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Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut 290 Pratt Street Meriden, CT 06450

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Table of Contents

People, Committees, & Communities

Officers of our Diocese, Committees, Commissions 2 Regions 4 Diocesan Staff 7 Parishes & Mission Stations 8 Summer Chapels 17 Chapels of Institutions 17 Educational & Charitable Institutions 18 Clergy in the Order of Canonical Residence 19 Lay Delegates Attending Convention 31

Minutes of the 233rd Annual Convention

Friday 36 Saturday 43

Supporting Documents

Resolutions 52 Resolution Appendices 58 Budget of Convention 62 Reports to Convention 66 Bishop’s Address 92 Episcopal Acts 97 Parochial Membership Statistics 100 Parochial Financial Statistics 105

Appendix

Constitution of the Diocese of Connecticut 112 Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut 116

1 Bishop The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Office: 290 Pratt St., Meriden, 06450 Residence: 1 Collins Ln., Essex, 06426

Bishop Suffragan The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, B.A., M.Div., D.Min. Office: 290 Pratt St., Meriden, 06450 Residence: 47 Craigmoor Rd., West Hartford, 06107

Standing Committee Class of 2018 The Rev. Diana Rogers Mr. Jim Myslik The Rev. Rowena Kemp Ms. Nancy Staniewicz Class of 2019 The Rev. Peggy Hodgkins Mr. A. Bates Lyons (Secretary) The Rev. Peter Thompson Mr. Joseph Carroll, Jr. Class of 2020 The Rev. Tracy Johnson Russell (P) Ms. Daniel Gaherty The Rev. Peter Walsh Ms. Ashley Atencio General Convention – Austin, Texas 2018 Clerical Deputies Lay Deputies The Rev. Molly James (Chair) Ms. Suzy Burke The Rev. Tracy Johnson Russell Mr. A. Bates Lyons The Rev. Linda Spiers Ms. Allison Huggins The Rev. Carlos de la Torre Mr. Don Burr

Clerical Alternates Lay Alternates The Rev. Sandra Cosman Mr. Thom Peters The Rev. Jonathan Folts Ms. Shirley Wick The Rev. Paul Carling Mr. Albert Mollegan

Provincial Synod Clerical Delegate Lay Delegate The Rev. Rebekah Hatch Ms. Barbara Casey

2 Treasurer Chancellor Mr. Lynn Brooks Bradford S. Babbitt Esq. Secretary of the Diocese Secretary of the Convention The Rev. Sandra Cosman (2014) The Rev. Adam Yates (2012) The Mission Council of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut Established 2016

Members Ex-Officio The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens Bradford S. Babbitt Esq., Chancellor The Rev. Sandra Cosman, Sec. of the Diocese Mr. Lynn Brooks, Treasurer

From the Regions [Term Expires]

Region Clergy Laity Northwest Jack Gilpin [2020] Paul Manfredi [2020] Southwest Joseph Krasinski [2020] Betsy Malavet [2020] North Central Kathleen Berkowe [2018] June Aziz [2018] South Central Lisa Hahneman [2018] Lisa Yarbor [2018] Northeast John Burton [2019] Joyce Steimer [2019] Southeast Adam Thomas [2019 Suzy Burke [2019]

From the Ministry Networks [Term Expires]

Ministry Network Name Higher Education MN Shirley Wick [2018] Storytelling MN The Rev. Jane Hale [2018] Episcopal Church in New Haven MN Duo Dickinson [2018] Spanish Language MN The Rev. Dana Campbell [2019] Pray First MN The Rev. Greg Welin [2019] Christian Formation MN Sharon Pearson [2019] Communication MN Carolyn Clement [2020] Companions in Mission MN The Rev. Amjad Samuel [2020] Holy Landers MN The Rev. Linda Spiers [2020]

3 Missionary Society of the Diocese of Connecticut Founded & Incorporated 1818; name changed 1865 and 1866 Regions NORTHWEST Bantam, St. Paul’s North Cornwall, All Saints Bethlehem, Christ Church Oakville, All Saints Bridgewater, St. Mark’s Pine Meadow, St. John’s Brookfield, St. Paul’s Sharon, Christ Church Kent, St. Andrew’s Southbury, Epiphany Lime Rock, Trinity Thomaston, St. Peter’s/Trinity Litchfield, St. Michael’s Torrington, Trinity Marble Dale, St. Andrew’s Washington, St. John’s Middlebury, St. George’s Waterbury, Christ Church Milton, Trinity Waterbury, St. John’s Morris, Camp Washington Watertown, Christ Church New Milford, St. John’s Winsted, St. James Norfolk, Transfiguration Wolcott, All Saints Woodbury, St. Paul’s SOUTHWEST Bethel, St. Thomas Norwalk, St. Paul’s Bridgeport, Calvary-St. George’s Old Greenwich, St. Saviour’s Bridgeport, St. Mark’s Redding, Christ Church Bridgeport, San Lucas y San Pablo Ridgefield, St. Stephen’s Bridgeport, St. John’s Riverside, St. Paul’s Danbury, St. James’ Stamford, Christ the Healer Darien, St. Paul’s Stamford, Eglise de L’Epiphanie Darien, St. Luke’s Stamford, Iglesia Betania Easton, Christ’s Stamford, St. Andrew’s Fairfield, Trinity St. Michael’s Stamford, St. Francis Fairfield, St. Timothy Stamford, St. John’s Fairfield, St. Paul’s Stratford, Christ Church Greenwich, St. Barnabas Tashua, Christ Church Greenwich, Christ Church Trumbull, Grace Huntington, St. Paul’s Trumbull, Trinity Monroe, St. Peter’s Weston, Emmanuel New Canaan, St. Mark’s Westport, Christ & Holy Trinity Newtown, Trinity Wilton, St. Matthew’s East Norwalk, Christ Church Southport, Trinity

4 NORTH CENTRAL Bloomfield, St. Stephen’s Meriden, St. Andrew’s Bloomfield, Old St. Andrew’s Middle Haddam, Christ Church Bristol, St. John’s Middletown, Holy Trinity Collinsville, Trinity New Britain, St. Mark’s Durham, Epiphany Newington, Grace East Berlin, St. Gabriel’s Northford, St. Andrew’s Farmington, St. James’ Plainville, Our Saviour Hartford, Grace Portland, Trinity Hartford, St. Monica’s Rocky Hill, St. Andrew the Apostle Hartford, Good Shepherd Simsbury, St. Alban’s Hartford, St. Martin’s South Glastonbury, St. Luke’s Hartford, Christ Church Cathedral Southington, St. Paul’s Hartford, Trinity Tariffville, Trinity Hartford, Trinity College Chapel W. Hartford, St. Paul’s Mission for the Deaf Higganum, St. James’ West Hartford, St. John’s Killingworth, Emmanuel West Hartford, St. James’s Meriden, The Commons Wethersfield, Trinity Meriden, Todos los Santos Windsor, Grace

SOUTH CENTRAL Ansonia, Christ Church New Haven. St. Thomas’ Bethany, Christ Church New Haven, St. Paul & St. James Branford, Trinity New Haven, Episcopal Church at Yale Cheshire, St. Peter’s New Haven, Trinity Derby, Immanuel St. James’ North Branford, Zion Devon (Milford), St. Andrew’s North Guilford, St. John’s East Haven, Christ & The Epiphany Orange, Good Shepherd Fair Haven (New Haven), St. James’ Oxford, St. Peter’s Guilford, Christ Church Oxford, Christ Church Quaker Farms Hamden, Grace & St. Peter’s Seymour, Trinity Milford, St. Peter’s Shelton, Good Shepherd Naugatuck, St. Michael’s Wallingford, St. Paul’s New Haven, Christ Church West Haven, Holy Spirit New Haven, St. John’s Yalesville, St. John’s New Haven, St. Luke’s

5 NORTHEAST Bolton, St. George’s Plainfield, St. Paul’s Broad Brook, Grace Pomfret, Christ Church Brooklyn, Trinity Putnam, St. Philip’s Danielson, St. Alban’s South Windsor, St. Peter’s East Hartford, All Saints’ Stafford Springs, Grace East Windsor, St. John’s Storrs, St. Mark’s Enfield, Holy Trinity Vernon, St. John’s Glastonbury, St. James’ Willimantic, St. Paul’s Hebron, St. Peter’s Windham Center, St. Paul’s Manchester, St. Mary’s

SOUTHEAST Clinton, Holy Advent Niantic, St. John’s East Haddam, St. Stephen’s Norwich, Christ Church Essex, St. John’s Old Lyme, St. Ann’s Fenwick, St. Mary’s Chapel Old Saybrook, Grace Gales Ferry, St. David’s Poquetanuck, St. James’ Ivoryton, All Saints’ Stonington, Calvary Madison, St. Andrew’s Westbrook, St. Paul’s Mystic, St. Mark’s Yantic, Grace New London, St. James’

6 Staff of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut

The Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan Ms. Maggie Breen, NE Region Missionary The Rev. Sandra Cosman, Secretary of the Diocese Ms. Suzanne DeMerchant, Administrator for the Office of the Episcopate Mr. Dave Desmarais, Property Manager The Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, Bishop Diocesan Ms. Theresa Dupont, Secretary of Donations & Bequests The Rev. Rachel Field, SC Region Missionary Ms. Erin Flinn, NC Region Missionary Mr. Louis Fuertes, Canon for Mission Finance & Operations Ms. Karin Hamilton, Canon for Communication & Media Ms. Robin Hammeal-Urban, Canon for Mission Integrity & Training Mr. Matt Handi, Operations Manager The Rev. Timothy Hodapp, Canon for Mission Collaboration & Congregational Life Ms. Alison Hollo, Administrator for the Bishop’s Office Ms. Allison Huggins, Digital Associate The Rev. Molly James, Dean for Formation Ms. Debbie Kenney, Administrator for Safe Church & Ordination Process Ms. Melinda Lane, Controller Ms. Gigi Leackfeldt, Administrator for Mission Collaboration & Finance Ms. Eliza Marth, NW Region Missionary Ms. Shirley McGarry, Financial Operations & Accounts Payable Ms. Bonni McKenney, Administrator for Programs of the Episcopate Ms. Karolyn Nicolaides, Financial Operations/Accounts Receivable Ms. Amber Page Gehr, Administrator for Transitions & Clergy Support Ms. Margaret Smith, Archivist The Rev. Rachel Thomas, SE Region Missionary The Rev. Lee Ann Tolzmann, Canon for Mission Leadership The Rev. Carlos de la Torre, SW Region Missionary Ms. Kayla Tubolino, HR Administrator The Rev. Adam Yates, Secretary of the Convention

Camp Washington Staff

Mr. Bart Geissinger, Executive Director Mr. Matthew Cornish, Camp Director Ms. Diane Atwood, Operations Manager Mr. Ben Thompson, Food Services Manager

7 Parishes & Mission Stations

Ansonia, 06401 – Christ Bridgeport, 06604 – Calvary St. 56 South Cliff St./PO Box 131 George’s 203.734.2715 755 Clinton Ave christchurchansonia.org 203.333.5116

Bantam, 06750 – St. Paul’s Bridgeport, 06604 – St. John’s 802 Bantam Rd./PO Box 449 768 Fairfield Ave 860.567.8838 203.335.2528 stpaulsbantam.org Bridgeport, 06607 – St. Mark’s Bethany, 06525 – Christ 401 Newfield Ave/PO Box 4182 526 Amity Rd 203.335.5655 203.393.3399 christchurchbethany.org Bridgeport, 06608 – St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s Bethel, 06801 – St. Thomas’ 594 Kossuth St./PO Box 2156 95 Greenwood Ave 203.367.7009 203.743.1494 stthomasbethel.org Bridgewater, 06752 – St. Mark’s 5 Main St/PO Box 143 Bethlehem, 06751 – Christ 860.354.8269 Main St./PO Box 520 203.266.7698 Bristol, 06010 – St. John’s christepiscopalchurchbethlehem.com 851 Stafford Ave 860.583.5445 Bloomfield, 06002 – Old St. Andrew’s stjohnsbristol.org 59 Tariffville Rd 860.242.4660 Broad Brook, 06016 – Grace oldstandrewschurch.org 44 Old Ellington Rd/PO Box 405 860.623.1574 Bloomfield, 06002 – St. Stephen’s gracebroadbrook.com 590 Bloomfield Ave 860.242.1152 Brookfield, 06804 – St. Paul’s 174 Whisconier Rd Bolton, 06043 – St. George’s 203.775.9587 1150 Boston Tpk saintpaulsbrookfield.com 860.643.9203 stgeorgesboltonct.org Brooklyn, 06234 – Trinity 7 Providence Rd/PO Box 276 Branford, 06405 – Trinity 860.774.9352 1109 Main St trinitychurchbrooklyn.org 203.488.2681 trinitybranford.org

8 Cheshire, 064106 – St. Peter’s Durham, 06422 – Epiphany 59 Main St 196 Main Street/PO Box 337 203.272.4041 860.349.9644 stpeterscheshire.org epiphanydurham.org

Clinton, 06413 – Holy Advent East Berlin, 06023 – St. Gabriel’s 81 East Main St/PO Box 536 68 Main St./PO Box 275 860.669.2232 860.828.3735 holyadventclinton.org stgabrielseastberlinct.org

Collinsville, 06022 – Trinity East Haddam, 06423 – St. Stephen’s 55 River Rd/PO Box 374 31 Main St./PO Box 464 860.693.8172 860.873.9547 trinitycollinsville.org ststeves.org

Danbury, 06810 – St. James’ East Hartford, 06118 – All Saints 25 West St 444 Hills St. 203.748.3561 860.568.6175 saintjamesdanbury.org allsaintseh.com

Danielson, 06239 – St. Alban’s East Haven, 06512 – Christ & Epiphany 254 Broad St 39 Park Pl. 860.774.6665 203.467.2310 stalbansdanielson.org christandtheepiphany.com

Darien, 06820– Ascension (deaf) East Windsor, 06088 – St. John’s c/o St. Luke’s, Darien 92 Main St. 860.623.3273 Darien, 06820 – St. Luke’s stjohnseastwindsor.org 1864 Post Rd./PO Box 3128 203.655.1456 Easton, 06612 – Christ saintlukesdarien.org 59 Church Rd. 203.268.3569 Darien, 06820 – St. Paul’s christchurcheaston.com 471 Mansfield Ave. 203.655.8773 Enfield, 06082 – Holy Trinity stpaulsdarien.org 383 Hazard Ave. 860.749.2722 Derby, 06418 – Immanuel St. James’ holytrinityenfield.org 123 Minerva St./PO Box 859 203.734.4149 Essex, 06426 – St. John’s immstjames.org 3 Cross St/PO Box 422 860.767.8095 stjohnsessex.org

9 Fairfield, 06430 – St. Paul’s Hamden, 06518 – Grace & St. Peter’s 661 Old Post Rd. 2925 Dixwell Ave./PO Box 5065 203.259.3013 203.248.4338 stpaulsfairfield.org graceandstpeters.org

Fairfield, 06430 – St. Timothy’s Hartford, 06103 – Christ Church 4670 Congress St. Cathedral 203.255.2740 45 Church St. sttimschurch.org 860.527.7231 cccathedral.org Fairfield, 06825 - Trinity/St. Michael’s 554 Tunxis Hill Rd. Hartford, 06106 – Good Shepherd 203.368.3225 155 Wyllys St. trinitystmichaels.wixsite.com/mysite 860.525.4289 goodshepherdhartford.org Farmington, 06032 – St. James’ 3 Mountain Rd. Hartford, 06106 – Grace 860.677.1564 55 Newport Ave. stjamesfarmington.org 860.233.0825 gracehartford.org Gales Ferry, 06335 – St. David’s 284 Stoddard’s Wharf Dr/PO Box 296 Hartford, 06112 – St. Martin’s 860.464.6516 290 Cornwall St. saintdavidsgf.org 860.242.0318

Glastonbury, 06830 – St. James’ Hartford, 06112 – St. Monica’s 2584 Main St/PO Box 206 3575 Main St 860.633.8333 860.522.7761 stjamesglastonbury.org stmonicashartford.org

Greenwich, 06830 – Christ Hartford– St. Paul’s (Deaf) 254 East Putnam Ave C/O St. John’s, West Hartford 203.869.6600 christchurchgreenwich.org Hartford, 06105 – Trinity 120 Sigourney St. Greenwich, 06830 – St. Barnabas’ 860.527.8133 954 Lake Ave trinityhartford.org 203.661.5526 stbarnabasgreenwich.org Hebron, 06248 – St. Peter’s 30 Church St. Guilford, 06437– Christ 860.228.3244 11 Park St/PO Box 574 stpetershebron.com 203.453.2279 christchurchguilford.org

10 Higganum, 06441 – St. James’ Marbledale, 06777 – St. Andrew’s (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) 247 New Milford Tpke/PO Box 2007 501 Killingworth Rd/PO Box 574 860.868.2275 860.345.0058 saintandrewsmarbledale.com stjameshigganum.org Meriden, 06451 – All Saints Huntington (Shelton), 06484 – St. Paul’s 64 Hanover Street 25 Church St. 203.235.9596 203.929.1722 stpaulsct.org Meriden, 06450 – St. Andrew’s 20 Catlin St Ivoryton, 06442 – All Saints’ 203.237.7451 129 Main St/PO Box 576 standrewsmeriden.org 860.767.1698 allsaintsivoryton.org Middlebury, 06762 – St. George’s Tucker Hill Road/PO Box 162 Kent, 06757– St. Andrew’s 203.758.9864 1 N Main St/PO Box 309 stgeorgesct.com 860.927.3486 standrewskentct.org Middle Haddam, 06456 – Christ 66 Middle Haddam Rd/PO Box 81 Killingworth, 06417 – Emmanuel 860.267.0287 (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) christchurchmiddlehaddam.com 50 Emmanuel Church Rd/PO Box 686 860.663.1800 Middletown, 06457 – Holy Trinity churchinthewilderness.org 381 Main St 860.347.2591 Lime Rock, 06039 – Trinity holytrinityct.org 484 Lime Rock Rd 860.435.2627 Milford, 06460 – St. Andrew’s (Devon) trinitylimerock.org 283 Bridgeport Ave 203.874.2701 Litchfield, 06759 – St. Michael’s standrewsmilford.org 25 South St/PO Box 248 860.567.9465 Milford, 06460 – St. Peter’s stmichaels-litchfield.org 71 River St 203.874.8562 Madison, 06443 – St. Andrew’s stpetersmilford.org 232 Durham Rd 203.245.2584 Milton, 06759 – Trinity standrewsmadison.org 536 Milton Rd/PO Box 839 860.567.5369 Manchester, 06040 – St. Mary’s trinitychurchmilton.org 41 Park St 860.649.4583 stmarysct.org

11 Monroe, 06468– St. Peter’s New Haven, 06511 – St. Paul’s & St. 175 Old Tannery Rd James’ 203.268.4265 57 Olive St stpetersonthegreen.com 203.562.2143 stpaulstjames.org Mystic, 06355 – St. Mark’s 15 Pearl St New Haven, 06511 – St. Thomas’ 860.572.9549 830 Whitney Ave stmarksmystic.org 203.777.7623 stthomasnewhaven.org Naugatuck, 06770 – St. Michael’s 210 Church St New Haven, 06510 – Trinity 203.729.8249 230 Temple St saintmichaelsnaugatuck.com 203.624.3101 trinitynewhaven.org New Britain, 06050 – St. Mark’s 147 West Main St/PO Box 1214 Newington, 06111 – Grace 860.225.7634 124 Maple Hill Ave stmarksnewbritain.org 860.666.3331 gracechurchnew.org New Canaan, 06840 – St. Mark’s 111 Oenoke Ridge New London, 06320 – St. James’ 203.966.4515 76 Federal St stmarksnewcanaan.org 860.443.4989 stjamesnl.org New Haven, 06511 – Christ 84 Broadway New Milford, 06776 – St. John’s 203.865.6354 7 Whittlesey Ave christchurchnh.org 860.354.5583 stjohnsepiscopalchurch-newmilford.org New Haven, 06513 – St. James’ 62 E Grand Ave Newtown, 06470 – Trinity 203.467.6958 36 Main St stjamesnewhaven.org 860.426.9070 trinitynewtownct.org New Haven, 06511 – St. John’s 400 Humphrey St Niantic, 06357 – St. John’s 203.562.1487 400 Main St/PO Box 810 stjohnsnewhaven.org 860.739.2324 stjohnsniantic.org New Haven, 06511– St. Luke’s 111 Whalley Ave North Branford, 06471 – Zion 203.865.0141 326 Notch Hill Rd stlukeschurchnewhaven.com 203.488.7395 zionepiscopalchurch.org

12 Northford, 06472 – St. Andrew’s Old Saybrook, 06475 – Grace (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) 336 Main St 1382 Middletown Ave/PO Box 96 860.388.0895 203.484.0895 graceoldsaybrook.org standrewsnorthford.org Orange, 06477 – Good Shepherd North Guilford, 06437– St. John’s 680 Race Brook Rd 129 Ledge Hill Rd 203.795.6577 203.457.1094 thegoodshepherdorangect.org stjohnsguilford.org Oxford, 06483 – St. Peter’s North Haven, 06473 – St. John’s 421 Oxford Rd 3 Trumbull Pl 203.888.5279 203.239.0156 stpetersofoxfordct.org stjohns-northhaven.org Pine Meadow, 06061 – St. John’s Norwalk, 06855 – Christ 42 Church St/PO Box 27 2 Emerson St 860.379.3062 203.866.7442 reddoors.com christchurcheastnorwalk.org Plainfield, 06374 – St. Paul’s Norwalk, 06851 – St. Paul’s 27 Babcock Ave 60 East Ave 860.564.3560 203.847.2806 stpaulplainfield.org stpaulsnorwalk.org Plainville, 06062 – Our Saviour Norwich, 06360 - Christ Episcopal 115 West Main St. 78 Washington St 860.747.3109 860.887.4249 oursaviourplainville.ctdiocese.org cecnorwichct.org Pomfret, 06258 – Christ Oakville, 06779 – All Saints’ 527 Pomfret St, Box 21 262 Main St 860.315.7780 860.274.2352 christchurchpomfret.org allsaintsoakvillect.org Portland, 06480 – Trinity Old Greenwich, 06870 – St. Saviour’s 345 E Main St 350 Sound Beach Ave 860.342.0458 203.637.2262 trinitychurchportlandct.org saintsaviours.org Preston, 06360– St. James (Poquetanuck) Old Lyme, 06371 – St. Anne’s 95 Route 2-A 82 Shore Rd./PO Box 297 860.889.0150 860.434.1621 stjamespreston.org saintannsoldlyme.org

13 Putnam, 06260 – St. Philip’s Sharon, 06069 – Christ 63 Grove St./PO Box 628 9 S Main St 860.928.3510 860.364.5260 stphilipsputnam.com christchurchsharon.org

Quaker Farms, 06478 – Christ Shelton, 06484 – Good Shepherd 470 Quaker Farms Rd (Oxford) 186 Coram Ave 203.888.4936 203.924.8050 ccqf.org goodshepherdct.wixsite.com

Redding, 06876 – Christ Simsbury, 06070– St. Albans 184 Cross Hwy/PO Box 54 197 Bushy Hill Rd 203.938.2872 860.658.0406 christchurchredding.org stalbanssimsbury.org

Ridgefield, 06877 – St. Stephen’s Southbury, 06488 – Epiphany 351 Main St 262 Main St N 203.438.3789 203.264.8150 ststephensridgefield.org epiphanysouthbury.org

Riverside, 06878 – St. Paul’s South Glastonbury, 06073 – St. Luke’s 200 Riverside Ave 915 Main St./PO Box 155 203.637.2447 860.633.7175 stpaulsriverside.org stlukesglastonbury.org

Rocky Hill, 06067– St. Andrew Apostle Southington, 06489 – St. Paul’s 331 Orchard St. 145 Main St 860.529.7622 860.628.8486 thechurchofstandrew.org stpaulsouthington.weebly.com

Roxbury, 06783 – Christ Southport, 06490 – Trinity 1 North St/PO Box 4 651 Pequot Ave/PO Box 400 860.354.4113 203.255.0454 christchurchroxbury.org trinitysouthport.org

Salisbury, 06068 – St. John’s South Windsor, 06074– St. Peter’s 12 Main St 99 Sand Hill Rd 860.435.9290 203.644.8548 stjohnssalisbury.org stpeters-sw.org

Seymour, 06483 – Trinity Stafford Springs, 06076 – Grace 91 Church St 7 Spring St 203.888.6596 860.684.2824 trinityseymourct.org graceepiscopalchurchstaffordsprings.org

14 Stamford, 06903 – Christ the Healer Tariffville, 06081 – Trinity 20 Brookdale Rd 11 Church St 203.322.6991 860.651.0201 christthehealerstamford.org trinitytariffville.org

Stamford, 06901 – Iglesia Betania Thomaston, 06787 – St. Peter’s-Trinity 628 Main St 160 Main St 203.323.1510 860.283.5472 stpeterstrinity.org Stamford, 06901 – L’Eglise de l’Ephanie Episcopale Torrington, 06790 – Trinity 628 Main St 220 Prospect St 203.274.7315 860.482.6027 egliseepiphanie.wixsite.com/epiphanie trinity-torrington.org

Stamford, 06902 – St. Andrew’s Trumbull, 06611 – Christ (Tashua) 1231 Washington Blvd 5170 Madison Ave 203.325.4359 203.268.5566 saintandrewsstamford.org christchurchtashua.com

Stamford, 06903– St. Francis’ Trumbull, 06611 – Grace 2810 Long Ridge Rd 5958 Main St 203.322.2949 203.268.2809 stfrancisstamford.org gracetrumbull.org

Stamford, 06901 – St. John’s Trumbull, 06611 – Trinity 628 Main St 1734 Huntington Tpke 203.348.2619 203.375.1503 stjohns-stamford.org trinitynichols.org

Stonington, 06378 – Calvary Vernon, 06066 – St. John’s 27 Church St 523 Hartford Tpke 860.535.1181 860.872.0517 calvarychurchstonington.org stjohnsvernonct.org

Storrs, 06268 – St. Mark’s Wallingford, 06492 – St. Paul’s 42 North Eagleville Rd 65 North Main St 860.429.2647 203.269.5050 stmarkschapel.org stpaulswallingford.org

Stratford, 06497– Christ Washington, 06793 – St. John’s 2000 Main St 78 Green Hill Rd/PO Box 1278 203.375.4447 860.868.2527 christchurchstratford.org stjohnswashington.org

15 Waterbury, 06705 – Christ Wethersfield, 06109 – Trinity 2030 East Main St 300 Main St 203.753.6921 860.529.6825 trinityepiscopalweth.org Waterbury, 06702 – St. John’s 16 Church St Willimantic, 06226 – St. Paul’s 203.754.3116 220 Valley St stjohnsonthegreen.org 860.423.8455 stpaulswillimantic.org Watertown, 06795 – Christ 25 The Green/PO Box 166 Wilton, 06897 – St. Matthews 860.274.1910 36 New Canaan Rd christchurchwatertown.org 203.762.7400 Westbrook, 06498 – St. Paul’s stmatthewswilton.org 53 S. Main St/PO Box 598 Windham, 06280 – St. Paul’s 860.399.9205 27 Plains Rd/PO Box 82 stpaulswestbrook.ournonprophet.org 860.423.9653 West Hartford, 06107– St. James’ stpaulswindham.org 1018 Farmington Ave Windsor, 06095 – Grace 860.521.9620 311 Broad St stjameswh.org 860.688.1232 West Hartford, 06119– St. John’s gracechurchonthegreen.org 679 Farmington Ave Winsted, 06098 – St. James’ 860.523.5201 160 Main St sjparish.net 860.379.5657 West Haven, 06516 – Holy Spirit Wolcott, 06716 – All Saints’ 28 Church St 282 Bound Line Rd/PO Box 6015 203.934.3437 203.879.2800 holyspiritwh.org allsaintswolcott.org Weston, 06883 – Emmanuel Woodbury, 06798 – St. Paul’s 285 Lyons Plain Rd 294 Main St. South/PO Box 5002 203.227.8565 203.263.3541 emmanuelweston.org stpaulswoodbury.org Westport, 06880 – Christ & Holy Trinity Yalesville, 06492 – St. John the 75 Church Ln Evangelist 203.227.0827 360 Church St chtwestport.org 860.269.9526 stjohns-yalesville.org

16 Yantic, 06389 – Grace Chapel Hill Rd/PO Box 126 860.887.2082 gracechurchyantic.org Summer Chapels Ivoryton, St. John’s: A camp and conference center of the Church of the Incarnation, New York

Norfolk, Church of the Transfiguration

Old Saybrook, St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Chapel: A summer Chapel supported by voluntary offerings from worshipers. Arrangements are made by a committee of cottagers. West Cornwall, Chapel of St. Joseph and the Angel: Trinity Camp and Conference Center Chapels of Institutions Armsmear (Home for Ladies), Hartford Salisbury School (for boys), Salisbury St. Elisabeth’s Chapel Chapel

Berkeley Ctr., New Haven Seabury Retirement Community, Chapel of St. Luke, the Dean Bloomfield Chapel Camp Washington, Lakeside Transfiguration Chapel, the South Kent School (for boys), South Bishop Kent St. Michael’s Chapel The Choate– Rosemary school, Wallingford Trinity College Hartford Chapel Chapel Kent School, Kent Wooster School, Danbury St. Joseph’s Chapel James Marshall Memorial Chapel

The Commons, Meriden Summary All Saints’ Chapel, the Bishop Cathedral: 1 Pomfret School, Pomfret Parishes: 162 The Clark Memorial Chapel Summer Chapels: 4 Chapels of Institutions: 13 Rectory School (for boys), Pomfret St. Andrews Chapel

17 Educational and Charitable Institutions Maintained or conducted by church affiliation corporate and located in Connecticut, but not under the control of the Diocese:

Trinity College, Hartford The Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven Choate-Rosemary School, Wallingford The Kent School Corporation, Kent The Pomfret School, Pomfret The Rectory School, Pomfret St. Thomas’s Day School, Incorporated, New Haven The Salisbury School (for boys), Salisbury The Wooster School, Danbury Episcopal Church at Yale University, New Haven Seabury Retirement Community, Bloomfield Armsmear, A Home for Gentlewoman, Hartford The George Beach Apartments, Hartford The Hunter V. and Elizabeth S. Berg Home, Southport Granbury Memorial Homes, Wethersfield The Liza Huntington Memorial Home, Norwich St. Luke’s Home, Middletown

For information as to object, management, terms of admission, etc., address each institution individually.

