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Journal of Convention Journal of Convention The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina 2018 INTERDIOCESAN INSTITUTIONS THE UNIVERSITY of the SOUTH 735 University Avenue Sewanee, Tennessee 37383 919-598-1000 SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL 900 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 919-424-4100 THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS 6000 Saint Peter’s Lane Matthews, North Carolina 28105 704-536-0375 SAINT AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE 1315 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27610 919-516-4000 KANUGA CONFERENCES, INC. 130 Kanuga Chapel Drive Hendersonville, North Carolina 28739 828-692-9136 ii JOURNAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 9 and 10, 2018 Including the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order Charter and By-laws of the Episcopal Foundation iii Table of Contents Table of Contents Mission Statement......................................................................................1 Directory of the Diocese.............................................................................2 Diocesan House Staff................................................................................10 Directory of Churches..............................................................................11 Canonical Listing of Clergy.....................................................................21 Necrology...................................................................................................29 List of Lay Delegates................................................................................30 Journal of Proceedings............................................................................38 Bishop’s Address.......................................................................................48 Response from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address......................56 Bishop Diocesan’s 2017 Official Acts .....................................................60 Resolutions Adopted at Convention........................................................63 Adopted Constituion Changes.................................................................69 Executive Council Minutes......................................................................70 135th Convention Reports.......................................................................77 Camp Trinity..............................................................................................77 Compensation and Benefits Committee....................................................78 Constitution and Canons...........................................................................78 Cursillo......................................................................................................78 Disaster Relief & Preparedness Commission...........................................79 Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations.........................................................79 Education for Ministry (EfM)..................................................................80 Episcopal Releif & Development.............................................................81 Interfaith Refugee Ministry......................................................................82 Foundation of East Carolina.....................................................................83 Kanuga......................................................................................................84 Personnel Committee................................................................................85 Racial Reconciliation Commission..........................................................86 The Standing Committee..........................................................................87 Thompson Child & Family Focus............................................................89 Trinity Camp and Conference Center.......................................................90 iv Table of Contents Dept. of Youth, University and Campus and Young Adult Ministries......91 Financial Reports.....................................................................................97 Foundation: General Fund.......................................................................97 2017 Treasurer’s Report..........................................................................103 2018 Adopted Operating Budget............................................................108 2017 Pledge Worksheet...........................................................................113 Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions....................................115 Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions............................117 Constitution............................................................................................120 ARTICLE I- Territorial Limits...............................................................120 ARTICLE II- Accession to Constitution of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America..............................................120 ARTICLE III- Time and Place of Meeting of Annual Convention........120 ARTICLE IV- Personnel of Convention.................................................121 ARTICLE V- Powers of Convention......................................................122 ARTICLE VI- Quorum...........................................................................122 ARTICLE VII- Voting by Convention....................................................123 ARTICLE VIII- Officers of Convention................................................123 ARTICLE IX- Standing Committee.......................................................124 ARTICLE X- Organization of Missionary Congregations.....................125 ARTICLE XI- Authority of Rectors.......................................................125 ARTICLE XII- Canons for Trial of Clergymen.....................................125 ARTICLE XIII- Rule of Voting for Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan...........................................................126 ARTICLE XIV- Qualifications for Voting in Parochial and Mission Elections: Definitions..........................................................................126 ARTICLE XV- Method of Amending Canons.......................................127 ARTICLE XVI- Method of Amending the Constitution........................127 ARTICLE XVII- When Amendments Become Effective.......................127 Canons of the Diocese of East Carolina...............................................128 TITLE I. Convention of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers and Representatives..................................................................................128 CANON 1- Members of Convention......................................................128 v Table of Contents CANON 2- Worship at Convention........................................................130 CANON 3- Rules of Order.....................................................................131 CANON 4- Secretary..............................................................................131 CANON 5- Treasurer..............................................................................132 CANON 6- Chancellor............................................................................132 CANON 7- Historiographer....................................................................133 CANON 8- The Executive Council........................................................133 CANON 9- Deputies to General Convention.........................................136 CANON 10- Delegates to Provincial Synod..........................................137 CANON 11- Trustees of the University of the South.............................138 CANON 12- Trustees of the Diocese .....................................................140 CANON 13- Diocesan Commission on Ministry...................................140 TITLE II: Deaneries; Parishes and Missions of the Diocese....................140 CANON 1- Deaneries.............................................................................140 CANON 2- Congregations of the Diocese.............................................142 CANON 3- Parish Meetings...................................................................144 CANON 4- Vestries................................................................................145 CANON 5- Duties of the Members of the Church.................................147 CANON 6- Dissolution and Suspension of Parishes and Missions.......148 CANON 7- Archdeacons.........................................................................149 TITLE III. Bishops, Priests and Deacons...................................................149 CANON 1- The Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan..............................................................................................149 CANON 2- Salary of the Bishop............................................................149 CANON 3- Call of a Minister; Clergy Assistants...................................149 CANON 4- Registration, Reports, etc....................................................151 CANON 5- Clergy Liable to Missionary Duty......................................152 CANON 6 -Dissolution of the Relationship between Congregation and Priest....................................................................................................153 CANON 7- Eclessiastical Discipline......................................................154 TITLE IV. Church Institutions....................................................................157
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