Journal of Convention The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina 2015 INTERDIOCESAN INSTITUTIONS THE UNIVERSITY of the SOUTH Sewanee, Tennessee 37383 919-598-1000 SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL 900 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 919-424-4100 THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS 6000 Saint Peter’s Lane Matthews, North Carolina 28105 704-536-0375 SAINT AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE 1315 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 919-516-4000 KANUGA CONFERENCES, INC. 130 Kanuga Chapel Drive Hendersonville, North Carolina 28739 828-692-9136 ii JOURNAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 6 and 7, 2015 Including the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order Charter and By-laws of the Episcopal Foundation iii Table of Contents Table of Contents Mission Statement......................................................................................1 Directory of the Diocese.............................................................................2 Diocesan House Staff................................................................................12 Directory of Churches..............................................................................13 Canonical Listing of Clergy.....................................................................29 Necrology...................................................................................................36 List of Lay Delegates................................................................................37 Journal of Proceedings............................................................................44 Bishop’s Address.......................................................................................56 Response from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address......................65 Bishop Provisional’s 2014 Calendar of Events......................................68 Bishop Diocesan’s 2014 Calendar of Events..........................................72 Resolutions Adopted at Convention........................................................76 Adopted Canon Changes.........................................................................83 Executive Council Minutes......................................................................89 Convention Reports.................................................................................99 Anti-Racism Commission..................................................................99 Camp Trinity...........................................................................................100 Compensation and Benefits Committee..................................................102 Companion Diocese Committee.............................................................115 Daughters of the King............................................................................115 Eucmenical and Interfaith Relations......................................................116 Episcopal Church Women (ECW)..........................................................117 Education for Ministry (EfM)................................................................118 Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD).............................................118 Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry............................................................119 Foundation..............................................................................................120 Historiographer’s Report........................................................................121 Interfaith Refugee Ministry....................................................................123 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee...........................124 The Standing Committee........................................................................126 iv Table of Contents Thompson Child and Family Focus.......................................................128 Trinity Camp and Conference Center.....................................................129 Dept. of Youth, University and Campus and Young Adult Ministries....130 Financial Reports...................................................................................136 General Fund..........................................................................................136 2014 Treasurer’s Report.........................................................................143 2015 Proposed Operating Budget...........................................................147 2014 Trinity and Beyond Capital Campaign .........................................153 2014 Pledge Worksheet..........................................................................154 Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions..................................156 Constitution............................................................................................159 ARTICLE I- Territorial Limits...............................................................159 ARTICLE II- Accession to Constitution of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America..............................................159 ARTICLE III- Time and Place of Meeting of Annual Convention........159 ARTICLE IV- Personnel of Convention.................................................160 ARTICLE V- Powers of Convention......................................................161 ARTICLE VI- Quorum...........................................................................162 ARTICLE VII- Voting by Convention....................................................162 ARTICLE VIII- Officers of Convention................................................163 ARTICLE IX- Standing Committee.......................................................163 ARTICLE X- Organization of Missionary Congregations.....................164 ARTICLE XI- Authority of Rectors.......................................................164 ARTICLE XII- Canons for Trial of Clergymen.....................................164 ARTICLE XIII- Rule of Voting for Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan...........................................................165 ARTICLE XIV- Qualifications for Voting in Parochial and Mission Elections: Definitions..........................................................................165 ARTICLE XV- Method of Amending Canons........................................166 ARTICLE XVI- Method of Amending the Constitution................166 ARTICLE XVII- When Amendments Become Effective.......................166 v Table of Contents Canons of the Diocese of East Carolina...............................................167 TITLE I. Convention of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers and Representatives..................................................................................167 CANON 1- Members of Convention......................................................167 CANON 2- Worship at Convention........................................................169 CANON 3- Rules of Order.....................................................................169 CANON 4- Secretary..............................................................................169 CANON 5- Treasurer..............................................................................170 CANON 6- Chancellor............................................................................171 CANON 7- Historiographer....................................................................171 CANON 8- The Executive Council........................................................172 CANON 9- Deputies to General Convention.........................................175 CANON 10- Delegates to Provincial Synod..........................................176 CANON 11- Trustees of the University of the South.............................176 CANON 12- Trustees of the Diocese .....................................................177 CANON 13- Diocesan Commission on Ministry...................................178 TITLE II: Deaneries; Parishes and Missions of the Diocese....................179 CANON 1- Deaneries.............................................................................179 CANON 2- Congregations of the Diocese.............................................180 CANON 3- Parish Meetings...................................................................182 CANON 4- Vestries................................................................................183 CANON 5- Duties of the Members of the Church.................................185 CANON 6- Dissolution and Suspension of Parishes and Missions.......186 CANON 7- Archdeacons.........................................................................186 TITLE III. Bishops, Priests and Deacons................................................187 CANON 1- The Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan..............................................................................................187 CANON 2- Salary of the Bishop............................................................187 CANON 3- Call of a Minister; Clergy Assistants...................................188 CANON 4- Registration, Reports, etc....................................................189 CANON 5- Clergy Liable to Missionary Duty......................................191 vi Table of Contents CANON 6 -Dissolution of the Relationship between Congregation and Priest....................................................................................................191 CANON 7- Trial of Members of the Clergy...........................................193