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., TI~~ Episcopal C?ioc~s~ o~ Cali.~or2nia THE 146th DIOCESAN CONVENTION October 21, 1995 TABLE OF CONTENTS AGENDA OF CONVENTION i COMMITTEES OF CONVENTION ii CHURCHES OF THE DIOCESE iii MINUTES OF CONVENTION 1 CONIlVIITTEE ON CANONS 4 COMNIITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 5 CONVENTION ADDRESS -Bishop Swing 19 DIVISION OF PROGRAM &BUDGET 30 1996 DIOCESAN OPERATING BUDGET Appendix A 36 CANONICAL CLERGY LIST Appendix B 42 Necrology Ordinations Letters Dinussory: In and Out DIOCESAN STATISTICS Appendix C 54 RULES OF ORDER Appendix D 62 DioCal 003575 AGENDA OF THE 146TH CONVENTION of the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA October 21, 1995 8-10:00 am Registration; tables open 8:00-10:00 a.m. 9:00 Call to Order Secretary's Announcements Introduction of New Clergy, Interims, Necrology Report of Committee on Dispatch of Business Opening Prayer Report of Committee on Nominations Second Report of Committee on Resolutions Keynote Address, Mr. Gil Bailie: Nurturing Children's Spirituality in a Culture of Violence" Instruction on First Ballot Introduction to Discussion Groups: 1. Plenary with Gil Bailie 2. Resources for Children and Teens at Risk 3. Creative liturgy with Children 10:40 Break &First Ballot 11:00 Discussion groups begin 12:00 Noonday prayers held in discussion groups 12:10 Lunch on the Close 1:15 Reconvene Report on Grace Cathedral Standing Committee Report 1:35 The Bishop's Address Diocesan Council Report 2:00 Report on 1st Ballot and Instructions for 2nd Ballot Break and Balloting 2:30 3rd Report on Resolutions Report of the Diocesan Treasurer Report of the Committee for Personnel Practices Report of the Division of Program &Budget Action on the 1996 Budget Report of the Committee on Canons Bishop's Appointments and Announcements 4:00 Welcome to St. Giles Church, Moraga - Pazish Status 4:15 Adjourn 4:30 Closing Euchazist i DioCal 003576 ~. ~ ,' 'b'~ ~.~~ ax r; The Bishop's Appointments to Convention Committees for the 146th Diocesan Convention Committee on Credentials: The Rev. Henry G. Bayne, Secretary Mr. Dennis Delman, Ballots Mrs. Pamela Ramsden, Assistant Secretary Mrs. Mary Louise Gotthold, Registrar Committee on Admission of New Parish & Missions: The Rev. William C. Rhodes, Chair The Rev. Daniel E. Herth Division of Program &Budget: Mr. Mark D. McNulty, Chair The Rev. Gary Ost Mr. Robert Chin The Rev. Charles Ramsden The Rev. Janet Griffin Mr. Earl Connolley Mr. Scott Hagen The Rev. Richard Swanson Mr. Norman H. Williams Committee on Dispatch of Business: Ms. JoAnn Roberts, Chair The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing William H. Orrick, III, Esq. The Rev. Henry G. Bayne The Rev. Michael K. Hansen Committee on Nominations: Mr. Dennis Delman, Co-Chair The Rev. George Sotelo Mr. Doug Carner The Rev. Thomas Skillings The Rev. Michael K. Hansen, Ez Officio The Rev. Canon Frances Tonnquist Committee on the Bishop's Address: Mr. Dennis Delman, Chair William H. Orrick, III, Esq. The Rev. Michael K. Hansen Mrs. Pamela Ramsden Committee on Resolutions: Mr. Nigel Renton, Chair The Rev. Barbara Bender The Rev. Robert H. Bryant The Rev. John Eastwood The Rev. Caroline Fairless Mrs. "E1" Hilliard Mr. Gary Lawrence Mrs. Mary Luck Ms. Sally Mancini Mr. F. Preston Spalding The Rev. Michael Hansen, Ez Officio Committee on Canons: William H. Orrick, III, Esq. James A. Barringer, Esq. Margaret G. Gill, Esq. The Ven. Wilfred H. Hodgkin Robert N. Lowrey, Esq. The Rev. Richard B. Leslie The Rev. Ann-Lining Smith Committee on Personnel & Practices: The Rev. Peter R. Lawson, Chan Ms. Joao Clark The Rev. Canon William F. Geisler Mrs. Ada Griffin Mrs. Joan Jacobson, Consultant, Mrs. Holly McAlpen Johnson &Higgins Mr. Gary Lile Mrs. Barbara Creed Ms. Kathryn A. Kirkpatrick The Rev. Robert B. Moore Mrs. Caroline Talbot ii DioCal 003577 CHURCHES IN UNION WITH THE DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA ALAMEDA DEANERY Christ Chwch, Alameda St. Alban's Chwch, Albany All Souls' Chwch, Berkeley Good Shepherd Chwch, Berkeley Holy Spirit Chwch, Berkeley St. Clement's Chwch, Berkeley St. Mark's Chwch, Berkeley St. Mark's Chwch, Crockett Ow Saviow Chwch, Oakland St. Andrew's Chwch, Oakland St. Augustine's Chwch, Oakland St. Cuthbert's Chwch, Oakland St. James' Chwch, Oakland St. John's Chwch, Oakland St. Patrick's Chwch, Oakland St. Paul's Chwch, Oakland Chwch of Christ the Lord, Pinole Holy Trinity Chwch, Richmond CONTRA COSTA DEANERY St. George's Chwch, Antioch St. Alban's Chwch, Brentwood St. John's Chwch, Clayton St. Michael &All Angels, Concord St. Timothy's Chwch,Danville St. Anselm's Chwch, Lafayette Grace Chwch, Martinez St. Giles' Chwch, Moraga St. Stephen's Chwch, Orinda St. Matthias' Chwch, San Ramon Chwch of the Resurrection, St. Luke's Chwch, Walnut Creek Pleasant Hill St. Paul's Chwch, Walnut