sisters.
Leigh Spruill is rector of this parish. I got to know him through the Communion Partner Rectors gatherings. Certainly all in our prayers.
Bruce Robison
The Diocese of Tennessee is my home diocese, for 25 years, and for
twenty years Smyrna was our home. I hope that all will be well with
Fr. Robin Courtney, St. George’s, St. Ann’s Parish, and the diocesean
office in Metro Center. Here in storm tossed, cool, and stormy
Peoria, our prayers are with Middle Tennessee.
Bob Dedmon+