Composer: Pierre Whalon
Pierre Welté Whalon was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1952. He was ordained deacon and priest in The Episcopal Church in 1985, and served parishes in Pennsylvania and Florida. On November 18, 2001, he became the first elected Bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal (formerly American) Churches in Europe. On April 6, 2019 he passed on the crozier to the second elected Bishop in charge, the Rt. Rev. Mark Edington.
From Pierre Wahlon's webpage, with permission (http://www.pierrewhalon.info, accessed 10/21/2021)
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A Vision Seen, a Call ObeyedA vision seen, a call obeyed
drew Paul to Europe's shore
where, resolute and unafraid,
good news of Christ he bore;
and in his steps, to all these lands,
by dangers undeterred,
came those whose lives and lips and hands
made known God's saving word.
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