Sunday Unchanged for Local Episcopal Churches
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
It`s mostly business as usual for some local Episcopal churches on the first Sunday since the church elected its first openly gay bishop.
The bishop-elect, Reverend Gene Robinson, returned home to Concord, New Hampshire today to cheers and hugs...even though a couple of families have left his congregation.
But ministers at a few local churches say while they do have congregation members who disagree with Robinson`s appoinment, they haven`t made plans to leave the church over it.
"There`s quite a disparity of views but people are staying together and expressing it as a community," says Herbert Hahn, a member at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
Reverend Scott Lee at Trinity says attendance has been at its usual, and maybe a little larger than normal.
He says he prays that the church`s decision will help it to grow and become more inclusive.
"It is my understanding that a careful reading of the Scripture, particularly the gospels of Jesus Christ, tell us that we open our arms and love to all persons," Lee said.