Creek MARIN DEANERY St. Stephen's Chwch, Belvedere St. Aidan's Chwch, Bolinas Holy Innocents' Chwch, Corte Madera St. Columba's Chwch,Inverness Ow Saviow Chwch, Mill Valley St. Francis of Assisi Chwch, St. John's Chwch, Ross Novato Chwch of the Redeemer, San Rafael Chwch of the Nativity, San Rafael St. Paul's Chwch, San Rafael Christ Chwch, Sausalito SAN FRANCISCO DEANERY All Saints' Chwch Christ Chwch Chwch of the Advent of Christ Chwch of the Incarnation the King Chwch of St. Mary the Virgin El Buen Pastor (Special Mission) Good Samaritan Chwch Grace Cathedral Holy Innocents' Chwch St. Aidan's Chwch St. Barnabas' Chwch St. Cyprian's Chwch St. Francis' Chwch St. Gregory Nyssen Chwch St. James' Chwch St. John the Evangelist Chwch St. Luke's Chwch St. Peter's Chwch Trinity Chwch True Sunshine Chwch iii DioCal 003578 SAN MATEO DEANERY Good Shepherd, Belmont St. Paul's Church, Burlingame Holy Child & St. Martin's Filipino- St. Ambrose Church, Foster City American Church Holy Family Church, Half Moon Bay Christ Church, Los Altos St. Bede's Church, Menlo Park Trinity Parish, Menlo Park St. Edmund's Church, Pacifica St. Mark's Church, Palo Alto Christ Church, Portola Valley St. Peter's Church, Redwood City St. Andrew's Church, San Bruno Church of the Epiphany, San Carlos St. Matthew's Church, San Mateo Church of the Transfiguration, San Mateo St. Elizabeth's Church, South San Francisco SOUTHERN ALAMEDA DEANERY Holy Cross Church, Castro Valley St. Anne's Church, Fremont St. James' Church, Fremont St. Bartholomew's Church, St. Clare's Church, Pleasanton Livermore All Saints' Church, San Leandro St. Christopher's Church, San Lorenzo iv DioCal 003579 IVQNUTES OF THE 146TH CONVENTION of the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA Saturday, October 21,1995 Grace Cathedral San Francisco, California The Bishop called the 146th Convention of the Diocese of California to order and called upon the Secretary of Convention, The Rev. Henry Bayne, to speak to the quorum issue and for appointment of Assistant Secretaries. Father $ayne stated that a quorum was present. Father Bayne named Pam Ramsden, Mary Louise Gotthold, and Mr. Dennis Delman as Assistant Secretaries of Convention. The Bishop then asked Father Bayne for a report on the Credentials Committee and the second reading of the General Convention Resolution. Father Bayne asked the House for concur ence on second reading, the following amendment to the Constitution ofthe National Church: RESOLVED: The House of Bishops concurring, that Article II, Section 4, of the Constitution be amended as follows: Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for a diocese, at the request of the Bishop of that diocese, to elect not more than two Suffragan Bishops, without right of succession; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this Amendment be voted on and sent to the Secretary of Convention of every diocese. MSC that the Resolution altering Article II, Sec. 4,of the Constitution be amended as proposed. Father Bayne read a note from the House of Deputies that Article XII of the Constitution be amended to read as follows: RESOLVED: The House of Deputies concurring, that Article XII of the Constitution be amended to read as follows: "No alteration or amendment of this Constitution shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed at one regular meeting of the General Convention and be sent to the Secretary of the Convention of every diocese..." MSC that the Resolution altering Article XII of the Constitution be amended as proposed. Father Bayne then listed clergy with seat and voice, but no vote because they have been canonically resident in the Diocese less than six months: The Rev. Malcolm C. Young The Rev. Sloan "Chip" Bazker III The Rev. Elizabeth A. Bloch The Rev. Christopher D. Creed The Rev. Mary Louise Hintz The Rev. Chazles D. Jett The Rev.loseph A. Lane The Rev. David A. Sheetz The Rev. Serita V. Smith The Rev. John D. Sutton The Rev. Bruce R. Bramlett 1 DioCal 003580 The Bishop announced courtesy seats and voices: The Rev. Preston "Pete" Kelsey, fonmer Rector of Transfiguration in San Mateo, and who represents the Diocese of California at the National level; and, The Rev. Dr. Naim Atik, Executive Officer of the Diocese of Jerusalem and in chazge of the Arab/Christian Population and the Palestinian/Christian Population in the Cathedral at St. George's in Jerusalem. KELSEY: Thank you, Bill. On behalf of the Presiding Bishop, Edmund L Browning, it is my joy and privilege to bring you his greetings and also to share a short word or two with you. A week ago I was at the Chwch Pension Group and learned two rather startling facts which I would like to share with you this morning. The first I'tl pose in the way of a question. What is the average age of Episcopal Priests at this time? I was shocked to learn that it is 52 years of age.