{UAH} FW: [ENS] American priest elected bishop for New Westminster diocese

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To: jesnak@msn.com
From: news@episcopalchurch.org
Subject: [ENS] American priest elected bishop for New Westminster diocese
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:17:29 -0800

Having trouble viewing this e-mail? Visit our site here. December 2, 2013 WORLDWIDE American priest elected bishop for New Westminster diocese An American priest who describes herself as a "Canadian enthusiast" has been elected the first woman bishop in the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster and the first woman diocesan bishop in the ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon. The Rev. Canon Melissa M. Skelton, canon for congregational development and leadership and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Seattle, in the Diocese of Olympia, was elected by a special synod on Nov. 30, in Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver. She succeeds Bishop Michael Ingham, who retired last August. A Hunger Games Eucharist in the Diefenbunker About 130 young people gathered in a heavily fortified bank vault in the depths of the "Diefenbunker" near Carp, Ontario, on Nov. 17, 2013. They were there for a Eucharist and sermon comparing the pacifism of Christ and the "redemptive violence" of the bestselling novel and movie The Hunger Games. The once-secret underground bunker near Carp was built more than 50 years ago to protect the Canadian government from nuclear attack. Central Africa says 'no' to women's ordination The Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) Synod has voted against the ordination of women following a heated debate on a motion seeking to allow individual dioceses ready to ordain women within the Province to go ahead. More Worldwide news   BLOG JoAnne Brockway named DFMS controller Bishop leads prayers for fasting immigration-reform advocates Thanksgiving in Tanzania: The story of an accidental priest More ENS blog     Click here to subscribe to the ENS Daily! ENS on Twitter:  Follow @episcopal_news Episcopal News Service needs you! ENS welcomes submissions, including live event coverage, news stories, feature articles and commentaries. Click here. More than 11,000 active and involved Episcopalians and other Christians read this e-mail every week. To learn about advertising or other creative partnerships, contact Jake Dell at (212) 716-6264 or jdell@episcopalchurch.org. You are receiving this e-mail at jesnak@msn.com because you subscribed at episcopalnewsservice.com for our newsletter service. Please add news@episcopalchurch.org to your Address Book to ensure delivery of this email (how do I do this?).  | Start Receiving This E-mail  Published by the Office of Communication of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017

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