Journal of Convention The Episcopal Diocese of 129th Journal ofEast the Carolina Diocese of East Carolina 2012 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 129th Journal of the828-692-9136 Diocese of East Carolina ii JOURNAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 3 and 4, 2012 Including the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order Charter and By-laws of the Episcopal Foundation 129th Journal of the Diocese of East Carolina iii Table of Contents Table of Contents Mission Statement......................................................................................1 Directory of the Diocese.............................................................................2 Diocesan House Staff................................................................................14 Directory of Churches.............................................................................15 Parish Admission Dates to the Diocese..................................................25 Canonical Listing of Clergy....................................................................29 Necrology..................................................................................................34 List of Lay Delegates................................................................................35 Journal of Proceedings.............................................................................44 The Bishop Diocesan’s Address..............................................................68 Response from the Committee on the Bishop’ Diocesan’s Address.....74 Bishop Diocesan’s 2011 Calendar of Events..........................................77 The Bishop Assisting’s Sermon...............................................................85 The Bishop Assisting’s Report................................................................88 The Bishop Assisting’s Calendar of Events.......................................... 95 Resolutions Adopted at Convention........................................................99 Canon Changes.......................................................................................114 Executive Council Minutes....................................................................117 Convention Reports................................................................................126 Anti-Racism Commission................................................................126 Camp Trinity-Fall and Winter Youth Conferences.................................127 Campus Ministry Commission...............................................................128 Chaplain for Retired Clergy, Clergy Spouses & Surviving Spouses......129 Christian Education Formation Committee............................................130 Compensation and BenefitsCommittee..................................................131 2012 Clergy Compensation Review and Recommendation...................133 Companion Relationship Committee.....................................................130 129thCursillo...................................................................................................148 Journal of the Diocese of East Carolina Daughters of the King............................................................................148 Disciplinary Board.................................................................................149 Education for Ministry (EfM)................................................................150 iv Table of Contents Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)............................................151 Foundation..............................................................................................151 Historiographer’s Report........................................................................152 Interfaith Refugee Ministry.....................................................................153 Kanuga Conference................................................................................156 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee...........................159 Mission and Development......................................................................161 Permanent Diaconate..............................................................................163 Prison Ministry Commission..................................................................164 Sewanee: The University of the South....................................................166 Stewardship Commission........................................................................169 Saint Mary’s School................................................................................170 Thompson Child and Family Focus........................................................171 Trinity Center..........................................................................................172 United Thank Offering (UTO)173 Youth, College Campus and Young Adult Ministries.............................174 Financial Reports...................................................................................177 General Fund..........................................................................................177 2011 Treasurer’s Report.........................................................................189 2012 Ministry Spending Plan.................................................................194 2012 Pledge Worksheet..........................................................................199 Vital Statistics.........................................................................................201 2011 Parochial Report- Memberships....................................................201 2011 Parochial Report- Sacraments and Services..................................203 2011 Parochial Report- Financial...........................................................205 Constitution............................................................................................207 ARTICLE I- Territorial Limits................................................................207 ARTICLE II- Accession to Constitution of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America..............................................207 129thARTICLE Journal III- Time andof Placethe of Diocese Meeting of Annual of East Convention........207 Carolina ARTICLE IV- Personnel of Convention.................................................208 ARTICLE V- Powers of Convention......................................................209 ARTICLE VI- Quorum...........................................................................210 v Table of Contents ARTICLE VII- Voting by Convention....................................................210 ARTICLE VIII- Officers of Convention.................................................211 ARTICLE IX- Standing Committee.......................................................211 ARTICLE X- Organization of Missionary Congregations.....................212 ARTICLE XI- Authority of Rectors.......................................................212 ARTICLE XII- Canons for Trial of Clergymen.....................................212 ARTICLE XIII- Rule of Voting for Election of a Bishop Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan...........................................................213 ARTICLE XIV- Qualifications for Voting in Parochial and Mission Elections: Definitions...........................................................................213 ARTICLE XV- Method of Amending Canons........................................214 ARTICLE XVI- Method of Amending the Constitution........................214 ARTICLE XVII- When Amendments Become Effective.......................214 Canons of the Diocese of East Carolina...............................................215 TITLE I. Convention of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers and Representatives..................................................................................215 CANON 1- Members of Convention......................................................215 CANON 2- Worship at Convention........................................................217 CANON 3- Rules of Order.....................................................................217 CANON 4- Secretary..............................................................................218 CANON 5- Treasurer..............................................................................218 CANON 6- Chancellor............................................................................219 CANON 7- Historiographer....................................................................220 CANON 8- The Executive Council........................................................220 CANON 9- Deputies to General Convention.........................................223 CANON 10- Delegates to Provincial Synod..........................................224 CANON 11- Trustees of the University of the South.............................224 CANON 12- Trustees of the Diocese .....................................................225 CANON 13- Diocesan Commission on Ministry...................................226 TITLE129th II: