UM, Episcopal bishops share Holy Communion for first time

United Methodist News Service
DENVER—United Methodist Bishops Warner H. Brown Jr. of Denver and William Oden of Dallas and Episcopal Bishop Franklin Brookhart Jr. celebrated Holy Communion together for the first time Sept. 8 in Denver.
The ceremony was part of a dialogue-study group between United Methodists and the Episcopal Church.
Oden, ecumenical officer of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, has been in dialogue with Brookhart and others from the Episcopal Church for several years.
The dialogue group discussing commonality of theology and practice visited Denver to talk with the leadership of a joint United Methodist-Episcopalian church in Buena Vista, Colo.