4+ day, 7+ hour ago (231+ words) GREENPOINT TO MANHATTAN " The Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster, who most recently served St. John's Lutheran Church in Greenpoint, was installed on Nov. 22 as the first woman and openly gay bishop to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's Metropolitan New York Synod." Bishop Foster will oversee 160 congregations across the region, leading with a message grounded in social justice, compassion and inclusion. Her ministry has long centered on serving LGBTQIA+ individuals, refugees, and the unhoused. This installation marks a milestone for MNYS and signals a new chapter of leadership for faith communities across the nation. The consecration service, hosted at the Cathedral of St. John Divine, added to both the historical nature of the liturgy and to the longtime full-communion relationship between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church. The Rev. Yehiel Curry, the ELCA's first Black Presiding Bishop, was the homilist....