18 Clergy in Order of Canonical Residence

As of end-of-year 2017

The date at the left indicates the starting year of the most recent residency in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Bishops

Year Name From Ordained Deacon 1943 The Rt. Rev. Morgan Porteus, D.D. CT Bp. Budlong 09/29/43 1966 The Rt. Rev. Clarence N. Coleridge, D. Min.NY Bp. Stark 01/12/61 1968 The Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, D.D. CT Bp. Gray 06/11/68 1985 The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry, M.Div. CT Bp. Walmsley 06/06/85 1973 The Rt. Rev. Jeffery W. Rowthorn, D.D. UK Bp. Stockwood 09/62 1998 The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, D.Min. Mass Bp. Johnson, 06/01/91 2010 The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D. Mass Bp. Wissemann, 06/11/88

Year Name From Ordained Deacon 1950 Aaron Manderbach PA Bp. Taitt, May 37 1952 William S. Glazier CT Bp. Gray, June 52 Arthur B. Robertshaw, III CT Bp. Gray, June 52 1953 Jervis S. Zimmerman CT Bp. Gray, March 53 1954 John B. M. Frederick CT Bp. Gray, June 54 1955 Kenneth D. Thomas CT Bp. Gray, June 55 1956 Willoughby Newton CT Bp. Gray, June 56 George W. Razee CT Bp. Gray, June 56 Walter A. Debboli Alb Bp. Richards, May 55 1958 William S. Brison WMass Bp. Lawrence, May 57 Randall C. Giddings NwPa Bp. Sterrett, Sept. 45 Donald H. Peet CT Bp. Gray, June 58 1959 Douglas T. Cooke CT Bp. Gray, June 59 1961 William N. Penfield NJ Bp. Washburn, June 52 Allan H. O’Neill SD Bp. V. VanDyck, May 54 Edward G. Bierhaus, Jr. Ind Bp. Kirchhoffer, June 57 Robert H. Wellner Be Bp. DeWolfe, April 55 1963 James A. Birdsall LI Bp. DeWolfe, April 57 Edward C. Coolidge CT Bp. Gray, June 63 John A. Rogers CT Bp. Gray, June 63 1964 Richardson A. Libby, Jr. WDC Bp. Dun, June 60 Lin K. Robinson NY Bp Gray June 54 David L. Cannon CT Bp. Gray, June 64

19 1965 R.G.Windsor Spellman WMass Bp. Ragg, May 46 Robert J. Miner RI Bp. Higgins, June 64 1966 George C. Anderhaggen CT Bp. Gray, June 66 Hobart J. Gary LI Bp. Randall, June 47 1967 Edward T. Adkins Mo Bp. Goodwin, Feb. 45 1968 George N. Crocker CT Bp. Gray, June 67 Thomas L. Kilbourn CT Bp. Gray. June 67 Frederick J. Kuhlman CT Bp. Gray, June 67 Thomas F. Beck Nwk Bp. Stark, June 63 Stephen D. Parker PR Bp. Swift, June 67 1969 Robert E. Taylor CT Bp. Esquirol, June 69 George E. Hall, Jr. NJ Bp. Banyard, April 57 1970 Robert R. McMurtry Me Bp. Kirkhoffer, May 50 Richard R. Hadden CT Bp. Esquirol, June 70 1971 Richard VanWely Alb Bp. Brown, June 62 David A. Pople CT Bp. Hutchens, June 71 Donald D. Gardner Mass Bp. Washburn, June 54 Robert W. Merchant Mil Bp. Burroughs, June 63 Steven E. Hulme Ia Bp. Smith, June 59 1972 Andrew W. Fiddler Nwk Bp. Stark, June 68 Edward G. Goetz CT Bp. Hutchins, June 72 Richard T. Nolan Mass Bp. Burgess, June 63 1973 Richard A. Ellis WNY Bp. Hall, Feb. 57 Borden W. Painter, Jr. NY Bp. Donegan, June 63 G. Kirkpatrick CT Bp. Hutchens, June 73 Donald R. Lillpopp VT Bp. Lawrence, June 59 William D. Loring NY Bp. Banyard, Dec. 65 1974 Robert E. Deming NH Bp. Higgins, June, Peter E. Bushnell CT Bp. Hutchens, June 74 William N. Tedesco CT Bp. Hutchens, June 74 John W. Rick, II Mo Bp. Cadigan, June 74 Bruce M. Shipman NY Bp. Donegan, June 68 Wayne Pokorny CNY Bp. DeWitt, June 67 1975 Mark A. DeWolf LI Bp. Ellison, May 59 Marcus B. Rogers NY Bp. Donegan, June 66 Ronald S. Gauss NWT Bp. Henton, May 72 Malcolm Roberts, III CT Bp. Hutchens, June 75#8 1976 Francis C. Howard WMass Bp. Whitsey, Oct. 57 Michael J.R. Tessman CT Bp. Hutchens, June 76 Raynor W. Andersen NY Bp. Donegan, June 70 1977 Peter D. Quinn RI Bp. Belden, Dec.73 Ronald A. Glaude CT Bp. Hutchens, June 77 1978 Richard L. Aiken NH Bp. Goodwin, June 56

20 Christopher L. Rose Bp. Porteus, June 78 David A. Owen Chi Bp. Burroughs, June 62 David G. Pritchard Ga Bp. Dun, June 54 Richard E. Mayberry NY Bp. Voegeli, June 71 Barbara West Dal Bp. Davies, June 75 1979 Arthur H. Underwood VA Bp. Dun, June 50 Donald R. Page NJ Bp. Banyard, April 71 William P. Morton PA Bp. DeWitt, June 70 Raymond L. Cox CT Bp. Porteus, June 9 79 James G. Wilson LI Bp. Sherman, June 67 1980 Julia M. Gatta CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Erik W. Larsen CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Peter A. Stebinger CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Richardson W. Schell Chi Bp. Montgomery, May 76 James G. Bradley WVa Bp. Atkinson, June 75 David W. Brown Vt Bp. Gray, June 59 Peter R. Rodgers WMass Bp. Sherman, June 69 1981 John G. Macort, Jr. SeFla Bp. Armstrong, June 63 Andrea Smith CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Katheryn Keene-Babcock CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Priscilla M. Williams CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Kyle M. McGee WDC Bp. Blanchard, June 67 Elizabeth P. Rogers CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 81 1982 Burton MacLean Eur Bp. Kennedy, Aug. 59 Roger B. White CT Bp. Walmsley, June 82 Malcolm B. Greenlee CT Bp. Walmsley, June 82 Armand A. LaVallee RI Bp. Higgins, June 59 Richard H. Mansfield SO Bp. Donegan, Dec. 65 Robert G. Carroon Mil Bp. Hallock, April 62 David A. Norris CT Bp. Hastings, Oct. 82 1983 Magar Bedrosian RI Bp. Hatch, June 58 Andrew L.C.C. Jones WVa Bp. Atkinson, June 74 Ruth H. Bersin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 83 Brendan P. McCormick (rec’d as deacon from RC Church) June 83 Clark F. Coughlin Alb Bp. Hogg, Oct. 80 Victor A. Rogers Miss Bp. Evans, July 69 Gilbert S. Larsen NY Bp. Donegan, June 68 Barry W. Miller NJ Bp. Cole, June 66 Jerome W. Meachen Ga Bp. Hargrave, June 67 C. Jon Widing Del Bp. DeWitt, June 66 1984 William Loutrel Ind(1978) Bp. Porteus, June 78 Joseph A. Krasinski NY Bp. Moore, June 82 Carl P. Daw, Jr. SVa Bp. Vache, June 81

21 Patricia F. Davidson LI Bp. Witcher, June 83 Robert L. Ficks III CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Mary Anne Ciriello CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Kent C. Smith CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Annika L. Warren CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Rosalie N. Richards NY Bp. Moore, June 81 Eleanor Lee McGee WDC Bp. Creighton, Oct. 74 Bernardo Lora NY Bp. Wetmore, April 79 Molly O. Louden CT Bp. Walmsley, Sept. 84 William J. Eakins WMass Bp. Hatch, June 69 1985 Zane W. Gordy Mo Bp. Mead, June 69 Peter R. Powell, Jr. WDC Bp. Krumm, June 76 Roddey Reid, Jr. NY Bp. Gravatt, Feb. 44 Michael F. Ray Alb Bp. Mason, June 69 Henry C. Burdick CT Bp. Walmsley, June 85 Ellen L. Tillotson ND Bp. Hopkins, July 83 1986 Thomas J. Furrer CT Bp. Walmlsey, June 86 Anne C. Seddon CT Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Anne B. Kimball CT Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Margaret H. Minnick Be Bp. Gressle, March 82 George W. Jenkins NJ Bp. Stark, June 65 Joyce M. Scales CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 Malcolm M. Barnum CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 Richard Beattie CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 1987 Richard F. Tombaugh Mo Bp. Street, June 58 Bennett A. Brockman CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Mary Ann Logue CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Barbara E. Nixon CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Jane B. Stickney CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 James R. Wheeler WNY Bp. Burt, June 79 Mary Ann Mann Pa Bp. Ogilby, June 84 Mark R. Wood FtW Bp. Davies, June 85 1988 Roger Alling, Jr. Be Bp. Carpenter, June 59 Overton W. Gilkes I Bp. Mandeville, Dec. 56 Charles L. Hoffman Mass Bp. Montgomery, June 68 T. Preston Kelsey II Cal Bp. Pike, June 61 H. Bacon Collamore CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 88 George R. Ronkowitz (rec’d as priest from RC Church) Dec. 88 1989 James L. Kellaway WVa Bp. Sherman, June 77 John R. Gilchrist Mo Bp. Murray, June 67 Hope H. Adams CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Ann S. Charles CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Debra A. Dodd CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89

22 Bartlett W. Gage CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Patricia M. Hames CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Leander S. Harding Mass Bp. Wolf, Dec. 80 Pierre Wolff (rec’d as priest from RC Church) Nov. 89 1990 Charles L. Hoffman Mass Bp. Montgomery, June 68 Ellendale M. Hoffman Mass Bp. Brown, June 76 Jeffrey S. Dugan SVa Bp. Wolf, May 80 John L.C. Mitman Ia Bp. Hall, June 65 Patricia M.E. Portley CT Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Peter Hancock Vaughn CT Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Karen C. Fedorchak CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Patricia C. Joy CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Bruce Mason CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Scott J. Stevens CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 1991 John H. Branson Nwk (1974) Bp. Smith, June 74 Sandra A. Belcher Mass Bp. Coburn, June 85 Joanne L. Neel-Richard Fla Bp. Cerveny, June 88 William P. Veinot Me Bp. Chalfant, June 88 Rachel J.Thomas CT Bp. Walmsley, June 91 Elena M. Barnum CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 91 1992 Joseph L. Pace Tenn Bp. Gates, June 79 Esther L. Chuboff CNY Bp. Whitkker, June 86 Cyril C. Burke NC (1966) Bp. DeWolfe, June 64 Gregory W. Welin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Geoffrey Little CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 John D. Limpitlaw CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Thomas R. White Mass Bp. Appleyard, June 79 Barbara T. Cheney Mich Bp Wolf, June 80 1993 Wilborne A. Austin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Nicholas Lang (rec’d as Priest from Ukranian Orthodox Church) Bp. Kushack, 73 Allyn B. Benedict CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Gilbert V. Wilkes CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Erl G. Purnell CT Bp. Walmsley, August 93 Mark Santucci CP Bp. McNutt, June 82 K. Dexter Cheney Mich Bp. Lewis, June 80 J. Salin Low Pa Bp. Moody, June 90 Jeffery H. Walker Tex Bp. Richardson, June 75 George C. Brower Tenn Bp. Donegan, June 63 Sherrill Scales NY Bp. Hobson, June 57 1995 Lynne A. Griffo Pa Bp. Walker, June 90 Sandra H. Stayner Pgh Bp. Hathaway, June 90 Terry M. Wysong CT Bp. Coleridge, June 95 R.C. Hooper CT Bp. Coleridge, June 95

23 Richard M. Silbereis NC Bp. Garver, June 87 1996 Kathleen Adams-Shepherd CNY Bp. Coburn, June 82 Robert M.Hall WVa Bp. Sherman, June 71 Julie Kelsey CT Bp Coleridge, June 96 David M. Carter NH (1986) Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Donald F. Allen CT Bp Coleridge, June 96 Marjorie R. S. Roccoberton CT Bp Coleridge, June 96 Hugh W. Tudor Foley CT Bp. Coleridge, Oct. 92 1997 Alan N. Mason SO Bp. Higgins, June 63 Dana Lou Campbell CT Bp. Coleridge, June 97 Jaclyn S. Sheldon CT Bp. Coleridge, June 97 Everett C. Perine NJ Bp. Kerr, June 86 1998 Harry A. Elliott WNY Bp. Bowman, Feb. 87 Bruce N. Torrey Roch Bp. Witcher, June 81 Nihal Delanerolle MN Bp. McNairy John F. Carter NY Bp. Coburn, June 1, 85 Harry L. Knisely Ia Bp. Stevenson, June 69 Robert W. Watson Md (1994) Bp. Gray, June 56 Ellen B. McKinley NJ (1980) Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 80 Daniel E. Mattila MN Bp. Jelinek, Sept. 94 Eloise E. Adams CT Bp. Coleridge, Dec. 98 Mary-Lloyd Brainard CT Bp. Coleridge, Dec. 98 1999 Christopher Leighton Mass Bp. Appleyard, Sep. 79 Richard Mallory NY Bp. Donegan, June 71 Christopher L. Webber NY Bp. DeWolfe, Apr. 56 Kathleen Dorr LI Bp. Walker, June 95 Mary Ann Osborn FL Bp. Cerveny, June 86 Virginia K. Hummel NJ Bp. McKelvey, June 94 Andrew G. Osmun Vt Bp. Appleyard, Oct 75 Judith S. Green Lex Bp. EW Jones, June 96 Robert K. Stuhlmann NJ Bp. Burgess, Nov 71 Allen, Russell H Mil (1968) Bp. Gray, June 68 June White-Hassler CT Bp. Smith, Sept. 99 Anthony Dinoto CT Bp. Coleridge, June 99 Mary Gates CT Bp. Coleridge, June 99 2000 James R. Low Mass Bp. Stokes, June 69 William E. Hardwick Los Bp. Talton, June 92 Charles M. Baker, Jr. SC Bp. Haynesworth, June 87 Kurt J. Huber MI Bp. Wood, June 98 Halsey Stevens RI (1965) Bp. Gray, June 65 Joan P. Phelps WMass (1990)Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Anna S. Pearson Mass Bp. Johnson, May 92 Donald Hamer CT Bp. Smith, June 00

24 Linda Spiers CT Bp. Smith, June 00 DeOla Barfield CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 02 Donald Richey CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 02 Robert Sireno CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 00 Jose Mestre’ CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 00 2001 Wectnick Paul Hai Bp. Garnier, Sept. 77 Robert J. Brooks WDC Bp. Bailey, June 73 Mark E.Given Pa Bp. Morton, June 89 David A. Feyrer Be Bp. Warnecke, June 69 Margaret E. Normann NY Bp. Dennis, June 93 Robert E. Friedrich NH Bp. Moore, June 86 R. Sherman Beattie IN (1952) Bp. Gray, June 52 Amy M. Eagan Nwk Bp. McElvey, June 99 Marston Price Mass Bp. Cochrane, Aug 82 Robert E. Black HSB Bp. Lichtenberger, June 57 Daniel Morgan Ga (1993) Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Ellen Huber CT Bp. Smith, June 01 Horace Johnson CT Bp Smith, June 01 Erich Anderson-Krengel CT Bp. Smith, June 01 Vicki Davis CT Bp. Smith, June 01 2002 John M. Miller MA Bp. Creighton, June 68 Donald F. Thompson Alg Bp of Algoma, Canada Helen M. Moore Chi Bp. Johnson, May 92 Marilyn L.C. Anderson CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Harlon L. Dalton CT Bp. Smith, June 022 Valerie W. Dixon CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Kathryn Green-McCreight CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Malinda M.E. Johnson CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Ellen K.G. Kennedy CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Susan J. McCone CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Alice A. Mindrum CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Stephen Klots Mass Bp. Shaw, June 00 Victoria Miller NY Bp. Grein, June 90 Moses Aderibole Nigeria Bp. Aderin, June 86 Andrew Zeman (1971) SVa Bp. Hutchens, Dec 71 Gail Keenney-Mulligan Okla Bp. Spears, May 84 Estelle Webb Be Bp. Marshall, Oct 96 Michel Belt Nwk Bp. McKelvey, June 97 2003 Frederick Crysler Ky Bp. DeWitt, June 68 Elizabeth D.U. Starbuck Tex Bp. Sterling, June 93 Robert M. Stocksdale SD Bp. Heistand, June 91 Alsid de Chambeau LI Bp. Brady, June 61 Daniel Heischman WDC Bp. Krumm, May 76

25 James A. Mulligan OK R.C. Church, June 55 Jose A. Diaz PR Bp. Froylan, July 87 Marilyn Gilbert EMich Bp. Beidel, Jr., July 98 Donna Downs CT Bp. Smith, June 03 Joan E. Fittz CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Diane L. Hovey CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Agnes R. Johnson CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Carolyn C. Legg CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Gary A. Mongillo CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Kyle W. Pedersen CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Cathy J. Puskarz CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Tracy Johnson CT Bp. Smith, June 03 Audrey Scanlon CT Bp. Smith, June 03 David Stayner CT Bp. Smith, June 03 2004 Jonathan H. Folts WTex Bp. Folts, June 96 Richard Maxwell NY Bp Grein , February 99 Kimberly S. Folts WTex Bp. McNutt, Jr., June 04 Godwin Agbo Kaduna Bp. Robert C. Hooper Mass Bp. Coleridge, June 95 Andrea Bowlby Mass Bp. June 04 John Burton CT Bp. Smith, June 04 Maureen Peitler-Lederman CT Bp. Smith, June 04 Amy Welin CT Bp. Smith, June 04 2005 J. Allison St. Louis WDC Bp. Dixon, January 01 Paul Carling VT Bp. Ely, December 02 James D. Cooke SO Bp. Thompson, Jr., June 98 Judith A. Cowper Be Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Nicholas T. Porter Eur Bp. Coleridge, June 94 Geoffrey Hahneman SVa Bp. Cilley, June 80 Lisa DiNunno Mass Bp. Bane, Jr., June 99 Stanley C. Kemmerer Mass Bp. Butterfield, June 69 Javier Franco Bp. Merino, October 84 2005 Evette E. Austin CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Angela H. Rowley CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Heidi M. Truax CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Margaret H. Sullivan CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Diane R. Caggiano CT Bp. Smith, September 05 Knute C. Hansen CT Bp. Smith, September 05 Amy L. Reichman CT Bp. Smith, September 05 2006 Lynda Tyson ME Bp. Knudsen, June 05 Molly James ME Bp. Knudsen, June 05 Robert Ross CA Bp. Johnson, February 93 John Corbiere Mass Bp. Porteus, January 79

26 Lois Keen Pa Bp. Townsend, January 99 Scott Lee Ark Bp. Sanders, December 92 Audrey Murdock Cpa Bp. McLeod, October 00 Bryan S. Bywater CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Carol Ann Hoidra CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Douglass T. Lind CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Angela H. Rowley CT Bp. Curry, January 06 Margaret H. Sullivan CT Bp. Smith, January 06 Heidi M. Truax CT Bp. Ramos-Orench, Jan. 06 Robert J. Boulter CT Bp. Smith, December 06 Nicki S. Kimes CT Bp. Smith, December 06 2007 Ismail Shahrokh Dezhbod, Deacon, (tran. from the Dio. of Jerusalem & the Middle East) Mary Jane Donohue CT Bp. Smith June 07 Ronald James Kolanowski CT Bp. Smith June 07 Ian Stephen Markham CT Bp. Smith June 07 José Lino Martínez González CT Bp. Smith June 07 Susan Elizabeth Cavanagh Wyper CT Bp. Smith June 07 Max A. Myers WNY Bp. Garrison, December 99 Carolyn Sue Archer CT Bp. Smith September 07 Doreen Ann Bottone CT Bp. Smith September 07 Douglas Brian Engwall CT Bp. Smith September 07 Lee Forshaw CT Bp. Smith September 07 Nancy Elizabeth Gage CT Bp. Smith September 07 Donna Claire Wodarek Gray CT Bp. Smith September 07 Christopher Michael Holms CT Bp. Smith September 07 Patricia Gladys Jackson CT Bp. Smith September 07 Elizabeth Ann Knauff CT Bp. Smith September 07 Edrice Veronica Viechweg CT Bp. Smith September 07 Richard C. Alton PA Bp. Walmsley, June 88 2008 David R. Anderson PA Bp. Griswold, June 89 Allison Read NY Bp. Sisk, March 03 Peter W. Floyd VT Bp. Francis, June 65 Catharine Randall RG Bp. Steenson June 07 Randall Balmer RG Bp. Steenson May 06 Grace Pritchard Burson CT Bp. Smith June 08 Sandra Lee Cosman CT Bp. Smith June 08 Bret Bowie Hays CT Bp. Smith June 08 Lucy Driscoll LaRocca CT Bp. Smith June 08 Rita Teschner Powell CT Bp. Smith June 08 Dawn Marie Stegelmann CT Bp. Smith June 08 Lee Ann D. Tolzmann MD Bp. Ihloff June 01 2009 Mary A. Canavan RI Bp. Ladhoff May 99 Peter F. Walsh AZ Bp. Grein 94

27 E. Bevan Stanley Nwk Bp. Walmsley June 83 Paul A. Jacobson CT Bp. Smith June 09 Debra K. A. Slade CT Bp. Smith June 09 W. Alfred Tisdale, Jr. CT Bp. Smith June 09 Andrew W. Walter NY Bp. Sisk March 07 Paul R. Briggs WMA Bp. Wolf June 81 Suzannah Rohman VA Bp. Creighton June 99 Robert P. Clements WMA Bp. Moodey June 85 Linda S. Arsenie CT Bp. Smith June 09 Diane M. Peterson CT Bp. Smith June 09 Elizabeth H. Skaleski CT Bp. Smith June 09 Joseph E. Shepley NY Bp. Buchanan June 96 James D. Speer MN Bp. Of the Yukon November 79 Robert W. Woodroofe, III MA Bp. Kellogg June 68 2010 Victoria Evelyn Baldwin CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Eric Vincent Jeuland CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Jane Catherine Eppley Jeuland CT Bp. Douglas June 10 David Kevin McIntosh CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio CT Bp. Douglas June 10 James B. Lemler CHI Bp. Sheridan June 76 Judith Rhodes PA Bp. Johnson June 93 Judith Alexis OH Bp. Ottley July 06 Nathan Speck-Ewer ECR Bp. Smith 02 2011 Ann J. Broomell FL Bp. Harris June 95 Kathleen H. Berkowe NY Bp. Sisk March 10 Sharon K. Gracen LA Bp. Waynick June 10 Carmen Christine Germino CT Bp. Douglas June 11 Juliusz Siegmond Jodko CT Bp. Douglas June 11 Kristin Elizabeth Kaulbach Miles CT Bp. Douglas June 11 Alan Cameron Murchie CT Bp. Douglas June 11 Carolyn Jackson Sharp CT Bp. Douglas June 11 Edgar Garland Taylor CT Bp. Douglas June 11 R. Harrison West WA Bp. Ladehoff May 91 Mark K. J. Robinson OH Bp. Chalfant 88 Mark H. Byers SD Bp. Smith 01 Adam Yates CHI Bp. Lee June 10 Denise McGovern Adessa CT Bp. Ahrens September 11 Dennis Edward Kane CT Bp. Ahrens September 11 Thomas Nicholas Mariconda CT Bp. Ahrens September 11 2012 John Donnelly NWK Bp. Black June 81 Kerith Harding OR Bp. Hampton May 09 Edward D. Pardoe NY Bp. Sisk March 09 Steven C. Ling BTH Bp. Marshall March 07

28 John M. Gilpin CT Bp. Curry June 12 J. Hugh A. James July 2012 (transfer from St David’s Diocese, Province of Wales) Bonnie Anderson CT Bp. Ahrens September 12 2013 Timothy Hodapp MN Bp. Jelinek January 10 Esmail Dezhbod CT Bp. Curry November 13 Rowena J. Kemp CT Bp. Douglas June 13 Eddie Lopez BTH Bp. Marshall June 11 Ann Lovejoy Johnson WV Bp. Gibbs Jr. December 01 Jose E. Irizarry PR Whitney Altopp Nwk Bp. Adams III June 02 George Roberts USC Bp. Henderson May 09 Frank Tuchols CT Bp. Douglas August 13 Mark Lingle CT Bp. Douglas October 13 2014 Patricia Pasley CT Bp. Douglas January 14 Michael Edward Carroll CT Bp. Curry Mary 14 Patrick Bush CT Bp. Curry March 14 Kim Jeanne Litsey CT Bp. Ahrens October 14 Robert Bergner (Received from Diocese of Montreal, Canada) November 14 Diana M. Rogers MN Bp. Whitmore January 08 Hilary Greer NY Bp. Sisk March 11 Adam Thomas Mass Bp. Klusmeyer December 07 Marissa Rohrbach PA Bp. Bennison January 12 Patricia Coller WMA Bp. Tennis September 91 Stephanie McDyre Johnson NY Bp. Sisk March 10 Robert Emmons Neville ECR Bp. Gray-Reeves January 13 2015 Amjad Samuel CT Bp. Smith June 09 Julia Fritts MD Bp. Rabb June 08 Margaret Hodgkins NWK Bp. Spong June 96 Whitney Edwards VA Bp. Lee June 07 Kate Kelderman VA Bp. Lee June 04 Luk De Volder (Received from RC) Bp. Whalon June 05 Denise Cabana CT Bp. Smith June 02 Katherine Herron Piazza OH Bp. Hollingsworth June 06 Peter Thompson WA Bp. Budde November 14 Susan Pinkerton OK Bp. Konieczny June 08 Miguelina Howell DR Bp. Holguin-Khoury Sept. 01 George Kovoor (Trans Church of England) Bp. Douglas June 15 Carlos de la Torre CT Bp. Douglas April 15 Nathan Ives CT Bp. Ahrens July 15 Melissa Lamkin CT Bp. Ahrens October 15 2016 Keri Aubert VT Bp. Ely December 05 Rebekah Hatch Atl. Bp. Alexander June 04 Charlotte La Forest MA Bp. Harris June 15

29 Stephen C. Holton NY Bp. Whitemore April 11 Curtis Farr Oly. Bp. Rickel October 12 Susan Davidson LA Bp. Maze August 94 Tuesday Rupp CT Bp. Ahrens January 16 Jane Hale CT Bp. Douglas June 16 Philip Bjornberg CT Bp. Douglas June 16 2017 Ann Marie Perrott CT Bp. Ahrens January 17 April Alford-Harkey CT Bp. Ahrens January 17 Ronald Steed CT Bp. Ahrens January 17 Benjamin Straley CT Bp. Ahrens June 17 Stacey Kohl CT Bp. Douglas June 17 Carrie Combs CT Bp. Douglas June 17 Charles Kamano Rec’d Roman Catholic Bp. Douglas March 17 Leonard E. Hullar TX Bp. Doyle June 09 Matt Lindeman MA Bp. Harris June 15 Jakki Flanagan VT Bp. Ely December 12 Niranjani S. Molegoda MO Bp. Shaw September 96 William R. Burt MD recv’d Bp. Rhabb June 10 Kevin Olds MA Bp. Councell November 09 Sherry H. Thomas VA Bp. Lee June 89 Timothy Squier Chi. Bp. Scarfe December 04 Anne Fraley TN Bp. Coleridge December 94 Rachel Field Eas. Bp. Parsley June 16 David H. Rhodes San. Bp. Mathes February 15 Brian Blayer LI. Bp. Walker April 06

30 Lay Delegates & Alternates Attending Convention 2017

Ansonia – Christ Cheshire – St. Peter’s John Samela, William Banks, Marj Chapman, Charles Dimmick, Marietta Yocher Thom Peters

Bantam – St. Paul’s Clinton – Holy Advent Dwight Keeney Kim Robey, Barbara Gibson, Abigail Falato Bethany – Christ Rosalie Molnar, Les Molnar Collinsville – Trinity Ann McAdoo, Karanne Farling Bethel – St. Thomas’ Fred Scipione, John Battenfeld Danbury – St. James’ Marion Liberati, Dan Cox Bethlehem – Christ Margaret Coe, Gregg Douglas Danielson – St. Alban’s Harry Denaker Bloomfield – Old St. Andrew’s Barbara Howe Darien – St. Luke’s John Schlachtenhaufen, Martha Branford – Trinity Cook, Don Burr James Atkinson, David Smith Darien – St. Paul’s Bridgeport – St. John’s Anthony Miscimarra Valzie Peterkin, Pamela Williams Durham – Epiphany Bridgeport – St. Mark’s Judith Moeckel William Barfield, Deola Barfield, Frankie Williams, Frankie White East Haddam – St. Stephen’s Lloyd Neudecker, Thom Hagerth Bridgewater – St. Mark’s Susan Kliczewski, Ken Dougherty East Hartford – All Saints Irene Nurse-Cohen, Margaret Sirota Bristol – St. John’s Mary Wade, Grace Vogel East Hartford – St. John’s Linda Collier, Priscilla Wills Broad Brook – Grace Mary Wyse East Haven – Christ & Epiphany Barbara Parsons, Diane Villano Brookfield – St. Paul’s John Tuthill, Dorothy Crocker, David East Windsor – St. John’s Szen, Cathy Schrull Elizabeth Silva

Brooklyn – Trinity Easton – Christ Lynne Newson Chris Barcello

31 Enfield – Holy Trinity Hartford – St. Martin’s Brittany Crabtree, Brenda Roy Denise Welsh

Essex – St. John’s Hartford – St. Monica’s James Myslik, Suzy Burke, Karen van Marie Brown-Harvey, April Carter, A. der Horst, Sandy Lynch, Stephanie Bates Lyons, Geraldine Williams Patterson Hartford – Trinity Fairfield – St. Paul’s Kenneth Rousseau, Barbara Morton Anna Bendiksen, Linda Shaffer Hebron – St. Peter’s Fairfield – St. Timothy’s JoAnn Osmond, William Osmond Dorothy Fitch, Margaret West Higganum – St. Jame’s Farmington – St. James’ Cheryl Czuba Deborah Agrella, David Paye Huntington – St. Paul’s Gales Ferry – St. David’s Jeanne McManus, Pauline Dyer Pat Anderson, Jill Foster, Mary Carey Kent – St. Andrew’s John Barton, Nicholas Downes, Glastonbury – St. James’ Jeffery West Fred Larson, Caryl Donovan, Albert T. Mollegen Killingworth – Emmanuel Karen Alderman Greenwich – Christ Dickerman Hollister Lime Rock – Trinity Beverly Becker, Terri Brennan, Greenwich – St. Barnabas’ Danielle Gaherty Stuart Orrick, Alicia Orrick Litchfield – St. Michael’s Guilford – Christ Meredith Penfield, Nancy Skilton George Kral, Caroline Herrick, Susan Pogue Madison – St. Andrew’s John Armstrong, Arthur Criddle Hamden – Grace & St. Peter’s Peter Festa, Will Hart Manchester – St. Mary’s Andrea Burr, Barbara Welchman Hartford – Christ Church Cathedral Bernard Senior, Jilda Aliotta, June Marbledale – St. Andrew’s Aziz Jerry Ciccarelli, Lois Ciccarelli

Hartford – Good Shepherd Meriden – St. Andrew’s Roxanna Rosario, Trevor Prescod Kathie Harris, Susan Varanka

Hartford – Grace Middle Haddam – Christ Sandra Morgan, Betsy Rose Leigh Beatty, Sandy Beatty

32 Middlebury – St. George’s New Haven – St. Thomas’ Sally Ploski, Paulette Zyko Sarah Insley-Say, Dawn Lorentson

Middletown – Holy Trinity New Haven – Trinity Diane Reid, Ronald Reid, Dortha Murray Harrison, Barbara Casey, Willetts, Jonathan Willetts Duo Dickinson

Milford – St. Andrew’s New London – St. James’ Kevin Leonard-Pasley, Gail Utitus Grace Barnum, Sue Chojnacki

Milford – St. Peter’s New Milford – St. John’s Stephen Winters, Paul Mangels Herb St. Jean, Flora E. Quammie

Milton – Trinity Newington – Grace Eileen Litwin, Malcolm Forbes Karen Halpert, Elizabeth Welk

Monroe – St. Peter’s Newtown – Trinity Marilee Prusaczyk, Jen Read Barbara Chamberlain, Sue Roman

Mystic – St. Mark’s Niantic – St. John’s Beverly Olsen, Dan Tomkins Joan Fairlie, Chester Fairlie

Naugatuck – St. Michael’s North Branford – Zion Kara Euvino, Frank Euvino Ann McGloin, Diane Iglesias

New Britain – St. Mark’s North Haven – St. John’s Garrett Holland, Barbara Campbell Joan Hunt, Beth Devoe, Gayle Maynard New Canaan – St. Mark’s Dean Davis, Amanda Sutton Northford – St. Andrew’s Leslie Williams New Haven – Christ John Anderson Norwalk – Christ Marsha Dunn New Haven – Episcopal Church at Yale* Matthew Schaffer, Jocelyn Norwalk – St. Paul’s Wickersham Bob Giolitto, Louise Truax, Ginny Deering New Haven – St. James’ Peter Treffers, R. Fabian Ortiz Norwich - Christ Episcopal Mary Elizabeth Lang, Lisa Carr New Haven – St. Luke’s Valerie Stanley, Joseph Carroll, Lisa Oakville – All Saints’ Yarbor Leo Panilaitis, Charles Neumann

New Haven – St. Paul’s & St. James’ Old Greenwich – St. Saviour’s Marilyn Bergen, Lynn Zelem Alan McCollom, Helen Rasmussen

33 Old Lyme – St. Anne’s Roxbury – Christ Anne Rowthorn, Jim Norden Deborah Howes, Patrick Roy

Old Saybrook – Grace Salisbury – St. John’s Joyce Brinley, David Kirpas David Bayersdorfer, Leda Roberts

Orange – Good Shepherd Seymour – Trinity Sarah Greifenberger Deborah Engstrom, Janice Schuck

Oxford – St. Peter’s Sharon – Christ Carol McCauley Cathy Casey, Judith Schwerin, Tanya Waugh Pine Meadow – St. John’s Anne Hall, Robert Osborne Shelton – Good Shepherd Catherine Woade Plainville – Our Saviour Stephen Karwowski Simsbury – St. Albans Kathleen Canzano, Judy Duncan, Pomfret – Christ Chris Williams Sky Bridgman, Caroline Sloat South Glastonbury – St. Luke’s Portland – Trinity Carol Ward, Ron Zdrojeski, Hayden Carla Harris, Sharon Paddock Pratt, Emily Frederick

Preston – St. James (Poquetanuck) South Windsor – St. Peter’s Val LaFleur, Ian Sharpe Martha Houlroyd, Peter Brin

Putnam – St. Phillip’s Southbury – Epiphany Susan Moon, Roberta Hayes Elliott Bates, Vicki Braucci

Quaker Farms – Christ Southington – St. Paul’s Robert Thiel Kurt Ryder, Katherine Stewart-Kelley

Redding – Christ Southport – Trinity Susan Watson, Connie Borofsky, Margaret North, Gael Ficken Elizabeth Malavet Stafford Springs – Grace Ridgefield – St. Stephen’s Kathy Neff, Claudia Gallego Andy Cartwright, Tom Katzenbach Stamford – Christ the Healer Riverside – St. Paul’s Sheila Williams Brown Jonathan Wells, Craig Lanzoni, Judy Williams Stamford – L’Eglise de l’Ephanie Episcopale Marceline Cadet, Stephanie Rocky Hill – St. Andrew Apostle Dieudonne Joy Franklin, William Franklin

34 Stamford – St. Andrew’s Watertown – Christ Virginia Kandetzki, W. Gyongyi Lowell Dwyer Gulyas West Hartford – St. James’ Stamford – St. Francis’ Michael Sherrill Patricia Lydon, Kim Henderson West Hartford – St. John’s Stamford – St. John’s Melissa Renner, Buffy Ineson, Gus Schlegel, Roslyn Mainville Wesley Winterbottom, Antonette Crosta, Bradford Babbitt, Lynn Stonington – Calvary Brooks Shirley Wick, Liefe Wheeler, Alice Despard West Haven – Holy Spirit Kati Guthrie, Gene Leitermann, Storrs – St. Mark’s Nancy Staniewicz William Morgan, Jim Morrow Westbrook – St. Paul’s Stratford – Christ Dave Cahill Cheryl Warrington, Marilyn Olbrys Weston – Emmanuel Tariffville – Trinity Betsy Ready Samuel Paul, Henry Rau Westport – Christ & Holy Trinity Thomaston – St. Peter’s/Trinity Bruce Gaylord, Sabino Rodriguez Robert Lee, Scott Nelson Wethersfield – Trinity Torrington – Trinity Rose Riley, Kathryn Cole Roger Coutant Willimantic – St. Paul’s Trumbull – Grace Noreen Nadile, Diane Yantin Jonathan Hodge Wilton – St. Matthews Trumbull – Trinity Sharon Pearson, Steve Hudspeth, Robert Pitzschler, Sam Sutter, Simon Chris Perry Howes Windham – St. Paul’s Vernon – St. John’s Donovan Reinwald, Lynne Ide Karen Burgess, David Smith Wolcott – All Saints’ Wallingford – St. Paul’s Ouida Green, Michael DeNegris Andrew Bravo, Kristin Liu Woodbury – St. Paul’s Waterbury – St. John’s Duke Breon, Gabby Drews, Barbara Don Pomeroy, Karen Minkler, Grant, Janet Congdon Marian Carroll Yalesville – St. John the Evangelist Renee Janes

35 Minutes of the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

Friday, November 17, 2017 Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Connecticut

In accordance with the Constitution of the Diocese of Connecticut, the Two Hundred and Thirty Third Annual Convention of the Diocese was held on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 2017, in a place designated by the Bishop with the consent of the Diocesan Executive Council, viz, the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. Following check-in, the Convention was called to order at 2:35 PM by the President of the Convention, the Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, Bishop of Connecticut.

