The Constitution and Canons Reports to the 186Th Annual Convention October 23/24, 2020 Detroit, Michigan

The Constitution and Canons Reports to the 186th Annual Convention October 23/24, 2020 Detroit, Michigan

Journal of the 185th Annual Convention October 25/26, 2019 Novi, Michigan All reports are available in large print. Please contact Jennifer Elliott for more information. 313-833-4414 [email protected] DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CONVENTION JOURNAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I. The Constitution and Canons

The Constitution and Canons Table of Contents ...... 1 The Constitution of the Diocese of Michigan ...... 9 The Canons of the Diocese of Michigan ...... 12

Section II. Reports to the 186th Diocesan Convention

Deanery Reports Capital ...... 75 Detroit ...... 76 Downriver ...... 77 Huron Valley ...... 79 McGehee ...... 80 Trinity ...... 86 William Lyster ...... 89

Commission on Ministry Annual Report ...... 91

Communications/The Record ...... 92

Congregational Life ...... 93

Diocesan Council Summary of Actions ...... 97 Report of Emrich Advisory Council ...... 102

Episcopate Archdeacons’ Report ...... 104 Official Acts of the Bishop ...... 105 First Sermon by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A Perry as Bishop – February 9, 2020 ...... 109

Registrar’s Reports Clergy of the Diocese in Canonical Residence Order ...... 112 Parishes and Missions in Union with the Diocese ...... 116

Standing Committee Report ...... 118

Total Ministry/Ministry Development ...... 121

Trustees of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Trustees 2019 Financial Statements ...... 122

Whitaker Institute ...... 125

Youth and Young Adults Ministry (YAYA) ...... 129

Reports of Agencies, Institutions, and Committees

Canterbury House MSU ...... 131 Canterbury House U of M ...... 132 Cathedral Chapter ...... 133 Cathedral Foundation ...... 135 Church at Crossroads ...... 136 Covenant 5 ...... 138 Disaster Relief ...... 140 Episcopal Campus Ministry at Eastern Michigan University ...... 142 Episcopal Relief and Development ...... 143 Historiographer/Archivist Report ...... 145

Section III. Journal of the 185th Annual Convention October 25/26, 2019, Novi, Michigan

Journal of the Proceedings of the 185th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan ...... 149 Bishop’s Annual Address The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., Tenth Bishop ...... 175 Record of Lay Delegate and Alternate Registration ...... 180 Record of Clergy Registration ...... 184

Section I

The Constitution and Canons of The Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Michigan

Including all amendments made at the 2019 Annual Convention

Published by order of the Convention of the Diocese held in Novi, Michigan, October 2019

The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Canons as amended at the 185th Convention October 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONSTITUTION OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN

Article I. Of the Territorial Limits of the Diocese ...... 9 Article II. Of the Relation of the Diocese to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ...... 9 Article III. Of the Ecclesiastical Authority ...... 9 Article IV. Of Conventions ...... 9 Article V. Of Amendments to the Constitution ...... 11

CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN

I. Conventions ...... 12

1.0 Conventions, Generally ...... 12

1.1 Voice and Vote ...... 12 1.1.1 Members of Convention ...... 12 1.1.1.1 Members of the Clergy ...... 12 1.1.1.1.1 Attendance ...... 12 1.1.1.2 Lay Delegates ...... 12 1.1.1.2.1 Method of Election ...... 13 1.1.1.2.2 Timing of Election ...... 13 1.1.1.2.3 Vacancies ...... 13 1.1.1.2.4 Credentials ...... 13 1.1.1.2.5 Dispute ...... 13 1.1.1.2.6 Attendance ...... 13 1.1.2 Notice of Conventions ...... 14 1.1.2.1 Written Notice ...... 14 1.1.2.2 Transmittal of Information ...... 14 1.1.3 Quorum ...... 14 1.1.4 Establishment and Conduct of Business of Convention ...... 14 1.1.4.1 Proposal of Resolutions ...... 14 1.1.4.2 Timely Submittal ...... 14 1.1.4.2.1 Resolutions Funded by Budget ...... 15 1.1.4.2.2 Resolutions Funded by Solicitation ...... 15 1.1.4.3 Reports of Organizations ...... 15 1.1.5 Officers of Convention ...... 16 1.1.5.1 Secretary of Convention ...... 16 1.1.5.2 Parliamentarian ...... 16 1.1.6 Voting at Conventions ...... 16

1.2 Annual Conventions ...... 16 1.2.1 Time and Place, Notice ...... 16 1.2.2 Nomination Process ...... 16 1.2.2.1 Committee on Nominations ...... 16 1.2.2.2 Nominations ...... 17 1.2.2.3 Report ...... 17 1.2.2.4 Additional Nominations ...... 17 1.2.2.5 Notice of Nominations ...... 17 1.2.3 Elections ...... 18 1.2.3.1 Elections Commission ...... 18 1.2.4 Nominations and Appointments by Ecclesiastical Authority 18 1.2.4.1 Secretary ...... 18 1.2.4.2 Convention Committees ...... 18 1.2.4.2.1 Committee on Qualifications ...... 18 1.2.4.2.2 Committee on Dispatch of Business ...... 19 1.2.4.2.3 Committee on Reference...... 19

1 1.2.4.2.4 Committee on Constitution and Canons ...... 20 1.2.4.2.5 Committee for Convention Planning ...... 20 1.2.4.2.6 Other Committees ...... 20 1.3 Special Conventions ...... 20 1.3.1 For Purposes Other than Election of a Bishop ...... 20 1.3.2 For Election of a Bishop ...... 20 1.3.2.1 Appointment and Term of Nominating Committee ...... 20 1.3.2.1.1 Convocation ...... 20 1.3.2.1.2 Vacancies ...... 20 1.3.2.1.3 Term ...... 21 1.3.2.2 Duties and Role of the Committee ...... 21 1.3.2.2.1 Budget ...... 21 1.3.2.3 Nominations and Publication of Report of Nominations ...... 21 1.3.2.4 Nominations by Petition ...... 21 1.3.2.5 Action on Nominees at Convention ...... 22 1.3.2.6 Election ...... 22

1.4 Effect of Action at Conventions ...... 22 1.4.1 At Annual and Special Conventions Except for Election of a Bishop...... 22 1.4.1.1 Business Resolutions (Amendments to Canons and Constitution, Appointments, Elections, Budget, Diocesan Business Matters, Action on Matters of Diocesan Governance and Operations) ...... 22 1.4.1.2 Policy Resolutions (Church and State Issues, Our World and Us, Recommendations to the PECUSA) ...... 22 1.4.1.3 Courtesy Resolutions (Pleasantries, Well Wishes, Gratitude) ...... 22 1.4.1.4 Notification of Action on Resolutions...... 23

II. Organization and Administration of the Diocese ...... 23

2.0 Organization and Administration, In General ...... 23 2.0.1 Body Corporate ...... 23

2.1 Office of the Bishop ...... 23 2.1.1 Ecclesiastical Authority; as Ordinary and Chief Pastor ...... 23 2.1.1.1 Chief Pastor ...... 23 2.1.1.2 Responsible for Program and Coordination ...... 23 2.1.1.3 Ordinary of Religious or Benevolent Associations ...... 23 2.1.1.4 Reconciler of Disagreements ...... 24 2.1.2 Delegation ...... 24 2.1.3 Staffing ...... 24 2.1.3.1 Executive Assistant ...... 24 2.1.3.2 Executive Secretary ...... 24 2.1.3.3 Archdeacons, Deans ...... 24

2.2 Diocesan Office ...... 24 2.2.1 Diocesan Staff ...... 24 2.2.2 Records of the Diocese ...... 25 2.2.2.1 Registrar ...... 25 2.2.2.2 Historiographer/Archivist ...... 25 2.2.3 Office of Financial Affairs ...... 25

2.3 Governance of the Diocese ...... 25 2.3.1 Diocesan Council ...... 25 2.3.1.1 Duties ...... 26 2.3.1.2 Members of the Diocesan Council ...... 26 2.3.1.2.1 Deaneries, Deans ...... 27

2 2.3.1.2.2 Annual Caucus...... 27 2.3.1.2.3 Elected Members ...... 27 2.3.1.2.4 Inability to Elect ...... 28 2.3.1.2.5 Members-at-Large ...... 28 2.3.1.2.6 Terms, Term Limits ...... 28 2.3.1.2.7 Members Ex Officio ...... 29 2.3.1.2.8 Vacancies ...... 29 2.3.1.3 Operating Policies and Procedures ...... 29 2.3.1.4 Committees ...... 29 2.3.1.5 Meetings ...... 29 2.3.1.5.1 Chair and Presiding Officer ...... 29 2.3.2 Officers ...... 30 2.3.2.1 Warden and Dean ...... 30 2.3.2.2 Secretary ...... 30 2.3.2.3 Treasurer ...... 30 2.3.2.4 Chancellor ...... 31 2.3.3 Standing Committee ...... 31 2.3.3.1 Duties ...... 31 2.3.3.2 Members ...... 31 2.3.3.3 Term ...... 31 2.3.3.4 Offices ...... 32 2.3.3.5 Report ...... 32 2.3.4 Commission on Ministry ...... 32 2.3.4.1 Duties ...... 32 2.3.4.2 Members ...... 32 2.3.4.3 Term of Office ...... 32 2.3.4.4 Vacancies ...... 32 2.3.4.5 Chair; Liaison ...... 32 2.3.4.6 Rules ...... 33 2.3.5 Trustees ...... 33 2.3.5.1 Members ...... 33 2.3.5.2 Purposes ...... 33

2.4 Operation of the Diocese ...... 34 2.4.1 Business Methods ...... 34 2.4.1.1 Fiscal Year ...... 34 2.4.2 Financing of Diocesan Mission, Ministry, and Budgets ...... 34 2.4.2.1 Budget Development ...... 34 2.4.2.2 Proposed Budgets ...... 34 2.4.2.3 Congregational Asking ...... 35 2.4.2.3.1 Definition of “Normal Operating Income” ...... 35 2.4.2.3.2 Fair Share Expectation ...... 35 2.4.2.3.3 Mutual Fair Share Adjustments ...... 35 2.4.2.3.4 Authority to Address Financial Support Issues ...... 35 2.4.2.4 Budget; Summary of Commitments of Support ...... 35 2.4.2.5 Action of Convention ...... 36 2.4.2.6 Adjustments ...... 36 2.4.3 Special Ministry Initiatives...... 36 2.4.3.1 Formation; Purpose ...... 36 2.4.3.2 Application; Term of Charter ...... 36 2.4.3.3 Reporting...... 36 2.4.3.4 Finance ...... 37 2.4.4 Deputies to the General Convention ...... 37 2.4.4.1 Election; Vacancies ...... 37 2.4.4.2 Duties ...... 37 2.4.5 Delegates to Provincial Synod ...... 37

3 2.5 Cathedral ...... 38 2.5.1 Designation ...... 38 2.5.2 Cathedral Parish ...... 38 2.5.3 Cathedral Chapter ...... 38 2.5.4 Dean ...... 38 2.5.5 Temporal Affairs ...... 39

III. Congregations ...... 39

3.0 Congregations, Generally ...... 39

3.1 Congregations Defined ...... 39 3.1.1 Types of Congregations ...... 39 3.1.1.1 Parish ...... 39 3.1.1.2 Diocesan Mission ...... 39 3.1.1.3 Academic Chaplaincy ...... 39 3.1.1.3.1 Academic Chaplaincy Congregation ...... 40 3.1.1.3.2 Academic Chaplaincy Lay Delegates to Convention ...... 40 3.1.1.3.3 Academic Chaplaincy Governance ...... 40 3.1.1.4 Parochial Mission ...... 40 3.1.1.5 Worshiping Community ...... 41 3.1.1.6 Diocesan Chapels and Oratories ...... 41 3.1.1.7 Interdenominational Congregation ...... 41 3.1.1.8 Status ...... 42 3.1.2 Admission, Recognition ...... 42 3.1.2.1 Consultation ...... 42 3.1.2.2 Petition ...... 42 3.1.2.3 Documentation ...... 43 3.1.2.3.1 Worship ...... 43 3.1.2.3.2 Ministry ...... 43 3.1.2.3.3 Finance ...... 43 3.1.2.3.4 Indebtedness, Property ...... 43 3.1.2.3.5 Parochial Mission Property Trust ...... 43 3.1.2.3.6 Notice to Congregations ...... 44 3.1.2.3.7 Bylaws ...... 44 3.1.2.3.8 Readiness for Incorporation ...... 44 3.1.2.4 Approval, Disapproval ...... 44 3.1.2.4.1 Convention, Ratification ...... 44 3.1.2.5 Implementation of Parish Organization ...... 45 3.1.2.5.1 Notification to Diocese ...... 45 3.1.3 Change of Status for a Parochial Mission ...... 45 3.1.4 Special Situations ...... 46 3.1.4.1 Merged Congregations ...... 46 3.1.4.2 Other Partnerships ...... 46 3.1.4.3 Total Ministry Congregation ...... 46 3.1.4.4 Voluntary Reversion to Mission Status ...... 46 3.1.4.5 Congregations Seeking Help ...... 47

3.2 Expectations for a Congregation ...... 48 3.2.1 Mission and Ministry ...... 48 3.2.2 Administration ...... 48 3.2.3 Consultation ...... 48 3.2.4 Redevelopment of a Congregation ...... 49 3.2.5 Stewardship ...... 49

3.3 Members of Congregations ...... 49 3.3.1 Categories of Membership ...... 49 3.3.1.1 Member ...... 49 3.3.1.2 Communicant ...... 49

4 3.3.1.3 Communicant in Good Standing ...... 49 3.3.1.4 Adult Status ...... 50 3.3.2 Inactive Status ...... 50 3.3.3 Clergy ...... 50

3.4 Property of Congregations ...... 50 3.4.1 Title to Real Property ...... 50 3.4.2 Acquisition ...... 50 3.4.2.1 Location ...... 50 3.4.2.1.1 Notice ...... 50 3.4.3 Construction, Alteration and Improvement of Congregational Facilities ...... 51 3.4.3.1 Demolition ...... 51 3.4.4 Encumbrance ...... 51 3.4.4.1 Refinancing of Encumbrances ...... 51 3.4.4.2 Statements of Account ...... 51 3.4.5 Alienation and Transfer ...... 51 3.4.6 Insurance ...... 52 3.4.7 Management, Maintenance and Administration ...... 52 3.4.8 Use ...... 52

IV. Governance of Congregations ...... 52

4.0 Congregational Governance, Generally...... 52

4.1 Meetings of Congregations ...... 52 4.1.1 Organizational Meeting ...... 52 4.1.1.1 Purpose of Organizational Meeting ...... 53 4.1.1.2 Voting ...... 53 4.1.1.3 Presider and Officers ...... 53 4.1.1.4 Records and Minutes ...... 53 4.1.2 Annual and Special Meetings ...... 53 4.1.2.1 Notices ...... 53 4.1.2.2 Presider ...... 54 4.1.2.3 Membership Roll and Quorum ...... 54 4.1.2.4 Voting ...... 54 4.1.2.5 Records and Minutes ...... 54 4.1.2.6 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws ...... 54

4.2 Governing Body of Congregations ...... 55 4.2.1 Governing Bodies, Generally ...... 55 4.2.1.1 Qualifications for Election ...... 55 4.2.1.2 Number and Classes; Terms ...... 55 4.2.1.2.1 Terms, Bylaw Provisions ...... 55 4.2.1.3 Election of Governing Body ...... 55 4.2.1.4 Vacancies ...... 55 4.2.1.5 Limitation on Term of Office ...... 55 4.2.2 Organization of Governing Body; Officers ...... 56 4.2.2.1 Wardens, Number and Election ...... 56 4.2.2.1.1 Duties of Wardens ...... 56 4.2.2.2 Other Officers, Selection or Appointment; Duties ...... 57 4.2.2.2.1 Secretary ...... 57 4.2.2.2.2 Treasurer ...... 57 4.2.2.2.3 Other Officers ...... 57

4.3 Meetings of Governing Body ...... 57 4.3.1 Regular Meetings ...... 58 4.3.2 Special Meetings ...... 58 4.3.3 Presider ...... 58

5 4.3.4 Quorum ...... 58 4.3.5 Absences and Removal ...... 58 4.3.6 Records and Minutes ...... 58

4.4 Duties of Governing Body ...... 58 4.4.1 Duties Generally ...... 59 4.4.1.1 Temporal Matters ...... 59 4.4.1.1.1 Legal Representatives of Parishes ...... 59 4.4.1.1.2 Business Methods ...... 59 4.4.1.2 Worship and Spiritual Matters ...... 59 4.4.1.3 Relations with Clergy ...... 59 4.4.1.3.1 Filling Vacancy… ...... 59 4.4.1.3.2 Clergy Transition, Other Congregations ...... 60 4.4.1.4 Delegates to Convention ...... 60 4.4.2 Records ...... 60 4.4.2.1 Parish Register ...... 60 4.4.2.2 Annual Parochial Report ...... 60 4.4.2.3 Annual Corporate Report ...... 60 4.4.2.4 Minutes and Other Records ...... 60 4.4.2.5 Corporate Records ...... 60 4.4.2.6 Insurance Policies and Records ...... 60 4.4.3 Finance ...... 61 4.4.3.1 Accounts ...... 61 4.4.3.2 Audit of Accounts ...... 61 4.4.3.3 Clergy Discretionary and Other Funds ...... 61 4.4.3.4 Accurate Payrolls ...... 61 4.4.3.5 Indebtedness ...... 61 4.4.3.5.1 Refinancing ...... 61 4.4.3.5.2 Capital Repairs and Maintenance ...... 61 4.4.3.5.3 Current Expenses ...... 62 4.4.3.5.4 Unincorporated Congregations ...... 62 4.4.4 Relations with Layperson Employees, Generally ...... 62 4.4.4.1 Background Investigation ...... 62 4.4.4.2 Paid Staff and the Governing Body ...... 62 4.4.4.3 Outside Assistance ...... 63 4.4.5 Volunteers ...... 63 4.4.5.1 Volunteer Youth Workers ...... 63 4.4.5.2 Background Investigation ...... 63 4.4.6 Policies Concerning Abuse and Harassment ...... 63

V. Ministry ...... 63

5.0 Ministry, Generally ...... 63

5.1 Members of the Clergy ...... 64 5.1.1 Members of the Clergy in Charge ...... 64 5.1.2 Other Members of the Clergy ...... 64 5.1.2.1 Assistant Clergy ...... 64 5.1.2.2 Deacons ...... 64 5.1.2.3 Supply Clergy ...... 64 5.1.2.4 Associated Clergy ...... 64 5.1.2.5 Ministry Team ...... 64

5.2 Relations with Clergy, Generally ...... 64 5.2.1 Letters of Agreement ...... 64 5.2.2 Compensation and Benefits ...... 65 5.2.2.1 Inability to Follow Policy ...... 65 5.2.2.2 Annual Housing Resolution ...... 65 5.2.3 Conflict ...... 65

6 5.2.3.1 Dissolution ...... 65

5.3 Change in Clergy Leadership ...... 65 5.3.1 Notifications ...... 65 5.3.2 Termination Arrangements ...... 65 5.3.3 Interim Period...... 66 5.3.3.1 Arrangements for Clergy Services ...... 66 5.3.3.2 After Resignation ...... 66 5.3.3.3 Interim Clergy ...... 66 5.3.3.4 Search ...... 66 5.3.3.5 New Member of the Clergy in Charge ...... 67 5.3.3.5.1 Parishes ...... 67 5.3.3.5.2 Priest-in-Charge ...... 67 5.3.3.5.3 Other Congregations ...... 67 5.3.3.5.4 Call ...... 67

5.4 Ministry of Laypersons ...... 67 5.4.1 Responsibilities of the Bishop ...... 67 5.4.2 Responsibilities of the Commission on Ministry ...... 67 5.4.3 Responsibilities of the Clergy ...... 68 5.4.4 Responsibilities of Governing Bodies ...... 68

VI. Ecclesiastical Discipline ...... 68

6.0 Title IV of General Canons ...... 68

6.1 Diocesan Cooperation ...... 68

6.2 Disciplinary Board ...... 68 6.2.1 Selection of Members of Disciplinary Board ...... 69 6.2.2 Terms ...... 69 6.2.3 Successive Terms ...... 69 6.2.4 Clergy Members ...... 69 6.2.5 Lay Members ...... 69 6.2.6 Vacancies ...... 69 6.2.7 President ...... 69 6.2.8 Clerk ...... 69 6.2.9 Preserving Impartiality ...... 70

6.3 Intake Officer...... 70

6.4 Investigator ...... 70

6.5 Church Attorney(s) ...... 70

6.6 Advisors ...... 70

6.7 Costs and Expenses ...... 70

6.8 Records ...... 70 6.8.1 Record of Proceedings ...... 70 6.8.2 Permanent Records ...... 71

VII. Amendments ...... 71

7.0 Amendments, Generally ...... 71

7.1 Proposed Amendments ...... 71

7 7.2 Report of Proposed Amendments ...... 71

7.3 Adoption of Amendments ...... 71

7.4 Effective Date ...... 71

7.5 Captions, Paragraph Headings ...... 71

8 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN As Amended through the 176th Diocesan Convention

ARTICLE I Name and Boundaries

The Church in that portion of the State of Michigan lying within the counties of Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland (except for Holly Township), and Macomb, and that portion of Clinton County south of Price Road, is and shall be known as the Diocese of Michigan of The Episcopal Church (which is referred to as “this Diocese”).

ARTICLE II Relation to The Episcopal Church

The Church in this Diocese accedes to the Constitution and Canons for the Government of The Episcopal Church, and recognizes the authority of its General Convention.

ARTICLE III Ecclesiastical Authority

The Ecclesiastical Authority of this Diocese is the Bishop. The Bishop may temporarily place the Bishop Coadjutor in charge of this Diocese as the Ecclesiastical Authority in case of the Bishop's temporary absence or disability. If there is no Bishop Coadjutor, or in case of the Bishop Coadjutor's absence or disability, the Bishop may temporarily place a Bishop Suffragan in this Diocese in charge of this Diocese. If there is no Bishop qualified and able to act, or in case of a vacancy in the Episcopate, the Ecclesiastical Authority of this Diocese shall be the Standing Committee. Whenever this Constitution or the Canons of this Diocese provide for action by the Bishop, such action, except where otherwise specifically provided, shall be taken by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

ARTICLE IV Conventions

Annual Convention. There shall be a Convention of this Diocese in each year (the “Annual Convention”), held at such time and place within this Diocese as shall have been determined by the preceding Annual Convention. If the preceding Annual Convention has not made such a determination, or if the Ecclesiastical Authority, acting with the advice and consent of the Diocesan Council, determines that there is sufficient cause to change the time or place determined by the preceding Annual Convention, the Annual Convention shall be held at the time and place determined by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

Special Convention. (a) The Ecclesiastical Authority may call a special Convention at such place within this Diocese and time, and for such purpose, as is provided in written notice given as provided by Canon not less than 30 days prior to such Convention. The business of a special Convention shall be limited to those matters set forth in the notice of that Convention.

9 (b) A special Convention shall be called by the Ecclesiastical Authority if the call for a special Convention is made by written petition to the Ecclesiastical Authority, with a copy to the Standing Committee, to convene a special Convention signed by (i) not less than fifteen (15) members of the clergy canonically and actually resident in this Diocese of not less than ten (10) different parishes or missions, and (ii) vestries or Bishop's committees of not less than ten (10) different parishes or missions, respectively, unless the Standing Committee determines by majority vote that the subject of the petition is not canonically permitted to come before Convention. In the case of a call for special Convention by petition, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall convene a special Convention of the Diocese not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days after presentation of such petition, and the business at such special Convention shall be limited to the matters set forth in the petition.

Members of Convention. (a) The members (“Members”) of Convention with voice and vote shall be (i) the Bishop, (ii) all other bishops, and other members of the clergy canonically and actually resident within the Diocese and members of the clergy canonically serving a cure within this Diocese, and (iii) three lay delegates from each congregation, whether parish or mission, in union with Convention. The Canons shall provide for method of admitting parishes and missions into union with Convention of this Diocese and for election of lay delegates. The lay delegates serving as Members at the most recently adjourned Annual Convention shall serve as delegates to any special Convention convened prior to an Annual Convention unless replaced by action of the vestry or Bishop’s committee of a parish or mission, respectively, which the lay delegates serve. (b) Other persons present as officers of the Convention and as heads of committees, boards and commissions required to report to the Convention, and all lay presiding officers of intra-Diocesan organizations established by Canon, shall be Members of the Convention with voice but without vote.

Officers of Convention. (a) The Bishop shall be President of Convention. In the Bishop's absence, or by the Bishop’s designation, the Bishop Coadjutor, a Suffragan Bishop of this Diocese, or President of the Standing Committee, in that order, shall serve as President of Convention. (b) A Secretary shall be elected at each Annual Convention, and shall remain in office until the next Annual Convention and until a successor is elected. Duties of the Secretary shall be as prescribed by Convention and by Canon. (c) Other officers may be appointed or elected as prescribed by Canon.

Voting. (a) All Members shall deliberate and vote as a single body except where provision is made for voting by orders. On all matters except those provided for by this Constitution, by Canon or by the rules of Convention duly adopted requiring a greater vote, a majority vote of those present and voting shall be required to adopt the question being voted upon. The Canons may provide for the denial of voice and vote by Members for causes specified.

(b) The Members shall vote by orders, clergy and lay, when five (5) Members with voice and vote either (i) to approve a motion to vote by orders made at the time of call for a vote on the question or (ii) have petitioned the President of the Convention in writing for a vote by orders in advance of the introduction of the motion upon which a vote by orders is petitioned. When a vote by orders is taken,

10 unless otherwise required by this Constitution, by Canon or by rule of Convention duly adopted requiring a greater vote, a majority of each order shall be required to adopt the question being voted upon. (c) In the election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan, the two orders shall always vote separately.

ARTICLE V

Amendments to the Constitution

This Constitution may be amended in the manner provided for in this Article.

An amendment may be proposed by the Committee on Constitution and Canons (for purpose of this Article, the “Committee”) or by written petition of not less than ten (10) communicants in this Diocese. A proposed amendment shall be submitted in writing to the Committee not less than 120 days before the Convention at which it is to be considered. The Committee shall make a written report concerning a proposed amendment and file the report with the Secretary of Convention not less than 60 days before the date of the Convention. The Secretary shall cause the report of the Committee and proposed amendment to be mailed to the clergy and lay delegates to the Convention not less than 30 days prior to the date of said Convention. The Committee shall report the proposed amendment to the Convention with or without recommendation.

When a proposed amendment is first before a Convention for consideration, amendments thereto may be made by a majority vote before final action thereon. If the proposed amendment, including amendments thereto, if any, made during the debate, is approved and adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Members present (“initial approval”), it shall lie over to the Annual Convention that occurs next after the initial approval (the “next Annual Convention”) for final approval and adoption.

When a proposed amendment is before the next Annual Convention for final approval, its reading shall be the first order of business after the declaration by the President that the Convention is organized and ready to do business. At the next Annual Convention, the proposed amendment may be further amended by a two-thirds vote of the Members present, and if so amended, the proposed amendment as so amended shall lie over to the next succeeding Annual Convention (the “succeeding Annual Convention”) for final approval and adoption. At any succeeding Annual Convention, further amendments may be made in the manner above provided, and the proposed amendment shall lie over until each succeeding Annual Convention until adopted or defeated.

Amendment to this Constitution must be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the Members present at the Convention when the proposed amendment is properly before the Convention. When the proposed amendment is approved and adopted without further amendment at an Annual Convention at which it is properly before the Convention, it shall become final and effective as of the close of business of the Annual Convention.

11 THE CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN

As amended through the 185th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan – October 2019

The Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan incorporate the Canons of The Episcopal Church (“TEC”) as adopted and amended from time to time (sometimes referred to as the “Canons of the General Convention”). The authority of the Diocese is vested in and exercised by its Bishop, its Bishop Coadjutor, if there is one, its Convention, and its Standing Committee, acting under and in subordination to The Episcopal Church, its General Convention, Constitution, Canons and Regulations. To the extent there is any conflict between the text of the Canons of this Diocese and the Canons of the General Convention, the latter shall govern. References in the Canons of this Diocese to “the Canons of this Diocese” shall mean the Canons of this Diocese incorporating the Canons of the General Convention.

I. CONVENTIONS

1.0 Conventions, Generally. Conventions are the formal gathering of the Church in this Diocese. The corporation known as “The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan,” incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan, is recognized as under the authority and jurisdiction of the Convention of this Diocese, which is the originating body for legislative, electoral, and fiscal matters concerning diocesan operations.

1.1 Voice and Vote. All recognized congregations are constituent parts of this Diocese and are traditionally described as being “in union with Convention.” The right to voice and vote at Conventions is reserved to recognized congregations admitted to voting status by Convention in accordance with these Canons. A list of all recognized congregations, indicating type and contact information, shall be published at the time of each Convention, and entered in the Journal of the Convention.

1.1.1 Members of Convention. The Members of Convention of this Diocese are defined in Article IV of the Constitution.

1.1.1.1 Members of the Clergy. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall cause to be prepared prior to each Convention a list of all members of the clergy qualified under the Constitution to serve as Members of Convention with voice and vote, and identifying each by the congregation being served, if any. The list shall be published at the time of each Convention, and entered in the Journal of the Convention.

1.1.1.1.1 Attendance. All members of the clergy qualified to be Members of Convention with voice and vote shall attend all business sessions of a Convention unless excused by the President.

1.1.1.2 Lay Delegates. Each congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation shall elect laypersons to serve as Members of Convention (“lay delegates”), three of whom shall be designated “delegates” and additional persons as “alternate delegates.” Persons elected to serve as Members of Convention shall have the same qualifications as required for voting at the annual meeting of the congregation. Laypersons elected to serve as Members of Convention shall serve as delegates, with voice and vote, to all Conventions and to the annual caucus of the Deanery of which their congregation is a constituent

12 held following their election until their successors are elected. In addition, lay delegates may be appointed to serve on Convention Committees or on other bodies of the Diocese, as their particular gifts, skills and interests may make desirable.

1.1.1.2.1. Method of Election. Laypersons to serve as Members of Convention shall be elected by a Voting Congregation’s Governing Body or by the members of the congregation at a meeting called in accordance with these Canons.

1.1.1.2.2 Timing of Election. For the Annual Convention, laypersons to serve as Members of Convention shall be elected not less than 120 days prior to the scheduled convening of Annual Convention. The secretary of each congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation shall notify the Secretary of Convention in writing of the names of persons elected and their status as delegates or alternate delegates not less than 115 days prior to the scheduled date for convening of the Annual Convention. For Special Conventions, the secretary of the congregation shall notify the Secretary of Convention in writing of the names of persons elected and their status as delegates or alternate delegates within 30 days after the call of the Special Convention.

1.1.1.2.3 Vacancies. If any layperson elected as a delegate is unable or unwilling to serve, the member of the clergy in charge of the congregation, in consultation with the wardens, or the wardens if there is no member of the clergy in charge of the congregation, shall fill the vacancy with a layperson meeting the qualifications for election, and notify the Secretary of Convention in writing of the name of the person so appointed and the name of the person whose vacancy is filled.

1.1.1.2.4 Credentials. The Committee on Qualifications shall present to Convention a roll of all laypersons elected to serve as Members of Convention with voice and vote as prepared by the Secretary of Convention. This roll shall be presented to the Convention for approval as the Convention’s second order of business, and, when approved, shall be entered in the Journal of the Convention.

1.1.1.2.5 Dispute. If the right of any layperson to serve as a Member of Convention with voice and vote is disputed, the dispute shall be presented to the Committee on Qualifications for determination, and its recommendation concerning the right of such person to voice and vote at Convention shall be binding unless disapproved by a vote of a majority of all Members of Convention whose voice and vote are not in dispute.

1.1.1.2.6 Attendance. Lay delegates shall attend all Conventions and the annual caucus of the Deanery of which their recognized congregation is a constituent held following their election until their successors are elected. In the absence of a delegate, an elected alternate delegate, as designated by the member of the clergy in charge of the congregation, or, if there is no member of the clergy in charge, as designated by the remaining delegates, shall serve.

13 1.1.2 Notice of Conventions.

1.1.2.1 Written Notice. The Secretary of Convention shall cause to be given written notice of the call of a Convention, within the times and in the manner required by the Constitution and by these Canons, to each member of the clergy who would be entitled to voice and vote at a Convention as provided in the Constitution and these Canons and to the secretary of each congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation.

1.1.2.2 Transmittal of Information. Not less than thirty (30) days before an Annual Convention or less than fifteen (15) days before a Special Convention, the Secretary shall cause to be provided to each Member of Convention a copy of resolutions and of other matters to be acted upon at the Convention that have been submitted to the Secretary.

1.1.3 Quorum. Unless a different quorum requirement is specifically provided in these Canons, the presence of thirty (30) members of the clergy and forty-five (45) laypersons, all of whom are Members of Convention shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The existence of a quorum shall be required for all business of a Convention other than a motion to adjourn.

1.1.4 Establishment and Conduct of Business of Convention. All business to come before a Convention, other than administrative matters and for the election of a Bishop, shall be in the form of a resolution with accompanying report. The rules contained in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) shall govern the Convention in all cases to which they are applicable to the extent they are not inconsistent with these Canons and any special rules of order the Convention may adopt.

1.1.4.1 Proposal of Resolutions. Resolutions may be proposed by any Member of Convention; any Congregation (when approved by the congregation’s governing body); chartered Special Ministry Initiative; Convention Committee; the Diocesan Council; any commission, committee or task force established by Diocesan Council, the Ecclesiastical Authority, or the Convention; the General Convention Deputation (when acting by majority of the deputation); the Standing Committee; Commission on Ministry or the Trustees; and shall be moved by a member of the sponsoring organization who is a Member of Convention. If no member of the sponsoring organization is a Member of Convention, the assembly may grant privilege of the floor to a member of the sponsoring organization, or, at the request of the sponsoring organization, the Secretary of Convention shall move the resolution. The sponsor of any proposed resolution, other than resolutions of Governing Bodies of the Diocese (as defined below), shall submit in writing the proposed resolution and accompanying report to the Secretary for referral to the Committee on Reference for review and recommendation, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date scheduled for convening of an Annual Convention and not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the date scheduled for convening of a Special Convention.

1.1.4.2 Timely Submittal. A resolution that has not been submitted in a timely manner to the Secretary shall not be considered at a Convention unless the Members of Convention vote by a two-thirds majority of all Members of Convention to consider such matter. Governing Bodies of the Diocese (being the Standing Committee, the Trustees and the Diocesan Council) may present

14 resolutions with reports on matters germane to their canonical responsibility not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date scheduled for convening of an Annual Convention and not less than five (5) days prior to the date of a Special Convention as to matters germane to such Convention.

1.1.4.2.1 Resolutions Funded by Budget. To be considered for funding in the budget to be submitted to Annual Convention, a resolution requiring substantial operating funds first shall be submitted to Diocesan Council not less than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to Annual Convention for study and determination of the funding impact on other programs. Resolutions presented to Convention must include a reasonable estimate of costs to the Diocese, over what time period, and the manner in which such costs are to be financed. The Diocesan Council shall include discussion of a resolution requiring funding in the open hearings on the budget. Following those hearings and immediately following the development of the draft budget by Diocesan Council one hundred twenty (120) days prior to Annual Convention, Diocesan Council shall forward to the Committee on Reference the results of its determination and its recommendations concerning funding. The recommendations of the Council shall be provided to the Members of Convention not less than thirty (30) days prior to Annual Convention. A resolution requiring substantial funding that is submitted less than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to Annual Convention may be considered by Diocesan Council and recommendations made to the Members of Convention if Diocesan Council so decides, or may be referred for consideration in the next budget cycle.

1.1.4.2.2 Resolutions Funded by Solicitation. A resolution authorizing solicitation of financial support by a committee or other recognized body of this Diocese from the governing bodies of recognized congregations or individual members of the congregations first shall be submitted to Diocesan Council not less than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to Annual Convention. The Diocesan Council shall include discussion of a resolution requiring funding in the open hearings on the budget. Following those hearings and immediately following the development of the draft budget by Diocesan Council one hundred twenty (120) days prior to Annual Convention, Diocesan Council shall forward to the Committee on Reference the results of its determination and its recommendations concerning funding. The recommendation of the Council regarding such resolution shall be provided to the Members of Convention not less than thirty (30) days prior to Convention. The provisions of this Canon shall not apply to Episcopal Community Services of Michigan (ECS) which shall have continuing authorization to solicit financial support from the congregations and members of this Diocese for the benefit of those agencies identified by ECS and approved by Diocesan Council. A resolution requiring substantial funding that is submitted less than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to Annual Convention may be considered by Diocesan Council and recommendations made to the Members of Convention if Diocesan Council so decides, or may be referred for consideration in the next budget cycle.

1.1.4.3 Reports of Organizations. Any organization or federation of Church members recognized by Convention within the Diocese shall have the right to make written reports and recommendations to the Convention on any aspect of the organization’s work.

15 1.1.5 Officers of Convention. In addition to the President and Secretary of Convention as provided for in Article IV of the Constitution, there may be such other officers as Convention may deem appropriate.

1.1.5.1 Secretary of Convention. The duties of the Secretary of Convention shall be as prescribed by these Canons, and shall include the givin g of notices of Convention in a timely manner, recording of the minutes of Convention and publishing of a Journal of Convention; reporting and attesting to the acts of Convention, receiving the credentials of lay delegates and preparing a roll of lay delegates, providing to General Convention and to each congregation annually a copy of the Journal of every meeting of Convention, giving notice to General Convention of the election of Deputies to General Convention, providing notices received from the Secretary of the House of Deputies of the General Convention for submittal to Diocesan Conventions; and preserving the records of Convention and the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese; and such other duties as are provided for in these Canons or by action of Convention. Expenses incurred by the Secretary in performing official duties shall be paid as a diocesan expense.

1.1.5.2 Parliamentarian. A person to serve as Parliamentarian shall be appointed by the President of Convention, with approval by a vote of a majority of the Members of Convention present and voting, to consult with and advise the President, and, upon request, other members of Convention, regarding parliamentary procedure.

1.1.6 Voting at Conventions. Voting at Conventions is provided for in the Constitution and in addition by these Canons. Members of Convention must be physically present to vote.

1.2 Annual Conventions. The purpose of Annual Convention is to provide annually a forum for consideration of all matters of business that under the Constitution and Canons of this Diocese are to be brought to a Convention of the Diocese, including, but not limited to, the adoption of the annual diocesan budget, the election of persons to serve as officers of the Diocese provided for in these Canons, the adoption and amendment of Canons and the Constitution and consideration of resolutions.

1.2.1 Time and Place, Notice. The time and place of the Annual Convention shall be established as provided in Article IV of the Constitution. Written notice thereof shall be given to all members of the clergy canonically resident in this Diocese and to the secretary of all recognized congregations in this Diocese by the Secretary of Convention at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the opening of Annual Convention.

1.2.2 Nomination Process.

1.2.2.1 Committee on Nominations. At least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to each Annual Convention, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall, with the concurrence of the Diocesan Council, appoint a Committee on Nominations consisting of both laypersons and members of the clergy. No person may serve on more than three (3) consecutive Committees on Nominations and Elections. Membership of this Committee shall be broadly representative of this Diocese.

16 At least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the Annual Convention, this Committee shall request, in writing, each recognized congregation admitted to voting status to suggest to this Committee persons willing to be nominees for the offices listed in Canon 1.2.2.2. Descriptions of responsibilities of and qualifications to serve in each office shall be provided with the written request. All nominees shall be adult communicants in good standing of a recognized congregation of this Diocese.

1.2.2.2 Nominations. The Committee on Nominations shall nominate no fewer than one greater than, and no more than twice the number of persons to be elected to the following offices: Members of the Standing Committee Members of the Disciplinary Board Deputies to the General Convention Delegates to the Provincial Synod Members of the Cathedral Chapter to be elected by Convention Members of the Commission on Ministry and from a list provided by the Ecclesiastical Authority of no fewer than one greater than, and no more than twice the number to be elected: Trustees of the Diocese If requested by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Committee on Nominations shall serve as a committee of advice for nominations to those diocesan offices nominated by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

1.2.2.3 Report. Not less than ninety (90) days prior to the Annual Convention, the Committee on Nominations shall provide to each of the Members of the Annual Convention whose names have been provided to the Secretary of Convention a written report of the Committee's nominations, together with information and forms regarding nominations by petition.

1.2.2.4 Additional Nominations. Additional nominations to the offices listed in Canon 1.2.2.2 above may be made only by written petition signed by no fewer than fifteen (15) members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and laypersons who are adult communicants of recognized congregations within this Diocese. A nominating petition must be provided to the Secretary of Convention not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the Convention. The Secretary shall determine the validity of a nominating petition; and shall refer all valid petitions to the Committee on Nominations for inclusion in the report to be provided under these Canons.

1.2.2.5 Notice of Nominations. Not less than twenty-one (21) but not more than thirty (30) days prior to Annual Convention, the Committee on Nominations shall prepare and distribute to the Members of Convention a written report containing the following information concerning each nominee: (a) The name of the nominee; (b) If provided by the nominee, a brief biographical description of the nominee, not to exceed 100 words in length; (c) If provided by the nominee, a brief summary of the nominee’s anti-racism education and training. No nominee’s name shall be placed on the ballot unless the nominee shall have indicated his or her consent to the nomination.

17 1.2.3 Elections. Elections to the offices indicated in Canon 1.2.2.2 shall be by written ballot, unless consent to dispense with this requ irement is given by unanimous vote of the Members of Convention present and voting. Election to all offices shall be by majority vote of the Members of Convention present and voting, unless otherwise specified by these Canons. If any positions remain to be filled following the first ballot, the number of nominees shall be reduced to twice the number remaining to be elected and a second ballot (and successive ballots, as necessary) shall be taken, the procedure for which shall be determined by the Secretary. The Secretary of Convention shall notify in writing all persons nominated for election to office of the results of the election not more than ten (10) days following adjournment of Convention.

1.2.3.1 Elections Commission. At least 45 days prior to the Diocesan Convention, the Bishop shall appoint an Elections Commission. The Elections Commission shall be responsible for the process for election and the tabulation and reporting of the results of elections. The Elections Commission shall consist of one member of the clergy and three laypersons. The parliamentarian will serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Elections Commission. After the ballots have been counted and persons elected to all offices, the Elections Commission shall prepare a written certificate to be signed by a majority of the Committee, indicating the number of ballots cast, the number disqualified, and the results of the election. The names of the persons elected to each office/committee shall be announced to the Convention, and entered in the minutes of the Convention.

1.2.4 Nominations and Appointments by Ecclesiastical Authority.

1.2.4.1 Secretary. At each Annual Convention, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall nominate the Secretary of Convention, and may nominate one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall be adult communicants in good standing of a congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation, and each of whom shall take office ninety (90) days after adjournment of the Annual Convention at which nominated, upon approval by a vote of a majority of the Members voting at Annual Convention. The Secretary and each Assistant Secretary may, but need not be, a Member of Convention. If the office of secretary becomes vacant between Annual Conventions, the Ecclesiastical Authority may appoint an Assistant Secretary to act as Secretary until the next Annual Convention.

1.2.4.2 Convention Committees. Within ninety (90) days after the close of each Annual Convention, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall appoint, from among members of the clergy and laypersons eligible to serve as Members of Convention, members of the Committees identified in this Canon who shall serve for the next Annual Convention and for Special Conventions occurring before the next Annual Convention, or until their successors shall be appointed. Persons appointed to the Committee on Constitution and Canons shall serve for not more than five (5) consecutive terms of one (1) year. Persons appointed to other committees of Convention shall serve for not more than three (3) consecutive terms of one (1) year. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall fill vacancies in membership of the Convention Committees.

1.2.4.2.1 Committee on Qualifications, consisting of two (2) members of the clergy and three (3) laypersons. This Committee shall review certificates of

18 the lay delegates who are to serve as Members of Convention and make recommendation for their acceptance. Irregular or defective certificates, and certificates and documents referring to contested seats shall be reported by this Committee to the Convention.

1.2.4.2.2 Committee on Dispatch of Business, consisting of one (1) member of the clergy and two (2) laypersons. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to a Convention, this Committee shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an Order of Business, together with any proposed special rules for the conduct of the business of Convention. As occasion requires, this Committee shall suggest changes to the Order during the Convention. At least two (2) weeks prior to the Convention, the Secretary shall send a copy of the Order of Business and proposed special rules for the conduct of business to every Member of Convention.

1.2.4.2.3 Committee on Reference, consisting of six (6) persons, three (3) members of the clergy and three (3) laypersons; and the Secretary of Convention and the Chancellor of the Diocese as members ex officio. No more than four (4) of the persons appointed to serve shall have served on the last Committee on Reference, and no person may serve on more than three consecutive Committees on Reference. This Committee shall review resolutions proposed for action at the Convention and shall provide an opportunity for discussion of them before each meeting of Convention, at which time any member of a congregation within this Diocese, any member of the clergy eligible to vote at a Convention, and other persons invited by this Committee, may speak. This Committee shall take any one or more of the following actions with regard to each proposed resolution at any time prior to or during the meeting of said Convention: (a) Refer any resolution with funding implications to Diocesan Council, and give notice of that referral to the proposer of the resolution. (b) Present the resolution to said Convention for consideration, with or without a recommendation. (c) In consultation with the presenter of a resolution, reword and revise the resolution as to form, style and content. (d) Combine any two or more resolutions dealing with the same subject matter into a single resolution. The presenters of any resolutions so combined shall be given the opportunity to participate in the combining process. (e) Determine the legality of a resolution under applicable law, including the Constitution and Canons of this Diocese, and advise the presenter of its findings. A resolution that is contrary to any applicable law shall not be considered by the Members of Convention for adoption unless the purpose of the resolution is to seek change in the law. A motion to overrule the recommendation of this Committee and to bring the original resolution to the floor of Convention for consideration shall be in order, shall not be debatable, and shall require a majority vote of the Members of Convention present and voting.

This Committee shall transmit resolutions to the Members of Convention for disposition, with a report on each resolution.

19 1.2.4.2.4 Committee on Constitution and Canons, consisting of three (3) members of the clergy and three (3) laypersons. The Chancellor of the Diocese and the Secretary of Convention shall each serve ex-officio. This Committee shall consider and make recommendation to Convention concerning all proposed amendments to the Constitution or Canons.

1.2.4.2.5 Committee for Convention Planning, consisting of the President of Convention, the Secretary of Convention, and no fewer than six (6) or more than ten (10) other persons designated by the Ecclesiastical Authority, with approximately equal representation of members of the clergy and laypersons. The Committee shall: (a) plan and prepare the agenda for the next Annual Convention, and any special Conventions prior thereto; (b) arrange the calendar for sessions of Convention; and (c) coordinate Convention logistics.

1.2.4.2.6 Other Committees. There shall be such other committees as may be determined by the President and approved by majority vote at Convention from time to time, with such duties as may be assigned to them.

1.3 Special Conventions.

1.3.1 For Purposes Other than Election of a Bishop. Special Conventions are provided for in Article IV of the Constitution, and also by applicable Canons of the Diocese.

1.3.2.1 Appointment and Term of Nominating Committee. Within thirty (30) days after the Ecclesiastical Authority calls for the election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan, the Standing Committee shall appoint a committee to be known as “The Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop” (in this Canon 1.3.2, referred to as the “Committee”) consisting of eight (8) to fourteen (14) persons, of equal numbers of members of the clergy and laypersons eligible to be Members of Convention, who are broadly representative of the Diocese.

