News Briefs
Diocesan Press Service. May 6, 1964 [XXI-17]
PRESIDING BISHOP'S FUND HELPS BUILD GREEK SCHOOL
Serafim, the Bishop of Ioannina in Greece, has written the Episcopal Church a note of appreciation for $1,000 sent through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief and Church World Service. The money is being used in the construction of a residential home economics school for girls.
(Editors - a photo of the school underway is available for the asking!)
KOBE GIRL SCOUTS GIVE TO PRESIDING BISHOP'S FUND
When the Girl Scouts of the Far East (Kobe area) joined together in their annual worship at St. Paul's Church the offering was sent to the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief for the "One Great Hour of Sharing." The Rev. William R. Jones, associate priest, said that, at a gathering of people from a number of Christian groups and from at least six nations, it "Seemed natural that this one great hour of unity and fellowship also be made 'One Great Hour of Sharing.'"
BISHOP REED TO HEAD WORK IN ECUADOR
The Rt. Rev. David B. Reed, newly-consecrated Bishop of Columbia, has been appointed by Presiding Bishop Lichtenberger to also serve as Bishop-in-Charge of the Church's work in Ecuador.
Bishop Reed succeeds the Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber Gooden, Missionary Bishop of the Panama Canal Zone, in this position.
At the present time, there are three priests ministering to the three missions and two mission stations in Ecuador.