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Reports to the 163Rd Annual Convention Reports to the 163rd Annual Convention October 23-24, 2015 These reports are available on the Diocesan website and will only be available on paper at Convention for those who requested it as part of their pre-registration. Table of Contents Official Acts of the Bishop 2014 Confirmations, Receptions, Offerings Received 1 Ordinations, Candidates, Postulants, Transfers, 2 Special Services & Consents 3 Licensed Ministries Worship Leaders 4 Eucharistic Ministers 5 Eucharistic Visitors 6 Preachers 7 Catechists 7 Pastoral Leaders 7 Bishop’s Discretionary Fund 7 78TH General Convention 8 Province VI 9 Disciplinary Board 9 Standing Committee 10 Board of Directors of the Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Iowa Summary of Official Actions of the Board of Directors 10 Commissions and Committees of the Board of Directors: Commission on Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) 19 Chemical Dependency Task Force 19 St. Paul’s Indian Mission 20 Commission on One World One Church (OWOC) & Global Missioner 20 Companions of Nzara 21 Commission on Stewardship and Planned Giving 22 Alleluia Fund Task Force 22 Investment Committee 23 Ways and Means Committee 23 Multicultural Commission 23 Young Adult Ministry Development Team 24 Campus Ministry Cedar Valley Episcopal Campus Ministry at University of Northern Iowa 26 Grinnell College 26 Iowa State University 27 University of Iowa 27 Youth Ministry Development Team 28 Regional Mission Chapters Chapter Directory 30 Chapter Map 31 Central Chapter 32 East Chapter 32 Metro Chapter 32 North Cedar Valley Chapter 33 North Central Chapter (formerly Northwest) 33 South Central Chapter 33 Southeast Chapter 34 Southwest Chapter 34 Three Rivers Chapter 34 West Chapter (formerly Sioux City) 34 Financial Reports of the Board of Directors Independent Auditor’s Report 36 Diocesan Aid to Campus Ministries – 2014 59 Diocesan Aid to Special Ministries – 2014 59 Promissory Notes Receivable (Revolving Fund) -2014 59 Theological Seminary Support – 2014 59 Insured Property Values – 2014 60 Clergy Compensation – 2014 61 Lay Compensation – 2014 62 Payments of Stewardship Share – 2014 63 Congregational Pledges 2015 64 Proposed Budget 2016 65 Diocesan Foundation Fund Foundation Description 68 Executive Summary-2014 68 Statistical History 68 Foundation Fund Auditor’s Report 69 Bishop’s Appointments/Advisory Groups Commission on Church Property, Architecture and Allied Arts 82 Commission on Ministry 82 Council on Deacons 82 Diocesan Plan Oversight Group 83 Jacob’s Ladder Commission 84 Ministry Of All the Baptized (MOAB) Task Group 84 Professional Development Leave Committee 85 Diocesan Officers Co-Chancellors 85 Historiographer 85 Diocesan Coordinators/Resources Altar Guild 85 Office of Disaster Preparedness & Response 86 Diocesan Ecumenical & Interreligious Officer 87 Jubilee Ministry 88 Ministry Development Teams 89 Recasting Your Building Assets 90 Sexual Misconduct Prevention (Safeguarding Gods Children/People) 90 Transition Ministry 90 United Thank Offering Contributions by Church– 2014 97 United Thank Offering (UTO) 92 Diocesan Lifelong Christian Formation Education for Ministry (EfM) 92 eSeminary 93 Summer Ministry School & Retreat 93 Center for Regenerative Society 93 Diocesan Organizations Iowa Assembly of The Daughters of The King 95 Iowa Cursillo 95 Old Brick Corporation 95 Diocesan Relations The Center for Social Ministry 96 Church World Service/CROP 97 Iowa Interfaith Power & Light 98 Iowa Religious Media Services (IRMS) 98 Parochial Statistics Information Summary of Diocesan Statistics 100 Vital Statistics - 2012 101 Financial Statistics - 2012 103 Official Acts of the Bishop The Rt. Rev. Alan Scarfe, Bishop of Iowa 2014 Confirmations, Reception, Visitation Offerings Confirmed Visit. Visitation Child Adult Received Total Date Offering Albia, Grace $ Algona, St. Thomas’ 0 3 1 4 11/9/14 337.00 Ames, St. John’s by the Campus Anamosa, St. Mark’s 8/24/14 Ankeny, St. Anne’s by the Fields Bettendorf, St. Peter’s 1 1 11/16/14 265.00 Boone, Grace 11/23/14 25.00 Burlington, Christ 4 4 9/28/14 238.00 Carroll, Trinity (Trinity Cluster) Cedar Falls, St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids, Christ 5 5 10 2/16/14 705.25 Cedar Rapids, Grace Chariton, St. Andrew’s 7/6/14 Charles City, Grace 15.00 Clermont, Church of the Saviour 3 1 4 10/5/14 180.00 Clinton, Christ 10/19/14 185.00 Coralville, New Song 1 2 3 10/12/14 336.00 Council Bluffs, St. Paul’s Davenport, St. Alban’s 4/6/14 165.00 Davenport, Trinity Cathedral 4 2 0 6 6/1/14 00.00 Decorah, Grace 4/27/14 80.00 Denison, Trinity (Trinity Cluster) 7/20/15 Des Moines, Cath. Ch .of St. Paul 2 1 3 5/25/14 1578.00 Des Moines, St. Andrew’s 1 1 9/7/14 Regional