1.3.2.1.1 Convocation. The Standing Committee shall notify the Secretary of Convention of the identity of the Committee members. The Secretary shall convene the first meeting of the Committee, and the Committee shall elect its presiding officer and secretary at the first meeting.

1.3.2.1.2 Vacancies. The Standing Committee may at any time fill any vacancies in membership of the Committee, maintaining the equal number of clergy and lay members.

20 1.3.2.1.3 Term. The Committee shall continue until the earlier of (i) close of the Convention at which the Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan shall have been elected or (ii) until the Committee shall have been discharged by action of the Convention or (iii) withdrawal of the call for election by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

1.3.2.2 Duties and Role of the Committee. The Committee shall call for, receive and may itself propose for its consideration names of persons who may lawfully be elected to the Episcopal office to be filled, and shall establish the time within which such suggested names must be filed with the Committee. If any member of the Committee is proposed for consideration as a nominee for the Episcopal office, that member shall either withdraw from consideration or resign from the Committee. The Committee shall inform itself about the persons proposed for consideration with due diligence, including background investigations sufficient to satisfy reasonable inquiry about each person’s character and fitness for the office; and shall approve any person whose name it submits as nominee based on such review. Any person who is to be considered for nomination shall consent in writing to such background investigation as the Committee shall deem appropriate as a condition for consideration.

1.3.2.2.1 Budget. The Committee, with the concurrence of Diocesan Council, shall establish a budget for its official duties, which shall be funded by the Diocese.

1.3.2.3 Nominations and Publication of Report of Nominations. After due consideration if the Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop deems at least two (2) of the persons considered to be qualified for the Episcopal office, it shall select not fewer than two (2) or more than five (5) of such persons, each of whom has consented to be nominated, as nominees for such office. The Committee shall prepare a written report to the Standing Committee, giving the names of the nominees, together with a brief biographical sketch of each. After approval of the names, the Standing Committee shall publicize the names of the nominees and describe and open the process for nominations by petition. If any nominee withdraws from consideration prior to the Convention, the Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop, with approval of the Standing Committee, may substitute the name of another person previously considered by the Committee and deemed qualified and who has consented to be nominated; and such a substitution shall constitute nomination of that person.

(a) Background and other checks as performed on the Committee Nominees shall be ordered for each of the persons nominated by petition. (b) The Standing Committee shall publicize, not less than thirty- five (35) days before the date set for the Convention, the names of the lawful candidates nominated by petition. (c) The entire list of persons nominated, whether by the Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop or by petition, shall be printed and mailed by the Secretary of Convention to each of the lay delegates and clergy of the Convention not later than thirty (30) days before the date set for the Convention. (d) The Standing Committee shall ensure that there are appropriate opportunities for all persons nominated, whether

21 by Committee or by petition, and the Members of Convention to become mutually acquainted.

1.3.2.5 Action on Nominees at Convention. The entire list of persons nominated, whether by the Committee or by petition, shall be considered at a Convention held not less than sixty (60) days or more than ninety (90) days following the publication of the names of nominees by the Standing Committee, on a date set by the Ecclesiastical Authority. Following the seating of Members of Convention and establishment of the rules of Convention, the entire list of persons nominated, whether by the Committee or by petition, shall be presented and constitute a nomination of each of the nominees.

1.3.2.6 Election. Election of Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan shall be made in the following manner: The clergy and layperson Members of Convention shall vote separately, by orders. A majority of votes of each order on the same ballot shall be necessary to elect.

At least 45 days prior to the election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall appoint an Elections Commission. The Elections Commission shall be responsible for the process for the election and the tabulation and reporting of the results of elections. The Elections Commission shall consist of three members of the clergy and two laypersons. The parliamentarian will serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the committee. After the ballots have been counted and the election completed, the Elections Commission shall prepare a written certificate to be signed by a majority of the Commission, indicating the number of ballots cast, the number disqualified, and the results of the election. The name of the person elected shall be announced by the Secretary of Convention, and entered in the minutes of the Convention.

1.4 Effect of Action at Conventions.

1.4.1 At Annual and Special Conventions Except for Election of a Bishop. The types of resolutions to come before Conventions, and the effect of their adoption, are as follows:

1.4.1.1 Business Resolutions (Amendments to Canons and Constitution, Appointments, Elections, Budget, Diocesan Business Matters, Action on Matters of Diocesan Governance and Operations). Business resolutions, if adopted, shall be effective as of the close of business of the Convention at which adopted, unless a later effective date is provided in the resolution. When adopted, a business resolution of Convention is binding upon all congregations and all bodies and authorities of the Diocese.

1.4.1.2 Policy Resolutions (Church and State Issues, Our World and Us, Recommendations to the TEC). Policy resolutions shall provide for specific action to be taken if adopted. The Diocesan Council shall implement action required by a policy resolution during the year following the Convention at which adopted. A policy resolution that requires application of substantial financial resources of the Diocese shall provide in the resolution for funding of the action either as a part of the annual diocesan budget or allocation from other funding sources of the Diocese, as a condition of validity.

1.4.1.3 Courtesy Resolutions (Pleasantries, Well Wishes, Gratitude). Courtesy resolutions shall be moved by the Secretary of Convention, and if adopted, transmitted to the object of the resolution, in writing, by the Secretary within as reasonably short a period after Convention as possible.

22 1.4.1.4 Notification of Action on Resolutions. No later than thirty (30) days following the adjournment of Convention, the Secretary of Convention shall provide to the members of the clergy in charge and the secretaries of all recognized congregations a record of the action taken on resolutions, including the final text of any business or policy resolution approved by Convention.

II. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIOCESE

2.0 Organization and Administration, In General. The corporation known as “The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan,” incorporated under the name The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Inc., shall be the legal entity of the Diocese, and except as otherwise provided in the Constitution or Canons, it shall have custody, control, and investment of all funds of the Diocese and shall hold legal title to all diocesan property, including the property of all missions, in trust for diocesan purposes; and shall exercise such other power as shall be provided in the Articles of Incorporation, not otherwise inconsistent with the Constitution and Canons of this Diocese.

2.0.1 Body Corporate. As a body corporate, the Diocese has a board of directors, being the Diocesan Council, and Officers. In addition to the authority conferred upon the Diocesan Council by the Constitution and the Canons of the Diocese, it shall have the authority granted to such bodies by the State of Michigan unless specifically restricted by this Convention or the Canons of the Diocese. The Council shall be accountable to the Convention, and render a full published report concerning the work with which it is charged to each meeting of the said Convention. The Council shall exercise the powers conferred upon it by Canon, and such further powers as may be designated by Diocesan Convention. Between sessions of Convention, it may initiate and develop such new work as it may deem necessary. Except in order to address budget shortfalls or upon recommendation of the Chancellor as legal counsel to Convention and Council, in no case shall the Council be empowered to reverse any action of the Convention. The Trustees of the Diocese shall have jurisdiction and power to administer all property devised, conveyed or transferred to the Diocese for one or more express purposes and to manage investments of the Diocese and of those recognized congregations that elect to have the Trustees provide such services.

2.1 Office of the Bishop.

2.1.1 Ecclesiastical Authority; as Ordinary and Chief Pastor.

2.1.1.1 Chief Pastor. The Bishop is the Chief Pastor of and Ordinary in the Diocese.

2.1.1.2 Responsible for Program and Coordination. The Bishop, working cooperatively with the Diocesan Council, shall oversee the administration and implementation of all programs and functions adopted by the Convention and the Diocesan Council. The Bishop shall be responsible for coordination of and among diocesan activities, organizations, and institutions, and with the Church, generally.

2.1.1.3 Ordinary of Religious or Benevolent Associations. The Bishop is the Ordinary of religious or benevolent associations of the Church within the Diocese, and as such may attend and preside at any of their meetings, and may

23 be appealed to for the settlement of any problem or dispute in the administration of their affairs.

2.1.1.4 Reconciler of Disagreements. Disagreements and dissension between or among members of the clergy of different congregations, or between any congregation or its congregational Governing Body and its member of the clergy in charge may be referred to the Ecclesiastical Authority for settlement and determination. The Ecclesiastical Authority may intervene in a situation of such disagreement or dissension, and exercise the authority and take action in such matter as is provided for in the Canons of the General Convention.

2.1.2 Delegation. The Bishop may delegate to the Bishop Coadjutor, Assisting Bishop and Bishop(s) Suffragan, if any, on a temporary basis any or all the duties of Ecclesiastical Authority under these Canons.

2.1.3 Staffing. The Office of the Bishop shall include staff necessary to fulfill the duties of the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Bishop shall have authority to employ and supervise such staff as may be necessary to administer the affairs of the Office of the Bishop within the limits of the administrative and program budget. The staff shall be entitled to benefits in conformity with diocesan employment policies. Members of the staff of the Office of the Bishop are not eligible to be elected or appointed to the Diocesan Council or the Standing Committee.

2.1.3.1 Executive Assistant. The Bishop may appoint an Executive Assistant, who may be known as Canon to the Ordinary, Executive Assistant or other title designated by the Bishop, and shall perform such duties as the Ecclesiastical Authority may direct.

2.1.3.2 Executive Secretary. The Bishop may appoint an Executive Secretary, who may be known as Administrative Assistant or other title designated by the Bishop. The Executive Secretary shall be the principal secretary to the Ecclesiastical Authority and shall perform such duties as the Ecclesiastical Authority may direct.

2.1.3.3 Archdeacons, Deans. The Bishop, with the advice of the Standing Committee, shall appoint a Dean for each Deanery and may appoint one or more Archdeacons for assistance in pastoral care and such other duties as the Bishop may assign.

2.2 Diocesan Office. The Diocesan Office shall include staff necessary to attend to the efficient and effective operation of the Diocese. The Bishop is in charge of the Diocesan Office and its operations, in concert with the Diocesan Council in matters that are temporal.

2.2.1 Diocesan Staff. The Bishop, acting with the advice of the Diocesan Council, may assign or delegate responsibilities for the fulfillment of the ministry and mission of this Diocese and the effective and efficient operation of the Diocese, among designated persons, departments, and non-canonical commissions and committees as necessary, which shall be subject to the Bishop’s supervision and control in concert with the Diocesan Council; and may appoint members of the clergy and laypersons to direct and administer such work as members of the Diocesan Office. The Bishop may determine the manner and composition of each such department, commission or committee carrying out the work of the Diocese.

24 The Bishop shall have authority to supervise such staff as may be necessary to administer the affairs of the Diocesan Office within the limits of the administrative and program budget. The staff shall be entitled to benefits in conformity with diocesan employment policies. Members of the staff of the Diocesan Office are not eligible to be elected or appointed to the Diocesan Council or the Standing Committee.

2.2.2 Records of the Diocese. The Bishop, with the advice of Diocesan Council shall appoint a person or persons to perform the functions of Registrar and Historiographer, described as follows:

2.2.2.1 Registrar. The Registrar shall maintain the record of the list of clergy canonically resident, actually resident, or licensed to exercise ministry in this Diocese as prepared by the Ecclesiastical Authority, and of all ordinations that take place in this Diocese, of all transfers of members of the clergy in and out of this Diocese and the death of members of the clergy canonically resident in this Diocese, of Ecclesiastical sentences and of other official acts pertaining to members of the clergy; obtain and maintain copies of the current bylaws of each congregation, committee, Special Ministry Initiative and the Diocesan Council; obtain and maintain the record of corporate status of congregations, together with annual reports filed with governmental bodies; collect and maintain copies of all Journals of Convention and other documents relating to the history of the Church in this Diocese and in its congregations; maintain records of the consecration of church buildings and of all confirmations; maintain a current list of congregations, by type; and prepare, obtain and maintain such other records as may be directed by the Ecclesiastical Authority, Convention, Diocesan Council, and the Standing Committee. The Registrar shall catalog and classify all records so their contents and location may be known and accessible for reference.

2.2.2.2 Historiographer/Archivist. The Historiographer/Archivist shall provide for preservation and organization, and availability for historical reference, of records of the Diocese and its recognized congregations that are not required for current operation of either of them but that are or may be of historical significance; as well as those records required to be maintained under the Canons of the General Convention.

2.2.3 Office of Financial Affairs. This office shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of "The Finance Committee or Department of Finance of the Diocese" as set forth in the Canons of the General Convention. The Bishop, with the advice and consent of Diocesan Council shall appoint persons to serve in this office.

2.3 Governance of the Diocese.

2.3.1 Diocesan Council. The executive council, known as the Diocesan Council, shall act on behalf of Convention between meetings thereof to carry out the program and policies adopted by Conventions of the Diocese and as more specifically required by these Canons. Subject only to the policies established by Convention, and such limitations which Convention may enact by way of business resolution from time to time, Council may exercise all powers of the Diocese not reserved by Constitution and Canons to some other entity, and may enter into final and binding contracts on behalf of the Diocese. Council may initiate new projects, or propose changes or revisions in Diocesan policy, subject to the review of Convention.

25 2.3.1.1 Duties. The Diocesan Council shall (a) in concert with the Ecclesiastical Authority, nurture, support and oversee the corporate mission and ministry of this Diocese; (b) cultivate leadership within the Diocese and its recognized congregations; (c) in concert with the Ecclesiastical Authority, support, and foster participation in, the fellowship, mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion throughout the world; (d) encourage responsible stewardship among members and congregations of the Diocese, propose an annual budget for the Diocese for adoption at the Annual Convention, administer the adopted annual budget, and administer with due care all funds and other assets entrusted to it; (e) provide to Members of Convention and to the secretary of each Congregation, approximately thirty (30) days prior to each Annual Convention, a written report concerning the work with which it has been charged and its activities, including the identity of Special Ministry Initiatives and their charter dates; (f) evaluate committees, commissions, task forces, organizations or similar structures established by or pursuant to these Canons or by Convention other than Governing Bodies of the Diocese and make recommendation to Convention about their continued work, providing for participation by those to be evaluated in the process of evaluation; and periodically evaluate its own methods of operation and performance; (g) develop and promote service by the Diocese as a management and spiritual resource to congregations and ministries; (h) review compliance with the requirements of Canons of the General Convention pertaining to pensions of members of the clergy, and work to resolve deficiencies in compliance with such requirements; (i) track resolutions approved by Convention of the Diocese; recommend the manner in which the Diocese and/or its recognized congregations shall undertake the action(s) called for, providing for participation by the sponsor(s) of the resolution(s); and report to Convention on actions taken to implement resolutions and any known response or action as a result of resolutions; (j) adopt and review annually an equal employment opportunity policy for the Diocese, its congregations and affiliated organizations, providing for equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, non-limiting physical or mental disabilities, marital status or national origin except as otherwise provided by these Canons; (k) adopt and review annually a sexual conduct policy, which shall not be less restrictive than any such policy adopted by the Executive Council of the General Convention; (l) adopt, subject to ratification by Convention by majority vote of those voting, policies for the operation of the Diocese consistent with these Canons, and periodically review policies of the Diocese; (m) perform such other duties as are from time to time assigned by Convention or the Ecclesiastical Authority, including overseeing the implementation of business resolutions of Convention; and (n) appoint persons to perform the duties prescribed in these Canons.

2.3.1.2 Members of Diocesan Council. The Diocesan Council shall be composed of the Bishop; no fewer than sixteen (16), but not more than twenty

26 (20), elected members or appointees serving in lieu of elected members; and not more than eight (8) persons appointed as members at large. In addition, there shall be members ex officio as provided in these Canons.

2.3.1.2.1 Deaneries, Deans. With the advice and consent of the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Diocesan Council from time to time shall establish no more than eight (8) geographic subdivisions of the Diocese to be known as Deaneries. Each Deanery shall consist of approximately the same number of geographically contiguous recognized congregations (“constituent congregations”). The Ecclesiastical Authority shall appoint, with approval by a vote of a majority at the Deanery’s Caucus of the Members of Convention present and voting representing the constituent congregations of the Deanery, a Dean for each Deanery. Deans shall be appointed for a three (3) year term, and may be re-appointed for a second three (3) year term. Vacancies in the office of Dean shall be filled between Caucus by the Ecclesiastical Authority. Deans shall perform such duties as are set forth by the Ecclesiastical Authority, and shall act in consultation with members of the clergy and governing bodies of the recognized congregations in the Deanery. Persons serving as Deans are not eligible to serve as members of the Diocesan Council during their term. As the members of the clergy in charge and the governing bodies of its constituent congregations may agree, each Deanery may adopt a form of organization, not including incorporation under the laws of the State of Michigan, which shall provide opportunities for fellowship, education and training, common ministry, sharing of information, clericus meetings, and other worthy activities, in all respects subject to these Canons. For purposes of transition, all Area Councils in existence as of October 30, 2004 shall initially be recognized as deaneries under the terms of these Canons, and all deans appointed as of October 30, 2004 shall initially function as deans under the terms of these Canons.

2.3.1.2.2 Annual Caucus. Not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of Annual Convention, or on such date certain as the Diocesan Council may determine, each Dean annually shall convene a Caucus for the purposes of (i) electing one (1) representative to serve on the Diocesan Council and (ii) as may be necessary, approving by a vote of a majority of the Members of Convention present and voting representing the constituent congregations of the Deanery, no fewer than two (2) nominees for the office of Dean. Voting members of the Caucus shall be three (3) lay delegates to Annual Convention from each constituent congregation and all members of the clergy who are qualified to vote in Convention and who are called or assigned to, resident in, or regularly participating in worship at one of the Deanery’s constituent congregations. A member of the clergy may vote in the Caucus of only one Deanery.

2.3.1.2.3 Elected Members. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Caucus, and in consultation with the members of the clergy in charge of the Deanery's constituent congregations and at least one lay delegate from each constituent congregation, the Dean shall prepare and distribute to the voting members of the Caucus a slate of no fewer than two (2) candidates, each of whom shall have agreed to stand for election. Candidates shall alternate annually between lay and ordained orders. Nominations from the floor may be made, provided such nominees are of the order to be elected in that year and have agreed to stand for election. The voting members shall vote by secret ballot to

27 elect one (1) person to serve as a representative to the Diocesan Council, and election shall require a majority of those members present and voting. Not less than three (3) days following the date of said Caucus, the Dean shall certify the results of the election in writing to the Ecclesiastical Authority.

2.3.1.2.4 Inability to Elect. Should a Caucus be unable to elect a representative to Diocesan Council, the Dean shall so inform the Ecclesiastical Authority not more than three (3) days following the date of the Caucus. In this event, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall consult with the Dean, who in consultation with members of the clergy and governing bodies of the constituent congregations shall determine whether a person from one of the Deanery's constituent congregations, who is of the same order as would have been elected in that year, is willing to accept appointment to fill the vacancy. If such a person is eligible for election and willing to serve, by vote of a majority of those present and voting the Diocesan Council shall make the appointment at its first, or organizational, meeting held after Annual Convention. If the vacancy remains unfilled at the time of its organizational meeting, the Diocesan Council promptly shall appoint a member of the Diocese to fill the vacancy, provided that the appointee is eligible for election and is of the same order as would have been elected in that year by the Deanery’s Caucus. Any person appointed in this manner shall serve as a member of the Council for a term of two (2) years, or until such time as the appointee’s term would expire if the position had been filled by election. If the appointee is subsequently elected to Diocesan Council by the appointee’s own Deanery, the appointee shall resign the appointed position, and Diocesan Council shall fill the vacancy.

2.3.1.2.5 Members-at-Large. The Diocesan Council, in consultation with the Ecclesiastical Authority, may appoint as members-at-large of the Diocesan Council (i) not more than two (2) persons between the ages of 16 and 21 years, who are eligible for election, and (ii) not more than six (6) persons who are eligible for election. By means of such appointments the Diocesan Council shall endeavor to provide a presence on the Diocesan Council of persons representative of the diversity within this Diocese.

2.3.1.2.6 Terms, Term Limits. The term of office of an elected member of the Diocesan Council shall be three (3) years, commencing at a meeting of the Diocesan Council called or scheduled not more than ninety (90) days after the adjournment of Annual Convention (the "annual organizational meeting"), and ending at the annual organizational meeting held after the third Annual Convention following his/her election. An appointee shall serve the same term as an elected member, or, if appointed to fill the term of an elected member who resigns or is otherwise unable to serve, the remaining portion of that elected member’s term. The term of office of a member-at-large shall be three (3) years, and shall begin at the time of appointment and continue until the third annual organizational meeting following his/her appointment. No person shall serve more than six (6) consecutive years as a member of the Diocesan Council, whether by election, appointment, or combination thereof. At the end of six (6) consecutive years of service, a person shall not be eligible for election or appointment to the Diocesan Council for a period of one (1) year. Diocesan Council will implement the staggering of the terms so that eight of the 24 terms expire in any one year and this provision will expire once this staggering of terms has been fully implemented.

2.3.1.2.7 Members Ex Officio. The Secretary of the Diocesan corporation, the Treasurer of the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, and the Chancellor of the Diocese, if not elected or appointed as members of the Diocesan Council, and the Bishop Coadjutor, if any, shall be members of Diocesan Council ex officio with voice but without vote.

2.3.1.2.8 Vacancies. Should an elected or appointed member of the Diocesan Council be absent from more than three (3) consecutive meetings, the Bishop promptly shall determine that member's ability to fulfill the member’s commitment. If the member is unable regularly to attend meetings, the Bishop may request that the Diocesan Council, by majority vote, declare the position held by that member to be vacant. By majority vote the remaining members of the Diocesan Council shall fill such vacancy by appointing a person in the manner provided in this Canon. By majority vote the remaining members of the Diocesan Council at any time, in consultation with the Ecclesiastical Authority, may fill vacancies among its members-at-large.

2.3.1.3 Operating Policies and Procedures. The Diocesan Council may establish rules, bylaws and other procedures to govern its meetings and work. All such rules, bylaws and procedures shall be published when approved and made available to each congregation, and reported annually in the Journal of the Annual Convention.

2.3.1.4 Committees. The Diocesan Council may establish committees, commissions, task forces, or similar structures to assist it with its work; and shall establish and make publicly known a regular procedure for the evaluation, modification, or termination of such structures.

2.3.1.5 Meetings. The Diocesan Council shall meet not less often than four (4) times between Annual Conventions, at places and times determined by the Ecclesiastical Authority with concurrence of the members. Within ninety (90) days after adjournment of Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall hold its first (organizational) meeting, at which it shall elect the Officers of the Diocesan corporation and its members-at-large, and conduct such other business as prescribed in these Canons. Additional meetings of the Diocesan Council may be called by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the officers or by written request of one- third (1/3) of the members. Notice of a meeting shall be given by notice personally or by mail or electronic communication to all members of Diocesan Council, including members ex officio. The members of the Diocesan Council may waive notice. Times and places of meetings shall be publicized in a diocesan publication of general circulation other than the Journal of Annual Convention, but including the Diocesan website, and the meetings shall be open to all members of recognized congregations unless for cause the Ecclesiastical Authority and the Diocesan Council deem it necessary to meet in executive session from time to time. Actions taken in open or executive session shall be reported in the minutes of the meeting.

2.3.1.5.1 Chair and Presiding Officer. The Bishop shall serve as Chair and President of the Diocesan Council. In the temporary absence of the Bishop, the Bishop may designate the Dean or Warden of the Diocesan Council to preside at the meeting as Chair pro tem, and in the incapacity of the Bishop, the Diocesan Council may designate either the Dean or Warden of the

29 Diocesan Council to preside as Chair pro tem. The Chair shall not vote except in the case of a tie.

2.3.2 Officers. The officers of the corporation known as the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Inc. shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Chancellor, a Registrar and a Secretary of Convention, and their duly elected or appointed assistants. The officers of the corporation shall serve as officers of the Diocesan Council. All officers shall be either members of the clergy canonically and actually resident in this Diocese or communicants in good standing in recognized congregations in the Diocese. With the exception of the Chair and President, the officers and their successors shall be elected or appointed, and may be replaced, by action of Diocesan Council in its discretion, acting with the advice and consent of the Ecclesiastical Authority. By majority vote, the Diocesan Council may fill a vacancy in the offices for the unexpired term by appointing the person in the same clergy or lay order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled.

2.3.2.1 Warden and Dean. At the first meeting of Diocesan Council following adjournment of the Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall elect, with the concurrence of the Ecclesiastical Authority, one elected lay member of the Diocesan Council to serve as Warden of the Council; and the Ecclesiastical Authority shall appoint, with the concurrence of the Diocesan Council, one elected clergy member of the Diocesan Council to serve as Dean of the Council. The Warden and Dean so elected shall serve as officers of the Diocesan Council until the earlier of the next organizational meeting of Diocesan Council or the election of a successor. The Warden and Dean shall assist the Ecclesiastical Authority in coordinating and facilitating the work of Diocesan Council. The Warden and Dean may be elected to successive terms.

2.3.2.2 Secretary. At the first meeting of Diocesan Council following adjournment of an Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall elect a Secretary, and, as deemed appropriate by Diocesan Council, an Assistant Secretary or Secretaries of the corporation, one of whom shall be the Executive Assistant of the Diocese serving ex-officio with seat and voice but without vote. Each shall serve until the earlier of the next organizational meeting of Diocesan Council or the election of a successor, and each may be elected to successive terms. The Secretary shall record, or cause to be recorded, the actions of Diocesan Council in appropriate minutes, and cause the minutes to be published promptly after approval and distributed to the members of Diocesan Council, the Trustees, the Standing Committee, the secretaries of all recognized congregations and to such others as directed by the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Secretary shall perform such other acts as are officially required of the Secretary of the Diocese as a body corporate. Neither the Secretary nor Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall serve as Secretary of Convention.

2.3.2.3 Treasurer. At the first meeting of Diocesan Council following adjournment of the Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall elect a layperson to serve as Treasurer of the Diocese until the earlier of the next organizational meeting of Diocesan Council or the election of a successor. The Treasurer shall present a monthly financial report prepared by diocesan staff in consultation with the Treasurer to the Diocesan Council. The Treasurer, assisted by diocesan staff, shall present a written report of the financial affairs of the

30 Diocese annually to Convention. The Treasurer shall serve as Treasurer of the Annual Convention and shall serve ex officio as a member of the Trustees.

2.3.2.4 Chancellor. At the first meeting of Diocesan Council following adjournment of the Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall elect a layperson who is a lawyer licensed to practice, in good standing, in Michigan to serve as Chancellor of the Diocese until the earlier of the next organizational meeting of Diocesan Council or the election of a successor, and who may be elected for successive terms. At the request of the Ecclesiastical Authority or the Chancellor, the Diocesan Council may appoint one or more Vice Chancellors, each of whom shall be a lawyer licensed to practice in Michigan, in good standing in the State Bar of Michigan. The Chancellor shall serve at the direction and pleasure of the Diocesan Council and the Ecclesiastical Authority, acting in concurrence, as the legal officer of the Diocese and as legal advisor to the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Standing Committee and the Convention. The Chancellor may delegate responsibilities to a Vice-Chancellor. If a vacancy in the office of Chancellor occurs between Annual Conventions, the Diocesan Council may appoint a Vice Chancellor to serve as Chancellor. If there is no Vice- Chancellor willing and able to serve as Chancellor, the Diocesan Council, with the approval of the Ecclesiastical Authority, may appoint another person qualified to serve as Chancellor.

2.3.3 Standing Committee.

2.3.3.1 Duties. The Standing Committee shall perform those duties and exercise those prerogatives described in the Canons of the General Convention and these Canons.

2.3.3.2 Members. The Standing Committee shall consist of eight (8) members, four (4) members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and four (4) laypersons who shall be confirmed adult communicants in good standing of a congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation. Two members, one member of the clergy and one layperson, shall be elected at each Annual Convention.

2.3.3.3 Term. The term of office shall commence at a meeting of the committee called or scheduled not more than 90 days after Annual Convention (the “annual organizational meeting”), and shall continue until the annual organizational meeting held after the fourth Annual Convention following election. By majority vote, the remaining members of the Committee may fill a vacancy in its membership by appointing a person in the same order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled to serve the balance of the unexpired term. A person shall not be eligible for reelection until the next Annual Convention following the fourth Annual Convention after election to a full term. During the period commencing on the day after the adjournment of the 173rd Convention of the Diocese and ending on the day before the commencement of the 174th Convention of the Diocese, the Committee shall fill any vacancy on the Committee which vacancy is caused by no candidate or insufficient candidates having been nominated at the 173rd Convention, by appointing an individual in the same order as the vacant position, which individual shall have the same term of office had he or she been elected at the 173rd Convention.

31 2.3.3.4 Offices. At its annual organizational meeting, the Committee shall elect from among its members a President and a Secretary. The Secretary shall be the keeper of minutes and of official records of actions of the Committee.

2.3.3.5 Report. The Committee shall provide to Members of Convention and to the secretary of each congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation, approximately thirty (30) days prior to each Annual Convention, a written report concerning the work with which it has been charged and its activities, other than those that relate to its role as council of advice to the Bishop or to any function the Committee serves in the processes of clergy discipline.

2.3.4 Commission on Ministry. The Commission on Ministry shall assist the Bishop in development and affirmation of the ministry of all baptized persons in the Church and in the world. Establishment of the Commission is the initial step of this Diocese in fulfilling the mandate of the Canons of the General Convention that provision shall be made for such development and affirmation.

2.3.4.1 Duties. The Commission on Ministry shall perform those duties prescribed in the Canons of the General Convention and such other duties as shall be assigned by the Bishop.

2.3.4.2 Members. The Commission shall consist of the Bishop and twenty (20) other members, ten (10) members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and ten (10) laypersons each of whom are confirmed adult communicants in good standing of a congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation. Ten (10) members, five in each order, shall be elected at an Annual Convention and ten (10) members, five in each order, shall be appointed by the Bishop. Two of the elected members, one in each order, shall be elected at each Annual Convention and two of the appointed members, one in each order, shall be appointed by the Bishop at each Annual Convention, so that the terms are staggered.

2.3.4.3 Term of Office. The term of office shall commence at a meeting of the Commission called or scheduled not less than 90 days after Annual Convention (the “annual organizational meeting”), and shall continue until the annual organizational meeting held after the fifth Annual Convention following election. A person shall not be eligible for reelection or reappointment until the next Annual Convention following expiration of their term.

2.3.4.4 Vacancies. By majority vote, the remaining members of the Commission may fill a vacancy in the elected membership of the Commission for the unexpired term by appointing a person in the same clergy or lay order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled, and the person so elected shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term of the person creating the vacancy. The Bishop may fill a vacancy in the appointed membership for the unexpired term by appointing a person in the same clergy or lay order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled, and the person so elected shall serve for the duration of the term of the unexpired term of the person creating the vacancy.

2.3.4.5 Chair; Liaison. The Commission on Ministry shall elect a person from its membership to serve as its Chair, and shall request the Bishop to designate a member of the Office of the Bishop or Diocesan Office to serve as liaison to the Commission on Ministry.

2.3.4.6 Rules. The Commission shall adopt rules for its work conforming to the Constitution and Canons of this Diocese. The Commission on Ministry may invite other persons to serve on subcommittees or otherwise assist in its work.

2.3.5 Trustees.

2.3.5.1 Members. The Trustees shall be composed of the Bishop, who shall be the President, and sixteen (16) other members, four (4) of whom shall be members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and twelve (12) of whom shall be laypersons each of whom is a communicant in good standing of a congregation that have been admitted as a Voting Congregation. Four members; one member of the clergy and three laypersons, shall be elected at each Annual Convention, so that their terms are staggered. The term of office shall commence at a meeting of the Trustees called or scheduled not less than 90 days after Annual Convention (the “annual organizational meeting”) and continue until the annual organizational meeting held after the fourth Annual Convention following election. A person shall not be eligible for reelection until the next Annual Convention following expiration of their term unless they served only two years or less of a four year term. By majority vote, the remaining Trustees may fill a vacancy on the Trustees for the unexpired term by appointing a person in the same order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled, and the person so elected shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term of the person creating the vacancy.

2.3.5.2 Purposes. The Trustees, in their discretion, shall receive transfer of property to the Diocese for one or more express purposes, and may receive funds from recognized congregations and other funds of this Diocese for investment purposes, invest such funds as directed or in their discretion as trustees they may determine; and to collect and receive all income therefrom, and to pay out the net income therefrom for the purposes of the Diocese as established by Diocesan Council as to diocesan funds or pursuant and subject to the terms of the trust or trusts or other direction under which any such property or money shall have been received by it. The principal of several express trusts, or such portion thereof as the Trustees deem advisable, unless the terms of such trusts shall require otherwise, may be combined for the purpose of investment in a single fund, and the income from such fund shall be paid proportionately to the beneficiaries of the several trusts. The Trustees shall provide to Members of Convention and to the secretary of each congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation, thirty (30) days prior to each Annual Convention, a written report concerning its work, including a report of all sales, all conveyances into

33 and from the Diocese, and other activity regarding the trust property, including all funds administered by it during the year and an inventory of property over which it has jurisdiction.

2.4 Operation of the Diocese.

2.4.1 Business Methods. The Diocese shall follow the standard business methods required by the Canons of the General Convention. The rules contained in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) shall govern all meetings of diocesan committees, Diocesan Council, commissions and Trustees in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Canons. Meetings of diocesan committees, Diocesan Council, commissions and Trustees may be called by their respective presiding officers on notice given to all members of the body in writing and delivered by mail including electronic mail and facsimile transmission, or by publication in an official journal of the Diocese, at least ten (10) days before the meeting. Notice of a meeting may be waived by members of the body. Meetings may be held by any means that permits all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting, including meeting in person, conference call, or other means of remote communication; and action taken may be recorded by consent resolution signed by members voting.

2.4.1.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Diocese shall be a calendar year, or such other annual period as is permitted by Canons of the General Convention.

2.4.2 Financing of Diocesan Mission, Ministry, and Budgets.

2.4.2.1 Budget Development. At least 150 days prior to the date of the Annual Convention, the Diocesan Council shall provide for and publicize no fewer than two (2) open hearings on the development of the budget in the diocese. The hearings shall be held in different geographic regions of the diocese and shall be held in a combined format, addressing the development of the formula for congregational asking and diocesan mission spending priorities. Within seven (7) days of each hearing, any proposed budget, meeting minutes, and comments from the hearing shall be published on the Diocesan website, along with the contact information of the Chair of the Mission Budget Committee. The Diocesan Council shall make available to the members of Convention and to the secretaries of all recognized congregations and to liaison from all chartered Special Ministry Initiatives such descriptive materials as may aid in understanding diocesan mission, ministry and finance, and the budget development process.

2.4.2.2 Proposed Budgets. The Diocesan Council shall prepare, not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of Annual Convention, (i) a proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1 next following the Annual Convention, and (ii) a draft budget for the fiscal year beginning one (1) year from January 1 next following the Annual Convention. The Treasurer shall cause both the proposed budget and the draft budget, reasonably informative of sources and uses of funds, and indicating proposed support for the budget of TEC, to be forwarded to all Members of Convention and to the secretaries of all recognized congregations of the Diocese not less than ninety (90) days prior to the date of Annual Convention.

34 2.4.2.3 Congregational Asking. The Diocesan Council shall prepare as a part of the proposed budget (i) a formula for annual support from congregations for the mission, ministry and budget of the Diocese, and (ii) an annual asking for each congregation in support of the mission, ministry and budget of the Diocese. The formula and annual asking shall be based on the amount reportable by each congregation on its annual parochial report as “normal operating income” (as presently defined, but as otherwise may be defined from time to time in the form for a parochial report, as plate offerings, pledge payments and regular support, amounts available for operations from investments, other operating income including unrestricted gifts and restricted gifts used for operations, contributions from congregational organizations, and unrestricted bequests used for operations). The proposed formula and congregational asking shall be forwarded to all Members of Convention and to the secretaries of all recognized congregations of the Diocese with the proposed budget. The governing body of each congregation shall deliver to the Office of the Bishop a written commitment of financial support for the diocesan mission, ministry and budget during the next fiscal year not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of Annual Convention.

2.4.2.3.1 Definition of “Normal Operating Income.” The definition of normal operating income by the norms and canons of The Episcopal Church, includes any endowed or restricted funds whose proceeds are spent on normal parish operations, and EXCLUDES such funds that are reinvested in the fund, spent on outreach, or on capital improvements projects. Under no circumstances may parishes spend endowed money on their own normal annual operations and exclude this income from the diocesan funding formula, or the canons and parochial reporting norms of The Episcopal Church or this diocese.

2.4.2.3.2 Fair Share Expectation. Each congregation is expected to accept its full fair share of the asking according to the formula approved by Convention for support of diocesan mission, ministry, and annual budget, as part of its financial obligations.

2.4.2.3.3 Mutual Fair Share Adjustments. In the event that a congregation is unable to pay its full fair share of the asking of the formula approved by Convention for diocesan support, the congregation shall state its reasons for nonpayment, and will appeal to the Diocesan Council, in a form and manner adopted by the Diocesan Council, for reduction in its fair share support. Council will offer support to congregations needing help and together they will devise a plan to address the situation, which may at the discretion of the Council include a reduction in its asking in support of diocesan ministry.

2.4.2.3.4 Authority to Address Financial Support Issues. Should a congregation fail to pay its asking according to the established formula or by prior mutual arrangement with Diocesan Council, Council shall report such to Convention, and Diocesan Convention shall have the authority to take such action as it deems necessary to reconcile the relationship between the Diocese and the distressed parish.

2.4.2.4 Budget; Summary of Commitments of Support. The Diocesan Council shall prepare (i) the Budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1 next following Annual Convention, and (ii) a summary of congregational commitments of support; and shall cause the Budget and the summary to be mailed to all

35 Members of Convention and to the secretaries of all recognized congregations and to liaison from all chartered Special Ministry Initiatives not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of Annual Convention.

2.4.2.5 Action of Convention. It shall be the responsibility of the Members of Convention at each Annual Convention (i) to debate, amend as necessary, and approve the budget for the next fiscal year; (ii) to debate and approve a formula for congregational support of the diocesan mission, ministry and annual budget for the second fiscal year following the annual convention; and (iii) to debate and comment upon the draft budget for the second fiscal year following the Annual Convention.

2.4.2.6 Adjustments. Subject to the authority of, and any specific directions of the Convention, the Diocesan Council shall have power, between the meetings of the Convention, to rearrange, change, add to or reduce, in its discretion, any of the items in the budget adopted by the Annual Convention; provided, the Diocesan Council shall have no power to make any changes or additions in such budget whereby the total amount thereof is increased, unless and until additional funds sufficient to meet any such increase shall be assured or in hand.

2.4.3 Special Ministry Initiatives.

2.4.3.1 Formation; Purpose. Members of congregations of the Diocese are encouraged to live out the Church’s mission to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. The Diocesan Council may charter extra-parochial committees, task forces or groups formed within the Diocese for the purpose of furthering the faith, fellowship and ministry of the Church within and beyond this Diocese as Special Ministry Initiatives. Special Ministry Initiatives may include, but are not limited to, two or more recognized congregations, regional groupings of recognized congregations or communicants, or communities of interest, when the goal of such collaborative effort is to offer an experimental, unusual, or creative response to an identified need in the geographic area or population to be served.

2.4.3.2 Application; Term of Charter. The Diocesan Council shall encourage extra-parochial ministries by receiving written applications from proposers of Special Ministry Initiatives. An application shall clearly describe the ministry of the proposed Special Ministry Initiative for its proposed charter. Approval of a Special Ministry Initiative charter shall require a majority vote of the members of the Diocesan Council present and voting. A chartered Special Ministry Initiative may adopt a form of organization that facilitates its ministry, adopt bylaws, and appoint or elect officers. A chartered Special Ministry Initiative shall retain its status for as long as the group pursues the ministry described in its application and conforms to the requirements of this Canon. A chartered Special Ministry Initiative shall agree to serve as a model to, and to provide reasonable guidance for, other groups seeking to establish a similar ministry in another area of the Diocese. The Bishop shall identify a diocesan staff liaison for each Special Ministry Initiative, and each Special Ministry Initiative shall identify to the Diocesan Council a liaison to the diocese.

2.4.3.3 Reporting. A Special Ministry Initiative shall submit to the Diocesan Council, at a time the Diocesan Council shall determine, an annual report regarding its activity. The annual report, or if necessary a summary thereof

36 approved by the Special Ministry Initiative, shall be printed in the Journal of the Annual Convention.

2.4.3.4 Finance. A group chartered as a Special Ministry Initiative may apply for financial support from the annual budget of the Diocese. Application for such support shall be made through the established budget development process. Chartered Special Ministry Initiatives receiving financial support from the annual budget or from any other source shall (i) observe the business practices set forth in the Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) or in other materials issued by the General Convention; (ii) cause its books to be audited annually; and (iii) submit to the Diocesan Council an annual audited statement or audit report.

2.4.4 Deputies to the General Convention.

2.4.4.1 Election; Vacancies. At the Annual Convention occurring at least 12, but not more than 24, months prior to the next scheduled triennial General Convention of the TEC, the Members of Convention shall elect eight (8) members of the clergy eligible to vote at Convention and eight (8) laypersons, each of whom is a confirmed adult communicant in good standing in a congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation, as deputies and alternate deputies from the Diocese to the General Convention, each of whom, as a condition of acceptance of nomination for deputy, shall have committed to attend all sessions of the General Convention if elected. Persons elected shall serve until their successors are elected. The four (4) members of the clergy and four (4) laypersons receiving the highest number of votes on the first ballot shall be designated as deputies and the members of the clergy and laypersons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be designated as alternate deputies, all in numerical order of the votes received by them. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall fill any vacancy in the deputation by appointing persons of the same order in which there is a vacancy, having the same qualifications as those elected. The deputies shall attend and participate in the meetings of the General Convention and all related meetings preceding or following the General Convention to which elected as a deputy or appointed to serve as a deputy. A member of the deputation who at the time of the General Convention would not be eligible for election as a Deputy shall be ineligible to serve as a Deputy to General Convention, and an alternate shall serve in place of that former deputy.

2.4.4.2 Duties. The deputies shall be responsible for tracking legislation adopted by the General Convention requiring or urging action on the part of the Diocese or its recognized congregations; and shall recommend the manner in which the Diocese or its recognized congregations shall undertake such action, and report the progress of such action, if any, as required by the directives of the Secretary of the General Convention.

2.4.5 Delegates to Provincial Synod. At the Annual Convention next preceding the next scheduled triennial General Convention of The Episcopal Church, the Members of Convention shall elect one member of the clergy eligible to vote at Convention and two laypersons who are communicants in good standing in a congregation that has been admitted as a Voting Congregation, from those persons elected as deputies and alternate deputies to the General Convention to serve as delegates from the Diocese to the Synod Council of the Fifth Province of The Episcopal Church (the “Provincial Synod”), for a term continuing until the third

37 Annual Convention following election. The Ecclesiastical Authority may designate a person to fill any vacancy that may occur in the representation of the Diocese to Provincial Synod. Each person so designated by the Ecclesiastical Authority shall have all the rights of a delegate duly elected.

2.5 Cathedral. By action taken at a Convention by majority vote, the Diocese may designate one of its recognized congregations as a Cathedral Church to serve as the Bishop’s church, in order to (a) afford the Bishop a place of right to administer the duties of the Ordinary, to which end the Bishop may officiate at will, by preaching or by public administration of the Sacraments and other offices of the Church, appointing the services to be used; (b) serve as the center of diocesan unity and administration; and (c) serve as the center of diocesan mission and ministry. The designation as Cathedral Church shall be subject to acceptance by the designated congregation by action taken in accordance with its bylaws and communicated in writing to the Bishop. The means by which the designated Cathedral Church may terminate its designation as such shall be documented in the written communications between the Cathedral Church and the Diocese.

2.5.1 Designation. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit, has been and is designated as the Cathedral Church of the Diocese.

2.5.2 Cathedral Parish. The congregation of the Cathedral Church has the status of a Parish of the Diocese, and shall have the rights and responsibilities of a Parish; and, in addition, shall have the special responsibility of supporting and facilitating the Bishop’s use of the Cathedral Church for the above stated purposes.

2.5.3 Cathedral Chapter. A Cathedral Chapter shall work with the Bishop and the vestry of the Cathedral congregation to enhance the mission and ministry of the Cathedral as the main church of the Diocese. The Chapter shall consist of a board of eighteen (18) members, of whom six shall be clerics, with the Bishop of the Diocese as Chair. The Chapter shall be composed of three classes of six members each, representing, (a) the Diocese, (b) the Congregation of the Cathedral Parish, and (c) the Members of Convention of the Diocese. The class representing the Diocese shall consist of three members of the clergy and three laypersons; the class representing the Congregation of the Cathedral Parish shall consist of six laypersons; the class representing the Members of Convention of the Diocese shall consist of three members of the clergy and three laypersons. The representatives of the Diocese shall be appointed by the Bishop; the representatives of the Congregation of the Cathedral Parish shall be selected by the Vestry Committee from its new members; and the representatives of the Members of Convention of the Diocese shall be elected by the Members of Convention at an Annual Convention. One third of each class shall be selected each year. Representatives shall serve a term of at least three years, until a successor has been elected or appointed. Any vacancy in the members representing the Diocese shall be filled by the Bishop, who shall appoint a new member form the same category as the member whose vacancy is being filled; any vacancy in the members representing the Congregation of the Cathedral Parish shall be filled by the Vestry Committee; and vacancy in the members representing the Members of Convention of the Diocese shall be filled by the Diocesan Council. Persons so appointed or elected shall hold office for the balance of their predecessor’s term.

2.5.4 Dean. The Dean of the Cathedral shall be called by the vestry with the advice and consent of the Bishop, and, as Rector ex officio of the Cathedral Parish, shall have the canonical authority and duties of a rector.

2.5.5 Temporal Affairs. The temporal affairs of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, a Michigan corporation, are the mutual responsibility of the Diocese and he Cathedral Parish, exercised through the Cathedral Chapter, except for those specifically reserved to the Cathedral Parish, as specified in the canons and the corporation’s by-laws.

III. CONGREGATIONS

3.0 Congregations, Generally. The Diocese of Michigan consists of a variety of congregations, all of which share in common the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ.

3.1 Congregations Defined. In these Canons the term “congregation” means a recognized body of worshipers.

3.1.1 Types of Congregations. The congregations that are recognized in this Diocese are:

3.1.1.1 Parish. A Parish is a self-governing and self-supporting congregation within the Diocese, permitted to incorporate or is incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan, in the charge of a Rector, and authorized to send lay delegates with voice and vote to Convention. The Governing Body of a Parish is a vestry. A body of worshipers numbering fifty (50) or more baptized persons, aged sixteen (16) years or older, at least twenty-five (25) of whom at the time of petition shall be communicants in good standing of a congregation of this Diocese, and who represent no fewer than fifteen (15) separate households, may petition the Ecclesiastical Authority for recognition as a Parish of this Diocese and for admission to voting status at Conventions of the Diocese.

3.1.1.2 Diocesan Mission. A Diocesan Mission is a congregational ministry of the Diocese; in the charge of the Bishop or, at the Bishop’s discretion and pleasure, a Vicar; and authorized to send lay delegates with voice and vote to Convention. The Governing Body of a Diocesan Mission is a Bishop’s committee. A body of worshipers numbering twenty (20) or more baptized persons, aged sixteen (16) years or older, at least ten (10) of whom, at the time of petition, shall be communicants in good standing of a congregation of this Diocese, and who represent no fewer than ten (10) separate households, may petition the Ecclesiastical Authority for recognition as a Diocesan Mission of this Diocese and for admission to voting status at Conventions of the Diocese. The Bishop, or the Vicar if appointed, shall exercise the authority of the member of the clergy in charge in all Diocesan Missions.

