“We do not agree with the innovations of the national church,” said the Rev. John Phelps, who conducts the services at St. Peters, St. Luke’s and Holy Spirit in Graham.
He said there are no changes in the services, the prayer books, the beliefs or the dedication to that which the church believes.
“It was a step taken to preserve the church,” he said.
“By voting to change our diocesan Constitution and Canons, we have withdrawn from the General Convention, dissociating ourselves from the moral, theological and disciplinary innovations of The Episcopal Church,” a letter distributed to parishioners throughout the diocese read Sunday. “We have realigned with another Province of the Anglican Communion. This is a change in affiliation, not a change in worship or doctrine. Our bishop, clergy and congregations have been received into the fellowship of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. We are deeply grateful to Archbishop Gregory Venables for this provision, which he has made on a temporary and emergency basis, in response to the crisis in The Episcopal Church. We now look forward to the formation of an Anglican Province in North America.”
From the article: “St. Peters by the Lake at Possum Kingdom.” I love it. The first impression of a trailer park in the pine flats is wrong. Possum Kingdom lakefront lots start at $150,000.
Possum Kingdom has now taken its place on my mental map.
Here is a link to the longer article from which that was excerpted.
Thanks for the link to Mineral Wells Index monica which is now fixed – Elf
oops. No link. Trying again:
[url=http://tinyurl.com/Mineral-Wells-Index][/url]
Sorry elves, I guess we can’t post links on T19?
Anyway the original article is posted on the website of the Mineral Wells Index.
monika
The longer article is here:
http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/local/local_story_324094822.html
moniker
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