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| Bishops Chet Talton, Robert
Anderson, J. Jon Bruno Sergio Carranza gather with youth workers at
Convention as they load 18-wheel truck with supplies collected for
hurricane relief efforts. Convention delegates brought tools, paper
goods, personal items and food to be delivered to Lutheran-Episcopal
relief organization in Mississippi. Truck departed December 12 for Gulf
Coast, driven by volunteer members of Teamster’s union. PHOTOS: PENNY
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Bishop Duncan Gray of
Mississippi sports Mardi Gras beads being sold at Convention as he tells
delegates of ministry and hope following devastation of Hurricane
Katrina. |
Acolytes gather before Convention
Eucharist. |
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| Bishops Talton, Anderson,
Bruno and Carranza confer as they help young people gather supplies
donated by Convention delegates to be shipped to Mississippi for
hurricane relief efforts. |
Brian Sellers-Peterson,
Province VIII coordinator for Episcopal Relief and Development, shows
delegates ERD gift catalog for 2005 Christmas season. |
Co-editors Malcolm Boyd and Jon Bruno,
at right, sign copies of recently released book In Times Like These,
collection of meditations on prayer. |
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| Cajun band leads delegates
from hall at end of Convention Eucharist. |
Dean Farrar, rector of St.
Francis’, Palos Verdes Estates, helps haul detergent to truck carrying
hurricane relief supplies. |
At Friday evening dinner, Bishop Jon
Bruno, left, poses with newly-named honorary canons of Cathedral Center:
John Shiner, chancellor of the diocese; Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints,
Pasadena; and David Chee, rector of St. Gabriel’s, Monterey Park. |
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Eric Law, center, signs
copies of El lobo habitara con el cordero, new Spanish
translation of his popular The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb. |
Delegate marks ballot
for election of diocesan officers. |
Heather Evans of All Saints, Pasadena,
assists bishop Bruno at Eucharist: deacon Fred Glass is at back. |
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| Norm Freeman, vicar of St.
Michael’s, Isla Vista, performs meditation music during Convention
Eucharist. Freeman, with Theo Saunders Quartet, also provided dance
music at Friday dinner. |
Lydia Lopez, canon
association for communications of the diocese, staffs booth selling
Mardi Gras beads, which quickly became adornments of choice for bishops,
delegates, staff and visitors to Convention. Proceeds from sale of beads
were presented to Bishop Duncan Gray of Mississippi for his
discretionary fund. |
Bishop Bruno and a delegate dance to
music of Cajun band after Eucharist. |
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| Bishop Bruno dances an
impromptu waltz with Patsy Brierley after he honored her during Friday
session for service to diocese. |
Judge of Elections Roger
Leachman reports on voting. |
Bishop Bruno honors
Peter Mann, retiring treasurer of diocese, with “Order of Angels” as
Tita Mann looks on. |
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| Rachel Kitch, youth
volunteer from St. Paul’s, Pomona, reads New Testament lesson during
Convention Eucharist. |
Youth volunteer sends
donated teddy bear on its way to Mississippi with a hug. |
Joanne O’Donnell and Michael Witmer
staff Reconciliation Project booth in exhibit hall. Both O’Donnell and
Witmer will serve as deputies to General Convention in June 2006. |
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| Volunteers work registration
tables at Diocesan Convention. |
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Bishop Bruno blesses rosaries made by
youth volunteers during Convention. |
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| Youth volunteers sort
through supplies donated by delegates and congregations for hurricane
relief. |
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Marla Murphy, right,
assists shopper at St. Augustine’s, Santa Monica, booth in Exhibit Hall. |
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| Suheil Dawani, bishop
coadjutor-elect of Jerusalem, awards United Thank Offering plaques made
in holy Land to representatives of congregations. Dawani was ordained as
bishop on January 6 in Jerusalem. |
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Youth volunteers gather with bishops of
Los Angeles and Bishop Duncan Gray of Mississippi to display contents of
“Parkers,” red buckets used to collect donations for Episcopal Relief
and Development. One collection during Convention was presented to Gray
for his discretionary fund to assist hurricane victims. |
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| Lucia Maldonado, youth
worker from St. Simon’s, San Fernando, reads Old Testament lesson in
Spanish during Eucharist. |
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Paul Price is caught by surprise as
youth volunteer Justin Kawamoto collects his ballot. |
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| Youth workers gather around
font during opening worship at Convention. |
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