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CONVENTION JOURNAL ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th & 6th, 2004 EMBASSY SUITES Moon Township, Pennsylvania and ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Moon Township, Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS 139th Convention Information 4 Diocesan Personnel 5 Purpose, General Directions & Policies 6 Standing Rules for Convention 6 Order of Business 7 Resolutions 9 Official List of Clergy of the Diocese 10 Letters Dimissory (Accepted & Issued) 14 Deaths 14 Ordinations 14 Order of Priest 15 Milestone Anniversaries 16 Churches in Union with the Diocese 17 Committees of the Diocese (elected) 25 Minutes of the 139th Convention 27 2005 Budget 43 Budget Explanatory Notes 50 2005 Assessments & Growth Fund 52 2004 Assessments by Parish with Redirections 54 2004 National and International Portions Designated to Missions 56 Reports of Canonical Bodies/Officers The Bishop’s Pre-Convention Report 58 The Bishop’s Annual Address 62 The Assistant Bishop’s Pre-Convention Report 68 The Canon Missioner’s Pre-Convention Report 68 Congregational Developer – Small Congregations 70 Congregational Developer – Mid-Size Congregations 70 Congregational Developer – New Congregations 71 Director of Administration 72 Standing Committee 74 The Board of Trustees 75 Diocesan Growth Fund 76 Diocesan Council 78 Diocesan Council Working Groups: Commission on Ministry 79 Continuing Education Committee 81 Reports of Diocesan Committees, Institutions, Organizations: Deacon Formation Program 81 Pittsburgh Episcopal Foundation 82 Rwanda/World Vision Committee 82 Cuba Committee 85 Director of Communications 86 Diocesan Archives 87 Diocesan Archives & Historical Commission 88 The Archdeacon 89 Happening 89 Order of the Daughters of the King 89 Commission on Racism 90 Episcopal Relief and Development 91 Anglican Fellowship of Prayer, Pittsburgh Chapter 92 2 The Resource Center 92 Canterbury Place 93 Commission on Aging 93 Community of Celebration 94 The Episcopal Church Missionary Community 94 Rock the World Mission Alliance 95 Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry 96 Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 97 Cathedral Chapter 98 Deacon’s Hospital Ministry 99 St. Edmund’s Academy 100 Sheldon Calvary Camp 100 Education for Ministry (“EFM”) 101 Christian Associates of Southwest PA 101 Young Priest Initiative 102 Church Army 103 South American Missionary Society 104 Minutes of the 138th Convention 105 2004 Active Clergy Compensation Guidelines 117 Parish Rankings 119 2004 Budget 120 Budget Explanatory Notes 130 2004 Assessments & Growth Fund 131 2003 Assessments by Parish with Redirections 134 2003 National Askings Designated to Alternate Missions 136 2003 Summary of Parochial Vital Statistics 138 2003 Parochial Finance Report –Revenue 140 Report of Independent Auditors 141 3 The 139th CONVENTION of the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH will be held NOVEMBER 5th-6th, 2004 at the EMBASSY SUITES, MOON TOWNSHIP (Friday, November 5th) and ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Saturday, November 6th) in MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA DEADLINES FOR PRE-CONVENTION BINDER AND CONVENTION JOURNAL REPORTS Pre-Convention packet (Proposed Budget, Nominating Committee report, Resolutions): deadline for submissions is August 10. Pre-Convention packet is distributed in September. Convention Journal reports: deadline for reports given at Convention is the last day of Convention; deadline for minutes is December 10. Convention Journal is distributed in February. SUBMITTING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONVENTION In order to be included in Pre-Convention packet and given maximum time for consideration by deputies and districts, resolutions must be submitted to Diocesan Council before the first Tuesday in June (Council’s final meeting before September). Resolutions may be filed after this date to Diocesan Council by the first Tuesday in October. Convention deputies will receive copies of these resolutions before Convention, but districts will not have an opportunity to discuss them. After the first Tuesday in October, resolutions may still be filed, but permission to proceed must be granted by the Bishop and sufficient copies made available for distribution to every deputy at Convention. 4 A.D. 2004 EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH Diocesan Office, 535 Smithfield Street, 900 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2467 PHONE: 412-281-6131 FAX: 412-471-5591 WEB SITE: http://www.pgh.anglican.org BISHOP The Right Rev. Robert Wm. Duncan The Seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh [email protected] ASSISTANT BISHOP The Right Rev. Henry Scriven [email protected] CANON MISSIONER The Rev. Canon Mary Maggard Hays [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION Nancy Norton [email protected] DIOCESAN STAFF The Rev. Lawrence Deihle Director of Development President, Pittsburgh Episcopal Foundation [email protected] Peter Frank Director of Communications [email protected] Marsha Tallant Accountant [email protected] Melanie Contz Nicole Pollard Secretary to Bishop Duncan Secretary to Bishop