| Episcopal Visit of our Bishop Ordinary, The Rt. Rev. Royal U. Grote, Jr. June 13-14, 2009 |
A meeting of hearts and minds: members of St. Stephen's and of the newly
formed All Saints Anglican Church gather together in our new parish hall
to learn from Bp. Grote the pratical implications of our membership in the
ACNA.
formed All Saints Anglican Church gather together in our new parish hall
to learn from Bp. Grote the pratical implications of our membership in the
ACNA.
| Bp. Grote with our Diaconal Postulant Alan Gillidette, who sustained his oral examination the previous day. Congratulations Alan! |
| Our Confirmands, Ginny Spaven, Ty Schmidt, Ron Forsberg, Dan Batchelor, and Chandler Heaton, prepare their hearts for the laying on of hands. |
| Fr. Jerry presents the Confirmands to the Bishop. |
| The Processional: "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with thy grace and heav'nly aid, And fill the hearts which thou has made." |
| "Defend, O Lord, these thy Children with thy heavenly grace; that they may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until they come unto thy everlasting kingdom. Amen" |
| Sr. Warden Nick Hoppner leads the stampede to the food.! |
| Bp. Grote joins in. |
| Bp. Grote prays for our newly confirmed members. |
