Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Journal of the 226th Diocesan Convention The Crowne Plaza Conference Hotel Cherry Hill, New Jersey March 5-6, 2010 808 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618-5326 Phones: (609) 394-5281 - (877) 394-5281 Fax (609) 394-9546 E-mail: [email protected] Website: newjersey.anglican.org The next Diocesan Convention will be held, God willing, at the Scottish Rite Theater, Collingswood, New Jersey, on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Table of Contents Section A Organization Officers of the Diocese ………………………………………………….…………… 1 Life Members of Convention………………………………………...……………. 1 Retired Bishops of the Diocese………………………………………..…………. 1 Bishop’s Staff and Associates………………………………………...…………… 1 Committees of the Convention - Appointed by the President……… 2 Committees of the Diocese - Appointed by the Bishop ………………. 3 Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convention……………………. 9 Officers of the Diocese - Elected by Convention…………………………. 13 Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convocation……………….. 14 Other Diocesan Organizations…………………………………….………………. 15 College Chaplains………………………………………………………………………… 18 Clergy Serving in Institutions………………………………………………………. 18 Convocational Areas…………………………………………………………………… 19 Canonical List of Churches………………………………………………………….. 22 Canonical List of Clergy………………………………………………………………. 25 Licensed Clergy List…………………………………………………………………….. 35 Lay Deputies Present at Convention……………………………………………. 37 Bishop Councell’s Journal……………………………………………………………. 43 Bishop Romero’s Journal…………………………………………………………….. 51 Parochial Visitations……………………………………………………………………. 56 Official Acts…………………………………………………………………………………. 59 Diocesan Statistics………………………………………………………………………. 60 Necrology……………………………………………………………………………………. 62 Section B Convention Business Rules of Order…………………………………………………………………………….. 64 Convention Minutes……………………………………………………………………. 71 Bishop’s Address…………………………………………………………………….…... 138 Section C Reports – 2009 Altar Guild……………………………………………………………………………………. 149 Anti-Racism Commission……………………………………………………………… 150 Archivist……………………………………………………………………………………….. 151 Bishop’s Appointments ……………………………………………………………….. 153 Board of Missions………………………………………………………………………… 160 Commission on Ministry Committee on Priesthood……………………………………………………… 161 Committee on the Diaconate …………………………………..…………… 164 Committee on Life Long Christian Formation………………………… 165 Committee on Resolutions………………………………………………………….. 166 Table of Contents Section C Reports - 2009 (continued) Companion Diocese…………………………………………………………………….. 177 Congregational Development……………………………………………………… 178 Diocesan Council…………………………………………………………………………. 179 Diocesan Delinquent Loans Policy Statement…………………………. 182 Diocesan Investment Policy…………………………………………………… 187 Education for Ministry…………………………………………………………………. 189 Environmental Committee…………………………………………………………… 190 Finance and Budget Committee………….………………………………………. 191 General Convention Deputation 2009…………………………………………. 196 Historian………………………………………………………………………………………. 203 Insurance Committee………………………………………………………………….. 204 Loan and Grant Committee…………………………………………………………. 205 Migrant Ministry…………………………………………………………………………. 212 Nominating Committee……………………………………………………………….. 213 Non-Criminal Detention Center-Elizabeth……………………………………. 230 Recovery Ministries of the Diocese of New Jersey………………………. 231 Resolution of Courtesy………………………………………………………………… 232 Right Onward Committee……………………………………………… …………… 232 Standing Commission on Clerical Compensation…………………………. 234 Standing Committee……………………………………………………………………. 238 Standing Committee on Constitution and Canons……………………….. 240 Sudan/Darfur Committee……………………………………………………………. 261 Task Force on Restructure…………………………………………………………… 264 The Girls Friendly Society……………………………………………………………. 284 The New Jersey Ministry to the Imprisoned………………………………… 284 Trinity Cathedral, Financial Report………………………………………………. 285 Trinity Cathedral, Dean’s Reflections………………………………………….. 286 Trinity Cathedral Highlights 2009………………………………………………… 290 Youth Council………………………………………………………………………………. 293 Section D Financial Reports Exhibit I: Treasurer’s Report and Revised Preliminary 2010 Budget and Proposed Preliminary 2011 (amended 3 March)…………………………………………………. 295 Exhibit II: Fair Share Report for the Years Ending 31 December 2010 and 2011, by parochial income (amended 3 March) …………………………………………………. 304 Exhibit II-1 Fair Share Report for the Years Ending 31 December 31 2010 and 2011, by parochial income (amended 3 March )…………………………………………………. 310 Table of Contents Section D Financial Reports - 2009 (continued) Exhibit III: Catalog of Funds, December 2009……………………….…. 316 Exhibit III-1: Addendum: Catalog of Funds December 2009 ……… 323 Exhibit IV: Budget Report 2009……………………………………………….. 325 Exhibit V: Fair Share Report 2009………………………………………….. 