"People have taken notice because we got on the list,' said Theresa Suanno, preservation coordinator at the church. "We're thrilled, because it has brought us some much needed recognition because we are in need."

Suanno said the listing has helped the aging and financially strapped parish get the notice it needs to move forward with restoration plans and a host of other projects that will help maintain its historic sanctuary.

This time, Berktold wasn't even in the country when brooding trouble turned to roiling tempest. It was August 2003, and he was on vacation when he heard that Episcopal bishops at the church's national convention had approved the Rev. Gene Robinson's appointment to the powerful position of bishop of New Hampshire.

A few miles north, 160-year-old St. Philip's Episcopal Church on Main Street conducts its worship services with a contemporary flair.

A St. Philip's skit April 24 to celebrate Earth Day stars parishioner Betsy Welsh as a sometimes uncertain God who totes a golf bag, cracks jokes and hypnotizes Adam.

At this service, the priest, lay communion assistant and cross-bearer are all female.

2. The primates of the Anglican Communion at their meeting in
Newry called “as a matter of urgency” for a panel of reference
(paragraph 15), and yet as of this date, the panel has not been
organized. We implore the Archbishop of Canterbury to organize this
panel immediately to help ensure the protection of beleaguered parishes and clergy of the Episcopal Church.