Journal of the 140th Convention November 15-16, 2014 Chillicothe, Ohio Table of Contents Clergy of the Diocese List of Lay Delegates 4 Minutes 16 Appendices 22 A: Rules of Order B: Bishop’s Address to Convention C: Reports 47 William Cooper Procter Fund 54 Procter Center Case Study Team 60 Reimagining Task Force 80 Statistics 86 D: Proposed Revision to Book of Common Prayer 92 99 Budget 105 Constitution and Canons 108 125 About this Journal: The Journal for the 140th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Southern Ohio includes minutes and reports from the November 14-15, 2014 gathering at the Shoemaker Center on the campus of Ohio University in Chillicothe, Ohio, as well as the Constitutions and Canons of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The complete Journal is available online at www.diosohio.org, under Convention. Printed copies of this Journal will be sent only to The Episcopal Church Center and others for archival purposes. Although the Journal is copyrighted, copies may be made for parishioners, church staff or those affiliated with diocesan ministries. For questions, feedback or more information, contact the communications office of the Diocese of Southern Ohio at 800.582.1712 or email
[email protected]. © 2015 by the Diocese of Southern Ohio Communications Office, 412 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. All Rights Reserved. 3 Clergy of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, in order of Canonical Residence as of November 11, 2014 Albert Raymond Betts, III June 15, 1955 Donald Monroe Nickson July 1, 1955 William George Huber May 31, 1958 William Norton Bumiller June 10, 1958 John Leland Clark October 29, 1958 Charles Randolph Leary September 1, 1959 Edward Noyes Burdick, II July 1, 1960 David Knight Mills September 19, 1960 Lawrence Dean Rupp June 25, 1961 Christopher Fones Neely August 8, 1961 Jack Calvin Burton June 15, 1963 John Pierpont Cobb October 28, 1963 Frederick Gordon Krieger December 26, 1963 Jerome Maynard Baldwin March 1, 1964 David Ormsby McCoy June 13, 1964 Frank Beaumont Stevenson June 13, 1964 Albert Harold MacKenzie, Jr.