You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, now a House candidate, at a candidates’ forum hosted for Santa Clarita-area faith leaders by the Very Rev. Christopher Montella and Erick Long (that’s the Very Rev. Canon Gary Hall making a point) … spotted at St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park, giants of justice the Rev. Canon Patricia O’Reilly and Troy Elder … for our wide-ranging monthly chat about our 38 Episcopal schools, Commission on Schools executive director the Rev. Dr. Ryan Douglas Newman … as we discern where the spirit of God is leading our budding interfaith-ecumenical collective at the Commons, Rabbi Susan Goldberg (far right) and her Nefesh colleague, executive director Jordana Fraider, joined by Canon for Common Life Bob Williams … the Rev. Cynthia Jew and her younger daughter, Jordan, for a chat about her ministry at St. Paul’s Episcopal and Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Santa Paula … and the Rt. Rev. Naudal Alves Gomes, with the Rev. Canon Thomas Quijada-Discavage; Bishop Gomes brought a gift from the Most Rev. Marinez R. Santos Bassotto, his sucessor as primate of Brazil, which signifies the 134th anniversary of the Church of Brazil, founded by missionaries from Virginia Theological Seminary.
