Center Aisle


	76th General Convention Anaheim, 2009 Center Aisle is an opinion journal offered by the Diocese of Virginia as a gift to General Convention. We offer analysis and opinions from a variety of sources that reflect the transformational center of our church.

The middle is not the midpoint on a line between two extremes. In the life of faith, the great bulk of people are at the center, and that center is faith in the Risen Christ. The Pastoral Address to the 210th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, 2005, the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee

Welcome to Center Aisle

Center Aisle is the opinion journal of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, offered by the Diocese as a gift to General Convention. The Diocese of Virginia will publish Center Aisle on-site at General Convention for the fourth time. This year's General Convention will take place July 8-17 in Anaheim.

The Center Aisle Web site will help those who are not able to attend Convention keep in touch with the news, opinions and analyses coming out of Anaheim. CenterAisle.net will also be your source for exclusive, Web-only content. We'll offer you the chance to provide feedback through Letters to the Editor.

Please continue to visit this site as we prepare for the 76th General Convention.

News and Updates

In addition to visitng this Web site to access the perspectives and opinions coming out of Center Aisle, there are several other ways to stay up-to-date.

Visit our blog at www.centeraisle.wordpress.com.
Visit our Facebook page.
Follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/CenterAisle

An Interview with the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston and the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones (audio file); courtesy John Ogle, WCVE News

"Keeping the Faith for Church to Reconcile," a Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star article by Ed Jones, editor of Center Aisle and of The Free Lance-Star

The Official Web Site for the 76th General Convention

Preparing for General Convention, a Virginia Episcopalian article

Reflections from our Bishops
In the May issue of The Virginia Episcopalian, the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston and the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones offered their pre-Convention reflections.

"Strengthening the Church We Love," by Bishop Lee
"One in Jesus Christ at General Convention," by Bishop Johnston
"The Roomiest Church in Christendom," by Bishop Jones

Episcopal Church Women Triennial - Representatives from the Diocese of Virginia (Beblon Parks, Anne Gordon Curran, Jeanelle Mortiz, Anna Lou Flynn and Pat Hardy) will attend this meeting of the ECW that takes place concurently with General Convention. Learn more about it here.