Her remarks in response follow: (ENS)
I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues in the House of Deputies as their next president, and I’m grateful to all of the people across the church””deputies, bishops, and many other leaders””who have expressed their confidence in me and shared their ideas. I’m especially grateful to Deputy Martha Alexander and Deputy Frank Logue for offering their gifts to the church, and I look forward to working with them during the next triennium.
I am a priest, ordained in 1979, born and raised and ordained in the Diocese of Central New York, and an eight-time deputy from the Diocese of Ohio. I stood for election as president of the House of Deputies because I believe that God is calling me to work with leaders across the church to change the way we do business in the next triennium. For the Episcopal Church to matter in the 21st century, we have to find ways to move forward together.
As president of the House of Deputies, I intend to foster the leadership of young people, people of color, and others who have not always been at the table. I have strong relationships with many bishops, and I look forward to working with the House of Bishops for wholeness, reconciliation and justice that will benefit the entire Episcopal Church.
The Church longs to be transfigured ”“ changed into the likeness of Jesus ”“ from glory to glory. That’s my vision for the Episcopal Church, and I look forward to working with the House of Deputies, the House of Bishops, and Episcopalians across the church to make it come true.
I guess we are welcoming Gays of all kinds.
Nyunk, nyunk, nyunk. 😉
Wasn’t Gay the only option? I mean that seriously but the double meaning is admittedly delicious, LOL.
I hate when they generalize about the church’s “longings.” Somehow, my “longings” for the church bear no resemblance to what they claim. No one consulted me or anyone I know about that!
What will be the icing on the cake is if Sally Johnson is elected VP of the HOD. This will mean that the three leaders of the national Episcopal Organization will all be women and one of whom (Johnson) will be a partnered lesbian.
Not exactly what most of the Global South Anglicans will get jiggy with.
Where, oh where are the [b]MEN[/b]?
Men, Cennydd13? Haven’t you received the memo? Straight men are the problem, not the solution.
Ms Jennings’ acceptance speech is rather strange.
There is no indication that she is even aware of the challenges facing TEC, even less that she has any idea how to solve them.
TEC has suffered from a series of incompetent leaders: +Frank Griswold and Ms Katherine Schori as PBs; Bonnie Anderson and now Gay Jennings as PHOD, and not a few others. If TEC goes on choosing leaders who don’t know how to carry out basic administrative and organisational tasks, how do they expect to reverse TEC’s downward slide?