Launch from Louisville
And so a few thousand of the Episcopal Church’s faithful have taken over downtown Louisville for the 81st General Convention! Amongst the crowds of Episcopalians are the entire House of Bishops, the House of Deputies which includes deputations of laity and clergy from each and every diocese of the Church. And then there are also exhibitors, visitors, special guests and so on.
Saturday was a day of orientation for bishops and deputies who are involved in legislation. Surrounding those activities were some special events including a revival worship service at the KFC Yum! Center Saturday night. Then today, Sunday the 23rd, legislation officially began in both houses.
Here are some images and captions from the first two days, and I’ll be back tomorrow with more posts. Enjoy!
Pictured Above, clockwise from top left - (1) the schedule for General Convention (2) President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris delivers remarks before a joint session of both houses (3) She was followed by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry (4) the transformed worship space at the Kentucky International Convention Center for Sunday morning’s triumphant Holy Eucharist presided by Bishop Terry White of Kentucky; the preacher was President Ayala Harris