And they Laughed Update

In my last post, I described that incident where the congregation disrespectfully laughed at the reading of the Epistle during the Opening Eucharist of the Diocesan Convention. I told my mother, a long time warden, and volunteer in her dioceses, about the laughter. She was very puzzled and explains it not uncommon for 1st Timothy 3: 1-7 to be read during a service before selection a bishop. In addition, this makes Bishop the Rt. Rev. Jerry Lamb’s remark even more troubling. As a Bishop he should not been taken back by the selection of 1 Timothy.