3.1.1.3 Academic Chaplaincy. An Academic Chaplaincy is a congregational ministry of the Diocese, with or without members, formed for the purpose of providing worship and other services for and with students, faculty, and staff of a college or university; in the charge of a Chaplain; and authorized to send lay delegates with voice and vote to Convention. The Governing Body of an Academic Chaplaincy is a board. The Chaplain shall be called by the Board and shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Bishop. Any group of twenty (20) or more baptized persons aged sixteen (16) years or older, at least ten (10) of whom, at the time of petition, shall be adult communicants in good standing of a congregation of this Diocese, may petition the Ecclesiastical

39 Authority for recognition as an Academic Chaplaincy of this Diocese and for admission to voting status at Conventions of the Diocese.

3.1.1.3.1 Academic Chaplaincy Congregation. The members of the Congregation of an Academic Chaplaincy shall consist of those voting and ex-officio members of its Board, its Officers, and all students, faculty and staff of the college or university served by the Academic Chaplaincy who have regularly participated in the activities and programs of the Academic Chaplaincy. A member of the Congregation of an Academic Chaplaincy may be a member of another Congregation of this Church.

3.1.1.3.2 Academic Chaplaincy Lay Delegates to Convention. Notwithstanding the Provisions of Canon 1.1.1.2, Lay Delegates to Convention may consist of members of the Congregation of the Academic Chaplaincy, as defined in Canon 3.1.1.3.1.

3.1.1.3.3 Academic Chaplaincy Governance. Notwithstanding the provisions of Canon 4: (a) Meetings of the members of the Congregation of an Academic Chaplaincy need not be held. (b) The Board of an Academic Chaplaincy shall be elected by its own members, with the advice and consent of the Bishop, and need not be members of the Congregation of the Academic Chaplaincy at the time of their election. Members of the Board may succeed themselves. The number of voting members of the Board may not exceed sixteen (16). (c) The Bishop shall be the President of all Academic Chaplaincies, and the Rector of a parish in the proximity of the college or university served by the Academic Chaplaincy, or the Rector’s representative, may be a member of the Board. Other officers of the Academic Chaplaincy shall be elected by its Board. (d) The Vice-President of the Board and one additional member of the Board shall be designated by the Board as the Wardens of the Academic Chaplaincy. (e) The Board may appoint other persons, including but not limited to the Chaplain, the Administrative Assistant to the Board, the Music Director of the Academic Chaplaincy (if any) and students of the college or university served by the Academic Chaplaincy, as ex-officio members of the Board, with voice but without vote. (f) Meetings of the Board of an Academic Chaplaincy shall be held at least four (4) times per year. (g) In all other respects, Canon 4 shall apply to Academic Chaplaincies.

3.1.1.4 Parochial Mission. A Parochial Mission is a congregation founded by another congregation; in the charge of the member of the clergy in charge of the founding congregation, or at the discretion and pleasure of the member of the clergy in charge, a Vicar. The Governing Body of a Parochial Mission is the founding congregation’s vestry or a Bishop’s Committee, determined by agreement between the founding congregation and the Bishop at the time of formation of the Parochial Mission. Formation of a Parochial Mission shall

40 require commitment in writing to the proposed congregation by twenty (20) or more adult communicants in good standing of the founding congregation, each aged sixteen (16) years or older, and who represent no fewer than ten (10) separate households, who may petition the Ecclesiastical Authority for recognition as a Parochial Mission of this Diocese. When recognized as a congregation, a Parochial Mission may elect lay delegates to serve as Members of Convention with voice but without vote.

3.1.1.5 Worshiping Community. A Worshiping Community is a group of Christians who gather on a regular basis for worship, ministry, pastoral care, fellowship, education, or other worthy purpose, and who seek the recognition of the Diocese for their work; in the pastoral care of a member of the clergy, a Vicar, appointed by, and serving at the pleasure of, the Bishop; and governed and administered in a manner determined by the members of the Worshiping Community with the approval of the Bishop. This form of congregation may include new congregations in process of development, existing congregations becoming acclimated to the Episcopal Church, institutional chaplaincies, house churches, and other organized bodies of worshipers. A group of ten (10) or more baptized Christians aged sixteen (16) years or older, at least five (5) of whom, at the time of petition, shall be adult communicants in good standing of a congregation of this Diocese, and who represent no fewer than five (5) separate households, and may petition the Ecclesiastical Authority for recognition as a Worshiping Community of this Diocese. When recognized as a congregation, a Worshipping Community may elect lay delegates to serve as Members of Convention with voice but without vote. In a manner determined by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Worshiping Community shall report annually to the Bishop or designated staff regarding its ministry and activities. The congregation’s continued recognition in the Diocese shall be determined by the Bishop, based on the congregation’s fidelity to its original petition and these Canons, and on such other factors as the Bishop and Diocesan Council may deem germane.

3.1.1.6 Diocesan Chapels and Oratories. Worship facilities located on property owned by the Diocese of Michigan and intended for occasional use, including seasonal chapels, retreat center chapels and oratories, shall be under the control of the Bishop. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall arrange for maintenance and operation of such facilities by a congregation or recognized organization of the Diocese, and members of the clergy or laypersons leading worship shall record service data in the manner required for congregations under these Canons. All financial offerings given at such facilities shall be promptly deposited in a fund designated by the Bishop, and information regarding worship shall be included in an annual report of Diocesan Council.

3.1.1.7 Interdenominational Congregation. An Interdenominational Congregation is a church formed by combination of an Episcopal congregation with a congregation of a different denomination in communion with the Episcopal Church, for the purpose of forming a single congregation under the leadership of a single clergy person. The Ecclesiastical Authority will determine the process by which such a congregation is recognized; the status of clergy having charge of the congregation, including voting privileges in Convention; and the manner in which lay leadership of the congregation is organized. Except as the Ecclesiastical Authority may determine, an Interdenominational Congregation is subject to all provisions of the Canons of this Diocese. An

41 Interdenominational Congregation may petition the Ecclesiastical Authority for recognition as a congregation of this Diocese and for admission to voting status at Conventions of the Diocese.

3.1.1.8 Status. All congregations recognized as parishes, diocesan missions, academic chaplaincies, parochial missions, worshipping communities, diocesan chapels or oratories, or interdenominational congregations as of October 30, 2004 shall continue in the form of their recognition and their voting status unless and until their status is changed as provided for in these Canons.

3.1.2 Admission, Recognition. When a body of worshipers seeks (i) recognition as a congregation, or (ii) recognition and admission to voting status in the Diocese, or (iii) when a recognized congregation seeks recognition as a different type of congregation, the process shall be as follows:

3.1.2.1 Consultation. The leaders of the body of worshipers or the wardens of the congregation, as the case may be, first shall consult with the Ecclesiastical Authority regarding their intent. The Ecclesiastical Authority may refer the leaders or wardens to the members of the Office of the Bishop for assistance in preparing their petition and supporting documentation.

3.1.2.2 Petition. The petition shall be in the following form:

[Date] To the Right Reverend ______, Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan etc.

Right Reverend Sir/Madam: God willing, we the undersigned, being members of a community of Christians willing to live and work for the spread of the kingdom of God; promising obedience to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Episcopal Church; agreeing to exercise our corporate ministry under the pastoral care and godly supervision of the Bishop; and acceding to the authority of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church and of the Diocese of Michigan, do hereby petition for recognition as a _____[Type of Congregation]_____ in the Diocese of Michigan[ and admission to voting status at Conventions of this Diocese]. The name of our congregation shall be [or] is: ______. Our primary worship site shall be [or] is ______[Street Address]______, in the _____[City, Village, Township]_____ of ______, County of ______. Our primary program site shall be [or] is ______[Street Address]______, in the _____[City, Village, Township]_____ of ______, County of ______. We further commit ourselves faithfully to support the ministry of this congregation, of its clergy and of the Diocese of Michigan for a minimum period of three years from this date, and for as long thereafter as God may grant; to represent Jesus Christ and his Church in the world; to bear witness to our Lord’s work of reconciliation; and to take our place in the life, worship, and governance of the Church.

Respectfully submitted, [signatures of the petitioners]

42 3.1.2.3 Documentation. The following information, as may be appropriate for the status being sought, shall accompany the petition:

3.1.2.3.1 Worship. For any congregation already recognized in this Diocese, or for a body of worshipers not yet recognized in this Diocese: a narrative and statistical description of the petitioners’ corporate worship, including attendance at all services, for not less than the six (6) months preceding the date of its petition.

3.1.2.3.2 Ministry. (a) For a congregation already recognized, a narrative report concerning the petitioners’ ministry with its own members and with its surrounding or identified community during the previous twenty-four (24) months; or (b) for a body of worshipers not yet recognized: a statement of the petitioners’ current or proposed ministries.

3.1.2.3.3 Finance. (a) For a congregation already recognized: audited financial statements for the two (2) most recent consecutive fiscal years; and evidence that for a period of not less than the two (2) most recent consecutive fiscal years the congregation, from its own resources, has fully supported the compensation of its clergy in a manner consistent with diocesan policy, maintained its property, met its normal operating expenses, and paid its full asking; or (b) for a body of worshipers not yet recognized: evidence that the petitioners command resources sufficient for these purposes.

3.1.2.3.4 Indebtedness, Property. For any congregation or body of worshipers: full information regarding any current indebtedness pertaining to real estate or personal property used, or intended for use, in connection with the petitioners’ corporate ministry; and a declaration recognizing the Diocese of Michigan as having residual interest in any such real estate or personal property which may be currently owned by the petitioners or acquired in the future.

3.1.2.3.5 Parochial Mission Property Trust. For a congregation or body of worshipers seeking recognition as a Parochial Mission: a complete statement in writing of all real estate, personal property, cash or endowment funds, and other assets or indebtedness of the founding congregation to be held in trust by the founding congregation for the Parochial Mission pending its recognition as an independent congregation within the Diocese; and a certified copy of minutes of the meeting of the founding congregation and of the Governing Body of the congregation authorizing the formation of the Parochial Mission and the imposition of the trust with respect to property to be used for the benefit of the Parochial Mission, and committing to actions pursuant to these Canons if the Parochial Mission becomes an independent congregation. The founding congregation shall hold all such property in trust for the benefit of the Parochial Mission.

As a condition for recognition of the Parochial Mission, the proposed transfer of any real property by the founding congregation to the Parochial Mission shall be subject to the consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee as provided in these Canons. Conditions with respect to such transfer may be imposed as a condition of approval by the Standing Committee, the Bishop or the Diocesan Council. Upon recognition of the Parochial Mission as a Parish or Diocesan Mission, the founding congregation shall transfer and convey the

43 trust property to the Parish or to the Diocese, as the case may be, without further action required of the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Diocesan Council or the Standing Committee. In the event the Parochial Mission ceases to function as a congregation, the trust imposed on the property of the founding congregation shall be released.

3.1.2.3.6 Notice to Congregations. For any congregation or body of worshipers: evidence that notice in writing of the petitioners’ intent has been delivered to the member of the clergy in charge and the secretary of the Governing Bodies of each recognized congregation of this Diocese located within a five (5) mile radius of the petitioners’ primary worship site, and that the congregations so notified have been allowed not less than sixty (60) days to forward their comments to the Ecclesiastical Authority.

3.1.2.3.7 Bylaws. (a) For congregations already recognized: a copy of the current bylaws of the congregation, certified by the secretary of the congregation as current; or (b) for a body of worshipers not yet recognized: a copy of the proposed bylaws.

3.1.2.3.8 Readiness for Incorporation. For a congregation seeking recognition as a Parish, or for a body of worshipers seeking recognition as a Parish: a copy of the petitioners’ proposed articles of incorporation and application for incorporation under the laws of the State of Michigan as an ecclesiastical not-for-profit corporation; a copy of the petitioners’ proposed bylaws; and a copy of the petitioners’ application for tax-exempt status.

3.1.2.4 Approval, Disapproval. When the petition and supporting documentation has been submitted, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall consult with the Diocesan Council regarding the merits of the petition, and then shall submit his/her recommendation to Diocesan Council within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date on which the petition was received by the Ecclesiastical Authority. A recommendation to recognize a congregation or to recognize a member congregation as a different type of congregation shall require a two- thirds vote of the members of Diocesan Council to approve. The Ecclesiastical Authority and the Diocesan Council may approve recognition subject to conditions they deem appropriate. If the petitioners’ request is approved, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall so notify the Secretary of Convention and the secretaries of all congregations of the Diocese. If the Diocesan Council disapproves the petition, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall inform the petitioners in writing of the reasons for this action. If a petition is disapproved for any reason other than failure to provide information required by this Canon, the petitioners may appeal the disapproval for admission either to the Diocesan Council or to Annual Convention which, by a two-thirds vote of the Members of Convention present and voting, may vote to approve the petition.

3.1.2.4.1 Convention, Ratification. Admission to voting status shall be provisional pending ratification by Annual Convention. The Diocesan Council shall submit to Annual Convention a resolution for ratification of admission and seating of the lay delegates from the congregation immediately following adoption of the report of the Committee on Qualifications, which shall require approval by majority vote of those Members of Convention present and voting.

44 3.1.2.5 Implementation of Parish Organization. Upon notification of approval of recognition of a parish, a special organizational meeting of the congregation shall be called for purposes of approving the organizational documentation, including the proposed articles of incorporation signed by not fewer than six (6) incorporators, the proposed bylaws, and the proposed application for tax-exempt status, and shall designate those persons authorized to sign the organizational documentation. Those persons authorized to sign shall file the documents with the appropriate governmental authorities. The organizational meeting shall be called and conducted in accordance with these Canons.

3.1.2.5.1 Notification to Diocese. Upon receipt of the filed copies of the organizational documentation, copies, together with a copy of the signed bylaws and certified minutes of the organizational meeting, shall be sent to the Office of the Bishop for inclusion in the official records of the Diocese.

3.1.3 Change of Status for a Parochial Mission. Should a founding congregation or the Parochial Mission desire that the Parochial Mission become a Diocesan Mission or a Parish, the Governing Body of the founding congregation shall present a resolution to authorize this action to an annual or special meeting of the adult communicants in good standing of the founding congregation. A complete statement in writing of all real estate, personal property, cash or endowment funds, and other assets or indebtedness held in trust for the Parochial Mission shall accompany the resolution. If by majority vote the adult communicants in good standing of the founding congregation approve the resolution, the clergy and wardens of the founding congregation promptly shall call a meeting of the communicants of the Parochial Mission for the purpose of securing their commitment to its status as an entity independent of the founding congregation. Should a majority of the communicants affirm their commitment by agreeing to sign the petition, and if the number of petitioners is sufficient for the status to be sought, then the adult communicants in good standing of the Parochial Mission shall elect by majority vote two wardens and such other officers as the communicants deem necessary. The Parochial Mission’s wardens then shall proceed as provided in these Canons, except that the petitioners’ supporting documentation shall include the vote tallies for the resolution approved by the Governing Body and adult communicants in good standing of the founding Parish, a certified copy of minutes of the meeting of the founding congregation approving formation of the Parochial Mission and the imposition of trust, the written statement of real estate and other assets or indebtedness to be transferred by the founding congregation to the former Parochial Mission as an independent entity, and the record of approvals of the property transfer. Upon recognition of the Parochial Mission as a Parish or Diocesan Mission, the founding congregation shall transfer and convey the trust property to the Parish or to the Diocese, as the case may be, without further action required of the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Diocesan Council or the Standing Committee. Should a dispute arise between a Parochial Mission and its founding congregation regarding any aspect of separation, both parties shall have a right of appeal to the Standing Committee, which, by a majority vote of its members present and voting, shall decide the question.

45 3.1.4 Special Situations.

3.1.4.1 Merged Congregations. When, by a two-thirds vote of their members at annual meetings, or at special meetings called for the purpose, two or more congregations decide to merge into a single congregation, the Ecclesiastical Authority, in consultation with the members of the clergy in charge and the governing bodies, shall cause to be drafted and submitted to Diocesan Council an agreement for merger detailing all material arrangements between or among the congregations, including the proposed name of the merged congregation, disposition of property and other financial assets, and provisions for clergy and lay leadership. Approval of the agreement for merger shall require a two-thirds vote of the members of Diocesan Council present and voting at any meeting, and the agreement shall become effective immediately upon approval by Diocesan Council. Ratification by Annual Convention shall not be required.

3.1.4.2 Other Partnerships. Congregations that yoke, cluster, or form other partnerships in order to share resources for ministry shall retain their original canonical identities and responsibilities, including voting privileges at Convention.

3.1.4.3 Total Ministry Congregation. In such manner as the Canons of General Convention and of this Diocese shall permit, a congregation may adapt its forms of organization and leadership to provide for collaborative ministry, sometimes referred to as “total ministry.” A congregation adopting such collaborative forms of ministry shall do so with the permission, and under the guidance and supervision, of the Ecclesiastical Authority. All clergy licensed to serve in such a congregation, if canonically and actually resident in the Diocese of Michigan, shall be entitled to vote in Conventions of this Diocese. When in these Canons the term “member of the clergy in charge” is used, the ministry team of such a congregation shall determine which ordained member(s) shall exercise the rights, or discharge the duties, indicated in these Canons, and shall so notify the Ecclesiastical Authority and the Secretary of Convention.

3.1.4.4 Voluntary Reversion to Mission Status. A Parish may petition for recognition as a Diocesan Mission or Parochial Mission. If the Vestry intends to seek such recognition, it shall notify in writing all adult communicants in good standing of the congregation in writing of its resolution authorizing such action. If the resolution is approved by a two-thirds majority of the adult communicants in good standing present and voting at an annual meeting of the congregation or a special meeting called for such purpose, the wardens, acting on behalf of the Vestry and the congregation, shall be responsible for submitting the congregation’s petition to the Ecclesiastical Authority, together with such supporting documentation as the Ecclesiastical Authority may require. If the petition and supporting documentation is satisfactory, the Ecclesiastical Authority, acting in consultation with the advice and consent of Diocesan Council, may recognize the congregation as a Diocesan Mission or Parochial Mission, and shall so notify the Secretary of Convention and all congregations of the Diocese. Upon recognition as a Diocesan Mission or Parochial Mission, ownership of all real and personal property held by the former Parish, together with all cash or endowment funds, registers, records and other materials, shall be conveyed to, and become the property of, the Diocese, or of the Parish assuming responsibility for the congregation, as the case may be, and the former Parish’s corporate status under the laws of the State of Michigan shall be dissolved.

46 3.1.4.5 Congregations Seeking Help. Should the Governing Body, or the member of the clergy in charge of a congregation, determine that a congregation’s ministry and/or financial or other resources have become so compromised that its ability to continue to function as a congregation is in question, they shall seek consultation with the Ecclesiastical Authority on how and by what means the congregation may be aided and counseled in attempts to amend the conditions of its deterioration. The Ecclesiastical Authority may on its own make such a determination and, in such a case, shall attempt to engage the Governing Body or member of the clergy in charge in consultation on the matter; and if unsuccessful, shall report the same to the Diocesan Council which shall determine what remedies may be available to sustain the congregation's life and ministry.

As directed by the Diocesan Council, the Ecclesiastical Authority, the member of the clergy in charge, the Governing Body of the Congregation, and others as may be relevant, shall, in joint consultation, determine what alternatives may be available to sustain the congregation’s life and ministry, or, failing all else, to provide for its dissolution.

Alternatives to be considered may include, but need not be limited to: (a) reversion to mission status, if a Parish; (b) congregational redevelopment; (c) yoking, merging, or clustering with other congregations; (d) collaborative, or “total”, ministry; and (e) forming an interdenominational congregation.

After consideration of alternatives, and the actions necessary to bring about their fruition, the Ecclesiastical Authority, and the member of the clergy in charge, if any, and representatives of the Governing Body of the Congregation, shall report the results of their consideration to the Diocesan Council, and shall recommend a particular course of action to the congregation.

Should the implementation of that course of action, and all subsequent attempts to attain satisfactory amendment fail, the congregation, by action of its Annual or other meeting; the member of the clergy in charge, if any, the Governing Body of the Congregation; or the Ecclesiastical Authority may recommend that Diocesan Council mandate the reorganization or dissolution of such a congregation. Representatives of the congregation shall be given opportunity to provide comments with regard to such action, either in person, or in writing, before Diocesan Council and the Standing Committee.

Approval of a course of action that changes the status of a congregation shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of the Diocesan Council, and a majority of the members of the Standing Committee. The actions of the Diocesan Council and Standing Committee shall take effect immediately. Upon such action, ownership of all real and personal property held by the former congregation, together with all cash or endowment funds, registers, records and other materials, shall be conveyed to, and become the property of, the Diocese or of the congregation assuming responsibility for the congregation if that congregation is a Parish. If the congregation whose status is changed was a Parish, its corporate status under the laws of the State of Michigan shall be dissolved, as the Diocesan Council may determine. Within 30 days of such

47 actions, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall notify the Secretary of Convention and all congregations of the Diocese regarding the disposition of this matter. Whenever it is determined that a congregation is to be dissolved, it shall be the responsibility of the Ecclesiastical Authority and the Diocesan Council to provide for appropriate celebration of the congregation’s history, ministry, and contribution to the life of the Diocese.

3.2 Expectations for a Congregation. The canons of the TEC establish reasonable expectations for congregations.

3.2.1 Mission and Ministry. Each congregation in the Diocese shall be responsible for the following, in a manner reflecting local circumstances and the spiritual gifts of its members: (a) offering public worship, providing administration of the Sacraments, and preaching the Gospel on a regular basis; (b) practicing the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ, both within the congregation and in the local community; and (c) acknowledging the oversight, visitation, ministry and counsel of the Bishop.

3.2.2 Administration. The member of the clergy in charge and the Governing Body of each congregation shall: (a) exercise ministry in accord with the Constitution and Canons of General Convention and of the Diocese of Michigan; (b) ensure that the congregation is in the charge of a duly called or appointed member of the clergy or ministry team serving under the pastoral oversight of the Bishop; (c) cause to be elected and send three voting delegates to the Deanery Caucus, Annual Convention, and Special Conventions, if a Voting Congregation; (d) share with other congregations the financial support of the mission and ministry of the Diocese and of TEC, and engage in active discussion with the Diocesan Council regarding such support; (e) hold annual and special meetings of members, adopt bylaws, and elect a governing body; (f) cause its governing body to organize, elect or appoint two wardens, elect or appoint other officers, meet regularly, fill vacancies, and develop, adopt and administer the annual congregational budget; (g) compensate, and provide benefits to, stipendiary clergy and lay employees in accord with diocesan policy, and engage in active discussion with the Diocesan Council regarding fair personnel and compensation practices; (h) exercise fiduciary responsibility for the property and assets of the congregation, administer the affairs of the congregation in accord with these Canons, and cause all church accounts to be audited annually; (i) maintain its legal and tax exempt status in good standing; and (j) submit annual parochial reports as required by the Canons of General Convention and of the Diocese.

3.2.3 Consultation. When a congregation shall fail demonstrably to fulfill its responsibilities in either mission and ministry or administration, the Ecclesiastical Authority, or such persons as the Ecclesiastical Authority may designate, may inquire of the member of the clergy in charge, if there be any, and of the Governing Body, wardens and other lay leaders as to the reasons for that failure, and may offer aid and counsel to enable the congregation to meet its responsibilities. To correct

48 such difficulties the parties may identify and implement those actions most likely to restore healthy congregational ministry and performance of normal administrative duties.

3.2.4 Redevelopment of a Congregation. When a congregation cannot function in the manner anticipated by these Canons, the Ecclesiastical Authority and the congregation may enter into a mutual agreement for congregational redevelopment. Under such an agreement all parties shall commit their best efforts to restore healthy congregational ministry and performance of normal administrative duties through creative and cooperative use of the spiritual, educational, administrative and other resources of both the Diocese and the congregation.

3.2.5 Stewardship. By personal example, preaching, and other means, members of the clergy shall help the members of their congregations to be good stewards and to understand and adopt proportional giving, that is, the prayerful and intentional relating of one’s giving to one’s ability to give, based on the biblical standard of the tithe, as the appropriate basis for personal financial stewardship. Members of the clergy shall also encourage adult members of the congregation to draft wills and make other provisions for the long-term welfare of their loved ones; and, in this context, members of the clergy shall provide information regarding deferred gifts to the Church. By personal example, education, and other means, the wardens and members of the congregation’s Governing Body shall encourage all members to make a formal annual commitment, or pledge, in support of the mission and ministry of the local congregation, Diocese, and wider Church, and shall organize and conduct an annual in-gathering of such commitments or pledges. Christian educators in the local congregation shall help their students appreciate the importance of stewardship, and, when a student has reached the age of sixteen (16) years, shall encourage him or her to make a formal annual commitment, or pledge, as a normal responsibility of adult membership in the Church.

3.3 Members of Congregations. 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 Baptisms have been duly recorded in this Church, as provided in the Canons of the General Convention, shall be members of this Church, and eligible to be members of a congregation in this Diocese.

3.3.1 Categories of Membership. Congregations in this Diocese shall recognize the following categories of membership:

3.3.1.1 Member. Any baptized person who is a member of The Episcopal Church and whose baptism is recorded in the records of the congregation, and who regularly participates in the worship of a congregation shall be deemed a member of that congregation.

3.3.1.2 Communicant. Any member who, during the preceding year, has received Holy Communion at least three (3) times in the congregation where his/her membership is recorded shall be considered a communicant of that congregation.

3.3.1.3 Communicant in Good Standing. Any communicant who, during the preceding year, has been faithful in corporate worship, unless for good cause prevented, and in working, praying and giving for the spread of the kingdom of God, shall be considered a communicant in good standing of the congregation.

49 3.3.1.4 Adult Status. As provided in the Canons of the General Convention, a communicant sixteen (16) years of age or older shall be considered an adult communicant, and who, when properly licensed, may exercise the liturgical and other ministries proper to the laity.

3.3.2 Inactive Status. If for a period of one (1) year a member of any congregation shall fail to attend worship, unless for good cause prevented, that person shall be considered inactive, and this change of status shall be noted in the records of the congregation. If that person shall resume regular attendance at worship, that person shall be considered an active member, and so noted in the records of the congregation.

3.3.3 Clergy. Members of the clergy have responsibilities both to their congregations and to the Bishop. Therefore, members of the clergy are not eligible to participate in lay capacities, to be employed by a congregation, or to be elected or appointed as an officer of a congregation, without a written exemption from the Bishop, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee.

3.4 Property of Congregations. All property, real and personal, owned or held by or for the benefit of any congregation or its purposes, including that held by any person or entity that is affiliated with or formed by the congregation, is held in trust for the Church and the Diocese, subject to these Canons. Property of a congregation is the responsibility of its Governing Body. All pews in every congregation in this Diocese shall be forever free.

3.4.1 Title to Real Property. Title to real property is held as follows: (a) Parishes. Title to property shall be held in the name of the parish as incorporated in the State of Michigan, subject to the provisions of Canon 3.4. (b) Parochial Missions. Title to property shall be held by the founding parish in trust for the parochial mission. (c) Other Congregations. Title to all property for all other types of congregations shall be held by the Diocese, and shall be held subject to the control and direction of the Diocesan Council. If it is deemed in the best interests of the congregation, with the approval of the Bishop, the Standing Committee and the Governing Body of the congregation, title to property used by a congregation may be transferred to it. Such approval may be subject to conditions. Prior to any transfer of title to a congregation, the congregation shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan and shall provide the documentation required by these Canons.

3.4.2 Acquisition. A congregation shall obtain the consent and approval of the Bishop and the Standing Committee prior to acquiring any interest in real property.

3.4.2.1 Location. Subject to the notice requirements of these Canons, the site of a new location for a congregation shall not be established, or the site of an existing congregation changed, without the prior consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee.

3.4.2.1.1 Notice. Before seeking consent by the Bishop and the Standing Committee, a congregation seeking to establish a new location or change locations shall notify the members of the clergy in charge and the Governing Bodies of all congregations located within a five (5) mile radius of the

50 proposed location, and if there are none, to each of the three congregations whose places of worship are nearest to the proposed location. Notice shall include the site of the new location and provide not less than sixty (60) days for the members of the clergy in charge and Governing Bodies of each notified congregation to respond or present objections and comments.

3.4.3 Construction, Alteration and Improvement of Congregational Facilities. A congregation shall not begin construction of any new facility or permanent improvements to, or alteration (not including normal maintenance, remodeling and redecorating) or enlargement of any existing facility belonging to the congregation without the prior approval of the Bishop and the Standing Committee. Prior to seeking approval, the Governing Body of shall obtain the approval of the congregation. Plans for construction or alteration shall be submitted to the Standing Committee or a committee designated by it for review and approval. The term “facility” includes churches, parish or other meeting halls, rectories and housing, schools, and buildings used by the congregation.

3.4.3.1 Demolition. Congregational facilities shall not be demolished, removed, taken down or otherwise disposed of without the prior consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee. Prior to seeking consent, the Governing Body shall obtain the approval of the congregation.

3.4.4 Encumbrance. A congregation may not encumber its interest in real property without the prior consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee. Prior to seeking consent, the Governing Body shall obtain the approval of the congregation. 3.4.4.1 Refinancing of Encumbrances. A congregation may refinance an encumbrance securing indebtedness previously approved by the Bishop and the Standing Committee without the consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee, or the congregation, if the indebtedness is not increased, the collateral is not changed, and the amount financed or the rate of interest is not increased; or the maturity date advanced to a date sooner than the refinanced encumbrance.

3.4.4.2 Statements of Account. When a congregation encumbers property, it shall, within thirty (30) days of doing so, prepare and furnish to the Bishop and the Standing Committee copies of the lien or mortgage and any note. On or before January 31 of each year, the Governing Body shall provide to the Bishop and the Standing Committee a statement showing all terms and conditions of the encumbrance, including original principal amount, rate of interest, payment amount, maturity date of the indebtedness; the amount of principal and interest paid and the dates of all payments made during the preceding calendar year, and the beginning and ending principal balances, together with the name and address of the lender, mortgagee or lien holder.

3.4.5 Alienation and Transfer. A congregation shall not alienate (which includes convey, transfer legal or equitable title or a possessory interest therein, lease, sell and give) personal property with a fair market value of $10,000.00 or more and any interest in real property without the prior consent of the Bishop and Standing Committee. Prior to seeking consent, the Governing Body of shall obtain the approval of the congregation at a duly called meeting.

51 3.4.6 Insurance. A congregation shall maintain adequate insurance coverage on all of its property, both real and personal, against hazards and liability in minimum amounts as may be required by Diocesan policy. An inventory of all personal property and its value shall be taken and kept current by the Governing Body of a congregation, with a copy retained off-site. Congregations that do not purchase such insurance through Church Insurance Company of Vermont, or its successor, shall provide the Diocese a copy of the declarations page from its policy by September 1st of each year, verifying that coverage meets at least the minimum amount required by Diocesan policy.

3.4.7 Management, Maintenance and Administration. The Governing Body shall be responsible for the proper and timely management, maintenance and administration of all property of a congregation.

3.4.8 Use. As provided by the Canons of the General Convention and these Canons, for the purposes of the office and for the full and free discharge of all functions and duties pertaining thereto, the member of the clergy in charge of the congregation shall at all times be entitled to the use and control of the property and facilities of the congregation, including all appurtenances and furnishings, and have access to all records and registers maintained by or on behalf of the congregation.

IV. GOVERNANCE OF CONGREGATIONS

4.0 Congregational Governance, Generally. Congregations shall be governed and administered by the appropriate Governing Body and by the member of the clergy in charge, who shall work together for the good of the congregation, Diocese and wider Church. The members of the Governing Body are stewards of their congregation’s property and lay spiritual leaders of its mission and ministry. Bylaws of a congregation may provide for additional, but not lesser, requirements than are provided by these Canons, and any provision of the bylaws that contradicts the Canons of the General Convention or of this Diocese shall be null and void. Standard business methods as required by the Canons of the General Convention, and, as applicable, the procedures and controls recommended in The Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs (the then- current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) or other resources recommended by the TEC from time to time shall be observed in all actions of the congregation and its Governing Body. Action requiring consent of or vote by a congregation under these Canons shall be taken at an annual or special meeting of the congregation, as may be appropriate, and all such meetings shall be called, convened and conducted as provided in these Canons. The rules contained in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) shall govern meetings of congregations and Governing Bodies in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Canons or such other rules of order as are authorized by the bylaws of the congregation.

4.1 Meetings of Congregations. All recognized congregations shall hold and conduct meetings as specified in these Canons.

4.1.1 Organizational Meeting. Promptly upon notification of recognition as a congregation or as a Parish, the congregation shall hold an organizational meeting, called by any three (3) or more persons who signed the petition for recognition. Notice of the meeting shall be given by one or more of those persons to all who signed the petition and to any other interested persons, personally or by mail or electronic communication to the member of the clergy in charge and all members of

52 the Governing Body, and posted in a publication of the congregation published in advance of the meeting and in a prominent place in the church building or other place of worship.

4.1.1.1 Purpose of Organizational Meeting. At the organizational meeting, the organizational documentation as submitted to the Diocese shall be approved and provisions made for signing and filing it with the appropriate governmental authorities. In addition, members of the Governing Body and, if appropriate, delegates to Convention of the Diocese shall be elected as provided in these Canons, and other business may come before the meeting as provided in the notice of the meeting.

4.1.1.2 Voting. All persons who signed the petition for admission shall be entitled to vote at the organizational meeting. In addition, all other persons who are sixteen (16) years of age or older and are baptized shall be entitled to vote, if they sign a declaration signifying their intention to become adult communicants in good standing in the congregation and accepting the terms of the petition and organizational documentation. The declarations are to be kept with the minutes of the meeting. A majority of all votes cast shall be necessary to approve any action or elect any person. A quorum shall be fifty percent (50%) of the number of persons required by these Canons to form and seek recognition as a congregation.

4.1.1.3 Presider and Officers. The member of the clergy in charge of the congregation shall preside at the organizational meeting. If there is no member of the clergy in charge, or in the absence of the member of the clergy in charge, those entitled to vote shall choose from their number a person to preside at the organizational meeting. The person presiding shall appoint a secretary and two judges of election. The judges shall not permit any unqualified person to vote; and shall canvass the vote and shall declare the results.

4.1.1.4 Records and Minutes. A full record and minutes of the meeting, including copies of all documents submitted to the Diocese and all other organizational documents, shall be kept by the Secretary of the meeting as part of the congregation’s records and available for inspection. The Secretary shall send a copy of the record and minutes to the Office of the Bishop.

4.1.2 Annual and Special Meetings. Annual meetings of a congregation for business purposes shall occur during the month of January, at a time and place established by the bylaws or at such place of common access to all adult communicants as provided by notice of the meeting. Once convened, the meeting may be recessed from time to time, as determined by a vote of those in attendance at the meeting. Special meetings of a congregation may be called by the congregation’s Governing Body, the wardens or the member of the clergy in charge, or upon written petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the voting communicants in good standing of the congregation presented to the secretary of the congregation, who shall call for the meeting. A special meeting shall be convened within thirty (30) days after the call for the meeting.

4.1.2.1 Notices. Public notice of the call of, and the time and place for, the annual meeting and any special meeting of the congregation shall be published by the Governing Body, wardens or the member of the clergy in charge at all services on not less than two (2) Sundays immediately preceding the meeting,

53 and shall be given personally or sent by mail or electronic communication to all members of the congregation, the member of the clergy in charge and all members of the Governing Body; and posted in a publication of the congregation issued in advance of the meeting, and posted in a prominent place in the church building or other place of worship. Notice of a special meeting shall include the object or purpose of the meeting. The Order of Business for all meetings of a congregation shall be published and made available with the notice of the meeting.

4.1.2.2 Presider. The member of the clergy in charge of the congregation shall preside at all meetings of the congregation. The member of the clergy in charge may designate a member of the Governing Body to preside at any meeting. The presider may require that any motion be presented in writing.

4.1.2.3 Membership Roll and Quorum. Not less than sixty (60) days prior to any annual or special meeting, the Governing Body, in consultation with the member of the clergy in charge, shall cause to be prepared and made available a list of adult communicants in good standing eligible to vote. A minimum of ten per cent (10%) of the number of adult communicants in good standing as reported in the Parochial Report for the year prior to the date of the meeting shall constitute a quorum.

4.1.2.4 Voting. An adult communicant who has been a communicant in good standing of his/her congregation for not less than six (6) months shall be eligible to vote at annual or special meetings of the congregation. An adult communicant in good standing who has been a member of his/her congregation for not less than six (6) months shall be eligible for election or appointment to any office in his/her congregation or in the Diocese, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Michigan. A majority of those present shall be needed to take any action or to elect, unless a greater number is required in these Canons or in the bylaws of the congregation.

4.1.2.5 Records and Minutes. A full record and minutes of the meeting shall be kept by the secretary of the Governing Body, or such other person as may be designated by the presider, and shall be kept in the records of the congregation.

4.1.2.6 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. At any annual meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, a congregation may amend the Articles of Incorporation of a Parish and/or the bylaws of the congregation as may be deemed necessary for the management of the temporal matters of the congregation, by a vote of two-thirds majority of those present and voting. The Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws shall be in conformity with the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese, and in conformity with the laws of the State of Michigan. Written notice of any action that adopts or amends the Articles of Incorporation and/or the bylaws shall be given in the manner provided in these Canons not less than thirty (30) days prior to any annual or special meeting at which that action will be considered. This notice shall be in addition to public notice given at all regular services on not less than two (2) Sundays as provided in these Canons. Notice may also be provided by mail or electronic communication to the members of the congregation.

54 4.2 Governing Body of Congregations. The Governing Body of a congregation shall manage the temporal and business affairs and the property of the congregation in accordance with these Canons.

4.2.1 Governing Bodies, Generally.

4.2.1.1 Qualifications for Election. To be eligible for election or appointment to the Governing Body of a congregation, a candidate must be an adult communicant in good standing in the congregation and eligible to vote. No employee of the congregation, and no member of the clergy without a written exemption from the Bishop, given with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, may serve as an elected or appointed member of its Governing Body.

4.2.1.2 Number and Classes; Terms. The bylaws of the Congregation shall provide for the number of members on the Governing Body, which shall be not fewer than six (6) and not more than fifteen (15) members. The term of membership on the Governing Body is three (3) years, expiring at an annual meeting. The first Governing Body shall have three classes of equal numbers, one of which classes shall hold office for one (1) year, another class for two (2) years, and a third class for three (3) years.

4.2.1.2.1 Terms, Bylaw Provisions. The bylaws of a congregation may provide for terms of fewer than three (3) years for all members if at least six (6) members are elected for three (3) year terms; in which case, any additional number up to the maximum number may serve for terms of fewer than three years.

4.2.1.3 Election of Governing Body. A number of members sufficient to fill all vacancies on the Governing Body of the congregation shall be elected by the adult communicants in good standing of the congregation at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, as provided by these Canons and by the bylaws of the congregation. The bylaws may provide for a nomination process. Election shall be by a vote of the majority of those qualified members present and voting. Members elected to the governing body serve until the election of their successors. At any meeting at which members of the Governing Body are elected, the wardens, when present, shall be judges of the election, shall present the slate of qualified candidates, shall not permit any unqualified person to vote, shall canvass the vote and shall declare the results. The wardens may appoint other qualified members to assist as judges of the election.

4.2.1.4 Vacancies. All vacancies occurring in the Governing Body between annual meetings shall be promptly filled by the remaining members of the Governing Body at any meeting of the Governing Body, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term of the predecessor. Any person so appointed shall meet the qualifications for election to the Governing Body.

4.2.1.5 Limitation on Term of Office. A member of the Governing Body is not eligible for re-election or appointment to the Governing Body until the annual meeting next following the expiration of the current term of office. A person appointed to serve as the result of a vacancy shall be eligible for election to a term upon the expiration of the current term of office; provided, however, that a person may not serve more than six (6) consecutive years without a one (1) year

55 hiatus. In the event that a qualified member cannot be found to stand for election after exhausting the list of members, the Governing Body may appoint for one year a person who by this Canon would otherwise be ineligible for the term to be served.

4.2.2 Organization of Governing Body; Officers. As soon as practical after the annual meeting, or a special meeting preceding it, at which members were elected to the Governing Body, and in any event within fifteen days of election, its members shall hold an organizational meeting at which they shall elect or appoint officers, as provided below. A person may not hold more than one office. A person may serve in an office other than warden, as prohibited by Canon 4.4.4.2 and/or be a member of the Governing Body, but shall be required to recuse him/herself from all decisions regarding the compensation and benefits of any lay employee who is his/her spouse, child, parent, sibling or domestic partner.

4.2.2.1 Wardens, Number and Election. The members of the Governing Body shall elect from their members two (2) persons to serve as wardens, who shall fairly divide the duties of the two offices and perform such other duties as may be designated by the Governing Body or the member of the clergy in charge. In the event of the absence or disability of one warden, the duties shall be performed by the remaining warden. In the event of any vacancy in the office of wardens, the Governing Body shall elect a successor to fill such vacancy, within fifteen (15) days of notice of vacancy.

4.2.2.1.1 Duties of Wardens. The wardens, in concert with the Governing Body, shall: (a) Cooperate with, assist and advise the member of the clergy in charge to develop and maintain a climate and environment of mutual ministry, trust and honesty within which the congregation will be provided with effective leadership for the furtherance of its mission. (b) Cooperate with, assist and advise the member of the clergy in charge to identify and hear the concerns of the congregation and to communicate to the congregation, and resolve, as necessary, those concerns of congregational leadership. (c) Cooperate with, assist and advise the member of the clergy in charge to preserve order and decorum in and around the Church on all occasions. (d) Assist and advise in the discharge of the duties of the clergy as may be designated and requested by the member of the clergy in charge, and in all matters, act as chief stewards and spiritual lay leaders of the congregation. (e) Preside at all meetings of the Governing Body or the congregation in the absence, or at the request, of the member of the clergy in charge. (f) Perform and exercise the temporal duties and powers of the clergy in the absence of a member of the clergy in charge, as provided by these Canons. (g) Perform any and all other duties as may be specified by the Canons of the General Convention, the Canons of this Diocese and the bylaws of the congregation.

56 4.2.2.2 Other Officers, Selection or Appointment; Duties. The members of the Governing Body shall select or appoint not less often than annually from members of the congregation, who may but do not need to be members of the Governing Body, a secretary and a treasurer; and may elect other officers as the members deem necessary. If the secretary, treasurer and other officers are not members of the Governing Body, they shall be entitled to attend meetings of the Governing Body to serve ex officio with voice and without a vote.

4.2.2.2.1 Secretary. The secretary, or a clerk, shall provide for the keeping of minutes of all proceedings of the Governing Body and meetings of the congregation; for the maintenance and availability of an accurate roll of the membership of the congregation; for the preservation all records, documents and papers of the congregation not required to be maintained by any other person or officer; and shall deliver such records to any successor in office. The secretary serves as the secretary of the congregation. Unless another member of the Governing Body is otherwise authorized by resolution of the Governing Body, the secretary, or clerk, shall sign all reports and corporate documents, and shall attest to all public acts of the Governing Body as may be required by law or Canon. The secretary shall perform such other duties as may be provided in the bylaws or assigned by the Governing Body. The Governing Body may appoint a recording secretary or clerk for purposes of taking and keeping minutes of all proceedings of the Governing Body, who does not need to be a member of the Governing Body and who may not exercise or perform the legal duties of the secretary.

4.2.2.2.2 Treasurer. The treasurer shall account for the receipt of all monies collected by or on behalf of the congregation, and shall make all disbursements as approved by the Governing Body, and maintain accurate records of all receipts and disbursements. The treasurer shall perform all duties of office and be bonded in accordance with the business methods in church affairs as established from time to time by the Canons of the General Convention and the Diocese. The treasurer of each congregation shall present a monthly written financial accounting of the affairs of the congregation to the Governing Body; shall present an annual written report to the annual meeting of the congregation; and timely provide the necessary information and assist in the preparation of the Parochial Report, or any similar report required by the Canons of the General Convention. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be provided in the bylaws or assigned by the governing body.

4.2.2.2.3 Other Officers. The Governing Body may appoint, hire or otherwise select such other officers and assistants as it may deem necessary for the performance of its duties, which may include a recording secretary, a financial secretary, assistant treasurers, tellers, and others, and who need not be elected members of the Governing Body. The duties of the officers shall be determined by the Governing Body or the bylaws of the congregation.

4.3 Meetings of Governing Body. Meetings of the Governing Body may be scheduled or called by the member of the clergy in charge, or by the wardens, or by written request of one-third (1/3) of the Governing Body. Notice of a meeting shall be given by notice personally or by mail or electronic communication to the member of the clergy in charge and all members of the Governing Body, and posted in a publication of the congregation published in advance of the meeting and in a prominent place in the

57 church building. Notice may be waived by the member of the clergy in charge and by the members of the Governing Body. If the bylaws of the congregation so provide, meetings may be held by any means that permits all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting, including meeting in person, conference call, or other means of remote communication; and action taken may be recorded by consent resolution signed by members voting.

4.3.1 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Governing Body of the congregation shall be held not fewer than six (6) times throughout the year between annual meetings.

4.3.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Governing Body may be called by the member of the clergy in charge, or by the wardens, or by one-third (1/3) of the members of the Governing Body upon giving not less than five (5) days notice personally or by mail or electronic written communication to the member of the clergy in charge and all members of the Governing Body. Notice of a special meeting shall include the object or purpose of the meeting and the order of business. Notice may be waived by the member of the clergy in charge and by the members of the Governing Body.

4.3.3 Presider. The member of the clergy in charge shall preside at all meetings of the governing body, or may designate a member of the Governing Body to preside at any meeting. In the absence of the member of the clergy in charge, one of the wardens, or a member of the Governing Body chosen by the wardens, shall preside. The member of the clergy in charge shall have no vote at the meeting except when presiding, and only in the case of a tie vote.

4.3.4 Quorum. A majority of the members of the Governing Body shall constitute a quorum.

4.3.5 Absences and Removal. In the event that any member of the Governing Body shall be absent from the regular meetings for a period of three (3) consecutive months, or shall be absent for three (3) meetings out of six (6) consecutive meetings, the remaining members of the Governing Body may, with the advice and consent of the member of the clergy in charge, remove the absent member from office and appoint a qualified successor to fill the unexpired term. If the congregation is without a member of the clergy in charge, the advice and consent of the Bishop, or other person designated by the Bishop, must be obtained before such action is taken.

4.3.6 Records and Minutes. Records and minutes of any meeting of the Governing Body shall be kept by the Secretary, or other person designated to do so. All records and minutes shall be kept with the congregation’s records and shall be available for inspection.

4.4 Duties of Governing Body. The Governing Body of a congregation shall be responsible for the care and management of all of the temporal affairs of the congregation and to the extent necessary, the worship and spiritual life of the congregation, as required by these Canons, the Canons of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church and applicable state, local or federal law.

58 4.4.1 Duties Generally.

4.4.1.1 Temporal Matters. The Governing Body, subject to requirements for particular types of congregations, shall be responsible for care and management of the property and assets of the congregation; and relations with clergy, administration of the congregation’s finances, the election of wardens, appointment of other officers, hiring of employees as otherwise provided by these Canons, supervision of volunteers, maintenance of records, preparation of an annual budget of the congregation, and shall generally govern the congregation as required by applicable law and canons.

4.4.1.1.1 Legal Representatives of Parishes. Except as provided by state or Diocesan law, the Vestry of a Parish shall be agents and legal representatives of the Parish in all matters concerning its corporate property and the relations of the Parish to its clergy. All instruments, contracts and legal documents shall be signed in the corporate name by a Warden and the Secretary or Treasurer, unless, by resolution of the Vestry, one of them or some other member or members of the Vestry are authorized as the signatories. Members of the clergy are not the legal representatives of a Parish; and have no authority legally to bind a Parish unless authorized by resolution of the Governing Body.

