Led by the Rev. Ian Tarrent, Anglican priest and senior chaplain to the University of Nottingham, the worship service was conducted with liturgy projected on a large screen. Texts included Acts 1:1-11, and a reading with the response, "waiting, waiting, waiting for the Spirit to come." The opening hymn was "Holy, Holy, Holy," and the prayers included a confession and absolution.

The honour of this high calling carries with it an equally high responsibility to proclaim the unchanging gospel in a changing world, to offer the hope of transformation through a relationship with Jesus Christ to a generation of spiritual seekers, and to work alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury to provide steady leadership to guard the historic faith of the Anglican Communion. We pledge Archbishop Sentamu our sincerest prayers.

"Fourteen years ago, prior to purchasing and improving property with funds raised by it, St. James Church sought and obtained a written promise from the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and its Bishop that the[y] would never claim ownership or control over that property.

Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, a group of clergy and lay people, made the document available on its Web site. Its existence was first reported this week by the Guardian newspaper in Great Britain.