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Published March 15, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Service at St. Paul's concluded gay-inclusive faith conference


Bishop John Shelby Spong gives the sermon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday morning. The service and then a question and answer forum with Spong following it marked the end of the ninth annual Opening our Doors, Opening our Hearts: Gay-inclusive conference, that took place this weekend. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)

  • Bishop John Shelby Spong gives the sermon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday morning. The service and then a question and answer forum with Spong following it marked the end of the ninth annual Opening our Doors, Opening our Hearts: Gay-inclusive conference, that took place this weekend. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Nancy Melander serves Communion to Rebecca Hinds as Hinds’ partner, Julianne Vasichek, waits her turn Sunday during a service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Christine Spong (left), Ellen Pillsbury and her partner Tina Hietala sing and follow along during the recessional hymn at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday morning. The service and a forum following it, featured Christine’s husband Bishop John Shelby Spong, and was the end of the ninth annual Opening our Doors, Opening our Hearts: Gay-inclusive conference. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Joshua Greguska stands outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church in protest as churchgoers leave following a forum that marked the end of the ninth annual Opening our Doors, Opening our Hearts: Gay-inclusive conference, Sunday afternoon. Greguska was protesting the teachings of the church that he thinks goes against the Bible. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)