Bishop Schofield’s Response to Presiding Bishop’s Letter of December 14

Dear Bishop Schori,
Thank you for your letter of December 14, 2007 asking for clarification of my status. Much has happened in the past few weeks that have a bearing on that status.
I am proud of the people of the Diocese of San Joaquin. Last year when the vote was taken to change [...]

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Episcopanglican by Alliee DeArmond

I love John-David. Although he can blow hot air as much as anyone else, I’ve heard him preach when there was so much Holy Spirit anointing, you hardly had to breath to stay alive. He presided at the marriage of my second son. He’s a sponsor of The Word Shop. Once, after he heard my [...]

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Staying True to the Scriptures

St. Vincent of Lerins, in 434 A.D., devised a method for evaluating truth claims in the Christian church.
He believed truth begins and ends with holy Scripture. Even in the fifth century, everyone didn’t agree on what holy writ said or meant.
He wrote about what is taught everywhere, what has always been taught and what everyone [...]

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To all who prayed….

posted by Fr. Rob Eaton 
On behalf of the Dept of Communication for the Diocese of San Joaquin, I’d like to thank all those willing to pray and intercede for the duration of the Diocesan Convention held Dec 7 and 8, including the 24 hours prior to, and the few hours after as folks traveled home. [...]

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San Joaquin Diocesan Convention Prayer Vigil signup

UPdate 12/9/07):
We will leave this post for a few more days in the hopes of having more people who actually prayed.
Please leave a comment with your “name” and time you will pray, and we’ll insert it into the schedule.  Please be sure to note what time zone you are indicating; everything will be converted to [...]

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Convention wired for videostreaming

A local company by the name of unWired Broad Band, Inc., has graciously agreed to a temporary direct feed setup which will allow Kevin Kallsen of AnglicanTV.org to do videostreaming of each of the convention venues, starting with the convention Opening Eucharist at 11am (Pacific) in St. James Cathedral, Fresno.   The opening session of convention [...]

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Surrounded Backup blog

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is our backup weblog for the Diocese of San Joaquin.  The rules have not changed – all comments are moderated.  With some sense of trust in prior comments that are not abusive, some commenters will be allowed to bypass the moderation and see their comments posted immediately.
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