By Kirk Petersen The Rev. Matthew Cowden, an Indiana rector who grew up in Virginia, was elected to become the VIII Bishop of West Virginia at the diocese’s 144th diocesan convention on September 25. Cowden has been rector since 2009 at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana, which is a […]
Archives for September 30, 2021
Bishop Roundup: Rochester, Los Angeles, Iowa
By Kirk Petersen Rochester The Rt. Rev. Prince Singh, VIII Bishop of Rochester, announced September 16 that he will resign on February 2, 2022, the 14th anniversary of his election as bishop. “My heart is at peace as I pray this decision collaboratively, just the way I have prayed most of my past choices into […]
New Construction
By Amber Noel A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 7:22-29 22 “On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?’ 23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go […]