[DioNJ Announcements] C'mon and cheer on the Episcopal cyclists!

[Ann Notte]

C'mon and cheer on the Episcopal cyclists! 

Well-wishers from throughout the greater New York City area are invited to
gather and welcome eight cyclists, led by Bishop Mark Hollingsworth of Ohio,
as they roll into NYC and complete "Riding for Their Lives," their
cross-country trek at noon on Tuesday, July 28. Their final destination is
the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Ave., NYC (at 43rd St.).  

Hollingsworth and his team of seven cyclists are raising funds for Episcopal
Relief & Development's program partnership, NetsforLifeR.  They left
Anaheim, California, at the conclusion of the Episcopal Church General
Convention on Friday, July 17. 

Alternating the cycling during the 4000-mile trek to New York are team
mates: the Rev. Kelly O'Connell, rector of St. Mark's, Toledo, and route
planner; the Rev. Stephen Sedgwick, rector of the Church of the Redeemer,
Lorain; the Rev. Daniel Orr, priest-in-charge of St. Paul's, Fremont; Carl
Petterson, from Christ Church, Hudson, and recent high school graduate;
Greg Daniels, an IBM consultant from Christ Church, Hudson; Isaac
Hollingsworth, the bishop's son and high school sophomore at St. Paul's
School in Concord, New Hampshire; and Michael Obel-Omia, former head of the
Upper School of the University School in Cleveland and parishioner at St.
Paul's, Cleveland Heights. Providing encouragement and helping drive the
support vehicles are the Rev. Gary Mitchener, a retired priest of the
Diocese of Ohio, Erin Kirby, an Episcopal Relief & Development Seminarian
Coordinator and Martha Gardner, an Episcopal Relief & Development Diocesan
Coordinator and Deputy from the Diocese of Newark.


Episcopal Relief & Development's NetsforLifeR program partnership provides
insecticide-treated nets in 17 countries to prevent malaria which kills
nearly 1 million people each year.  To make a donation in support of the
ride or to learn more about Episcopal Relief & Development and NetsforLifeR,
call (800) 334-7626 ext. 5281 or visit www.er-d.org.

 

 
Neva Rae Fox
Public Affairs Officer
The Episcopal Church
newsline at episcopalchurch.org
212-716-6080  Mobile: 917-478-5659