Hip, hip hooray & let the church say Amen!

Nicholas Knisely, one of the original newsbloggers at Episcopal Cafe, is now officially the Bishop of Rhode Island.

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Photo of laying on of hands from the Rev. Jan Nunley

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Posted by Jim Naughton on November 17, 2012 3:26 PM | |
Comments (4)

Is this the first tweeted consecration- do we need a new word? Twitterization?

Posted by Ann Fontaine [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 17, 2012 3:40 PM

There has been live tweeting from other consecrations, but social media has probably never been as central to a consecration as this one.

Posted by Jim Naughton [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 17, 2012 4:31 PM

It was a truly beautiful service!

Bill Dilworth

Posted by billydinpvd [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 17, 2012 4:38 PM

At the start of the sermon, Bishop Kirk Smith asked everyone present to do the opposite of what we are usually told to do with our technology. Instead of silencing our phones and putting them away, Bishop Smith asked us all to take them out and text, twitter, IM or FB the people we are connected with where we were, what we were doing and invite our friends to come and see.

Andrew Gerns

Posted by Andrew Gerns [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 18, 2012 12:28 AM

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