Episcopal bishop will visit Augusta

When the leader of the Episcopal Church visits Georgia, she will stop to preach Sunday at Augusta's Church of the Good Shepherd.

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's three-day visit to the Diocese of Georgia began Friday with a meeting with clergy members in Savannah.

Today, she plans to field questions at two public forums in Savannah's St. Peter's Episcopal Church before traveling to Augusta for Sunday morning services at Good Shepherd, one of two churches she will worship at while visiting the diocese.

"It's been a long time since we've had a presiding bishop come," said the Rev. Robert Fain, the rector of the Walton Way church.

The church seats about 285 people, plus 200 more who can watch from the parish house over a closed-circuit television.

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A BISHOP'S VISIT

WHAT: Holy Eucharist worship service with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

WHO: Bishop Jefferts Schori is the 26th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, a province of the worldwide Anglican Communion. She is the chief pastor to 2.4 million Episcopalians in 110 dioceses throughout 16 countries.

She was elected to a nine-year term in June 2006.

Before entering the priesthood in 1994, the Pensacola, Fla., native worked as an oceanographer. She became the bishop of the Diocese of Nevada in 2000.

WHEN: 9 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday

WHERE: Church of the Good Shepherd, 2230 Walton Way

INFORMATION : (706) 738-3386