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Oklahoma Elects
Its Next Bishop

By Kirk Petersen
The Rev. Poulson C. Reed of Phoenix has been elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Oklahoma, and will succeed the Rt. Rev Edward J. Konieczny when "Bishop Ed" retires late next year.
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Falls Church Episcopal Marks 250 Years

By Mark Michael
Warden George Washington settled the construction contract for The Falls Church Episcopal, which already was more than 90 years old when it served as a Union hospital during the Civil War. The building is still used for worship every week.
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CofE Appoints Next Archbishop of York

By Kirk Petersen
The current Bishop of Chelmsford has been appointed by the prime minister and the queen to become the next Archbishop of York, the second-highest ranking cleric in the Church of England. Not everyone is happy.
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St. John's Seminary to Close in England

By Mark Michael
A 156-year old Anglican theological college in Nottingham has announced that it will close after declining enrollment left the institution financially unsustainable.
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Creative Approach to Lessons and Carols

By David Palmer
A church in upstate New York hopes to bring new people into the church by broadening the traditional Lessons & Carols service to include Celtic and African-American and other non-traditional carols.
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Advent, the Four Last Things: Heaven

By Hannah Bowman
This third of four columns says that if heaven is understood only as blessedness and peace, then we cannot both take justice seriously and also avoid the exclusion of enemies, oppressors, and abusers from heaven.
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Pray for the City

By Jody Howard
In signing a marriage license, a priest does not become an agent of the state. Rather than saying “go forth and do what the state does,” the state is saying “We see what you’re doing and recognize it.”
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