The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 1 One-Hundred Twenty-seventh Council MINUTES of the PROCEEDINGS of the ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH COUNCIL of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic of the Reformed Episcopal Church held at GRACE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH Havre-de-Grace, MD November 1 and 2, 2007 ________________________________________________ Published by order of the Council The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 2 One-Hundred Twenty-seventh Council NOTICE The One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Council of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will be held (D.V.) on the first Thursday and Friday, November 6 and 7, 2008, at St. Paul’s Reformed Episcopal Church, Oreland, Pennsylvania. Internal Revenue Service Number (EIN) for the Reformed Episcopal Church is: 23-6424640 Group Exemption Number (GEN) for the Reformed Episcopal Church is: 1663 The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 3 One-Hundred Twenty-seventh Council TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Notice of One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Council........................................................................ 2 Internal Revenue Service Number............................................................................................. 2 Order of Business...................................................................................................................... 5 Rules of Order........................................................................................................................... 6 Officers of the Diocese............................................................................................................... 7 Elective Committees .................................................................................................................. 8 Standing Committees--Non-elective........................................................................................... 8 Special Committees.................................................................................................................. 10 Official Auditor........................................................................................................................ 11 First Day, Morning Session................................................................................................... 11 Offering Designations .........................................................................................................11, 67 Report of the Committee on Credentials.................................................................................. 12 Roll Call ................................................................................................................................. 13 Officers of the Diocese............................................................................................................. 13 Members of the Council by Virtue of Positions on Committees or Boards of the Diocese........ 13 Clergy................................................................................................................. 13, Appendix 1 Lay Delegates and Alternates.................................................................................................. 13 Report of the Committee on Program...................................................................................... 17 Report of the Rt. Rev. Leonard W. Riches................................................................................ 18 Report of the Rt. Rev. David L. Hicks..................................................................................... 28 Report of the Rt. Rev. Daniel G. Cox ....................................................................................... 33 Report of the Standing Committee .......................................................................................... 34 Report of the Secretary of the Trustees of the Diocese.............................................................. 42 Report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Diocese ............................................................. 44 Budget Report...........................................................................................................................45 Record on Tithing .................................................................................................................... 47 Balance Sheet of the Reformed Episcopal Seminary................................................................. 48 Report of the Committee on Nominations .................................................................................52 Installation of Canon to the Ordinary.........................................................................................53 Report of the Committee on Constitution and Canons .............................................................. 53 Report of the Board of Examining Chaplains 2007................................................................... 54 Report of the Committee on Memorials.................................................................................... 55 Report of the Committee on Christian Education..................................................................... 57 Report of the Committee on Young People's Work................................................................... 57 Report of the Committee on Evangelism, Church Growth, and Development ........................... 59 Second Day, Morning Session.................................................................................................67 Report of the Committee on the State of the Diocese................................................................ 62 Report of the Looney-Hoffman Fund ........................................................................................67 Report of the Bassinger Home Fund Committee........................................................................67 Report of the Committee on Public Relations............................................................................69 Report of the Official Auditor .................................................................................................. 69 Report of the Special Committee on Mustard Seed Farm.......................................................... 69 Report of the Special Committee on Spiritual Growth & Nurture ............................................. 70 Report of the Special Committee on Ministers' Salaries............................................................ 71 Report of the Special Committee on the History of the Diocese................................................ 73 The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 4 One-Hundred Twenty-seventh Council TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page Report of the Special Committee on Ministry to Men............................................................... 73 Printing of the Minutes of the One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Council Authorized ..................74 Location of the128th Council......................................................................................................74 New Business ..........................................................................................................................74 Report of the Special Committee on Short-term Missions .........................................................74 Report of the Foreign Missions Banquet ...................................................................................73 Report of the Committee on Women’s Ministries .....................................................................74 Unfinished Business..................................................................................................................74 Appointment of Committees--Non-elective ..............................................................................74 Adjournment of the Council ......................................................................................................74 Correction to 2005 Minutes ......................................................................................................74 Directory of Clergy Bishop Ordinary…………………………….….. …………………………………… Appendix 1 Bishop Co-Adjutor ………………………………………………………………..… Appendix 1 Missionary Bishop of the Diocese of US Territories & Protectorates………………. Appendix 1 Assistant Bishop (retired)……………………………………………………………. Appendix 1 Canon………………………………………………………………………………… Appendix 1 Archdeacon…………………………………………………………………………... Appendix 1 Other Presbyters……………………………………………………………………… Appendix 2 Deacons………………………………………………………………………………. Appendix 6 Clergy Not in Good Standing………………………………………………………… Appendix 7 Retired Clergy………………………………………………………………………... Appendix 8 Directory of Candidates for Ministry.......................................................................... Appendix 9 Directory of Parishes ............................................................................................... Appendix 10 Extension Works ..................................................................................................... Appendix 12 Addendum ............................................................................................................... Appendix 12 Necrology ................................................................................................................ Appendix 13 * No written report offered this year; special notation in Secretary’s notes. The Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 5 One-Hundred Twenty-seventh Council ORDER OF BUSINESS I. Organization 1. Report of the Committee on Credentials 2. Report