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.

AnglicanTV.org has already posted recordings of some of the speakers to the convention, and is going to be posting more, including the Opening Eucharist and some of the convention proceedings.  During these events you will be looking at - even if it is not obvious - individuals who were given permission by convention to be intercessors (no vote, silent voice, if you will) on during these events, and on the floor of convention.  We thank these particular individuals for their ministry, as well as those who recruited and organized them, especially Sister Phoebe of the Little Sisters of Sacrifice. Overall coordination of this ministry, as directed by the Dept. and given permission by the bishop, was under the care of Dept members Deacon Erin Giles, and Pam Stout, LSS.   We presume they will carry on this ministry again, and again, providing the “prayer covering” necessary for such important gatherings.

The Department also thanks Ms Kelly Ferrari who brought her solo minstry of song and encouragement, with words of prophecy and knowledge, to the diocesan convention.   Kelly, who also performed at one point during the Denver General Convention, was the primary for the Thursday evening prayer gathering.  During that time of ministry the Holy Spirit moved in many ways, including healings, praise, passionate intercession, words of wisdom, encouragement, exhortation, knowledge and prophecy.   Kelly also sang at the close of the convention banquet after the address by Bp Duncan.   She sang a communion hymn of her own composition, and then sang “It is well with my soul” at the early Friday morning mass, and also toward the end of the convention on Saturday.   She has her own website here.

Along the line of music, I would personally like to recognize the work of Royce Nickel, the cathedral organist, Art Huff, who directed the combined choir, folded in the brass quintet (led by Alicia and “booked” by Josh McDonald), and prepared the necessary arrangement for both voices and brass and organ, and Kathy Reibe, who rehearsed the “southern diocese” portion of the combined choir; also to John Downing and Pat Fellancy, and to Ron Hunt, who prepared the cathedral and Eden Hall for the multiple spots of sound collection and projection.  Good work to all (I know AnglicanTV also appreciates the hard work provided by these 3 guys, especially).

May the Lord’s Name be praised.