“That was a really exciting and emotionally uplifting day,” Bishop Lambert said when reached by telephone about two hours before his plane departed for England. “It’s a heck of a way to start.”
Bishop Lambert said he was initially intimidated by his status as a new bishop at Lambeth, but those anxieties were relieved during a consecration rehearsal the day before the service.
“One of the discussions we had was to ask all the bishops what we should expect,” he said. “It turned out that only one or two had actually been to Lambeth before. I’m not the only new guy on the block.”
As the bishops continued talking about Lambeth, Bishop Lambert said that the bishops present for his consecration estimated that 120 of the 136 Episcopal bishops will be attending their first Lambeth Conference.
Bishop Stanton recently agreed to become a Communion Partner Bishop. Bishop Lambert said he will also support the Communion Partner Bishop plan.