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Lane, the newly installed bishop coadjutor for the Maine diocese, attended services at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. The congregation was the first in Maine Lane has visited since his installation.
"I am just delighted to be in Maine," the upstate New York native said.
"As bishop, I really hope the congregations will focus on outreach ministry and share the good news with other members of their communities," Lane said.
He also expressed interest in expanding ministry services to other people in Maine, such as the incarcerated population, should the opportunity present itself.
Lane was ordained as a clergyman in 1978 and served the diocese in Rochester, N.Y., before moving to Portland. As bishop of Maine's 67 Episcopal congregations, he said it is his primary duty to "make sure everyone is doing all right."
He must visit every congregation he oversees at least once every three years.
Sunday was Pentecost, observed by Christians as the birthday of the Christian Church and no better time for Lane to start acquainting himself with his new flock, St. Andrew's priest, The Rev. Edward Greene, said.
"It was very fitting for (Lane) to visit today," Greene said after services. "I am pleased he selected St. Andrew's as the first church in Maine to visit, particularly because I have always found our congregation to be very warm and inviting."
Though the kindly congregation may not have been much of a surprise to Lane, one of the attendees was.
Larry Gardella, of Manchester, remembered the bishop as a child and teenager when Lane attended Gardella's YMCA camp in Batavia, N.Y. Lane was a camper and later a staff member.
Gardella attended Sunday's services to surprise Lane. Realizing it was his former camp director, Lane broke into a smile and the two men hugged. They had not seen each since 1971, when the bishop was a teen about to head off for college, Gardella said.
"I'm proud of him," said Gardella, who moved from New York to Maine in 1974.
"I watched him grow up," Gardella said. "It's great to see a former camper reach the pinnacle of what they want to be in their life."
Lane will take over as full bishop of Maine's Episcopalian congregation in mid-September, after the current bishop, The Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudsen, retires.
Meghan V. Malloy -- 623-3811 Ext. 431
mmalloy@centralmaine.com
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