Michael Curry, bishop of North Carolina and presiding bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church, electrified and energized deputies, bishops and others at General Convention, telling them: "If you remember nothing else I say this morning, it's the first word of the Great Commission: GO! And the reason I lift up that word "go" is because we are the Jesus movement."

Curry also took time to pay tribute to the current presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, who celebrated the closing Eucharist, and the Rev. Gay Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, who also took part in the service.

A video of the sermon is below; the full text is available here.

Jefferts Schori paused during the service (below) to read a letter from President Barack Obama offering congratulations to Curry on his election. "Your leadership over the years has reflected your powerful vision for a more inclusive tomorrow," Obama wrote. "Guided by your commitment to a future of greater compassion and opportunity, I trust you will continue to use your gifts to bring people of all faiths and backgrounds together to realize the America we know is possible."