The Rev. Melanie Barnett Wright, priest in charge at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church worshiping in Theater Arlington, has written an article that is published In the June 2013, issue of Vestry Papers, part of ECF Vital Practices, an online publication of the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF),
In “After the Storm” Wright reflects on how a local Methodist congregation’s response after a tornado destroyed their building in many ways mirrored the response of St. Alban’s Episcopalians after they had to leave their building in the aftermath of the 2008 decision of the former bishop and other leaders of our diocese to leave The Episcopal Church but still claim Episcopal Church property.
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