Bishop Douglas made opening remarks and introduced members of the Bethany House of Prayer, Julia Slayton, Alden Flanders, Karen Montagno, and Christianne Humphrey, who led convention in time of prayer and reflection. Bishop Douglas then requested that the Rev. Tracy Johnson-Russell, President of the Standing Committee, present the Call of the Roll of Orders.

Roll of Orders The Rev. Tracy Johnson-Russell presented and certified the accuracy of the Roll of 306 clerical members of Convention eligible to participate and the Roll of 350 Lay Delegates of Convention eligible to participate.

Bishop Douglas then recognized the Rev. Adam Yates, Secretary of Convention, to report on the members of Convention who are present. The Rev. Adam Yates reported that there were 144 clergy and 160 lay delegates present. Bishop Douglas found that a quorum was present and declared the Convention open.

Rules of Order & Order of the Day The Rev. Sandra Cosman, Secretary of the Diocese, moved the adoption of the Rules of Order for the 2017 Convention, as published previously on the website and the Convention App. There was no objection and Bishop Douglas declared the motion adopted.

The Rev. Sandra Cosman moved the adoption of the Order of the Day for the 2017 Convention, as distributed at check-in. There was no objection and Bishop Douglas declared the motion adopted.

36 The Rev. Adam Yates, Secretary of Convention, made announcements, noting that there was no need to check-in again. The assistant Secretaries of the Convention June Aziz, The Rev. Phil Bjornberg, Mike Corey, Brett Figlewski, Madeline Pantalena, the Rev. Bob Stocksdale, and the Rev. April Alford-Harkey were recognized and thanked. Additionally, he provided instructions for voting in the elections for Standing Committee and Mission Council. Instructions were also provided about parking tickets, and expressed gratitude to the Convention planning team and the worship team.

The Rev. Adam Yates moved the election of the those nominated to serve on commissions and boards that are elected by Convention including the Cathedral Chapter, the Commission on Ministry, Disciplinary Board, the Board of Directors of the Church Scholarship Society, and the Board of Directors of Camp Washington. The President invited the Convention to thank those who have agreed to serve in this capacity. The motion was adopted.

Nominations Secretary Yates presented the following nominations to:

Cathedral Chapter The Rev. Luke DeVolder, (2017- The Rev. Yves Joseph, (2017-2020) 2018) The Rev. Jenny Montgomery, The Rev. Virginia Army, (2017- (2017-2020) 2018) Linda Caesar,Class of 2017-2020 The Rev. Sherry Hardwick Thomas, (2017-2020)

Commission on Ministry/Board of the Church Scholarship Society The Rev. CJ Puskarz, Deacon The Rev. Stephen Holton Tokunbo Green The Rev. Maureen Lederman Nancy Horn The Rev. Matt Lindeman Gray Sawyer The Rev. Shariya Molegoda Rebecca Trautmann The Rev. Marissa Rohrbach The Rev. April Alford-Harkey, The Rev. Steve Klots Deacon

Disciplinary Board The Rev. Mark Byers (2020) The Rev. Louise Kalemkerian (2019) The Rev. Page Rogers (2020) Eric Rennie (2018) Denise Holl (2020) The Rev. Linda Spiers (2018) The Rev. Ted Pardoe (2019) Tokunbo Green (2018) Donna Hyrb (2019)

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Camp Washington Board The Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens Priscilla Hooper Suzy Burke, Chair of Board The Very Rev. Miguelina Howell Caitlin Celella Scott Konrad, Treasurer The Rev. Curtis Farr Katrina Lewonczyk Bart Geissinger, Executive Director The Rev. Steven Ling Becca Hays, Secretary Jacob Troiano

The Rev. Adam Yates moved that the Bishops be permitted to nominate members, with the approval of the Mission Council, to fill vacancies between Conventions. The motion was seconded. The motion was adopted. The Chair invited the Rev. Molly James, Dean of Formation, and the Rev. Marissa Rohrbach, Chair of the Commission on Ministry, to recognize those in the ordination process in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Ordination Process for the Diaconate Don Burr Felix Rivera Jessie Karpf Susan Varanka Ned Lewis

Ordination Process for the Priesthood Mary Barnett Roxana Videla Olivares Darryl Burke Osvaldo Pagan Mike Corey Madeline Pantalena Dinusska De Silva Thom Peters Melina Dezhbod Michael Reardon Brett Figlewski Tara Shepley Dylan Mello Jonathan Smith Stephan Nagy Michael Southwick Timothy O’Leary Dana Capasso Stivers

Bishop Douglas recognized Canon Lee Ann Tolzmann to recognize clergy new, newly returned, to the Episcopal Church in Connecticut since our last Annual Convention. Appreciation was expressed for Lee Ann and the work of her office.

38 New to ECCT The Rev. Catherine Amy Krop, Assistant, ¼ time, St. Peter’s, Cheshire The Rev. Sanford Key, Sr. Associate, ½ time, St. Barnabas, Greenwich The Rev. Jenny Montgomery, Priest in Charge, Trinity, Newtown The Rev. William Burt, Jr., Rector, ¾ time, St. John’s, North Haven The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, Rector, St. James, New London The Rev. Timothy Squier, Rector, Old St. Andrew’s, Bloomfield The Rev. Brian Blayer, Rector, St. Mark’s, Storrs The Rev. Carrie Combs, Curate, Trinity, Newtown The Rev. Nik Combs, Priest in Charge, ½ time, Trinity, Torrington The Rev. Marcella Gillis, Assistant Rector, Christ & Holy Trinity, Westport The Rev. Elise Hanley, Assistant Rector, Trinity on the Green, NH The Rev. Ajung Sojwal, Interim Priest in Charge, Trinity, Tariffville The Rev. Charles Kamano, Missional Priest in Charge, Christ & The Epiphany, East Haven

Returned to ECCT The Rev. John Branson, Interim Rector, Christ, Greenwich The Rev. Terence Elsberry, Priest Associate, ½ time, Christ, Greenwich

The Reverend Canon Tim Hoddap was recognized to introduce our six Region Missionaries:

Northeast Region – Maggie Breen North Central Region – Erin Flinn Northwest Region – Eliza Marth Southwest Region – The Rev. Carlos de la Torre South Central Region – The Rev. Rachel Field Southeast Region – The Rev. Rachel Thomas

Bishop Douglas introduced the first of the Region Stories, featuring Felix Rivera from the South Central Region.

The President recognized the Treasurer, Lynn Brooks and the Assistant Treasurer, Sandra Lynch to present reports on the Finances and the 2017 Budget of the Episcopal Church in CT.

39 Resolutions The full text of the resolutions, as adopted, can be found in the supporting documents of this Journal starting on page 52 of this Journal.

Resolution #1 Budget of Convention

Following Lynn Brook’s presentation, The Rev. Sandra Cosman, on behalf of the Faith & Order Commission, moved the adoption of Resolution #1, “Budget of Convention.” The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate.

The resolution carried without debate

Resolution #2 Clergy Compensation for 2018

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Faith & Order Commission, moved the adoption of Resolution #2, “Clergy Compensation.” The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate.

The resolution carried without debate.

Resolution #3 Direct Church Pension Group to Report Clergy Compensation by Race

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #3, “Direct Church Pension Group to Report Clergy Compensation by Race.” The Rev. Keri Aubert, St. Thomas, New Haven, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. • Marian Carroll, St. John’s, Waterbury, asked a question about the resolution. • The Rev. Bill Burt, St. John’s, North Haven, raised a question about the resolution • Wesley Winterbottom, St. John’s, West Hartford, raised a question about the resolution. • The Rev. Keri Aubert, St. Thomas, New Haven spoke to the questions that had been raised. • Ron Rodriguez, Christ & Holy Trinity, Westport, moved an amendment: in the second resolve to include ethnicity, and gender after the word, “race”. The amendment was seconded. o The Rev. Bevan Stanley, St. Michael’s Litchfield, amended the amendment to add the same phrase, “ethnicity, and gender” after the word “race” in the 5th resolve. The amendment to the amendment was seconded.

40 § The amendment to the amendment carried. o The amendment, as amended, carried. • The Rev. Rebekah Hatch, Simsbury, moved to amend the resolution to remove “gender,” from the second and fifth resolves. o The amendment carried. • The Rev. Jackie Flanagan, St. Thomas, New Haven moved to amend the resolution to strike “ethnicity” from the second and fifth resolve. o The Rev. Rob Neville, Christ Church and Grace, Trumbull, spoke against the amendment. o The Rev. Jim Wheeler, St. John’s, Stamford, raised a point of order. o Tom Katzenbach, St. Stephen’s, Ridgefield, spoke in favor of the amendment. o Betsy Rose, Grace, Hartford spoke in favor of the amendment. o The Rev. Jonathan Folts, St. John’s, Essex, called the question. § Discussion was closed on the amendment. o The amendment carried, 175 in favor to 98 against. • The Rev. David Pople, Christ Church, Greenwich to amend the resolution to insert “as defined by the US Government Census Bureau” after the word “race” in the second and fifth resolve. o The amendment was seconded. o Valerie Stanley, St. Luke’s, New Haven, spoke against the amendment. o The Rev. Keri Aubert, St. Thomas, New Haven, spoke against the amendment o Rob Rodriquez, Christ and Holy Trinity Westport, offered an amendment to the amendment to add “and ethnicity back to the 2nd and 5th resolve. The amendment to the amendment was seconded. § The amendment to the amendment did not carry. o The amendment did not carry. • James Myslik, St. John’s, Essex, called the question.

The resolution carried, as amended, and reads as originally submitted.

The President introduced the second video presentation, featuring Nancy Latif from the North Central Region.

41 Resolution #4 Affirm Racial Reconciliation

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #4, “Affirm Racial Reconciliation.” The Rev. Rebekah Hatch, St. Alban’s, Simsbury, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● Bates Lyons, St. Monica’s, Hartford and member of the Standing Committee spoke in favor of the resolution ● Sheila Williams Brown, Christ the Healer, Stamford, moved an amendment to strike, ”and it’s recommendations for,” and replace it with “and establish benchmarks for the ongoing work.” ○ The amendment carried

The resolution carried, as amended.

Resolution #5 Solidarity with Indigenous People

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #5, “Solidarity with Indigenous People.” The Rev. Peter Bushnell, Holy Trinity, Enfield, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● Frankie White, St. Mark’s, Bridgeport, raised a question about the resolution ● The Rev. Michael Curran, Christ Church, Bethlehem, spoke in favor of the resolution ● The Rev. Diana Rogers, Good Shepherd, Orange, spoke in favor of the resolution

The resolution carried.

The President called on the Secretary of Convention for announcements. The Rev. Yates recognized two additional new clergy and an invitation to join the choir and liturgical assistants was given. An announcement about the location of the food truck festival was made.

The President then invited Bethany House of Prayer led the Convention in prayer and song. The Convention adjourned until 8:30 am on Saturday, November 18.

Convention adjourned at 5:06pm for a break prior to Eucharist at 5:30pm.

42 Saturday, November 18, 2017 Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Connecticut

The Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens called the Convention to Order at 8:30 a.m. and led the Convention in an opening prayer. Bishop Ahrens then recognized the Rev. Adam Yates, Secretary of Convention, for announcements.

The Rev. Yates reminded the Convention how to vote in the elections and shared names of people newly ordained in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut that had been accidentally skipped over on Friday.

Resolution #6 Proposed Baptismal Covenant Language Reflecting our Unity with All Creation

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #6, “Proposed Baptismal Covenant Language Reflecting our Unity with All Creation.” The Rev. Stephanie Johnson, St. Paul’s, Riverside, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Rowthorn, St. Ann’s, Old Lyme spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, St. James, New London, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Madeline Pantalena, St. John’s, North Guilford, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. Lynn Griffo, St. Luke’s New Haven, proposed an amendment, to add the words, “and restore” in the second resolved, following the word “protect.” The amendment was seconded. ○ The amendment carried. ● David Rivera, St. Paul’s & St. James, New Haven, spoke in favor of the resolution.

The resolution carried, as amended

Resolution #7 Reduce our Carbon Footprint

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #7, “Reduce our Carbon Footprint.” The Rev. Virginia Army, St. John’s, Vernon, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● The Rev. Geoff Hahneman, St. John’s Bridgeport, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Jocelyn Wickersham, Episcopal Church at Yale, amended the resolution to include “for example,” after “gently on God’s good earth,”

43 ○ The amendment carried. ● The Rev. Stephanie Johnson, St. Paul’s Riverside, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Ann Rowthorn, St. Ann’s, Old Lyme spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Albert Mollegen, St. James, Glastonbury amended the resolution inserting a new penultimate resolve, “Resolved, that the Mission Council form a task force on solar panels in the facilities of the ECCT congregations by engaging a qualified contractor to assist interested congregations in evaluating the cost of and financial benefits of installing and operation solar panels in their facilities, and be it further,

Resolved, that the budget for said contractor be $60,000 obtained by reducing the Budget from $254,013 to $194,013 and be it further,

Resolved, that members of this Convention forward copies of this resolution to their rectors and vestries, and be it.”

○ Charles Dimmick, St. Peter’s, Cheshire spoke against the amendment. ○ Wesley Winterbottom, St. John’s, West Hartford spoke against the amendment. ○ Louis Fuertes, Canon for Mission Finance and Operations spoke against the amendment. ○ Lisa Yarbor, St. Luke’s, New Haven, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ Whitney Altopp, St. Stephen’s, Ridgefield spoke against the amendment. ○ Michael DeNegris, All Saints, Wolcott, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Grace, Hartford, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. William Burt, St. John’s, North Haven, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ Jim Morrow, St. Mark’s, Storrs, spoke against the amendment. ○ The amendment failed. ● Murray Harrison, Trinity on the Green, New Haven, asked a question for clarification. ● The Rev. Virginia Army, St. John’s Vernon, responded to the question as a sponsor of the resolution. ● Vicki Barucci, Epiphany Southbury spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. Jonathan Folts, St. John’s, Essex called the question. ● The motion carried, and debate ended.

The resolution carried, as amended.

Another segment of Region TV was aired for the Convention, from the SW Region, featuring Dom Retreau of St. Francis, Stamford. Bethany House of Prayer led the

44 Convention in a time of prayer. A reflection was shared by Christi Humphrey and a song prayer was led by Alden Flanders.

The Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas then led the Convention in a Bible study using Dwelling in the Word on Acts 16:6-15, NRSV adapted for ECCT.

Bishop Douglas delivered the Bishop’s Address, which can be found on page 92 of this Journal.

Another segment of Region TV was aired for the Convention, from the NW Region, featuring Conrad Sienkiewicz from Trinity, Torrington.

Resolution #8 Proposed Merger of St. John’s East Hartford and St. John’s Vernon

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #8, “Proposed Merger of St. John’s East Hartford and St. John’s Vernon.” The Rev. Timothy Hodapp, Canon for Mission Collaboration, introduced the sponsors of the resolution. Kevin Fenner, Don Willis, Bill Francis, the Rev. Virginia Army, and the Rev. Mark Santucci spoke of the path toward the merger and to the resolution. Bishop Douglas asked for unanimous consent to the resolution, and the resolution carried without objection. The Doxology was sung in celebration.

Resolution #9 Assessing our Resources for Participating in God’s Mission

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #9, “Assessing our Resources for Participating in God’s Mission.” The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Grace Church, Hartford and Duo Dickinson, Trinity on the Green, New Haven, spoke to the resolution as members of the sponsoring group, “The Resolution 4 Working Group.” The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● Betsy Malavet, Christ Church, Redding, asked a question about the resolution. ● The Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, Bishop Diocesan offered an answer to the question ● The Rev. Tim Squier, Old St. Andrew’s, Bloomfield proposed an amendment to the resolution striking out the words “consulting firm” and replacing it with “one another and the consultants in our midst.” ○ Betsy Rose, Grace Church, Hartford, spoke in favor of the amendment ○ The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Grace, Hartford spoke against the amendment ○ The Rev. Maryann Osborn, Christ Church, Middle Haddam, spoke in favor of the amendment.

45 ○ The Rev. Jonathan Folts, St. John’s, Essex, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Paul Carling, Trinity, Trumbull & Episcopal Church at Yale, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, Bishop Diocesan, spoke against the amendment. ○ Amy Mooney, Christ Church, Greenwich, spoke against the amendment ○ Suzy Burke, St. John’s, Essex, spoke against the amendment. ○ David Rivera, St. Paul & St. James, New Haven, spoke against the amendment ○ Murray Harrison, Trinity on the Green, New Haven, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. George Roberts, St. James, Farmington, called the question. ■ The motion carried ○ The amendment failed. ● The Rev. Tim Squier, Old St. Andrews, Bloomfield expressed concern about the resolution. ● The Rev. Phil Bjornberg, Trinity, Portland, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Gyongi Gulyas, St. Andrew’s Stamford, proposed an amendment, to add “which shall consider the value of our physical churches as places of sanctuary, meditation, prayer and community with follow Christians and others.” ○ Debra House, Christ Church, Roxbury, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ The Rev. Keri Aubert, St. Thomas Church and Day School, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Ron Kolanowski, St. Peter’s, Hebron called the question on the amendment. ■ The motion carried ○ The amendment failed. ● The Rev. Stan Kemmerer, Trinity Collinsville, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. David Stayner, St. Peter’s, Cheshire, amended the resolution to include, “Assets, and Capacities,” after “Needs” in the second, third, and fourth resolve. ○ Gyongi Gulyas, St. Andrew’s Stamford, spoke against the resolution. ○ The Rev. Keri Aubert, St. Thomas Church and Day School, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Grace, Hartford, spoke against the amendment. ○ The amendment failed.

The resolution carried.

The Rev. Yates made announcements regarding parking. The Convention adjourned at 11:15 to Region Breakout Sessions, and reconvened at 1:37 p.m. to continue work on resolutions

46 Resolution #11 Selection of a Bishop

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #11, “Selection of a Bishop.” Brad Babbitt, St. John’s West Hartford and Chacellor for the Bishop Diocesan, spoke to the resolution as one of its sponsors. No table discussion was held and no members addressed the Convention.

The resolution carried.

Resolution #10 Revising Diocesan Canons

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #10, “Revising Diocesan Canons.” Brad Babbitt, St. John’s, West Hartford and Chancellor for the Bishop Diocesan spoke as a sponsor of the resolution. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● Rod Rodriguez, Christ & Holy Trinity, amended the resolution to add “for operations” to “cumulative draw on its endowment,” in Article B, between “endowment(s)” and “over a three-year period.” ○ Louis Fuertes, Canon for Finance and Administration, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ The Rev. Peggy Hodgkins, Trinity Southport, amended the amendment to move “for operations” to after the word “draw” in Section 11 B ■ The amendment to the amendment carried ○ The Rev. Suzannah Rohman, St. Paul’s, Southington spoke against the amendment. ○ Gyongi Gulyas, St. Andrew’s Stamford, asked a question. Bishop Douglas responded to the question. ○ Casey Rousseau, Trinity, Hartford, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ The amendment, as amended carried. ● The Rev. Paul Carling, Episcopal Church at Yale and Trinity Trumbull, requested clarification about the resolution. Bishop Douglas and Chancellor Babbitt responded to the question. ● Gyongi Gulyas, St. Andrew’s Stamford, asked a question. Bishop Douglas responded to the question. Gyongi then amended Section 11, article B, strike “two-consecutive fiscal years” and change it to “five consecutive fiscal years” ○ The Rev. Adam Thomas, St. Mark’s, Mystic spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Stan Kemmerer, Trinity, Collinsville raised a point of order. ○ Jim Morrow, St. Mark’s, Storrs spoke against the amendment

47 ○ The Rev. Jim Wheeler, St. John’s, Stamford asked a question about the amendment and the Chancellor responded. ○ Gyongi Gulyas, St. Andrew’s Stamford, spoke in support of the amendment. ○ Margaret West, St. Timothy’s, Fairfield spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Lynn Griffo, St. Luke’s New Haven spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Whitney Altopp, St. Stephen’s, Ridgefield spoke against the amendment. Matt ○ Matt Schaffer, Episcopal Church at Yale, called the question. ○ The amendment failed.

The resolution, as amended, carried.

Election Results

The Rev. Adam Yates reported the results of the election to the Convention and asked that the Standing Committee meet briefly at the conclusion of Convention.

Standing Committee, Lay Order: • Ashely Atencio, 3-year term • Danielle Gaherty, 3-year term

Standing Committee, Clerical Order • The Rev. Tracy Johnson Russell, 3-year term • The Rev. Peter Walsh, 3-year term • The Rev. Diana Rogers, 1-year term

Mission Council: • The Rev. Linda Spiers, 3-year term • The Rev. Amjad Samuel, 3-year term • Carolyn Clement, 3-year term

Resolution #12 Clerical Standing

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #12, “Clerical Standing.” Danielle Gaherty, Trininty Lime Rock, spoke as a sponsor of the resolution. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● The Rev. William Burt, St. John’s, North Haven asked a question. ● The Rev. Geoff Hahneman, St. John’s, Bridgeport, raised a question about the resolution and the Chancellor responded.

48 ● The Rev. Whitney Altopp, St. Stephen’s Ridgefield, offered an answer about a question asked

The resolution carried

The Convention watched a video from the Northeast Region featuring Virginia Fulton of St. Paul’s, Windham Center.

Bethany House members, Karen Montagno and Christi Humphrey led the Convention in a reflection and moment of prayer.

Bishop Douglas requested an expression of gratitude for the staff of The Commons. The Convention responded with applause.

Resolution #13 Use of Other Anglican Books of Worship

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #13, “Use of Other Anglican Books of Worship.” The Rev. Lisa Hahneman, Holy Spirit, West Haven, spoke as a sponsor of the resolution. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● The Rev. Ron Kolanowski, St. Peter’s, Hebron spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. Lynn Griffo, St. Luke’s, New Haven spoke in favor of the resolution and asked a question about the resolution. ● Albert Mollegen, St. James, Glastonbury, raised a point of information. ● Steve Hudspeth, St. Matthew’s, Wilton, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● David Rivera, St. Paul and St. James New Haven spoke in favor of the resolution.

The resolution carried.

49 Resolution #14 Minimize Gendered Language in Prayer Book Revision

The Rev. Cosman, on behalf of the Committee on Faith & Order, moved the adoption of Resolution #14, “Minimize Gendered Language in Prayer Book Revision.” The Rev. Paul Carling, Trinity Trumbull, spoke as a sponsor of the resolution. The resolution was discussed at table for five minutes before the floor opened for debate. ● The Rev. Rachel Field, SE Region Missionary, proposed an amendment to replace “gender neutral” to “gender expansive” ○ The Rev. Geoff Hahneman, St. John’s in Bridgeport spoke in favor of the amendment ○ The Rev. Phil Bjornberg, Trinity, Portland, spoke in favor of the amendment ○ The amendment carried. ● Madeline Pantalena, St. John’s, North Guilford, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Matthew Schaffer, Episcopal Church at Yale, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● The Rev. Sherry Hardwick-Thomas, Christ Church, Roxbury, spoke in favor of the resolution. ● Jim Myslik, St. John’s, Essex offered an amendment to add, “while striving always to preserve it’s poetic beauty.” after “as far as is practicable.” in the proposed resolution. ○ The Rev. Paul Carling, Episcopal Church at Yale, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Judith Cowper, retired, Grace Old Saybrook offered an amendment to the amendment to move the added proposed added text to after the first “God”. ■ The amendment to amendment carried ○ The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, St. James, New London, spoke against the amendment. ○ Jocelyn Wickersham, The Episcopal Church at Yale, spoke against the amendment. ○ The Rev. Jonathan Folts, St. John’s Essex, spoke in favor of the amendment. ○ The Rev. Harlon Dalton, St. Paul & St. James, New Haven spoke against the amendment. ○ Madeline Pantalena, St. John’s North Guilford raised a question about the resolution ○ Alice Despard, Calvary, Stonington proposed an amendment changing “its” to “the liturgy’s” ■ The amendment to the amendment carried. ○ Alli Huggins, Deputy to General Convention, called the question. ■ The motion carried ○ The amendment failed.

50 ● Tom Katzenbach, St. Stephen’s Ridgefield, offered an amendment to strike everything after “language.” ○ The amendment carried. ● The Rev. Phil Bjornberg, Trinity, Portland proposed an amendment to replace “eliminate” with “amend.” ○ The amendment carried. ● The Rev. Hugh James, asked a question. Chancellor Babbitt answered the question. ● Jocelyn, Episcopal Church at Yale, called the question. ○ The motion carried

The resolution carried, as amended.

Bishop Ahrens offered a prayer and Bishop Douglas adjourned the 233rd Annual Convention at 3:28pm, with gratitude for the participants.

51 Supporting Documents

Resolutions Resolutions that passed are printed in final amended form.

Resolution #1 – Budget of Convention

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut adopt the following 2018 Budget of Convention as proposed and appended to this resolution. (See Budget of Convention on page 62 of this Journal.)

Resolution #2 – Clergy Compensation

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut adopt the 2018 Minimum Salary Schedule. (See the Minimum Salary Schedule on page 58 of this Journal.)

Resolution #3 – Direct Church Pension Group to Report Clergy Compensation by Race

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut submit to the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church the proposed resolution:

RESOLVED, the House of ______concurring, that the 79th General Convention, recognizing the need for The Episcopal Church to participate in “Becoming Beloved Community,” directs Church Pension Group to develop a strategy for collecting, compiling, and reporting clergy compensation data by race; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this strategy include collecting this data from clergy currently enrolled in the Church Pension Fund, as well as from future enrollees as part of its standard intake process; and be it further

RESOLVED, that Church Pension Group present for approval its proposed strategy to Executive Council at its winter 2019 meeting; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Church Pension Group “2019 Clergy Compensation Report,” as well as reports for subsequent years, include data about compensation by race.

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Resolution #4 – Affirming Racial Reconciliation (Amended)

RESOLVED, the Episcopal Church in Connecticut reaffirms the priority of the work of Racial Reconciliation as laid out by the General Convention of The Episcopal Church in 2015 (see resolutions 2015-A182 and 2015-C019 specifically); and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut charges the Leadership Gathering (Mission Council, Donations and Bequests, Commission on Ministry and Standing Committee) to spend at least two of its gatherings in 2018 devoted to the study and witness to the impact of the sin of racism on our common life; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Leadership Gathering provide the Episcopal Church in Connecticut with what it learned and establish benchmarks for the ongoing work of dismantling racism across Connecticut.

Resolution #5 – Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut affirm the actions of the General Conventions of The Episcopal Church expressing solidarity with indigenous peoples particularly resolution 2012-A131 (Appendix A); and be it further

RESOLVED, that this 233rd Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut commission the Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry Network to organize within ECCT the work specified in General Convention Resolution 2012-A131, in cooperation with, as appropriate, such agencies as The Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington CT, and the offices referenced in Resolution 2012-A131.

Resolution #6 – Proposed Baptismal Covenant Language Reflecting Our Unity with All Creation (Amended)

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut submit to the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church the following proposed resolution:

RESOLVED, the House of ______concurring, that the 79th General Convention authorize the trial addition to the Baptismal Covenant of an additional question

53 concerning our responsibility as baptized Christians to care for God’s creation; and be it

RESOLVED, that the additional question and response be worded as follows: “Will you cherish the wondrous works of God, and protect and restore the beauty and integrity of all creation?” “I will, with God’s help.”; and be it further

RESOLVED, that use of this additional question and response be authorized for trial use as part of the Baptismal Covenant for the triennium following the 79th General Convention, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent 2018.

Resolution #7: Reduce our Carbon Footprint (Amended)

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut affirm the House of Bishops’ 2011 Pastoral Teaching of the Environment, as described in Appendix A of this resolution; and be it further

RESOLVED, that as individuals and communities of faith of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, we set an example, in the spirit of the Paris Climate Accord, by making intentional decisions about living lightly and gently on God’s good earth, for example, through energy conservation, renewable energy, sustainable food practices, gardening, and resting off the grid; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the worshiping communities of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut work collaboratively with local governments, other denominations and communities of faith, as well as community partners and other stakeholders, to take concrete steps to address climate change in our local communities; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut submit to the 79th General Convention this resolution as a memorial resolution. We ask that it be memorialized by General Convention as a witness to our individual and communal commitments to living lightly, while advancing the House of Bishop's 2011 commitment to "advocate for a “fair, ambitious, and binding climate treaty,’” by participating in future meetings of the United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change as an active, faithful, and engaged voice for all of God's good earth.