Scriven [email protected] [email protected] Bonnie Catalano Vacant Secretary to Canon Missioner Secretary to Director of Administration [email protected] Rachael Griffin Lynne Wohleber Receptionist Archivist [email protected] [email protected] 5 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE CONVENTION The Convention of the Diocese of Pittsburgh meets annually to transact the many regular business items of any such assembly. Among these are: to celebrate Holy Communion and to hear the Bishop’s Annual Address; to elect persons to the various diocesan committees and boards; to consider any changes (amendments) to our Constitution or Canons; to receive, discuss, and act upon the assessment and budget; to receive reports from the various committees of the diocese; and to act upon any motions, notices, and resolutions properly presented to the Convention. GENERAL DIRECTIONS REGISTRATION – All deputies (clerical and lay) must register their attendance for both Friday and Saturday sessions using the proper certificates provided. Clergy sign in on the white copies, lay deputies the yellow. The certificates are to be left on the respective tables. Alternates replacing regular deputies must declare on the certificate which deputy they are replacing. Please sign your name (and parish) as you wish it recorded. SEATING – Seating is assigned by Districts, look for signs as you enter the meeting space. BALLOTS – The ballots will be distributed in each registration packet. POLICY ON DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS 1. No material will be placed on the Official Registration table. 2. No material is to be distributed on the Convention floor except as authorized by the Bishop. 3. A table for official documents relating to the business of Convention will be provided. 4. The Sergeant at Arms will monitor and enforce these rules under the direction of the President and Convention Committee Chairman. STANDING RULES FOR CONVENTION 1. Meetings of the Convention shall be called to order promptly at the time specified in the Order of Business. Clergy and deputies shall be seated five minutes before that time. Other times listed in the Order of Business are approximate and intended to indicate merely the order. 2. Only clerical members and lay deputies may make motions or vote. Those lay persons prescribed in Canon II, Section 3 may speak when requested by the President. 3. To obtain the floor, a member shall approach a microphone, address the chair, receive recognition, state name and parish and then state the business for which the floor was obtained. 4. Motions, including amendments, shall be in writing in duplicate, signed by the maker and seconded, and sent immediately to the desk of the Secretary. 5. Except by permission of the Convention, granted by a two-thirds vote without debate, no one may speak more than twice to the same question on the same day; or more than once if someone who has not spoken wishes to do so; or for more than two minutes at a time; and a time limit of twenty minutes shall be set on discussion of any one subject. 6. The Bishop or other person serving as President shall appoint timekeepers, tellers and other non-elected officials necessary for the Convention. 7. Any scheduled business not finished at the time that a recess is taken shall be resumed at the next business session at the point where it was interrupted. 8. The rules contained in “Roberts Rules of Order – Newly Revised” shall govern this Convention in all cases in which they are not inconsistent with the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church and this diocese. 6 WORKSHOPS: “REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE – REACHING THE WORLD” will be offered at the Embassy Suites at 10 A.M. & 11 A.M. Workshops on Where are the Kids? /Global Youth Ministry/Youth Ministry Basic Training ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION PROPOSED ORDER OF BUSINESS “One Church of Miraculous Expectation & Missionary Grace” “REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE - REACHING THE WORLD” DAY ONE Friday, November 5, A.D. 2004 Embassy Suites Moon Township, Pennsylvania 11:30-1:20 P.M. Registration of Convention Deputies (Day One) BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTATION OF A ROLL CALL VOTE, REGISTRATION FOR DEPUTIES FOR FRIDAY’S BUSINESS SESSION WILL BE OPEN FROM 11:30 A.M. to 1:20 P.M. ONLY. TO BE CERTIFIED FOR FRIDAY ROLL-CALL VOTING, THE DEPUTY (OR ALTERNATE) MUST HAVE REGISTERED BY 1:20 P.M. ON FRIDAY. 1:00 P.M. *Noonday Prayer & Homily, The Rev. Canon Mary Maggard Hays, Canon Missioner Preacher 1:20 P.M. Organization of Convention Roll Call/ Certification of Quorum Claims of Deputies to Seats Election of Secretary of Convention Minutes of the 138th Annual Convention 1:30 P.M. The Bishop’s Address Proposed Resolution #1 - Partnership with Uganda Christian University 2:00 P.M. Report of the Director of Administration Presentation of the 2005 Annual Budget Questions, Clarification, Proposal Time Adoption of the 2005 Budget, Schedule of Assessments & 2005 Clergy Comp. Guide 2:30 P.M. Second Reading - Constitutional Amendment: Article 1, Section 1 3:20 P.M. Break 3:30 P.M. *Video Presentation: A Year in the Life of the Diocese 3:40 P.M.