Community is Our Tradition
Imagine, if you will, a group of Episcopalians standing together and talking just before the start of the Pentecost service. It’s the annual bishop’s visit and last minute preparations are being made. The acolyte master says, “Eucharistic minster, the verger will meet you in the narthex.” And the lector adds, “right near the acolytes and the thurifer.” The curate then says, “Anyone seen the canon to the ordinary?” and the associate rector replies, “I saw him talking to the suffragan near the sacristy....