54 Resolution #8: The Merger of St. John’s, East Hartford and St. John’s, Vernon

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut ratifies the merger into one parish of Saint John’s Episcopal Church of East Hartford and Saint John’s Episcopal Church of Vernon, such merger having been approved by, and undertaken in the manner and under the conditions required by, the Bishops and Standing Committee in keeping with Canon I, Section 13 of the Canons of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the resulting parish shall be a single ecclesiastical corporation possessing all the rights, privileges, immunities, franchises and obligations of each of the merging Parishes, and all the rights and interests in property belonging to or due to each of the parishes so merged shall be vested in such resulting parish without further act or deed, in accordance with Canon I, Section 13 of the Canons of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the resulting merged parish shall be named Saint John’s Episcopal Church.

Resolution #9: Assessing our Resources for Participating in God’s Mission

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut continues to give thanks for the new and exciting ways that Episcopalians in Connecticut are collaborating to participate in God’s mission through Regions, Region Missionaries, Ministry Networks, and the Mission Council; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the 2016 Resolution #4 Working Group continues to work with Regions and Region Missionaries by undertaking Region Needs Assessments that include, but are not limited to: 1) identifying programs and activities to further participate in God’s mission across parishes and Regions; and 2) determining the financial resources necessary to achieve identified goals; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the 2016 Resolution #4 Working Group engage a consulting firm, as appropriate, to assist with Region Needs Assessments; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the 2016 Resolution #4 Working Group report back to the 234th Annual Convention as to its findings, including: the results of the Region Needs Assessments, and any other recommendations to assist the Episcopal Church in Connecticut in our next steps in God’s mission.

55 Resolution #10: Revising Diocesan Canons (Amended)

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut adopt the changes to the Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, as outlined in Appendix A of this resolution. (The full text of the revised Canons can be found in the supporting documents on page 63 of this Journal)

Resolution #11: Selection of a Bishop

RESOLVED, that Faith and Order Commission examine the changes in the Canons of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut adopted in 2016 that render our current plan for electing bishops obsolete, study the selection processes in other dioceses as to the election of bishops in God’s church, and work with the Bishops, Chancellor, and leadership bodies, to identify a process which would be faithful to the work of the Task Force for the Re-Imagining of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (TREC-CT); and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Faith and Order Commission report back no later than the 234th Annual Convention with a plan for the selection of bishops in the diocese and propose any policy or canonical changes necessary to implement a new process for electing a bishop.

Resolution #12: Clerical Standing

RESOLVED, that the Faith and Order Commission, in consultation with the Bishops, Commission on Ministry, Mission Council, and Standing Committee, report back to the 234th Annual Convention with a definition of “clergy in good standing” for all three orders of ordained ministry.

Resolution #13: Use of Other Anglican Books of Worship

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut submit the following resolution to the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church:

RESOLVED, the House of ______concurring, that a new section 2 be added to Title II, Canon 4 of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church, to read:

Use of Other Anglican Books of Worship

56 With the permission of the Bishop Diocesan, any book of prayer/worship authorized for use by a Church or Province of the Anglican Communion may be used in congregations or ministries within that diocese.

Resolution #14: Minimize Gendered Language in Prayer Book Revision (Amended)

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut submits the following resolution to the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church:

RESOLVED, the House of ______concurring, that the 79th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, as it considers revision of the Book of Common Prayer, to amend, as far as is practicable, all gendered references to God, replacing them with gender expansive language.

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Clergy Salary Schedule

Full-Time Clergy – Minimum Cash Salary 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 % Increase 1.00% 1.50% 1.50% 0.65% 0.70% 1.95% ii Transitional Deacons/ Priests first full year i, iii $33,373.00 $33,874.00 $34,382.00 $34,605.00 $34,847.00 $35,527.00

Full-time assistants i $35,758.00 $36,294.00 $36,838.00 $37,077.00 $37,337.00 $38,065.00

Rector/Priest-in-charge i $40,529.00 $41,137.00 $41,754.00 $42,025.00 $42,319.00 $43,114.00

1st 20 Years iv * $717.00 $728.00 $739.00 $744.00 $749.00 $764.00 Top of minimum $54,869.00 $55,697.00 $56,532.00 $56,899.00 $57,299.00 $58,416.00

Continuing Education v $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,750.00 $1,750.00 $1,750.00

* Incremental compensation for every year of ordination up to twenty years

Minimum Compensation Formula for Part-time Clergy Social Medical, Security Housing/ Dental & Minimum Continuing Allowance Utilities Life (SSA) Insurance Pension Cash Salary Education Allowance

3/4 time 75% of Full-time 100% of Full- Same 75% of Full- 85% - 100% of Same time formula as time premium formula as Full-time Full-time 1/2 time 50% of Full-time 100% of Full- Same 50% of Full- 50% of Same time formula as time premium formula as Full-time Full-time Missional Priest $19,900 – 28,630 (if Negotiable Same Negotiable Negotiable Same in Charge retired, must be formula as (Not (Not Required) formula as (MPIC) and under the “work Full-time Required) Full-time Conditional after retirement” (Not Priest in Charge earnings cap) applicable if (CPIC) (8-19 clergy is hours/week) vi retired)

58 Paid Time Off For All Clergy (Vacation, Holiday, Continuing Education And Sabbatical)

Vacation Holiday Sabbatical Continuing Education Full –time * 5 days 14 paid Holidays / 3 month paid sabbatical Leave days option after 5 years

3/4 time * Negotiable 5 days 14 paid Holidays / Leave days

1/2 time * Negotiable 5 days 7 paid Holidays / Leave days

MPIC and CPIC vi * N/A N/A Negotiable

Five weeks, which may include up to 5 Sundays (at the discretion of the clergy). A week is as defined in the Letter of Agreement:

* Full-time — Five weeks, * Three-Quarter Time — Five ¾ time weeks * Half-Time—Five ½ time weeks * Less Half-Time (CPIC/MPIC) —Five comparable weeks, as delineated in LOA

Additional Compensation Components and Requirements SOCIAL SECURITY ALLOWANCE (SSA): See factors for this calculation in the Treasurers Newsletter which approximate 60% of clergy members’ self-employment (SE) liability. HOUSING/UTILITIES: Parishes may provide church-owned housing and church paid utilities or they may provide a housing allowance in addition to the cash salary paid to clergy member. A housing allowance will be determined in conjunction with the Canon for Mission Leadership based upon housing costs in the parish community and the clergy’s full-time equivalent status. HOUSING EQUITY ALLOWANCE: Equal to 3.0 – 3.9% of the amount recorded as "compensation" by the church pension fund (for priests with over 5 years of service since ordination). This applies only if the rector is provided housing by the church or receives a housing allowance that does not permit an ownership interest in that housing. See Section 1.3 for more information. MEDICAL, DENTAL AND LIFE INSURANCE: Health plan selection and specification of coverage (e.g., single person, two persons, family) is left to the sole discretion of the priest. The parish’s minimum contribution rate to the medical insurance plan shall be set periodically by the Mission Council in accordance with the plan. Parishes must contribute at least 85% of the cost of medical insurance premium for clergy regularly scheduled to work 1,500 hours or more per year. At its September 20, 2015 meeting, the former Executive Council expanded on this policy by allowing parishes to provide different levels of premium support for different

59 plans as a way of encouraging employees to move away from plans that might result in the imposition of “Cadillac plan” excise taxes in the future. Parishes that have not already done so are encouraged to phase-in employee premium contributions particularly for the CIGNA Open Access Plus In-Network plan. Premiums for life insurance and dental coverage for full- time clergy must be paid 100% by the employer. Medical for part-time clergy will be based upon the part-time guidelines. PENSION FUND CONTRIBUTIONS: Calculated based upon “compensation” according to Church Pension Fund formula based upon type of housing provided. See section 1.5 of this Treasurers’ Newsletter for guidance on calculating this benefit. PROFESSIONAL EXPENSES: Parishes should provide an annual professional expense allowance for reimbursement of documented expenses according to a Vestry-approved accountable plan. Expenses incurred in the course of professional activities on behalf of the parish include travel/car expense allowance at a rate consistent with IRS guidelines. Professional expenses include books, professional journals, conferences, meetings, professional lunches and professional memberships. Travel in support of church business should be reimbursed at the IRS mileage rate, which is currently $0.535 per mile, last updated on December 13, 2016. For IRS tax purposes, it is recommended that parishes adopt this method of business travel and professional expense reimbursement and that the parish provides an adequate budget amount to accommodate documented expense reimbursement requests. A flat allowance to cover these business expenses is not recommended. MERIT INCREASES: There is no recommended policy for merit increases. However, consideration for equity and merit adjustments is encouraged for added job responsibilities and a one-time annual bonus might be paid in recognition for work well done. LEGEND i If in church-owned housing, utilities may be pro-rated based upon full-time equivalent (FTE) rates. In addition to the cash minimum salary above, compensation packages for clergy working half-time or more should include housing and utilities (i.e. church-owned housing or suitable housing allowance for clergy owned or rented housing). ii This salary figure represents a 1.95% increase over the 2017 salary schedule. The figures are based on projections using trends and figures available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics through 8/11/2017. There is no additional base increase built into the increment. iii Transitional Deacons/Priests first full year rate is for the first year following ordination to the Diaconate. Beyond that first year, the rate used should be under the category of full-time assistant or Priest-in-Charge as appropriate. iv From date of Ordination to the Diaconate: Rather than prorating the increase for the exact date of ordination, it is recommended that the incremental step be paid as of January 1st for the entire calendar year after the year of ordination. The incremental step applies to all clergy except for Transitional Deacons and Priests in their first year of ordination. For example, if

60 someone is ordained to the deaconate in 2016, the higher salary rate applies beginning January 1, 2017. v The Continuing Education amount for 2018 is $1,750.00 for clergy working half-time or more for continuing education and for a contribution toward the expense of the annual clergy conference. It is not intended as cash compensation but as an offset to actual educational/conference expenses. A week of continuing education time away from the parish (not counting a Sunday) is an integral part of this allowance for full-time clergy. vi The MPIC/CPIC serves less than half-time. The MPIC/CPIC presides and preaches at Sunday Eucharist and an additional day or two, the amount of time and day(s) to be negotiated between the Vestry and MPIC/CPIC, not less than 8 - 12 hours weekly, and not more than 19. This ministry then is contextual and will vary from one parish to the next (e.g., Sunday plus Wednesday afternoon and evening; or Sunday plus Tuesday morning and Wednesday all day, etc.).

61 The Episcopal Church in Connecticut 2018 Better/ % Better/ 2017 Budget Proposed (Worse) than (Worse) than 2018 Budget Budget 2017 Budget 2017 Budget

REVENUES Parish Support Contributions $4,555,000 4,420,000 -$135,000 -3% Other Sources Episcopate Trustees support $300,000 300,000 $0 0%

Income from Missionary Society investments $1,208,125 1,401,000 $192,875 16%

All other Sources $132,451 131,279 -$1,172 -1%

Total Other Sources $1,640,576 1,832,279 $191,703 12%

TOTAL REVENUE $6,195,576 6,252,279 $56,703 1%

EXPENSES

Total Schedule "A" - National and World Mission $832,011 1,010,481 -$178,470 -19%

Total Schedule "C" - Congregational Development $537,146 501,415 $35,731 7%

Total Schedule "D" - Camp Washington $175,000 175,000 $0 0% Total Schedule "E" - Christian Formation $15,000 8,000 $7,000 47%

Total Schedule "F" - Ministry to Higher Education $85,000 70,500 $14,500 17%

Total Schedule "I" - Communication & Media $209,059 205,377 $3,683 2% Total Schedule "J" - Ecumenical Relations $7,000 7,000 $0 0% Total Schedule "K" - Diocesan Programs $41,000 27,000 $14,000 34%

Total Schedule "L" - Mission Outreach in CT $96,800 87,300 $9,500 7%

Total Schedule "M" - Diocesan Convention & TREC $630,328 596,064 $34,263 5%

Total Schedules "O" - Bishops Ministry $642,457 579,666 $62,791 10%

Total Schedule "Q" - Mission Collaboration $159,586 154,494 $5,091 3%

Total Schedule "R" - Parish Transition & Clergy $409,539 396,013 $13,526 3% Development/ Commission on Ministry & Formation Total Schedule "S" - Pastoral Ministry $271,159 226,092 $45,067 17%

Total Schedule "T" - Support Services & Operations $1,025,747 924,295 $101,452 10%

Total Schedule "U" - Finance & Administration $650,662 640,054 $10,608 2% All other Schedules (E, F, G, J, K, L AND V) (1) $233,473 228,316 $5,157 2% Contingency @10% of Non-Salary Expense $259,366 273,700 -$14,334 -4%

TOTAL EXPENSES $6,132,333 5,998,266 $134,067 2%

NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) $63,244 254,013 $190,769 173% (1) All other schedules - Christian Formation, Ministry to Higher Education, Stewardship, 62 Ecumenical Relations, Diocesan Programs Mission Outreach in CT and Archives Redline of Changes to the Canons (As Amended)

CANONS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT

Canon I - The Organization And Conduct Of Parishes, And Of Their Members And Officers Canon II - Parochial Registers And Reports Canon III - Clerical Settlement And Removal Canon IV- Business Methods In Church Affairs Canon V- The Organization Of Worshiping Communities Canon VI - The Cathedral Canon VII - The Mission Council of the Diocese Canon VIII - The Standing Committee Canon IX - The Chancellor Canon X - Regions, Missionaries, and Ministry Networks Canon XI - Convention Procedure Canon XII - Ecclesiastical Discipline Canon XIII - The Church Pension Fund Canon XIV - The Commission Of The Ministry Canon XV - Repealing Former Canons Canon XVI - Non-Discrimination Canon XVII - The Archives

CANON I -THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF PARISHES, AND OF THEIR MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Section 1. A) Parishes may be constituted by the Bishop Diocesan, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee on the written application of not less than ten baptized adult persons. If the application seeks to form a new Parish in any town or city wherein a Parish or Parishes already exist, the Bishop Diocesan shall notify the Rector and Vestry of each such Parish or Parishes of such application.

B) The site of any existing Church or Chapel shall not be changed by any Parish or Worshiping Community without the approval of the Bishop Diocesan, acting with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee. The Bishop Diocesan shall notify the Rector and Vestry of any other Parish or Parishes considered affected by the proposed change.

Section 2. When permission to form a new Parish has been granted, the Standing Committee shall transmit to the applicants with the certificate of permission (1) a form of organizing the Parish, (2) a form of recording the action of the first meeting of such Parish, and (3) a form of application for admission into union with the Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut. The act of organization, executed in accordance with form (1), shall be entered in full upon the records of the Parish, and attested by the Clerk as the original act, or a true copy thereof, as the case may be. The three forms above named shall be in substance as follows:

A) We the subscribers, baptized persons in the state of Connecticut, do hereby unite to form and do hereby form ourselves and our successors into an

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Section 11. A) The Bishops shall make available to the Parishes of our Diocese a system of support and accountability to encourage and enable the development of their life and ministry. Specific provisions shall be made to assist parishes not served by full-time clergy, or unable to meet financial obligations. Such assistance may be in the form of financial subsidy included in the Budget of Convention, pastoral intervention or regional co-operative ministry teams that will work with Parishes whose contributions to the Diocesan Convention’s Budget fall below 10% of the Parish’s total operating revenues. Such Parishes shall work with Diocesan leadership within a system of accountability and support in close relationship with the Bishops' Office with special emphasis on the development of their life and ministry. B) If a Parish fails to contribute 10% of its total operating revenues to the Diocesan Convention’s Budget for two consecutive fiscal years, the Bishop may declare it an “aided parish” exercising full authority over its day-to-day administrative, financial and spiritual life. If a Parish’s or Worshiping Community’s cumulative draw for operations on its endowment(s) over a three-year period exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the average net asset value of its endowment(s) during the withdrawal period, beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, excepting parishes currently expecting to call a rector in 2016, such parishes will begin in Fiscal Year 2017, the Bishop may or if a Parish fails to contribute 10% of its total operating revenues to the Diocesan Convention’s Budget for two consecutive fiscal years, the Bishops may, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee and upon the recommendation of the Mission Council, (i) require that the Parish or Worshiping Community place its entire endowment (s) in a fund to be managed for its sole benefit in the Donations & Bequests for Church Purposes investment program, from which withdrawals would be limited to a sustainable disbursement rate, absent approval of the Standing Committee and the Bishop, and and/or (ii) declare the Parish or Worshiping Community an “aided parish,” exercising full authority over its day-to-day administrative, financial, and spiritual lifeto be unsustainable.

C) Where, in the judgment of the Bishops, any such Parish shall fail to fulfill the obligations set forth in these Canons, the Bishops may, upon the recommendation of the Mission Council, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee and upon the recommendation of the Mission Council, terminate the existence of any such Parish after due notification of such intent at least six (6) months prior to such termination. Such notification shall also set forth the right of such Parish to appear before the Standing Committee and Mission Council prior to termination.

Section 12. Any Parish desiring to terminate or to suspend its parochial organization, may do so by vote of two-thirds of the adult communicants in good standing entitled to vote present at a Parish meeting legally warned for that purpose, with the approval of and under such conditions as shall be required by the Bishop Diocesan and Standing Committee provided that such conditions shall include the valid transfer by the Parish to the Diocese of Connecticut of all right, title and interest of such Parish to all property, real and personal, theretofore owned or controlled by it, and the valid and effective succession of the Diocese to all fiduciary rights and obligations of such Parish.

Section 13. Two or more Parishes may merge into a single Parish with the approval of, and in such manner and under such conditions as shall be required by the Bishops and Standing Committee, and ratified by the Annual Convention. The resulting parish shall be a single

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Section 2. At each annual meeting of the Diocesan Convention, Clerical and Lay Members of the Cathedral Chapter shall be chosen to serve in accordance with the Constitution of the Cathedral.

CANON VII – MISSION COUNCIL

Section 1. The Mission Council of the Diocese shall be composed of:

A) Two members, one clerical and one lay, determined by each Region, each to serve a three-year term;

B) Nine members, clerical or lay, from Ministry Networks, elected by Convention upon the nomination of the Bishop, each to serve a three-year term; the Bishop shall nominate candidates for election from Ministry Networks equal to at least twice the number of positions to be filled by election of Convention;

C) The Bishop Diocesan, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, and the Bishops Suffragan, if there be any, ex officio, who shall preside in that order at meetings of the Mission Council;

D) The Treasurer of the Diocese, the Assistant Treasurer of the Diocese, if there by one, the Secretary of the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, and the Chancellor of the Diocese, ex officio.

Section 2. The members of the Mission Council, except those serving ex officio, shall be organized into three classes of as equal number as possible, the election of which shall be staggered. Members of the Mission Council shall be adult members of the Church, as defined by the Canons. Terms of members of the Mission Council shall start on January 1 of the year following their election. Members who have served a full term on the Mission Council may be elected to one additional term. The Mission Council shall have the authority to fill vacancies in its membership for the period remaining until the next Annual Convention upon the nomination by the Bishop.

Section 3. The Mission Council shall exercise the full power and authority of the Convention between its sessions except in relation to amendments to the Constitution and Canons, the adoption of the Budget of Convention, the admission of new parishes, or such other matters as may be reserved by Constitution or Canon to the Annual Convention, or the Bishops, or the Standing Committee, or when any such action would be inconsistent with any action or directives of the Convention.

Section 4. The Mission Council shall have the power to adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary for its own government, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Connecticut. The Mission Council shall hold stated meetings, and shall make and preserve a full record of all its acts.

Section 5. The Mission Council shall constitute a Finance Committee and may constitute from time to time such other committees as it deems advisable, and may appoint persons

65 REPORTS TO CONVENTION

2018 BUDGET NARRATIVE At the suggestion of the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (“ECCT”), ECCT’s finance staff prepared a five–year outlook for ECCT’s operating budget during the past summer. This analytic exercise encompassed our recent budgets as a point of departure and incorporated longer term trends that we have quantified. These trends can be summarized briefly: • The Consumer Price Index in the New York and Boston metro areas, which has fluctuated around a 1 – 2% range in five of the last seven years, has risen to the top of that range in the last year. Given the Federal Reserve Board’s stated inflation targets, an inflation rate in the 2 – 2.5% range over the next five years is a reasonable assumption. • ECCT’s health care insurance premiums, which increased by only 2.5% in 2015, have been increasing more rapidly in recent years (the premiums of our three plan offerings will increase by 5.0%., 6.5% and 8.9% for 2018). Planning for an average increase of 6.5% over the next five years is a reasonable assumption, particularly in light of current uncertainties in US health insurance markets. • Reflecting a variety of societal dynamics, many vital statistics of ECCT parishes (as documented in Parochial Reports from over 160 parishes) show declines over the past 5 years o Membership, Average Sunday Attendance and Easter Attendance have declined at a compound annual rate of 2.5%, 3.9% and 3.5% respectively since 2011. o Similarly, marriages, baptisms, confirmations and burials have declined by 3.2%, 4.7%, 4.4% and 1.4% per year respectively o Pledge cards received, the dollar amount pledged, total parishioner contributions and total Operating Revenues have declined by 3.7%, 0.7%, 0.7% and 1.0% per year respectively.

Given these financial and demographic trends, it is reasonable to expect that that ECCT’s income from Parish Support (in theory 10% of parish’s trailing year Operating Revenues) will decline in future years even while staff salaries, ECCT’s office and occupancy expenses and health insurance premium expenses are likely to increase. These factors were incorporated in our five year financial outlook, using a simple extrapolation of trends from prior years. Offsetting some of the downward revenue trends from Parish Support was the expectation that income from Missionary Society investments should increase in future years even while maintaining a sustainable 4.5% annual draw. Several factors support this expectation:

66 • ECCT has recently completed a review of its 83 different investment funds and identified a number of additional funds that can be used to support operations in future years • We expect to increase investment balances as a result of the sale of properties that ECCT is currently holding for sale • We have been managing our bank balances more tightly than ever before, shifting excess cash into our investment accounts The net result of this analysis is the expectation that ECCT’s operating revenues over the next five years will most likely hover near $6.2MM, with the increase in investment income offsetting the expected decline in Parish support. If ECCT restricts its operating expenses in future years to an amount less than $6.2MM, it will need to make some budgeting choices given expected increases in salary, occupancy, office expenses and health care premiums. If ECCT maintains its current staffing model, it will need to reduce its Program spending to support ministries by roughly a third over the next five years, from $1.5MM to below $1MM. ECCT’s finance staff shared this outlook with ECCT’s Bishops and Canons at the outset of the 2018 budget planning cycle, and requested that all budget managers scrutinize their prior years’ program spending and identify areas of potential saving for 2018. At the same time, ECCT’s finance staff reviewed actual spending over the prior 18 months in light of the budgeted spending for each line item. Finally, ECCT’s finance staff identified some additional savings from adjustments to health benefit coverage elections of ECCT staff members, including newly hired Region Missionaries. Revenue projections in the proposed Budget of Convention reflect the trend line analysis discussed above: • Parish Support revenue is projected to decline by $135K to $4.42MM • Revenue from investments is projected to increase by $193K to $1.40MM • Total revenue (including about $430K from other sources) is projected to increase by $56K to $6.52MM

Proposed expenses, which are projected to decline by $134K to $5.99MM in 2018, reflect the scrutiny of program spending by ECCT’s Bishops and Canons and by the finance staff’s “budget versus actual” line items analysis of office and occupancy expenses. • ECCT’s “National and World Mission” expenses (in Schedule A) are budgeted for an increase of almost $180,000, reflecting o a $40,000 increase to cover General Convention travel expenses in 2018 and o an increase in ECCT’s operating revenues from 2015 to 2016 that results in an increase in its support obligation to the General Church (a trailing year payment obligation analogous to ECCT parishes’ Common Mission Support payment obligation).

67 • Other expense schedules in the proposed 2018 Budget of Convention show expense reductions from the 2017 Budget of Convention, reflecting the budgeting exercise described above. These reductions in budgeted expenses include o $101K reduction in Support Services and Operations (Schedule U) o $62K reduction in Bishop’s Ministry expenses (Schedule O) o $45K reduction in Pastoral Ministry expenses (Schedule S) o $35K reduction in Congregational Development expenses (Schedule C) o $34K reduction in Diocesan Convention and TREC CT expenses (Schedule M) o $33K reduction in all remaining expense schedules combined

The proposed Budget of Convention shows a $254K budget surplus, as well as a $273K expense contingency. Together, these provide a buffer against unexpected revenue shortfalls and capacity to withstand greater-than-expected operating expenses in the year to come.

REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST 2016-2017 Changes in your diocesan archives: in 2013, prior to the relocation of the offices in 2014, we cataloged each collection in a database. For ease of access, we developed “collection designations” based upon barcodes identifying collections’ locations in our new vault In Meriden. The new vault, thankfully, is situated on the third floor with the rest of the office staff but with less space than the previous archives. Because of space considerations, with the advice of the Archives Committee and the approval of the Bishop and Chancellor, we had to make crucial decisions about donating some of our important collections, the disposition of which was included in previous reports. We donated these collections to the Episcopal Archives in Austin, Yale libraries and Yale Divinity School, institutions with high visibility.

I answered two hundred reference questions, mostly by e-mail and telephone, ranging from inquiries of sacramental records to the histories of parishes and organizations. We welcomed a dozen visitors for research, and I enjoyed assisting with the exhibit for Camp Washington’s centennial celebration. I continued to describe and consolidate collections. Two more parishes closed: St. John’s Church in Sandy Hook and St. Andrew’s Church in New Haven sent their parish registers and papers to the archives for processing. In all, we added approximately 15 linear feet of records to the database and shelves. The closed parish registers come to the diocesan archives so that they are available for people to inquire about their sacramental records. I traveled to Little Compton, Rhode Island, to collect Bishop Hastings’ sermons and some papers. A powerful preacher, the Episcopal College of Preachers established an annual conference in his honor. We accepted some significant donations this year including three volumes from Mr. A.C. Stuart Donald, Keeper of the Aberdeen Diocesan Library and Honorary Archivist. As you know, Connecticut has strong ties to that diocese.

We processed the Mission Development Initiative files, and the minutes of boards and commissions as we do on a continuing basis. Additional materials from organizations continue to come in. Time spent archiving electronic publications increases monthly. Both physical and

68 digital space continue to challenge, because archives are not static: they grow, yet our mission is to collect, protect and preserve our history. We also collect books by Connecticut Episcopal authors, both clergy and lay, so please keep the diocesan library in mind when you publish.

Around the diocese: a parish accomplishment of note this past year is the publication of a very beautiful history of the historic Trinity on the Green in New Haven, and I commend their history web page to you. The history ministry performed research primarily in their own archives for this project. They will host the National Episcopal Historians and Archivists Conference in 2018. Perhaps other parishioners would like to expand their archives programs by working with a group of like-minded people. If your church has a parish history that is not on the shelves of our diocesan library, please donate it. Your faith story is important. Looking forward, my hope is that ECCT will archive more fully the activities and achievements of the mission work of the laity of ECCT: its regional activities and missional experiments among the emerging networks of our Church in Connecticut.

I would like to take this time to make two recommendations to parishes: the first, as Father Carroon always asked, that parishes submit architectural drawings to the diocesan archives to have copies off site in case of an emergency. Also, with regard to the retention of business and financial files, consult the Episcopal Archives web page for those rules.

Of course, the “crowning glory” of this year has been the restoration of Samuel Seabury’s mitre. The Bishops and Canons decided to restore this beautiful and historic object because it is a “first” in many respects. You can find a history of the manufacture and whereabouts of the mitre since its creation in 1786 on the ECCT web site. The Living Church featured this story as well.

Finally, the trust given to me to catalog and to care for this significant and unique 150-year-old collection is humbling. Past archivists and historiographers have shaped the collections to reveal the lives and times of the bishops as well as the religion, history, culture, organizations, social outreach and mission of the Church in Connecticut from the 18th century to the present day. We are fortunate to inherit such rich archives. I am grateful for the support of the bishops and canons and especially to our archives support network: The Rev. Dr. Andrew Zeman, Ms. Diana Barnard, The Rev. Steven Ling, Ms. Evelyn Green, The Rev. Dr. Borden Painter and The Rev. Cn. Robert G. Carroon, former archivist and present historiographer for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. They have all given generously and graciously of their time and talent in the service of the legacy of the whole Church in Connecticut.

For me, it is a joy and a blessing to work with the splendid diocesan staff whom I call my colleagues and friends.

Respectfully submitted,

Margaret Smith

69 CAMP WASHINGTON 2017 Greetings from Camp Washington

In 1917 the first seeds of Camp Washington were planted by The Rev. Floyd Kenyon as a place of refreshment, renewal and growth. A place for boys to escape city life and experience God the creator in the beauty of the natural surroundings of Camp Washington. Since those early days, camp has become co-ed, the campus has expanded to include year-round housing and meeting space for conference and retreats, and the property is alive with activity 12 months a year. These original seeds have been nurtured by hundreds of summer counselors, chaplains, nurses, volunteers, mentors, and others. This September more than 150 people gathered at camp to celebrate our centennial with a wonderful weekend filled with alumni campers and staff, current campers and families, clergy and lay people from around the ECCT, neighbors and other friends. We sang, prayed and worshipped God, we gave thanks, we ate well, we laughed and reminisced, and re-connected. We honored the past and looked toward the future- the next 100 years of exploring God’s mission in this place we love so deeply.

This year our accredited summer camp program welcomed nearly 500 campers, provided $48,000 of financial aid to 83 campers, in addition 57 weeks of camp were provided to children at risk through the generosity of the Bishops’ Fund for Children. Through the nurturing leadership and love of 43 summer counselors and 11 chaplains, we provided over 1000 hours of fun, friendship and opportunity for spiritual growth and discipleship. We successfully held our first HAPPENING weekend, and #2 is scheduled for March.

We continue to grow our year-round programming offering opportunities to explore discipleship through adult retreat weekends, youth weekends, Family Advent Day, and Holy Week programs. We welcomed more than 75 people to Second Sunday gatherings throughout the year, a wonderful program offering community and hospitality. We continue our relationship with Nature’s Classroom, offering an opportunity for outdoor learning to more than 1500 students. Our conference business remains strong serving more than 900 people throughout the year.

In September, the Mission Council voted unanimously to fund a request for immediate maintenance needs to keep our facilities safe for all who use our campus. These important improvements to our driveway, parking, and lighting, walkways, and main buildings have begun and will continue through next spring. The Camp Washington board is committed to creating a long-term strategic capital plan that will allow us to continue the stewardship of our 300-acre campus and 15+ buildings as we plan for future growth and expansion.

Camp Washington is acceptance. Camp Washington is love. It is a privilege to create safe space that challenges our minds, encourages curiosity, fosters creativity, and produces joy. A space for all that inspires, connects, and transforms.

Faithfully,

Bart Geissinger, Executive Director

70 EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN Each year, Episcopal Church Women (ECW) in Connecticut, through their work and faith, continue to serve people as practiced when the organization was founded over one hundred thirty-six years ago. Guided by the Five Baptismal Marks of Mission, the women in the church, by their work, actions, response to human needs, loving service, seekers and supporters of social justice, providing financial support to numerous agencies and organizations enhance the quality of life for many.

The 136th Annual Meeting, which was held at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville, Connecticut, was a day of worship, praise, social networking and inspiring messages. It was attended by more than three hundred people and thus was one of the largest gatherings of Episcopal Church members in Connecticut this year. The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, was homilist; The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan was the celebrant and they were assisted The Rev. Denise Adessa, Deacon, Grace Church, in Windsor, CT. The keynote speaker was The Rev. Kimberly Jackson from Atlanta, Georgia.

As in previous years, ECW continue to support worthy programs at home, in the nation, and overseas. We support education through scholarships, financial assistance to hunger outreach projects, human need, United Thank Offering, disaster assistance, our churches and cathedrals and many more agencies some of which are listed in our Annual Report which is available upon request.

ECW is successful because of the many volunteers who willingly give of their time and talent to church and community and to all we say “Thank you. Special thanks to officers and members of our Board of Directors, our bookkeeper, Karen Behar, and Pat Chappell, Administrator, who retired this year after thirty-five years of faithful, loving and devoted service.

