Convention Journal 2016
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February 6, 2016 (Originally scheduled for January 22-23, 2016) The Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee: To encourage and equip one another as the baptized people of God To witness to the reconciling and transforming power of Jesus Christ. 1 Table of Contents Officers of the Convention 4 Committees of the Convention 5 Membership of Convocations 6 Canonically Resident Clergy 7 Clergy Licensed to Officiate 10 Delegates to the Convention 12 Schedule of the Convention 19 The Order of Business 20 The Rules of Order 23 The Principle Service 29 The Proceedings of the Convention 33 Bishop’s Address to the Convention 38 Summary of Elections 43 Report of the Credentials Committee 44 Certificates of Election 46 Bishop’s Nominations to the Convention 51 Appointments by the Bishop 53 Resolutions of Greeting and Appreciation 60 Resolutions Submitted 45 days before Convention 56 Late Resolution Submitted less than 45 days before Convention 59 Budget Transactions of the Bishop and Council 61 Real Estate Actions of the Bishop and Council 62 Constitutional Amendments from General Convention 63 Reports to the Convention 63 Acts of the Bishop Bishop and Council Chancellors 2 Commission on Ministry Dandridge Trust Board Dubose Conference Center Episcopal Endowment Corporation Episcopal School of Nashville Evangelism and Congregational Development Committee Mid-Cumberland Mountain Ministry Parliamentarian St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School St. John’s Episcopal Church Ashwood St. Mary’s Sewanee Stewardship Commission University of the South/School of Theology Vocational Diaconate Steering Committee Youth Steering Committee 2016 Diocesan Budget 120 Appendices Independent Auditors’ Report, Year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 126 Parochial Statistics for 2014 and 2015 146 Constitution and Canons of the Diocese 147 3 The Officers of the Convention President: The Rt. Rev. John Crawford Bauerschmidt Secretary: The Rev. Vicki T. Burgess Asst. Secretary: The Rev. Canon Pamela P. Snare Asst. Secretary: The Rev. Canon Fred Dettwiller Chancellor: Gareth S. Aden Vice-Chancellor: Wendy Longmire Chancellor Emeritus: David B. Herbert Registrar: Parliamentarian: Gareth S. Aden Ex Officio Members of Convention (Canon I, Section 6; entitled to seat and voice, but not vote, unless otherwise qualified to vote.) The Secretary of the Diocese The Treasurer of the Diocese The Chancellor of the Diocese The Chancellor Emeritus of the Diocese The Registrar of the Diocese Lay Members of the Bishop and Council Lay Members of the Standing Committee The President of the Episcopal Endowment Corporation The Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South The Dean of the School of Theology, University of the South The Chaplain of the University of the South The Headmaster of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School 4 Committees of the 184th Diocesan Convention Committee on Credentials: The Rev. Colin Ambrose, Chair, (St. Paul’s Church, Murfreesboro) L. Jarod Pearson (St. Agnes’ Church, Cowan) Sean Root (Church of the Good Shepherd, Brentwood) Committee on Elections: The Rev. Canon Joshua Caler, Chair (Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville) The Rev. Kira Schlesinger (Church of the Epiphany, Lebanon) Stephanie Blocker (St. Anselm’s Church, Nashville) Jo Goldasich (St. Mary Magdalene Church, Fayetteville) Scott Hoffman (Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville) Mark Hunter (Trinity Parish, Clarksville) Beverly Mahan (St. Bartholomew’s Church, Nashville) Jamie Williams (Church of the Redeemer, Shelbyville) Committee on General Resolutions: The Rev. Chris Bowhay, Co-Chair, (St. Peter’s Church, Columbia) The Rev. Randy Hoover-Dempsey, Co-Chair, (All Saints’ Church, Smyrna) The Rev. Sam Adams, (St. George’s Church, Nashville) The Rev. Carolyn Keck, (Church of the Messiah, Pulaski) Susan Huggins, (St. David’s Church, Nashville) Scott Kammerer, (St. Philip’s Church, Nashville) Jenny Ladefoged, (St. Ann’s Church, Nashville) Shelly Sircy, (Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Hendersonville) Committee on Budget: Pete Stringer, Chair, (Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville) The Rev. Carolyn Coleman (Church of the Holy Cross, Murfreesboro) The Rev. Cynthia Seifert, (St. Anselm’s Church, Nashville) The Rev. Joe Weatherly, (St. Michael’s Church, Cookeville) Sarah Sutherland, (St. James’ Church, Sewanee) Chuck Wright, (St. Paul’s Church, Murfreesboro) Committee on Memorials, Greetings and Resolutions of Appreciation: The Rev. Jody Howard, Chair, (Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Hendersonville) Laura Lowndes, (Trinity Church, Winchester) Ken Vickers, (Church of the Messiah, Pulaski) Cathy Link, (Holy Trinity Church, Nashville) Committee on Time and Place for the 185th Convention: The Very Rev. Timothy Kimbrough, Chair, (Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville) 5 Membership of Convocations Northwestern Convocation Northeastern Convocation St. George’s Church, Nashville Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville St. David’s Church, Nashville St. Ann’s Church, Nashville St. Augustine’s Chapel, Nashville Church of St. James the Less, Madison St. Anselm’s Church, Nashville St. Philip’s Church, Nashville St. Luke’s Church, Springfield Church of the Holy Trinity, Nashville Trinity Church, Clarksville Church of the Epiphany, Lebanon Grace Chapel, Clarksville St. Michael’s Church, Cookeville St. James’ Church, Dickson Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Hendersonville St. Andrew’s Church, New Johnsonville Church Our Saviour, Gallatin Calvary Church, Cumberland Furnace Southwestern Convocation Southeastern Convocation St. Bartholomew’s Church, Nashville Church of the Advent, Nashville Church of the Resurrection, Franklin St. Paul’s Church, Murfreesboro St. Paul’s Church, Franklin Church of the Redeemer, Shelbyville Grace Church, Spring Hill St. Bede’s Church, Manchester St. Peter’s Church, Columbia St. Barnabas’ Church, Tullahoma Christ Church, Tracy City St. Matthew’s Church, McMinnville St. Mark’s Church, Antioch Church of the Holy Comforter, Monteagle Church of the Messiah, Pulaski St. James’ Church, Sewanee Church of the Good Shepherd, Brentwood St. Mary Magdalene Church, Fayetteville Church of the Holy Spirit, Nashville Trinity Church, Winchester Otey Memorial Parish, Sewanee St. Agnes’ Church, Cowan Church of the Epiphany, Sherwood Christ Church, Alto All Saints’ Church, Smyrna Church of the Holy Cross, Murfreesboro 6 The Clergy of the Diocese of Tennessee Entitled to Seats in the Convention (in order of canonical residence) The Bishop of Tennessee John Crawford Bauerschmidt Consecrated: January 27, 2007 Priests Received Cure/Residence Frank G. Rice (ret) 2/15/58 Nashville, Tennessee M. Clark Baker (ret) 6/22/58 Sewanee, Tennessee James L. Rogers (ret) 7/27/71 Columbia, Tennessee William H. Holt (ret) 7/1/73 Dickson, Tennessee Edward L. Landers, Jr. (ret) 10/31/75 Nashville, Tennessee Larry E. Carden 2/21/77 Sewanee, Tennessee Clifford E. Schane (ret) 7/18/79 Atlanta, Georgia James Rhyne Arnhart (ret) 7/25/79 Murfreesboro, Tennessee Stuart J. Phillips (ret) 7/25/79 St. Bartholomew’s, Nashville Thomas Reid Ward, Jr.