4.4.1.1.2 Business Methods. Every congregation and organization within it shall observe standard business methods as required by Canons of the General Convention, and, as applicable, procedures and controls recommended in the current edition of The Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) or other resources recommended by the Canons of the General Convention from time to time.

4.4.1.2 Worship and Spiritual Matters. The Governing Body of a congregation shall, to the extent appropriate and necessary, assist the clergy in worship and as spiritual leaders of the congregation. In the absence of clergy, the Governing Body shall make provision for the conduct of public worship and the pastoral needs of the congregation.

4.4.1.3 Relations with Clergy. The Governing Body shall, except as otherwise provided by these Canons, be responsible for the relations of the congregation with its member(s) of the clergy, and to that end, shall as required provide for maintenance and compensation (including the funding of pension obligations) of clergy; assure that there is adequate opportunity for clergy self-care and renewal; and otherwise fulfill the letter of agreement between the member of clergy and the congregation, In the event of disability or conflict, the Governing Body shall be responsible for seeking assistance or resolution from the Ecclesiastical Authority.

4.4.1.3.1 Filling Vacancy. Whenever a Parish is without a member of the clergy in charge, the Governing Body shall fill such vacancy according to the Canons of the General Convention and these Canons; provided, however, that no election of and call to a member of the clergy may be made unless and until all requirements of the Church Pension Fund in that congregation shall be paid in full, and the current diocesan policy on compensation and benefits have been met.

59 4.4.1.3.2 Clergy Transition, Other Congregations. Whenever a recognized congregation shall be without a member of the clergy in charge, the Governing Body shall consult with the Ecclesiastical Authority for appointment of a successor member of the clergy in charge.

4.4.1.4 Delegates to Convention. The Governing Body shall select lay delegates to Conventions of the Diocese if lay delegates are not elected by the congregation.

4.4.2 Records. The Governing Body shall be responsible for the maintenance and filing of all required and appropriate records as may be required by law or Canon. The member of the clergy in charge shall at all times have access to all records and registers maintained by or on behalf of the congregation.

4.4.2.1 Parish Register. The Governing Body shall assist the clergy in the maintenance of the Parish Register, and assure its accuracy. As required by canon, the Governing Body shall present the Parish Register to the Bishop or the representative of the Bishop at every visitation.

4.4.2.2 Annual Parochial Report. The Governing Body shall, with the member of the clergy, prepare, approve and timely file the Annual Parochial Report as required by the Canons of the General Convention and this Diocese; and to assure the accurate maintenance of the appropriate records required for such report, and shall assist in the maintenance of an accurate list of membership of the congregation.

4.4.2.3 Annual Corporate Report. The Governing Body shall prepare and timely file such annual corporate reports and records as may be required by the State of Michigan, and such reports shall be signed by one of the Wardens and the Secretary.

4.4.2.4 Minutes and Other Records. The Governing Body shall make provision for the maintenance of the corporate minutes and records of other proceedings by the Secretary, or Clerk, and for such other property and business records as may be required by law or canon, including but not limited to employee records, tax records, property records, memorial and trust documents, municipal and governmental permits, and historical records. Records shall be available for inspection.

4.4.2.5 Corporate Records. The Governing Body shall make provision for the maintenance of all necessary corporate records, including but not limited to a current copy of the bylaws of the congregation, corporate reports, corporate minute book, and membership lists.

4.4.2.6 Insurance Policies and Records. The Governing Body shall make provision for the maintenance of all records required by any insurance carrier or provider, and shall maintain an accurate inventory of all corporate property and its condition on an annual basis.

60 4.4.3 Finance.

4.4.3.1 Accounts. The Treasurer of the congregation and of each organization in the congregation shall provide a written annual report of funds to the annual meeting of the congregation.

4.4.3.2 Audit of Accounts. All accounts of every congregation, including clergy accounts and accounts of all organizations in a congregation, shall be audited annually (based on calendar year) by an independent certified public accountant or such audit committee or process as shall be authorized by Diocesan Council. The annual audit report shall be filed with the Treasurer of the Diocese not later than September 1 of the calendar year following the end of the annual period audited; and shall be available for public inspection, including by any member of the congregation.

4.4.3.3 Clergy Discretionary and Other Funds. Clergy discretionary funds and other funds under the direct control of a member of the clergy are church-owned accounts. Money in these accounts shall be disbursed by the clergy in keeping with purpose(s) for which said funds were established. The accounts shall be maintained and administered in the manner described in the Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs (the then-current edition, as it may be amended from time to time) or other materials authorized by the Canons of General Convention, and in Diocesan policy; and, like other church accounts, shall be subject to annual audit.

4.4.3.4 Accurate Payrolls. The Governing Body shall be responsible for accurate computation and payment of payroll for clergy and lay employees.

4.4.3.5 Indebtedness. Subject to these Canons the Governing Body of a congregation shall have the authority to incur indebtedness on behalf of the congregation, provided, however, a congregation shall not have the authority to create or incur any liability on behalf of or against the Bishop or the Diocese. Any indebtedness shall require the prior written consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee and the approval of the congregation, except as follows:

4.4.3.5.1 Refinancing. The Governing Body of a congregation may refinance an encumbrance securing indebtedness without the consent of the Bishop and the Standing Committee, or the congregation, if the indebtedness is not increased, the collateral is not changed, and the amount financed or the rate of interest is not increased; or the maturity date is advanced to a date sooner than the refinanced encumbrance.

4.4.3.5.2 Capital Repairs and Maintenance. With the prior approval of the congregation, the Governing Body of an incorporated congregation may finance indebtedness for capital repairs, maintenance and improvements of its property, and replacements of and additions to real estate and equipment, where the amount of such indebtedness, plus all other debts and obligations already existing, does not exceed fifty per cent (50%) of the average annual receipts of the congregation during the previous three years. In computing “receipts” under this section, all endowments, bequests, designated receipts and restricted funds shall be excluded.

61 4.4.3.5.3 Current Expenses. With the prior approval of the congregation, the Governing Body of an incorporated congregation may finance indebtedness for current expenses where the amount of such indebtedness, plus all other debts and obligations for current expenses already existing, does not exceed twenty per cent (20%) of the total current receipts of the congregation for the preceding year. Payment for all indebtedness for current expenses shall be provided for in the budgets for the next two (2) years with the reasonable expectation of payment in full from the projected receipts for that period. In computing “receipts” under this section, all endowments, bequests, designated receipts and restricted funds shall be excluded.

4.4.3.5.4 Unincorporated Congregations. An unincorporated congregation shall not have the authority to incur indebtedness or other obligation or liability in excess of the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), other than the obligation for the compensation of its clergy, without the prior written consent of the Bishop and the Diocesan Council and the approval of the congregation.

Whenever a congregation incurs indebtedness, it shall, within thirty (30) days of doing so, prepare and furnish to the Bishop and the Standing Committee copies of any note, financing statement, lien or other security or payment agreement. On or before January 31 of each year, the Governing Body shall provide to the Bishop and the Standing Committee a statement showing all terms and conditions of the indebtedness, including original principal amount, rate of interest, payment amount, maturity date of the indebtedness; the amount of principal and interest paid and the dates of all payments made during the preceding calendar year, and the beginning and ending principal balances, together with the name and address of the lender, mortgagee or lien holder.

4.4.4 Relations with Layperson Employees, Generally. The relationship between the Governing Body and a layperson hired by the congregation is that of employer and employee or independent contractor. The employer of all laypersons hired by the congregation shall be the Governing Body, which alone shall have authority to determine compensation and benefits. The Governing Body shall provide compensation and benefits to all employees in accordance with the compensation and benefit policies adopted, and from time to time amended, by the Diocese and required by applicable law. It is expected under ordinary circumstances that all staff of a congregation is under the general supervision of the member of the clergy in charge except as otherwise agreed between the member of the clergy in charge and the Governing Body.

4.4.4.1 Background Investigation. The Governing Body shall inform itself about laypersons proposed for employment for positions involving regular contact with, or supervision of, persons aged 17 years or younger, including background investigations sufficient to satisfy reasonable inquiry about the person’s character and fitness for the position. Any person who is to be considered for employment shall consent in writing to such background investigation, as the Governing Body shall deem appropriate as a condition for consideration for employment.

4.4.4.2 Paid Staff and the Governing Body. A layperson employee of a congregation may not serve as an elected or appointed member of the Governing

62 Body. If a member of the Governing Body is also a member of the immediate family (defined as parent, child, sibling, spouse or domestic partner) of a layperson employee, then that member of the Governing Body may not participate in any decision regarding hiring, termination, compensation, or other matters pertaining to the layperson employee’s relationship with the congregation. A person may not serve as senior or junior warden while a member of the immediate family is a layperson employee.

4.4.4.3 Outside Assistance. The Governing Body alone shall have authority to retain the services of lawyers, certified public accountants, financial planners, and other outside professionals whose counsel may be required to fulfill the Governing Body’s legal and fiduciary responsibilities. The Governing Body shall be responsible for payment of any fees occasioned by such use of outside professional assistance from congregational funds.

4.4.5 Volunteers. All persons who serve as volunteers in support of the ministry of the congregation shall be under the supervision of the member of the clergy in charge or of the Governing Body, in the same manner as is provided in these Canons regarding employees.

4.4.5.1 Volunteer Youth Workers. No person shall be permitted to have any role as a volunteer in Christian education for persons 17 years of age or younger, or to supervise any youth group or youth activity sponsored by the congregation, until that person has established a pattern of regular attendance at worship, and regular participation in adult activities, for a period of not less than six (6) months.

4.4.5.2 Background Investigation. The Governing Body shall inform itself about laypersons volunteering for positions involving regular contact with, or supervision of, persons aged 17 years or younger sufficiently to satisfy reasonable inquiry about the person’s character and fitness for the position. The Governing Body shall obtain consent in writing to such background investigation, as the Governing Body shall deem appropriate as a condition for consideration for such service.

4.4.6 Policies Concerning Abuse and Harassment. The Governing Body shall be governed by, and shall comply with, those policies and procedures of the Diocese for prevention of child abuse and sexual harassment, being mindful that once such policies and procedures are adopted, failure to implement and follow these policies and procedures may create serious legal liability. All persons, whether employees, independent contractors or volunteers, whose work will involve regular contact with, or supervision of, persons aged 17 years or younger shall receive exploitation and sexual abuse prevention training approved by the Diocesan Council, and sign the commitment to adhere to the policies of these programs as a condition for employment or engagement.

V. MINISTRY

5.0 Ministry, Generally. Ministry is service rendered in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who declared himself a servant of all, and who shares his servanthood with all members of the Church. Thus the Church’s ministers are laypersons and members of the clergy, bishops, priests and deacons. The Canons of the General Convention provide

63 broadly for ministry of all baptized persons. This Article of these Canons supplements and implements the Canons of the General Convention.

5.1 Members of the Clergy. Each congregation shall be in the charge of a member of the clergy, and may be served by and minister through other members of the clergy.

5.1.1 Members of the Clergy in Charge. In the case of a Parish or a Parochial Mission, the member of clergy in charge is a Rector; in the case of a Diocesan Mission or Worshiping Community, it is a Vicar; in the case of an Academic Chaplaincy, it is a Chaplain; in the case of a congregation in leadership transition, it is an Interim Priest; in the case of a congregation in development or redevelopment, it is a Priest-in-Charge; and in the case of a congregation served by a total ministry team, it is the total ministry team, or one or more of its members designated by the total ministry team as “in charge.” Each of such clergy is referred to in these Canons as the “member of the clergy in charge.” The Bishop shall exercise oversight authority in all congregations without a member of the clergy in charge.

5.1.2 Other Members of the Clergy.

5.1.2.1 Assistant Clergy. Assistant members of the clergy shall be selected by the member of the clergy in charge in the manner provided by the Canons of the General Convention, with the approval of the Ecclesiastical Authority and of the Governing Body of the Congregation and shall serve under the authority and direction of the member of the clergy in charge.

5.1.2.2 Deacons. Deacons pursue their ministry under the direction and supervision of the Bishop, as provided by the Canons of the General Convention. A deacon may be assigned to a congregation by the Bishop, and, with respect to his/her ministrations within the congregation, the deacon shall serve under the direction of the member of the clergy in charge. 5.1.2.3 Supply Clergy. Under the direction and supervision of the Bishop, supply clergy provide occasional sacramental and pastoral services to a congregation in the absence of the member of the clergy in charge, and shall be compensated in accordance with the policies established by the Diocesan Council and/or the Office of the Bishop.

5.1.2.4 Associated Clergy. Members of the clergy may be invited by a member of the clergy in charge to serve within that congregation, and, when doing so, shall serve at the pleasure, and under the direction and supervision, of the member of the clergy in charge.

5.1.2.5. Ministry Team. In congregations served by a total ministry team the functions normally performed by the member of the clergy in charge and/or assistant clergy are distributed among the members of a ministry team composed of clergy and laypersons, all of whom serve under the pastoral oversight of the Bishop.

5.2 Relations with Clergy, Generally. The relationship between a congregation and clergy is approved by the Ecclesiastical Authority and governed by the Canons of the General Convention and the Canons and policies of this Diocese.

5.2.1 Letters of Agreement. The mutual expectations and responsibilities of the member of the clergy in charge and of any assistant clergy, and of the Governing

64 Body and congregation, shall be described in a letter of agreement, or covenant. A letter of agreement is intended to clarify the relationship between the parties, enhance their ministries, and avoid occasions for conflict. Any provision of a letter of agreement which is in conflict with the Canons of the General Convention or of this Diocese, or with diocesan policy, shall be null and void. Such letters and any amendments of them shall not be effective unless and until approved by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

5.2.2 Compensation and Benefits. The Governing Body of the congregation shall be responsible for compensating the member of the clergy in charge and assistant clergy in accordance with the compensation and benefit policies adopted, and from time to time amended, by the Diocese.

5.2.2.1 Inability to Follow Policy. If at any time the Governing Body is unable to compensate its clergy in accordance with diocesan policy, the wardens shall so notify the Ecclesiastical Authority, indicating the steps being taken to bring the clergy person’s compensation into compliance with diocesan policies.

5.2.2.2 Annual Housing Resolution. As required under federal income tax laws and regulations, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year a member of the clergy shall determine that portion of his/her compensation to be considered “housing and utility allowance” for tax purposes, and this determination shall be incorporated into a resolution adopted by the Governing Body and made a part of its corporate minutes.

5.2.3 Conflict. Because conflict within a congregation may undermine the pastoral relationship or inhibit the congregation’s ministry, both the member of the clergy in charge and the wardens shall be responsible for seeking intervention by the Ecclesiastical Authority, in the same manner as is provided for in Canons of the General Convention. 5.2.3.1 Dissolution. If any member of the clergy in charge or the Governing Body of a congregation desires a dissolution of the pastoral relation, and they cannot agree, either may proceed in the same manner as provided in the Canons of the General Convention.

5.3 Change in Clergy Leadership.

5.3.1 Notifications. When a member of the clergy in charge intends to resign, the member of the clergy shall promptly advise the Ecclesiastical Authority, and, as soon as practicable, shall notify the wardens and Governing Body of the congregation. Upon learning that the member of the clergy in charge intends to depart, the wardens shall independently notify the Ecclesiastical Authority, and shall make themselves available to the Ecclesiastical Authority and members of the Office of the Bishop to arrange for transition in clergy leadership.

5.3.2 Termination Arrangements. When a member of the clergy in charge announces his/her intention to resign, and is not under discipline, the member of the clergy, wardens and Governing Body shall agree on, and commit to writing, as an amendment of the letter of agreement or as a new letter of agreement, arrangements that include the following: (a) effective date of the resignation;

65 (b) amount and payment in full of terminal compensation, deferred and severance benefits, insurance premiums, pension contributions, and accumulated sick leave and vacation benefits, if any; (c) date for vacating church-provided housing, if applicable; and (d) plans for celebrating the ministry that is ending. The wardens promptly shall deliver a copy of the proposed arrangements to the Ecclesiastical Authority for approval.

5.3.3 Interim Period. During the period following termination of the formal relationship of the member of the clergy in charge and the congregation and the calling or appointment of a new member of the clergy in charge (the “interim period”), the Ecclesiastical Authority and Governing Body of the Congregation shall work together to ensure that the unity and ministry of the congregation is maintained, and that the congregation is prepared to receive a new member of the clergy in charge.

5.3.3.1 Arrangements for Clergy Services. The Office of the Bishop shall assist the wardens and Governing Body in their efforts to arrange for the services of supply, interim or other clergy in the interim period. When no member of the clergy is serving the congregation, the wardens shall arrange for pastoral care of parishioners, maintain the regular schedule of worship services, and assume those administrative functions normally exercised by the clergy.

5.3.3.2 After Resignation. The relationship between a congregation and its former clergy person(s) shall be defined in a policy developed by the Bishop in consultation with members of the clergy, and adopted by the Diocesan Council.

5.3.3.3 Interim Clergy. With respect to an interim period, the wardens, with the advice of the Governing Body shall consult with the Ecclesiastical Authority, or with members of the Office of the Bishop, regarding assignment to the congregation of an Interim Priest to serve as member of the clergy in charge during the interim period. When arrangements for interim ministry are made with a member of the clergy who is not a trained interim ministry specialist or an experienced interim clergy, that member of the clergy shall receive interim ministry training at an early date through an organization or training program approved by the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Interim Priest shall represent the Bishop’s ministry, guide the congregation through the developmental steps associated with clergy leadership transitions, and prepare the congregation to receive a new clergy leader. Regardless of title, the Interim Priest shall exercise in full the authority of a rector, vicar, or chaplain, as the case may be, save only as to term of service. The Interim Priest shall not be a candidate for the position of permanent member of the clergy in charge of the congregation he/she serves. A congregation shall not exercise any right of termination of an Interim Priest prior to his/her normal and expected date of leave-taking until the wardens have consulted with, and received permission of, the Ecclesiastical Authority, which shall be conditioned on the congregation’s compliance with diocesan policy in such matters.

5.3.3.4 Search. The wardens, with the advice of the Governing Body, shall consult with the Ecclesiastical Authority, or with members of the Office of the Bishop or Diocesan Office, prior to forming any group or committee responsible for a search for a new member of the clergy in charge. A search for new clergy

66 shall be conducted in conformity with the Canons of the General Convention, and the Canons and policies of this Diocese.

5.3.3.5 New Member of the Clergy in Charge. In securing the services of a new member of the clergy in charge, the Governing Body shall proceed as follows:

5.3.3.5.1 Parishes. Upon completion of the search process, the Vestry shall forward the name(s) of the nominee(s) to the Ecclesiastical Authority as provided in the Canons of the General Convention. The Vestry, after consideration of any communication from the Ecclesiastical Authority at a meeting duly called and held for that purpose, may elect a Rector; and shall provide written notice of the election, signed by the wardens, to the Ecclesiastical Authority, who shall ascertain that the member of the clergy has accepted the call, as provided by the Canons of the General Convention.

5.3.3.5.2 Priest-in Charge. After consultation with the Governing Body, the Bishop may appoint a Priest to serve as Priest-in-Charge of any congregation in which there is no member of the clergy in charge. In such congregations, the Priest-in-Charge shall exercise the duties of member of the clergy in charge as provided by the Canons of the General Convention and these Canons, subject to the authority of the Bishop.

5.3.3.5.3 Other Congregations. The Governing Body of congregations other than parishes shall consult with the Ecclesiastical Authority for the appointment of a new member of the clergy in charge as Priest-in-Charge, Vicar or Chaplain.

5.3.3.5.4 Call. A congregation may not call a new member of the clergy in charge unless and until all requirements of the Church Pension Fund of that congregation shall be paid in full, and the current requirements of diocesan policy on compensation and benefits have been met, with respect to all members of the clergy serving the congregation.

5.4 Ministry of Laypersons. The Sacrament of Holy Baptism obligates each member of the Church to be faithful in prayer and worship, resist evil, proclaim the Gospel, love and serve one’s neighbors, and strive for justice and peace. This baptismal ministry is foundational, and all other ministries, lay and ordained, derive from it. Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of each individual Christian, assisted by the Bishop, Commission on Ministry, members of the clergy in charge, and congregations of this Diocese to provide for full expression of the ministry of all baptized persons.

5.4.1 Responsibilities of the Bishop. The Bishop, the Office of the Bishop, and other bodies and committees of the Diocese, as the Bishop may deem appropriate, shall provide for affirmation and development of lay ministries, making available to individuals and congregations resources for identification of gifts, training, and opportunities for service.

5.4.2 Responsibilities of the Commission on Ministry. The Commission on Ministry shall adopt policies and procedures for the cultivation of lay ministries, and shall set standards, as appropriate, for training, examination, determination of competence, licensing, and continuing education for those lay ministers identified in the Canons of the General Convention. The Commission may utilize the Board of

67 Examining Chaplains, or may create other committees or communities, to assist in implementing its policies and procedures, as the Bishop and Commission may deem necessary. In its work the Commission shall give equal weight to lay and ordained ministry.

5.4.3 Responsibilities of the Clergy. The member of the clergy in charge of each congregation of this Diocese, and other clergy serving under the direction of the member of the clergy in charge, shall facilitate the discernment of gifts and opportunities for ministry on the part of lay members; provide or assist, as necessary, with training, licensing, and continuing education of lay ministers; and observe the provisions of the Canons of the General Convention which require that certain lay ministers be confirmed communicants in good standing. The member of the clergy in charge shall ensure that the lay order is fully represented in the congregation’s worship and ministry, and that youth and young adult communicants are made aware of the variety of lay and ordained ministries to which members of the Church may be called.

5.4.4 Responsibilities of Governing Bodies. The Governing Body of each congregation of this Diocese shall nurture and affirm the variety of lay ministries expressed in the congregation, and, at regular intervals, shall plan, implement, and evaluate the congregation’s ministry with the local community, wider Church, and world.

VI. ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE

6.0 Title IV of General Canons. Those provisions of Title IV of the General Canons of The Episcopal Church that are applicable to the Diocese are hereby incorporated as part of this Title. To the extent, if any, that any of the provisions of this Title are in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of Title IV of the General Canons of The Episcopal Church, the provisions of Title IV shall govern. This Title will take effect on July 1, 2011. Until that time, the terms of the prior Title VI of the Diocese of Michigan will continue in effect, and the terms of those elected or appointed to fill positions under that title will continue until June 30, 2011, or as long thereafter as may be needed to complete matters in process under the prior Title.

6.1 Diocesan Cooperation. The Episcopal Dioceses in Michigan have expressed a desire to cooperate in the ecclesiastical disciplinary process of any matter in any such Diocese, including the creation of a common Disciplinary Board and the sharing of other resources as deemed appropriate. This Title is intended to facilitate the participation of this Diocese in such cooperative efforts with those Episcopal Dioceses in Michigan that adopt similar local canons. When any General Canon of The Episcopal Church allows information be given to a Bishop, the only Bishop to whom such information may be given is the Bishop of the Diocese in which the Respondent is canonically resident. The venue of any proceedings shall be in the Diocese in which the Respondent is canonically resident.

6.2 Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall consist of a minimum of four persons, two clergy and two lay, from each participating Diocese. In addition, the participating Dioceses will take turns selecting one additional clergy member. A member of the Standing Committee of any participating Diocese may not serve on the Disciplinary Board.

68 6.2.1 Selection of Members of Disciplinary Board. Members of the Disciplinary Board from this Diocese, sufficient to fill any upcoming vacancies, will be elected by the Annual Convention.

6.2.2 Terms. The terms of the initial members of the Disciplinary Board begin on July 1, 2011. At the first meeting of the Disciplinary Board after July 1, 2011, the members elected by each Diocese then participating will draw lots to determine one clergy member and one lay member elected by that Diocese who will serve until December 31, 2011. The remaining members will serve until December 31, 2012. Thereafter, each participating Diocese will select replacements for members of that Diocese whose terms will expire at the end of the year. Members so selected will serve a two-year term, each term to begin on January 1 following selection.

6.2.3 Successive Terms. Members may serve no more than two successive terms. If a member is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy involving a member from this Diocese, the term of the replacement member will be the unexpired term of the member being replaced, and the replacement member is eligible for election to a successive term.

6.2.4 Clergy Members. The clergy members of the Disciplinary Board must be canonically and geographically resident within the Diocese from which they are selected.

6.2.5 Lay Members. The lay members of the Disciplinary Board must be adult Communicants in Good Standing of a congregation in the Diocese from which they are selected, and must be geographically resident in that Diocese.

6.2.6 Vacancies. Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board will be filled as follows: (a) Upon the determination that a vacancy exists, the President of the Disciplinary Board shall notify the Bishop of the vacating member’s Diocese of the vacancy and request appointment of a replacement member of the same order as the member to be replaced. (b) If the vacancy involves a member from this Diocese, the Bishop shall appoint a replacement Disciplinary Board member in consultation with the Standing Committee. (c) Persons appointed to fill vacancies on the Disciplinary Board must meet the same eligibility requirements as apply to elected members of the Disciplinary Board. (d) With respect to a vacancy resulting from a challenge, the replacement member will serve only for the proceedings for which the elected member is not serving as a result of the challenge.

6.2.7 President. As soon as practicable after January 1 of each year, but no longer than 60 days after January 1 of each year, the Disciplinary Board will meet and elect from its membership a President, who may be a member of the clergy or lay person, and who shall serve as President for a term of one year (until a replacement is elected).

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

69 6.2.9 Preserving Impartiality. In any proceeding under this Title, if any member of a Conference Panel or Hearing Panel of the Disciplinary Board shall become aware of a personal conflict of interest or undue bias, that member shall immediately notify the President of the Disciplinary 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 subject of the challenge, shall promptly consider the motion and determine whether the challenged Panel member shall be disqualified from participating in that proceeding.

6.3 Intake Officer. An Intake Officer will 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. The Bishop shall publish the name(s) and contact information of the Intake Officer(s) throughout the Diocese.

6.4 Investigator. The Bishop will appoint one or more Investigator(s), as needed, in consultation with the President of the Disciplinary Board. Investigators may but need not be Members of the Church.

6.5 Church Attorney(s). The Bishops, with the consent of their Standing Committees, will appoint, as needed, one or more attorneys to serve as Church Attorney(s). The person(s) so selected must be a duly licensed attorney in the state of Michigan, but need not reside within the Diocese where the proceedings are to take place. Persons serving as a Church Attorney shall hold no other appointed or elected position provided for under this Title, and shall not include Chancellors or Vice Chancellors of either Diocese, members or employees of the same law firm, company or institution as a Chancellor of Vice Chancellor, or any person likely to be called as a witness in the proceeding. A Church Attorney may be removed for cause by the Bishop with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee.

6.6 Advisors. In each proceeding under this Title, the Bishop of the Diocese from which the proceeding arises shall appoint an Advisor for the complaining party 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 either Diocese, members or employees of the same law firm, company or institution as a Chancellor or Vice Chancellor, or any person likely to be called as a witness in the proceeding. The complaining party and the Respondent are each free to engage an attorney at their own cost.

6.7 Costs and Expenses. The reasonable costs and expenses of the Disciplinary Board, the Intake Officer, the Investigator, the Church Attorney, the Board Clerk and the Pastoral Response Coordinator shall be the obligation of the Diocese in which the Respondent is canonically resident, unless the alleged offense took place elsewhere and the respective Bishops agree on a different cost allocation. Other costs shall be the responsibility of individual parties incurring them.

6.8 Records.

6.8.1 Record of Proceedings. Records of active proceedings before the Disciplinary 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 Diocesan office in which the Respondent is canonically resident.

6.8.2 Permanent Records. The Bishops shall make provision for the permanent storage of records of all proceedings for clergy canonically resident in their respective Dioceses under this Title at the Diocese and the Archives of the Episcopal Church, as prescribed in Title IV of the General Canons of The Episcopal Church.

VII. AMENDMENTS

7.0 Amendments, Generally. The Canons of this Diocese may be amended as provided below, and shall be amended as necessary to conform to the Canons of the General Convention as adopted from time to time without necessity of formal action.

7.1 Proposed Amendments. Amendments, including additions, to the Canons to be proposed to a Convention shall be submitted to the Committee on Constitution and Canons (in this Title, the “Committee”) at least one-hundred twenty (120) days before the Convention at which they are to be considered, and the Committee shall file a report of such proposed amendments, together with its recommendations regarding adoption, with the Secretary of Convention not less than sixty (60) days before the date of such Convention. The Secretary shall furnish the text of the Committee’s report to the Members of Convention with other notices in advance of the Convention as required under these Canons.

7.2 Report of Proposed Amendments. The Committee shall report proposed amendments, and may make recommendations concerning them, as the first order of business of the Convention following organization of the Convention. No amendment of these Canons may be considered by the Convention unless the amendment is reported to the Convention by the Committee.

7.3 Adoption of Amendments. When any proposed amendment is before the Convention for consideration, changes or amendments to the proposal may be made by a majority vote before final action thereon, in the same manner as amendment to any motion unless the Members of Convention, by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the Members entitled to vote at such Convention adopt a special rule of order to consider the proposed amendment as a whole and without opportunity for amendment. No amendment of these Canons may be made without a favorable vote of two-thirds of the Members of Convention present, or, if the vote is by orders, by a majority vote of those present in each order.

7.4 Effective Date. Any amendment of these Canons shall not be effective with regard to the proceedings of or actions taken at the Convention at which such amendment was adopted. Unless the motion for adoption of an amendment requires otherwise, an amendment to these Canons is effective upon the close of business of the Convention at which adopted.

7.5 Captions, Paragraph Headings. The captions of Articles and the descriptive titles or headings of each section of these Canons are for reference purposes only, and not substance; and are not to be considered a formal part of the text of the Canons.

Section II

Reports to 186th Diocesan Convention

Deanery Reports

Commission on Ministry

Communications/The Record

Congregational Life

Diocesan Council Summary

Episcopate

Registrar’s Reports

Standing Committee Report

Total Ministry/Ministry Development

Trustees of the Diocese

Whitaker Institute

Youth and Young Adults Ministry (YAYA)

Reports of Agencies, Institutions and Committees

Capital Deanery

The congregations of the Capital Deanery include: • All Saints', East Lansing • Christ United, DeWitt • St. Augustine's, Mason • St. Katherine's, Williamston • St. Michael's, Lansing • St. Paul's, Lansing • Canterbury (MSU), East Lansing At a recent meeting of the Capital Deanery, a vote was cast to provide a metaphor to describe the state of the state capital's Episcopal churches. The first suggestion, "Politics & Politicians," received zero votes. The other selection, "Looney Tunes," won in a landslide with six "yay's" and two in absentia. With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic (which the deanery equates to the Tasmanian Devil), all the congregations were tossed into a whirlwind exit from their buildings. In a mad rush to communicate with dispersed parishioners, the clergy and lay leaders assumed a Bugs Bunny posture repeatedly asking "What's up?" through email, phone calls and direct mail. Late spring and early summer saw area churches experimenting with a variety of new worship styles: pre-recorded worship (Tweety Bird) and live-streaming on Zoom (Road Runner) or Facebook (Foghorn Leghorn). Several resumed in-person outdoor worship either in parking lots, parks or on the lawn while a few have occasionally re-entered their buildings (commonly referred to as the Daffy Duck option). Generally, the spiritual and financial health of the deanery congregations is positive, and direct ill effects of Covid-19 infection and death have been scant. The consensus is that we all feel a bit like Wile E. Coyote, suspended in mid-air, having just run off the cliff. We're about to open our tiny, tiny umbrella prior to the plummet. We pray the Holy Spirit catches us (unless the Spirit is Pepe Le Pew in disguise!).

Detroit Deanery Annual Report to the 2020 Diocesan Convention

Congregations All Saints’, Detroit; Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit; Christ Church, Detroit; Christ Church, Grosse Pointe; Church at Crossroads, Detroit; Church of the Messiah, Detroit; Grace, Detroit; St. Cyprian’s, Detroit; St. John’s, Detroit; St. Luke’s, Ferndale; St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s, Detroit; St. Michael’s, Grosse Pointe Woods; St. Peter’s, Detroit; Trinity (Spirit of Hope), Detroit; Trinity, Saint Clair Shores A Year of Transitions It has been a year of change – great joy and profound loss - in the Detroit Deanery, as well in so many other communities. We were excited to welcome the Rev. Michael Bradley to the deanery, as he joined St. Michael’s, Grosse Pointe Woods, as rector. We celebrate the Rev. Dr. Donald M. Lutas upon his retirement from St. Cyprian’s, Detroit, where he has served faithfully since 1991. We honored Spirit of Hope as it embraced its original name, Trinity, and then as it closed. Many members of the Detroit Deanery were honored to participate in the welcome and consecration of our eleventh bishop, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry. Although the onset of the pandemic dramatically changed our communications and ability to meet, it remains true that steady, creative, and hope-filled work continues every day in each of the diverse settings of ministry throughout the Detroit Deanery. At the 2020 Diocesan Convention, the Very Rev. Emily Williams Guffey will have completed the term vacated in 2019 by the Rev. Bob Alltop when he accepted a call outside of the deanery, and the Bishop will appoint a new dean to serve for a three-year term. The Detroit Deanery thrives on connection and fellowships that sustain us in our call to love, serve, and embody reconciliation in Detroit.

The Very Rev. Emily Williams Guffey

The Downriver Area Council Deanery Annual Report, 2020

Saint Luke’s, Allen Park Trinity, Belleville Resurrection, Ecorse Saint James, Grosse Ile Saint Michael and All Angels, Lincoln Park Trinity, Monroe Grace, Southgate Christ the King, Taylor Saint Thomas, Trenton Saint Stephen’s, Wyandotte

Our Deanery meets three times a year for fellowship, support, and education. Each congregation in our Deanery sends 2-4 representatives to each Deanery meeting; attendance averages between 20-35 people. Our pattern has been to meet in person, with extensive food provided by the host congregation and time for check in from each congregation. During the remaining time, we hear the Dean’s Report, the Diocesan Council Representative’s Report and our Treasurer’s Report.

However, this year COVID and the associated precautions changed our pattern somewhat. We met in January as usual, at St. Stephen’s, and planned to meet in April with Bishop Bonnie as our guest speaker. Due to COVID, the April meeting was on Zoom, which limited attendance somewhat; about 20 people attended, and everyone enjoyed getting to know our new bishop. Our October, pre-Convention meeting is scheduled for October 8, and we will once again be on Zoom.

Our Clericus is active, meeting monthly except in July and August. We typically gather at a host church for food, fellowship, prayer, and Bible study. In March, we met in Belleville, just days before the bishop directed us all to shut down our buildings. Since then, we’ve met on Zoom. We typically have 5-8 clergy attending, including some retired clergy.

This year, we welcomed two new clergy people to our Deanery, the Rev. Mitch Yudasz, who is at Christ the King in Taylor and St. Luke’s in Allen Park, and the Rev. Alice Sawyer, who is at Trinity Belleville. Also during this year, the Rev. Andrea Morrow was called as Rector at St. Stephen’s in Wyandotte, where she had been serving as Priest-in-Charge. In November 2019, a group of 19 Downriver worship leaders were trained or re-certified in a special class held at St. Stephen’s.

In December 2019, we lost Deacon Ken Rasnick, who truly exemplified servant leadership. He served as deacon at Grace, Southgate, and was a huge part of Prayer in the Park in the summer months. His outreach to people in nursing homes and to veterans brought hope and comfort to so many. He will be missed by all whose lives he touched.

Our clergy and lay people are active in diocesan and community organizations, serving as the hands and feet and heart of Jesus in our midst. The Rev. Lynda Carter has continued to lead Prayer in the Park on the river in Wyandotte, assisted by the Rev. Paula Miller and the Rev. Mitch Yudasz. Even during COVID time, the group at the river has continued to meet, with social distancing and masks. Their attendance has been in the mid-20s.

Downriver congregations have found ways of continuing to be the church in our communities in these challenging times. All congregations have used online platforms for worship, and some have held outdoor services and/or limited indoor gatherings. They’ve also continued to support community projects like food for kids, mentoring, and help for those experiencing homelessness and other crises; some congregations have participated in social justice initiatives as well.

Finally, as the newly appointed Dean (at Convention in 2019), I’ve been so inspired by the way that our clergy and lay people have risen to the challenges 2020 has brought. My clergy colleagues have been incredibly supportive, not just of me, but of each other. We are blessed to have a sense of community and fellowship in Christ in our Deanery, as well as a clear sense of being the church, even as use of our church buildings has been reduced.

Respectfully submitted by, The Very Rev. Andrea Morrow, Dean

Huron Valley Deanery Report to the 2020 Diocesan Convention

Member Congregations, Chaplaincies and Agencies: St. Aidan’s, Ann Arbor; St. Andrew’s, Ann Arbor; St. Clare of Assisi, Ann Arbor; Canterbury House, Ann Arbor; St. Paul’s, Brighton; The Emrich Center, Brighton; St. Barnabas’, Chelsea; St. James’, Dexter; St. Stephen’s, Hamburg; St. John’s, Howell; Church of the Incarnation, Pittsfield Township; Holy Faith, Saline; Chaplaincy at EMU, Ypsilanti; St. Luke’s, Ypsilanti.

The Huron Valley Deanery normally holds clericus meetings on occasional first Tuesdays of most months.

McGehee Deanery

Birmingham, St. James In the early winter, St. James in Birmingham embarked on a feasibility study for a Capital Campaign. By January we were planning and the public phase started in February. Despite Covid-19 hitting just as pledge cards were ready, we have had our faithful members pledge over $800,000 already. We are deeply grateful for Diocesan grants from Trustees and Council that have added to that number and, along with some money from our Property Fund, mean that we are able to do $950,000 worth of work stabilizing our building and allowing us to turn our eyes outward to ministry in the world. By convention time we expect to have an entire new HVAC system and a new sound system that will feed into our ability to livestream services from the sanctuary. Next steps in the campaign include tuck pointing, a new flat roof system, refurbishment of bathrooms, and bringing our handicap accessibility up to code. All of this will lead us into a 2021 in which Vestry is planning to invite congregational leadership into a visioning process to help us determine how our congregation is being called into new ministries. After Covid-19 struck, St. James reached out to the Bound Together program at All Saints in Pontiac. We provided volunteers for the emergency food program, food and mask donations. We are working with Bound Together now to assist in putting together the technology needed and helping provide tutors to continue to serve students in Pontiac. Thanks to the leadership of the Rev. Chris Fentress-Gannon and Eric Travis, St. James also participated in providing a program during lunch for fellowship, prayer, and learning for youth around the diocese.

Bloomfield Township, Nativity Nativity, like all other parishes, experienced a year of dramatic change with Covid. Before the pandemic hit, we enjoyed a wonderful Advent, highlighted by local high school musicians enhancing our Christmas Eve service and participating in our annual paper bag pageant with gusto. We reveled in the excitement and celebration of Bishop Perry's arrival, joining the service at the Cathedral for her seating. We were honored to have a part in the creation of South Oakland Pride, and look forward to hosting meetings in the future. We were blessed with the energetic presence of Ronda Johnson, an intern discerning for ordination.

Pandemic or not, God's blessings have continued to flow. We have learned to be a joyful community on Zoom, with Compline as a way to touch base each night until Sunday morning. We have been so thankful for all that our Bishop's Committee, Sacred Spaces Committee, Randy Gilchrist (parish administrator), and Cynthia Braun (dedicated musician) have done to keep our life together vibrant. Through the Winter Warmth project, Lighthouse, Church at Crossroads, and other organizations, we have been thankful to have outlets to share the love we receive from God with others. It has also been a joy to know that neighbors have enjoyed walking our labyrinth (a socially-distanced venue for spiritual reflection!). We miss the many organizations within our broader community that call Nativity home, and we look forward to welcoming them back as safety permits.

Clarkston, Resurrection Church of the Resurrection (CORe) has seen an increase in membership, activities, and involvement in the last two years. An outreach group has convened to begin talking about how to be more engaged in our community. We partner with Lighthouse, Clarkston as they work to serve people in our community.

In December of 2019, Meijer offered a 2 for 1 match, so we led a collection effort to help get additional funds for their pantry. We are also stocking our local Little Libraries with children‘s books. We put out a call for books, and individuals and other churches responded. We put a little sticker inside and place them in the Little Libraries. Children‘s books disappear quickly, so we know that they are appreciated! This was on hold at the beginning of the summer, but we still have a thousand books to get placed, and we‘d love to get them into kids‘ hands this fall. In non-pandemic times, Clarkston hosts an IMPACT weekend two times a year to work together across the community on improvement and service projects. CORe took a leadership role in one of the activities during IMPACT weekend and invited people to put together bags for chemo/dialysis centers and assisted living centers. In February of 2020, we co-hosted an Empty Bowls fundraiser with the Presbyterian Church. During this time of pandemic, we are meeting on Sundays via Zoom. There is also a noonday prayer on Tuesdays on Facebook Live. As with many congregations, we have seen involvement rise because of the use of technology. We are blessed to have our homebound able to attend and some family members from outside the area also log in to participate in our services. Recently, we have started meeting for Eucharistic outside on Wednesday nights while it has been nice. We continue to be in touch with one another via phone and email. Over the next year, we will continue to explore how to strengthen the community that meets on Sundays and how to better serve our wider community of Clarkston / Independence Township and our larger community.

Lake Orion, St. Mary’s In-The-Hills St. Mary's In-The-Hills entered the Fall of 2020 with great expectation of building on the recent arrival of Fr. Andy Guffey, enjoyed a wonderful blessing of the animals and Advent/Christmas season. We kicked off the New Year 2020 with a salubrious Twelfth Night bonfire and carol-sing, and co-hosted a very well attended Evensong with Lake Orion First United Methodist Church. We had a lively Vestry retreat. We entered Lent solemnly, and with the expectation of drawing nearer to God. And then, as with all our parishes and congregations, our best laid plans were disrupted by the present pandemic. The leadership of St. Mary's moved swiftly to ensure that all our members were cared for and that our parish family remained close. We transitioned to pre-recorded services for Easter, Eastertide, and beyond, relying heavily on the Daily Office and our service of Morning Prayer. In recent months, we have returned to our outdoor chapel for in- person services. Although many of our regular outreach opportunities were limited due to pandemic restrictions, we did have a faithful group volunteer for the St. Mary‘s Sunday at Crossroads. We continue to find ways to partner with our local Boy Scout Troop and Love In The Name of Christ. As we look toward the coming months, we do not know exactly what to expect, but we are determined to remain faithful to the God who has called us, and to follow as the Spirit teaches us how to be Christ's body for our community. Mt. Clemens, Grace Since our last diocesan convention, Grace has been busy with our food and sheltering outreach ministries. We are blessed to have such experienced lay leaders who coordinate and staff our Food Pantry, which serves approximately 350 people per month; our Wednesday evening supper feeds about 125 people per week; our Soup Kitchen which operates on Sundays from November – March and serves around 80 people each week and our Blessings in a Backpack program which stuffs an average of 300 packs of food each week at a local Middle School for children to take home on weekends throughout the school year.

We also participate in two annual rotating shelter programs for a week during Christmas and another week at Memorial Day. We provide dinner, sleeping accommodations and breakfast for both men and women along with boots, coats, hats, scarves and toiletries.

Since the pandemic hit everyone in March, we have been able to continue our Wednesday and Sunday feeding ministries as well as the weekly food pantry with modifications to follow all the safety guidelines. Our sheltering programs, blood drives and school backpack programs, however, have been suspended during this time. Our faith community continues to meet for two Sunday worship services, weekly bible study, and a monthly book club all over Zoom. We are in the middle of obtaining estimates to have our sanctuary outfitted with all the necessary equipment so that we may do live streaming from our sanctuary hopefully by the end of October or early November. We are in the midst of doing one on one relational conversations with all of our members, based on the Community Organizing training that our bishop coordinated in June. Our prayer team also continues to meet regularly by Zoom and sends out cards to everyone on our prayer list. Our 150th Anniversary celebration was rescheduled from October 2020 to October 2021, but our anniversary capital campaign continues with $84,000 pledged toward our goal of $150,000 and $36,000 has already been received. These are trying times for all of us. We continue to pray, work and live into the promise that our loving God is always with us, even if we are not in our church building!

Madison Heights, St. Patrick By focusing on parish-wide discernment, every member of St. Patrick‘s has become aware of their spiritual gifts is discerning and identifying, what form of ministry God is calling them to. Although the COVID-19 crisis has caused us to close the doors of our church building, we‘ve been reminded that that lovely building on 13 Mile is not the church. We are. Since mid-March, our Ministry Support Team has contacted every parish member each week to see how they are feeling and if they‘re in need of anything. We‘ve provided online Sunday services, with coffee hour, Compline, Wednesday night Dinner, Drinks and Discussion, and Tai Chi via Zoom and YouTube. We created a service which can be done on the telephone for people who don‘t have internet access. Concerned about members who, due to lack of technology, are more isolated, one of our members painted lawn signs with encouraging messages to let them know that they are loved and have not been forgotten. St. Patrick‘s is a community drop-off point for the Madison Heights Emergency Food Pantry.

Rochester, St. Philip's This has been a year of blessings and challenges to say the least! We welcomed two retired associate clergy — the Rev. Dr. John Meulendyk and the Rev. Ann Webber. We also welcomed our new Bishop, the Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry, who presided in February at the installation of Eric Williams as rector of the parish. We continued our outreach partnerships with the Red Cross Blood Drives, Lighthouse (SOS), Bound Together, and Rochester Area Neighborhood House where we have been working one Saturday a month at the food pantry. During the pandemic we pivoted quickly to online worship and formation, offering Sunday worship on YouTube, and Sunday School, Youth Group, Coffee Hour, Bible Study, and Forums on Zoom, as well as daily Noonday prayer. A parish task force has been working on plans for resuming in-person worship and we began with outdoor services in late July. We are installing a new security system and replacing the roof

82 over the church and entryway. Our Christian Formation team is working on a plan to work on diversity and anti-racism throughout the coming year.

Romeo, St. Paul’s In the past twelve months, St. Paul's in Romeo continued to grow food in our vegetable garden for Samaritan House, our local food bank, sent missioners on our ninth annual mission trip to western Virginia and explored a new relationship with St. Philip's in Rochester for future mission trips, installed a new rector, completed landscaping upgrades to our memorial garden and back entrance, celebrated the funeral of our first rector, sang carols in the Romeo Christmas Parade, celebrated our first-in-many-years Christmas Pageant, continued to play a central role in the Romeo Coalition for Area Residents needing Emergency Housing (Romeo CARES) and made plans for an activity-filled spring and summer – and then the pandemic hit, and none of our plans happened the way we expected. Since the pandemic began, we have gathered electronically multiple times a week to pray for the world, the church, the sick, the dead and the needs of our community through the frequent celebration of Holy Eucharist with spiritual communion. In the summer, we also began distanced outdoor gatherings in addition to our online gatherings. We fervently pray for the day when we can gather together in our church building once again.