Submitted by:

Valzie V. Peterkin President [email protected]

HISPANIC MINISTRY NETWORK The Hispanic Ministry Network is an alliance of the parishes and ministries in CT which serve among those who speak Spanish or worship in ways which honor their Hispanic cultural traditions. We meet monthly on the fourth Thursday from 10:00 – Noon at The Commons. Anyone involved in or interested in Hispanic ministry is welcome to attend. To be on our email list, receiving notifications of meetings and events as well as minutes of our meetings, please contact our Convener, The Rev. Dana L. Campbell at [email protected].

Our Goals for 2017 for our participating parishes and ministries:

1. Lay empowerment/leadership training/capacity building.

71 2. Growth in stewardship, basic parish financial competency and movement towards sustainability. 3. Encouraging partnerships/collaborations in the neighboring community.

Our Activities in 2017:

• Church of the Good Shepherd/El Buen Pastor in Hartford hosted us for a Lenten Retreat led bilingually by The Rev. Lois Keen, aided by The Rev. Valerie Miller. Around 25-30 people attended, and the event was a great success. • Members of our Network, both clergy and lay, gave a workshop for those interested in Hispanic Ministry as part of Spring Training for God’s Mission. • On April 6 we held a Saturday Gathering at Camp Washington attended by 93 people from our Network. Keynote Speaker, Padre Angel Marrero from Massachusetts, engaged us in dialog about effective evangelization of the Hispanic community. We also had a presentation on immigration issues by a Connecticut immigration attorney. • In August our Convener attended the first annual Gathering of Diocesan Latino Missioners, held in Miami. Thirty-three people attended, representing many dioceses including some from Province IX. As part of the 2015 General Convention Resolution A086, this group was begun to better coordinate and communicate Latino/Hispanic ministry in The Episcopal Church (TEC). Stories, resources, and planning for the future were shared among Missioners and, most importantly, relationships were built which will enrich us all. • We had planned to send lay leaders to some of the wonderful events hosted by the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries in TEC during 2017. Unfortunately, as the political climate and treatment of immigrants and refugees in the U.S. shifted, our lay people – both documented and undocumented – felt unsafe to travel the distances required to attend. • In October we are hosting a Saturday workshop in Spanish on Parish Finances for Treasurers, Bookkeepers, parish Administrators, Vestry Members, and other interested members of our Network. • Later this fall, we will send out an online QuickBooks training in Spanish to be followed up by a workshop where Treasurers, Bookkeepers, Parish Administrators, and other interested parties can bring problems they have in their own situations and receive answers and help. • We are working with Robin Hammeal-Urban’s office to hold two Basic Safe Church Training sessions in Spanish in Connecticut in 2017. • The Rev. Angel Marrero, Coordinator of Latino Ministries of the New England Synod (ELCA), will be meeting with us in September to discuss opportunities for collaboration with Lutherans in our Hispanic ministries. • Thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Commission on Ministry and our Network, there are now three Bilingual, culturally Hispanic Postulants for Holy Orders in Connecticut. The Discernment Process begins again this fall and we hope to encourage new Aspirants.

72 • In 2017 a new ministry location has been added to our Network: Trinity Lime Rock has begun holding a monthly Misa. Independent of the parish, a Sanctuary-like support network for immigrants has sprung up in their area. • The ECCT now owns equipment necessary for simultaneous translation at events with up to 30 participants. This will enable us to include our mono-lingual Spanish Brothers and Sisters in ECCT and parish events going forward.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Episcopal Church in Connecticut for its continuing support of Hispanic ministry both in terms of financial aid and in terms of collaborative energy being shared. The attendance of the Sanctuary Workshop at Spring Training and the many behind-the-scenes supports being given by parishes in the ECCT to their parishioners and local immigrant populations testify to the bonds we share across the lines of nationality, race, language and culture. It looks a lot like God’s Mission, to us!

Faithfully Submitted,

The Rev. Dana L. Campbell, Convener

Hispanic Ministry Network Member Parishes and Ministries:

Christ Church, Ansonia St. John’s, Bridgeport San Lucas y San Pablo, Bridgeport Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford Church of the Good Shepherd/El Buen Pastor, Hartford La Misa, Lime Rock All Saints/Todos los Santos, Meriden Iglesia Betania, Stamford St. John’s, Waterbury

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE/MISSION COUNCIL: 2016-2017 The Mission Council serves as a leadership body for ECCT's common participation in God's mission, using common resources, between sessions of the Annual Convention. Membership of the Mission Council includes lay and clergy members from each region and nine members from Ministry Networks, and the officers of ECCT. Our Mission Council afternoon gatherings follow a Leadership Gathering of Mission Council, Standing Commission, and Trusts & Bequests and are a model of collaboration. We are responsible for oversight of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut between Annual Meetings. To this end, the Mission Council met quarterly on December 3, 2016, March 18, 2017, June 10, 2017, and September 9, 2017, The Mission Council also gathered on January 21, 2017, for a workday devoted to visioning and planning for work for the coming year. Among the actions of the Mission Council were:

Annual Convention 2016 provided Mission Council with a variety of resolutions and reports that helped shape the work of Mission Council. The second reading of the revised Constitution

73 adjusted our structure. The Resolution 4 Work Group responded to Next Steps in God's Mission is providing a report to Annual Convention 2017. The Gun-Free Zones Resolution Work Group submitted a proposed policy that was approved at the September Mission Council meeting. The resolution regarding “Sabbatical Leave for Priests and Other Ministry Leaders” was addressed by the Finance Committee and additional study is underway.

Collaboration for Mission continued to be a focus for the work of Mission Council. Region Leadership Team development and region governance; Region Convocations; the selection, hiring and introduction of Region Missionaries; and the continued exploration of Missional Curacies are among the initiatives engaging individuals and worshipping communities in collaborative action.

Mission Council administrative duties included approval of minutes of previous Mission Council meetings; established Dropbox as our communications vehicle for meeting materials; approved updates to the ECCT Human Resources Manual; gave consent to the election of the lay members of the Cathedral Chapter; updated the recommended Sex Offender Policy; approved the restoration of the Seabury Miter; and received an overview of the Bishop Diocesan’s performance evaluation. Mission Council received reports and updates regarding Camp Washington including program enhancements, availability of scholarships and took action to provide for needed capital improvements.

Among the financial actions taken by the Mission Council were: reception and approval of quarterly financial reports and Finance Committee meeting minutes; approval of Clergy Housing Allowances for ECCT Staff (clergy); appointed members of the Finance Committee; approved VCCR as the ECCT Auditor; approved the “Proposed Minimum Clergy Salary” resolution for Convention; received reports on parish compliance with requirements for good standing; approved “ECCT Policies Regarding Parish Management of Investment Assets.”; moved the Hale Colton Trust to D&B management; and recommended the proposed Budget of Convention.

The Mission Council, at the request of the appropriate screening committees approved a number of grants and funds allocations. From the Trinity Fund Committee Grants for 2017, grants were approved for: • The Norwalk Mentor Program • Christ Episcopal Church, East Norwalk • Triangle Community Center, Norwalk • St. Paul's on the Green - Trinity Mission. From the Jack Spaeth/Environmental Grants Fund, grants were approved for • The Camp Washington Alumni Christmas Tree Farm; • St Paul's, Southington - The Southington Common Good Garden; • Trinity Church Hartford and Trinity Academy Elementary School; • Trinity Episcopal Church and School, Southport; • The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey and Anne Rowthorn - God's Good Earth.

74 Mission Development Grants were made to • New Life Ministries of SECT; • Misa para Esperanza y Vida • Developing a Young Adult Ministry in New Haven. Sustainable Development Grants and Missionary Society funds were also allocated to • St. Luke’s, New Haven • Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown. The Mission Council also affirmed the recommendations of the Loan Review Board for • Christ Church Middle Haddam • Grace Church, Trumbull.

The Mission Council was informed by presentations by the following worshipping communities and organizations: St. Andrew’s in New Haven; St. John’s, Bristol; St. John’s, Vernon and St. John’s, East Hartford; and the Episcopal Service Corps.

Issues of Governance and Structure were addressed by the establishment of the Faith and Order Committee of Mission Council with specific direction to address the Episcopal election process and propose changes to the ECCT Canons to reflect the present organizational structures and Mission Council approved policies.

The Mission Council received reports and took action as necessary regarding the following properties: Christ Church, Canaan; St. John’s, Sandy Hook; St. Andrew’s, New Haven; St. John’s, Vernon and St. John’s, East Hartford; Robert’s Street in Bridgeport; Berg Home; St. John’s, Sandy Hook; and received an overview of all properties held in the name of the Missionary Society.

Respectfully submitted,

The Rev. Sandra L. Cosman, Secretary of the Diocese and Mission Council

REPORT ON RESOLUTION 8: SABBATICAL LEAVE FOR PRIESTS & OTHER MINISTRY LEADERS Abstract

ECCT staff has quantified the number of individuals that would be affected by the implementation of expanded eligibility and the financial impact of such a policy. These findings have been shared with ECCT’s Mission Council and Bishops in the course of two Mission Council meetings.

75 • Discussions of these findings identified the need for formalized policies, information systems and financial arrangements should ECCT’s Convention elect to expand sabbatical eligibility to all clergy (excluding supply-only priests) as contemplated in Resolution 8. • Based on these findings and resulting discussions, the wisdom of extending sabbatical eligibility to ECCT’s lay employee population was questioned in light of qualitative difference between their job requirements and those of clergy members and availability of continuing education and vacation opportunities for lay staff members.

Background

Resolution 8 of ECCT’s 232nd Convention points out the spiritual renewal and self-care benefits of periodic sabbatical leave for bishops and priests, but observed that many full-time and part- time priests, deacons and lay staff have not enjoyed the opportunity for sabbatical leave. Resolution 8 directed the Mission Council and Bishops to propose a plan whereby priests (other than supply priests) can accumulate sabbatical leave time regardless of the number of years served in a particular cure. Resolution 8 further directs the Mission Council and Bishops to establish a task force to develop a plan to provide deacons and lay staff can be offered relevant opportunities for sabbatical leave after five years of service to ECCT. [The full text of Resolution 8 can be found in the Appendix.]

Findings

The Bishops and Mission Council recognize the spiritual, emotional and psychological benefits of clergy sabbaticals, as are usefully enumerated in the full text of the resolution reprinted in the Appendix to this document, and in literature on this topic from numerous denominations (see for example http://oga.pcusa.org/section/mid-council-ministries/ministers/rationale- sabbatical-leave/, http://media.focusonthefamily.com/pastoral/pdf/PAS_Sabbaticals.pdf and the brief “Five Reasons Your Pastor Should Take a Sabbatical” which is also in the Appendix to this document).

While accepting this premise, ECCT staff, its Bishops and the Mission Council have focused on understanding the scope of changes suggested by the resolution…

• How many people would be affected? • What would the financial impact of the expanded access to sabbaticals

…and what processes (information systems, policies and financial arrangements) would be required to extend the benefits of sabbaticals to clergy that are not currently able to avail themselves of sabbatical given the nature of their service.

As to the scope of the changes suggested by the resolution, ECCT’s files indicate that as of this writing there are 96 full-time and 99 part-time Rectors, Priests-in-Charge, Interims, Missional Priests and Assistants serving in ECCT today. Around 30 vocational deacons and just over 20 healthcare chaplains are also serving within ECCT. Parochial Report data indicates that

76 just over 50% of these full-time clerics have been in their present cures for over five years and are already eligible for sabbatical opportunities.

Based on the data we developed, and assumptions about the incremental costs that we might reasonably expect from the implementation of Resolution 8, we have estimated the one-time impact of the implementation of expanded sabbatical eligibility, assuming credit would be given for time already served in the individuals’ current capacities, which would exceed $3,000,000. Assuming credit towards sabbatical eligibility would commence following Convention adoption of the framework set forth in Resolution 8, the on-going annual impact would be roughly one-fifth of the estimated one-time impact, as presented in the table below.

Estimated Financial Impact of Resolution 8

Number One-time On-going annual Number of potentially Financial Impact financial impact Employees affected by [$000s] (1) [$000s] Resolution 8 Full-Time Parish Clergy 85 38 $495 $65 Part-time Parish Clergy 94 94 $590 $135 Vocational Deacons (2) 30 30 $120 $24 Healthcare Chaplains (2) 20 20 $80 $16 Lay Employees(3) 841 841 $2,050 $410 Total 1,070 1,023 $3,335 $650 (1) Based on estimated replacement expense incurred during sabbatical (2) Financial impact assumes a $4K travel and expense stipend would be provided (3) No time of service data is is readily available for lay employees. Financial estimates shown are 50% of the maximum potential to estimate the potential impact of normal turnover, replacement of workers on sabbatical by parish volunteers and the failure of employees to avail themselves of sabbaticals.

Source: 2016 Parochial Reports for ECCT parishes; Treasurers’ Newsletter (supply clergy minimum compensation levels); parish submissions to the 2017 Worker’s Compensation Survey

The general assumption behind the estimates for parish clergy is that parishes would need to engage supply clergy working the same number of hours per week in order to establish adequate coverage. We assumed that the actual cost to cover for lay employee sabbaticals be half of the cost if all lay employees availed themselves of a sabbatical every five years. This reduction reflected our expectation that there would be a certain amount of employee turnover prior to reaching 5-year eligibility markers, and by the expectation that some parishes would use volunteers to cover for a paid employee’s absence during a sabbatical.

77 In Mission Council discussions, the rationale for lay employee sabbaticals was called into question given the population profile of ECCT lay employees (see table below) and the qualitative differences between the job requirements for clergy and lay employees.

• Almost 90% of lay employees are reported to be part-time employees • The nature of the work performed by lay employees in different job categories is quite varied. The rationale for a protracted separation from parish work (apart from normally provided vacation time) was not apparent to all Mission Council members. For example, teachers typically have a two to three month break from parish work every year. • For several of the employment roles in the table, some parishes currently provide employees with continuing education opportunities for skill development and job enrichment which do not require a three month break from parish work. Other parishes could also adopt this practice. • Lay employees are not exposed to the same range of emotional and interpersonal pressures that clergy members regularly experience (fewer and less intense pastoral interactions, not “on call” 24X7, etc.)

Total Annual Number of % Part-Time Compensation Employees Employees [$MM] Music/Chior Directors 229 92% $3.57 Office Staff 195 74% $4.77 Teachers 195 93% $3.81 Daycare Providers 88 98% $1.23 Sextons, Janitors 103 89% $1.55 Other* 31 45% $1.42 Total 841 87% $16.35 * Includes Camp, Social Workers, Book Store & Food Service workers)

Source: Parish submissions to the 2017 Worker’s Compensation survey

Given these qualitative considerations, Mission Council members questioned the concept of establishing sabbatical eligibility for all lay employees and seek affirmation that this class of employees should be included in future evaluation of expanded sabbatical eligibility

In addition, there was concern about the financial impact of creating sabbatical eligibility for lay employees, which would translate into roughly a 5% increase in lay employee compensation (covering the cost of a lay employee for 25% of a year once every five years

78 would necessitate the equivalent of a 5% contribution to a sabbatical sinking fund annually). This expense could create significant budget pressure for a number of ECCT parishes.

While the justification for and financial impact of lay employee sabbaticals raised questions among many Mission Council members, the concept of extending sabbatical eligibility for a broader class of clergy members garnered greater support. The Mission Council discussions on this portion of the resolution focused on scope and process for implementation.

As to the scope of sabbatical eligibility, the resolution excludes “supply only” clergy. Other scope-related questions include:

• Should there be some higher threshold for clergy sabbatical entitlement than was stated in the resolution? (One-quarter time? Half-time?) • How should clergy transferring into ECCT from other dioceses be affected by such a new sabbatical eligibility policy? • Should retired clergy be affected by an extended sabbatical eligibility policy? • The resolution does not explicitly mention school and healthcare chaplains. Should this group also be covered in a new sabbatical eligibility framework?

The process for administering a new sabbatical eligibility policy was the subject of much discussion

• Scenarios in which a priest has accumulated a number of years (say four, for example) of “service credit” towards a sabbatical before leaving one parish to serve at a second should not create the obligation at the second parish to cover the entire cost of the priest’s sabbatical expense after the priest has been at the second parish for just a year. o Logically, the four years of service at the first church should represent 80% of the priest’s eligibility for a sabbatical and the year of service at the second church should 20% of the priest’s sabbatical compensation o An 80%/20% sharing of the cost of the priest’s sabbatical would therefore be an equitable way for the two parishes to cover the cost of the priest’s sabbatical. By contrast, other less equitable arrangements will tend to create distortions in clergy and parish incentives with respect to transitions o It would make sense for the two parishes in this example to contribute proportionately to the compensation of the priest during his/her sabbatical and for the second parish to determine the level of clergy coverage required during the priest’s sabbatical and to be solely responsible to the cost of replacement clergy during that time o The recurring nature of this financial obligation lends itself to the creation of a series of individual sinking funds (each associated with specific priests) that parishes employing the priest would pay into periodically. No system for tracking sinking fund contribution obligations and actual sinking fund

79 contributions for individual priests currently exists but would be required if the sabbatical eligibility envisioned by Resolution 8 is formally adopted by ECCT • For a shared responsibility framework as discussed above, there will also need to be a data base to track sabbatical eligibility. None currently exists. • Some framework is needed for addressing circumstances in which clergy change parish assignments and the hours worked per week changes. This circumstance might be addressed by requiring parishes to contribute 5% of the priest’s salary and benefits each quarter, regardless of the hours worked. After 5 years, the clergy member’s compensation from the sinking fund during his/her sabbatical reflects a blend of the compensation arrangements that had been in effect during the prior five years rather than a continuation of the salary arrangements in effect at the cleric’s then-current cure. • If a member of the clergy experiences a significant period of time (to be defined) when he/she is not in a parish and has no other assignment, some policy would need to specify how this lapse of active service would this affect the scheduled start date for sabbatical eligibility. A simple rule would be a month delay in timing for sabbatical eligibility for every month in which the priest is without an assignment. However, the rationale for a sabbatical might be called into question if the lapse in service exceeds some threshold (again, to be defined, or to be assessed on a case by case basis by ECCT’s Bishops working with an appropriate diocesan group such as the Commission on Ministry or possibly the Standing Committee) • ECCT would need to establish a policy to determine parishes’ obligations to continue to contribute to a priest’s sabbatical compensation sinking fund if the priest delays taking a sabbatical once his/her five years of service has been accumulated. • In addition, ECCT would need to establish a policy for disbursement of unused sabbatical sinking fund balances for clergy who retire or take positions outside of ECCT. o Would cash disbursement to the clergy member constitute an incentive not to take sabbatical and consider the sabbatical sinking fund as form of saving? o Should contributed funds be returned to the parishes that original made the contributions? • ECCT will also need to develop a policy for investing sabbatical sinking fund balances to protect the value of contributions against inflation • ECCT would need to develop a policy for insuring that parishes comply with whatever policies might be established to address expanded sabbatical eligibility

Separately from Mission Council discussions, we spoke with Bonnie Matthews of the Deacons Council concerning the issues associated extending sabbatical eligibility to vocational deacons, which touched on many of the eligibility tracking and letter of agreement issues that will need to be addressed for parish priests, particularly as four-year assignments are the norm. In addition to existing continuing education budgets, additional aspects of a sabbatical program for vocational deacons might be considered in the future.

80 Conclusion and Next Steps

The Mission Council’s discussions concerning expansion of sabbatical eligibility to full-time and part-time priests serving in parishes for less than five years were generally supportive of this objective.

However, the desirability and appropriateness of offering sabbatical opportunities to ECCT’s lay employees serving five or more years (as opposed to vacation and continuing education opportunities) were questioned during these discussions, given the cost of such a policy for parishes and the largely part-time nature of this employee population. These discussions also pointed out that sabbaticals provide priests a reprieve from the emotional and psychological burdens resulting from their pastoral responsibilities, and noted that few lay employees have comparable pastoral responsibilities. At a minimum, Mission Council discussions suggest that the proposal to extend sabbatical opportunities to ECCT’s lay employees be reconsidered in light of these considerations and the findings presented above concerning the composition of ECCT’s lay employee population.

For sabbatical eligibility to be extended to full time and part-time clergy serving less than five years in one parish (excluding supply only clergy in keeping with the language of Resolution 8), Mission Council discussions stressed the importance of equitable funding arrangements among parishes served by qualifying clergy members. Conversations focused on a proportional funding obligation for parishes served by priests as they accumulate five years of service time. We identified a process featuring periodic contributions to sabbatical expense sinking funds associated with individual clergy members as one practical and equitable way to manage this process. We also noted the Information management requirements for implementing such a system. We recognized that numerous policies for dealing with a variety of special circumstances (many noted above) will also be needed.

A logical next step would be the estimation of the development and on-going support requirements for implementing an expanded clergy sabbatical eligibility policy. These requirements would include:

• A process for tracking and communicating eligibility status and timing for the priests affected by the extension of sabbatical eligibility • A process for informing parishes of their sabbatical expense sinking fund contribution obligations, • A process for receiving, posting, depositing and reporting sinking fund balances • Resources to provide support and answer questions from parishes and clergy about the process • A process for disbursing funds to clergy availing themselves of sabbaticals • Policies and processes for dealing with special circumstances and exceptions

In light of the numerous issues raised by our research and discussions about expanding sabbatical eligibility, we recommend that:

81 • A workshop on this topic be offered at ECCT’s upcoming Annual Convention • This document be included in the Reports to Convention • ECCT’s Mission Council should evaluate the desirability for expanding sabbatical eligibility to ECCT clergy members. If an expansion of sabbatical eligibility for clergy is believed to be desirable, the Mission Council should develop an approach for managing and phasing in expanded sabbatical eligibility. o ECCT staff will estimate the development and on-going support requirements outlined above as a potential input to the 2019 Budget of Convention. o ECCT staff will document the financial and administrative obligations of parishes in supporting expanded clergy eligibility under the specified approach. o These findings should be documented in a formal proposal for Mission Council approval • ECCT’s Mission Council evaluate the desirability of extending sabbatical eligibility for ECCT’s lay employees.

Appendix

Text of Resolution 8

RESOLVED, that the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, gathered in its 232nd Convention, affirms God’s call to Sabbath as a foundational practice for all baptized persons;

And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Convention recognizes that the provision of a sabbatical leave for bishops and priests, which includes a plan for spiritual renewal during that time, has been an important expression of this scriptural mandate and a vital element of self– care throughout the Episcopal Church;

And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Convention recognizes that most ministry leaders, especially part–time priests, deacons, and lay staff, have not enjoyed the opportunity for such leaves;

And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Convention directs that the Mission Council and Bishops propose a plan through which all priests, other than supply priests, who serve in Eucharistic communities within the ECCT, whether full–time or part–time, and regardless of the number of years served in a particular cure, will accumulate sabbatical leave time which can be used after five cumulative years of service in the ECCT, pending approval of a Sabbatical Plan by an ECCT Bishop;

And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Convention directs the Mission Council and Bishops to establish a task force to develop a plan through which deacons and lay staff can also be offered relevant opportunities for sabbatical leaves after five years of service in the ECCT, and report back to the 233rd Convention, in 2017.

82 ”Five Reasons Your Pastor Should Take a Sabbatical” by Thom S. Ranier

1. A pastor has emotional highs and lows unlike most other vocations. In the course of a day, a pastor can deal with death, deep spiritual issues, great encouragement, petty criticisms, tragedies, illnesses, and celebrations of birth. The emotional roller coaster is draining. Your pastor needs a break—many times a break with no distractions. 2. A pastor is on 24-hour call. Most pastors don’t have an “off” switch. They go to sleep with the knowledge they could be awakened by a phone call at anytime of the day. Vacations are rarely uninterrupted. It can be an exhausting vocation, and a sabbatical can be a welcome time to slow down. 3. Pastors need time of uninterrupted study. It doesn’t usually happen in the study at church or home. There is always the crisis or need of the moment. Church members expect sermons that reflect much prayer and study. The pastor’s schedule often works against that ideal. The sabbatical can offer much needed, and uninterrupted, study time. 4. Pastors who have sabbaticals have longer tenure at churches. Though my information is anecdotal, I do see the trend. And while I cannot prove a cause-and- effect relationship, I feel confident that pastors who have sabbaticals are much more likely to stay at a church because they are less likely to experience burnout. 5. Pastors who have sabbaticals view the time off as an affirmation from their churches. I have heard from many pastors who share with me a sentence similar to this one: “I know my church loves me because they give me a sabbatical.” Pastors need affirmation. Sabbaticals can accomplish that goal.

Source: http://thomrainer.com/2014/02/five-reasons-your-pastor-should-take-a-sabbatical/

REPORT ON RESOLUTION 4 Abstract The Resolution 4 Working Group was established after the 232nd Annual Convention in 2016, "to study the current and future financial resources needed to assist Episcopalians in Connecticut to become even more faithful disciples and apostles in God’s mission," and charged to report back to the 233rd Annual Convention in 2017.

In response to the resolution the Bishops and Mission Council established the"Resolution 4 Working Group." The Working Group was expanded to include members of the Standing Committee, Officers of the Diocese, staff of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, and individuals with professional expertise/interest in fundraising. Full membership includes:

Bishops: The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens; The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas; Mission Council: Duo Dickinson; The Rev. Lisa Hahneman Standing Committee: The Rev. Rowena Kemp; The Rev. Peter Thompson Officers: Lynn Brooks; The Rev. Sandra Cosman; Sandra Lynch; The Rev. Adam B. Yates Staff: Louis Fuertes; Karin Hamilton; The Rev. Tim Hodapp;

83 Fundraising Professionals: The Rev. Suzanne Culhane; Maryann Doyle

The Working Group met monthly over the past year. It specifically met with and listened to leadership of Regions at the Region convocations, reviewed diocesan-wide financial projections, and interviewed fundraising consultants.

Based upon our research, discernment, and work together, the group submits a resolution to the 233rd Annual Convention to:

Continue to work with the six Regions and Region Missionaries as they undertake Region Needs Assessments which will include, but not be limited to: 1) identify programs and activities to further participate in God’s mission across parishes and Regions, and 2) determine the financial resources necessary to achieve identified goals. In addition, the Working Group requests authorization to engage a consultant to assist with the Region Needs Assessments, with a mandate to report back to the 234th Annual Convention.

Methodology

Region Listening Sessions

Between March and October of 2017, the Working Group met with five of the six Regions at their previously scheduled Region convocations, with a sixth to occur after this report is filed and before Convention. Members of the Working Group also met with the Bridgeport Ministry Network. At these convocations, the sessions lasted approximately half-an-hour and included 300+ individuals representing 50+ parishes in total. Members of the Working Group asked the convocations to imagine what their Regions would look like in ten years and what it would take for them to become the vision they shared. The results of these sessions were collected, presented, and discussed with the rest of the Working Group members at our monthly meetings.

Financial Projections

The Working Group reviewed the current and projected financial position of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, using the reports and analysis produced for the Finance Committee of the Mission Council. Projected revenue and program expenses of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut through 2021 were considered.

Consultants:

Over the summer of 2017, we met with representatives from three fundraising firms: the Episcopal Church Foundation, Changing Our World, Inc., and CCS Fundraising. In these meetings, we sought to learn more about the types of consulting services they offered, including: Needs Assessments, Feasibility Studies, and Capital Campaigns. In addition, we

84 solicited their thoughts and experiences working with organizations that had similar levels of complexity, needs, and desired outcomes as the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Findings

Region Listening Sessions

The conversations at the Region convocations produced rich and exciting results, demonstrating that a vitality and imaginative spirit is alive and well in our Regions. We asked two questions:

1) It is 2027, what does your Region look like? 2) What will you need to accomplish your vision?

Though each Region and session was unique, and to summarize the conversations here would be beyond the scope of this report, some common themes emerged including:

• Recognizing the role of the Episcopal Church as an entry point into a relationship with God in Jesus in an increasingly un-churched world. • Increasing collaboration as parishes in Regions share people, resources, and energy. • Increasing need to reach out across denominational lines, working with ecumenical partners to join in the work of God in our world. • Becoming a church focused on the richness of our communities and not on the scarcity of our resources. • Embracing and celebrating the growing ethnic diversity in our communities. • Building a strong communication network to support parish collaboration in coordinated efforts across faith-in-action ministries.

In order to realize this vision of the church, Regions identified needs for a variety of resources, including permission to try on new things, additional training (community organization, adaptive worship styles, ecumenical collaboration, etc..) communications and networking infrastructure, and financial resources.

The Working Group notes that several of these convocations occurred before the hiring of Region Missionaries. It is evident that the newly engaged Region Missionaries are providing leadership that strengthens and broadens the Regions’ work with parishes and individuals.

Financial Projections

Based on current best projections over the next five years of parish support for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, combined with projections for investment income from the Missionary Society endowment, we anticipate that revenues to support the Budget of Convention will level off slightly above current levels. While this provides for a stable budget, it also means that program spending, especially for new Region initiatives will become constrained, as other fixed costs within the Budget of Convention increase with inflation. Barring unexpected changes in

85 circumstances or financial conditions, any new program initiatives in our Regions will require new funding sources.

Consultants

We spent time discussing with consultants how they would assist us with our mandate. Inasmuch as the Episcopal Church in Connecticut has not conducted a major fundraising campaign since 1992, we learned about the contributions that a professional consultancy can make to both our ongoing Region research and any possible future fundraising initiative.

Consultants recommend that as Regions continue to live into their vision, there will be a need to inventory the resources required and the resources available to support their goals.

The Working Group believes in the importance of raising funds for God’s mission. This belief is bolstered by the group’s reading of Henri Nouwen’s book, A Spirituality of Fundraising. We agree with Nouwen, that holy fundraising can be understood as “proclaiming what we believe in such a way that we offer other people an opportunity to participate with us in our vision and [God’s] mission.” (p. viii)

Conclusion

Recommendation/Next Steps

Much has been accomplished, and much work remains. Based on our conversations and findings, we recommend that the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) be forward-thinking about raising funds for God’s mission, especially to enable new initiatives across our parishes and within the six Regions. We believe that ECCT should be prepared to assist Regions in providing the resources necessary to support the bold visions they have already shared and will continue to explore in the years to come. We also believe that there is more work to be done with Regions and Region Missionaries to identify specific initiatives, and the resources required to implement them.

Thus, we submit the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut continues to give thanks for the new and exciting ways that Episcopalians in Connecticut are collaborating to participate in God’s mission through Regions, Region Missionaries, Ministry Networks, and the Mission Council; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Resolution 4 Working Group continues to work with Regions and Region Missionaries by undertaking Region Needs Assessments that include, but are not limited to: 1) identifying programs and activities to further participate in God’s mission across parishes and Regions; and 2) determining the financial resources necessary to achieve identified goals; and be it further

86 RESOLVED, that the Resolution 4 Working Group engage a consulting firm, as appropriate, to assist with Region Needs Assessments; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Resolution 4 Working Group report back to the 234th Annual Convention as to its findings, including: the results of the Region Needs Assessments, and any other recommendations to assist the Episcopal Church in Connecticut in our next steps in God’s mission.

SOCIAL JUSTICE & ADVOCACY MINISTRY NETWORK The Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry Network of The Episcopal Church in CT, in recent years has evolved into a ministry network. Our goal has included advocating with state and national legislators concerning proposed legislation and its impact with regard to a wide spread of social justice issues. At present, we are developing a data base for use in ECCT parishes to provide easy ways to network information with other congregations which are committed to serving in similar concerns and ministries of social justice.

The Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry Network has worked in the following projects:

Advocating for adoptees in Connecticut - We supported and advocated that medical information from their biological parents be available to adoptees.

Living Wage Resolution - We supported a group of ECCT deacons advocating for a more livable minimum wage in Connecticut.

We worked to increase awareness of the Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry Network among churches and parishes in Connecticut. We worked to raise our profile through Email contacts, social media, and a day of workshop presentations in January.

The gathering of Networking Workshops included:

1. Casino gambling legislation and the adverse effects of gambling in our state. 2. Early childhood legislation in 2017, and the issues involved in those bills. 3. Advocacy for a more livable minimum wage in our state. 4. A network for healing prayer in ECCT.

We participated in a statewide coalition of Christian leaders in opposition to casino gambling which continues despite legislation passed in 2017 expanding casino gambling in our state.

Several of us attended a day of presentations and discussions with representatives from IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services).

We participated in the 2017 Spring Training Workshop in Meriden – Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry Network speakers were former 2nd District Member of Congress Robert Steele. And SJ&A member John Armstrong, who made a presentation on the expansion of casino gambling.

87 We supported the River of Life Pilgrimage on the Connecticut River, from the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire to the Long Island Sound. We offered support and participation in events and service in Hartford CT.