(ret) 7/28/81 Sewanee, Tennessee Larry R. Hester 6/28/81 Nashville, Tennessee William Wade (ret) 7/1/81 Sewanee, Tennessee Christopher Bryan (ret) 11/1/83 Sewanee, Tennessee Edwin Cabanis Coleman (ret) 1/15/85 Nashville, Tennessee William H. Hethcock (ret) 6/20/85 Sewanee, Tennessee William Anthony Dalglish (ret) 6/30/85 Lebanon, Tennessee C. Gordon Peerman III 2/7/86 Nashville, Tennessee Donna Jeanne Scott (ret) 10/15/86 Nashville, Tennessee John Robert Kuenneth (ret) 10/1/87 Nashville, Tennessee Thomas Stuart Wilson (ret) 2/15/88 Columbia, Tennessee C. Randall Dunnavant 6/25/88 Good Shepherd, Brentwood Eric S. Greenwood (ret) 7/1/88 Nashville, Tennessee Anne Broad Stevenson (ret) 3/1/89 Nashville, Tennessee Peter James Whalen (ret) 9/1/89 Redeemer, Shelbyville Thomas E. Macfie, Jr. 12/16/89 Chaplain, Univ. of the South, Sewanee Catharine Regen (ret) 6/9/91 Dickson, Tennessee Rebecca Stevens-Hummon 6/9/91 St. Augustine’s Chapel, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Joel Thompson Keys (ret) 7/1/91 St. Simon’s Island, South Carolina Rodney Morse Kochtitzky 7/1/91 Nashville, Tennessee Kathryn McMillan Young (ret) 7/26/91 Austin, Texas Eugene Field Wise, Jr. (ret) 11/19/91 Murfreesboro, Tennessee David Warren Yancey 9/15/92 St. James, Dickson Reynold Hobson Richaud (ret) 7/1/94 Townsend, Tennessee Battle Alexander Beasley 7/1/94 St. Mark’s, Antioch William Robert Abstein (ret) 9/1/94 Nashville, Tennessee Timus Gayle Taylor, Jr. (ret) 1/1/95 St. George’s, Nashville Morris K. Wilson (ret) 12/20/95 Nashville, Tennessee 7 W. Richard Kew 12/2/95 St. George’s, Nashville Robin S. Courtney, Jr. 6/16/96 St. James the Less, Madison Margaret Adams 6/24/98 Chillicothe, Missouri Ann Van Dervoort (ret) 7/15/98 Nashville, Tennessee James Tubbs (ret) 12/10/98 Nashville, Tennessee Anne Wolf Fraley 1/20/00 Lebanon, Tennessee Gene Bentley Manning 6/23/01 Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville Ann B. Walling (ret) 7/13/01 Franklin, Tennessee Moon Yeon Lee 12/16/01 Seoul, Korea Michael John Murphy 11/06/02 St. Barnabas’, Tullahoma Joseph Edward Weatherly 2/28/03 St. Michael’s, Cookeville Vicki Tucker Burgess 6/22/03 St. Philip’s, Nashville Dorothy Chatham Hartzog (ret) 1/5/04 Clarksville, Tennessee Frederick Dettwiller 2/14/04 Canon for Special Projects, Nashville Jerry Smith 1/1/05 St. Bartholomew’s, Nashville Cynthia Seeliger Seifert 6/5/05 St. Anselm’s, Nashville Leigh Spruill 2/1/06 St. George’s, Nashville Mary Hassell 2/26/06 St. Bede’s, Manchester Peter Bahjat Batarseh 4/22/06 Nashville, Tennessee William Martin 6/10/06 Grace Church, Spring Hill Randy Hoover-Dempsey 6/10/06 All Saints’, Smyrna Clayton Ingalls 6/10/06 Indonesia Joseph Howard 6/10/06 St. Joseph of Arimathea, Hendersonville Monna Simpson Mayhall 8/2/07 St. Paul’s, Franklin Pamela Porter Snare 8/8/07 Canon to the Ordinary, Nashville Joseph Norman Davis 9/10/07 Nashville, Tennessee John Charles Bender 2/23/08 St. Mark’s, Coca, Florida Linda Arzelia Hutton 3/20/08 St. James’, Sewanee Nadine Fishbeck 6/23/08 Lisbon, New York Joseph H. Ballard (ret) 9/26/08 Baton Rouge, Louisiana John Taliaferro Thomas 9/30/08 Frederica Academy, Saint Simon’s Island, Georgia Richard C.