Royal Oak, St. John's Capital Campaign. St. John's launched a three year capital campaign (2020 - 2022) at the end of 2019, guided by Horizon's Stewardship. The theme is Affirming our Welcome: Building in Faith. The three projects are to secure the integrity and infrastructure of the building with remedial repairs to the roof; to create a welcoming environment by installing an HVAC system (heat and cool the sanctuary, chapel and parish hall); and to provide accessibility by building new ground level entrance with an elevator bringing people up to the main level and/or down to the lower level. We met our financial goals for the capital campaign, and have received almost 1/2 of the total pledges in year one. Anti-Racism Work –. COVID necessitated us to cancel the Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Montgomery AL we had planned for May 2020, but St. John‘s continues our anti-racism work with programs, and ongoing adult and children and youth education. We are starting three Sacred Ground ‗circles‘ in September 2020, and many of our parishioners participate in Diocesan work, book study, and discussion groups on anti-racism. On Line and Outdoor Worship – After experimenting with many ways to deliver worship services, St. John‘s has settled on one Zoom service at 10am and an 8am and 10am outdoor service. The outdoor service will continue, weather permitting. We also offer most of our programming (Bible Study, Meditation, Adult Forum, Children and Youth Formation, small groups) online. Occasionally, groups meet outside, masked and socially distanced. Children and Youth Support – COVID has necessitated that we suspend in person Sunday school and youth group, but they continue to meet periodically online. Holly McNeal also does a nightly story time online, has a Parent group online, and is planning Family Activities (safely distanced, outside) around art and outreach over the summer months. She is also designing an anti-racism/how to raise racially aware children curriculum. Open Hands Food Pantry/Converting the Worship and Outside Spaces. Since the COVID crisis has we have revamped our operation to maintain safety for the people receiving the food and for the volunteers. We‘ve moved to a ―drive up‖ operation. The Open Hands Food Pantry is serving approximately 125 households (=300+ people) per week with shelf stable groceries, toiletries (including toilet

83 paper), fresh produce from our own garden, and additional fresh produce from Gleaner‘s partners from the Eastern Market. All the food is distributed on Saturdays between 9:30am and 11:00am in an outdoor drive-through service to address COVID safety standards. Because we are not able to bring people inside the buidling right now, the Open Hands Food Pantry has moved their receiving and assembly work station right into the sanctuary of St. John‘s Episcopal Church. By the end of the summer, a renovation project of the gargage outside the church will be completed. This space will allow us to store and distribute garden produce and fresh meat out of the garage. Our need has increased, and we don‘t know how many we will serve in the remainder of the year, but we are on pace for about 14,000. Volunteers for both the Open Hands Food Pantry and Garden are very welcome – please sign up on our website.

Southfield, St. David's It‘s a time of renewal amids the pall of a pandemic, economic meltdown, and racial reconciliation recalibration…Thanks to Sr.Warden Ellen Boyes and Jr. Warden Ray Litwinowicz, we have scaled back renovations plans and taken a pivot. We have inistalled 6 new monitors in the worship space so we can go paperless in worship which will not only keep people safe from the Coronavirus, but save thousands per year in printing costs. Planned renovations include rest rooms, hallway, parish hall, boilers, and perhaps windows. St. David‘s had started live streaming our main worship service in 2019 so when the virus hit we were able to go online rather seamlessly and retained, and at times, improved on Sunday worship attendance. St. David‘s had opened a once a week food pantry iiin the Narthex in January but when the virus hit began opening it 5 days a week, to give out literally tons of food for thousands of people. Even though the church was closed we were able to hand out food, hundreds of masks, and even yard uplifting yard signs. St. David‘s formed a Racial Equality Team to keep the momentum behind the Black Lives Matter campaign at the forefront of our common life, this group has continued to offer resources to the parish.

Troy, St. Stephen's 2019 was a year of discernment, healing and renewal for St. Stephen‘s. While searching for our next pastoral leader, we asked Reverend Sharon Voelker to walk with us as our part time Priest. We began the process of rediscovering our passions and the mission of our congregation. Having hosted a series of Holy Conversations with our members, we began the work of implementing many of the ideas and suggestions that came out of them. Worship services, youth activities, music programs, outreach activities, hospitality events, SOS, adult faith classes, buildings and grounds projects, and pastoral care visits were all better focused as a result. Buildings and Grounds made continued with the updates to the building so we can continue God‘s work into the future. The Hospitality Team brought us together in fellowship with some terrific social events. Our Outreach ministries continued to be one of our most important ministries. The giving of our parish to the many needs in our community brings us together in spectacular fashion. The highlight of our year is always SOS week. The Hospitality and Outreach team combine forces to lead us in providing a week of calm, security and good food to our SOS clients. St. Stephen‘s Adult faith group and Bible study groups met weekly, and the Senior Warden and Pastoral Care team visited and ministered to the sick and shut-ins. We continue to grow in our faith and we continue to seek Jesus in each other and our community.

Shelby Twp., St. Luke’s We reopened In August. We have been having Morning Prayer without any problems. We follow all CDC guidelines to keep our people as safe as possible. We are well spaced, and ware mask during the service. We have ECLA Minister on the forth Sunday of the month who administers communion. We reopened our personal care pantry on Aug. 5th.

Waterford, St. Andrew's Following Diocesan Convention in 2019 St. Andrew‘s observed its patronal feast with a bagpiper and Scottish themed coffee hour. In December we hosted our customary fund raiser on behalf of O.A.T.S. Therapeutic equestrian program, and provided Christmas gifts for a number of military veteran families, as well as knitted garments and portable sleeping-mats for the homeless. We continue to make periodic trips to our sister parish in Flint to deliver bottled water to their community lunch program. St. Andrew‘s also participates in the local CROP Walk, serves lunches at Crossroads in Detroit, and provides clothing to newly-released prisoners from the Oakland County Jail. On our vestry retreat in February we adopted a ―Mission, Vision, and Values‖ document, along with a list of goals for the year. The Pandemic frustrated some of these, but a plan to demolish the unused rectory was brought to the point of being sent to Diocesan Standing Committee for final approval at their upcoming meeting. This issue has been debated for many years and it represents a breakthrough to have it pass a Congregational Zoom Meeting without dissent. Zoom Eucharist on Sunday have been well attended, with many taking leadership roles in the liturgy on a rotating basis. Our 100 year old matriarch, Margaret Chaney, has mastered the art of Zooming, and our resident tech master, Beth Duncan, keeps everybody in touch with each other with her inspired Zoom hosting. In the liturgy she says ―make me host, Jonathan‖, and everybody responds ―and also with you.‖ Our Zoom worship is enhanced with video recordings of our Quarantine Choir singing on the church porch. There is also a wild turkey that has taken up residence by the church. Efforts to keep turkey poop off the steps have so far proved unsuccessful. In September we will undertake to have aParking Lot Eucharist which will be something like the feeding of the 5000 since most of the congregation has not had opportunity to receive communion since February. Still no coffee hour though. Finally, St. Andrew‘s lost a courageous and faithful companion in discipleship when Gale Engdahl, wife of The Rev. Fred Engdahl, died after a long struggle with a rare cancer. ―Give Rest, O Christ, to your servant, with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.‖

Report of the Trinity Deanery 2020

Member Congregations: Christ Church, Dearborn Trinity in the Woods, Farmington Hills St. Clement‟s, Inkster St. Andrew‟s, Livonia St. George‟s, Milford Holy Cross, Novi St. John‟s, Plymouth St. Elizabeth‟s, Redford Church of the Redeemer, Southfield St. John‟s, Westland Emmaus

Dean: The Very Reverend Julia Huttar Bailey

Diocesan Council Representatives: Mr. Bruce Hinkle (Holy Cross) The Reverend Paul Castelli, AF (St. George‟s)

Highlights from some of the Deanery Congregations

Christ Church, Dearborn: In the late months of 2019 and the early months of 2020 Christ Church Dearborn engaged deeply in our Partnership in Faith with Mother of the Savior. The Partnership in Faith is a mutual ministry opportunity between an Arabic speaking congregation with members from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Iraq with an English-speaking congregation with members from the USA, Great Britain, and Liberia. These two congregations are sharing the building and property that has housed Christ Church since 1949. Christ Church people have been actively engaging in intercultural learning and developing their intercultural competency. When COVID hit in March we moved to online worship and worked to create opportunities for online relationship building between Christ Church and Mother of the Savior to continue. We have only met a couple of times, but are working to organize monthly gatherings this fall. Our gatherings are a facilitated conversation on food, culture and faith. These are challenging times that require one to shift and then shift again and then again, but people at Christ Church in Dearborn are getting good at adapting. (Submitted by the Reverend Terri Pilarski)

Trinity in the Woods, Farmington Hills is thriving and growing. While we love our beautiful spot in the woods, we know that the Church is the building, and we have adapted to worship and lots of other activities on Zoom. Our virtual choir has been extremely active, thanks to the good and creative work of Rachael Rose, our music director. We are finding it more challenging to engage in our outreach activities with the pandemic, and have been working hard on re-inventing that wheel, or at least adjusting is as needed. Our beautiful meditation path through the trees is still open, and you are welcome to visit. It is a very peaceful space. (Submitted by the Very Reverend Julia Huttar Bailey)

St. George’s, Milford had some positive ministry developments prior to the pandemic radically changing the way all our parishes have operated since March. We had successfully launched a new acolyte program for children and youth, as there had not been a formally organized program for quite some time.

This was one of saddest parts of not being able to gather physically, as the kids serving as acolytes had begun to grow into the roles and enjoy serving the Lord in this way. We also began public services of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer Monday through Friday, with the Rector and parishioners officiating. This has continued successfully via Facebook Live through the course of the pandemic: we have streamed Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer daily for the duration, and our prayers included the Great Litany, Supplication, and An Order of Service for Noonday at noon through June.

Sadly, our primary outreach ministries were required to lay fallow for most of this time. Now we are grateful for the opportunity for our crocheters to start working on plarn sleeping mats once again. Some of our talented parishioners did a tremendous ministry in making cloth face masks and sending them to many members of our congregation. Despite needing to pivot in our outreach, we felt that doing nothing was not an option. Inspired by the tremendous work of the Diocese in raising funds for feeding agencies in our region, we raised an additional $3,000 this summer to distribute evenly to the two local food pantries that we support: Community Sharing and Hospitality House. While we have not ruled out the possibility of doing our annual clothing drive for homeless veterans, we have still not determined how best to do this collection safely. We bid your prayers and ask that you stay tuned. (Submitted by the Reverend Paul Castelli, AF, SCP)

Holy Cross, Novi Holy Cross welcomed the Rev. Ian Reed Twiss as the new priest-in-charge in March and have been enjoying a wonderful time of relationship building. In 2019 Ian and church members were engaged in accomplishing the goals the Vestry had set, including some buildings and grounds improvements; increasing our advertising and social media presence both online and using direct mail; and expanding Adult Formation offerings with evening “Pajama Church” study using Zoom (before the coronavirus made Zoom ubiquitous in all our lives!).

To build connections in ministry to the local community in 2019, we also launched a Community Connections team and organized a public LGBTQ Sex Education event for teens and parents. The lay-led, Holy Cross Social Justice team continued to work on issues related to immigration, racism, LGBTQ rights, and others.

From March until August of 2020, Holy Cross has stayed connected through Zoom worship on Sundays as well as the daily office Monday-Friday and also through a telephone tree. We have hosted a free grocery program in our building, contributed personally and corporately to local food pantries. We have also hosted and participated in several anti-racism protests and public liturgies, held a Q&A meeting with the local police chief, and joined with local activists to push for changes towards equity in local schools. (Respectfully submitted by Ian Reed Twiss, Priest-in-Charge.)

St. John's Plymouth: The Rev. John H. Conners began his work as the Interim Rector of St. John‟s Plymouth on December 1, 2019. Only 3 months later COViD- 19 and the ensuing shutdown hit. We have been worshipping outdoors most of the summer and are now preparing to go „on-line‟ as the weather turns colder. The Vestry of St. John‟s has been working very hard these past months preparing for the fall Stewardship campaign and cleaning up any number of administrative loose ends that exist. As the congregation begins its „Holy Conversations‟ this Fall, there is a great sense of anticipation that someday life will „normalize‟ at St. John‟s, both in terms of COViD restrictions on in person worship and also with the anticipation of finally calling a „settled‟ Rector during 2021.

All of St. John‟s Bible Study groups have been successful in moving to a „Zoom‟ format…with the unexpected result than a number of parishioners who had moved away from the area are now joining with their previous study groups while residing in various places around the country. The people of St. John‟s look forward to the day they can once again welcome various outside groups and also Diocesan groups to our facilities and can fully resume some of their outreach ministries to the community. (Submitted by the Rev. John H. Conners.)

Emmaus is an Intentional Baptismal Ministry which functions outside the traditional church walls and brings the Gospel and Holy Eucharist to those who cannot or will not attend services in a traditional church building.

One of the best examples is the ministry of bringing the Holy Eucharist to the residents at four nursing homes and a senior center, and in 2019 we had an attendance of 945, an increase of 22% over the prior year. This ministry takes place in Novi, Walled Lake and Commerce Township and is led by the Rev. William Roberts assisted by Mike and Margaret Walbridge together occasionally with individuals from Holy Cross, Novi.

Another very good example is the Restaurant/Pub ministry which has continued to grow. Here a meal within a meal with the Holy Eucharist and a light meal are consumed. These services take place at three restaurants and one pub in Walled Lake, Wixom and Commerce Township, and are led by the Rev. RaeLee Baxter. Holy Cross, Novi, has added financial support for this service to their budget.

Since early March 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a cessation of these services and we pray that when it is safe and appropriate they will resume. (Submitted by the Rev. William Roberts)

William N. Lyster Deanery Report for Diocesan Convention 2020

All Saints', Brooklyn Christ Church, Adrian Christ Church, Pleasant Lake St. Aidan's, Michigan Center St. John's, Clinton St. Michael and All Angels, Cambridge Junction St. Peter's, Hillsdale St. Paul’s, Jackson

Our History: Eight congregations comprise the William N. Lyster Deanery located in the southwest part of our Diocese. Churches that resulted from the personal dedication of the Rev. William Lyster are St. Peter’s, Tecumseh (now closed) which was his first congregation; St. John’s (formerly St. Patrick’s), Clinton; Christ Church, Adrian; St. Peter’s, Hillsdale; St. Michael and All Angels, Cambridge Junction; and All Saints’, Brooklyn. St John’s, Clinton is one of the few if not only wood structured Episcopal Church’s East of the Mississippi.

Records indicate that Rev. Lyster used much of his own financial assets to help start the communities of faith. Many churches received the Rev. Lyster’s help in their congregational life ranging from Detroit to Marshall Michigan. We are extremely proud of the work and dedication Rev. Lyster accomplished as a Missionary to Michigan. His work and dedication was very instrumental in helping our diocese become what it is today and because of his fondness to Ireland, his homeland, and the similarity of the topography of the two places, Ireland and Michigan, we today enjoy a beautiful part of our Diocese known to many, as the Irish Hills.

Diocesan Council Representatives: The Rev. Diana Walworth – (Sandy Hite)

Two of the Deanery congregations are Total Ministry Congregations, St. Michael and All Angels, Cambridge Junction and Christ Church, Pleasant Lake. St. Paul’s, Jackson has the Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert as their Rector. St. John’s, Clinton is served by Rev. Susie Schafer on a part-time basis. Rev. Dan Buchin serves at Christ Church, Adrian when he’s not travelling with the Red Cross Disaster team to offer help to those in need after storms and fires. The remaining congregations use supply clergy and Rev. Dcn. Linda Shafer serves at St. John’s Clinton and St. Aidan’s, Michigan Center.

Outreach Ministries: All Saints, Brooklyn opens their parish hall to support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and AlAnon. They serve 80-100 persons from the community at their monthly dinners. They also participate in Brooklyn’s Octoberfest celebration. St. Michael’s and All Angels provide food to families in need during Easter/Spring school breaks. They began a new project with the Michigan State Police providing water and snacks to the officers who work the races and Faster Horses Music Festival at Michigan International Speedway. They raised money to provide Fire Safety brochures to the students at Onsted Schools.

Their weekly Morning Prayer and Bible Study at the Onsted American Legion is well attended.St. Peter’s, Hillsdale houses the St. Peter’s Free Clinic, which provides Medical Care to uninsured and under insured members of Hillsdale County. Church members volunteer at the Clinic and they provide a meal to volunteers once a month. St. Peter’s is a partner church in Love INC (In the Name of Christ) and supports the annual Loaves and Fishes project through the Hillsdale Ministerial Association.

St. Aidan’s, Michigan Center raises money to assist teachers at Michigan Center Schools purchase supplies for their classrooms. St. John’s, Clinton serves lunch at the local Senior Center, has a prayer blanket ministry and monthly food pantry collections. Christ Church, Pleasant Lake sponsors a Grief Support Group two times a month at the church, which serves members of the congregation as well as the Pleasant Lake community. Christ Church, Pleasant Lake also serves around 20 families each month in their Operation Blessing Food Pantry with monthly food and school backpacks and Christmas gifts for the Children. St. Paul’s, Jackson is involved in many community project including SOAR Café and Farms, Parnall Prison Chaplaincy, AWARE Shelter Christmas Gifts, Back to School supplies and clothes for kids, Easter and Thanksgiving food distribution to those in need and Jackson YMCA Trunk or Treat.

During Covid: Many of the ministries described above have suspended operations during Covid. However, each of our parishes have met either in person safely outside or online or over the phone. We have met as a deanery on average every 2 weeks via Zoom during Covid. This is the most often this deanery has met in decades! Through these meetings we give each other news, comfort, guidance and compassion. We are convinced that we will come out the other side of this time stronger and more united as a deanery. A few of our feeding programs, daycares and educational programs have continued operating safely in person or online to care for our communities. We have participated in Sacred Ground, Lectionary/Bible studies and advocated for the recent changes in expungement policies for returning citizens. We’ve volunteered for voter registration and census participation. We call our isolated parishioners and have married and buried our people as CDC guidelines dictate. Our connections to each other and to the Diocese are growing deeper each week and we pray this continues in the months and years ahead.

Respectfully submitted,

The Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert, Dean William N. Lyster Deanery

Commission on Ministry 2020 Annual Report to the Diocesan Convention

Members of the Commission on Ministry (Terms end October 31 of the year indicated)

Ms. Kris Beckett (2020) The Ven. Tim Spannaus (2022) Ms. Susan Brooks (2020) Mr. Matthew Evett (2023) The Rev. Maryjane Peck (2020) Mr. David Volker (2023) The Rev. Andrew Van Culin, Secretary The Rev. Josh Hoover (2023) (2020) The Rev. Chris Johnson (2023) Ms. Cindy Fellner (2021) Ms. Elaine Belz (2024) The Rev. James Pashturro (2021) The Very Rev. Andrea Morrow (2024) Ms. Pamela Wagner (2021) The Rev. Susie Shaefer (2024) The Rev. Paul Castelli (2022) Dr. Joseph Thompson (2024) Ms. Dianne Salisbury (2022)

The principal role of the Commission on Ministry (CoM) is to act as an advisory committee to the Bishop. When the Bishop welcomes individuals into the formal CoM discernment process, the CoM assigns an advisor to each individual. This advisor meets with the advisee to assist, observe, offer suggestions, review the formation plan and give support to the advisee until ordination. Advisors report back to the commission on the progress of their advisee.

The CoM also works with the Total Ministry program, to support the mission to affirm and develop of the ministry of all baptized persons.

In 2020, The CoM undertook a significant revision of the process to ordination, with the goals of increasing transparency, clarifying expectations and requirements, and working more closely with the Standing Committee.

Many thanks to all who open their hearts to God’s call to ministry for them. Thank you to each member of the CoM for offering their time, effort, and prayers for the work of building up God’s Church. We also gratefully acknowledge the support and guidance of Ms. Beth Rowley; and we give thanks for the leadership of Bishop Perry.

Respectfully submitted The Ven. Tim Spannaus, Chair

Communications Ministry Report

It has been a year of extraordinary growth of our communications, particularly regarding our diocese’s relationship with the news media.

In the past year, we have garnered local, regional and national coverage for our activities, including coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, US News and World Report, Time Inc., The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, Fox 2 Detroit, WDIV Local 4 Detroit, Michigan Radio, Between The Lines and many more.

These deepened relationships with our local and national news media outlets have raised awareness about who we are and what we believe. I am so excited to continue to share our voice and our accomplishments with the world.

In addition to our news successes, we have been engaging in some new initiatives and programming, including a letter signature campaign, expert panels on various subjects, seasonal book studies, vigils, and small group discussions with diocesan leaders. Each of these initiatives have been great successes in terms of participation and reception, and have succeeded in bringing our community together to learn and to support one another. One of the initiatives that I have been most proud of was our campaign to fight hunger in our diocese. It was an honor to work with my incredible colleagues to design a campaign that raised enough funds to feed thousands and thousands of hungry families.

In addition to my regular duties, we have endeavored to increase our level of support to our congregations as the Coronavirus has continued to disrupt our old ways of doing things. This has included communications consultations with congregations, gathering remote worship information for our congregation, compiling resources and posting weekly sermons from Bishop Perry.

It has been an honor to serve this diocese for another year, and I look forward to the coming challenges and opportunities the next year has for our community. If your congregation would like any support or assistance, please feel free to reach out to me anytime at [email protected].

- Anna Stania, Director of Communications

Congregational Life

As of September 15, 2020

During this past year, we have continued our attention to congregational growth and development by assisting congregations with strengthening loving community, mission focus, discipleship and leadership development, and supporting effective discernment and calling processes for congregations and clergy in transitions.

Congregational Vitality

Throughout the last quarter of 2019, our congregations celebrated the ministry of The Right Reverend Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. as Tenth Bishop of Michigan and said goodbye upon his retirement. The Diocese welcomed and celebrated the consecration of The Right Reverend Dr. Bonnie A. Perry as Eleventh Bishop of Michigan on February 8, 2020.

The Vestry Days at the Cathedral (February 22) and St. Paul’s Lansing (March 7) led by Bishop Perry were attended by about 300 people from 38 congregations. The theme was Building Blocks for Congregational Development and focused particularly on listening to the needs in the surrounding community (including one- to-one relational meetings) and responding. The Introduction to Community Organizing workshop led by Michael Gecan (June 26-27) built further on this mission and growth focus.

Then, by March 17, the Corona virus pandemic was spreading and the Michigan bishops issued pastoral directives that temporarily stopped in-person gathering, including worship. Some food pantries and feeding programs were able to operate in a “curbside only” capacity. Bishop Perry and diocesan staff focused on helping clergy and lay leaders respond to the Coronavirus pandemic by promoting essential elements for crisis interventions: . Safety: Protecting vulnerable people by asking them to stay home and continue to participate online and preparing realistically for return to our buildings (with new norms for gathering sizes, cleaning, handwashing, masking, physical distancing, interpersonal interactions, etc.) . Connectedness: Keeping congregations as intact and engaged as possible when we cannot meet face-to-face by continuing regular worship services online; creating opportunities for small group online gatherings, calls, videoconferences, social hours, Bible studies, prayer groups and formation; outreach ministries; meetings with clergy; and meetings with congregations and groups of congregations . Self and Collective Efficacy: Encouraging clergy and lay leaders to take agency in responses to the pandemic and antiracism efforts and to remain aware of finding new and ongoing ways to involve more people in ministry, discipleship and mission; reaching out with the Diocesan Fund for Food Insecurity; increasing means for financial stewardship; and offering larger formation opportunities, including Race Matters and the community organizing workshop. . Calm: Being present with leaders and congregations, providing resources and helping to frame learning and action for all of the needed changes through lenses and vision.

. Hope: Offering Gospel messages; leadership that helps develop unity, belonging and purpose; pastoral care; and time for grieving and rest. (From a presentation by the Rev. Ellen Ekevag to clergy and lay leaders based on Hobfoll, S. E., Watson, P., Bell, C. C., Bryant, R. A., Brymer, Friedman, M. J., et al. Five essential elements of immediate and mid-term mass trauma intervention: Empirical evidence. Psychiatry, 70(4), 283-315 (2007))

Many of our congregations have adapted quickly, worked to keep people safe and stay connected, and discovered and used new and effective online tools for worship, Christian formation, pastoral care, meetings, and sustaining and building new relationships. Even when it becomes possible for larger numbers to return to in-person worship, these tools will continue to help build and maintain connections with those who cannot gather in-person, either due to risk or sense of safety. This includes people who cannot or should not come to church, new people trying us out, and non-church people. Congregations are developing more opportunities for seeing one another, conversing, connecting, inviting and welcoming.

By May, the disproportionate effects of the health pandemic, economic collapse, and societal upheaval (following the death of George Floyd) clearly exposed the continuing prevalence of systemic racism, economic disparities and social injustices for people of color, brought about protest and mobilization, and presented true opportunities for learning and change – both as individuals and together in our communities. Bishop Perry and Sister Veronica Mary had begun a Lenten conversation in February about America's Original Sin and initiated a summer book study of White Fragility in July and August. Bishop Perry and diocesan leaders held Race Matters: A Diocesan-Wide Zoom Conversation with Bishop Perry to talk about the unrest across our country and to plan how we can work to move toward justice and equality. For the month of September, the Diocese offered four short discussion courses, each covering an article about race and racism, written by contemporary thought leaders. Several congregations began their own studies and work on antiracism. Important questions are: How will white people grapple with the longstanding impacts of systemic racism which we are often denying and contributing to? How will we recognize, rethink, fight and change deeply ingrained behaviors in our own lives, our institutions, and the very nature of our overall culture and society? And how will we make certain that “Now is the season” (from Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail)?

Leadership development and congregational growth and development is continuing including community outreach (e.g., companionship, neighborhood cleanup, food, gardens, clothing, shelter, education, jobs), discernment activities (mutual ministry reviews, holy conversations and asset-mapping), and conflict resolution processes – although some activities have paused or slowed due to requirements for physical distancing during the pandemic. Our annual Renaissance workshop for congregational renewal, revitalization and development was postponed and will be redesigned into shorter online workshops. The first workshop, a town hall for congregational stewardship, was held on September 9. Fresh Start and the Curate Training Program have been combined and updated this fall for priests in new calls. Other clergy peer support groups, such as the Priest-Developer group and Interim group, have moved online and expanded.

We are continuing work on multicultural development and new church development with grants from The Episcopal Church, grants from Diocesan Council, and contributions from individuals and church partners.

The Church at Crossroads in Detroit is housed in the chapel of the social service agency, Crossroads of Michigan, reaches out to the larger surrounding neighborhood and ministers among and calls leaders who live in this neighborhood who are predominantly people of color (African American) and who often have poverty level economic means. Other Episcopal congregations participate in and help support these ministries. Mother of the Savior in Dearborn is an interdenominational Arab American Christian community in partnership with the Southeastern Michigan Synod (Synod) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Christ Episcopal Church Dearborn. Mother of the Savior is the only English and Arabic speaking Christian congregation in the immediate area and reaches Arab Americans from all ethnicities and of all ages who are from Christian heritages or who are unchurched.

Our diocesan community is adapting, changing, growing and becoming stronger through the ongoing health and social justice crises. The Way of Jesus is "metanoia" (change of mind, heart, soul and body), opening us to the new ways of a life of loving God and loving one another. We are working to change old habits. We are doing more than just focusing on re-opening buildings and returning to each other and our "normal" lives. We are asking: Who do we want to be coming out of these experiences? What opportunities do we have to live differently? How do we help leaders engage in real discernment about who God is calling us to be on the next steps of our journeys? What are our values and what opportunities do we have to respond to the needs of the world in our contexts? What have we tried and learned so far and what we are we feeling called to help with in the intermediate and longer term horizons (not just crisis response or quick actions to "feel better")? The pandemic, social injustice and economic crises are continuing and require our online and in-person responses. At the same time, we have new opportunities to adapt and change and develop new and powerful relationships and participate and share more fully in the love of God’s kingdom.

Clergy Transitions

Clergy transitions are some of the most important events in the life of a congregation and can have a profound effect on a congregation’s future. We focus on developing and strengthening congregations and helping priests and congregations discern calls. Development tasks of the transition period (before search process) are:

- Understanding the shifting context congregations face today - Discovering a new and continuing identity ("Who is God calling us to be now?”) - Strengthening lay leadership - Dealing with conflicts - Creating a sustainable financial plan

Some of these activities of clergy transition processes have paused or slowed due to requirements for physical distancing, and there have been fewer active clergy candidates as more priests have chosen to remain with their current congregations during the pandemic.

Congregational transitions (and clergy serving):  Trinity, Belleville (The Rev. Alice Sawyer, Priest-in-Charge)

Other clergy transitions in the life of the diocese:  St. James, Birmingham (The Rev. Christine Fentress-Gannon, Associate)  Christ Church, Detroit (The Rev. Anthony Estes, Associate) 95

 St. Philip’s, Rochester (The Rev. Eric Williams, Rector)  St. Stephen’s Wyandotte (The Rev. Andrea Morrow, Rector)  Diocesan staff (The Rev. Ellen Ekevag, Ministry Developer)

Clergy who have retired or transitioned out of the Diocese:  The Rev. Ellis Clifton (retired)  The Rev. Mary Duerksen (retired ELCA)  The Rev. Judith Harmon (retired)  The Right Rev. Deon Johnson (Bishop of Missouri)  The Rev. Donald Lutas (retired)

Congregations currently working with the Bishop’s office in transition include:  St. Aidan’s, Ann Arbor  St. Clare’s, Ann Arbor (The Rev. Maryjane Peck, Interim Rector)  St. Paul’s, Brighton (The Rev. Susan Anslow Williams, Interim Rector)  All Saints, Detroit  St. Cyprian’s, Detroit  St. Clement’s, Inkster  St. John’s, Plymouth (The Rev. John Conners, Interim Rector)  St. Stephen’s, Troy (The Rev. Sharon Voelker, Long-term Supply)  Spirit of Grace, West Bloomfield (The Rev. Peggy Rose, Interim Pastor)

Congregations currently working with the Bishop’s office to discern whether to extend or make permanent calls to their priests-in-charge:  Trinity, Monroe  Holy Faith, Saline

Please Mark Your Calendars

The next Introduction to Community Organizing Training with Michael Gecan will be held on November 13 & 14. This is a repeat of the June 2020 training, so please do not register for this event if you participated in June. In 2021, participants in both introductory sessions will be invited to enroll in a more intensive, next level training.

2021 Diocesan Vestry Days will be held on Saturdays February 20 and 27, 2021. More information will be available in December.

Please Contact Us Bishop Perry and diocesan staff are here to help! Please contact us to discuss any challenges and opportunities your church communities are facing, including assistance with finance (Mark Miliotto, Diocesan Treasurer), administration and property (Canon Jo Ann Hardy), youth (Eric Travis), ministry development (The Rev. Ellen Ekevag), formation for ministry (The Rev. Vicki Hesse), communications (Anna Schroen), and congregational development and clergy transitions (Jim Gettel, 313-833-4424 or [email protected]).

Faithfully submitted, Jim Gettel Canon for Congregational Life

The Diocesan Council Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Inc.

Summary of Actions from the Meetings of Diocesan Council June 2019 – May 2020

Council Members 2019-2020 Capitol: The Ven. Linda MacDonald & Toni Dennis, Detroit: The Rev. Teresa Wakeen & Bruce Cann, Downriver: The Rev. Lynda Carter & Martha Hanoian, Huron Valley: The Rev. William Stech & Katie Oppenheim, Lyster: The Rev. Diana Walworth & Sandi Hite, McGehee: The Rev. Steve Steinberger-Domienik & Shirley Lappi, Trinity: The Rev. Paul Castelli & Bruce Hinkle, Bishop’s Appointments: The Rev. Dan Buchin, Felicity Thompson, Roger Weekes, Steven Chisholm, Askari Asante, The Rev. Anthony Estes, Luke Thompson

June 22, 2019 Program Staff Visits Nancy McLaughlin, Ministry Developer, and Eric Travis, Missioner for Youth and Young Adults, each presented an overview of the work for which they are responsible.

Adoption of Preliminary Budget for 2020 The Mission Budget Committee moved that the 120-Day Proposed Budget for 2019 be approved by Diocesan Council. Motion passed.

Opportunity Resource Fund Renewal A motion was made and properly seconded to renew investment 97-4-45-R19, $200,000 at 3% for five years. Motion passed.

Financial Issues Many years ago, deaneries were given $2500 for mission work. The Oakland Deanery (now McGehee Deanery) invested it in the Opportunity Resource Fund. The Oakland Deanery has changed to a different entity. The investment is now worth about $2900. The current Dean, the Rev. Chris Yaw, and DeAmo Murphy from Opportunity Resource Fund contacted Mark Miliotto regarding what to do with it. Discussion ensued. Mark recommended giving it to Opportunity Resource Fund as a gift. A motion to this effect was made and properly seconded. Motion passed.

A bequest of about $24,192 from the Estate of Ward Clabuesch was received. Motion made and properly seconded to put it into the Gibbs Legacy Fund for Youth and Young Adult Ministries. Motion passed. (Teresa Wakeen abstained.)

Loans and Grants 1) Christ Church, Detroit requested a grant in the amount of $2,600 (50% of ask) for repairs to their heating and cooling system. The Committee recommended approval. Motion passed. 2) St. Clare’s, Ann Arbor requested a grant in the amount of $5,000 for roof replacement. The Committee recommended approval. Motion passed.

Property Issues 1. The Property of St. Philip’s/St. Stephen’s, Detroit (Victory Fellowship): Recommendation to extend their land contract for an additional 3 years at the interest rate of 4%. The balance is now $88,587. The original purchase price in April 2010 was $250.000. Further request to assist congregation in becoming current by moving one payment to the end of contract, and adding that month’s interest to the outstanding loan balance. Motion passed.

2. The Property of St. Mark’s, Detroit (Rushing Mighty Wind): Recommendation to extend their land contract for an additional 3 years at 4% interest. The principal balance outstanding is $128,805.11. The original purchase price of this property was $290,000 in June 2007. There were addendums extending the land contract in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Payment consistently on time, 1,200 per month. Motion passed.

LPPS Mission Fund Request: Canon Hardy presented a written request on behalf of Canon Gettel for funding to support Mother of the Savior, the Episcopal- Lutheran ministry led by Missioner the Rev. Halim Shukair. Motion made and properly seconded to approve up to $28,000 per year for 2019 and 2020. Motion passed.

Canon Hardy presented a request from the Rev. Teresa Wakeen for permission for the Church at Crossroads to solicit funds. Motion passed.

September 21, 2019 Property Issue Property of Emmanuel Head Start, Detroit lost government funding. Closed. Caretaker in place. Assessed value $97,900. Request permission to market it for sale. A motion to this effect was made and properly seconded. Motion passed.

Opportunity Resource Fund Renewal A motion was made and properly seconded to renew investment 99-2-45-R19, $200,000 at 3% for five years. Motion passed.

Adoption of 2020 Final Proposed Budget A motion was made and properly seconded to accept the Final Proposed Budget for 2020 and forward it to Diocesan Convention in October. Motion passed.

Preliminary Approval of 2021 Budget Draft A motion for Preliminary Approval of the 2021 Budget Draft, to be forwarded to Diocesan Convention in October, was made and properly seconded. Motion passed.

Loans and Grants 1. Grace, Detroit requested a grant in the amount of $10,000 to assist with roof replacement. The Committee recommended approval. Motion passed. 2. St. John’s, Westland requested a grant in amount of $5,000 and a loan in the amount of $8,000 (terms to be negotiated) to assist with roof replacement. The Committee recommended approval. Discussion ensued regarding the amounts. Amendment (to grant $13,000 and eliminate loan) was made and seconded. Amendment to the amendment to grant up to $13,000 and eliminate loan was made and seconded. Amended motion to grant up to $13,000 with no loan passed.

November 16, 2019 Appointees A motion was made and properly seconded to accept all the Bishop’s Diocesan Council membership appointees. Motion passed.

The following appointees were put forth; each was properly seconded and approved. Registrar: Canon Jo Ann Hardy, Diocesan Administrator Dean: Paul Castelli Warden: Martha Hanoian Secretary: Edie Wakevainen Assistant Secretary: Judith Schellhammer Treasurer: Mark Miliotto Diocesan Chancellor: Steven Ott Vice Chancellor: Megan Norris

Diocesan Signatories: The following were put forth as 2019-2020 signatories and approved: Bishop-Elect Bonnie Perry, Mark Miliotto, Jo Ann Hardy, Paul Castelli, Martha Hanoian

Executive Committee 2019-2020 President/Chair: Bishop Gibbs (until 12/31/2019), Bishop-Elect Bonnie Perry (beginning 1/1/2020) Diocesan Administrator: Canon Jo Ann Hardy Secretary (non-voting): Edie Wakevainen Assisting Secretary (non-voting): Judith Schellhammer Treasurer (non-voting): Mark Miliotto Dean: Paul Castelli Warden: Martha Hanoian 2020: Katie Oppenheim 2021: Luke Thompson 2022: Dan Buchin

Diocesan Council Liaison to College Chaplaincies CanterburyMSU: Linda MacDonald Canterbury U of M: Katie Oppenheim

Emrich Advisory Council Staff liaison: Jo Ann Hardy Two Council representatives: Bruce Hinkle, Steve Steinberger-Domienik

Diocesan Council Liaison to Covenant V Anthony Estes

Clergy Compensation Policy A motion was made and properly seconded to adopt the 2020 updated version of the diocesan Clergy Compensation Policy. Motion passed.

Nominating Committee for Diocesan Convention Clergy: Paul Castelli, Steve Steinberger-Domienik, Dan Buchin, Bill Stech Lay: Martha Hanoian (chair), Askari Asante, Katie Oppenheim, Shirley Lappi

Clergy Housing Resolutions (Estes, Hesse, McNiel, Perry, Shukair, Wakeen)

Motions were made and properly seconded to accept the resolutions as presented. Motions passed. January 25, 2020 Request from St. Paul’s, Brighton The vestry of St. Paul’s, Brighton requested an early refinance of their existing loan (10.31.2020 maturity with balloon payment) and the expansion of the newly refinanced loan back up to $300,000 (an additional $45,000) in support of their building project. Motion passed.

Property Issue Extension of Land Contract for property of St. Andrew’s, Clawson: The property was originally sold in 2012. The balloon payment of $125,091 is now due, and the buyer has requested to extend the land contract. A motion was made and properly seconded to extend the land contract for an additional 4 years at the existing terms (through January 2024). Motion passed.

Loans and Grants 1. In preparation for the Social Service Ministries grant program (applications due on March 1) the Loans and Grants Committee requests that ½ of the Sustainable Development Goal funds be added to the $53,500 in the 2020 budget to be allocated for or Social Service Ministries Grants. A motion was made and properly seconded that $8,064.50, ½ of the SDG 2020 budget be added to the pool of funds available for the Social Service Ministries grant. Motion passed.

1. The Loans and Grants Committee moved the following regarding Covenant V grants: Word and World, St. Peter’s, Detroit $2,500 St. James, Dexter Coffee and Conversation $1,000 St. Aidan's, Ann Arbor Environmental Outreach $2,000 American Friends Service Committee MI Criminal Justice Program $4,000 St. Peter's, Detroit Water Justice $2,000 Metro Lansing Poor People's Campaign $4,000 St. Clare's, Ann Arbor Back Door Pantry $2,000 Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Prison Ministry $2,000 Crossroads of Michigan, Detroit $1,000 Administrative Fees (website hosting, convention participation, contingency grants) $700 Peace and Justice Memberships for 2020 $800 $22000 TOTAL Motion passed.

2. The Loans and Grants Committee moved to award unspent funds of $1,500 from 2018-2019 to catch up on Covenant 5/Diocesan Memberships *National Action Network $200 *Michigan League Public Policy $200 *Interfaith Council Peace & Justice $200 *Episcopal Network for Economic Justice $900 $1,500 TOTAL Motion passed.

March 28, 2020 Property Issue The Property Advisory Committee offered the following recommendation for consideration: That blanket approval be given by Council to work with each of the

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13 land contract buyers, on a case by case basis, to assist them in staying in their properties. This may be accomplished by: Negotiating with land contract buyers, upon request, to move up to 3 land contract payments and interest to the end of the term of the contract. Terms to be determined by the Diocesan Administrator and the Director of Finance. Motion passed.

Opportunity Resource Fund Renewal A motion was made and properly seconded to renew investment 97-7-45-R20, $200,000 at 3% for five years. Motion passed.

Social Services Ministry Grants The Loans and Grants Committee considered the twenty-six applications received, totaling $101,117 in requests. Many of the requests are for direct assistance with food needs, medical assistance, and educational programs for children. In an effort to maximize the amount of funds available for these ministries, the Loans and Grants committee made a request at the January 2020 meeting of Council to allocate $8,064,50, (one-half) of funds dedicated to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in Council’s 2020 budget in support of the Social Service Grants. This request was approved. Additionally, the generous offering from the Service of Consecration and Ordination of Bishop Perry as 11th Bishop of Michigan on February 8, 2020, was designated for the Social Service grant program. This additional $13,567.62 was added, making the total available for grants $74,132.12. The Loans and Grants Committee made the recommendations listed below. Motion passed.

Ann Arbor, St. Andrew's The Breakfast Program $7500 Ann Arbor St. Clare's Backdoor Food Pantry $2500 Ann Arbor, Canterbury Yoga Education Program $4000 Belleville, Trinity Friday Fill-Up food for kids $2500 Brooklyn, All Saints' Community Dinner $3000 Detroit, Messiah AIM Youth program $4000 Detroit, Chur. @ Crossroads Vacation Bible School $2200 Detroit, Crossroads Agency Food Pantry $2500 Detroit, Mariners Inn Food Pantry $3000 Detroit, St. Matt & St. Joe Feeding programs $2500 Detroit, St. Peter's Water distribution space support $1482 Farmington Hills, Trinity summer program adult expense $1250 Jackson, St. Paul's Soar Café and Farms Housing $2500 Lincoln Park, St. Michael's After school tutoring $1300 Mt. Clemens, Grace Church Community Suppers $3200 Plymouth, St. John's Food Pantry $1000 Pontiac, Bound Together Tutoring for children $10000 Royal Oak, St. John's Open Hands Food Pantry $2500 Saline, Holy Faith Paper Pantry $1700 Shelby Twp., St. Luke's Paper Pantry $2500 Southfield, St. Anne's Mead Support for Seniors $2500 Westland, St. John's Food Pantry $1200 Williamston, Forster Woods Senior Wellness $7500 Wyandotte Ministerial Assn. Food insecurity $1000 Ypsilanti, St. Luke's Paper Pantry $800 TOTAL $71432

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May 16, 2020 Loans and Grants Committee The Loans and Grants Committee recommended to Diocesan Council that a grant in the amount of $15,000 and a loan in the amount of $200,000 be awarded to St. John’s, Royal Oak. The congregation is seeking assistance for a $1.2 million renovation project which will include a new boiler, installation of air conditioning and roof repair. Terms of the loan will be negotiated and finalized by diocesan staff. Motion passed.

Requests Regarding Diocesan Convention The following resolutions were presented for consideration regarding the 2020 Diocesan Convention:  That all communications for Diocesan Convention may be sent by electronic communication when possible; and that paper copies be made available upon specific request. Motion passed.  That Diocesan Council consent to the location of the 186th Convention of the Diocese to be held at the time and place determined by the Ecclesiastical Authority, which may include a virtual gathering. Motion passed.  That virtual presence is satisfactory for eligible clergy and lay delegates to cast a vote. Motion passed.

Canonical Budget Preparation Timeline The Mission Budget Committee presented a Resolution to Suspend Canonical Budget Preparation Timeline: Given these days of uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Diocesan Council hereby resolves that the deadline dates as described in the Diocesan Canons for the development of a 2021 budget process, i.e., the budget hearings, the distribution of a second draft, the solicitation and collection of apportionment pledges, the issuance of a final draft, and possibly the presentation of a Diocesan Council-approved budget to the Diocesan Convention be suspended for 2020-2021, and that the Mission and Budget Committee be granted a flexible timeline allowing it the ability to proceed as expeditiously as possible, as sound financial information becomes available, in preparing a proposed budget for presentation to Diocesan Council for consideration, approval and distribution to congregations at a future date. Motion passed.

NOTE: Diocesan Council met June 27, 2020 and September 19, 2020 in both regular and budget-specific sessions. At the time of submission of this report the minutes had not yet been approved. Summary will be included in the next journal.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of Diocesan Council,

Edie Wakevainen Edie Wakevainen, PhD, Secretary

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ABOUT EMRICH

In 1949 a dedicated group of Episcopalians gathered to realize a dream of a place of natural beauty and spirituality, a place away, for the Diocese of Michigan. The dedication of the founders of what would become the Emrich Retreat Center allowed future generations to benefit from a legacy of creation care, spiritual development and peaceful reflection.

Nestled on 26 acres in the rural Brighton area, the Emrich Center offers a unique experience for individuals or groups. Discover the beauty, tranquility and spirituality of nature as you wander the grounds, engage in prayer or simply bask in the breathtaking wonder of creation. The Emrich Center is a unique place nestled among 5000 acres of state park land. Emrich offers meeting space for small or large groups and overnight accommodations for 75 people in five restored historic buildings.

DURING 2020

Our retreat center was on track in 2020 to have a full schedule of bookings and unique opportunities for our diocesan family to spend time with Bishop Perry in the beautiful environment of this special spiritual place! The pandemic, however, changed all that and in March all programming and events were put on hold. As the health crisis continued to unfold, all of our scheduled events were either postponed indefinitely or cancelled altogether.

During this period of program and rental inactivity Emrich Retreat Center continues to make progress on maintaining the historic buildings and to tackle the ongoing repairs and upkeep of the property. Thanks to the efforts of Shari Spencer, Executive Director and her husband Lance Spencer, much of the needed deferred maintenance continues to be addressed.

We continue to hope and pray that the risk that this pandemic poses will come to an end soon so that Emrich may continue the good work of providing a spiritual haven to recharge the soul through retreats, meetings, conferences, workshops, social events and personal time away.

Please continue to keep the Staff, Board, and guests of Emrich in your continued prayers.

The Emrich Advisory Board The Rev. Steve Steinberger-Domienik, Chair Cedric Flounory Jerry L. Hardy Bruce Hinkle (Diocesan Council Representative)

EDOMI Support Canon Jo Ann Hardy Kara Chapman

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Deacons Annual Report, 2020

This past year was very different from past years. We again had our two wonderful Deacon’s with the Bishop. However, the fall retreat included Bishop Elect Bonnie and the Lent retreat was led by Bishop Bonnie. Once every three years, the Association of Episcopal Deacons has their tri-annual meeting. Each diocese is allowed to submit one deacon for the St. Stephen Award for exceptional service in their ministry to the community. We submitted the Dcn. Ken Rasnick, the first deacon from our diocese in a number of years. Unfortunately, Kenn passed away a few months after receiving the award. After much prayer, I decided to move to Arizona to be closer to my kids and grandchildren. I officially retired as Archdeacon of the Diocese of Michigan. It was an honor and pleasure to serve the wonderful deacon community.

