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The Episcopal Diocese of Utah welcomes new bishop at her ordination
Phyllis Spiegel is ordained as a bishop and speaks on stage within the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Episcopal church and neighborhood members gathered within the Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday for the ordination of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah’s new bishop, Phyllis Ann Spiegel.
Bishop Spiegel stated “the ability of the Holy Spirit simply saved swelling all through the entire service.”
She stated she hopes to assist Utah’s diocese develop into “a beloved neighborhood” which includes racial reconciliation and therapeutic and serving to people who find themselves in want or mentally unwell. “That we raise all of God’s individuals and all of God’s creation to a restored nature as God supposed,” Bishop Spiegel stated.
She stated the diocese has already been engaged on this objective as she has in her service elsewhere.
“God simply known as us to do it collectively, powerfully, as one,” Bishop Spiegel stated.
She stated it seems like she has discovered her individuals, right here in Utah.
All through the ceremony, there was proof of the church’s outreach to individuals of all cultures. The ceremony was full of several types of music; it opened with an African American choir, the choir and congregation sang a number of hymns, a kids’s choir sang, and between the ordination and communion there was a Ute prayer and blessing with drums and chanting.
Bishop Spiegel stated when the bishops laid their palms on her head to ordain her she may really feel the ability of the Holy Spirit, however the Ute drumming circle introduced that energy all through the entire room.
“It was fruition of God that beat all through my complete physique and I felt it coming by the entire place … that is the beat that all of us have to have is Jesus on the core of our coronary heart, so it was a strong day,” she stated.
In a notice from Bishop Spiegel included in this system, she stated most of the individuals there have been family and friends who got here to assist her and church and neighborhood leaders and neighbors she has met since coming to Utah, or has not but met.
“This can be a story of range, and the numerous tales represented amongst you give witness to the unbelievable potential that may carry forth from today. That’s the heartbeat of the enjoyment you’re feeling round you; God is on the transfer on this house, and your prayers, your spoken phrases, your sheer presence right here, strikes the wind upon which God strikes,” Bishop Spiegel stated.
Within the Episcopal church, bishops lead, supervise and unite the church. Bishop Spiegel will information members in six parishes and 16 missions all through Utah and northern Arizona. She is the twelfth bishop of the diocese.
The Episcopal Church was formally began in Utah by Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle on July 2, 1867, and it has develop into identified for its social justice ministry within the state. The church introduced Bishop Scott Hayashi’s retirement in early 2020 and commenced the seek for the brand new bishop, however the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the search.
Bishop Spiegel is the second lady to be a bishop within the Episcopal Diocese of Utah; the late Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish grew to become the primary lady to guide a significant denomination in Utah in 1996. Earlier than coming to Utah, Bishop Spiegel was the rector of St. Anne Episcopal Church in West Chester, Ohio.
On Saturday, she instructed different episcopal bishops that she accepts the decision and that she shall be devoted, proclaim and interpret Christ’s gospel, encourage baptized members of the church and pray for them, assist in the federal government of the church and be merciful.
After she was ordained, Bishop Spiegel obtained symbols of her workplace together with the pectoral cross and bishop’s ring, a crosier carved by her brother from a tree on the household’s land, vestments that had been hand-painted by her sister and varied different items. She was then introduced to the congregation and the individuals loudly applauded for her.
The Venerable Jennifer McKenzie, presently a priest within the Episcopal church, instructed the congregation a narrative about Bishop Spiegel seeing a fowl in a tree that to her appeared like a gray blur. She stated she squinted to see what it was really easy for Bishop Spiegel to see and she or he was desirous to study extra concerning the fowl. She stated Bishop Spiegel is ready to see God clearly as effectively.
“Your new bishop … has each a pure and educated potential to identify God, even in new locations and unfamiliar guises,” The Venerable McKenzie stated. “(She) is sweet pals with God. Her native dialect is enthusiasm and laughter her punctuation … her pleasure is infections and so is her religion.”
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A family in Cottonwood Heights is using their love for art to bring joy to those around them.
On the corner of Promenade and Camino is Abigail Bradshaw.
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Abigail is showing her tiny art gallery filled with pieces made by her family and others who want to contribute. This home used to be her great-grandmother’s.
