2008 Mid-Year Report to the House of Bishops

Living Our Vows Residency, May 19-23 Twenty-seven bishops (those elected in 2006 and 2007) attended the five-day conference at Lake Logan Conference Center. Four newly-elected bishops from the Anglican Church of Canada were included in this group as well. The participants gathered together in community to reflect on the gifts, power, and authority of the episcopate and to acquire resources to lead and serve dioceses effectively and faithfully. We are grateful to the following faculty members and guest speakers for their participation in the conference:

Class of 2008 Bishops and Spouses Macky Alston DavidSally Johnson Beers DavidFred Borsch Beers SamMary Faeth Kostel FredBarry Borsch Howe GayClay Jennings Matthews New Bishops’ and Spouses’ Conference, SamSally FaethJohnson MaryTodd KostelOusley January 21-25 BarryClay Matthews Howe ToddTom ShawOusley This conference at Camp Allen provided bishops elected in 2007 GayTom JenningsShaw Ann Tottenham and their spouses an opportunity to come together for five days of community building, reflection and support during their Living Our Vows Peer Coaching unique time of transition into a new ministry, new roles and new experiences. The Presiding Bishop and her husband, Dick, The peer coaching program provides new bishops with a joined the group for two days during the week. Thank you to companion relationship that supports spiritual health and the following faculty members for a productive program: personal development to equip them for transformative leadership. The coaching relationship begins immediately Karlah Gibbs KarenWendell Sisk Gibbs following a new bishop’s consecration and continues for the WendellMartha Matthews Gibbs MarkClay MatthewsSisk duration of the three-year Living Our Vows program. We are MarthaKaren Sisk Matthews WoodiMark Sisk Sprinkel grateful to the following bishops who serve as peer coaches: ClayWoodi Matthews Sprinkel GeoffreyGeoffrey TristramTristram Skip AdamsAdams Ted GulickNeil AlexanderStacy Sauls NeilBud AlexanderCederholm Rayford HighJim Curry Gordon Scruton 90 Day Companions FrankTom Ely Brookhart Mark HollingsworthWendell GibbsDrew Smith The newest of the College for Bishops programs, this pilot JoeDuncan Burnett Gray Barry HoweBill Gregg Kirk Smith project pairs an active bishop with a newly-elected bishop to BudTed GulickCederholm Don JohnsonRayford HighMichael Smith assist him/her with transitional issues and provide support GeorgeBarry Howe Councell David JonesDon Johnson Wayne Smith during the critical 90-day period between election and JimDavid Curry Jones Mike KlusmeyerMike KlusmeyerPorter Taylor consecration. We thank the following bishops who have DanEd Little Daniel Ed Little Henry ParsleyCharles vonRosenberg served or are currently serving as companions: PhilipNeff DuncanPowell Jim MathesNedi Rivera Jim Waggoner Stacy Sauls Gordon Scruton George Councell GeneRayford Robinson High Tom Ely Steve Miller Dean Wolfe WendellDrew Smith Gibbs Henry ParsleyWayne Smith RayfordMark Hollingsworth High KirkJim Mathes Smith DuncanCharlie vonRosenbergGray Neff PowellJim Waggoner Mark Hollingsworth Dean Wolfe Dean Wolfe Jim Mathes Bill Gregg Nedi Rivera

The mission of the College for Bishops is to provide opportunities for education and formation that will strengthen bishops in their personal lives, as diocesan leaders in God’s mission and in their vocation to God as a community of bishops in service to the Episcopal Church. Pledges The number of pledges to the College for Bishops has remained S. Johnson Howard, FL Ken Price, Southern OH high since the first pledge solicitations were sent in 2006. Barry Howe, West MO David Reed, West TX Approximately 63% of active bishops have made a financial Carolyn Irish, UT Greg Rickel, Olympia contribution towards the work of the College. Johncy Itty, OR Nedi Rivera, Olympia Russell Jacobus, Fond du Lac Bill Sanders, Retired – East TN We continue to seek 100% participation from the House. Thank Katharine Jefferts Schori, NV Stacy Sauls, Lexington you to the following individuals (and their diocese at the time of Jim Jelinek, MN Victor Scantlebury, Chicago initial contribution) for their support: Don Johnson, West TN Gordon Scruton, Western MA David Jones, VA Bud Shand, Easton Skip Adams, Central NY Michael Creighton, Retired – Mike Klusmeyer, West VA Mark Sisk, NY David Alvarez, Puerto Rico Central PA Chilton Knudsen, ME Kirk Smith, AZ Robert Anderson, Los Angeles Jim Curry, CT Peter Lee, VA Dabney Smith, Southwest FL Marc Andrus, CA Clifton Daniel, East Carolina Gary Lillibridge, West TX Drew Smith, CT Harry Bainbridge, ID Philip Duncan, Central Gulf Coast Ed Little, Northern IN Michael Smith, ND John Bauerschmidt, TN Zache Duracin, Haiti Bill Love, Albany Jeffrey Steenson, Resigned Nathan Baxter, Central PA Tom Ely, VT Mark MacDonald, Navajoland Bill Swing, Retired – CA Mark Beckwith, Newark Bob Fitzpatrick, HI Bruce MacPherson, Western LA Porter Taylor, Western NC Barry Beisner, Northern CA Leo Frade, Southwest FL Jim Mathes, San Diego Charlie vonRosenberg, East TN Larry Benfield, AR Michael Garrison, Western NY Larry Maze, Retired – AR Jim Waggoner, Spokane Charles Bennison, PA Wendell Gibbs, MI Jack McKelvey, Retired – Orris Walker, Long Island Tom Breidenthal, Southern OH Gary Gloster, Retired – NC Rochester Vincent Warner, Retired – Frank Brookhart, MT Duncan Gray, MS Rodney Michel, GA Olympia Jon Bruno, Los Angeles Bill Gregg, NC Steve Miller, Milwaukee Cate Waynick, Indianapolis John Buchanan, Southern VA Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop Wallis Ohl, Northwest TX Keith Whitmore, Eau Claire Joe Burnett, NE Ted Gulick, KY James Ottley, Long Island Arthur Williams, Retired – OH Sergio Carranza, Los Angeles Ambrose Gumbs, Virgin Islands Todd Ousley, Eastern MI Geralyn Wolf, RI Bruce Caldwell, WY Dena Harrison, TX George Packard, Chaplaincies Dean Wolfe, KS Dick Chang, Retired – HI Dorsey Henderson, Upper SC Henry Parsley, AL Wayne Wright, DE George Councell, NJ Rayford High, TX Bill Persell, Chicago Mark Hollingsworth, OH Neff Powell, Southwestern VA

Conference on Orderly Transitions, Launch of Spouses’ Web Area September 22-26 The password-protected area for the Community of This conference, held every two years, assists bishops and the Spouses of Bishops was launched on the College spouses of bishops in preparing for their transitions into for Bishops website at the end of June. This area retirement. The program contains a theological and spiritual provides resources, general information, a calendar of framework for approaching life and ministry in retirement. events, photos, etc. pertinent to the spouse community. Financial planning is provided by The Church Pension Fund. This conference also includes discussions regarding institutional concerns and the impact of retirement on long- term and new relationships. The efforts of the following faculty members are much appreciated: Betty Creighton Julie Johnson Michael Creighton HelenJim Dooley Leonard BobJim DooleyJohnson ClayJulie JohnsonMatthews HelenBob Johnson Leonard Clay Matthews

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