Journal of Convention The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina 2016 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-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 5 and 6, 2016 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................................................................................10 Directory of Churches..............................................................................11 Canonical Listing of Clergy.....................................................................21 Necrology...................................................................................................29 List of Lay Delegates................................................................................30 Journal of Proceedings............................................................................38 Bishop’s Address.......................................................................................50 Response from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address......................59 Bishop Diocesan’s 2015 Calendar of Events..........................................61 Resolutions Adopted at Convention........................................................70 Courtesy Resolution.................................................................................77 Adopted Canon Changes.........................................................................78 Executive Council Minutes......................................................................85 133rd Convention Reports....................................................................100 Anti-Racism Commission................................................................100 Camp Trinity...........................................................................................102 Christian Formation................................................................................103 Compaion Diocese Committee...............................................................103 Compensation and Benefits Committee..................................................103 Daughters of the King............................................................................119 Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations......................................................120 Episcopal Church Women (ECW)..........................................................120 Education for Ministry (EfM)................................................................121 Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD).............................................122 Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry............................................................123 Historiographer’s Report........................................................................124 Interfaith Refugee Ministry....................................................................126 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee...........................128 Personnel Committee..............................................................................131 iv Table of Contents Permanent Diaconate..............................................................................129 The Standing Committee........................................................................131 Thompson Child and Family Focus.......................................................132 Trinity Camp and Conference Center.....................................................133 Dept. of Youth, University and Campus and Young Adult Ministries....134 Financial Reports...................................................................................139 Foundation: General Fund....................................................................139 2015 Treasurer’s Report.........................................................................146 2016 Proposed Operating Budget...........................................................150 2015 Pledge Worksheet..........................................................................156 Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions....................................159 Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions............................162 Constitution............................................................................................165 ARTICLE I- Territorial Limits...............................................................165 ARTICLE II- Accession to Constitution of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America..............................................165 ARTICLE III- Time and Place of Meeting of Annual Convention........165 ARTICLE IV- Personnel of Convention.................................................166 ARTICLE V- Powers of Convention......................................................167 ARTICLE VI- Quorum...........................................................................168 ARTICLE VII- Voting by Convention....................................................168 ARTICLE VIII- Officers of Convention................................................169 ARTICLE IX- Standing Committee.......................................................169 ARTICLE X- Organization of Missionary Congregations.....................170 ARTICLE XI- Authority of Rectors.......................................................170 ARTICLE XII- Canons for Trial of Clergymen.....................................170 ARTICLE XIII- Rule of Voting for Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan...........................................................171 ARTICLE XIV- Qualifications for Voting in Parochial and Mission Elections: Definitions..........................................................................171 ARTICLE XV- Method of Amending Canons........................................172 ARTICLE XVI- Method of Amending the Constitution........................172 ARTICLE XVII- When Amendments Become Effective.......................172 v Table of Contents Canons of the Diocese of East Carolina...............................................173 TITLE I. Convention of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers and Representatives..................................................................................173 CANON 1- Members of Convention......................................................173 CANON 2- Worship at Convention........................................................175 CANON 3- Rules of Order.....................................................................176 CANON 4- Secretary..............................................................................176 CANON 5- Treasurer..............................................................................177 CANON 6- Chancellor............................................................................177 CANON 7- Historiographer....................................................................178 CANON 8- The Executive Council........................................................178 CANON 9- Deputies to General Convention.........................................181 CANON 10- Delegates to Provincial Synod..........................................182 CANON 11- Trustees of the University of the South.............................183 CANON 12- Trustees of the Diocese .....................................................183 CANON 13- Diocesan Commission on Ministry...................................185 TITLE II: Deaneries; Parishes and Missions of the Diocese....................185 CANON 1- Deaneries.............................................................................185 CANON 2- Congregations of the Diocese.............................................187 CANON 3- Parish Meetings...................................................................189 CANON 4- Vestries................................................................................190 CANON 5- Duties of the Members of the Church.................................192 CANON 6- Dissolution and Suspension of Parishes and Missions.......193 CANON 7- Archdeacons.........................................................................193 TITLE III. Bishops, Priests and Deacons................................................194 CANON 1- The Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan..............................................................................................194 CANON 2- Salary of the Bishop............................................................194 CANON 3- Call of a Minister; Clergy Assistants...................................194 CANON 4- Registration, Reports, etc....................................................196 CANON 5- Clergy Liable to Missionary Duty......................................197 CANON 6 -Dissolution of the Relationship between Congregation and Priest....................................................................................................198