“She was an artist, and so, I wanted to continue that legacy,” said Katie Bradshaw, Abigail’s mom. They found a box, painted it, propped it up, and filled it with tiny art. Anyone can just look at the art, pick up something they like, or put their own piece inside.
Miles Jacobsen is a friend who saw what the Bradshaws were doing and added his artwork to the box.
For people who want to make their own masterpieces, there is also a box of free art supplies in the gallery box. You can come by to pick up paint, paintbrushes, and tiny canvasses to create your own art, which you can drop off at the “giving gallery” to bring joy to someone else.
“I feel really glad that people come and get some art and put it in there,” said Abigail.
Filling the box is something Katie does with her kids.
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Spreading joy to everyone who walks by, and letting the cycle continue.
“I want them to feel happy and glad that they got some, so they could return some back here,” added Abigail.
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Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs’ arena pregame
TORONTO — The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night.
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Utah Highway Patrol responds to your suggestions on making Utah roads safer
SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News is Driven to Change and that includes bringing you reports on important topics like road rage, construction, and wrong-way drivers. During our coverage, we continually ask for any questions or concerns you may have along Utah’s roadways.
The feedback has gotten an enormous response, so FOX 13 sat down with Lieutenant Cameron Roden on Good Day Utah to help address input we have been getting, from the perspective of Utah Highway Patrol.
Speeding in Utah, there’s so much of it, and then you can sometimes say that that leads to tailgating, which may lead to road rage incidents. What are you seeing out there in terms of speed and what can we do to lessen the effects of that?
Lt. Cameron Roden: Speed is our number one thing that we see. That’s our number one traffic stop that we make, and we know that it leads to the majority of crashes in the state of Utah. So we definitely put an emphasis on speed and it does lead to other things. Not just crashes. It leads to road rage and other things .So, as far as what changes can we make, we need to start with ourselves, and really say, ‘Hey, do I have a problem?’ You know, we just need to start with ourselves and not think that it’s something else’s problem. If we slow our speeds ourselves, and then it’ll start to to catch on and people will do that speed limit. So, but the legislature has definitely taken some steps to help us address, especially the the speeds that are those excessive speeds where we have that one zero five law now that addresses those speeds and increases fines and and hopefully discourages people from those extreme speeds.
Some of our viewers talked about maybe capping some of the speed limits for truck drivers. Is that something that’s even feasible?
You know, that would be something that would have to go through that, that legislative process to see whether we that would be something that would help. But ultimately, if we we start with ourselves, hopefully that will make that change and reduce crashes and fatalities.
There are things being done to try and intervene and stop wrong-way drivers before they happen. But some of our viewers propose things like spikes. What are your thoughts on implementing something like that?
We’ve had over the last several years, a rash of wrong-way drivers, and it’ll come in onesie twos, and then we’ll go for a period of time without that. And so, but this spike over the last couple of years has caused us to to create a task force to look at wrongly driving what things can be done. And so getting all these stakeholders together between UDOT and Highway Safety, looking at what technologies and things that could be implemented, and and things like, wrong way detection cameras. Those are some things that are being actually used in the state of Utah right now to help us spot those and and advance signage, getting people to realize they’re going the wrong way and turn around. The the spike strips have actually been talked about in our task force a little bit. And if something like that would even be, it is that technology available right now. And as what we could actually implement in the state of Utah, there’s nothing that really fits the bill right now because of our environment. We have our snow plows. We have snow and things like that. Something like that really wouldn’t be practical right now.
Probably the most talked about topic that we’ve received was distracted driving, texting while driving. You went out, I saw on the UHP social media page, that you guys just driving and you look to your right and left and you can find someone texting. What kind of enforcement do we have against distracted driving specifically on your phone?
This is something that we like you said, we see it every day. We go out to crashes,and and we may suspect that a driver may be distracted. And so, it’s something that’s definitely under-reported. It’s it’s a bigger problem than than the numbers really show.And so not only do we address it during our normal patrols.Our officers are seeing it, and addressing it while they’re out there.But we’ll also do targeted patrols where the highway safety office actually gives out additional funds for that targeted enforcement, where we’ll get an unmarked vehicle. We go out driving down the roads where we try to spot these vehicles and and get them stopped because those are those are a big danger on our roadways where our attention and our focus needs to be on driving.
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