Blessings,

The Ven. Keith Mackenzie

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OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE EPISCOPATE September 2019 – October 2020

ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD CLERGY DECEASED None Jerrold Beaumont 10-04-2019 Willet Harrington III 10-18-2019 ORDAINED TO THE DIACONATE Ken Rasnick 12-12-2019 Annette Mileski 12-14-2019 Jack Savage 12-26-2019 (Ordained by the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Ruth Strang 02-23-2020 th 10 Bishop of Michigan) John Albrecht 04-07-2020

John Franklin 07-12-2020

ORDAINED TRANSITIONAL DEACON Richard Sauerzopf 08-29-2020 Marion VanLoo* 10-30-2019

Chip Dischinger III 12-14-2019 CLERGY LICENSED TO FUNCTION Christine Gannon 12-14-2019 Heather Barta Jean-Pierre Seguin 12-14-2019 (all above ordained by the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Sarah Boelter 10th Bishop of Michigan) Manisha Dostert (ELCA) Mary Duerksen (ELCA) Frederick Fritz CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS Daniel Grossoeheme Melissa Congleton 10-15-2019 Christopher Harris Timothy Flynn 12-17-2019 Mark Jenkins Cleda Smartt 12-17-2019 Walter LaBatt Ronda Johnson 06-08-2020 Andrea Martin John Morris (ELCA) Kenneth Near POSTULANTS FOR HOLY ORDERS Frederick Nestrock Sylvia Booth 12-03-2019 Richard Ressler Peggy Rose (ELCA) Carol Spangenberg CLERGY RECEIVED (by transfer) Sharon Voelker John Meulendyk 11-21-2019 Robert Walton (from Evangelical Lutheran Church Terry Williamson (ELCA) Southeast Michigan Synod) Henrietta Grossoehme 02-18-2020 (from Diocese of Indianapolis) Marcia Tyriver 02-18-2020 FOR THE DIOCESE OF EASTERN MICHIGAN (from Diocese of N. California) ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD Alice Sherman Sawyer 04-01-2020 Wendy Brown 07-18-2020 (from Central Gulf Coast) Paul Brunell 07-18-2020 Ellen Ekevag 09-09-2020 Thomas Manney 07-18-2020 (from Diocese of Chicago) Harold Schneider 07-18-2020 Michael Bradley 10-07-2020 (All above ordained by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry (from Diocese of New Hampshire) 11th Bishop of Michigan)

CLERGY TRANSFERRED Alfred Loua 11-06-2019 Deon Johnson 03-04-2020 John Keydel 04-20-2020

CLERGY RESTRICTED None

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There were no suspensions, releases from suspension, renunciations or receptions from other communions.

CONSENTED TO THE ELECTION OF

The Rev. Martha E. Stebbins, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Montana The Rev. Dr. Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, Bishop Diocesan, Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan The Rev. Susan B. Haynes, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Southern Virginia The Rev. Canon Frank Logue, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Georgia The Rev. Deon K. Johnson, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Missouri The Rev. Poulsen C. Reed, Bishop Co-Adjutor, Diocese of Oklahoma The Very Rev. Craig Loya, Bishop Diocesan, Diocese of Minnesota The Rev. Dr. Glenda S. Curry, Bishop Co-Adjutor, Diocese of Alabama

VISITATION SCHEDULE of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry 11th Bishop of Michigan

LOCATION DATE St. Peter's, Hillsdale 11-10-2019 Church of the Messiah, Detroit 11-17-2019 St. Elizabeth's, Redford 11-24-2019 St. Luke's, Shelby Township 12-08-2019 St. Luke's, Allen Park 12-15-2019 St. Andrew's, Livonia 12-22-2019 All Saints', Brooklyn (AM) 01-19-2020 Canterbury House U of M, Ann Arbor (PM) 01-19-2020 St. James, Grosse Ile 02-12-2020 St. Michael & All Angels, Cambridge Junction 02-16-2020 St. Paul’s, Brighton 02-18-2020 Canterbury House MSU, East Lansing (PM) 02-20-2020 Grace Church, Detroit 02-23-2020 St. James, Dexter 02-27-2020 St. Luke’s, Ypsilanti 03-05-2020 St. Luke's, Ferndale (included two receptions) 03-08-2020 St. Michael & All Angels, Lincoln Park 03-15-2020 St. John’s, Westland * 03-19-2020 Church of the Incarnation, Ann Arbor * 03-22-2020

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LOCATION DATE Canterbury House MSU, East Lansing* 03-25-2020 All Saints, East Lansing* 03-26-2020 St. George's, Milford* 03-29-2020 St. Patrick’s, Madison Heights* 04-29-2020 Grace Church, Southgate* 05-10-2020 Holy Cross, Novi* 05-13-2020 Christ Church/Mother of the Savior, Dearborn* 05-14-2020 St. Mary's-in-the-Hills, Lake Orion* 05-17-2020 St. Paul’s, Brighton* 05-19-2020 St. David’s, Southfield* 05-20-2020 St. Clare of Assisi, Ann Arbor* 05-26-2020 Christ Church, Grosse Pointe* 05-31-2020 St. Barnabas, Chelsea* 06-11-2020 Christ United, DeWitt* 06-16-2020 St. James, Birmingham* 06-17-2020 St. Thomas, Trenton* 06-24-2020 St. Paul's, Romeo* 06-28-2020 Church of the Messiah* 07-14-2020 St. Cyprian’s, Detroit* 07-16-2020 All Saints’, Detroit* 07-23-2020 St. Clement’s, Inkster* 07-28-2020 St. Matthew & St. Joseph, Detroit* 07-28-2020 Grace Church, Detroit* 07-30-2020 Holy Faith, Saline 09-13-2020 Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit 09-20-2020 St. Thomas, Trenton* 09-22-2020 Christ the King, Taylor 09-27-2020 St. Andrew’s, Ann Arbor* 09-29-2020 St. Clement’s, Inkster 10-04-2020 St. Michael’s, Lansing* 10-05-2020 Church of the Resurrection, Clarkston* 10-08-2020 St. Augustine, Mason 10-11-2020 St. John’s, Plymouth* 10-20-2020

ADDITIONAL SERVICES: Trinity, Detroit – Closing Service 09-13-2020 Trinity, Detroit – Secularization Service 09-14-2020

* Due to the restrictions of the COVID 19 virus these visits were done via video conferences

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VISITATION SCHEDULE of the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. 10th Bishop of Michigan

LOCATION DATE Trinity, Monroe 09-18-2019 St. Paul's, Jackson 09-15-2019 St. James', Grosse Ile 09-29-2019 Grace Church, Mt. Clemens 10-06-2019 St. Katherine's, Williamston 10-13-2019 St. John's, Howell 10-20-2019 Christ Church, Detroit 11-03-2019

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Mind the Gap Isaiah 58:1-12 First Sermon as Bishop February 9, 2020 Bonnie A. Perry

May the God who creates us… Good Morning. Good, good, good, morning! Wow.

I’m Bonnie Perry, and I’m your new bishop.

A few weeks ago, I was driving up on I-75, coming back from a funeral of a beloved deacon of our diocese, Ken Resnick. As I was driving, I turned to my colleague, Vicki Hesse, who was with me and I asked her: “Hey, do you ever get used to it?” “Do you ever get used to driving past caved-in, abandoned, ruined houses ? Do you ever stop noticing them?” She said, “No, no.”

I wondered, “How could you? How could I, how could we ever stop noticing?” I’m still wondering. Ask anyone, and they will say Detroit is on its way, making a come-back, restructured, out of bankruptcy, released from the state’s financial oversight, new investments, new jobs, many more people, moving to the city.

And still the gap. The gap between downtown, midtown and the neighborhoods, the gap between investment and abandonment, the gap between suburbs and the city, tech and labor, new employed hipsters and unemployed historic residents, white and black: the gap remains.

“Mind the gap,” they say when riding the subway in London. What do we say here? What do we in the mainline protestant churches, specifically the Episcopal Church, what do we say? More to the point, what are we doing about the gaps, the massive chasm in our polarized, bifurcated country, what are we doing to a create a spring of water, a way in this parched desert wilderness of our world?

These gaps, these divides are not a 21st century American invention.

Hear the words again, of the prophet Isaiah, from the 7th century before the time of Christ. The Hebrew people who have been in exile, the people who have walked in darkness, are now in the midst of seeing a great light. The world is turning and changing and yet, they are complaining.

“Why do we fast, [O Lord], but you do not see? Why do we humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Isaiah 58: 3

We do amazing ritual, worship and liturgy, O God, but you seem not to care about us… And God, through the prophet Isaiah replies to them:

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Well—its because “You fast and then you quarrel and fight, you humble yourselves--- and then serve your own interests, and oppress your workers.”

“Seriously”—says God through Isaiah--

“Is this the fast that I choose, for you to humble yourself and to lay down sackcloth and ashes, is that what I want from you---or ….

“Is not this the fast that I choose, to loose the bonds of injustice, to undue the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free and to [then] break every yoke? Isaiah 58:6-7 [Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, To bring the homeless poor into your house…] To remove the yoke of oppression, To satisfy the needs of the afflicted…

Things are not so different now as they were some 2700 years ago.

Here we are, with our world on fire, wondering “Where is our God?”

Doing amazing worship and liturgy with some very nice outfits—and I wonder— about that Gap—those gaps between our prayers and our actions. Between my prayers and what I do. Then I wonder—What if?

What if I, a woman who happens to be white, what if I begin openly to deal with the raft of emotions, I have, when someone says, you, Bonnie A. Perry have benefited from an unspoken, intrinsic, perhaps unconscious bias in our communities. You have participated in a system of white supremacy. Hmmph…. I hear that I take a deep breath, step back, stand up straight and say, “Are you really sure such a system exists? Cause I haven’t seen it. And I don’t actually believe that. In all seriousness this is quite possibly one of those things that the off the wall, boomer liberals have made up. That’s my first response. My second is, even if it does exist, I immediately indignantly want to cry, “Not me. Not I. I’m one of the good guys.”

But what if—What if I were to really start looking, watching, analyzing and — what if I risked doing some deep listening with friends and colleagues, who happen to have more melon in their skin, and are darker skinned, African American, and I began to hear the truths of their lives.

Stories from one of yesterday’s soloists: “I am routinely followed when I enter a store, to see if I am going to shoplift.” Or from a clergy colleague of color in our diocese, “I am routinely ignored by my white colleagues.”

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And another clergyperson, “I grew up here in the suburbs of Detroit, and I know which majority white suburbs that I will always drive at least five miles below the speed limit, so I do not get pulled over because I do not look like I belong.”

When I start to get over myself, my protesting and started listening, its then that I begin to see and mind the gaps of our world. It is then that I begin slowly to learn that right now in our country it is the color of my skin and not the content of my character upon which I am first judged in our world. And when that light began to dawn on me it took my breath away, to know in my bones that I have been buoyed by this bias without even knowing. Swimming with a float I didn’t know I owned.

I wanted to say, “It’s not my fault, because I didn’t know.”

But now I do.

Now, over time, bit by bit I too am coming to see the divide.

What if we were to take our resources of affluence, power and creativity and join them with our very real experience of racism, creativity and poverty to be the bridges of relationships needed to cross the gaps and chasms of inequity in this city and in every community in the Southeast Corner of this amazing peninsula? What if?

So I’m wondering-- What is we were to embody the prophet Isaiah’s words And not only loose the bonds of injustice, But to take that yoke—that harness--- And break it—smash it— And systematically undue and dismantle those systems so that never again we are separated one from another.

When you do these things—THEN Then, Says the prophet Isaiah, then Your light shall break forth like the dawn, Your healing spring up. You shall call and the Lord will answer, You will cry out and the Lord will say, “Here I am.” Isaiah 58:8-9

Then—your ancient ruins will shall be rebuilt; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations You shall be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer or streets to live in. Isaiah 58:12

On that day.

What if we beginning to move toward that day—on this day—now—all of us together—now.

Amen

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CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN In Order of Canonical Residence as of October 9, 2020

Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry Bishop Diocesan Feb. 8,2020 Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Retired Bishop Feb. 5,2000 Rt. Rev. R. Stewart Wood, Jr. Retired Bishop Oct. 15,1998

*William I. Johnson Ord EDOMI May 26, 1956 *John K. Hooper Ord EDOMI June 25, 1958 *John R. Smucker III N. Dakota May 26, 1960 Michael L. Gowing Ord EDOMI June 29, 1963 Robert F. Wollard Ord EDOMI June 29, 1963 Gene E. Curry NW Texas June 25, 1964 *David H. Evans Ord EDOMI June 29, 1964 Peter K. Groschner Ord EDOMI June 29, 1964 *A. Paul Nancarrow N. Mich. August 1, 1964 *Ralph G. McGimpsey Ohio July 13, 1965 *Robert M. Wills Ord EDOMI June 29, 1966 Ian F. Brown Ord EDOMI July 17, 1966 John J. Lohmann Tenn. January 1, 1969 *William N. Rexford Ord EDOMI June 28, 1969 P. Ronald Spann Ord EDOMI June 29, 1970 Bruce A. Campbell Ord EDOMI June 29, 1971 *David M. Lillvis Ord EDOMI June 30, 1973 Bryant Dennison Ohio December 18, 1973 *William P. Erwin W. Mich. September 1, 1975 *Walter Y. MacDonald N. Hamp. January 29, 1976 *Robert C. Weikart Ord EDOMI May 11, 1976 Michael J. Bedford Ord EDOMI June 26, 1976 *Roger L. Tiffany Ohio January 12, 1977 *John P. Meyer Ohio March 28, 1978 *Edward N. Taylor Iowa September 1, 1979 *David J. Horning Ord EDOMI October 18, 1979 Patricia Eichenlaub Ed.D. S.W. VA November 5, 1979 James Maxwell Bethlehem December 1, 1979 *Robert E. Neily Los Angeles April 8, 1980 Sandra S. Benes Ord EDOMI July 2, 1980 J. ChristopherBerg N. Mich. October 21, 1980 *Dorothy S. Calmes Ord EDOMI November 29, 1980 *Charles L. Wood Ed.D. New Jersey May 1, 1981 Richard Kim Hawaii October 20, 1981 Charles H. Swinehart N. Mich. February 24, 1982 Jeffernell Howcott Ord EDOMI June 20, 1982 *Edward A. Cobden Jr. Conn. August 6, 1982 *Carlos J. Caguiat New York March 4, 1983 Richard E. Iwick Indianapo May 31, 1983 Robert C. Brook HOB June 16, 1983 Jasper G. Pennington Maine July 1, 1983 *William D. Ericson Ohio August 1, 1983 John E. Laycock Ord EDOMI June 30, 1984 Svea Gray Ord EDOMI June 13, 1985 *G. Keith Boyles Ord EDOMI June 29, 1985 Gabriel Weinreich Ord EDOMI June 29, 1985 *Samuel T. Knight Barbados November 6, 1985 Margaret A. Haas Ord EDOMI June 28, 1986 Zalmon O. Sherwood Ohio July 22, 1986 Joseph H. Summers Ord EDOMI June 27, 1987 Robert Bird Ord EDOMI September 10, 1987 Thalia Johnson Ord EDOMI September 10, 1987 *Ruth L. Clausen Ord EDOMI June 25, 1988 *Sally Fox Ord EDOMI June 25, 1988 Jannel T. Glennie Ord EDOMI June 25, 1988 E. Charles Witke Ord EDOMI June 25, 1988 *R. Stewart Wood, Jr. Consecrated October 15, 1988 *Marlene M. Clark Ord EDOMI June 24, 1989 *William Hale Ord EDOMI June 24, 1989

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*Iris R. Slocombe W.Tenn. August 1, 1989 Christine Humphrey Ord EDOMI December 2, 1989 Julia A. Dempz Ord EDOMI June 23, 1990 *Bercry E. Leas Ord EDOMI June 23, 1990 Diane E. Morgan Ord EDOMI June 23, 1990 David J. Carlson Ord EDOMI February 2, 1991 Donald M. Lutas South VA March 5, 1991 *Robert Gallagher Maine March 19, 1991 Jonathan C. Sams N.Indiana October 3, 1991 *Anne E. Cox Newark October 29, 1991 William F. Renfrew Ord EDOMI June 13, 1992 *Edna S. Shelton Ord EDOMI June 12, 1993 JoAnn Kennedy Slater Ord EDOMI June 19, 1993 *Jennifer L. Walters Ord EDOMI June 19, 1993 D. Carl Buxo W. Indies September 7, 1993 Linda MacDonald Ord EDOMI June 11, 1994 *Margaret Izutsu Ord EDOMI June 18, 1994 Michael L. Carr Ord EDOMI October 9, 1994 *Donald Duford Ord EDOMI June 8, 1995 Stephen Bancroft Texas June 30, 1995 *Edward L. Mullins San Diego March 18, 1996 *H. Wayne Knotts FondduLac June 19, 1996 *Geoffrey T. Boyer West VA August 20, 1996 Robert E. Smith Ord EDOMI September 28, 1996 *Walter W. Dawson Minnesota October 6, 1997 Donald Dersnah Ord EDOMI October 11, 1997 Linda Northcraft Maryland November 26, 1997 *Arthur R. Mack W.NewYork February 9, 1998 Clare L. Hickman Ord EDOMI June 27, 1998 *Richard O. Singleton Rhode Isl July 13, 1998 Peter D. Mackey Ohio September 15, 1998 *John R. Melcher W.New Yrk September 25, 1998 *Nancy L. Baum Ord EDOMI January 6, 1999 *William McDonald W. Mich. January 7, 1999 *Gordon Weller Ord EDOMI October 20, 1999 *Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Consecrated February 5, 2000 *Leslie Muray E. Mich. March 2, 2000 Aaron Zull Cen. Penn August 03, 2000 Lew Towler Rhode Is. September 11, 2000 S. Scott Hunter W. Virg. November 04, 2000 *Lawrence Walters West MO February 2, 2001 Steven J. Kelly Pittsburgh February 26, 2001 *Susan Bock Miss. May 15, 2001 Elizabeth Seelye-Forest Ord EDOMI June 16, 2001 *Joyce Treppa Ord EDOMI June 16, 2001 Sharon Watton Ord EDOMI June 16, 2001 *Daniel Erdman West. MO September 5, 2001 Deborah Semon-Scott West MI September 23, 2001 *Fred Elwood Olympia October 23, 2001 Carol Mader Indianapolis October 31, 2001 John Klein Ord EDOMI December 16, 2001 Barry Trent Randolph Ord EDOMI December 16, 2001 *Francoise Gelineau Kansas December 12, 2001 Philip Dinwiddie Ord EDOMI December 22, 2001 Marlyn Stroud Ord EDOMI June 15, 2002 Betty Brogan Ord EDOMI June 15, 2002 Stacy Salles Ord EDOMI December 19, 2002 David Dieter Ord EDOMI December 19, 2002 Helen Brewster Ord EDOMI June 28, 2003 Keith Mackenzie Ord EDOMI June 28, 2003 Alice Morse Milwaukee July 22, 2003 George Davinich Ord EDOMI December 20, 2003 Ann Webber Ord EDOMI December 20, 2003 *Anne Bump Ohio March 02, 2004 *Reid Hamilton Ohio August 24, 2004 Richard Hamlin Central NY October 29, 2004 Robert Kerr Ord EDOMI November 11, 2004 Susan Shaefer Ord EDOMI December 18, 2004 Joyce Matthews Ord EDOMI December 18, 2004 Judith Harmon Ord EDOMI July 02, 2005 *Dorian McGlannan Olympia September 29, 2005 Tim Spannaus Rcv’d ELCA D April 28, 2006 *Cynthia Garman Bethlehem May 12, 2006 Ellis Clifton Massachuset September 29, 2006 Ronald C. Byrd Ord EDOMI TD December 16, 2006

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Ian S. Reed Twiss Ord EDOMI TD December 16, 2006 Katherine A. Carlson Washington February 01, 2007 Shirley McWhorter Southern OH August 02, 2007 Sarah Hurlbert New York October 01, 2007 Christopher Yaw Western MI October 16, 2007 Alan Gibson Vermont February 12, 2008 *Frederick Engdahl, Jr. New York October 08, 2008 L. Susan Carter Ord EDOMI TD December 20, 2008 Richard Boulter Ord EDOMI D June 13, 2009 William Stech Ord EDOMI TD January 30, 2010 Linda Ferguson Ord EDOMI TD February 13, 2010 Paul LeClair Ord EDOMI TD February 13, 2010 Mark Hastings Ord EDOMI TD October 27, 2010 Diana Walworth Ord EDOMI TD October 27, 2010 RaeLee Baxter Ord EDOMI TD November 03, 2010 William Roberts Ord EDOMI TD November 03, 2010 Janis Stevenson Ord EDOMI TD November 03, 2010 Ross Vandercook Ord EDOMI TD November 11, 2010 Susan Vandercook Ord EDOMI TD November 11, 2010 Michael Fitzpatrick Ord EDOMI TD December 16, 2010 Julia Huttar Bailey Ord EDOMI TD December 11, 2010 Terri Pilarski Arizona May 10, 2011 Winnie Cook Ord EDOMI D May 24, 2011 Cynthia Corner Ord EDOMI D May 24, 2011 Robert Alltop Ord EDOMI TD June 09, 2012 Kenneth Erickson Chicago June 12, 2012 Susan Anslow Williams New York October 03, 2012 Jeanne Stout Eau Claire December 01, 2012 Karen Lewis Rochester April 30, 2013 Andrew Van Culin Colorado April 30, 2013 Thomas Krell Rc’d. RC May 22, 2013 Cathleen Behnke Ord EDOMI D June 22, 2013 Marcia Ledford Ord EDOMI TD June 22, 2013 Paula Miller Ord EDOMI TD June 22, 2013 Maryjane Peck Ord EDOMI TD June 22, 2013 Jenny Ritter Ord EDOMI D June 22, 2013 Eric M. Williams Western NY January 09, 2014 Marjorie Beth Taylor Colorado April 8, 2014 Glen Morrison Ord EDOMI D June 14, 2014 Nikki Seger Ord EDOMI TD June 14, 2014 Linda Shafer Ord EDOMI D June 14, 2014 William Danaher Alabama September 10, 2014 Brian Shaffer S. Ohio December 1, 2014 Lynda Carter Ord EDOMI TD December 13, 2014 *Areeta Bridgemohan Ord EDOMI TD June 13, 2015 Andrea Morrow Ord EDOMI TD June 13, 2015 Daniel Buchin Idaho June 16, 2015 Judith Schellhammer Ord EDOMI TD December 06, 2015 Paul Castelli Ord EDOMI TD December 12, 2015 Daniel Lawson Ord EDOMI TD December 12, 2015 James Pashturro Ord EDOMI TD December 12, 2015 *Scott Steiner Ord EDOMI TD December 12, 2015 Joshua Hoover Eastern MI January 06, 2016 Steve Steinberger-Domienik Connecticut October 18, 2016 Virginia Hesse Arizona November 15, 2016 Carolynn Johnson Ord EDOMI D December 21, 2016 Teresa Wakeen Ord EDOMI TD December 21, 2016 Elizabeth Bingham Ord EDOMI TD June 10, 2017 Veronica Dunbar Ord EDOMI TD June 10, 2017 Gail Shafer Ord EDOMI TD June 10, 2017 *Christopher Cunningham SW Virginia September 11, 2017 Christopher Johnson Colorado September 28, 2017 Kristin Bowen Ord EDOMI TD December 09, 2017 Matthew Lukens Hawaii September 12, 2018 Halim Shukair Jerusalem October 11, 2018 Emily Williams Guffey Virginia October 11, 2018 Estes Anthony Ord EDOMI TD December 08, 2018 Yudasz Mitchell Ord EDOMI TD December 08, 2018 McNiel Donna San Joaquin February 07, 2019 Guffey Andrew Virginia August 27, 2019 VanLoo* Marion Ord EDOMI TD October 20, 2019 Meulendyk John ELCA November 21, 2019 Mileski Annette Ord EDOMI D December 14, 2019 Dischinger William Ord EDOMI TD December 14, 2019 Gannon Christine Ord EDOMI TD December 14, 2019

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Sequin Jean-Pierre Ord EDOMI TD December 14, 2019

Grossoehme Henrietta Indianapolis February 18, 2020 Tyriver Marcia N. Calif. February 18, 2020 Sawyer Alice Sherman C. Gulf Cst April 01, 2020 Ekevag Ellen Poole Chicago September 09, 2020 Br adl ey Mi chael N. Hampshi re Oct ober 07, 2020

*Living outside of the Diocese of Michigan.

Clergy Licensed to Function in the Diocese of Michigan

Heather Barta Boelter, Sarah Manisha Dostert (ELCA) Frederick Fritz Daniel Grossoehme Christopher Harris Mark Jenkins Walter LaBatt Andrea Martin John Morris (ELCA) Kenneth Near Frederick Nestrock Richard Ressler Peggy Rose (ELCA) Carol Spangenberg Sharon Voelker Robert Walton Terry Williamson (ELCA)

Clergy Deceased

The Rev. John H. Albrecht The Rev. Jerrold Beaumont The Rev. John Franklin The Rev. Willet J. Herrington III The Rev. Dcn. Kenneth Rasnick The Rev. Richard Sauerzopf The Rev. Jack L. Savage The Rev. Dr. Ruth H. Strang

Respectfully submitted by Canon Jo Ann Hardy Registrar for the Diocese of Michigan

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PARISHES IN UNION WITH CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN as of October 1, 2020

PLACE COUNTY NAME Organized Admitted

Adrian Lenawee Christ Church 1838 unknown Allen Park Wayne St. Luke's Church 1948 1958 Ann Arbor Washtenaw St. Andrew's Church 1827 ???? Ann Arbor Washtenaw St. Clare of Assisi Church 1953 1966 Belleville Wayne Trinity Church 1943 1960 Birmingham Oakland St. James' Church 1896 1911 Bloomfield Hills Oakland Christ Church Cranbrook 1926 1928 Brighton Livingston St. Paul's Church 1904 1964 Clarkston Oakland Church of the Resurrection 1960 1976 Dearborn Wayne Christ Church 1866 1867 Detroit Wayne All Saints' Church 1927 1938 Detroit Wayne Cathedral Church of St. Paul 1824 unknown Detroit Wayne Christ Church 1845 1846 Detroit Wayne Grace Church 1917 1918 Detroit Wayne Church of the Messiah 1874 1885 Detroit Wayne St. Cyprian's Church 1920 1944 Detroit Wayne St. John's Church 1859 1859 Detroit Wayne St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's 1846 1907 Detroit Wayne St. Peter's Church 1858 1945 East Lansing Ingham All Saints' Church 1952 1954 Farm. Hills Oakland Trinity Church 1952 1960 Ferndale Oakland St. Luke's Church 1921 1949 Grosse Ile Wayne St. James' Church 1866 1888 Grosse Pointe Wayne Christ Church 1927 1947 Grosse Pte Wds Wayne St. Michael's Church 1947 1952 Hamburg Livingston St. Stephen's Church 1844 unknown Hillsdale Hillsdale St. Peter's Church 1844 unknown Howell Livingston St. John's Church 1878 1960 Inkster Wayne St. Clement's Church 1940 1967 Jackson Jackson St. Paul's Church 1839 1839 Lake Orion Oakland St. Mary's-in-the-Hills 1954 1956 Lansing Ingham St. Michael's Church 1958 1974 Lansing Ingham St. Paul's Church 1856 1856 Lincoln Park Wayne St. Michael's Church 1927 1957 Livonia Wayne St. Andrew's Church 1952 1956 Madison Hgts Oakland St. Patrick's Church 1956 1972 Mason Ingham St. Augustine of Canterbury 1960 2003 Michigan Center Jackson St. Aidan's Church 1958 1964 Milford Oakland St. George's Church 1953 1963 Monroe Monroe Trinity Church 1831 unknown Mount Clemens Macomb Grace Church 1849 1850 Novi Oakland Church of the Holy Cross 1964 2008 Onsted Lenawee St. Michael's & All Angels 1843 1843 Pleasant Lake Jackson Christ Church 1879 1888 Plymouth Wayne St. John's Church 1912 1944 Pontiac Oakland All Saints' Church 1837 1837 Redford Twp. Wayne St. Elizabeth's Church 1956 1975 Rochester Oakland St. Philip's Church 1929 1955 Romeo Macomb St. Paul's Church 1912 1988 Royal Oak Oakland St. John's Church 1917 1920 Saline Washtenaw Holy Faith 1966 2014 Shelby Twp. Macomb St. Luke the Physician 1952 1990 St. Clair Shores Macomb Trinity Church 1917 1946 Southfield Oakland Church of the Redeemer 1955 1957 Southfield Oakland St. David's Church 1952 1960 Southgate Wayne Grace Church 1957 1988 Troy Oakland St. Stephen's Church 1957 1963 Waterford Oakland St. Andrew's Church 1951 1960 West Bloomfield Oakland Spirit of Grace 1956 1961

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Westland Wayne St. John's Church 1901 1944 Williamston Ingham St. Katherine's Church 1926 1962 Wyandotte Wayne St. Stephen's Church 1863 1863 Ypsilanti Washtenaw St. Luke's Church 1830 1838

MISSIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN

PLACE COUNTY NAME Organized

Ann Arbor Washtenaw Church of the Incarnation 1984 Ann Arbor Washtenaw St. Aidan's Church 1967 Bloomfield Township Oakland Church of the Nativity 1956 Brooklyn Jackson All Saints' Church 1858 Chelsea Washtenaw St. Barnabas' 1954 Clinton Lenawee St. John's 1836 DeWitt Clinton Christ United 1958 Dexter Washtenaw St. James' Church 1837 Ecorse Wayne Church of the Resurrection 1958 Taylor Wayne Christ the King 1956 Trenton Wayne St. Thomas 1843

CHAPLAINCIES OF THE DIOCESE

Canterbury Michigan State University Canterbury University of Michigan

CHAPELS

PLACE COUNTY NAME Organized

Emrich Retreat Center Livingston Holy Spirit 1952 St. Anne's Mead Oakland St. Anne's 1965 Canterbury On the Lake Oakland St. Luke’s 1887

WORSHIPPING COMMUNITIES OF THE DIOCESE

The Church at Crossroads, Detroit Mother of the Savior, Dearborn (Arab-Christian Ministry)

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CHURCH CLOSURE

Trinity Episcopal Church, Detroit – September 13, 2020

Respectfully submitted, Canon Jo Ann Hardy Registrar of the Diocese

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The Standing Committee Episcopal Diocese of Michigan 2020 Annual Report

Membership Term Expires The Rev. Joyce Matthews 2020 Dr. Ann F. Putallaz, President 2020 The Rev. Eric Williams * 2021 Ms. Juanita Woods 2021 The Rev. Carol Mader, Secretary 2022 Ms. Joyce Holden 2022 The Rev. Anthony Estes 2023 Ms. Helen Santiz 2023

*The Rev. Deon Johnson resigned from the Standing Committee, effective January 15, 2020, in order to transition to his position as bishop-elect of the Diocese of Missouri. The Rev. Eric Williams was unanimously elected by the Standing Committee, at its January 14 meeting, to serve out the remainder of Deon Johnson’s term on the Standing Committee.

This report covers the period from July 2019 through August 2020. The Standing Committee met at least monthly during that time, except for the month of August. Additional meetings were held as needed to deal with issues related to work of the Standing Committee.

The Standing Committee’s principal charge is to serve as a Council of Advice to the Bishop. This is a role specified in the canons of The Episcopal Church and includes issues of concern to the Bishop, the Diocese of Michigan, its congregations and people, and other matters.

Episcopal Transition Process In the September 2019 through February 2020 time period, the Standing Committee, which bears responsibility for the Episcopal Transition, carried out a number of tasks related to the transition, including:

 Approval of additional budget requests from the Transitions Committee, and communications with members of that Committee  Other matters regarding the transition process as they arose.

(Note: From January 1, 2020 through February 8, 2020, no matters arose that required the Standing Committee to exercise ecclesiastical authority.)

Recommendations Regarding Candidacy and Ordination A key responsibility of the Standing Committee is to advise the Bishop regarding individuals who are discerning a call to ordained ministry. In that capacity, the Standing Committee participated in the Commission on Ministry retreat in January 2020, which concluded with a joint meeting with the Commission on Ministry on January 10, 2020.

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The Standing Committee also conducted interviews with individuals at various points in the discernment process, as indicated by canon. The Standing Committee took the following actions regarding candidacy and ordination after prayerful discussion and consideration.

The Standing Committee approved the following individuals for Candidacy:

Melissa Congleton, Candidate for the Sacred Order of Priests Timothy Flynn, Candidate for the Sacred Order of Priests Cleda Smartt, Candidate for the Sacred Order of Deacons Ronda J. Johnson, Candidate for the Sacred Order of Priests Terri Montgomery, Candidate for the Sacred Order of Priests

The Standing Committee approved the following individuals for Ordination:

George L. Dischinger, III to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate Jean-Pierre Seguin to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate Marion VanLoo to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate Christine Gannon to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate Annette Mileski to the Sacred Order of Deacons The Rev. Deacon Jean-Pierre Seguin to the Sacred Order of Priests The Rev. Deacon Christine Gannon to the Sacred Order of Priests The Rev. Deacon Marion VanLoo to the Sacred Order of Priests Melissa Congleton to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate Ronda J. Johnson to the Sacred Order of the Transitional Diaconate

Consents to Bishops-Elect The Standing Committee is also charged with consenting to the election and consecration of those individuals elected bishop by any of the dioceses of The Episcopal Church. After prayerful consideration, the Standing Committee consented to the following:

Property-Related Issues The Standing Committee has the responsibility of reviewing and approving any sale or encumbrance (mortgages, long-term leases, etc.) of congregation property. Permission was granted, after appropriate legal review and advice, to proceed with the actions proposed regarding the following properties:

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St. Clare, Ann Arbor: Installation of solar panels on the property Mariners Inn, Detroit: A 50-year renewal of the ground lease and signing of a sub- lease St. Andrew’s, Waterford: Lease of rectory St. Paul’s, Brighton: Updated easement agreement with the City of Brighton St. Paul’s, Jackson: Kitchen lease agreement with Big Guy Catering St. John’s, Westland: Kitchen lease agreement with Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), Inc. St. Andrew’s, Livonia: Expansion and renovation of the building in conjunction with Branch Line Charter School St. Mary’s In-The-Hills, Lake Orion: Connection to the Lake Orion sewer system All Saints, Brooklyn: Agreement with Jackson County District Library to reconfigure the church parking lot Trinity, Monroe: Renovation project, including additional accessibility

Other Matters The Standing Committee has a role in consenting to a number of other actions taken by the Bishop. There have been no such consents needed during this past year.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Standing Committee Dr. Ann F. Putallaz, President

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Total Ministry and Ministry Developer Report 2020

Congregations currently in good standing through Total Ministry covenant agreements with the Bishop’s office include:

● Christ Church, Pleasant Lake ● St. Barnabas, Chelsea (also involved in Baptized for Life, a 5-year initiative through Virginia Theological Seminary) ● St. Michael & All Angels, Cambridge Junction ● St. Patrick’s, Madison Heights

Additional recognized intentional EDOMI baptismal ministries are:

● Church of the Messiah, Detroit ● The Emmaus Community, Walled Lake/Novi

I began as the ministry developer on September 1st 2020. I look forward to getting to know the diocese and churches more deeply. It is wonderful to be in a diocese that resources and values baptismal ministry and is intentional about helping people discover and explore their spiritual gifts.

This coming year I am excited to continue the good work begun here in the Diocese of Michigan among the Total Ministry and Baptismal Ministry churches and communities. We will continue to discern gifts for ministry and explore how best to use our gifts in service of God. Now, more than ever are we called to be Christ’s hands and feet in the world? If there are congregations interested in exploring total ministry please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

Respectfully Submitted,

The Rev. Ellen Ekevag [email protected]

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TRUSTEES OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN

During 2019 the Trustees met four times. As of December 31, 2019, the Trustees were organized as follows:

The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. President The Very Rev. S. Scott Hunter Vice-President The Rev. William Roberts Secretary Mark Miliotto Treasurer The Rev. Chris Yaw Asst. Secretary Robert Sherry Asst. Treasurer

Terms Expiring in 2021 Terms Expiring in 2020

The Rev. Lynda Carter Marc Robinson Cedric Flounory Martha Gibiser Shea Robert Sherry George Swan III Lyn Zynda The Rev. Chris Yaw

Terms expiring in 2022 Terms Expiring 2023

Ralph A. Castelli, Jr. Louis Clark The Very Rev. S. Scott Hunter Thomas Forbes Dale Scrace The Very Rev. Andrea Morrow Jim Treece Stephanie Rose

Investment Committee

The Investment Committee met quarterly with the investment advisor to review the prior quarter’s performance, portfolio changes and economic outlook.

The annual dividend schedule was reviewed at each meeting. The dividend rate during 2019 was set at $0.2872 per share per quarter. The share value as of December 31, 2019 was $32.2694, compared with $27.6351 as of December 31, 2018. The net assets of the account as of December 31, 2019 were $40,190,916.

McElroy Fund

J. P. Morgan - Chase manages the McElroy Trust with income directed to assist persons in preparation for ordained ministry. Income from the Trust is transferred to the Bishop’s Fund and the Bishop disburses and reports according to the trust instrument. The McElroy Trustees continue to utilize the total rate of return concept with regard to distributions to the Diocese. This Fund assists candidates for the ordained ministry to meet their obligations.

In 2019, a total of $249,183 was disbursed to the Trustees by JP Morgan and subsequently $186,887 was transferred to the Bishop’s Fund for disbursement to qualified individuals and $62,296 was disbursed to the Diocese of Eastern Michigan.

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In the latter part of 2019, McElroy funds were moved from JP Morgan-Chase to Comerica and Comerica became the new fund trustee.

Retired Clergy Assistance Fund

The Retired Clergy Assistance Fund provides quarterly assistance to three retired clergy widows, plus a Christmas gift to a larger group of widows. A total of $39,000 was paid out during 2019. A few years ago, the Trustees adopted a policy that due to the excess amount of undistributed income in the Fund, retired clergy having a special need may apply to the Bishop for assistance.

Tretheway Downs General Fund

The Tretheway-Downs General Fund Committee is responsible for receiving applications and making recommendations for capital grants. Grants were approved to St. Clare’s in Ann Arbor, Nativity Church in Bloomfield Township, Christ Church in Detroit, Grace Church in Detroit, St. Peter’s in Detroit, St. Michael & All Angels in Lincoln Park, St. Philip’s in Rochester, Holy Faith in Saline, St. Luke’s in Shelby Township, Church of the Redeemer in Southfield, and St. David’s in Southfield, during 2019 for a total of $123,229.

Children’s Ministries Fund

Funds from these sources are designated for assistance to summer youth programs. In 2019, $7,825 in grants was distributed for such programs at ten locations in the Diocese.

Social Responsibility in Investments

The Social Responsibility in Investments (SRI) Committee reviews investments of the Trustees utilizing negative screens in conformity with such screens of The Episcopal Church. Since the change of investment managers, the SRI Committee has been working in tandem with the Investment Committee and a savings has been realized in the selection of SRI investments.

Audit and Compliance Committee

The Audit and Compliance Committee meets with the Trustees’ auditors, reviews the audit report and the management letter, and makes recommendations to the Trustees. For 2018, the Trustees received a “clean” audit opinion from the Trustee auditors. The Committee recommended and the Trustees approved the continuation of Boisvenu & Co. as auditors for the Trustees.

Senior Housing Committee In 2015 a Task Force was created to work with the Board of St. Anne’s Mead (SAM) to assist in addressing their infrastructure needs and in 2016 the Senior Housing Committee was organized. Its principle function is to continue the relations with St. Anne’s Mead and make recommendations regarding the Sylvia Thomas Trust which is reserved for senior housing. In 2018, the Trustees authorized the disbursement of $68,342 from the Thomas Trust to match funds raised for infrastructure improvements and the development of a Memory Care Home at SAM for a total disbursement of $150,000 during the construction phase. The Memory Care Home held its opening in mid-June of 2018.

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Also, in 2018, the Trustees authorized a disbursement from the Thomas Trust of $10,000 for Canterbury-on-the-Lake to assist with their dementia program.

During 2019, there were no disbursements from the Sylvia Thomas Trust, but there is a continuing relationship with St. Anne’s Mead.

Planned Giving Committee This Committee concentrated on education on the subject of planned giving.

Education and Communication Committee This Committee, previously known as Publicity and Promotion, continued to promote investment with the Growth and Income Fund by Congregations in the Diocese, especially those who do not presently have investments with the Trustees.

The Grace and Gratitude Fund is available for those persons wishing to make a designated bequest to the Diocese. A presentation was made to the 185th Diocesan Convention (2018) and during 2019 articles continued to appear in the Record to better inform individuals regarding the work of the Trustees.

Other Business

The Trustees approved income disbursements from the Thistleonia Trust and in 2019 authorized disbursement of $19,964, 50% of such income to Spirit of Hope Church (Detroit) and 50% to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Detroit).

Bishop Gibbs warmly welcomed The Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry, Bishop-elect, who will become Trustees President upon her ordination and consecration as the eleventh Bishop of Michigan on February 9, 2020.

The Trustees thanked Bishop Gibbs for his ministry to the Diocese and his work with the Trustees since February 2000, and wished him well upon his retirement which began on December 31, 2019.

The Rev. William Roberts Secretary of Trustees

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The Whitaker Institute Report for 2020 EDOMI Convention

Prepared by The Rev. Vicki Hesse, Director of the Whitaker Institute “Clothe your ministers with righteousness” – BCP 97

What a formative year we have experienced at The Whitaker Institute! In every program, event, and resource offering, Whitaker continued activating lifelong learning, seeking to “clothe God’s ministers with righteousness” in educating, equipping and empowering faith communities with fresh ways of learning.

Whether direct, impactful programs such as Academy for Vocational Leadership or through indirect micro-learning courses for our Safe Church trainers, Whitaker leveled up formation while improving operational processes. With God’s help, we shifted most programs to online format and increased participation of all ministers (lay and ordained) in leading and learning. And, along the way we offered our programs as models for several other Dioceses and learned from what others have done.

Thank you to this year’s Advisory Council, who took on the major programs and to a person began shepherding areas of interest. This passionate connection improved the visibility of our programs and expanded God’s reach in fresh ways around the Diocese, thus affirming our mission statement:

“The Whitaker Institute activates lifelong learning! We are the educational arm of the Bishop’s office and our purpose is to educate, equip and empower faith communities with fresh ways of learning.”

With this mission in mind, our vision continues:  “To equip the saints for the work of ministry” - congregations with tools and motivations to offer foundational faith formation in their own context  To prepare and form academically, spiritually and practically those discerned for holy orders  To foster discernment of call to serve Christ in all persons  To hold programs, host events and provide resources that support lifelong education

Our goals to support this vision remain throughout:  Lay and ordained ministry formation  Canonically-required, spiritually transformational and academically programs for lifelong learners  Diocesan-wide educational, equipping and empowerment gatherings

Thank you to the Rev. Judith Schellhammer, Chair, of the Whitaker Institute Advisory Council and all the members who encourage, support, challenge and pray for our work. Thank you for financially supporting us with your donations and prayers. Thanks be to God for “clothing God’s ministers with righteousness.”

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The following is a brief update on our programs, events and resources:

Academy for Vocational Leadership. The Academy for Vocational Leadership (collaboration of Dioceses of Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan) offers local formation for deacons and priests through academic program of the Seminary of the Southwest’s Iona Collaborative. In 2020, we graduated three deacon- candidate students from the Diocese of Western Michigan. In late 2019, graduate Marion VanLoo from St. Barnabas Chelsea was ordained to the Transitional Diaconate. (Council: Amber Barnes)

Asset Mapping. The Episcopal Church Asset Map offers a database for the wider church to share with others about how congregations are serving God and their neighbors. This is a place on the web to share faith stories, worship styles, ministries and more. Whitaker is now participating in updating this database to widen our network of ministry experts and provide others with information. (Council: Vicki Hesse)

Baptized for Life. The Diocese of Michigan continues with Virginia Theological Seminary, through a Lily Foundation grant, in a 5-year exploration of discipleship in local congregations. Trinity Episcopal (Belleville), Christ Episcopal Church (Dearborn), and St. Barnabas Church (Chelsea) have engaged this program for specific ministries. www.baptizedforlife.org. All three congregations received grants of $12,500 to implement their Lily-funded ministry projects. (Council: Elaine Belz)

Clergy Education. Whitaker continues to support Clergy Conference each year. We also track lay minister and clergy-required Continuing Education Units, which is canonically required. Subsequent to her diaconal ordination, the Rev. Deacon Annette Mileski began modeling this through the “Thriving in Ministry: Spiritual Formation” program through the Seminary of the Southwest (Iona). (Council: Annette Mileski)

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). This program area has now shifted and become part of Bishop Bonnie Perry’s work in the wider Diocese, which she is shepherding with Sr. Veronica Mary. This will not be led through the Whitaker Institute during this coming year, but rather will be a Diocesan-wide effort under the title of “Race Matters.” (Council: Ronald Charles)

Eating Together Faithfully. The Diocese of Michigan continues to engage this important ecumenical care-of-creation curriculum with faith communities across the US. This 8-session curriculum explores what it means to eat daily bread as disciples of Jesus Christ. (http://lifearoundthetable.org/curriculum/). In 2020, Christ Church Dearborn completed a translation of the course into Arabic, and began hosting this conversation jointly with Mother of Our Savior (Arab-speaking) congregation. In so doing, these congregations began to share stories of food and faith in an inspiring way. Ms. Felicity Thompson serves as the Diocesan contact for Eating Together Faithfully program. (Council: Shirley Lappi)

Education for Ministry (EfM): EfM has been a meaningful formation for many people. This year, St. Matthew’s/St. Joseph’s member Unah Matu-Ngare has been appointed to serves as our Diocesan Coordinator. (Council: Bruce Cann)

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Epiphanies Conferences. The Epiphanies Conference series has provided top- notch speakers for continuing education for clergy, lay leaders and lifelong learners. We hosted The Rev. Dr. Shively Smith (Asst. Prof. New Testament, Boston U. School of Theology) in October 2019 and The Rev. Dr. David Lose (Sr. Pastor, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church (Minneapolis), former President, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, inspiring preacher in March 2020. Subsequent to the pandemic, we have cancelled further conferences until May 2021, at which we have invited Dr. Catherine Meeks (Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, Atlanta) to share her wisdom with us.

Exploring Your Spiritual Journey (EYSJ). Exploring Your Spiritual Journey (EYSJ) Program draws any person seeking to better understand God’s call. Through twice-monthly meetings (over eight months) lay persons share a life of discernment and exploration through the image of a spiritual journey, walking with others on the way. For 2019-2020, we had three participants and for 2020-2021 we have seven participants. This important program is being adopted by other dioceses. (Council: Judith Schellhammer)

Lay Licensure Classes. This year we trained two new Lay Preachers and thirty- four Worship Leaders. We are revising the “renewal” process for lay preachers; new Lay Preacher licensure classes are held in conjunction with the Academy. We offer Worship Leader courses twice a year. (Council: Timothy Flynn) In addition, we are developing a Lay Leader Certificate curriculum for lay ministers to be equipped to lead in congregational, diocesan and wider church levels. (Council: Carol Bennett)

Pilgrimage: Border to Border / Immigration Immersion. During fall of 2020 we began discussing a trip from our northern-border state (Michigan) to a southern-border state (Arizona) to explore the relational connections between our borders. Inspired by a moving trip to Nogales (Sonora) and an immersion in southern border political issues, we realized later (given the pandemic), we had to cancel the planned 2021 trip. Further, we thought it best to continue the immigration immersion formation and education to engage fresh, local ways of acting. We have a small cohort of twenty who gather every few months for education. Spanish for Ministry course (online) offers a way to learn conversational Spanish and prayer book Spanish to be able to lead services and engage our neighbors – those here on the northern border of the US who have roots in the southern border. (Council: Dan Buchin)

Safe Church. Our Safe Church programs continue to set a standard for the wider church. The entry-level Track 1 course is now available for a self-directed online format at the Whitaker Institute Online School. The next-level Track 2 course and advanced Track 3 courses are available online through zoom, on a regularly scheduled basis every month. For the year of 2019, our 20 safe church trainers taught 794 people in all classes (in person and online). Through the Whitaker Institute Online School, we had 91 persons complete the Track 1 course. Four congregations have returned to Whitaker their completed Safe Church audits. (Council: Cedric Flounory)

Saturday Series. Every Saturday at the Academy for Vocational Leadership is for academic topics. Anyone, lay or ordained, may take a day-long class in Bible, History or Theology & Ethics. For the 2019-2020 year, our diocese had four Saturday Series participants. (Council: Pamela Sherry)

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Whitaker Institute Online School. This year we launched the Online School, using the ChurchNext curriculum and technologies. Courses include more than 130 offerings of bible, liturgy, faith, spirituality, leadership, Book of Common Prayer, and more! To date we have 237 registrants in the Online School. Enrollment is free to congregations in the Diocese of Michigan! To enroll, email the Director of the Whitaker Institute.