SJ&A Ministry Network serves as the screening committee for grants from the ECCT Mission Development Fund (MDF). The fund distributes some $20,000 per year to be used as seed funding for new initiatives in ministry. In 2017, three grants were awarded:

1. $4,700 to Misa Para Esperanza y Vida a ministry of community building, providing regular services of worship followed by a meal, for migrant workers in Northwestern Connecticut. 2. $5,100 to the Episcopal Church At Yale, for Developing a Young Adult Ministry in the New Haven Area. 3. $10,000.00 to New Life Ministry of Southeastern Connecticut, a ministry promoting successful re-entry from prison into society.

Additionally SJ&A initiated Improvements streamlining the MDF application process.

Submitted,

The Rev Peter Bushnell, Chair

ABSTRACT OF THE JOURNAL OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE 2016-17 Members: Name Date Expired Term

Rev. Tracy Johnson Russell Oct. 2017 A. Bates Lyons Oct. 2019 Rev. Peter Thompson Oct. 2019 Rev. Peggy Hodgkins Oct. 2019 Rev. Amy Welin Oct. 2018 Joseph Carroll, Jr. Oct. 2019 Rev. Rowena Kemp Oct. 2018 Danielle A. Gaherty Oct. 2017 Jim Myslik Oct. 2018 Kim Polhemus Oct. 2017 Nancy Staniewicz Oct. 2018 Rev. Diana Rogers Oct. 20117

Meetings:

Month: October 2016: No Meeting

Month: November 20, 2016 Location: Commons

88 # Present: 10 1. Time with Bishops 2. Welcome new Members: Rev. Peter Thompson, Rev. Peggy Hodgkins, Danielle Gaherty 3. Consent to Bishop Coadjutor for the Bishop of Haiti

Month: December 15,2016 Location: Commons # Present: 11, Guest Bishop Douglas 1. Time with Bishops 2. Reviewed the responsibility of SC 3. Withdrew consent for the Bishop of Haiti-due to issues surrounding this matter. 4. The SC will consult with the Bishops on matters similar to this. 5. Request to have a Member serve on the Sabbatical & Finance Committee 6. Review of St Andrew’s-New Haven, withdrawal of injunction. 7. Revise and review of Canons-closing of Parishes. 8. Discussion of agenda for the planning for Postulants & Candidates 9. Ratifies Stuart Orrick to be a member off the COM 10. Consent to Election of Rev Jennifer Baskerville-Barrows as Bishop-Diocese of Indianapolis and Rev Canon Gretchen Mary Rehberg-Bishop-Diocese of Spokane Month: January 19, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 11; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens, Rev. Tim Hodapp, Bradford Babbitt, Louie Fuertes 1. Time with Bishops 2. Discussion of St. Andrew’s -New Haven 3. Update of planning for Postulants & Candidates 4. Ordination: Ann Perrott-Transitional Diaconate, and April Alford-Harkey and Ronald Sneed-Diaconate Month: February 16, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 10; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens 1. Time with Bishops 2. Discussion of Executive Order of Immigrants and Refugees 3. Discussion on Resolution #4 4. Update on St Andrew’s 5. Consent of Bishops of Dioceses of Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles 6. Discussion of SC Job Descriptions for President and Secretary Month: March 23, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 10; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens, Rev. Molly James

89 1. Time with Bishops 2. Review of March Leadership Gathering 3. Update on Resolution 4 4. Discussion on Parish Mergers 5. Approval: Priesthood Candidacy-Benjamin Straley, Carrie Combs 6. Planning joint activity with COM 7. Job Descriptions completed Month: April 20, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 12; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens, Rev Molly James 1. Time with Bishops 2. Update on St Andrew’s-New Haven 3. Discussion on Missionaries meeting at St Thomas-Bloomfield 4. Property Matters: • Christ Church-Stratford • St Mark’s-Storrs 5. COM update 6. Bishops consent • Jennifer Brooke-Davidson-West Texas • Samuel S. Rodman III-North Carolina Month: May 18, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 12; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens 1. Time with Bishops 2. Bishop consent: David C. Rice-San Joaqin 3. Discussion of the 6 Regional Missionaries to be hired 4. Discussion of Bishop of Diocese of Delaware election and implications for ECCT 5. Property Matters: • Christ Church easement 6. Vote on Ordination to Priesthood of Ann Perrott 7. Rev Amy Welin will be leaving CT for Diocese of Central PA Month: June 15, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 10; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens 1. Time with Bishops 2. Faith & Order Discussion 3. Property Matters: • St John’s – Bridgeport • St John’s -Vernon, East Hartford 4. Discussion re: SC Recruitment Month: July 27, 2017 Location: Commons

90 # Present: 10; Guests: Bishop Ian Douglas & Robin Urban 1. Time with Bishop 2. Appointment of Title IV Attorney 3. Faith & Order Update 4. Discussion of Restoration after Suspension Month: August 2017- No meeting

Month: September 28, 2017 Location: Commons # Present: 11; Guests: Bishops Ian Douglas & Laura Ahrens, Louis Fuertes 1. Time with Bishops 2. Planning of Postulants and Candidates Gathering, Jan. 6, 2018 3. Consent for Election of Bishop Diocesan, East Tennessee, Delaware 4. Consents for Ordination 5. Other Matters: Names of Perspective SC Members

TRUSTEES OF THE EPISCOPAL ACADEMY OF CONNECTICUT: 2016 The Trustees disburse income from funds held by the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut and use it for scholarship assistance to benefit clergy children at the college level.

In July 2016, scholarships in the total amount of $9,500 were awarded to 3 students to assist them with the expenses of their college education.

91 Bishop’s Address Delivered to Convention on Saturday, November 18, 2017 The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D.

(The address will be offered as a “TED Talk” on Saturday morning, November 18, 2017 at the 233rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Greenwich, CT.)

“The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.” (Acts 16:14)

In my address to our 232nd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut last year in Hartford, I asserted that we are witnessing the demise of Christendom (the close association of the life of the Church with the political, economic and social powers of world.) I noted that while the end of Christendom might occasion sadness and anxiety for those of us brought up in the 20th century church, Episcopalians in Connecticut are embracing bold and courageous changes as we seek to participate in God’s mission in new times. Chief among these changes has been our TREC-CT vision (Task Force on Reimagining the Episcopal Church in Connecticut) with its Ministry Networks, Mission Council, and new Regions served by Region Missionaries. I closed my address last year by inviting us all to take a so called “Sabbatical Year,” resting into the nascent work of TREC-CT and waiting on God to show us where we need to go next. And I believe God has indeed blessed this past year by giving us in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut new understandings and new practices for participating in God’s mission in these radically changing times.

What do I mean by new understandings and new practices for participating in God’s mission? To begin with, I believe we need to move beyond a focus on the end of Christendom. It is true that the old political, economic, and social structures that gave power, place and privilege to the Church are ebbing away, especially here in New England – the part of our country that the Pew and Gallup research organizations describe as the least religious. Even given the irreligiousness of New England, I do not think it is helpful anymore to describe our circumstances as “post-Christendom.” Doing so makes Christendom the reference point of our life in Christ and looks back to a time that is irreparably lost. And I am not convinced that Christendom really served the mission of God in Jesus that well anyway.

So, instead of describing our time as “post-Christendom,” I wonder if we might look at the context for of our lives in Christ today as more of a “New Missional Age.” What do I mean by a New Missional Age? I mean that today, right now, right here, God is alive in Jesus; and each and every one of us through our baptism is called and empowered by the Holy Spirit to be about God’s mission in the world. I believe that God has had, and will always have the Church, the Body of Christ, that God needs to be about God’s purposes, God’s mission, in the world. This New Missional Age can be considered a new reformation, a new apostolic era, (much like the Church we read about in the Bible) in which God is effecting God’s restoring, reconciling mission in new ways. God is inviting us to be the “Jesus Movement” (as our Presiding Bishop

92 wonderfully reminds us) even as the structures and institutions of the church as we have known it crash down around us. This New Missional Age thus calls us to reconceive who we are as local expressions of the Body of Christ, parishes and worshipping communities, through new (or perhaps reclaimed ancient) spiritual practices.

Over the last year, your elected and appointed leaders in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut have been playing with new understandings of what it means to be a parish/worshipping community in this New Missional Age. The Leadership Gathering (a four times a year day-long meeting of the Mission Council, Standing Committee, Commission on Ministry, and Trustees for Donations and Bequests), your bishops and canons, and postulants and candidates preparing for ordained ministry in the 21st century, have tried on a four-point description of what a parish/worshipping community might look like in this New Missional Age. The points are:

• A Community of Theological Imagination – Parishes and worshipping communities are primarily to be places where people come together to talk about God and share stories about what God is doing in their lives individually and corporately.

• Fed by Word and Sacrament – We share stories about what God is up to in our own lives within the larger story of God’s saving action in the world as found in Holy Scripture; we dwell in God’s Word. And the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and the other sacraments of God’s grace sustain this Word centered community.

• Forming Disciples and Apostles – The purpose of our coming together in parishes and worshipping communities is to: 1) help us be more faithful followers of Jesus (disciples) and 2) assist us in our participation in God’s mission in the world as apostles.

• Connected to the Wider Body of Christ - As Anglicans/Episcopalians we are catholic Christians (small “c” catholic as in “universal.”) Our parishes and worshipping communities are not islands unto ourselves. We are called to be the Body of Christ together, serving God’s mission collaboratively through such vehicles as our: Regions with our Region Missionaries, Ministry Networks, this Annual Convention, and our participation in diocesan Common Mission Support.

In this New Missional Age, I believe that every parish and worshipping community in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut is called to examine and reorient its life and resources as: communities of theological imagination, fed by Word and sacrament, forming disciples and apostles, connected to the wider Body of Christ.

You might ask next: how do we go about becoming these kind of parishes and worshipping communities, the kind of Church God wants us and needs us to be, in this New Missional Age? I do not believe we can think and plan our way forward into the future Church, for we do not entirely know what God has in store for us. Rather, becoming the Body of Christ God in this

93 New Missional Age requires us to embrace new spiritual practices – practices that are as ancient as they are new.

Through our partnership with the Missional Network, the Episcopal Church in Connecticut has joined with five other dioceses across The Episcopal Church in a project called “Living Local, Joining God.” Six of our parishes have specifically committed themselves to trying on new spiritual practices as they seek to become more missional. But it is not only this collection of parishes involved in the “Living Local, Joining God” project that are practicing new ways of being the church. Most of our diocesan-wide get-togethers including but not limited to: the quarterly Leadership Gathering of our Mission Council, Standing Committee, Commission on Ministry and Donations and Bequests; our Region Convocations; Faithful Futures (monthly meetings of various parishes that come together to share ideas and possibilities in an open space format;) Recently Ordained Clergy meetings; Safe Church Trainings; and even this Annual Convention all are experimenting with one or more spiritual practices for this New Missional Age. So what are these spiritual practices? There are five:1

1. Listening - We are called first and foremost to listen to God. We do this by Dwelling in the Word (as we just did this morning) and by listening to what God is up to in our neighborhoods. God invites us to engage with Holy Scripture and also move out into our local contexts to discover God’s restoring and reconciling action in the world.

2. Discerning – Listening to God in Scripture and in our neighborhoods, we then discern together what God might be calling us to do next, in new ways. Together we ask ourselves: how might we join with God in what God is up to around us? Where is the Holy Spirit calling us now?

3. Trying on – Our discernment leads us to consider what new ways we might we to participate in God’s mission? How might we try on being the Body of Christ in our faith communities and in our neighborhoods in new ways? These try on experiments are not to be arduous or overwhelming but rather doable and life-giving activities in which failure is valued as a learning opportunity.

4. Reflecting – After we try on these new ways of participating in God’s mission, we then come together to consider what God is revealing to us. Here we share our stories, in one on one encounters and corporately, as the Body of Christ. We offer to God and one another our appreciations, regrets, learnings and re-leanings about what God is up to in our lives. And we wait on God’s leading, trusting that God will reveal how God wants us to be in this New Missional Era.

5. Deciding - And finally we decide. We decide how God is calling us forward in God’s mission and we take concrete steps to get there. This decision point is not, however, a

1 For a brief and accesible primer on these practices see: Alan J. Roxburgh, Joinging God, Remaking the Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in our Time (New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2015.

94 terminus or end of the road but rather a new beginning. For once we have decided where we want to go and how to move forward, we then need to return to our posture of listening.

And so this circle of spiritual practice starts all over: listening, discerning, trying on, reflecting, and deciding; listening, discerning, trying on, reflecting, and deciding; listening, discerning, trying on, reflecting, and deciding; and on and on. As we Episcopalians in Connecticut live these spiritual practices, I believe that God will bless us with light and love, and create in us the Church that God wants us to be to serve God’s mission in this New Missional Age.

Before I conclude, I want to mention briefly three places/horizons that I believe God is calling us to engage as we seek to live into these new understandings and spiritual practices in our neighborhood of Connecticut. They are:

1. The Sustainability of Creation – I, along with Christian companions from across Connecticut and New England and with the support of ECCT parishes all along the Connecticut River, was blessed to paddle the length of the Connecticut River from southern Vermont to Long Island Sound this past summer. This Connecticut River Pilgrimage reminded me of both the goodness and beauty of God’s creation, and the vulnerability and plight of the natural world in the face of climate change. How are we called as Christians “to cherish the wondrous gifts of God, and protect the beauty and integrity of all creation”, as our Resolution #6 reminds us?

2. The Opioid Crisis – Americans are dying at unprecedented rates because of addiction to heroin and other opioid compounds. In Connecticut, the rate of opioid related deaths continues to skyrocket from 357 deaths in 2012, to 729 in 2015, to 917 last year. At the current rate there will be close to 1100 opioid related deaths this year. What is God calling us to do as Christians in the face of this death-dealing reality? How are we called to be agents of God’s freedom, light and love for those who are addicted and their loved ones?

3. Economic Challenges of Connecticut – We all know that our state is experiencing serious and challenging economic times. Our legislators were unable to arrive at a budget for our state until late last month, long overdue. Major corporations like General Electric, Aetna, and Alexion are fleeing Connecticut for more attractive economic locales. And our state continues to have one of the highest economic and educational achievement gaps in the nation. How are we as Christians called to work with our elected officials so that we can come together to address the economic woes of our state and ensure an abundant life for all?

What is God calling us to do as Christian to ensure the sustainability of creation, and address the opioid and economic crises of our state? These are urgent questions for all of us.

In closing, I want to reiterate what I alluded to at the beginning of this address. Over the last year, we have come to see how the vision of TREC-CT in our Ministry Networks, Mission

95 Council, and Regions served by Region Missionaries have helped us develop new understandings and spiritual practices for this New Missional Age. I am particularly overjoyed to see how our Regions are coming together to serve God’s mission in our neighborhoods and build up the body of Christ across Connecticut. I believe the need to assess the resources and needs of our Regions as we look to the future, as called for in Resolution #9 before us at this Convention, will help us go from strength to strength in this New Missional Era.

Like Lydia, whose heart was opened to hear the Good news of God in Christ as proclaimed by Paul, may our hearts also be opened to what God in Jesus Christ is up to in our midst. And may the Holy Spirit empower us to be the Body of Christ that God wants us to be participating in God’s mission in this New Missional Age.

96 Episcopal Acts 2017

Parish Town Confirmed Received Christ Church Ansonia 4 St. Luke’s & St. Paul’s Bridgeport 4 St. Peter’s Cheshire 6 Trinity Collinsville 3 1 St. Luke’s Darien 39 Epiphany Durham 2 1 Trinity Enfield 1 St. James’ Fair Haven 2 St. Paul’s Fairfield 16 St. James’ Farmington 11 St. David’s Gales Ferry 5 St. Barnabas Greenwich 6 Christ Church Guilford 10 St. John’s Guilford 1 Christ Church Hartford 5 1 Trinity College Hartford 2 St. Peter’s Hebron 6 St. Andrew’s Kent 9 Trinity Lime Rock 2 St. Michael’s Litchfield 1 St. Andrew’s Madison 1 St. Mary’s Manchester 2 Christ Church Middle Haddam 2 2 St. Peter’s Monroe 2 1 St. Michael’s Naugatuck 5 4 St. Mark’s New Canaan 18 1 St. John’s New Haven 3 St. Luke’s New Haven 4 ECY New Haven 1 1 Trinity New Haven 1 1 Christ Church New Haven 8 1 St. James’ New London 1 Zion North Branford 5 St. Paul’s Norwalk 6 5 Good Shepherd Orange 6 St. John’s Pine Meadow 4 Christ Church Quaker Farms 11 Christ Church Redding 5 St. Stephen’s Ridgefield 16 2

97 Parish Town Confirmed Received Christ Roxbury 3 1 St. Paul’s Southingon 7 Trinity Southport 6 2 St. Francis Stamford 4 St. John’s Stamford 7 St. Andrew’s Stamford 1 Eglise de L’Epiphanie Stamford 1 Christ Church Stratford 2 Trinity Torrington 1 Trinity Trumbull 4 1 St. John’s Vernon 1 St. John’s West Hartford 4 1 St. James’s West Hartford 2 Christ & Holy Trinity Westport 16 St. Matthew’s Wilton 23 All Saint’s Wolcott 8 2 Grace Yantic 1 Total 313 41 Bishops’ Additionals Clergy transferred to the Diocese of Connecticut March 10, 2017 The Rev. Leonard E. Hullar from the Diocese of Texas March 16, 2017 The Rev. Charles Kamano from the Roman Catholic Church March 21, 2017 The Rev. Matt Lindeman from the Diocese of Massachusetts May 9, 2017 The Rev. Jakki Flanagan from the Diocese of Vermont May 17, 2017 The Rev. Niranjani S. Molegoda from the Diocese of Missouri May 17, 2017 The Rev. William R. Burt from the Diocese of Maryland June 1, 2017 The Rev. Kevin Olds from the Diocese of Massachusetts July 27, 2017 The Rev. Ranjit Matthews from the Diocese of Massachusetts August 23, 2017 The Rev. Sherry H. Thomas from the Diocese of Virginia October 3, 2017 The Rev. Timothy Squier from the Diocese of Chicago October 17, 2018 The Rev. Anne Fraley from the Diocese of Tennessee October 19, 2017 The Rev. Rachel Field from the Diocese of Easton November 14, 2017 The Rev. David H. Rhods from the Diocese of San Diego December 5, 2017 The Rev. Brian Blayer from the Diocese of Long Island

Clergy transferred from the Diocese of Connecticut August 24, 2017 The Rev. Marian Stinson to the Diocese of Olympia August 30, 2017 The Rev. Amanda Gott to the Diocese of Nebraska

98 Ordinations to the Transitional Diaconate Ann M. Perrott, January 28, 2017, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT Benjamin Straley, June 10, 2017, All Saint’s Chapel, Meriden, CT Stacey Kohl, June 10, 2017, All Saint’s Chapel, Meriden, CT Carrie Combs, June 10, 2017, All Saint’s Chapel, Meriden, CT Ordinations to the Diaconate April Alford-Harkey, January 28, 2017, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT Ronald Steed, January 28, 2017, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT Ordinations to the Priesthood Ann M. Perrott, October 7, 2017, Christ Church, Norwich, CT Stacey Kohl, December 20, 2017, St. Mark’s, Mystic, CT

Clergy Deaths The Rev. Elizabeth Converse Lewis January 18, 2017 The Rev. Russell Deragon February 4, 2017 The Rev. Robert J. Duval March 13, 2017 The Rev. Barbara Connors June 8, 2017 The Rev. Randall Sellers Harris July 6, 2017 The Rt. Rev. Arthur Walmsley October 5, 2017

99 Parochial Membership Statistics 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 16 Confirmed or Received 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 6 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 12 39 Years Under 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 A P T I S M T P A B 16 yrs and Older 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 48 12 52 88 50 53 53 48 55 10 49 51 47 32 46 82 111 113

104 102 186 108 106 162 102 100 Sunday Eucharists 6 70 28 71 44 29 72 59 44 26 65 34 12 34 21 57 78 90 13 53 19 30 24 66 27 20 24 52 117

125 150 180 144 349 Sunday Average Attendance 5 1 7 2 4 2 5 8 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11

26 10 33 61 36 35 86 13 48 Active Others 6 0 84 85 69 60 55 40 45 29 84 39 49 17 81 53 48 50 50 113

165 189 541 331 451 441 706 182 403 145 100 200 173 2,833 Communicants in Good Standing 6 88 69 55 40 40 84 66 49 20 81 84 89 80 50 50 165 144 188 189 122 541 376 320 444 369 403 547 100 419 218 Active 1,279 1,172 2,908 Members Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions Vital Advent rge Episcopal Church rge Thomas rges Episcopal Church rges Andrews Episcopal Church Albans Episcopal Church Congregation Christ Church Episcopal St Pauls Episcopal Church Christ Church Episcopal Church of St Christ Episcopal Church (2016) Old St St Stephens Episcopal Church St Geo Episcopal Church Trinity Calvary-St Geo St Johns Episcopal Parish St Lukes-St Pauls Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters Episcopal Church Church of the Holy Church Collinsville Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Ascension Church For Deaf (2007) St Luke Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church Immanuel St James Church Episcopal (2016) Church of the Epiphany St Gabriels Church St Stephens Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church Christ and the Epiphany Church St Johns Episcopal Church Parish of Christ Church Windsor City Diocese of Connecticut Ansonia Bantam Bethany Bethel Bethlehem Bloomfield Bloomfield Bolton Branford Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgewater Bristol Broad Brook Brookfield Brooklyn Cheshire Clinton Collinsville Danbury Danielson Darien Darien Darien Derby Durham East Berlin East Haddam East Hartford East Haven East Easton

100 1 0 0 0 1 4 7 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 11

16 Confirmed or Received 6 9 6 0 0 2 0 7 8 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 8 7 2 3 0 4 3 31 Years Under 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 A P T I S M T P A B 16 yrs and Older 0 1 0 0 13 87 50 89 89 49 87 52 51 92 39 91 51 78 51 52 48 114 110

147 144 100 140 104 106 208 104 107 101 101 Sunday Eucharists 11 69 40 19 78 75 39 60 67 37 66 86 40 27 31 86 21 64 66 19 29 27 62 50 50 111 117 112

4 178 142 105 101 107 177 Sunday Average Attendance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 4 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 17 16 12 39 10 12 55 12 Active Others 0 66 37 86 95 55 72 43 35 37 48 86 118

255 426 590 197 164 348 227 336 152 202 108 251 583 187 129 149 307 159 168 100 1,399 Communicants in Good Standing 11 37 92 55 81 43 44 57 48 119 2 289 429 602 250 307 281 348 412 476 152 202 108 256 616 266 320 171 382 393 235 452 131 168 Active 1,968 Members Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions Vital rge Episcopal Church rge Trinity Episcopal Church Trinity Timothys Church Timothys Andrews Church Andrews Church Andrews Episcopal Church Andrews Episcopal Church Congregation Holy St Johns Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St St Michaels Episcopal Church Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Davids Episcopal Church St James Episcopal Church Christ Church Greenwich St Barnabas Episcopal Church Christ Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace and St Peters Church Christ Church Cathedral Good Shepherd/El Buen Pastor Grace Episcopal Church St Martin Episcopal Church St Monicas Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters Episcopal Church St James Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church St Emmanuel Episcopal Church Episcopal Church (Limerock) Trinity St Michaels Church Episcopal Episcopal Church Trinity St St Marys Episcopal Church St All Saints Church St Christ Church St Geo City Diocese of Connecticut Enfield Essex Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Farmington Gales Ferry Glastonbury Greenwich Greenwich Guilford Guilford Hamden Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hebron Higganum Ivoryton Kent Killingworth Lakeville Litchfield Litchfield Madison Manchester Marble Dale Meriden Meriden Middle Haddam Middlebury

101 0 1 0 4 0 9 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 19 10 Confirmed or Received 0 2 9 7 5 8 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 2 2 6 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 5 1 3 4 1 3 17 12 Years Under 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A P T I S M T P A B 16 yrs and Older 0 0 0 0 66 52 86 91 52 52 15 92 53 56 50 87 83 99 51 97 111

107 106 141 162 208 141 103 106 103 107 104 104 101 Sunday Eucharists 76 38 70 60 87 22 46 61 46 82 30 99 62 82 17 46 76 25 36 77 75 45 37 98 110

120 131 109 308 182 295 146 260 101 Sunday Average Attendance 2 3 5 0 6 0 6 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 9 0 4 4 0 65 15 20 22 13 55 20 15 75 27 35 23 54 144 Active Others 0 83 19 65 54 98 36 74 90 82 73 176 174 263 259 310 270 170 219 215 653 201 172 325 343 228 538 172 165 243 175 238 286 1,410 Communicants in Good Standing 20 65 68 76 267 103 262 281 274 310 441 226 219 140 215 813 313 255 197 452 510 189 228 192 757 125 172 152 214 315 175 267 286 Active 1,410 Members Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions Vital Trinity Thomas Andrew Episcopal Andrew Episcopal Church Anns Episcopal Church Congregation Church of the Holy St St Peters Church St Peters on the Green St Marks Episcopal Church St Michaels Episcopal Parish St Marks Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church Christ Episcopal Church Church of St St James Episcopal Church (2016) St Johns Church St Lukes Episcopal Church St Paul - James Episcopal Church Church on the Green Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church Church Episcopal Trinity St Johns Episcopal Church Zion Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church St Christ Episcopal Church (2016) St Pauls on the Green Christ Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church St Saviours Church St Grace Episcopal Church Church of the Good Shepherd Christ Church Quaker Farms St Peters Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Lyme City Diocese of Connecticut Middletown Milford Milford Monroe Mystic Naugatuck New Britain New Canaan New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New London New Milford Newington Newtown Niantic North Branford North Haven Northford Norwalk Norwalk Norwich Oakville Old Greenwich Old Old Saybrook Orange Oxford Oxford Pine Meadow

102 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 4 0 18 Confirmed or Received 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 5 6 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 9 6 2 5 0 3 11 11

Years Under 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 A P T I S M T P A B 16 yrs and Older 0 0 0 0 53 95 47 74 47 96 82 91 65 55 95 55 50 41 93 92 118 112

102 129 108 105 104 101 106 156 156 108 101 158 Sunday Eucharists 53 22 49 49 16 92 33 50 58 19 27 47 48 65 43 34 17 18 22 41 57 90 86 71 110 110

165 153 140 108 162 109 176 160 Sunday Average Attendance 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 29 18 21 10 37 40 96 Active Others 57 94 18 12 52 79 86 75 25 25 65 110

121 416 134 216 586 524 389 202 192 185 129 135 313 850 123 191 217 380 168 191 344 288 Communicants in Good Standing 57 18 67 79 86 82 42 83 112 112

121 416 138 176 354 586 550 460 206 120 192 339 293 145 334 891 123 241 983 588 168 387 518 316 Active Members Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions Vital Trinity Church Trinity Andrew the Apostle (2016) Andrew the Albans Episcopal Church Andrews Church Congregation St Pauls Episcopal Church Church of Our Saviour Christ Church Episcopal Church Trinity St James Church St Philip Episcopal Parish Christ Church Parish St Stephens Church St Pauls Church St Christ Church St Johns Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity Christ Episcopal Church Church of the Good Shepherd St Pauls Episcopal Church St St Lukes Episcopal Church St Peters Episcopal Church Church of the Epiphany St Pauls Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity Grace Church Parish Episcopal Church of Christ the Healer Eglise De L'Epiphanie Iglesia Betania Episcopal St St Francis Church St Johns Church Calvary Church St Marks Chapel Christ Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters/ Windsor fford Springs fford City Diocese of Connecticut Plainfield Plainville Pomfret Portland Preston Putnam Redding Ridgefield Riverside Rocky Hill Roxbury Salisbury Seymour Sharon Shelton Shelton Simsbury South Glastonbury South Southbury Southington Southport Sta Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stonington Storrs Stratford Tariffville Thomaston

103 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

15 23 10 384 Confirmed or Received 4 2 3 2 7 5 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 11 11

20 551 Years Under 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 A P T I S M T P A B 16 yrs and Older 0 0 0 52 84 48 58 99 98 87 25 37 95 99 50 52 48 22 50 52 42 105 102 108 124 151 103 Sunday 12,085 Eucharists 6 0 11 74 37 22 48 77 30 95 30 62 42 48 34 45 75 38 49 71 33 19 2 137 123 235 181 134 Sunday Average 12,613 Attendance 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 4 3 1 6 7 4 3 4 14 14 25 40 15 206 Active Others 1,889 6 84 37 41 36 51 79 45 76 77 83 34 111 111

204 105 288 329 152 138 432 686 626 181 196 123 1,033 35,367 Communicants in Good Standing 6 84 59 76 55 51 85 97 59 323 186 288 859 387 226 862 170 200 686 373 215 131 181 282 123 Active 1,033 1,221 48,546 Members Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year Total Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions Vital Tashua Trinity Church Trinity Congregation Episcopal Church Trinity Christ Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church Episcopal Church (Nichols) Trinity St Johns Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St Johns Church Christ Church St Johns Episcopal Church Christ Church Parish Episcopal St James Church Episcopal St Johns Church Episcopal St Pauls Mission of the Deaf (2012) Church of the Holy Spirit St Pauls Episcopal Church Emmanuel Episcopal Church Christ and Holy Episcopal Church Trinity St Pauls Episcopal Church St Matthews Episcopal Church St Pauls Church Grace Church Episcopal St James Episcopal Church All Saints' Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St John Evangelist Episcopal (2016) Grace Church Episcopal City Diocese of Connecticut Torrington Trumbull Trumbull Trumbull Vernon Wallingford Washington Waterbury Waterbury Watertown Hartford West Hartford West Hartford West Haven West Westbrook Weston Westport Wethersfield Willimantic Wilton Center Windham Windsor Winsted Wolcott Woodbury Yalesville Yantic

104 Parochial Financial Statistics 11 117 138 48,215 85,232 88,929 44,824 59,397 78,172 77,802 99,853 116,157 109,6 519, 192,381 287,329 183,042 165,494 138,748 289,843 158,404 435,738 107,824 466,460 146,590 522,685 234,203 318,221 449,980 368,570 2,815,209 Total Expense Total 0 0 0 0 0 180 9,224 1,250 7,364 9,030 14,509 17,550 69,000 61,324 75,570 45,205 46,420 23,554 84,392 52,851 34,377 38,265 34,682 25,221 40,826 191,055 101,803 165,282 425,477 Outreach & Development P E N S P E X 138 To the To 8,327 6,748 7,694 6,768 9,431 9,662 9,212 3,720 6,829 8,556 11,244

18,959 24,168 14,868 30,672 29,230 19,788 13,104 15,608 27,024 23,200 40,068 16,356 27,708 46,236 44,448 Diocese 180,732 11 138 97,074 69,748 56,551 40,851 50,816 98,794 88,929 72,372 44,824 59,397 78,172 51,410 59,027 119,599 109,6 Expense 176,857 168,838 147,568 286,585 394,845 364,010 464,996 424,419 157,882 275,575 387,935 368,570 Operating 1,719,059 11 672 92,920 66,151 87,279 30,968 79,300 84,945 41,434 54,784 79,275 87,895 119,713 470,4 194,075 190,910 172,947 321,864 127,002 476,852 298,174 105,022 102,271 565,378 235,306 325,666 378,098 327,513 101,805 2,679,051 Total Revenue Total 11 11 112 112 672 92,120 64,651 82,189 30,968 68,967 83,397 84,945 41,434 92,578 54,784 96,966 69,723 85,144 119,713 119,713 Revenue 175, 470,4 190,583 157,664 288,606 127,002 401,582 215,220 397,018 160,677 305,050 323,488 327,513 Operating R E V N U 1,631,103 672 Plate 1,375 1,814 85,332 48,065 20,000 76,694 75,570 13,413 71,795 35,477 82,352 30,500 85,178 41,066 58,678 66,584 153,847 153,100 173,173 305,052 123,192 316,261 333,749 153,006 269,809 300,405 326,822 1,540,494 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year & Pledge Income Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Advent rge Episcopal Church rge Thomas rges Episcopal Church rges Andrews Episcopal Church Albans Episcopal Church Congregation Christ Church Episcopal St Pauls Episcopal Church Christ Church Episcopal Church of St Christ Episcopal Church (2016) Old St St Stephens Episcopal Church St Geo Episcopal Church Trinity Calvary-St Geo St Johns Episcopal Parish St Lukes-St Pauls Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters Episcopal Church Church of the Holy Church Collinsville Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Ascension Church For Deaf (2007) St Luke Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church Immanuel St James Church Episcopal (2016) Church of the Epiphany St Gabriels Church City Diocese of Connecticut Ansonia Bantam Bethany Bethel Bethlehem Bloomfield Bloomfield Bolton Branford Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgewater Bristol Broad Brook Brookfield Brooklyn Cheshire Clinton Collinsville Danbury Danielson Darien Darien Darien Derby Durham East Berlin

