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Introducing Your Deputies: Wendy Smith
June 17, 2006
The Rev. Wendy Smith, a three-time Deputy to
General Convention, is rector of St. Thomas,
Sunnyvale, and also serves the Diocese as a
Director on the Corporation Board and an Examining
Chaplain, and serves the wider church as a member
of the School for Deacons Board of Trustees.
At General Convention, she is a member of the
Education Committee and says, “I have been
privileged to work on subcommittees which prepared
legislation on education about domestic violence,
opposing the use of the Bible to support
oppression, especially slavery, and supporting the
historically black colleges and universities.”
Wendy comments, “The Episcopal Committee on the
Visual Arts has gathered and projected photos of
Christian art during our worship, which has been
deeply moving. I have been blessed by serving
twice as a chalice-bearer at our daily Eucharists.
I am grateful and proud.”
She also writes, “So far the dialogue about the
Windsor Report has been conducted with respect and
courtesy, as it was in 2003. We have had our
consciousness raised about the fact that the
Episcopal Church is an international church, with
14 national members in addition to the United
States. We are the only church in the Anglican
Communion which is not a national church.” |
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