Additional formative opportunities:  Embracing Evangelism. This course, grounded in the curriculum provided by TEC, will be held in the fall of 2020, to be a place to share stories and learn to share God’s love with others.  Stewardship Day. For 2019, we held an engaging Stewardship workshop with about 30 participants, grounded in the work of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS). This coming year the topics will be offered online.  Book Studies. During 2019 we held two book study groups by zoom (even before zoom was popular!). Whitaker is open to hosting book groups – just ask!  DTW Airport Chaplaincy. Immersion in service-oriented formation! Through the DTW Airport Ambassador program, participants serve in this vast interfaith context. As Volunteer Airport Ambassadors, both at the Ground Transportation Center and the Freedom Center, two Diocese of Michigan disciples offer God’s love-in-action. Whether responding to distraught travelers or holding sacred space on the tarmac to honor the return of a fallen soldier returning home in a casket. This important, and often invisible, ministry provides a way to serve and share love in a place filled with tension and excitement. This program is on hold (pandemic).

We are grateful for the wise council, hard work and prayerful encouragement of the Whitaker Institute Advisory Council. Thank you, too, to Ms. Kim Pratt for her faithful service to support our many programs.

Respectfully submitted, The Rev. Vicki K. Hesse October, 2020

Whitaker Institute Advisory Council Class of 2020: Ms. Joyce Holden, the Rev. Andrea Morrow, and the Rev. Judith Schellhammer, Class of 2021: Ms. Amber Barnes, Ms. Elaine Belz, Mr. Ronald Charles, Mr. Tom Ferguson, the Rev. James Pashturro, Mr. Timothy Flynn and Ms. Pamela Sherry Class of 2022: The Rev. Dan Buchin, Cedric Flounory, Bruce Cann, Carol Bennett, The Rev. Deacon Annette Mileski Diocesan Council: Ms. Shirley Lappi The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

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Youth and Young Adult Ministry 2020 Diocesan Journal Report

“Building communities for youth and young adults to experience and share the love of God through fellowship, formation, worship, and service.”

September 2019 seems a lifetime away, and yet it wasn’t. September saw the usual starting of the program year with Episcopalooza held at Christ Church, Dearborn. This annual carnival type event is a joint project with YAYA Ministry and a local church host that provides a fun way for local people to encounter the Episcopal Church and for a local congregation to welcome people to their location. There are games, inflatables, food, back-pack giveaways, and this year we had a Speech and Language specialist who read books and gave away books and bookmarks. It was a fantastic event!

In October, 5 youth and 4 adults traveled to Washington, DC for the National Acolyte Festival. We joined with 800 others for a festive day at the National Cathedral. We started with a Eucharist Celebration and a procession that lasted 90 minutes (takes time to get all those Acolytes up the aisle). Continued with lunch, games on the lawn, and then a private tour that included the carillon. We plan on going back.

At the end of 2019, YAYA ministries was looking to the future and to the arrival of a new Bishop. The YAYA council was working on plans for the coming year, celebrating the ministry of Bishop Gibbs, and how to connect with the new Bishop. A video message thanking Bishop Gibbs for all his years of support was played at Diocesan Convention. The messages were from current and former youth and young adults of the Diocese.

In January of 2020, Eric Travis, the Missioner for Youth and Young Adults, attended and presented at the FORMA Conference in Atlanta. Workshops on Youth Ministry and Safe Church were presented. For the consecration of Bishop Perry, YAYA ministries offered a lock-in for young people, so they could attend the Open House on Friday night as well as the consecration on Saturday. A number of young people were involved with the consecration and it was a great event!

At the end of February, 4 young people and 2 adults attended the Provincial Youth Event held at Belwether Farm in the Diocese of Ohio. It was a cold yet fun-filled weekend of discovery. 129

We explored the Enneagram and how our personality connects with ways of outreach and service. The event was designed and lead by High School leaders from each of the Dioceses in Province 5.

In March, everything changed. With the Corona Virus, everything pivoted. Eventually, all summer plans were canceled. This included the Episcopal Youth Event, Summer Camps, and Mission Possible: Detroit. Anything that was going to meet in-person went to an online format. On March 16th, the Rev. Deacon Chris Fentress-Gannon and Eric Travis starting hosting a virtual lunch hour every weekday. Lunch with Eric and Chris continued until Aug 28th, with only 2 holidays taken off, meaning 113 Virtual Lunches were held this summer.

Other virtual offerings included BWYAYA (it’s pronounced Boo-Ya-Ya). This was a two night offering for youth and young adults to meet the Bishop. First Friday Film Fun, in which we streamed a family friendly movie for folks to watch together. Faith in an Anxious World, a 4 week small group exploration into how Jesus handled anxious situations and what we can learn through them. Online Game Nights, a chance for YAYA’s to just have fun playing some new games via Zoom. Compassion Camp, an online VBS styled experience for 1st – 5th graders. Online Compline every Sunday Night. Life after Graduation, an opportunity for Young Adults to connect and network about the life transitions around graduating High School and College. YAYANet meetings for those that work with Children and Youth in the Diocese.

This summer, YAYA Ministries also had for the first time two Interns. Kayla Byrd and Rachel Cryberg helped plan all of the summer events as well as take the lead on the Life after Graduation event. Working with the Missioner for Youth and Young Adults, they learned how to choose, plan, and implement programing as well as diving into faith issues. With the elevation of the Black Lives Matter movement, they participated in the Diocesan offerings of Race Matters and Community Organization, and helped drive the direction of YAYA Ministries towards these important Social Justice issues. No matter what they may say about how much they learned, we learned and benefitted much more from their presence among us. Thank you Rachel and Kayla!

The last big thing that YAYA Ministries did this summer was send out Care Packages to the children, youth, and young adults of the Diocese. Inviting the churches of the Diocese to send in the names and addresses of their “youth”, YAYA Ministries created 5 different Care Packages for 5 different groups. 3yo – Pre-k, 1st – 5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th, and Young Adults. With a grant for the Girls Friendly Society Trust, we were able to send out 596 Care Packages. They included crayons, coloring pages, inspirational stickers and buttons, seeds, and other reminders that God loves them and the Church is thinking about and praying for them.

As we go forward, YAYA Ministries is committed to building communities for youth and young adults to experience and share the love of God through fellowship, formation, worship, and service. We are forging new paths online as well as safely considering in-person opportunities. Please keep this ministry in your prayers.

Eric Travis Missioner for Youth and Young Adults

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Canterbury MSU Episcopal Mission to Michigan State University

Canterbury MSU had a good start to the year. Following up on several outreach events at the end of the Fall semester, we offered Glitter + Ash Wednesday on campus in February with All Saints, East Lansing, and Edgewood United Church of Christ. This is a national initiative to reach out to LGBTQ Christians with love and welcome. We received significant local press coverage and great participation from students. We were also able to increase campus wide communications. When we are clear about being an inclusive community, students are interested. We saw a large increase in participation at our weekly gathering as well as great response to our outreach activities.

Like many communities of faith, Canterbury MSU has been severely impacted by covid-19. MSU moved to online classes in early March. We’ve met on Zoom and posted worship services online that can be watched at any time. Like many of us, students are not looking for another zoom meeting. So, we are using YouTube and social media to continue our conversations about inclusion, anti-racism, and social justice. The Episcopal Church is largely an unknown entity among MSU students, so we are also posting information about who we are and how the Episcopal Church works. Thanks to our close relationship with All Saints, we have used their parking lot for socially distanced outdoor activities, when local infection rates and the weather allow. This year has helped us clarify who we are and the niche that we can fill at MSU. We are using this time to ‘try out’ and refine new activities and media. And, we are using this year to focus on administrative and organizational needs.

This is not the year we hoped for, but everything we’re learning is going to put us in a better position for next fall when we are hopefully back in person and on campus, proclaiming the way of love and planting seeds for the reign of God.

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Canterbury House U of M

The 2019 - 2020 school year saw some slow but steady continued growth at Canterbury House. Both the Bible Study small group and Queer Theology groups continued to meet and grow along with Christianity and Radical Social Thought, a discussion and reading on the counter-cultural commitments we hear in the Gospel. Wednesday Evensong continued strong while the Sunday Eucharist experienced a drop off leading to at least temporarily discontinuing that service for the 2020- 2021 academic year. There was planning in place for leadership training and development for student leaders to help take the helm at what happens with Canterbury for the current academic year, which would have represented a huge leap in student engagement.

Of course the pandemic has been a marked setback. Many students are burned out on Zoom and burned out in general. Still Canterbury continues adapting our mission to serve the student community, helping support the Graduate Students who went on strike against the University’s mishandling of Covid and offering support to other student activists continuing to engage work for justice even during the pandemic. Bible Study and Wednesday Evening Prayer continue in a blended online/in person format where people may come and worship outside (with masks and social distance) or call in to a computer we have set up outdoors with speakers and a microphone.

Most importantly we are offering a place for people new to the University this year to connect. The usual rhythms of coming to school have been so deeply disrupted, many students are in Ann Arbor having left their communities and homes behind but with few means to build community here. Perhaps our most important offerings this semester are the outdoor, distanced social events.

Behind the scenes, the board has prepared for a number of different scenarios depending on the full impact Covid has on our fundraising efforts and other sources of funding. In all of them we feel confident about being able to continue Canterbury’s mission relatively uninterrupted. Overall, even in the difficulty the pandemic has presented, Canterbury is in good shape to weather what we may reasonably expect from the next year or two.

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The Chapter of The Cathedral Church of St. Paul

The Cathedral Chapter, the oversight body for the Diocesan-Cathedral Center, was created in 1957 by Diocesan Convention. Chapter’s charge is “to enhance the mission and ministry of the Cathedral as the main church of the Diocese” especially in its role as “the center of diocesan unity and administration” and as “the center of diocesan mission and ministry.”

Often referred to simply as, The Chapter, it consists of eighteen people representing the Bishop, the Diocesan Convention, and the Cathedral Vestry. They have the responsibility to oversee those activities at the Diocesan-Cathedral Center which are not those of a parish church. This includes property matters, tenant relationships, activities not intended for parochial purposes, and supporting the activities of the Diocese. It is the agency which operates the common space of the Diocesan-Cathedral Center. The Cathedral Chapter employs a staff to support these functions, and creates a budget to pay for them.

Mission: The facilities and staff of the Cathedral Chapter exist to support the mission and ministry of the Bishop, the Cathedral, and all the people of the diocese. It was, of course, a great honor to a part of the events connected to the Ordination and Consecration of the Rt. Rev’d Dr. Bonnie A. Perry, 11th Bishop of Michigan, and to host events that were a part of the loving leave-taking of Bishop Gibbs, our 10th Bishop.

From mid-March on we have continued to work with the Waller Health Center on Cathedral Green (now in its second decade of ministry partnership with us), Karmanos Cancer Center, and other other organization in as many ways as possible to help them navigate this time of pandemic. The Diocesan/Cathedral center was closed to daily onsite operations from mid-March until the first week of June. During that time there was provision for mail pickup, as twice-a-week checks on the building and building systems. In early July we returned to limited staff only access. As of mid-September our mission partner, Spanish for Toddlers, a Spanish emersion Montessori program for 2.5 to 5 year olds) restarted a limited operation. We continue to work on ways, when appropriate, to restore programs and events such as Dlectricity (bi-annual), the Detroit area observance of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, a New Year’s Day Feast (open to all comers), an annual Veteran’s Day Service, , and a myriad of other dinners, conferences and other gatherings including the Diocesan Ministry Fair, UBE meetings and events, ordinations, and a host of diocesan liturgies, and community concert events.

Operations: The Diocesan Cathedral Center, built between 1959 and 1961, is of an age to require updating. The past year has seen facility upgrades in first floor restrooms, and parking drains, and new concrete in several areas where the Michigan freeze-thaw cycle has taken its toll. We are being continually challenged by infrastructure needs, most particularly environmental control (HVAC) issues. Work to maintain the facilities in an appropriate, up-to-date condition always challenges the available resources.

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Efforts to update systems and appearance are ongoing. While we have been challenged by a some major systems issues, elevator hydrollic failure, damage to the chiller controls and compressor (thank you squirrels chewing through wiring), and a ruptured water main within the building, are are continuing to manage expenses, and striving to exercise and implement good financial and operational stewardship in this unique times. We are especially grateful to the Diocese and the Cathedral parish for their steady and continued financial support during this time.

We are also pleased during this time of dispersed operations to have hosted outdoor distanced events like a drive-thru job fair, and drive-thru distribution of hygiene bags and backpacks. We continue to look for more creative ways to engage in Christ’s call to serve.

As we close, a thank you goes out to not only to our mission partners for their cooperation, but to Bishop Perry, the Bishop’s staff, and the Cathedral and Chapter staffs for their creativity, patience, understanding, support, and cooperation.

If you have questions or perhaps an interest in serving on the Cathedral Chapter, please be in touch with Zack Cummins, our Facility Manager, or me.

Grace and peace,

The Very Reverend S. Scott Hunter Dean & Provost

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The Cathedral Foundation & Community Services, Inc. 4800 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201

Report to the Annual Convention of the Diocese of Michigan October 2020

2020, a time like no other. In the time since our last report the Cathedral Foundation & Community Services has continued to work to support various Cathedral and community efforts. We are also continuing our efforts to work through IRS regulations to establish this organization as a “Supporting Organization” per their criteria (even though the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.

In the past year The Foundation has helped address some atypical pastoral situations, and also provided scholarship funds to Detroit Youth Volume, a high level violin teaching program that focuses on providing children and youth in Detroit with access to excellent music education and experiences. Through grant funding they have also made possible carpeting replacement is some areas of the Diocesan/Cathedral Center, though with the pandemic that actual installation is still to happen.

There is continued commitment and support, financially and programmatically, to the enhancement of the community life of the Williams Pavilion. The Williams Pavilion, named after former Michigan Governor, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams and Nancy Williams, both long time active members of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, is a fourteen story, 150 unit, low income senior housing complex. Since HUD regulations do not allow for expenditures for social and community functions, CF&CS is committed to seeing that several opportunities are available throughout the year. This year’s summer picnic had to be cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, and likely the Christmas event will as well, but the hope is to provide some other form of “treat” to uplift spirits and bolster hope.

Board member development continues as we work to bring in new individuals to the board with a passion for community, diverse skills, and gifts and talents in non-profit enterprises.

We invite you to stay tuned for news and other information about the ministry being enhanced and empowered by the new Cathedral Foundation and Community Services.

Respectfully submitted,

The Very Rev’d S. Scott Hunter, President & Chair Mr. Glenn Miller, Vice-President

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October 8, 2020

Beloved Saints, One of the most important things about building a new church is to build relationships of loving trust in the way of Jesus and thereby try to understand the deep concerns, hopes, joys and gifts of the people within whom God is already working and fully alive.

The Church at Crossroads - Episcopal (“TCAC”), our church plant since 2016, is continuing to build relationships like these among and with the people who live in and around our main home at Crossroads of MI, a social service agency in the heart of Detroit. Within the context of the broader society, many of our neighbors in the Crossroads’ community experience severe social and socioeconomic marginalization.

We are growing in mission & vision, to call and grow leaders for the Church and wider community, and, to build Beloved Community among us. Many congregations, individuals, Diocesan Council and The Episcopal Church are helping to support us for which we are deeply grateful.

Volunteers among you are meeting and building relationships with the people from the neighborhood, partnering with our Vacation Bible School to help support Crossroads’ free children’s summer lunch program, and/or offering financial gifts. Your contributions are deeply important and encouraging. Thank you!

Through this time of social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some our most recent activities this fall include the following: • More than forty children received materials in the mail during our five weeks of remote Vacation Bible School which included Zoom sessions with beloved leaders from three other diocesan congregations. • Plans are growing to reach both VBS and new students through our new “Good News Crew” remote church school for ages three through twelve years. • People from the neighborhood are continuing to find us as we continue to care for and love friends/parishioners who have walked together with us over our brief time of existence.

If you would like to find out more about TCAC, please contact me and visit our webpage:https://www.edomi.org/congregationallife/the-church-at-crossroads/. I am available to come out (safely) to visit, to preach and to share about church planting and building Beloved Community together. It would be a blessing to share in your discernment.

Thank you again for sharing with us in this special ministry. God’s peace,

The Rev. Teresa Wakeen, Priest Missioner [email protected] (248) 800-6480

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Thank you to Congregations who are helping us plant and build Beloved Community. You are a great gift!

Cathedral Church of St. Paul Christ Church Cranbrook St. Michael’s Grosse Pointe Woods & Episcopal Church Women Grace, Detroit St. Andrew’s, Waterford St. Barnabas, Chelsea St. Michael & All Angels, Cambridge Junction St. Patrick’s, Madison Heights Trinity in the Woods, Farmington Hills Nativity, Bloomfield Township St. John’s, Plymouth St. George’s, Milford St. James, Dexter St. John’s, Clinton St. Clare’s, Ann Arbor

“O God the Creator and ruler of all things, your reign grows like a mustard seed into abundant life: Bless those who plant and tend the new life of your Church, that it may become a place of welcome, a refuge of healing, a school for souls, and a life-giving spring; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ, our strength and our salvation. Amen.” (The Book of Occasional Services, 2018, p. 242.)

The Church at Crossroads - Episcopal A Jubilee Ministry* of the Episcopal Church *A Ministry of joint discipleship in Christ with poor and oppressed people, wherever they are found, to meet basic human needs and to build a just society. (General Convention Resolution J982-A080) We are graciously housed in the chapel of Crossroads of Michigan at 2424 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, MI 48208

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2020 CONVENTION EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN REPORT FROM COVENANT 5

The community of diocesan ministries known as Covenant 5 offers justice and peace education, and advocates for and promotes action to create and sustain a just and peaceful world.

Covenant 5 seeks to uphold the fifth element in our Baptismal Covenant: "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" "I will, with God’s help."

Groups included in Covenant 5

Criminal Justice Advocacy (Episcopal Church of the Incarnation) Disability Awareness Committee (Taskforce member of the Alliance to Abolish Bullying) Economic Justice Commission Environmental Concerns Episcopal Peace Fellowship TBLG Concerns Committee

Diocesan Connections

Alliance to Abolish Bullying Taskforce Diocesan Council Diocesan Convention Diocesan Ministry Fair RUACH

State and National Connections

Member of: The Episcopal Network for Economic Justice The Episcopal Peace Fellowship The Michigan League for Public Policy The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice based in Ann Arbor The National Action Network (not-for-profit civil-rights organization) The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration.

Vision Statement

"Each will respect the dignity of all, and there will be justice and peace among all people."

Mission Statement

"Faithful to the gospel, Covenant 5 of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is a community of ministries that educates, advocates, and acts for a just and peaceful world. We do this by sharing our visions, passions, energies, and resources; learning from one another, and identifying and working on common goals.”

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2019-2020 Activities through March 2020: With the much-appreciated support of the Diocese of Michigan and Church of the Holy Cross (Novi), Covenant 5 members continue to work for justice and peace. In December of 2019 members conducted an open budget-discernment process, received and reviewed grant proposals, heard presenters and made recommendations to Diocesan Council regarding 2020 justice-and-peace grants. When the process was completed, Diocesan Council approved grants for All Saints East Lansing – Racism Education; American Friends Service Committee; Crossroads; the Criminal Justice Advocacy Ministry (Episcopal Church of the Incarnation); St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (Detroit) -Water Advocacy; St. James (Dexter) – Social Justice Education; St. Aidan’s (Ann Arbor) – Environmental Outreach; Metro Lansing Poor People’s Campaign; St. Clair’s (Ann Arbor) – back door pantry; TBLG Concerns Committee; Whitaker Institute social justice programming and Word & World.

At the 2019 Diocesan Convention Covenant 5 had a booth and display.

We hope to see greater Diocesan connections and deepened involvement and participation in peace-making, mutual understanding of and for others. We hope you as participants in Diocesan Convention will encourage members of the diocesan community and your congregations to join us in working to eliminate “racism”, violence and bullying, and to bring about God’s reign of peace, justice and love.

Ongoing: With your help, we will do our best to continue (1) surveying congregations and other diocesan groups regarding their "projects of compassion", both single and continuing events; (2) particularly inviting into Covenant 5 membership those congregations, groups and individuals interested in working on justice-and-peace issues, including striving to alleviate hunger and educating and advocating for the eradication of domestic poverty and other aspects of hierarchical inequality; (3) supporting Diocesan Convention; (4) strengthening efforts to establish Episcopal Public Policy groups in congregations; (5) using existing diocesan resources to establish a stronger Covenant 5 communications network by improving and promoting the Covenant 5 website, developing forums for dialogue with congregations and mutual support for justice and peace work partnering with deaneries, offering information for congregational newsletters and service bulletins, and announcing events; (6) attempt to increase funding to Diocesan justice-and peace advocacy ministries.

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Disaster Preparedness and Response Report Asset Mapping/Safety in our places of Worship

Disaster Planning during a Global Pandemic? YES!! I have been wondering during this time, one of which none of us could have imagined would have occurred. How has this COVID-19 time affected our congregations, and could we have planned for this? My answer to this is yes and no. No we have never seen anything like this in our lifetime, but as for planning could this be something we could have imagined and or planned for in a disaster plan? Yes. As your Disaster Preparedness and Response Coordinator, you all have entrusted me to seek out the training needed, and bring this training back to you all, so that you can discern whether or not your parish and or your diocese needs to implement what I have learned and convey this to you. During all the trainings, and now webinars there have been some especially useful points that have arisen. Naturally, a disaster plan is something we would want to have in place prior to an event, but these events bring forth areas of concern that can be useful when we put together a plan. The Goal: To try and encourage every parish and the diocesan offices to develop a disaster plan, take and complete the asset mapping survey, and look over any safety issues your parishes may have! Plans filed to date: In the past year I have not been contacted by a single congregation about a disaster plan, this has been troublesome to me, but then again if we do not know how a simple tool like a disaster plan can help, it would not be a front burner items during this pandemic. We have published a few more asset map updates this year, because of the tireless work of the staff at the diocesan office who have taking up this mantle and ran with it, thank you to Rev. Vicki Hesse and Anna Stania! If you have any questions about you asset map you can ask any of us regarding this as well. A Disaster Plan: What is a Disaster Plan? More to the point is what is a disaster, well my dear friends what we are going through currently should be obvious. But how can having a disaster plan help us during this time of COVID-19? Simple, having a plan in place prior to, and as it is now, during an event such as we are in now, could lay out the ground work to how to respond to the needs of our congregations, and more importantly our communities that are affected by this type of event. Each congregation will be different as the needs can vary by the size and demographic of each. And each community as well varies likewise. How do we get started? First by determining that you want, or more importantly NEED a disaster plan. This can be as simple as a phone call or email to myself. I can then provide whomever from your congregation that will be working on the plan with the necessary information to get started! Determine in your parish who you think would be great at this and give them my phone number 248-892-2735, or email [email protected]! Asset Mapping: Every parish must go to www.episcopalassetmap.org find the icon that represents their parish and click on it today and take the survey. If a parish has already done this they should go to it again, today, and update it. 140

The more you put on this, the more photos, and videos you upload the better it will be for everyone! In addition to this the Presiding Bishop has encouraged all of the congregations to update their asset maps with how we have been providing church during this pandemic, we all need to go on our maps and update this information! Safety Planning: The world has changed are you doing what is needed? During the pandemic, we have not been in the churches that much, but this should not be overlooked! We all need to constantly be looking at our parish homes and see if we are keeping them safe, are we securing our buildings and are our practices taking safety first? Now is a great time to have someone checking the outsides of the buildings and making sure nature has not overgrown and allowed for hiding places for people with bad intentions. That way when the time come, and yes my friends that time will come when we can return, are our buildings safe? More importantly are we preparing all our people so that they can be as safe as possible not only in church but also in their daily lives! This is also a good time to put into place policies that can insure a safe worship space for everyone, that way we can all adjust at the same time! With all the above stated, I am overly excited that more congregations will now be moved to put together their Disaster Preparedness Plans, and I would really like to see more updates on the Asset Map. Besides the link above, the Asset Map can also be accessed through the Diocesan website www.edomi.org. Doing both a disaster plan and the asset map are vital ways of ensuring that we are better prepared! Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Respectfully Submitted, Rev. Deacon Glenn D. Morrison August 12th, 2020

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EPISCOPAL CAMPUS MINISTRY AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

September 2003 marked the official registration date of the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Eastern Michigan University. As a registered student organization along with advertising in local campus publications, sponsorship of on-campus events and intentional outreach to the students, faculty and staff of EMU, the focus of the first phase of development was to get to know the campus community. As a commuter campus EMU is unique mission territory to get young people back to church, back to their home parish.

As a parish-based campus ministry housed and funded by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Ypsilanti we try to maintain an on-campus presence that will spiritually engage the commuter student during the week so that they will actively maintain or renew their membership with their home Episcopal parish. This is done in part by attending campus student/faculty events and serving on university boards and panels. We donate regularly to the student food pantry, and for a second year successfully assisted the pantry to receive funding from the Diocesan Ministry’s Grant. We continue to offer meeting space for various student groups who want to meet off campus.

Our 2020-21 goals are to continue our food pantry participation and our Sunday worship outreach for the students along with specific liturgical and educational programming for this diverse commuter community; and to make our building more available as a resource for off-campus meetings.

Information regarding the EMU Campus Ministry program can be received by contacting: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734)483-4253; The Rev. Dr. JoAnn Kennedy Slater, Rector, or e-mail/web - www.stlukesypsi.org

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2020 Report to Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Convention

Episcopal Relief & Development provides a pathway for all of us to be good stewards of God’s bounty.

Episcopal Relief & Development, a ministry of The Episcopal Church — while continuing its international efforts has also concentrated attention on areas of the United States scorched by fire and overwhelmed by hurricanes, as well as those fighting off a global pandemic.

The Ministry Partner’s (formerly title Diocesan Coordinator) primary role is to recruit, mentor and support additional ministry partners in our congregations. They work together to update and educate their fellow parishioners on the work of Episcopal Relief & Development.

Episcopal Relief & Development new programs and partners around the world and in the United States are providing emergency assistance in response to the COVID- 19 pandemic. They are collaborating with partners to distribute food, personal protective equipment and hygiene kits with supplies such as hand sanitizer and soap. Donations to the organization’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response Fund will support additional emergency assistance to marginalized communities.

This section of my report highlights Episcopal Relief & Development work in four key areas throughout the world:

Women: Every woman should live a life free from violence and be treated with dignity and respect as we work in four key areas:

Promoting Gender Equality; Creating Economic Stability; Cultivating Women Leaders and Ending Violence Against Women.

Children: Every child deserves the chance to achieve their full potential. Our partnerships therefore focus on five key areas to help communities nurture healthy children under age six:

Improving Food and Nutrition; Protecting Health and Preventing Disease; Empowering Parents; Creating Economic Stability and Protecting Families.

Climate: When families and communities work together, they can better prepare for and recover from climate-influences events. We focus on five key areas to address issues related to climate:

Improving Food and Nutrition; Creating Economic Stability; Providing access to Clean Water, Hygiene and Sanitation; Reducing the Impact of Disasters and Managing Environmental Preparedness.

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Your support for the work of Episcopal Relief & Development can take several different other forms:  Learn about Episcopal Relief & Development’s work here and abroad.  The Episcopal Relief & Development website is full of information about their programs, church educational resources, and ways to help.  An important way to support Episcopal Relief & Development is to pray for staff, program partners and participants around the world. Through a shared prayer experience, we come together with all our hearts and minds in times of disaster and during important holidays.  Be a “safe church” in a disaster.  Give to support the agency’s work locally and around the world.

Thank you for your tax deductible gifts to Episcopal Relief & Development.

Juanita Woods, Provincial Ministry Partner Email: [email protected]

“We are the hands and feet of Jesus in the world”

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Report of the Historiographer/Archivist to the 2019 Diocesan Convention

The work of the Historiographer/Archivist of the Diocese of Michigan is shared by the Rev. James C. Berg and the Rev. William Roberts. This is the sixth year we have served in this capacity. We are assisted by Olga Virakhovskaya, Lead Archivist, who succeeded the long-time Diocesan Historiographer and Archivist, Mr. Leonard A. Coombs, who was a curator at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The Bentley Library is the custodian of the archives of the Diocese of Michigan.

The task of management and preservation of the Archives is the responsibility of the staff of the Bentley Historical Library. While the Diocese of Michigan retains ownership of the archives and does have some management responsibilities, the on-going work is the responsibility of the staff of the Bentley Library. Therefore, the task of the current historiographers/archivists is somewhat reduced and consequently more manageable. Since work in the archives requires a trip to Ann Arbor, requests requiring research in the archives take a bit longer than they did formerly when the archivist was on site at the Bentley. It is possible to determine which congregations have records at the Bentley by going to their website: www.bentley.umich.edu and searching through the Mirlyn finding aid and keying in the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.

The Archives of the Diocese of Michigan consist of the records of Diocesan agencies and institutions including those of closed parishes, as well as papers of some of our former Bishops and related documents recording the common life of our community. There is a significant photographic record of the work of the Diocese.

The work of the Diocesan Archivists now consists of three tasks:

1) When a congregation or diocesan institution closes, we sift through and gather records germane to its history and work. These are then transferred to the Bentley Library where they are made available to researchers and other interested individuals.

2) From time to time (usually only once a month, or less) we are asked to search the Diocesan Archives to produce baptismal, confirmation and marriage records, and we usually check on several requests when we go to the Bentley. Requests for these records come from the Bishop’s office and it is to the Bishop’s office that these requests should be directed.

3) We are asked to assist the Bishop and his staff in various research projects and to make presentations to Diocesan groups (congregations) about the Archives.

This is perhaps the most engaging part of the work. One of the emphases of these presentations is the necessity for parishes to take the lead in preserving the records of their common life and story. To this end the National Episcopal Historians and

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Archivists (NEHA) has recently published a most helpful guide: Archives for Congregations: A Practical Guide to Developing a Church Archives [2nd edition, ISBN: 9781329111134). It may be ordered from the NEHA website for $6.00. The NEHA website address is episcopalhistorians.org.

Please be aware that the Diocese of Michigan does not, for the most part, maintain the records of active parishes. The maintenance of these records is the responsibility of the parish leadership. However, we are most willing to help with this responsibility, and welcome contact through the Bishop’s Office. When a time capsule was opened and it was water-logged. It is recommended that time capsules be placed in water-tight vaults or be in a secure above-ground location. We are looking forward to collecting paper and video materials regarding the search and nomination, transition and election, and the ordination and consecration of the 11th Bishop of Michigan. Also, we would like to gather information on how the clergy and congregations of the Diocese responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rev. James C. Berg The Rev. William Roberts

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Section III

Annual Convention October 25/26, 2019

Proceedings of the 185th Annual Convention Convention Address by The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., Tenth Bishop Record of Lay Delegate & Lay Alternate Registration Record of Clergy Registration

Journal of the Proceedings of the One Hundred Eighty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 4:00 P.M. FIRST BUSINESS SESSION

This being the day and place designated for the meeting of the One Hundred Eighty-Fifth Annual Convention of The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, the President of the Convention, the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., Bishop of the Diocese, called the Convention to order at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2019 at the Suburban Collection Showplace, in the City of Novi, Michigan in the Trinity Deanery.

After opening prayers and opening remarks, the President called upon the Secretary for announcements. Following the announcements and upon visual observation, the President determined that a quorum was present and the Convention was prepared to proceed to organization.

PRESENTATION OF LIST OF CLERGY ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

Pursuant to Canon 1.1.1.1 of the Canons of the Diocese of Michigan, the President presented to the Secretary and laid before the Convention the list of clergy eligible to vote in this Convention. Included on this list are members of the clergy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America holding positions in this Church. The President laid before Convention to give seat and voice to the following clergy:

 The Rev. Heather Barta: Resurrection, Clarkston & Coordinator for Province Five  The Rev. Manisha Dostert: Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills  The Rev. Mary Duerksen: Spirit of Grace, West Bloomfield  The Rev. Henrietta Grossoehme: St. John’s, Westland  The Rev. Christopher Harris: Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills  The Rev. Regina Johnson: St. John’s, Plymouth  The Rev. Andrea Martin: Holy Faith, Saline  The Rev. Ken Near: St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s, Detroit  The Rev. Fred Nestrock: St. Katherine’s, Williamston  The Rev. Sharon Voelker: St. Stephen’s, Troy  The Rev. Terry Williamson: Christ United, Dewitt

The motion to grant seat and voice was approved.

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON QUALIFICATIONS

The Rev. Lynda Carter, Chair of the Committee on Qualifications, presented the report of the Committee. Ms. Carter certified that all lay delegates registered at the Convention have presented the proper credentials and are duly seated as members of the Convention, with voice and vote.

The President asked for a motion to accept the report of the Committee. It was moved to accept the Report of the Committee on Qualifications. The President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The motion was adopted.

ELECTION OF SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

The President nominated the Rev. Dr. W. Richard Hamlin (retired) as Secretary of Convention and the Rev. Joyce Matthews (Bloomfield Hills) and the Rev. Deacon Jenny Ritter (Brighton) as Assistant Secretaries of Convention. The nominations were seconded and upon vote, the candidates were declared elected.

APPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARIAN

The President appointed Mr. Maurice Henderson as Parliamentarian of the Convention and requested a motion to confirm. It was moved to confirm the appointment of Mr. Henderson as Parliamentarian of Convention. The motion was seconded and the President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The motion was adopted.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISPATCH OF BUSINESS

The Secretary presented the report of the Committee on Dispatch of Business. The report was printed on a sheet circulated in the packet to the delegates.

The Secretary moved that the report of the Committee on Dispatch of Business, including the Agenda and General Rules of Order be adopted. The motion was seconded and the President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The motion was adopted.

DECLARATION OF ORGANIZATION

The President declared that the One Hundred Eighty-Fifth Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan was organized with the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. in the Chair and was prepared to proceed to business.

LATE FILED RESOLUTIONS

Resolutions properly and timely filed with the Secretary were referred by the President to the Committee on Reference for reporting to the Convention. The President called for the presentation of any resolutions not timely filed with the Secretary. The President reported that pursuant to Article IV, section (b) (ii), a written petition had been received requesting a vote by orders on all late filed resolutions. This petition requires that any and all late filed resolutions require a two- thirds majority in both orders to be considered at this Convention.

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS OF THE DIOCESE

The President asked for a motion that the reports of all commissions, committees, and other agencies directed to report to Convention that have not been received as yet during this Convention be received by title and printed in the Convention Journal. The motion was made and seconded. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The motion was adopted.

REPORT ON CHANGE OF VOTING STATUS OF MEMBERS OF CONVENTION

The Secretary reported that no requests for change in voting status of any congregation had been received.

INTRODUCTIONS

The President the made the following introductions:

Parliamentarian: Mr. Maurice Henderson, Past President of the National Association of Parliamentarians

Secretary of Convention: The Rev. Dr. Richard Hamlin

Assistant Secretaries of Convention : The Rev. Joyce Matthews and the Rev. Deacon Jenny Ritter

Chancellor: Mr. Steve Ott, Esq.

Clergy Updates and Transitions

 The Rev. Daniel Buchin o Priest-in-Charge, Christ Church, Adrian  The Rev. Mitchell Yudasz o Ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 2019 o Priest in charge: St. Luke’s, Allen Park o Priest in Charge: Christ the King, Taylor  The Rev. Robert Alltop o Priest in charge: Nativity, Bloomfield Hills  The Rev. Andrew Guffey o Priest in Charge: St. Mary’s-in-the-Hills, Lake Orion  The Rev. Ian Reed Twiss o Priest-in-Charge: Holy Cross, Novi  The Rev. Henrietta Grossoehme o Priest-in-Charge: St. John’s Westland  The Rev. Frederick Nestrock o Priest-in-Charge : St. Katherine’s, Williamston  The Rev. James Pashturro o Rector: St. Stephen’s, Hamburg and St. John’s, Howell  The Rev. Anthony Estes o Ordained to the Priesthood on June 8, 2019 o Missioner: Trinity, Detroit (Spirit of Hope)

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 The Rev. Paul Castelli o Rector: St. George’s, Milford  The Rev. Daniel Lawson o Rector: St. Paul’s, Romeo

 The Rev. Maryjane Peck o Interim Rector: St. Clare, Ann Arbor  The Rev. Regina Johnson (ELCA) o Long-term Supply: St. John’s, Plymouth  The Rev. Sharon Voelker o Long-term Supply: St. Stephen’s, Troy  Marion Van Loo o Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate on October 30 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Barnabas, Chelsea & Recommission of the Total Ministry Support Team of St. Barnabas  Preparing for Ordination on December 7th , Cathedral Church of St. Paul at 11:00 a.m. o Annette Mileski to the Diaconate o Chip Dischinger to the Transitional Diaconate o Jean-Pierre Seguin to the Transitional Diaconate o Christine Gannon to the Transitional Diaconate  The Rev. Michael Bradley o Called as Rector: St. Michael’s Grosse Pointe Woods (arrives December 1)  The Rev. John Conners o Called as Interim Rector: St. John’s, Plymouth (arrives December 1)

 Chaplain to the Retired Community  The Rev. Sally Boelter

 Recognition of recent retirees

 Archdeacon  The Ven. Keith Mackenzie

 Historiographer and Archivist and Assistant  The Rev. Christopher Berg  The Rev. William Roberts

 Disaster Relief Coordinator  The Rev. Dcn. Glenn Morrison

 Episcopal Relief and Development Coordinator  Juanita Woods

Candidates for Office

Cathedral Chapter Lay Order Cameron Walker

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Commission on Ministry Lay Order Elaine Belz Katherine Blakley

Clergy Order Paul LeClair Andrea Morrow

Deputy to General Convention Lay Order Lizzie Anderson Kostin Cedric Flounory Jerry L Hardy Carol Latimer Stephen J. Ott Felicity Thompson Eric Travis

Deputy to General Convention Clergy Order Susan Anslow-Williams Paul Castelli Phil Dinwiddie Anthony Estes Deon Johnson Daniel Lawson Carol A. Mader Maryjane Peck Judith Schellhammer Beth Taylor

Disciplinary Board Lay Order Tish Germain Carol Latimer

Clergy Order Susan Carter

Standing Committee Lay Order Helen Santiz

Clergy Order Anthony Estes Daniel Lawson

Trustees Lay Order Louis J. Clark Tom Forbes Stephanie Rose 153

Clergy Order Andrea Morrow

Newly Appointed Deans 1. Capital Deanery: The Very Rev. Nikki Seger 2. Downriver Deanery: The Very Rev. Andrea Morrow 3. William Lyster Deanery: The Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert 4. Huron Valley Deanery : The Very Rev. James Pashturro

Deans Continuing Service 1. Detroit Deanery: The Very Rev. Bob Alltop 2. McGehee Deanery: The Very Rev. Chris Yaw 3. Trinity Deanery: The Very Rev. Julia Huttar Bailey

Diocesan Staff Kara Chapman: Diocesan Accountant Canon James Gettel: Canon for Congregational Life The Rev. Vicki Hesse: Director, Whitaker Institute Canon Jo Ann Hardy: Canon Administrator Nancy McLaughlin: Ministry Developer Jennifer Elliott: Secretary for Diocesan Administration Mark Miliotto: Director of Finance and Treasurer of the Diocese Kimberly Pratt: Administrative Assistant for Whitaker Institute/ Bookkeeping Clerk Beth Rowley: Executive Assistant for the Bishop’s Office Anna Stania: Director of Communications/Editor of the Record Eric Travis: Missioner for Youth and Young Adults

OPENING OF POLLS

The President declared that the polls were now open and would close at 6 p.m. On Saturday, the polls will open at 7:00 a.m.

RECESS

The President declared the Convention in recess until 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2019.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019 8:00 A.M. SECOND BUSINESS SESSION

The President called the Convention to order and recognized members of the Youth and Young Adult Ministry to lead Morning Prayer. Members of YAYA participating in the service were:

The President then called on the Secretary for additional announcements.

The President introduced and thanked the interpreters for the hearing impaired, Mr. Henry Lowe and Ms. LaRain Wright.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSITUTION AND CANONS

The President called on the Rev. Bob Alltop (Bloomfield Township) for the report of the Committee on Constitution and Canons.

Changes to the Constitution regarding Special Elections and Members of Conventions

Proposed Change 1#

Existing Article ARTICLE IV Conventions

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In the case of a call for special Convention by petition, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall convene a special Convention of the Diocese not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days after presentation of such petition, and the business at such special Convention shall be limited to the matters set forth in the petition.

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(b) A special Convention shall be called by the Ecclesiastical Authority if the call for a special Convention is made by written petition to the Ecclesiastical Authority, with a copy to the Standing Committee, to convene a special Convention signed by (i) not less than fifteen (15) members of the clergy canonically and actually resident in this Diocese of not less than ten (10) different congregations parishes or missions, and (ii) the governing bodies vestries or Bishop's committees of not less than ten (10) different congregationsparishes or missions, respectively, unless the Standing Committee determines by majority vote that the subject of the petition is not canonically permitted to come before Convention. In the case of a call for special Convention by petition, the Ecclesiastical Authority shall convene a special Convention of the Diocese not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days after presentation of such petition, and the business at such special Convention shall be limited to the matters set forth in the petition.

Rationale: The change are to make the language of Constitution consistent with the canons in referencing “congregations” rather than “parishes and missions.”

Article IV Proposed Change 2#

Existing Article Members of Convention. (a) The members (“Members”) of Convention with voice and vote shall be (i) the Bishop, (ii) all other bishops, and other members of the clergy canonically and actually resident within the Diocese and members of the clergy canonically serving a cure within this Diocese, and (iii) three lay delegates from each congregation, whether parish or mission, in union with Convention. The Canons shall provide for method of admitting parishes and missions into union with Convention of this Diocese and for election of lay delegates.

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The lay delegates serving as Members at the most recently adjourned Annual Convention shall serve as delegates to any special Convention convened prior to an Annual Convention unless replaced by action of the vestry or Bishop’s committee of a parish or mission, respectively, which the lay delegates serve.

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Members of Convention. (a) The members (“Members”) of Convention with voice and vote shall be (i) the Bishop, (ii) all other bishops, and other members of the clergy canonically and actually resident within the Diocese and members of the clergy canonically serving a cure within this Diocese, (iii) any cleric of a church with whom The Episcopal Church is in Full Communion and who is serving a call in a congregation of this Diocese, and (ivii) three lay delegates from each congregation, whether parish or mission, in union with Convention. The Canons shall provide for method of admitting congregations parishes and missions into union with Convention of this Diocese and for election of lay delegates. The lay delegates serving as Members at the most recently adjourned Annual Convention shall serve as delegates to any special Convention convened prior to an Annual Convention unless replaced by action of the governing body of the congregationvestry or Bishop’s committee of a parish or mission, respectively, which the lay delegates serve.

Rationale: This change is to: Clarify members of convention and allow clerics of churches with whom the Episcopal Church is in Full Communion and is serving in one of our diocese (e.g. our Lutherans sisters and brothers who are currently clergy serving congregations in our diocese), and align the language regarding references to congregations for consistency with the canons.

The President called for discussion on the first reading of the proposed changes to the Constitution of the Diocese. There being no discussion, the President called for the vote. The first reading of the proposed changes to the Constitution passed unanimously.

The President informed members of convention that these proposed changes to the Constitution must be considered for a second reading at the 2020 Diocesan Convention. Proposed changes must be approved in this same format in order to be adopted.

Changes to the Canons regarding the Election of a Bishop

Proposed Change 1#

Existing Canon

1.3 Special Conventions.

1.3.1 For Purposes Other than Election of a Bishop. Special Conventions are provided for in Article IV of the Constitution, and also by applicable Canons of the Diocese.

1.3.2 For Election of a Bishop. The election of a Bishop, a Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan of this Diocese shall be at an Annual Convention or at a special

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Convention called for that purpose, following a call by the Ecclesiastical Authority for such an election.

1.3.2.1.2 Vacancies. The Standing Committee may at any time fill any vacancies in membership of the Committee, maintaining the equal number of clergy and lay members.

1.3.2.1.3 Term. The Committee shall continue until the earlier of (i) close of the Convention at which the Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan shall have been elected or (ii) until the Committee shall have been discharged by action of the Convention or (iii) withdrawal of the call for election by the Ecclesiastical Authority. 1.3.2.2 Duties and Role of the Committee. The Committee shall call for, receive and may itself propose for its consideration names of persons who may lawfully be elected to the Episcopal office to be filled, and shall establish the time within which such suggested names must be filed with the Committee. If any member of the Committee is proposed for consideration as a nominee for the Episcopal office, that member shall either withdraw from consideration or resign from the Committee. The Committee shall inform itself about the persons proposed for consideration with due diligence, including background investigations sufficient to satisfy reasonable inquiry about each person’s character and fitness for the office; and shall approve any person whose name it submits as nominee based on such review. Any person who is to be considered for nomination shall consent in writing to such background investigation as the Committee shall deem appropriate as a condition for consideration.

1.3.2.2.1 Budget. The Committee, with the concurrence of Diocesan Council, shall establish a budget for its official duties, which shall be funded by the Diocese.

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who has consented to be nominated; and such a substitution shall constitute nomination of that person.

(a) Background and other checks as performed on the Committee Nominees shall be ordered for each of the persons nominated by petition.

(b) The Standing Committee shall publicize, not less than thirty-five (35) days before the date set for the Convention, the names of the lawful candidates nominated by petition.

(c) The entire list of persons nominated, whether by the Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop or by petition, shall be printed and mailed by the Secretary of Convention to each of the lay delegates and clergy of the Convention not later than thirty (30) days before the date set for the Convention.

(d) The Standing Committee shall ensure that there are appropriate opportunities for all persons nominated, whether by Committee or by petition, and the Members of Convention to become mutually acquainted.

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Proposed (additions in bold/underline)

1.3 Special Conventions.

1.3.1 For Purposes Other than Election of a Bishop. Special Conventions are provided for in Article IV of the Constitution, and also by applicable Canons of the Diocese.

1.3.2 For Election of a Bishop. The election of a Bishop, a Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan of this Diocese shall be at an Annual Convention or at a special Convention called for that purpose, following a call by the Ecclesiastical Authority for such an election. Whenever the election of a Bishop is required as provided in the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church, the Standing Committee shall establish a process and budget (funded by the Diocese) for the nomination and election of such Bishop.

1.3.2.1.2 Vacancies. The Standing Committee may at any time fill any vacancies in membership of the Committee, maintaining the equal number of clergy and lay members.

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1.3.2.2.1 Budget. The Committee, with the concurrence of Diocesan Council, shall establish a budget for its official duties, which shall be funded by the Diocese.

1.3.2.4 Nominations by Petition. Following the dissemination of the names of the nominees by the Standing Committee, nominations may be made by petition, which must be presented to the President of the Standing Committee at least seventy (70) days before the date set for the Convention. Such nominations must be signed by at least eight (8) lay delegates and/or clergy (electors) of the Convention and accompanied by a letter of assent from the person so nominated. (a) Background and other checks as performed on the Committee Nominees shall be ordered for each of the persons nominated by petition. (b) The Standing Committee shall publicize, not less than thirty-five (35) days before the date set for the Convention, the names of the lawful candidates nominated by petition. (c) The entire list of persons nominated, whether by the Committee for the Nomination of a Bishop or by petition, shall be printed and mailed by the Secretary of Convention to each of the lay delegates and clergy of the Convention not later than thirty (30) days before the date set for the Convention. (d) The Standing Committee shall ensure that there are appropriate opportunities for all persons nominated, whether by Committee or by petition, and the Members of Convention to become mutually acquainted.