Visit Des Moines, St. Luke’s 4 4 7/13/14 202.00 Des Moines, St. Mark’s 0 2 3 5 9/7/14 50.00 Dubuque, St. John’s 2 0 1 3 6/8/14 257.00 Durant, St. Paul’s 3/9/14 119.00 Emmetsburg, Trinity 1 1 2 5/18/14 200.00 Fort Dodge, St. Mark’s Fort Madison, St. Luke’s 9/14/14 203.00 Glenwood, St. John’s Grinnell, St. Paul’s 2 2 1/12/14 & 12/7/14 Harlan, St. Paul’s (Trinity Cluster) Independence, St. James’ 5/4/14 391.00 Indianola, All Saints’ Iowa City, Trinity 1/26/14 152.00 Iowa Falls, St. Matthew’s-by-the-Bridge 5/18/14 170.00 Keokuk, St. John’s LeMars, St. George’s Maquoketa, St. Mark’s 3/16/14 200.00 Marshalltown, St. Paul’s 12/7/14 75.00 Mason City, St. John’s Mount Pleasant, St. Michael’s 2/2/14 260.00 Muscatine, Trinity 2 2 6/15/14 120.00 Newton, St. Stephen’s 10/26/14 Orange City, Church of the Savior Oskaloosa, St. James’ 3/30/14 84.00 Ottumwa, Trinity Perry, St. Martin’s 12/14/14 Shenandoah, St. John’s 2/23/14 125.00 Sioux City, Calvary 8/17/14 140.55 Sioux City, St. Paul’s Sioux City, St. Thomas’ Spirit Lake, St. Alban’s 1 1 11/2/14 30.00 Storm Lake, All Saints’ 5/11/14 250.00 Waterloo, Trinity 1/5/14 99.10 Waverly, St. Andrew’s 11/30/15 344.00 Webster City, Good Shepherd 1/19/14 59.00 West Des Moines, St. Timothy’s 11 11 6/22/14 124.73 TOTALS: 30 21 15 66 $7,764.63 1 ORDINATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD Jonathan David Hansen Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines January 18, 2014 Bonnie Carver Wilkerson St. Luke’s Church, Fort Madison – Team Two February 1, 2014 Karen Graham Crawford St. Timothy’s Church, West Des Moines June 21, 2014 Sheryl Ann Hughes-Empke St. Mark’s Church, Des Moines June 29, 2014 Frederick Leo Steinbach St. Andrew’s Church, Chariton July 6, 2014 ORDINATIONS TO THE DIACONATE Canon III.6 – vocational Kelly Ann Shields St. Luke’s Church, Fort Madison – Team Two February 1, 2014 Kay Joan Beach St. Paul’s Church, Marshalltown July 5, 2014 Judith Ann Thayer New Song Church, CoralvilleDecember 6, 2014 Canon III.8 – transitional Kathleen Ann Travis St. Mark’s Church, Des Moines December 6, 2014 at Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines Mary Margaret Wagner Trinity Church, Iowa City December 6, 2014 at Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines Holly Danielle Scherff St. Mark’s Church, Fort Dodge December 6, 2014 at Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Des Moines CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS Kelly Shields St. Luke’s Church, Fort Madison – Team Two February 18, 2012 Kay Joan Beach St. Paul’s Church, Marshalltown May 18, 2013 Marcus John Haack Trinity Church, Iowa City May 2, 2014 Kristine Kathryn Leaman St. John’s Church, Mason City May 2, 2014 Holly Danielle Scherff St. Mark’s Church, Fort Dodge May 2, 2014 Judith Ann Thayer New Song Church, Coralville May 2, 2014 Kathleen Ann Travis St. Mark’s Church, Des Moines May 2, 2014 Mary Margaret Wagner Trinity Church, Iowa City May 2, 2014 POSTULANTS FOR HOLY ORDERS Kristine Kathryn Leaman St. John’s Church, Mason City January 17, 2009 Mary Margaret Wagner Trinity Church, Iowa City September 10, 2010 Kathleen Ann Travis St. Mark’s Church, Des Moines September 10, 2010 Holly Danielle Scherff St. Mark’s Church, Fort Dodge May 12, 2012 Kenneth Blaine Messer St. John’s Church, Keokuk May 12, 2012 Marcus John Haack Trinity Church, Iowa City September 8, 2012 Melinda Rae Valentine Davis Trinity Church, Waterloo December 15, 2012 Judith Ann Thayer New Song Church, Coralville March 23, 2013 Lydia Kelsey Bucklin New Song Church, Coralville February 15, 2014 Thomas Joseph Early St. James’ Church, Independence February 15, 2014 Stephen Mark Benitz St. John’s Church, Mason City May 17, 2014 John Francis Mikalski St. John’s Church, Dubuque May 17, 2014 Kevin Thomas Powell Church of the Saviour, Clermont October 4, 2014 CANONICAL RESIDENCE TRANSFERRED TO DIOCESE OF IOWA From Effective date Lauren Lyon Diocese of West Missouri May 9, 2014 Warren Fredrick Frelund Diocese of Wyoming May 20, 2014 2 RENEWAL OF MINISTRY AND WELCOMING OF A RECTOR Renewal of Ministry and Welcoming of Rector, The Rev. Lauren Lyon and March 9, 2014 Trinity Church, Iowa City INSTALLATION OF HONORARY CANONS The Very Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom May 25, 2014 (Service of Leavetaking) Honorary Canon of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Cathedral Church of St. Paul in recognition of ministry as Cathedral Dean SPECIAL SERVICES Memorial Eucharist for Douglas Brandt Haviland, Priest (1938-2014) February 1, 2014 St. John’s by the Campus, Ames Retirement Celebration of The Rev. Melody Rockwell, Deacon, March 8, 2014 Christ Church, Cedar Rapids Requiem Holy Eucharist for Gary Edward Caldwell, Priest (1931-2014) May 6, 2014 St.
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