105 64,222 54,987 61,210 51,955 80,169 65,880 200,352 109,569 141,773 230,948 263,549 577,124 660,165 335,051 340,861 287,148 329,774 932,200 279,395 100,101 188,393 707,715 514,586 838,104 218,498 690,639 305,309 315,729 2,594,530 Total Expense Total 0 0 0 119 6,248 4,066 1,608 5,214 7,555 2,794 4,963 22, 44,641 44,100 19,275 35,974 15,416 18,645 26,464 16,212 43,545 15,716 18,584 16,362 484,279 151,238 101,870 641,593 184,892 160,310 Outreach & Development P E N S P E X To the To 8,976 9,432 5,187 8,736 9,237 4,775 8,400 4,802 15,048 18,444 14,124 27,024 54,581 66,480 35,583 28,560 28,056 31,596 86,820 25,464 29,220 39,072 19,056 19,335 78,192 20,316 26,904 Diocese 169,716 103,908 59,822 54,987 84,218 53,420 48,492 63,953 53,547 Expense 153,653 103,207 140,588 177,700 242,792 558,844 636,628 322,487 327,766 271,637 316,849 858,462 256,786 183,884 643,992 399,839 212,821 215,704 512,522 137,961 274,258 Operating 2,201,262 11,805 81,970 51,870 97,509 58,240 51,886 98,436 56,787 117,860 3 196,967 187,109 310,795 216,159 638,986 681,392 334,925 306,936 291,154 939,593 282,648 193,067 673,464 492,016 825,702 220,582 715,779 231,789 340,679 2,927,066 Total Revenue Total 75,894 51,870 81,338 51,280 47,886 87,294 49,571 111,441 111,441 Revenue

172,336 186,439 182,419 207,865 582,216 647,317 334,152 293,841 279,253 298,880 930,035 263,068 190,055 604,418 387,547 223,733 202,816 467,640 194,038 283,610 Operating R E V N U 1,904,882 Plate 59,614 30,899 51,870 72,168 28,836 42,694 36,282 66,284 29,259 111,441

142,182 127,788 178,646 502,175 385,481 100,758 272,559 276,493 256,589 715,322 233,140 136,454 140,129 124,327 182,581 395,603 156,254 245,697 1,530,454 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year & Pledge Income Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Trinity Episcopal Church Trinity Timothys Church Timothys Andrews Church Congregation St Stephens Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church Christ and the Epiphany Church St Johns Episcopal Church Parish of Christ Church Holy St Johns Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St St Michaels Episcopal Church Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Davids Episcopal Church St James Episcopal Church Christ Church Greenwich St Barnabas Episcopal Church Christ Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace and St Peters Church Christ Church Cathedral Good Shepherd/El Buen Pastor Grace Episcopal Church St Martin Episcopal Church St Monicas Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters Episcopal Church St James Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church St Emmanuel Episcopal Church Windsor City Diocese of Connecticut East Haddam East Hartford East Haven East Easton Enfield Essex Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Farmington Gales Ferry Glastonbury Greenwich Greenwich Guilford Guilford Hamden Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Hebron Higganum Ivoryton Kent Killingworth

106 57,183 64,977 52,527 72,218 112,357

225,373 367,973 699,324 370,758 376,669 149,254 155,876 322,897 130,379 352,085 235,474 336,285 316,341 356,596 787,789 312,628 263,793 207,413 516,986 200,792 127,254 746,867 2,085,936 1,664,210 Total Expense Total 0 0 0 0 115 200 500 816 5, 3,031 3,254 1,087 3,100 2,576 30,170 13,933 17,142 29,034 75,152 19,754 35,692 69,780 88,388 12,965 90,088 117,780

306,638 136,896 277,448 493,177 Outreach & Development P E N S P E X To the To 6,696 4,783 4,808 19,416 35,604 31,944 40,236 32,688 12,912 14,784 30,504 18,558 32,364 20,424 27,972 22,596 35,544 49,632 30,984 14,001 31,264 34,078 23,280 33,648 20,172 14,508 77,580 Diocese 162,684 100,848 51,718 62,998 52,527 60,730 112,357

Expense 195,735 354,622 391,825 369,227 371,934 133,856 121,982 306,788 130,379 276,859 213,724 280,260 241,252 351,618 510,341 243,561 263,793 207,413 408,075 200,792 125,553 617,814 Operating 1,869,199 1,150,584 52,527 112,730

225,288 519,652 124,125 674,561 356,964 969,977 312,812 153,871 169,772 320,572 134,453 336,909 214,269 353,015 284,276 343,061 709,348 312,628 143,367 275,155 215,932 858,073 224,144 129,775 655,903 2,535,336 1,538,132 Total Revenue Total 60,532 63,086 52,527 60,174 Revenue 180,023 361,550 364,960 351,933 312,812 128,871 136,474 267,521 131,478 281,165 206,947 292,452 236,125 338,083 520,156 243,561 143,367 255,625 215,932 386,565 216,644 127,515 630,606 Operating R E V N U 1,944,193 1,002,182 Plate 5,010 48,394 29,656 79,226 28,019 98,281 119,132 115,477

141,782 283,654 198,130 282,936 104,299 224,415 236,996 155,755 284,735 130,590 121,319 246,341 137,904 126,745 226,894 129,666 459,154 200,610 159,432 351,053 1,599,140 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year & Pledge Income Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Trinity Thomas rge Episcopal Church rge Andrews Church Andrews Episcopal Church Andrews Episcopal Church Andrew Episcopal Congregation Episcopal Church (Limerock) Trinity St Michaels Church Episcopal Episcopal Church Trinity St St Marys Episcopal Church St All Saints Church St Christ Church St Geo Church of the Holy St St Peters Church St Peters on the Green St Marks Episcopal Church St Michaels Episcopal Parish St Marks Episcopal Church St Marks Episcopal Church Christ Episcopal Church Church of St St James Episcopal Church (2016) St Johns Church St Lukes Episcopal Church St Paul - James Episcopal Church Church on the Green Trinity St James Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church Church Episcopal Trinity City Diocese of Connecticut Lakeville Litchfield Litchfield Madison Manchester Marble Dale Meriden Meriden Middle Haddam Middlebury Middletown Milford Milford Monroe Mystic Naugatuck New Britain New Canaan New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New Haven New London New Milford Newington Newtown

107 0 11 66,974 71,622 68,332 34,919 113,581 135,3 358,584 217,225 272,630 122,848 857,807 291,135 522,326 365,306 189,695 208,740 212,794 297,792 253,542 178,100 322,426 624,241 273,067 121,984 282,038 363,090 145,969 1,407,331 Total Expense Total 0 0 0 0 540 2,034 3,394 3,086 8,331 1,000 3,981 6,633 41,447 43,868 23,190 42,310 43,782 51,755 15,782 12,920 18,049 29,442 43,230 15,335 35,457 16,323 148,255 108,767 567,753 Outreach & Development P E N S P E X 113 To the To 6,145 1,232 6,958 2,740 11,132 26, 31,236 17,580 26,556 13,617 67,476 33,816 14,064 48,300 33,960 22,428 24,974 18,240 26,760 16,944 18,000 28,965 76,428 79,224 18,600 28,194 34,668 13,788 Diocese 0 11 65,090 70,730 67,932 34,919 135,3 Expense 325,522 177,450 243,479 122,848 703,797 255,190 487,767 307,720 189,292 193,795 100,661 189,419 297,792 146,548 171,976 260,848 804,760 602,992 262,789 121,884 282,038 329,329 128,646 Operating 0 11 112 67,961 71,100 68,220 34,979 138,9 404, 340,095 221,450 271,341 170,404 799,888 316,550 543,566 321,190 174,815 225,298 100,873 245,134 318,748 223,512 179,409 679,653 275,106 129,697 277,646 364,909 143,314 1,395,481 Total Revenue Total 0 66,332 97,767 70,208 67,818 34,979 Revenue 309,192 177,450 228,985 138,416 677,962 265,600 135,272 452,187 301,343 171,432 167,674 188,214 303,587 145,753 172,026 260,575 813,491 642,448 270,727 125,317 277,646 331,188 127,880 Operating R E V N U Plate 15,616 87,372 54,682 30,163 88,466 26,869 72,829 56,530 84,659 116,236 110,755 115,038

294,028 162,681 138,416 575,999 100,155 255,497 283,150 145,132 127,724 184,439 247,743 254,718 497,829 405,841 238,166 210,448 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year & Pledge Income Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Andrew Episcopal Church Anns Episcopal Church Apostle (2016) Andrew the Congregation St Johns Episcopal Church Zion Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church St Christ Episcopal Church (2016) St Pauls on the Green Christ Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church St Saviours Church St Grace Episcopal Church Church of the Good Shepherd Christ Church Quaker Farms St Peters Episcopal Church St Johns Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church Church of Our Saviour Christ Church Episcopal Church Trinity St James Church St Philip Episcopal Parish Christ Church Parish St Stephens Church St Pauls Church St Christ Church St Johns Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity Christ Episcopal Church Lyme City Diocese of Connecticut Niantic North Branford North Haven Northford Norwalk Norwalk Norwich Oakville Old Greenwich Old Old Saybrook Orange Oxford Oxford Pine Meadow Plainfield Plainville Pomfret Portland Preston Putnam Redding Ridgefield Riverside Rocky Hill Roxbury Salisbury Seymour Sharon

108 8,984 11,220 73,639 75,139 27,542 86,827 292,018 197,883 281,570 484,131 125,580 295,256 873,034 105,970 196,860 400,464 829,993 298,592 393,455 565,797 198,250 339,168 207,578 135,381 249,736 316,065 391,099 367,366 488,574 1,6 Total Expense Total 0 0 600 1,042 1,241 2,535 3,410 2,344 8,904 4,721 8,650 1,070 13,081 30,278 46,662 20,592 25,619 60,523 50,155 17,715 22,466 38,984 59,100 143,043 252,843 109,362 532,386 254,397 200,841 Outreach & Development P E N S P E X 111 To the To 9,456 7,008 1,924 5,086 8,064 33, 33,837 22,632 18,432 20,184 12,996 25,056 71,412 15,936 33,580 37,652 91,644 59,436 23,292 61,176 19,152 29,184 15,730 13,764 25,128 29,145 32,520 38,764 35,916 Diocese 8,484 73,639 73,639 26,942 86,827 117,581

Expense 280,334 197,198 136,006 209,281 125,580 279,656 789,340 105,970 196,860 353,220 844,824 585,416 281,284 385,853 533,738 194,550 276,730 157,473 246,936 272,558 348,967 308,266 272,385 Operating 11 70,684 78,640 10,445 58,129 86,827 117,732

280,274 223,006 170,960 510,609 440,673 314,581 135,873 506,259 694,857 306,008 371,581 806,270 213,937 481,096 207,523 144,757 229,961 374,834 341,763 295,089 1,050,9 1,699,458 2,564,973 Total Revenue Total 110 110 70,684 77,130 10,445 58,129 85,673 117,732 117,732 Revenue 570, 280,065 221,636 164,607 216,570 127,090 285,348 823,296 135,873 384,230 866,526 563,344 289,195 367,919 198,191 240,777 157,473 143,622 212,097 271,641 346,091 287,948 224,871 Operating R E V N U 11 110 Plate 7,770 48,575 68,638 58,230 39,858 13,326 97,427 88,233 58,966 94,735 39,530 113,435 160, 120,4 220,271 215,921 217,407 454,649 366,224 133,088 563,344 194,404 123,494 559,590 202,018 105,859 247,160 263,932 230,667 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year & Pledge Income Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Tashua Trinity Church Trinity Albans Episcopal Church Andrews Church Congregation Church of the Good Shepherd St Pauls Episcopal Church St St Lukes Episcopal Church St Peters Episcopal Church Church of the Epiphany St Pauls Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity Grace Church Parish Episcopal Church of Christ the Healer Eglise De L'Epiphanie Iglesia Betania Episcopal St St Francis Church St Johns Church Calvary Church St Marks Chapel Christ Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Trinity St Peters/ Episcopal Church Trinity Christ Episcopal Church Grace Episcopal Church Episcopal Church (Nichols) Trinity St Johns Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St Johns Church Christ Church St Johns Episcopal Church Windsor fford Springs fford City Diocese of Connecticut Shelton Shelton Simsbury South Glastonbury South Southbury Southington Southport Sta Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stamford Stonington Storrs Stratford Tariffville Thomaston Torrington Trumbull Trumbull Trumbull Vernon Wallingford Washington Waterbury Waterbury

109 0 7,981 74,708 61,351 33,730 90,247 65,230 50,581 909,685 240,221 312,003 142,516 837,961 160,932 233,533 304,081 1,673,727 1,176,279 56,487,664 Total Expense Total 0 0 0 100 1,384 3,165 11,917

26,276 71,253 14,589 86,853 36,410 30,103 65,983 14,258 872,462 183,890 170,124 Outreach 10,289,805 & Development P E N S P E X To the To 6,950 2,042 8,484 4,164 9,223 5,225 4,637 76,128 76,500 23,988 24,732 20,604 73,296 10,456 14,652 25,884 Diocese 109,000 4,717,374 0 7,981 11,738 48,432 61,351 33,730 77,030 60,395 36,323 116,547 110,266 2 Expense 820,469 804,203 238,917 236,500 991,155 703,080 235,391 Operating 45,323,618 0 6,708 57,102 50,517 90,242 68,469 51,240 113,449 168,566 327,589 316,537 275,855 706,443 100,437 247,493 247,124 1, 1,279,691 1,082,673 60,568,686 Total Revenue Total 0 6,708 57,102 13,154 49,817 82,822 66,627 44,442 Revenue 142,705 807,770 803,682 224,145 274,685 133,285 651,024 212,816 235,084 Operating R E V N U 1,008,537 44,779,660 673 Plate 3,017 26,761 51,497 30,893 61,994 58,275 39,520 600,256 447,548 106,370 215,950 862,597 106,441 588,604 200,533 178,701 Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2017 Year 31,568,282 & Pledge Income Total Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions Trinity Church Trinity Congregation Christ Church Parish Episcopal St James Church Episcopal St Johns Church Episcopal St Pauls Mission of the Deaf (2012) Church of the Holy Spirit St Pauls Episcopal Church Emmanuel Episcopal Church Christ and Holy Episcopal Church Trinity St Pauls Episcopal Church St Matthews Episcopal Church St Pauls Church Grace Church Episcopal St James Episcopal Church All Saints' Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church St John Evangelist Episcopal (2016) Grace Church Episcopal City Diocese of Connecticut Watertown Hartford West Hartford West Hartford West Haven West Westbrook Weston Westport Wethersfield Willimantic Wilton Center Windham Windsor Winsted Wolcott Woodbury Yalesville Yantic

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Appendix

Containing the

Constitution of the Diocese Connecticut

And the

Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

111 Constitution of the Diocese of Connecticut

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Article I. Name and Location of Diocese, Accession to Constitution of Episcopal Church Article II. Annual Convention Article III. Ecclesiastical Authority and Succession, and Election of a Bishop Article IV. Standing Committee Article V. Mission Council Article VI. Synod and General Convention Article VII. Amendments

Preamble

The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, historically and again today known as the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, consists of every member of every Episcopal Parish and Worshiping Community in our State. Together, we convene as a missionary society to participate ever more fully in God’s mission of restoration and reconciliation, to employ faithfully the resources with which we are continually blessed, to promote solutions to challenges shared across our State, our Nation and the world, to foster our lives as disciples and apostles of Christ, and to enrich our common worship.

Article I. Diocese

The Diocese of Connecticut, coextensive with the boundaries of the State of Connecticut, as a constituent part of the body known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, accedes to, recognizes and adopts the Constitution of that Church, and acknowledges its authority accordingly. The Diocese of Connecticut may be known by its historical name, the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Article II. Convention

Section 1. There shall be a Convention of the Diocese at least once a year at such place and time as established by the Mission Council of the Diocese.

Section 2. A Special Convention may be called by the Bishop Diocesan or by the Ecclesiastical Authority or by a two-thirds vote of the Standing Committee.

Section 3. A Convention To Elect a Bishop shall be called and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the canons of this Diocese concerning the Election of a Bishop.

112 Section 4. A) The Members of Convention are: the Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, Suffragan Bishop or Bishops, if any, the Chancellor of the Diocese, the Treasurer of the Diocese, the Secretary of the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, the clerical members, and the lay members. The clerical members of the Convention shall be all clergy canonically resident in this Diocese and not under discipline.

B) Those clergy canonically resident in the Diocese who miss two successive Annual Conventions without being excused by the Ecclesiastical Authority shall lose their right to seat and vote in successive Annual Conventions until they obtain permission from the Ecclesiastical Authority or its delegate to return.

C) The lay members to any Convention shall be the delegates elected by the Cathedral Congregation, Parishes, as well as any Worshiping Community with the permission of the Bishops and the Standing Committee. Each shall elect, from the adult communicants in good standing of the same, two lay delegates to the Convention. In the case of a vacancy, the governing body of that community shall have the authority to appoint a replacement. Lay members of the Mission Council and of the Standing Committee, current elected lay Deputies and lay Alternate Deputies to General Convention, and the lay Delegate to the Provincial Synod shall be ex officio members of the Convention unless they be otherwise delegates from their respective Parish or Worshiping Communities. All duly elected lay members of Convention who are not serving on the Vestry or Council of Advice of their respective Parish or Worshiping Community, shall become, upon their election, ex officio members of the Vestry or Council of Advice with voice but without vote.

Section 5 The President of any Convention shall be the Bishop Diocesan, or in the case of that person's absence, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there is one, or the Bishops Suffragan by seniority of their consecration, if there be any. In the absence of the Bishops, the President of the Standing Committee shall serve as President of Convention.

Section 6. One-third of all the voting clerical members of the Convention and one- third of all lay delegates shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn.

Section 7. The Bishops shall nominate a Secretary of the Diocese, a Secretary of Convention and a Treasurer who shall be elected by the Convention, to hold office until a successor has been elected at an Annual Convention. The Treasurer shall present a report to each Annual Convention. In case of a vacancy in the offices of the

113 Secretaries or of the Treasurer, the Bishops shall have the power to fill such vacancy until the meeting of the next Annual Convention.

Section 8. The clerical and the lay members of a Convention shall sit and deliberate in one body; and every question, unless it be otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall be decided by a majority of the voting members present; provided, however, that in any case when it is requested by five members, the two orders shall vote separately, and a concurrence of the two orders shall determine the vote of the Convention.

Article III. Ecclesiastical Authority

Section 1. The Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese shall be the Bishop Diocesan. In the event of the death, disability, or absence of the Bishop Diocesan, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, Bishops Suffragan in order of Consecration, if there be any, shall become the Ecclesiastical Authority. In the absence of all the Bishops, the Standing Committee shall be the Ecclesiastical Authority.

Section 2. There shall be a Nomination Committee for the election of a Bishop, as established by the Annual Convention. The election of a Bishop shall be in the following manner: the two orders, each voting separately, shall vote for some fit and qualified person for the office of Bishop. A concurrent majority of both orders present and voting shall be necessary to elect a Bishop. If in either order less than three-fifths of all entitled to vote are present, two-thirds of the votes in that order shall be necessary to determine the election by that order.

Article IV. The Standing Committee

The Standing Committee shall serve as a council of advice to the Bishops and will be constituted according to the Canons.

Article V. Mission Council of the Diocese of Connecticut

The Mission Council shall be a representative body of clerical and lay members of the Diocese which may exercise the full power and authority of the Diocese between sessions of the Diocesan Convention except in such other matters as may be reserved by Constitution or Canon to the Diocesan Convention, to the Bishops, to the Standing Committee, or when any such action would be inconsistent with any action or directives of the Diocesan Convention. The Mission Council shall be constituted according to the Canons of this Diocese.

Article VI. Provincial Synod and General Convention

114 Deputies and Alternate Deputies from this Diocese to the General Convention and the Provincial Synod shall be elected at an Annual Convention in a manner that the Diocesan Convention may determine; the Deputies thus elected shall continue in office for three years.

Article VII. Amendments

Amendments to this Constitution must by adopted by two-thirds of the members present and voting at two successive Annual Conventions.

As Adopted at the 232nd Annual Convention in 2016

115 Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

Canon I - The Organization And Conduct Of Parishes, And Of Their Members And Officers Canon II - Parochial Registers And Reports Canon III - Clerical Settlement And Removal Canon IV- Business Methods In Church Affairs Canon V- The Organization Of Worshiping Communities Canon VI - The Cathedral Canon VII - The Mission Council of the Diocese Canon VIII - The Standing Committee Canon IX - The Chancellor Canon X - Regions, Missionaries, and Ministry Networks Canon XI - Convention Procedure Canon XII - Ecclesiastical Discipline Canon XIII - The Church Pension Fund Canon XIV - The Commission Of The Ministry Canon XV - Repealing Former Canons Canon XVI - Non-Discrimination Canon XVII - The Archives

CANON I -THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF PARISHES, AND OF THEIR MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Section 1. A) Parishes may be constituted by the Bishop Diocesan, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee on the written application of not less than ten baptized adult persons. If the application seeks to form a new Parish in any town or city wherein a Parish or Parishes already exist, the Bishop Diocesan shall notify the Rector and Vestry of each such Parish or Parishes of such application.

B) The site of any existing Church or Chapel shall not be changed by any Parish or Worshiping Community without the approval of the Bishop Diocesan, acting with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee. The Bishop Diocesan shall notify the Rector and Vestry of any other Parish or Parishes considered affected by the proposed change.

Section 2. When permission to form a new Parish has been granted, the Standing Committee shall transmit to the applicants with the certificate of permission (1) a form of organizing the Parish, (2) a form of recording the action of the first meeting of

116 such Parish, and (3) a form of application for admission into union with the Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut. The act of organization, executed in accordance with form (1), shall be entered in full upon the records of the Parish, and attested by the Clerk as the original act, or a true copy thereof, as the case may be. The three forms above named shall be in substance as follows:

A) We the subscribers, baptized persons in the state of Connecticut, do hereby unite to form and do hereby form ourselves and our successors into an Ecclesiastical Society under the Constitution and Laws of said state and under the Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut, for the purpose of supporting the Worship of Almighty God according to the Doctrine, Discipline and Liturgy of said Church in these United States, said Society to be known in law as [PARISH NAME] in [TOWN], in [COUNTY] and the State of Connecticut.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this _____ day of ______A.D. 2___.

B) At a legal meeting of [PARISH NAME], in the [TOWN] held on the [DATE], [CLERK NAME] was duly elected and sworn in as the Parish Clerk; and [WARDEN NAMES] were elected Church Wardens, and [VESTRY NAMES]. as members of the Vestry of said Parish for the ensuing year.

At the same time it was resolved that this Parish apply to be admitted into union with the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut, and that [AGENT NAMES] be chosen Agents of the Parish to ask for such admission; and if the application be granted, then and there to represent this Parish in the said Convention as its delegates to Annual Convention.

C) To the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut: The subscriber respectfully shows that said subscriber has been appointed Agent and Delegate for the purposes specified in the following extracts from the minutes of the [PARISH NAME], in [TOWN], to wit:

At the lawful meeting of [PARISH NAME], in [TOWN], State of Connecticut, held on [DATE], it was resolved that this Parish apply to be admitted into union with the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut, and that [NAMES] be chosen

117 agents of this Parish to ask for such admission; and if the application be granted, then and there to represent the Parish in the Annual Convention as its Delegates.

Extract from the minutes, Attest, [NAME], Parish Clerk.

And now in the pursuance of said agency, the subscriber submits to the Convention an attested copy of the act of organization of said Parish, taken from the record of their proceedings; and applies in the name and behalf of said [PARISH NAME], this in [TOWN NAME], that it be admitted into union with the Convention.

Dated at [CONVENTION LOCATION], on the [DATE].

Signed, [AGENT NAMES], Agents and Delegates.

Section 3. The Convention shall consider such application for admission into union with it at its next meeting or at such time as it deems appropriate.

Section 4. A) All persons who have received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism with water in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, whether in this Church or in another Christian Church, and whose Baptism has been duly recorded in this Church are members thereof. Members sixteen years of age and over are to be considered adult members. All members of this Church who have received Holy Communion in this Church at least three times during the preceding year are to be considered communicants of the Church.

B) It is expected that all adult members of this Church, after appropriate instructions, will have made a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and will have been confirmed or received by a bishop of this Church or by a bishop of a Church in communion with this Church.

C) Any adult member of the Church, registered as such in any Parish, shall become an adult member of such Parish, provided that no person may be a member of more than one Parish or Worshiping Community in the Diocese at any time. The requirements of this shall be deemed to be met by any adult member by having been registered in the Parish register of said Parish, or by having been confirmed or received by a bishop in communion with this Church in the Parish, or by having been transferred to the Parish upon presentation of the certificate required by the Canons of the General Convention in the manner prescribed by these Diocesan Canons.

118 Section 5. Any person who has become and is a member of any Parish shall remain so until the relationship is terminated by death or by written notice of withdrawal. Members of the Parish entitled to vote at any Parish meeting are those adult communicants who, for at least six months prior to that meeting have been faithful attendants at the services of the Church in the Parish, unless for good cause prevented, faithful contributors to its support, and faithful in working, praying, and giving for the spread of the Kingdom of God; these facts to be determined in each case by the Vestry in accordance with the provisions of these Canons.

Section 6. A) The officers of a Parish shall be a Rector, a Vestry composed of two Wardens and such number of other members of the Vestry as the Parish shall determine, a Clerk and a Treasurer, who may be members of the Vestry; and the Rector shall be Chair ex officio of the Vestry, and the Rector, or such other member designated by the Rector, shall preside at all meetings of the Vestry. No Parish shall elect to the office of Warden, nor for the first time to the Vestry, a member of the Parish who is not also a Communicant of the Church and age sixteen or over.

B) The members of the Vestry, the Clerk and the Treasurer must be communicants in good standing and shall be elected at the annual Parish meeting from the members of the Parish who are eligible to vote in accordance with these Canons. The Wardens must be communicants in good standing and shall be elected at the annual Parish meeting from members of the Parish so eligible to vote; Vestry terms shall be for three years or as defined by Parish bylaws. Any vacancy in the office of the Warden or on the Vestry during the course of the year may be filled at a special Parish meeting or the Vestry may appoint an individual to fulfill the unexpired term until the next annual meeting.

C) The term of any Warden, member of the Vestry or Parish officer except the Rector may be terminated at any time by vote of the annual Parish meeting or of any special Parish meeting called for the purpose, provided that notice of such proposed action is included in the call of such meeting and notice is given simultaneously to the person affected thereby, and that such person be given due opportunity to be heard at such a meeting. A vacancy occurring as a result of such action may be filled by election at the same or subsequent Parish meeting.

Section 7. A) The Parish Clerk shall be Clerk of the Vestry ex officio; shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the Clerk's duties; shall make and preserve a full record of the proceedings of all Parish meetings and of the meetings of the Vestry; shall, under the supervision of the Vestry, keep an accurate roll of the members of the Parish and of those entitled to vote, and have such roll present at every Parish meeting; and shall be custodian of the files, records and archives of the Parish.

119 B) The Vestry of each Parish shall from time to time, and always within one month preceding the annual parish meeting, revise the roll of members of the Parish and of those entitled to vote at Parish meetings, in accordance with the provisions of these Canons, and such roll shall be presented by the Vestry to the annual Parish meeting, and when adopted by said meeting shall be the roll of that meeting.

Section 8. The property and all business affairs of the Parish shall be subject to the direction, management, and control of the Vestry; except that the disposition of the real estate of the Parish and the borrowing or lending of money shall not be within the control of the Vestry, unless granted by special vote of the Parish subject to Canon IV, Section 3.

Section 9. A) There shall be an annual meeting of the adult communicants in good standing entitled to vote of every Parish on a date set by the Vestry for the purpose of electing the Wardens, members of the Vestry, Clerk, Treasurer, and lay delegates to Annual Convention, and of transacting such other business as may legally come before such meeting. Special Parish meetings shall be called by vote of the Vestry, or upon the written request of 10% of the voting members of the Parish.

B) The notice of all Parish meetings shall be signed by the Clerk, or in the absence of the Clerk, by one of the Wardens, and shall be communicated by the Clerk to every member of the Parish, at least one week before the time of the meeting. The notice of all Parish meetings, except the annual meeting, shall contain a statement of the objects for which the meeting is called; and at all meetings the Rector of the Parish, if present, shall preside.

Section 10. Every Parish is responsible to live within a system of support and accountability that links its life and ministry with that of the Bishops and with those of other Parishes in the Diocese.

Section 11. A) The Bishops shall make available to the Parishes of our Diocese a system of support and accountability to encourage and enable the development of their life and ministry. Specific provisions shall be made to assist parishes not served by full-time clergy, or unable to meet financial obligations. Such assistance may be in the form of financial subsidy included in the Budget of Convention, pastoral intervention or regional co-operative ministry teams that will work with Parishes whose contributions to the Diocesan Convention’s Budget fall below 10% of the Parish’s total operating revenues. Such Parishes shall work with Diocesan leadership within a system of accountability and support in close relationship with the Bishops' Office with special emphasis on the development of their life and ministry.

120 B) If a Parish’s or Worshiping Community’s cumulative draw for operations on its endowment(s) over a three-year period exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the average net asset value of its endowment(s) during the withdrawal period, or if a Parish fails to contribute 10% of its total operating revenues to the Diocesan Convention’s Budget for two consecutive fiscal years, the Bishops may, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee and upon the recommendation of the Mission Council, (i) require that the Parish or Worshiping Community place its entire endowment(s) in a fund to be managed for its sole benefit in the Donations & Bequests for Church Purposes investment program, from which withdrawals would be limited to a sustainable disbursement rate, and/or (ii) declare the Parish or Worshiping Community to be unsustainable.

C) Where, in the judgment of the Bishops, any such Parish shall fail to fulfill the obligations set forth in these Canons, the Bishops may, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee and upon the recommendation of the Mission Council, terminate the existence of any such Parish after due notification of such intent at least six (6) months prior to such termination. Such notification shall also set forth the right of such Parish to appear before the Standing Committee and Mission Council prior to termination.

Section 12. Any Parish desiring to terminate or to suspend its parochial organization, may do so by vote of two-thirds of the adult communicants in good standing entitled to vote present at a Parish meeting legally warned for that purpose, with the approval of and under such conditions as shall be required by the Bishop Diocesan and Standing Committee provided that such conditions shall include the valid transfer by the Parish to the Diocese of Connecticut of all right, title and interest of such Parish to all property, real and personal, theretofore owned or controlled by it, and the valid and effective succession of the Diocese to all fiduciary rights and obligations of such Parish.

Section 13. Two or more Parishes may merge into a single Parish with the approval of, and in such manner and under such conditions as shall be required by the Bishops and Standing Committee, and ratified by the Annual Convention. The resulting parish shall be a single ecclesiastical corporation possessing all of the rights, privileges, immunities, franchises and obligations of each of the merging Parishes, and all the rights and interests in property belonging to or due to each of the parishes so merged shall be vested in such resulting Parish without further act or deed.

121 Section 14. Parishes contributing at least 10% of total operating revenues to the Budget of Convention will be eligible to seek grants and loans from the resources of the Diocese. All Parishes receiving financial aid, grants, or loans shall make such financial and progress reports as may be required by the Mission Council or the Bishop.

CANON II - PAROCHIAL REGISTERS AND REPORTS

Section 1. Every Minister of this Church shall keep a register of all the baptisms, marriages and funerals solemnized by the said minister, specifying the names of the parties married, of those baptized, and of their sponsors, and of the persons buried, and the time when each rite was performed. If the Minister be in charge of a Parish, such minister shall make these entries in the Parish Register, and shall also enter therein the names of persons confirmed, and shall keep in the said Register a list of the Communicants and a list of the families belonging to the Parish; which Register, in case of the Minister's departure from the Parish, shall be deposited with one of the Wardens; and in such case, the Wardens shall cause all necessary entries to be made in the Register until clergy shall be again in charge of the Parish.

Section 2. The Parochial Report for the year ending December 31st shall be sent each year in duplicate to the Bishop Diocesan, or, if there be no Bishop Diocesan, to the Secretary of the Diocese, in the form prescribed by the Canons of the General Convention.

