On the afternoon of April 5th, 2008, there was a definite festive air as people gathered from all over the Diocese of San Diego to hear their Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts-Schori speak about a reasoned faith.
The church and chapel were filled, with the number of people being over 600. As the Presiding Bishop walked in, she got a standing ovation. Mike Angell, Campus Missioner to UCSD and soon-to-be-seminarian, welcomed everyone to Good Sam. Our Bishop, Jim Mathes introduced the Presiding Bishop, invoking lots of laughter as he did so.
Bishop Jefferts-Schori told her faith story, in a rather summarized form but touched on the main points and her personal struggle with reconciling both science (she was an oceanographer) and faith. It was also very cool to hear that the church she went to in Oregon was the Church of the Good Samaritan!
Two of our own asked questions: Joan Stein and Col. Bob Dingeman. Many thanks to the hard work put in by the Daughters of the King, led for this enterprise by Germaine Bergeron-Lynn, as they put the ECS cookies on platters and prepared and served punch for the reception on a chilly marine-layer patio.
You can find the whole story of her weekend in San Diego here.
 Good Sam's Daughters of the King prepare plates of cookies for the reception. ECS (Episcopal Community Services) provided the cookies. |
 Ann Carlton (Daughters of the King) and Mike Angell (UCSD Campus Missioner) |
 The Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts-Schori spoke to a crowded Good Sam church filled with parishioners from all over San Diego. |
 Reception on the Patio following the Presiding Bishop's speech |