1.3.32.6 Election. Election of Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan shall be made in the following manner: The clergy and layperson Members of Convention shall vote separately, by orders. A majority of votes of each order on the same ballot shall be necessary to elect.

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Rationale: Our canons currently include far more specificity around election committees, timelines and the details of notifications than is the norm across the Episcopal Church and the canons of other dioceses. Because the need for such elections are infrequent, the circumstances around each election and its timing unique, and the practical fact that the operations of the diocese evolve over time, it is recommended that our diocese significantly simplify our canons for such elections. These changes will allow greater flexibility to the Standing Committee in setting forth the timing and processes for the Election of a Bishop, such as to;

a) Authorize the Standing Committee to create the election process. b) Eliminate the very detailed processes currently set forth.

The President called for debate. Persons speaking during debate were The Rev. Daniel Lawson (Romeo), the Rev. Susie Shaefer (Clinton), Ms. Ann Putallaz (Ann Arbor – St. Clare of Assisi), Ms. Gwen Paradowski (Novi), the Rev Paul Castelli (Milford), The Rev. Dcn. Tim Spannaus (Royal Oak), the Rev. Joshua Hoover (Birmingham), the Rev Christopher Johnson (Pontiac). Mr. Ian Ednie (Monroe) made a motion to refer the proposed changes back to the Committee on Constitution and Canons. The President called for debate on the motion to refer. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The motion to refer was approved. Changes to the Canons regarding the Trustees

Proposed Change 1#

Existing Canon

2.3.5 Trustees.

2.3.5.1 Members. The Trustees shall be composed of the Bishop, who shall be the President, and fifteen (15) other members, three (3) of whom shall be members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and twelve (12) of whom shall be laypersons each of whom is a communicant in good standing of a congregation that have been admitted as a Voting Congregation. Four members; one member of the clergy and three laypersons, shall be elected at each Annual Convention, so that their terms are staggered. The term of office shall commence at a meeting of the Trustees called or scheduled not less than 90 days after Annual Convention (the “annual organizational meeting”) and continue until the annual organizational meeting held after the fourth Annual Convention following election. A person shall not be eligible for reelection until the next Annual Convention following expiration of their term unless they served only

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two years or less of a four year term. By majority vote, the remaining Trustees may fill a vacancy on the Trustees for the unexpired term by appointing a person in the same order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled, and the person so elected shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term of the person creating the vacancy. In addition: at the 183rd Convention of the Diocese of Michigan, the candidate receiving the fourth-highest vote total will be elected for a three year term; at the 184th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan, the candidate receiving the fourth-highest vote total will be elected for a two year term; and the Bishop will select one member of the lay trustee class elected at the 182nd Convention of the Diocese of Michigan (October 2016) to serve for a fourth year.

Proposed (additions in bold/underline)

2.3.5 Trustees.

2.3.5.1 Members. The Trustees shall be composed of the Bishop, who shall be the President, and fifteen (15)sixteen (16) other members, three (3)four (4) of whom shall be members of the clergy entitled to vote at Convention and twelve (12) of whom shall be laypersons each of whom is a communicant in good standing of a congregation that have been admitted as a Voting Congregation. Four members; one member of the clergy and three laypersons, shall be elected at each Annual Convention, so that their terms are staggered. The term of office shall commence at a meeting of the Trustees called or scheduled not less than 90 days after Annual Convention (the “annual organizational meeting”) and continue until the annual organizational meeting held after the fourth Annual Convention following election. A person shall not be eligible for reelection until the next Annual Convention following expiration of their term unless they served only two years or less of a four year term. By majority vote, the remaining Trustees may fill a vacancy on the Trustees for the unexpired term by appointing a person in the same order as the person whose unexpired term is to be filled, and the person so elected shall serve for the duration of the unexpired term of the person creating the vacancy. In addition: at the 183rd Convention of the Diocese of Michigan, the candidate receiving the fourth- highest vote total will be elected for a three year term; at the 184th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan, the candidate receiving the fourth-highest vote total will be elected for a two year term; and the Bishop will select one member of the lay trustee class elected at the 182nd Convention of the Diocese of Michigan (October 2016) to serve for a fourth year.

Rationale: The length of a trustee’s term was increased from three to four years at the 183 Convention of the Diocese of Michigan to allow the Diocese to benefit from an additional year of service from experienced Trustees.

The President called for debate. Speaking during debate was Christine Modey (Ann Arbor – St. Clare of Assisi). There being no further debate, the President called for the vote. The change to the Canons was approved.

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

The President recognized The Rev. Beth Bingham (Royal Oak) and Felicity Thompson (Ann Arbor – St. Andrew’s) co-chairs of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. 163

Ms. Bingham offered thanks to Bishop Gibbs for planting the seed towards our work in diversity and inclusion. A panel discussion followed on Ministries Engaging in Diversity and Inclusion with the following presenters:

The Rev. Terri Pilarski – Christ Church Dearborn The Rev. Chris Yaw – St. David’s Southfield The Rev. Carol Mader – St. James Dexter The Rev. Beth Taylor – St. John’s Royal Oak The Rev. Joe Summers – Church of the Incarnation, Ann Arbor

Following the panel presentations, the President invited comments and questions from the members of convention. Those speaking during this time were: The Rev. Vicki Hesse (Whitaker Institute), The Rev. Paul Castelli (Milford) The Rev. Barry Randolph (Detroit – Messiah), Steven Chisholm (Inkster), the Rev. Joe Summers (Pittsfield Township), the Rev. Carol Mader (Dexter), The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., The Rev. Nikki Seger (Lansing – St. Michael’s), The Rev. Canon Ron Spann (Grosse Pointe, Christ Church), Cameron Walker (St. John’s, Detroit), The Rev. Dcn. Glenn Morrison ( ), The Rev. Dr. W. Richard Hamlin (retired), Carol Bennett (Ann Arbor – St. Andrew’s, The Rev. Manisha Dostert (Bloomfield Hills), Felicity Thompson (Ann Arbor – St. Andrew’s)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSING OF THE POLLS

The President announced that the polls would close at 11:00 a.m., following the morning break.

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

The President addressed the Convention with a final address and sermon, which included Necrology. (Bishop’s Address see page 175)

The Necrology

The Rev. Chuck Millar The Rev. Ward Clabeusch Richard Bagdasarian Jan Mans The Rev. Rollin Norris The Rev. Paul Hiyama The Rev. Dr. A. Raymond Babin The Rev. Charles Millar Robert Snyder Alma Mayson Kathie Anslow Bernita Williams-Irby The Rev. Edward Charles Reynolds, Jr. Marsha Bottomley The Rev. Wilet Herrington

RECESS

The President called on the Secretary of Convention for announcements followed by a call for recess until 1:45 p.m.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019 1:45 p.m. THIRD BUSINESS SESSION

The President called the Convention to order and offered a prayer.

The President recognized the Secretary to report the first ballot.

REPORT BY THE SECRETARY ON THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST BALLOT

Cathedral Chapter: Lay Order Cameron Walker (elected)

Commission on Ministry: Lay Order Elaine Belz (elected)

Commission on Ministry: Clergy Order The Rev. Andrea Morrow (elected)

Disciplinary Board: Lay Order Carol Latimer (elected)

Disciplinary Board: Clergy Order The Rev. Dr. Susan Carter (elected)

Standing Committee: Lay Order Helen Santiz (elected)

Standing Committee: Clergy Order The Rev. Anthony Estes (elected)

Trustees of the Diocese: Lay Order Louis Clark (elected) Tom Forbes (elected) Stephanie Rose (elected)

Trustees of the Diocese: Clergy Order The Rev. Andrea Morrow (elected)

Deputy to General Convention: Lay Order D1 Eric Travis (elected) D2 Felicity Thompson (elected) D3 Cedric Flounory (elected) D4 Jerry Hardy (elected) A1 Stephen Ott (elected) A2 Lizzie Anderson Kostin (elected) A3 Carol Latimer (elected)

Deputy to General Convention – Clergy Order D1 The Rev. Deon Johnson (elected) D2 The Rev. Phil Dinwiddie (elected)

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D3 The Rev. Beth Taylor (elected) D4 The Rev. Anthony Estes (elected) A1 The Rev. Judith Schellhammer (elected) A2 The Rev. Paul Castelli (elected) A3 The Rev. Susan Anslow Williams (elected) A4 The Rev. Maryjane Peck (elected)

THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2020 DIOCESAN BUDGET

The President recognized Ms. Claudia Hamlin (Chair, Mission Budget Committee) and Mr. Mark Miliotto (Director of Finance and Treasurer of the Diocese) to present the 2020 Budget of the Diocese of Michigan and the draft diocesan operating budget for 2021.

Ms. Hamlin introduced and thanked members of the Mission Budget Committee and then provided an overview of the budget timeline as required in the Canons of the Diocese of Michigan.

Mr. Miliotto’s presentation began with an overview of the budget development process. A recap of 2019 financials showed that the Operating Income budget was met, and that expenses were under budget. Mr. Miliotto further explained that operating revenue is a combination of:

 Apportionment Contributions (68%)  Dividends & Interest (22%)  Contributions (10%)

Additionally, in support of the 2020 operating budget, all congregations have made a pledge, with 72% pledging full apportionment. Total pledges are up from 2019. The shortfall from full apportionment contributions continues to fall annually. The trend line over the past 10 years shows that operating revenues have grown steadily.

Proposed changes in the 2020 operating budget include:

 1.5% Cost of Living adjustments for diocesan staff  5% increase in health care premiums  1,000 to maintain full The Episcopal Church (TEC) assessments  6,000 increase in accrual for future bishop transition  2,000 increase to diocesan center maintenance  1,500 New YAYA program  2,000 increase in Social Advocacy (Covenant 5) grants  7,000 adjustment for diocesan convention expenses

Following Mr. Miliotto’s report, Ms. Hamlin moved the following resolutions:

• RESOLVED, that the 2020 Operating Budget of the Diocese of Michigan be in the amount of $2,342,280 and be it further

• RESOLVED, that the Diocesan Council shall have the authority to adjust the adopted budget in keeping with income assured from pledges received and other expected income and be it further

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• RESOLVED, that the formula for calculating the apportionment for congregational support of the 2021 diocesan budget will be based on 10% of the three year average of each congregation’s normal operating income as reported in the Parochial Report in the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.

The President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The resolutions to approve the 2020 Operating Budget, the authority of Diocesan Council to adjust the adopted budget and the funding formula fo4 2021 for the Diocese of Michigan was adopted. The chair noted that the resolutions were adopted unanimously.

The President asked the Pages to distribute the “Are You Willing to Serve” forms.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REFERENCE

The President recognized the Rev. Carol Mader (Dexter) to present the report of the Committee on Reference.

The Rev. Mader moved proposed Resolution #1 as follows:

Subject: Christian Conscience, Refugees and Immigration Sponsor: Lucinda Keils

Resolved, that acting from our Christian faith and conscience the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan urge that all persons, congregations, deaneries and diocesan leadership join to protect the human rights, legal rights, physical safety and dignity of all persons who, seeking asylum, fleeing persecution, and attempting to immigrate to the United States of America, are caught in the current (21st century) border and immigration process; continuing now and until the issues can be resolved fairly in accordance with international and domestic laws providing protection, and be it further

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan urge that all persons, congregations, deaneries and diocesan leadership actively oppose the indefinite detention of families and children in for-profit or other facilities that deny essential protections to fellow human beings, especially children and families, harmed by current border and immigration policies and be it further

Resolved, that as inhumane and unlawful governmental border practices and policies escalate and result in grave harm to vulnerable people, the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan urge that all persons, congregations, deaneries and diocesan leadership work for the safety and security of our immigrant neighbors, by actively connecting with The Episcopal Church, other Episcopal dioceses, our local and national communities, institutions, coalitions and groups supporting immigrant rights, and together educate, advocate, organize and take direct action where appropriate in each situation to mitigate the root causes of migration and to create a humane and just immigration system and policies, and be it further

Resolved, that such actions might include learning about the situation at the borders; taking actions to accompany undocumented immigrants; supporting ministries that welcome immigrants and help them; defending access to asylum,

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including communicating with elected officials, government agencies and fellow citizens about the nature of and need for asylum; sharing information in our communities so that people know their rights; and praying The Migrant Circle of Prayer for people in detention facilities; donating to Dioceses and border ministries, working for and electing officials who will create a just path to citizenship and end cruel practices toward all persons, establishing just and humane treatment for each person.

Rationale: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/posts/ogr/episcopal-church-statement-asylum- restrictions

Episcopal Church Statement on Asylum Restrictions July 17, 2019 The Episcopal Church is deeply concerned with the recently released Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) interim final rule on asylum. The United States is obliged by international and domestic law to provide protection to people fleeing persecution, including asylum seekers. This rule wholly upends our current asylum system and will leave vulnerable people in further danger.

As Presiding Bishop Michael Curry recently said, “When you welcome the stranger, you welcome Jesus. The book of Hebrews in the New Testament says those who have welcomed the strangers have sometimes welcomed angels unawares.” The men, women, and children fleeing their country and seeking asylum in the U.S. are not only exercising a legal right to do so, but are also deserving of our care and compassion. Rather than prevent those persons from seeking the protection they need, the U.S. should respond by improving our existing system and investing in efforts to address root causes of migration in the first place. https://www.episcopalchurch.org/posts/ogr/statement-family- detention

Statement on Family Detention August 22, 2019 The Episcopal Church strongly opposes the DHS-HHS Federal Rule on Flores Agreement. As a Christian organization, our primary concern with federal policies is how they impact the most vulnerable. This rule would rollback critical child welfare protections and would undoubtedly further harm families and vulnerable children. Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry wrote, “What is the Christian way to manage borders? Strength does not require cruelty. Indeed, cruelty is a response rooted in weakness. Jesus was clear about what true strength is and it always is driven by love. There may be many policy prescriptions, but the prism through which we view them should be the same: does the policy treat people with love, acknowledging our common humanity? If the answer is no, it is not a Christian solution.” An examination of the family detention system in the U.S. makes it clear that this is not a compassionate response for children seeking asylum with their parents. Detaining children who are escaping violence should be an absolute last resort, and the Flores Settlement Agreement has established necessary guardrails for children in detention. Removing this guardrail would only expose children to further harm, as there is already significant documentation of the harm children are already exposed to in our current detention system.

Through official policy from General Convention, the governing body of The Episcopal Church, the Church deplores conditions found in immigration detention

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centers and the over-reliance on a costly prison-like detention system for immigrants, and urges the use of alternatives to detention, and calls for accountability and oversight to ensure detainees are provided with humanitarian treatment, adequate food and medical care, and sanitary conditions. The Episcopal Church also calls for an immediate end to the inhumane practice of family detention as a response to individuals seeking protection.

The Flores Settlement Agreement is intended to ensure the safety and proper care of children in immigration detention. This is a sensible and humane effort. For while we must ensure that those who wish to do harm here or those who are smuggling drugs or trafficking human beings are stopped, border enforcement and detention policies must not come at the detriment to human life or our legal obligations to those seeking protection. The Episcopal Church urges the administration to invest in alternatives to detention rather than relying on an expensive and inhumane system of family detention. https://www.episcopalchurch.org/files/ogr_advocacy_refugee_and_immigration_ove rview.pdf [email protected].

Resources: Resources Developed by The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Curry joins faith leaders' statement on children in detention 6/6/2019 Backgrounder on Detention and Immigration updated: 6/26/2018 Five Investments In Our Immigration System To Address The “Crisis” At The Border Letter to Congress on Federal Funding Allocations: Prioritize Human Needs, Not Immigration Enforcement that Harms Workers, Families https://www.episcopalchurch.org/posts/ogr/faithful-response-caravan-five- things- know Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Joins Statement on Family Separation at our Borders 6/7/2018 Statement from Rebecca Blachly, Director, Office of Government Relations Episcopal News Service Coverage READ: "Asylum and the Caravan" from May 2, 2018 Resources Developed by Partners Interfaith Toolkit to End Family Separation UNHCR Urges Family Unity at Southern US Borde Actions from the Women's Refugee Commission Background Information from Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)

The President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called the vote. Resolution 1 was adopted as presented by the Committee on Reference.

The Rev. Mader moved Proposed Resolution 2 as follows:

Subject: Care of Creation: Carbon Tax Sponsor: Lucinda Keils

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan urges congregations to seek information in order to more fully understand ways to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stabilize our climate and sustain life on earth; and be it further

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Resolved, that Episcopalians in the Diocese of Michigan urge lawmakers and local officials to commit to public policy which may include a Carbon Fee and Dividend model or other way to calculate and mitigate greenhouse gas and carbon-based fossil fuel emissions to prevent further irreversible climate change; and be it further Resolved, that the Diocese of Michigan urges that Episcopalians seek collaboration in study and action with other congregations and community groups regarding ways to work to prevent further irreversible climate change, as well as meeting and communicating with their elected representatives, and be it further Resolved, that in implementing any such policies, the 185th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan urges that Episcopalians advocate for appropriate measures to reduce the economic impacts on poor people and people of modest income, which means might include use of a trust fund paid for with carbon fees and distributed to the poorest people first. Rationale: The 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church concurred in Resolution C020 Carbon Tax that we should collaborate to accomplish a larger effort to reduce and reverse climate destruction. Incorporating their explanation in our rationale: As Christians and members of a faith community, we have a responsibility to care for the earth and for the peoples of the earth. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.” Psalm 24:1 General Convention has previously adopted resolutions urging support for measures approving of efforts to reduce global warming, including Resolution GC2006-B002, “Acknowledge and Reduce Global Warming.” While local, regional, and state actions are important and necessary, they are not sufficient to solve this global problem which is accelerating ever more rapidly. The United States must take significant steps to participate fully in the international effort to preserve a livable world. The non-partisan non-profit Citizens’ Climate Lobby offers a scientifically- based proposal with bipartisan appeal. This climate solution, known as Carbon Fee and Dividend, is a national, revenue-neutral carbon fee- and-dividend system (CF&D) that would place a predictable, steadily rising price on carbon, with all fees collected minus administrative costs returned to households as a monthly energy dividend. In just 20 years, studies show, such a system could reduce carbon emissions to 50% of 1990 levels while adding 2.8 million jobs to the American economy. The benefits of a fully-rebated revenue-neutral carbon tax are clear to and endorsed by leaders of faith, business associations, national security leaders, and energy and healthcare industry leaders. This market-based solution will save lives, create jobs, and boost our economy while reducing the risks associated with climate change. EPPN Creation Care Series: Carbon Tax

As Christians, we have a responsibility to care for the earth and all of the living things that dwell on it. Scientific research clearly shows that climate change, one of the greatest dangers to creation, is caused, in part, by carbon emissions from human industrialization. Longstanding Episcopal Church policy acknowledges the reality of climate change and urges action to address it at local, regional and state levels. While environmental action at every level is important, addressing climate change requires the United States, a leading contributor of carbon emissions, to be a part of international efforts to reduce harmful emissions and advance to cleaner energy sources.

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At the 79th General Convention, the Episcopal Church adopted a resolution to support a carbon fee and dividend model or another carbon pricing system. A carbon pricing system would increase the cost of fossil fuels to reflect their full societal costs. Various legislative and policy proposals would create various flat-rate prices that companies would pay by the ton of CO2 emissions released, with exceptions for different industries such as agriculture or the armed forces. The Episcopal Church, recognizing the effect that an inevitably higher energy cost could have on lower-income individuals, has also resolved to advocate for appropriate measures to reduce the economic impacts on those of poor and modest income, which might include the use of a trust fund paid for with the carbon fees, distributed to the poorest people first. Some current policy proposals also include a dividend model so that the money collected from a carbon fee would be paid in dividends to American citizens and permanent residents to offset the higher cost of energy. Some proposals would phase in pricing, others would start at higher levels, while some would also include provisions that provide immunity from lawsuits over climate change to companies in an effort to win their support. Some proposals also debate the prioritization of helping the domestically vulnerable or the globally vulnerable, or to focus funding on infrastructure to prevent damage. While there is a diversity of ideas about how a price on carbon could or should be implemented and funding allocated, the scientific community has strongly supported pricing as a method to incentivize change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of dozens of scientists and researchers from around the world, issued a study in the fall of 2018 that anticipates negative impacts of climate change to occur sooner than previously thought. The same day that the IPCC issued their report, the Noble Prize for Economics was awarded to Professor William Nordhaus for his work on calculating the economic impact of climate change and devising a way to put a price on carbon to change behavior and prevent catastrophic damage.

It is our duty to create incremental change in our energy system in order to be true stewards of creation. A carbon fee is a market-based solution that will create jobs, boost our economy, and reduce the risks associated with climate change by lowering our CO2 emissions. While there are many different proposals for a carbon fee policy, The Office of Government Relations has been charged to support legislative efforts that include a carbon fee or other means of accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, recognizing the need for sound policy, but also the need for timely action in our first step towards reclaiming our call to care for God’s creation. Additional Resources Creation Care homepage, filled with more opportunities for individual and collective action and learning. H.R. 763 - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019 S. 1128 - American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act of 2019 2018 IPPC Report William D. Nordhaus Nobel Prize Page Baker-Shulz Plan for Conservative Carbon Pricing

The President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called the vote. Resolution 2 was adopted as presented by the Committee on Reference.

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

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The President called on Mrs. Karlah Gibbs and clergy spouses/partners who participated in their service project. A blessing was offered for the gift of the created blankets, which will be donated to the Church at Crossroads, Detroit.

CALL OF THE 186th ANNUAL CONVENTION

The President recognized the Secretary for the purpose of the Call of the 186th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Michigan. The Secretary moved the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the 186th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Michigan be held on October 23 and 24, 2020 in Novi, Michigan at the Suburban Collection Showplace.

The resolution was seconded and the President called for debate. There being no debate, the President called for the vote. The resolution was adopted.

RESOLUTIONS OF COURTESY

The President recognized the Rev. Carol Mader (Dexter) for the purpose of presenting Resolutions of Courtesy. The Rev. Mader moved the following resolutions, all of which were adopted by acclamation:

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan extend its greetings, love, and support to the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church for his inspired leadership of the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement and its ministry in this time.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan extends its greetings, love, and support to the lay people, bishops, priests, and deacons of our sister dioceses in Michigan, to the north, east and west; to our Moravian sisters and brothers; to the bishops and people of the South East Michigan Synod and the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; and to the lay people, bishops, priests, and deacons of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic, our partners in ministry.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan express its appreciation and gratitude to the Convention Planning Committee, and all committees of Convention, our Diocesan staff, worship leaders and planners, altar guild, volunteers, American Sign Language interpreters, our parliamentarian, and all others who offered and used their many gifts to plan and complete the arrangements of this Annual Convention.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to all workers of the Suburban Collection Showplace, the Hyatt Place Hotel in Novi, and the Baronette Renaissance Hotel in Novi for their hospitality, service, and assistance in housing and feeding this gathering.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan extends its gratitude and thanksgiving to the Bishop Search and Nomination Committee and Transition Committee for their work on behalf of this Diocese, and The Episcopal Church, resulting in our

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successful election of the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan in the June 2019 Special Convention.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan express its appreciation and gratitude to the Special Convention Planning Committee, and all committees of Convention, our Diocesan staff, worship leaders and planners, altar guild, volunteers, American Sign Language interpreters, our parliamentarian, and all others who offered and used their many gifts to plan and complete the arrangements of the Special Convention.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan extends profound thanks to our Diocesan Staff; Canon Jo Ann Hardy, Beth Rowley, Canon Jim Gettel, the Rev. Vicki Hesse, Mark Miliotto, Eric Travis, Anna Stania, Nancy McLaughlin, Kimberly Pratt, Jennifer Elliott, Kara Chapman, for their unwavering support, knowledge, insight, and resilience in service to our diocese.

Resolved, that this 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan expresses our appreciation to the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, the workshops and conversations it has facilitated, and its commitment to help us all live more deeply and fully into the Beloved Community.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan send its love, prayers, and appreciation to Mrs. Shirley Gordon, and Mrs. June McGehee, widows of former bishops of this diocese.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan send its love, prayers, and appreciation to the Rt. Rev. R. Steward Wood, Jr., and his wife, Kristin, in this 31st anniversary of his consecration as a bishop of the Church.

Resolved, that this 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan sends love, support, and hearty anticipation to our Bishop-elect, The Rev. Dr. Bonnie A. Perry, and her spouse, The Rev. Dr. Susan Harlow, as the Bishop-elect prepares to live and minister with us.

Resolved, that the 185th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan expresses its profound love, affection, and deepest gratitude to the Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. and Karlah Gibbs. We give thanks for your abiding with us as our Bishop. We give thanks for your challenging calls to witness the good news of Christ in all its fullness, for your pastoral and prophetic ministry and spiritual guidance among us. We give thanks for the stability and steadiness of your leadership. We give thanks for your building up the Church here in southeast Michigan. We pray for your continued ministries, wherever they may be. We pray for your health and well-being. May God grant you many years. Amen.

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ADJOURNMENT

After announcements by the Secretary and the benediction by the President, there being no further business to come before the Convention, the President, at 4:05 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and nineteen, declared the One Hundred Eighty Fifth Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan adjourned, sine die.

The Rev. Dr. W. Richard Hamlin Secretary of Convention

Attest:

The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr. Tenth Bishop of Michigan President of Convention

Minutes transcribed by Canon J. A. Hardy

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Bishop’s Annual Address The 185th Annual Convention Episcopal Diocese of Michigan The Rt. Rev’d Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., 10th Bishop of Michigan October 26, 2019 “Abide in God and Bear Much Fruit”

Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be always acceptable in your sight, O Lord our strength and our Redeemer. Amen.

Several years ago, our youngest daughter, Amber, had occasion to ask for our assistance as she sought to parent two growing boys and discover what call had been placed on her life. With lots of conversation and negotiation it was decided that Amber and the boys would come to live with us in our home. I’m not certain that Karlah and I really knew what we were getting ourselves into but we wanted to be true to the declaration we had made to both children that “we would always be there for them”.

So, we rearranged furniture, bought and assembled more furniture (can you say Ikea?), made space in closets, stored stuff in the basement, stocked the pantry and refrigerator, and made ready for three additional humans to dwell in our midst for what turned out to be a longer than expected time frame. What I can say about our time under one roof is that it was an education. One thing I certainly learned is that “living with” and “abiding in” are very different ideas. This is particularly true when you come to understand that the former, “living with” involves a simple sharing of space and the latter, “abiding in” involves mutual connection, dependence and stability. Don’t get me wrong, we love our children and our grandchildren; and, we are fully accepting of the reality that living separately allows our love for one another to abide deep within our hearts!

The theme of this year’s convention and thus the underpinning for this address and sermon is “Abide in God and bear much fruit.” I suspect that from my just shared personal experience you are probably well on the road to understanding the idea that “abiding in God” is a bit more than just inviting the One who creates, redeems and sustains to come share a little space in our homes for a while. The abiding that is our focus at this convention and must continue to be our focus, if we wish to be the Body of Christ here in southeast Michigan, is one that is grounded in mission. Our abiding in God is about going out to the world around us in Jesus name; it is about the world discovering through our witness the power of Jesus to heal and to save. The abiding we are here to embrace is active, enduring and the foundation for bearing much fruit to the glory of God. The abiding we are here to hold on to is about the transformational presence of Jesus in and for our lives.

And the first step in all this is to be connected to the vine! As Jesus has said in today’s Gospel, “I am the true vine and my Father is the vinegrower”. We are not the vine but we need to be connected to it or, in the language of the wine producers, grafted onto the vine.

Now, as every preacher knows, there is such a thing as taking a metaphor too far. As I was preparing for today, I was headed down that “too far” road when I decided to look up exactly how grape vines are grafted. It’s really fascinating stuff if you’re actually planning to cultivate grapes and have the best producing vines.

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However, the technicality of it all just went a bit too far when I was presented with the concept of the “graft union of the scion and the rootstock”! But, I did learn something: grafting is a process that requires patience and it is a process that brings together living cells for the purpose of producing more and better fruit.

My friends, in the living waters of baptism and through divine patience which we call grace, we have been grafted onto the living vine which is Jesus Christ for the purpose of being fruit bearers for God! An amazing part of this grafting/connecting is that through it we abide in God (we connect, depend and find stability in God) and God abides in us (connecting, transforming and remaining steadfast in us). In so connecting we derive our life and our power from the vine and without the vine we can do nothing. In the words of one preacher:

“The branch is dependent on the vine, but the vine is not dependent on the branch…Without the vine, the branch is useless, lifeless, powerless. Sap flows from the vine to the branch, supplying it with water, minerals, and nutrients that make it grow…We are completely dependent upon Jesus for everything that counts as spiritual fruit. Apart from him, we can do nothing.” Brian G. Hedges

How do we stay connected to this life-giving vine? By embracing, nurturing, persisting in and succumbing to the love that is offered by and is God! “Abide in my love”. This love must be all consuming and at the very center of who we are and what we do, for, apart from this love we can do nothing, and that means we certainly cannot bear fruit to the glory of God. This is so much more than an invitation to spend a week in the guestroom! This is life-changing, life-enhancing, joy producing reality. It is our call as followers of Jesus.

For nearly 20 years I have sojourned here among you. One of my greatest joys has been to visit regularly with each of our worshipping communities. I have experienced the breadth and depth of your expression of faith through worship and fellowship. Whether you have been a member of a vestry or bishop’s committee or were a faithful listener when I have made presentations to larger groups in your church home, you have heard me attempt to direct you toward the source of our being and our life a disciples of Jesus. From north to south and east to west; in small and large congregations; in meetings with campus chaplaincies, Council, Trustees and Standing Committee; in Total Ministry gatherings and in staff meetings I have asked once or perhaps a dozen times: “why are you here?” and “who would miss you if you were gone?”

Throughout these years, I have challenged you to wrestle with these questions as faith communities and as individuals. I have not offered you any easy answers but I have let you know that my staff and I are here to help you live into the answers you come to embrace. Today, I want to give you some hints toward discerning your responses to these questions.

We are here, as followers of Jesus, to continue his work and to bear much fruit to the glory of God. We are here to keep Jesus’ commandment to love: to love God, to love one another (and that means all of God’s creation) and to love self. For loving is part of the process of bearing fruit and it is part of the process of remaining connected to/grafted into God’s love. We are here, not simply as servants, but as friends of Jesus, called to share the message of God’s love, forgiveness and saving power as we seek to “restore all people to unity with God

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Really, bishop! The world? What world can we affect? Our world includes our urban centers of southeast Michigan like Mount Clemens, Pontiac, Detroit, Monroe, Adrian, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Warren, Sterling Heights, and Howell. Our world includes villages and townships like Milford, Lake Orion, Brooklyn, Redford, Canton, Romeo, Pittsfield, and Hamburg. Our world also includes our siblings throughout the Episcopal Church. Our world includes the siblings across the Anglican Communion; and, our world includes Christians of other traditions as well as peoples of other faiths and those with no faith tradition. If we are truly grafted into Jesus the vine, then our relationship to Jesus has transformed us from servants to partners with him in the ministry of the Gospel. As partners we are ambassadors for Christ for we have been given the mind of Christ and share in the task of bearing much fruit to God’s glory! Of course the world would miss us if we were gone; but only if we are fully connected to, dependent upon and steadfast in our active call to abide in God! Just as Jesus abides in the love of God the Creator, he calls us to abide in the love that he has already made part of his relationship with us: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.” And, abiding in love means living each and every day in that love with full willingness to share that love with others.

At this point in the life of the Diocese of Michigan, I can say that there is good news. There is much fruit coming forth from our abiding in God! There is God love being shared to our world. Around the diocese we are partnering with Social Service Agencies to assist foster children and the homeless; there are food banks, food distribution sites and other food outreach ministries to those in need; we are supporting refugees and making ourselves available as places of sanctuary; community gardens are flourishing, self-help programs continue to find a home in our buildings. Our diocese can boast an Adult Day Center, a Corner Shower Laundry for use by the homeless, tutoring programs, resale shops, advocacy ministries, shelter and housing ministries, nursing home ministries (including two fine institutions that are very much part of our diocesan household: Canterbury on the Lake and St. Anne’s Meade); and, we can be proud of a multifaceted outreach on the island of Hispaniola where both Haiti and the Dominican Republic benefit from the Jesus centered love of this diocesan community.

And yet, before we get too proud of ourselves, let me assure you that there is still much love work to do! There is still evidence that we are too easily distracted. There is still room for the vine-grower to engage in some strategic pruning so that we may produce MUCH and better fruit. Now I may step on some toes here, but that’s never stopped me before. I am still disappointed from time to time when major issues of the day find their way into a conversation and the first thing people ask me is, “so what is the Diocese doing about…?” you fill in the blank. Just recently, someone asked me “what is the Diocese doing about gun violence?” Every time statistics are published about membership or attendance numbers in the Episcopal Church, someone asks me, “Bishop, what are you doing to bring more people to our church?” Or, better yet, “Bishop, what are you doing to attract more young people to the church?” Not too long ago, someone asked me if anymore congregations were going to close and, “what are you doing, Bishop, to make sure no other churches have to close their doors?”

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First of all, I’ll tell you what I am doing. I continue to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ – the Jesus that I know, love and worship – and I continue praying that folks will hear the Word and act faithfully upon it. And I will also tell you that the answer to all of those questions really starts with another question: “what are you willing to do?” What are you willing to do to put an end to gun violence? What are you willing to do to support immigrants and refugees? What are you doing to stem the tide of racism and white supremacy? What are you willing to do to invite and welcome all people into your worship community? What are you willing to do to build community rather than allowing it to deteriorate and become irrelevant? When we disagree, what are you willing to do to continue to be accepting of all people of faith, especially the ones with whom you disagree?

I cannot abide in God’s love for you, you must do that. The entity known as the Diocese of Michigan cannot evangelize for you, you must do that. The institution of the church cannot wave her collective arm and suddenly make the world an accepting multicultural home for all. You must participate in helping to change the culture that incites hatred and division. You must participate in witnessing to a love that is more powerful than the distractions of a suspicious world. You must continue to abide in and depend on God, while God, the author of love works on the human heart. As much as you might desire it, we’re not all going to agree 100% of the time but, in love, we can agree to disagree and embrace that which unites us rather than focus on and be distracted by that which makes us different. All of this requires your input, your participation in the work of Jesus, your steadfastness in the love of God that abides in you.

This abiding in Christ’s love thing is not passive! As I tell congregations during a service of Renewal of Ministry and the welcoming of a priest, we are not in this to sit back in an easy chair, put our feet up and wait for the priest or the bishop or for God to do everything. We are full participants in God’s mission and lacking full participation we are useless branches that wither and are gathered and thrown into the fire. That is not what I want for you, for us. That is not what God calls us into or what God wants for us. Being useless withered branches is not part of abiding in God’s love and finding complete joy in Christ.

We have love work to do. We must continue to engage in conversation on matters of diversity, inclusion and equity. We must continue to engage our understanding of stewardship – individually and collectively. We must challenge ourselves to step outside the comfort of our worship spaces and more attentive to the needs of the world around us. We must always find our voice and be prepared to speak out on behalf of the voiceless in matters of justice. We must seek to abide in Christ’s love and not give-in to the inevitable distractions that seek to drag us off message. Together, we have done some good work; and together we have more love work to do!

A new page is turning in the history of the life and times of the Diocese of Michigan. With new leadership comes new opportunities and, yes, new challenges. Each new opportunity and each new challenge presents us with a moment of discerning whether we desire to invite God to simply spend the weekend in the guestroom or, whether we desire to welcome and surrender to God’s abiding, enduring, transforming love and presence. Apart from God – apart from the vine – we can do nothing. Even connected to the vine we must be prepared for pruning by the vine-grower so that we can produce more and better fruit!

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As I contemplate all of this, I am struck that one of the greatest challenges that each of us faces can be an overwhelming sense that all that is asked of us; all this abiding in God’s love, all this enduring/total submission to God, is just too much. What about me? Sometimes I just want to shout, “but, I’m not Jesus; I can’t do it!” There’s good news here too. We don’t have to be Jesus! William Temple, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942-1944 once said:

It’s no good giving me a play like Hamlet or King Lear and telling me to write a play like that. Shakespeare could do it; I can’t. And it is no good showing me a life like the life of Jesus and telling me to live a life like that. Jesus could do it; I can’t. But if the genius of Shakespeare could come and live in me, then I could write plays like his. And if the Spirit of Jesus could come and live in me, then I could live a life like his.

The point is not to be Jesus but to welcome the spirit of Jesus – the love of Jesus – to abide in us, to fill us, shape us and form us that we might be like him. Abiding in that love is the fullness of joy as we open ourselves to the indwelling of the Spirit of Jesus to come and live in us.

So, this, my 20th and last convention with you! Thank you for the enormous and humbling privilege to be your bishop. Thank you for teaching me what it is to be a bishop. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your lives in all the wonderful moments God has given us. Thank you for sharing your Jesus love with us. You have been a blessing to me and to Karlah and we will miss you.

Before I close, I have a challenge [and a gift] for you. Please accept these “challenge coins” as a token of remembrance and as encouragement to go forward: As you go forth into all your tomorrows, be united to Jesus: keep the words of Jesus in your hearts and minds. Let the words of Jesus renew and revive you. Rely on Jesus: let the words of Jesus shape and sanctify you and let the words of Jesus fill and form you. Remain steadfast in Jesus. Finally, dear friends, may you always abide in God and bear much fruit.

Amen.

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THE 185TH CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN OCTOBER 25/26, 2019

REGISTRATION OF LAY DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES SUBURBAN SHOWPLACE, NOVI, MICHIGAN

Adrian, Christ Church Bloomfield Hills, Delegate Sam Abraham Christ Church Cranbrook Delegate Janice Buchin Delegate Robert Carrigan Delegate Joyce Holden Delegate Ronda Johnson Delegate John Wakevainen Allen Park, St. Luke’s Delegate Doris Gombos Bloomfield Township, Nativity Delegate Douglas Tasker Delegate Beverly Bryan Delegate Mary Creager Ann Arbor, Canterbury House, Delegate Dee Herhalt University of Michigan Chaplaincy Delegate Matt Walters Brighton, St. Paul’s Church Delegate Barbara Hamann Ann Arbor, Church of the Incarnation Delegate Philip Smith Delegate Catherine Daligga Delegate Donald Thompson Delegate Joshua Hoe Delegate Tim Mummaw Brooklyn, All Saint’s Delegate John Messimer Ann Arbor, St. Aidan’s Delegate Cole Seeler Delegate Michael Earle Delegate Erin Ranville Cambridge Junction, Delegate Susan Smereck St. Michael’s & All Angels Delegate Nancy Handy Ann Arbor, St. Andrew’s Delegate William Tuxbury Delegate Carol Bennett Alternate Suzanne Richardson Delegate Sarah Inwood Delegate Patricia Lyndale Chelsea, St. Barnabas’ Delegate Kitty Jensen Ann Arbor, St. Clare of Assisi Delegate Marion VanLoo Delegate Steve Augustin Delegate Jan Varady Delegate Christine Cook Delegate Larry Vandenbergen Clarkston, Church of the Resurrection Delegate Diane Connon Belleville, Trinity Church Delegate Betty Relyea Delegate David Anderson Delegate Judith Roeser Delegate Gabby Burton Delegate Martha Hanoian Clinton, St. John’s Delegate Kathleen Stevens Birmingham, St. James Delegate Mark Gable Dearborn, Christ Church Delegate Pamela Landgraf Delegate Andrew Angel Delegate Elaine Linstedt Delegate Charles Beck Delegate Barbara Hall

180 Detroit, All Saint’s Church East Lansing, All Saints Delegate Louis Clark Delegate Toni Dennis Delegate Roger Weekes Delegate Joseph McKee Delegate Juanita Woods Delegate Terri Poxon-Pearson

Detroit, Cathedral Church of St. Paul Canterbury House, East Lansing Delegate Elaine Belz Lutherans/Episcopalians at MSU Delegate George Swan III Delegate Oceana Bailey Alternate Donald Wiggins Delegate Michael Swift

Detroit, Christ Church Ecorse, Church of the Resurrection Delegate George Port None Delegate Josephine Powell Delegate Jim Treece Farmington Hills, Trinity Church Delegate Anne Campbell Detroit, Church of the Messiah Delegate Robert Dillon Delegate Wallace Gilbert Delegate Dirk Zuschlag Delegate Sandra Simmons Ferndale, St. Luke’s Detroit, Grace Church Delegate Michael Haberlein Delegate Airlene Gross Delegate Karen Hoth Delegate Wilma King Delegate Curtis Norrod Delegate Paulette Wilson Grosse Ile, St. James Detroit, Spirit of Hope Delegate Erica Benson Delegate Brittany England Delegate Gwyneth Dugliss Delegate Wendy Kiblawi Detroit, St. Cyprian’s Delegate Carl Hardin Grosse Pointe, Christ Church Delegate Rebecca Morris Delegate Holly McNett Alternate Marcia Evans Delegate Sarah Teachey Delegate Adam Waugh Detroit, St. John’s Delegate Elijah Buxo Grosse Pointe Woods, St. Michael’s Delegate Harriett Mottley Delegate Kathleen Groschner Delegate Lena Nealley Delegate Cheryl MacDonald Alternate John Barge Delegate Dale Scrace

Detroit, St. Matthew’s / St. Joseph’s Hamburg, St. Stephen’s Delegate Briana Samuels Delegate David DeWolf Delegate Calmeta Strachan Delegate Nancy DeWolf Delegate Doug McIntyre Detroit, St. Peter’s Delegate Denise Griebler Hillsdale, St. Peter’s Delegate David Jonah None

DeWitt, Christ United Howell, St. John’s None Delegate Allison Gilbert Delegate Shannon Minzey Dexter, St. James Delegate Margaret Breeden Inkster, St. Clement’s Delegate Jack Frost Delegate Steven Chisholm Delegate Linda Cross Delegate Cedric Flounory

181 Jackson, St. Paul’s Novi, Church of the Holy Cross Delegate Clark Hutchens Delegate Bruce Hinkle Delegate Valerie Rowley Delegate Gwen Paradowski Alternate Janet Hughes Delegate Beverley Siirila

Lake Orion, St. Mary’s-In-The-Hills Pleasant Lake, Delegate Viki Toll Christ Episcopal Church Delegate Peter Trumbore Delegate Katy McGauley Delegate Don Roberts Lansing, St. Michael’s Delegate Lynette Roberts Delegate Tim Carr Delegate Tony Cline Plymouth, St. John’s Delegate Rebecca Maricle Delegate April Cooke Delegate Ken Sanders Lansing, St. Paul’s Delegate Jim Milne Pontiac, All Saints’ Delegate Amanda Ross Delegate Andrea Enright Delegate J. Dyann Hayes Lincoln Park, Delegate James Lewis St. Michael’s & All Angels Delegate Scott Bennett Redford, St. Elizabeth’s Delegate Richard Kittle Delegate Thomas Ferguson Alternate Christine Lepper Delegate Peter Hubbard Delegate Tony Perez Livonia, St. Andrew’s Delegate Tim Dewalt Rochester, St. Phillip’s Delegate Cindy Hinckley Delegate Jean Behl Delegate Joan Reyes Delegate Jonathan Lindley Delegate Alan Youngman Madison Heights, St. Patrick’s Delegate Patricia Bell Romeo, St. Paul’s Delegate Inge Krato Delegate Jim Daly Delegate Irene Milam Delegate Nancy Hutchinson Delegate Richard Hutchinson Mason, St. Augustine of Canterbury Delegate Allan Huber Royal Oak, St. John’s Delegate Kelly Pell Delegate Askari Asante Delegate Robert Davis Michigan Center, St. Aidan’s Delegate Pam Wilkins Delegate Cathy Bliss Delegate Dave Shoquist Saline, Holy Faith Delegate Patricia Dersnah Milford, St. George’s Delegate Clarke Flewelling Delegate Thomas Forbes Delegate Molly Hilton Delegate Reavis Graham Delegate Lisa Skiven Shelby Township, St. Luke’s Delegate Jeff Hart Monroe, Trinity Delegate Dave Sisson Delegate Ian Ednie Delegate Debby Wood Southfield, Church of the Redeemer Delegate Karen Benton Mt. Clemens, Grace Delegate Ariel Edwards Delegate Tish Germain Delegate Shirley Lappi Delegate Pamela Sherry 182 Southfield, St. David’s West Bloomfield, Spirit of Grace Delegate Susan Brooks Delegate Jay Baldwin Delegate Anne LaSovage Delegate Carol Latimer Delegate Maureen Mahar Delegate Janet Timmons

Southgate, Grace Church Westland, St. John’s Delegate Cortney Richert Delegate Jim Godbout Delegate Pamela Wagner Delegate Sandra Godbout Delegate Karen White Delegate Geoffrey Smereck

St. Claire Shores, Trinity Williamston, St. Katherine’s Delegate Vince Runde None Alternate Carolyn Sevin Wyandotte, St. Stephen’s Taylor, Christ the King Delegate Mary Maclean None Delegate Sarah Soyk Delegate David Zacker Trenton, St. Thomas Delegate Laura Krupa Ypsilanti, St. Luke’s Delegate Janet Pounds Delegate Cathy Lewis Delegate Nancy Sutherland

Troy, St. Stephen’s

Delegate Donald Ingersoll Delegate Vickie Saylor Delegate Patrick Wojas

Waterford, St. Andrew’s Delegate Pamela Morrison Delegate Worley Smith Alternate Audrey Smith

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RECORD OF CLERGY REGISTRATION SUBURBAN SHOWPLACE & HYATT HOTEL, NOVI, MICHIGAN

Alltop, Robert Hamlin, W. Richard Randolph, Barry Anslow Williams, Susan Harmon, Judith Rasnick, Ken Baxter, Rae Lee Harris, Chris** Ritter, Jenny Benes, Sandra Hesse, Vicki Roberts, William Berg, James Hoover, Josh Sams, Jonathan Bingham, Elizabeth Humphrey, Christine Schellhammer, Judith Bowen, Kristin Hunter, S. Scott Seger, Nikki Brogan, Betty Hurlbert, Sarah Shaefer, Susie Brownridge, Walter** Huttar Bailey, Julia Shafer, Gail Buchin, Daniel Johnson, Carolyn Shukair, Halim Byrd, Ronald Johnson, Christopher Slater, JoAnn Kennedy Carlson, Katherine Johnson, Deon Spann, Ronald Carter, Lynda Knotts, Wayne** Spannaus, Timothy Carter, Susan Lawson, Daniel Stech, William Castelli, Paul LeClair, Paul Steinberger-Domienik, Steve Clifton, Ellis Lewis, Karen Summers, Joseph Cook, Winifred Lukens, Matthew Taylor, Beth Corner, Cynthia Lutas, Donald Twiss, Ian Reed Danaher, William Mackenzie, Keith Van Culin, Andrew Dennison, Bryant Mader, Carol Vandercook, Ross Dersnah, Donald Martin, Andrea* Vandercook, Susan Dinwiddie, Philip Matthews, Joyce Voelker, Sharon* Dostert, Manisha* McNiel, Donna Walworth, Diana Dunbar, Veronica McWhorter, Shirley Watton, Sharon Estes, Anthony Miller, Paula Webber, Ann Forest, Elizabeth Morgan, Diane Williams, Eric Gibbs, Jr., Wendell Morrison, Glenn Yudasz, Mitchell Gibson, Alan Morrow, Andrea Groschner, Peter Pashturro, James Guffey, Emily Williams Peck, Maryjane Guffey, Andrew Pilarski, Terri Hickman, Clare

*Granted Seat & Voice

**Not eligible to vote

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