General Convention 2009

During the past two days I have experienced a completely new Church. I knew that The Episcopal Church was an influential protestant Community, but living in a largely Baptist population in the south eastern United States, I was only truly aware of my small “Church Family” of at a usual Sunday only 35-45 people, To realize that I have such a larger group of bothers and sisters after so long is quite exciting. And to listen the views on top issues and reforms going on throughout our community is continually eye opening. To read on the topic of Transgender, Gay, and lesbian acceptance and marriage, and listen to the varying perceptions is socially challenging, but more so I delve deep into the views and ideas of my family and community as a whole to grow and change into a person with a happy and open mind to the inevitable change to come. I wrote something down during the wonderful speech on grace from Mrs. Tickle, I wrote, “The Episcopal Church, Innovation Baked in Tradition”, it seems to me that we are more welcome to the inevitable change to come during the beginning of the new millennium then the rest of the Protestant and Catholic beliefs, and just so see some of the influences that we have in all communities around the world just shows that people are ready for change, they are ready to Feel and know equality in a Sexualities, Genders, Creeds, and Classes, we are ready to become new again, to be just as innovative as the Renaissance throughout Europe and the breakthrough in social change, that came with computers, telephones, and the internet.