Section 3. All clergy, not serving in a Parish or Worshiping Community, shall report the occasional services performed; and if that minister has performed no such services, the causes or reasons which have prevented the same. As the Bishops direct, these reports may be given to Convention or entered in the Journal of Convention.

Section 4. At every visitation it shall be the duty of the Minister of the Parish or Worshiping Community, or of some other officer to submit the Parish Register to the visiting Bishop for inspection, and to give information on the state of the Congregation, spiritual and temporal, under such headings as shall have been previously signified to them in writing by the Bishop. The offering taken in any Parish or Worshiping Community at the time of any visitation shall be given to whatever recipient the Bishop shall designate.

122 CANON III - CLERICAL SETTLEMENT AND REMOVAL

Section 1. When the position of Rector becomes vacant, the Wardens or, in their absence, representatives of the Vestry shall promptly notify the Ecclesiastical Authority of this fact. The lay leadership of the Parish shall work with Diocesan leadership to arrange for interim ordained leadership for the Parish, to conduct a calling process pursuant to the policies of the Episcopal Church, provided that the Parish is contributing at least 10% of its total operating revenue to the Budget of Convention, and to enter into a letter of agreement with the priest called as rector and the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall be provided no less than 30 days advance notice of the names of the proposed nominees for the position of rector, so that the Ecclesiastical Authority may communicate with the Parish regarding the nominees.

Section 2. When the position of Assistant becomes vacant, the Rector or, in the absence of the Rector, the interim ordained leadership or the Wardens shall promptly notify the Ecclesiastical Authority of that fact. The position of Assistant may be filled by the Rector with the advice and consent of the Vestry, provided that the Parish is contributing at least 10% of its total operating revenue to the Budget of Convention. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall be provided no less than 30 days advance notice of the name of the priest that the Rector proposed to hire as Assistant, so that the Ecclesiastical Authority may communicate with the Rector and the Vestry regarding the candidate. Parishes hiring an Assistant shall enter into a letter of agreement between the Rector, the Vestry and the Assistant, subject to the approval of the Ecclesiastical Authority.

Section 3. When the position of ordained leadership of a Worshiping Community becomes vacant, the Vice-Chair or other representative of the Council of Advice shall notify the Ecclesiastical Authority of that fact. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall appoint ordained leadership in accordance with Canon V.

Section 4. On the election of a Rector or the selection of an Assistant, in accordance with these Canons, the Vestry shall communicate, within five days thereafter, to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese, notice of such election or selection signed by the persons certifying thereto in such of the following forms as shall be appropriate.

In the case of the election of a Rector the notice shall be in form as, follows:

We, the Church Wardens, do certify to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Connecticut that [NAME] was, at a duly called Parish or Vestry meeting on [DATE], elected Rector of [PARISH NAME] to take

123 charge thereof as of [DATE], in accordance with a letter of agreement dated [DATE]

In the case of the election of an Assistant Minister the notice shall be in form as follows:

We, the Rector and Church Wardens, do certify to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Connecticut that [NAME] was at a meeting of the Vestry held on [DATE] selected and approved as Assistant Minister of [PARISH NAME] effective as of [DATE] in accordance with a letter of agreement dated [DATE].

Section 5. No member of the Clergy shall become Rector or Assistant of any Parish within this Diocese, or shall change parochial cure within the Diocese, without having obtained the written permission of the Ecclesiastical Authority.

CANON IV - BUSINESS METHODS IN CHURCH AFFAIRS

Section 1. The fiscal year shall begin January 1.

Section 2. In every Parish, Worshiping Community and institution connected with the Diocese through its Convention, the following standard business methods shall be observed:

A) Trust and permanent funds and all securities whatsoever kind shall be deposited in a Federal or State Bank or a Diocesan entity. Any parish desiring to deposit permanent funds and securities of any kind whatsoever with any other organization must receive the approval of the Bishops and Finance Committee by filing an application that meets the requirements of the Diocesan Investment Policy. If approved, substantive changes to the information in the approved application as defined in the Diocesan investment policy must also receive the approval of the Bishops and Finance Committee. Small funds and securities refused for deposit as being too small for acceptance shall not be subject to the foregoing deposit requirement. However, this does not in any way diminish the fiduciary responsibility of the Parish to manage these funds appropriately.

B) Records shall be made and kept of all trust and permanent funds showing at least the following: i. Source and date; ii. Terms governing the use of principal and income; iii. To whom and how often reports of conditions are to be made;

124 iv. How the funds are invested.

C) Books of account shall be so kept as to provide the basis for independent verification of satisfactory accounting.

D) All accounts shall be subject to independent verification by an independent Certified Public Accountant or independent Accountant, or by such an audit committee as shall be permitted by the Bishops under guidelines established by the Finance Committee. All audit reports, any supplemental memorandum, and summaries of actions taken or to be taken to correct any deficiencies or to implement other recommendations shall be filed with the Bishops not later than 30 days following the date of such report, and in no event later than September 1 of each year, covering the financial reports of the previous calendar year.

E) All Parishes, Worshiping Communities and institutions connected with the Diocese through its Convention shall participate in a Diocesan Property/Casualty Insurance Program approved by the Diocesan Mission Council, which provides that all property (real and personal) shall be adequately insured including adequate public liability insurance and other coverages deemed necessary by Diocesan Mission Council; and that the premiums for said insurance program shall be paid by the Parish, Worshiping Community or other insured institution.

F) All full-time Clergy of Parishes and Worshiping Communities shall participate in a Diocesan Group Life, Medical, Dental Plan(s) approved by the Mission Council, which provides adequate coverage as deemed necessary by Mission Council; and that the minimum premiums, as set by Mission Council, for said insurance program shall be paid by the Parish or Worshiping Community; and that waiver of this participation may be approved by the Bishops with the advice of the Insurance Board.

G) Parish vestries should review, in the light of the rising cost of living, the salaries and allowances of clergy and lay workers annually prior to the Annual Parish Meeting, and in so doing should consider the fact that clergy are required to pay social security taxes in full while half is paid for lay employees.

Section 3. No Vestry, Trustee, or other body, authorized by Civil or Canon law to hold, manage or administer real property for any Parish, Worshiping Community, or institution, shall encumber or alienate the same or any part thereof (save for the refinancing of an existing loan), without the written consent of the Bishop Diocesan and Standing Committee of the Diocese, except under such regulations as may be prescribed by Canon of the Diocese, and except insofar as such requirement is

125 inconsistent with provisions of the particular charter, trust, devise or deed of gift affecting ownership of such real property.

CANON V- THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF WORSHIPING COMMUNITIES

Section 1. The entities previously known as “Mission Stations” shall now be known as Worshiping Communities.

Section 2. A Worshiping Community may be established by the Bishop Diocesan on the application of parties professing a common interest. The form of application may be as follows:

To the Right Reverend ______, Bishop of Connecticut:

We, the subscribers, baptized persons over sixteen years of age, respectfully request that a Worshiping Community be established; and we hereby promise obedience of such Worshiping Community, if established, to the authority of the Bishop of Connecticut and conformity to the Constitution and Canons and to the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Diocese of Connecticut. We also hereby signify our intention to attend and to support this Worshiping Community.

The Bishop Diocesan shall consult with such Parishes or Worshiping Communities as may be affected by the formation of the new Worshiping Community.

Section 3. All Worshiping Communities shall be under the exclusive supervision, direction and control of the Bishops, who may, from time to time, make and issue such regulations for their establishment and administration as Bishops may deem appropriate. A Council of Advice shall be appointed by the Bishops upon nomination of ordained leadership, from among the communicant members of the Worshiping Community. The Bishops may appoint a lay Vice Chair, Treasurer and Clerk from the Worshiping Community's Council of Advice. Any baptized person sixteen years or older enrolled on the register of a Worshiping Community shall become a member of such Congregation for the purposes of voting at meetings of the Worshiping Community.

126 Section 4. A Worshiping Community may apply to become a Parish in accordance with Canon I, Sections 1 and 2.

Section 5. The ordained leadership of a Worshiping Community shall be appointed by the Bishops and the Bishops shall have exclusive power to remove such leadership. It shall be the duty of every clergy person in charge of a Worshiping Community to make periodic reports as directed by the Bishops.

Section 6. All recommendations and actions of the Councils of Advice of Worshiping Community are subject to review by the Bishops before such recommendations and actions become final and effective. Every Worshiping Community shall have a parochial register, such register to be kept by the clergy or other person designated by the Bishops.

Section 7. The Title of all property, real or personal, given or purchased for the use of any Worshiping Communities shall be vested in the Diocese of Connecticut.

Section 8. A) The Bishops, after due notice, may terminate the existence of any Worshiping Community.

B) Every Worshiping Community is responsible to live within a system of support and accountability that links its life and ministry with that of the Bishops and with those of the other Parishes and Worshiping Communities in the Diocese.

C) The Bishops shall make available to the Worshiping Communities of the Diocese a system of support and accountability to encourage and enable the development of their life and ministry.

Section 9. A Parochial Mission may be established by a Parish, with the written approval of the Bishop Diocesan, and the advice and consent of the Standing Committee , Parochial Missions shall be the responsibility of the founding Parish and shall exist under its authority, direction and control. In any case in which a separate congregation is established by a Parish that congregation shall be considered as the establishment of a Parochial Mission as defined herein. The Bishop Diocesan, at the request of the founding Parish, may, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, terminate the existence of any Parochial Mission in said Parish, or constitute the same as a Worshiping Community.

127 CANON VI - THE CATHEDRAL

Section 1. Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, being established by the Convention as the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Connecticut, shall have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Parish in union with the Convention. In any case where the terms of any Canon cannot exactly be complied with, the Chapter shall determine the mode of compliance which shall always approximate as nearly as possible to that required by the Canon.

Section 2. At each annual meeting of the Diocesan Convention, Clerical and Lay Members of the Cathedral Chapter shall be chosen to serve in accordance with the Constitution of the Cathedral.

CANON VII – MISSION COUNCIL

Section 1. The Mission Council of the Diocese shall be composed of:

A) Two members, one clerical and one lay, determined by each Region, each to serve a three-year term;

B) Nine members, clerical or lay, from Ministry Networks, elected by Convention upon the nomination of the Bishop, each to serve a three-year term; the Bishop shall nominate candidates for election from Ministry Networks equal to at least twice the number of positions to be filled by election of Convention;

C) The Bishop Diocesan, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, and the Bishops Suffragan, if there be any, ex officio, who shall preside in that order at meetings of the Mission Council;

D) The Treasurer of the Diocese, the Assistant Treasurer of the Diocese, if there by one, the Secretary of the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, and the Chancellor of the Diocese, ex officio.

Section 2. The members of the Mission Council, except those serving ex officio, shall be organized into three classes of as equal number as possible, the election of which shall be staggered. Members of the Mission Council shall be adult members of the Church, as defined by the Canons. Terms of members of the Mission Council shall start on January 1 of the year following their election. Members who have served a full term on the Mission Council may be elected to one additional term. The Mission Council shall have the authority to fill vacancies in its membership for the period remaining until the next Annual Convention upon the nomination by the Bishop.

128 Section 3. The Mission Council shall exercise the full power and authority of the Convention between its sessions except in relation to amendments to the Constitution and Canons, the adoption of the Budget of Convention, the admission of new parishes, or such other matters as may be reserved by Constitution or Canon to the Annual Convention, or the Bishops, or the Standing Committee, or when any such action would be inconsistent with any action or directives of the Convention.

Section 4. The Mission Council shall have the power to adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary for its own government, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Connecticut. The Mission Council shall hold stated meetings, and shall make and preserve a full record of all its acts.

Section 5. The Mission Council shall constitute a Finance Committee and may constitute from time to time such other committees as it deems advisable, and may appoint persons not members of the Mission Council to serve on such committees, or to perform such other services as may be required. At least one member of the Mission Council shall serve on each committee of the Mission Council.

Section 6. The Mission Council shall submit to each Annual Convention a report of its work since the previous Annual Convention. The report shall also contain an itemized statement for the preceding calendar year of all receipts and disbursements, a statement of all trust funds, and other property in its possession or under its control, and a detailed statement of the salaries, if any, paid to each of its officers. This report shall be made available to all members before the Annual Convention.

Section 7. The Mission Council shall submit to the Annual Convention for its consideration and action a Budget of Convention representing all the work of the Diocese for the ensuing calendar year. This budget shall be made available to all members before the Annual Convention. The rate and basis of financial assessments laid by the Convention upon the several Parishes and Worshiping Communities shall be voted on by the Annual Convention. The Mission Council shall present an assessment proposal to the Annual Convention for all monies to be raised from Parishes and Worshiping Communities in the support of the Budget of Convention.

Section 8. The Mission Council may elect one or more Assistant Treasurers.

Section 9. The Mission Council shall establish human resource standards and procedures for personnel employed by the Diocese.

129 CANON VIII - THE STANDING COMMITTEE Section 1. The Standing Committee of the Diocese shall consist of six clerical members of the Convention and six lay members who are communicants of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut and each member of the Committee shall continue in office until a successor has been elected. Clerical members and lay members of the Standing Committee shall be elected by the annual Convention each year for the term of three years. The term is renewable once for an additional three years, if elected by annual Convention. Upon the completion of two consecutive three- year terms, no member of the Standing Committee shall be eligible for reelection to said Committee until the expiration of one year.

Section 2. The Standing Committee shall choose from its own number a President and a Secretary. Any seven members of the Committee shall be a quorum. In case of a vacancy in the Standing Committee, the remaining members shall have power to fill such vacancy until the next annual Convention, at which time the Convention shall elect a member to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Standing Committee to keep a record of its proceedings, and to provide a report of its proceedings to the Secretary of Convention for distribution to the members of Annual Convention at least six (6) weeks before the Convention. The report shall specify the time and place of each meeting of the Committee during the year; the number present; the names of persons recommended to the Bishop to be admitted Candidates for Holy Orders, or to be ordained Deacon or Priests; and the substance of all other matters which shall have been brought before them; and such report shall be included in the Journal of Convention.

CANON IX - THE CHANCELLOR

The Chancellor of the Diocese shall be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Connecticut and a communicant of this Church, shall be elected by the Convention upon nomination by the Bishop Diocesan, and shall hold office until a successor shall be elected. The Chancellor shall be the legal advisor to the Bishop Diocesan. In case of a vacancy in the office of the Chancellor, the Bishop Diocesan shall have power to fill such vacancy until the meeting of the next Annual Convention.

There may be a Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese who shall possess the same qualifications as the Chancellor, and shall be elected in the same manner as prescribed for the Chancellor, who shall perform such duties as may be requested by the Bishop Diocesan or Chancellor.

130 CANON X – REGIONS, MISSIONARIES, AND MINISTRY NETWORKS

Section 1. Six Regions shall be recognized within the Diocese, as delineated by the Mission Council. Regions are intended to build capacity, promote cohesion among the members of the Diocese, and catalyze adaptive change in the Diocese.

Section 2. Each Region will raise up a Missionary, clergy or lay, to be confirmed by the Mission Council and the Standing Committee, who will be accountable to the Region and the Mission Council, and under the supervision of the Bishops or their designee.

Section 3. The Mission Council shall cultivate and empower Ministry Networks consisting of members of the Diocese interested in collaborating around a shared passion. Ministry Networks are intended to build capacity, promote cohesion among the members of the Diocese, and catalyze adaptive change in the Diocese.

Section 4. The Budget of Convention shall provide resources to each Region and to Ministry Networks to support their participation in God’s Mission.

Section 5. Each Region and Ministry Network will determine its own organizational structure and leadership to engage its members in collaborative ways to participate in God’s mission and to allocate resources for its programs.

Section 6. The Regions and Ministry Networks shall provide information about their work to the Mission Council as requested by the Mission Council.

CANON XI - CONVENTION PROCEDURE

Section 1. The Clerks of the Cathedral Congregation, Parishes and Worshiping Communities in the Diocese shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Diocese of the election of lay delegates and alternate delegates to Convention. The Secretary of the Diocese shall prepare the rolls of the clerical and lay members of Convention. The rolls shall be certified by the Standing Committee before each Convention.

Section 2. All reports to Convention shall be distributed to the members in advance of the Convention and those reports not requiring action be presented to the Convention by title.

Section 3. To bring a resolution before the Convention, the resolution must be proposed by five (5) members of Convention and submitted, in writing, along with

131 explanatory comments of not more than 100 words to the Secretary of Convention at least six (6) weeks before the opening of the Convention. The Secretary shall distribute to all members of Convention a copy of the resolution and explanatory comments before the Convention. Resolutions not presented in this manner shall be considered only at the discretion of the Convention.

Section 4. A) Elections for the Standing Committee, Deputies to General Convention, and Deputy to the Provincial Synod shall be conducted by ballot at the Annual Convention.

B) Nominations of candidates for election to the Standing Committee, Deputies to General Convention, and Deputy to the Provincial Synod shall be made in writing and submitted to the Secretary of Convention no fewer than six (6) weeks before Convention.

C) If the Secretary of Convention has not received nominations equal to the number of open positions on the Standing Committee, Deputies to General Convention and Deputy to the Provincial Synod by six (6) weeks before Convention, then the Standing Committee shall make such nominations as are necessary to equal the number to be elected to each position.

D) The Secretary of Convention shall provide each person nominated for Standing Committee, Deputies to General Convention, and Deputy to the Provincial Synod the opportunity to provide to the Secretary appropriate biographical information and a statement by the nominee addressing such issues confronting the Church as the nominee deems appropriate. The Secretary of Convention shall distribute the foregoing information to the members before Convention.

E) The Secretary of Convention shall provide a method by which the members may cast their ballots without revealing their votes.

F) In each election conducted by ballot, the members of Convention shall rank the nominees in order of preference shown on the ballot. The nominees receiving the greatest number of first preference votes are elected to the number of positions open. With respect to the election of Deputies to General Convention, the first four ordained persons elected and the first four lay persons elected shall serve as Deputies. The next four ordained persons elected and the next four lay persons elected shall serve as Alternate Deputies to General Convention.

132 CANON XII – ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE

Section 1. A) Relation To Canons of General Convention. This Canon adopts policies, procedures and structures to implement in The Diocese of Connecticut (the “Diocese”) provisions for discipline set forth in Title IV of the Canons of General Convention (“Church Canons”) for priests and deacons who, by their vows at ordination, have accepted both responsibility under and accountability for the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church (the “Church”). In the event any provision of this Canon is in conflict with or inconsistent with Title IV of the Church Canons, the provisions of Title IV shall prevail.

B) Definitions. The capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in Canon IV.2 of the Church Canons unless otherwise defined herein. All references herein to the Bishop shall mean the Bishop Diocesan, or a Bishop Suffragan if specific jurisdiction for matters contemplated by Title IV of the Church Canons has been assigned to that Bishop Suffragan.

Section 2. A) Disciplinary Board. A court to be known as the Disciplinary Board (“Board”) is hereby created for the Diocese of Connecticut, with a membership as set forth below.

i. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members, five (5) of whom are members of the Clergy and four (4) of whom are Laity.

ii. The Clergy members of the Board shall be priests or deacons who are geographically resident within the Diocese and who have been canonically resident within the Diocese for at least 3 years.

iii. The lay members of the Board shall be adult Communicants in Good Standing and voting members of a Parish or Mission in the Diocese.

iv. Employees of the Diocese, current members of the Standing Committee, those individuals specified in the first sentence of Canon IV.5.3(c) of the Church Canons and any persons affiliated in the practice of law or otherwise with any of those individuals are ineligible to serve as a member of the Board. Persons who will be eligible to serve on the Board on the date on which their term would commence, may be nominated for and may be elected to the Board even if they would not be eligible to serve on the Board at the time of their nomination or election.

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v. Members of the Board may be removed by the Bishop, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, whenever in the judgment of the Bishop the best interests of the Diocese would be served thereby.

vi. The members of the Board shall be nominated by the Bishop and elected by the Convention. Each member shall be elected for a three (3)-year term; except, if a member is elected to fill a vacancy, the term of such member shall be the unexpired term of the member being replaced. The term of the member shall commence on the first (1st) day of the year following election. The terms of office of the Board shall be staggered and arranged into three classes. Members of the Board may serve no more than three (3) consecutive, full three-year terms but may be nominated for election to the Board in the second year after the end of that person’s third consecutive term.

vii. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled as follows:

a. Upon the determination that a vacancy exists, the President of the Board shall notify the Bishop of the vacancy and request appointment of a replacement member of the same order as the member to be replaced.

b. The Bishop shall appoint a replacement Board member in consultation with the Standing Committee from the same order as the former member.

c. Persons appointed to fill vacancies on the Board shall meet the same eligibility requirements as apply to elected Board members.

d. With respect to a vacancy created by any reason other than pursuant to a challenge as provided below, the term of any person selected as a replacement Board member shall be until the next annual Convention. With respect to a vacancy resulting from a challenge, the replacement Board member shall serve only for the proceedings for which the elected Board member is not serving as a result of the challenge.

viii. The term of office of any member of a Hearing Panel whose original term expires after a matter has been referred to that Panel shall be extended until forty (40) days after the entry of an Order by that Panel.

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B) Preserving Impartiality. In any proceeding under this Title, if any member of a Conference Panel or Hearing Panel of the Board shall become aware of a personal conflict of interest or undue bias, that member shall immediately notify the President of the Board and request a replacement member of the Panel. Respondent’s Counsel and the Church Attorney shall have the right to challenge any member of a Panel for conflict of interest or undue bias by motion to the Panel for disqualification of the challenged member. The members of the Panel not the subjects of the challenge shall promptly consider the motion and determine whether the challenged Panel member shall be disqualified from participating in that proceeding. If the member is excused, the President shall appoint another member of the Board from the same order as the excused member to the panel to fill the vacancy created by the challenge, in a manner consistent with Canon IV.6.7 of the Church Canons.

C) President. Within sixty (60) days following the annual Convention, the sitting President of the Board shall convene those individuals who will constitute the Board as of January 1, and those individuals shall elect a President from among their members to serve a one-year term commencing on the first (1st) day of the year following the election. If, at the relevant time, there is no sitting President, the Intake Officer shall convene the meeting.

D) Intake Officer. The Intake Officer shall be appointed from time to time by the Bishop. The Bishop may appoint one or more Intake Officers according to the needs of the Diocese. All information concerning an alleged Offense shall be reported to an Intake Officer. The Bishop shall publish the name(s) and contact information of the Intake Officer(s) throughout the Diocese.

E) Investigator. The Bishop shall appoint an Investigator in consultation with the Standing Committee. The Investigator may but need not be a Member of the Church. The Bishop may terminate the term of the Investigator with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee. The Diocese may compensate an Investigator for services rendered at the rate described in a written retainer agreement. Whether or not an Investigator is compensated, the Diocese shall reimburse an Investigator for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in a proceeding under this Canon.

F) Church Attorney. Within sixty (60) days following each annual Convention, the Bishop in consultation with the Standing Committee shall appoint an attorney to serve as Church Attorney for a one-year term commencing on the first (1st) day of the year following the election. The person so selected must be a duly licensed attorney, but need not reside within the Diocese. If the Church Attorney

135 is unable to serve in connection with a particular matter, the Bishop, in consultation with the Board, shall appoint a temporary Church Attorney to serve on that matter. The Bishop may remove any Church Attorney with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by them, in their sole discretion. In the event that the Church Attorney resigns or the position otherwise becomes vacant, the Bishop shall appoint a successor Church Attorney in consultation with the Standing Committee. The Diocese may compensate a Church Attorney for services rendered at a rate described in a written retainer agreement and, whether or not the Church Attorney is compensated, shall reimburse the Church Attorney for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in a proceeding under this Canon. The term of office of the Church Attorney whose original term expires while a matter is pending before him or her shall, at the discretion of the Bishop, be extended until forty (40) days after the entry of an Order, unless earlier removed.

G) Pastoral Response Coordinator. The Bishop may appoint a Pastoral Response Coordinator, to serve at the will of the Bishop in coordinating the delivery of appropriate pastoral responses provided for in Title IV.8 of the Church Canons and this Title. The Pastoral Response Coordinator may be the Intake Officer, but shall not be a person serving in any other appointed or elected capacity under this Title.

H) Advisors. In each proceeding under Title IV, the Bishop shall appoint an Advisor for the Complainant and an Advisor for the Respondent. Persons serving as Advisors shall hold no other appointed or elected position provided for under this Title, and shall not include chancellors or vice chancellors of this Diocese or any person likely to be called as a witness in the proceeding.

I) Clerk. The Board shall appoint a Board Clerk to assist the Board with records management and administrative support. The Clerk may be a member of the Board.

J) Formation of Conference Panels and Hearing Panels.

i. The President of the Board shall form a Conference Panel and a Hearing Panel in each proceeding under Title IV from members of the Board in accordance with the requirements of Canon IV.6.7 of the Church Canons provided, however, that each Hearing Panel shall include at least two members of the clergy.

ii. The President of the Board shall exercise discretion to determine the number of members of the Conference Panel for each

136 matter, provided, however, that the Conference Panel will be comprised of a maximum of three (3) members of the Board. Each Conference Panel shall consist of at least one member of the clergy.

K) Accord. No less than thirty (30) days prior to the issuance of an Accord, the initiating body or party shall notify the Bishop of the intent to issue an Accord and shall confer with the Bishop concerning the proposed terms of the Accord.

L) Order. The opportunity of the Bishop and Complainant to be heard on the proposed terms of an Order by a Conference or a Hearing Panel in accordance with Canon IV.14.7 of the Church Canons shall occur no less than thirty (30) days prior to the issuance of the Order.

M) Agreements. In accordance with Canon IV.5.3(i) of Church Canons, the Diocese may enter into agreements with one or more other Dioceses of the Episcopal Church for the sharing of resources in connection with discipline under Title IV and this Canon.

N) Counsel. The Board may engage counsel for itself or for any Panel for which it deems counsel would be appropriate. Counsel may also serve as Clerk of the Panel. A member of the Board may not act as such counsel.

O) Proceedings. Any proceedings of a Panel established by Title IV may be conducted by telephone conference or similar communications technologies by means of which all persons participating can hear and be heard by all other participants. Participation in proceedings conducted in this manner shall constitute presence in person in the proceeding.

Section 3. A) Expenses Generally. Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Canon IX, all costs, expenses and fees incurred under Title IV of Church Canons and this Canon IX shall be the obligation of the person incurring them.

B) Costs Incurred by the Church. The reasonable costs and expenses of the Board, the Intake Officer, the Investigator, the Church Attorney, the Clerk and the Pastoral Response Coordinator shall be the obligation of the Diocese, subject to budgetary constraints as may be established by Diocesan Mission Council.

C) Other Fees and Expenses. In the sole discretion of the Bishop and with the consent of the Standing Committee, the Bishop may recommend to the Mission Council the payment by the Diocese of certain reasonable fees and expenses incurred by a Respondent. Except for the provisions of Canon IV.19.23(b) of the Church Canons, this Canon shall provide the exclusive procedure and method for

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reimbursement or payment of costs, expenses and fees incurred in a proceeding under Title IV of the Church Canons and this Canon.

Section 4. A) Records of active proceedings before the Board, including the period of any pending appeal, shall be preserved and maintained in the custody of the Clerk, if there be one, otherwise by the Intake Officer.

B) Permanent Records. The Bishop shall make provision for the permanent storage of records of all proceedings under this Title at the Archives of the Diocese and the Archives of the Episcopal Church, as prescribed in Title IV of the Church Canons.

CANON XIII - THE CHURCH PENSION FUND

Section 1. It shall be the duty of this Diocese and of each Parish or Worshiping Community, and other ecclesiastical organization to inform the Church Pension Fund of current or past salaries and other compensation of clergy associated therewith or resident therein, and of changes in such salaries and other compensations as they occur and to pay promptly to the Church Pension Fund the pension assessments required under the Canons of General Convention and in accordance with the Rules of said Fund.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of every cleric canonically resident or serving in this Diocese to inform the Church Pension Fund promptly of such facts as the Trustees thereof may deem necessary for its proper administration, and to cooperate with said Fund in such other ways as may be appropriate to assist the Fund in discharge of its canonical obligations.

Section 3. It shall be the duty and obligation of this Diocese and of each Parish and Worshiping Community, and other ecclesiastical organizations or bodies subject to the authority of the Diocese of Connecticut which under the regulations of the Church Pension Fund have elected or shall elect to come into the pension system, to provide all lay employees who are regularly scheduled to work a minimum of 1,000 hours or more annually retirement benefits through participation in the Episcopal Church Lay Employees Retirement Plan (ECLERP) of the Church Pension Fund or in an equivalent plan, the provisions of which are least equal to those of ECLERP. At its commencement, if the plan is a defined benefit plan, the employer contribution shall be not less than 9% of the employee's salary; if the plan is a defined contribution plan, the employer shall contribute not less than 5% and agree to "match" employee contributions of up to another 4%.

138 CANON XIV – THE COMMISSION ON MINISTRY

Section 1. The Bishop Diocesan shall nominate to the Annual Convention fourteen persons, clerical and lay, of whom not more than eight shall be from the same order. All members of the Commission shall be clergy canonically resident or lay communicants of this Diocese. Upon confirmation by the vote of the Annual Convention the nominees shall constitute the Commission on the Ministry.

Section 2. The members of the Commission shall serve for terms of one year and may be renominated and confirmed annually provided that no member shall serve more than six terms in succession.

Section 3. The Bishop Diocesan shall be ex officio a member of the Commission. The Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop or Bishops Suffragan, if there be such, may be appointed by the Bishop Diocesan as additional members.

Section 4. Vacancies in the Commission membership occurring between Annual Conventions shall be filled by appointment by the Bishop with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee.

Section 5. The duties of the Commission shall be those set forth in the Canons of the General Convention and such other duties as the Bishops may appropriately assign.

Section 6. The Commission on Ministry shall have the power to adopt rules for its work subject to the approval of the Bishops provided the same are not inconsistent with the Canons of the General Convention and the Canons of this Diocese. Subject to the approval of the Bishops the Commission on the Ministry shall have authority to appoint such committees from and beyond its membership as it may find necessary to act on its behalf; provided, however, that ultimate responsibility shall remain with the Commission as a whole to report to the Bishops concerning an applicant's fitness for admission as a Postulant or Candidate, and, if requested by the Bishops, for ordination to the Diaconate and to the Priesthood.

CANON XV - AMENDMENTS TO THESE CANONS

Section 1. Former Canons of the Diocese inconsistent with or not contained within these Canons are hereby repealed. All resolutions of the Annual Convention that are inconsistent with the provisions of these Canons are hereby repealed. These Canons may be amended by a majority vote of the Annual Convention.

139 Section 2. The Secretary shall make such changes in the numbering of Canons or Sections, or in references to Canons or Sections, as may be required at any time by resolutions or amendments to the Canons adopted by the Convention.

Section 3. Proposed amendments to the Constitution and Canons shall be submitted in writing to the Bishop and the President of the Standing Committee at least six (6) weeks before the opening of the Convention at which the amendments are to be proposed for adoption. A copy of the proposed amendment shall be distributed to the members before the Convention. The foregoing shall not apply to amendments proposed by any committee on Constitution and Canons appointed by Convention.

CANON XVI - NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut shall not discriminate in its hiring practices, terms, or conditions of employment because of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, or physical disability.

CANON XVII - OF THE ARCHIVES

Section 1. The Bishops shall appoint individuals to maintain the Archives of the Diocese of Connecticut in accordance with these Canons and the General Church Canons.

Section 2. There may be an historian for each Parish in the Diocese appointed by the Rector and approved by the Vestry.

GLOSSARY:

Ministry Networks - Organic, historic, and hybrid initiatives and groups that bring together people from more than one worship community around a shared passion.

Common Worship - An effort to promote dialogue and resource sharing with the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of The Episcopal Church as well as to provide liturgy and music for gatherings and events of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Formation - The process and practice through which all Christians are able to deepen their knowledge and enrich their spiritual lives throughout their lifetimes.

140 Mission - The Mission of God, in which the Church is privileged to participate, is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Regions – Regional gatherings of the members of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut intended to build capacity, promote connection and catalyze adaptive change among the parishes in each region.

Resources - The combined financial and material assets of the parishes, institutions and worshiping communities of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

Staff Canons - Senior members of the staff of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

ATTESTATION

I certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut as amended and restated to November 18, 2017.

Bradford S. Babbitt Chancellor

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