329 Exhibit V-1: Fair Share Report 2009, by parochial income………… 337 Exhibit VI: Financial Statements as of 31 December 2008 New. 345 Exhibit VII: Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund as of 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2009………………………………………….. 370 Exhibit VIII: Widows and Widowers Fund as of 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2009………………………………………….. 371 Diocesan Loan and Grant Funds for the Year Ending 31 December 2009: Exhibit IX: Venture in Mission Loan Fund……………………………….. 372 Exhibit IX-1 Capital and Revolving Loan Fund…………………………… 373 Exhibit IX-2 R. Bowden Shepherd Loan Fund……………………………. 374 Statistics: Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions for 2009…………………375 Section A Organization Officers of the Diocese Life Members of Convention Retired Bishops of the Diocese Bishop’s Staff and Associates Committees of the Convention - Appointed by the President Committees of the Diocese - Appointed by the Bishop Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convention Officers of the Diocese – Elected by Convention Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convocation Other Diocesan Organizations College Chaplains Clergy Serving in Institutions Convocational Areas Canonical List of Churches Canonical List of Clergy Licensed Clergy List Lay Deputies Present at Convention Bishop’s Journal Parochial Visitations Official Acts Diocesan Statistics Necrology Officers of the Diocese Diocesan Bishop - The Rt. Rev. George E. Councell XI Bishop of New Jersey President, Ex Officio of the Convention Chancellor – Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Treasurer - Reginald Whitman Secretary of the Convention - Emma A. Warren Church Attorney - Steven J. Lewis, Esq. Registrar/Historiographer - The Rev. Canon Laurence D. Fish Life Members of Convention Daphne Burdett Jacquelin Tootell John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Norma R. Tucker Retired Bishops of the Diocese The Rt. Rev. G. P. Mellick Belshaw The Rt. Rev. Joe Morris Doss Bishop’s Staff The Rt. Rev. Sylvestre D. Romero, Assistant Bishop The Rev. Canon Lee Powers, Canon to the Ordinary and for Deployment Canon Kepner M. Short, Director of Youth Ministry Canon Cynthia McFarland, Director of Communications Associates The Rev. Debra Clarke, Dcn., Program Assistant for Youth Ministry The Rev. Canon Laurence D. Fish, Archivist/Historiographer Cecilia Alvarez, Assistant Deployment Officer Ronald Gritz, Maintenance Ann Notte, Office/Convention Manager Sarah Paige, Administrative Assistant Mary Ann Rhoads, Executive Assistant to the Bishop Emanuel Strauss, Accounting Manager Curtis Wilson, Maintenance 226th Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey Section A - 1 Committees of the Convention Appointed by the President 2010 Convention Appointments Chancellor – Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Parliamentarian – Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Archivist/Historiographer - The Rev. Canon Laurence D. Fish Assistant Secretary of Convention - Mary Ann Rhoads Convention Coordinator - Ann Notte Balloting Committee The Rev. John W. Hain, Sr., Dcn., Chair The Rev. Louis J. De Sheplo, Dcn. Jerry Allen The Rev. Frederick B. May, Dcn. Norma R.Tucker The Rev. Leslie G. Mazzacano, Dcn. The Rev. Douglas J. Reans The Rev. Elmer L. Sullivan Committee on Classification of Congregations The Rev. John V. Zamboni, Chair Carolyn Belvin Committee on the Credentials of Lay Deputies The Rev. Charles D. Sasso-Crandall, Chair Electra Burdick James Bye Carolyn Cain Muriel Sprock Committee on Deceased Members The Rev. Canon Ronald G. Albury, Chair Mary Ann Rhoads, Staff Committee on Resolutions Paul Ambos, Esq., Chair The Rev. Terence Blackburn Margaret Hughes The Rev. Dirk C. Reinken Cynthia A. Miller The Rev. Jane L. Rockman Mary Ann Rhoads, Staff John A. Sully Committee on Rules of Order and Dispatch of Business Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq., Chair The Rev. Dean Henry Paul Ambos, Esq. The Rev. Peter T. Manzo Norma R. Tucker 226th Convention of the Diocese of New Jersey Section A - 2 Committee on Validation of the Minutes The Rev. Robert H. Legnani, Chair The Rev. Canon Ronald G. Albury Kathleen O’Hagan Committees of the Diocese Appointed by the Bishop Anti-Racism Commission The Rev. Canon Joan E. Fleming, The Rev. C. John Thompson-Quartey, Co-Chairs The Rev. Andrea Rose-Marie Hayden Susan Espenshade The Rev. Martha M. McKee Cesar Imbert The Rev. Andy Moore Kevin Thompson The Rev. Theodore E. Moore, Dcn. Gloria Walker The Rev. Mark R. Van Sant Bishop’s Advisory Commission on Liturgy The Rt. Rev. George E. Councell, Chair The Rev. Arthur P. Powell, Co-Chair The Rev. Valerie L. Balling Terry Cooper The Rev. Terence Blackburn Deborah Ford The Rev. Rosemarie Broderick, Dcn. Norma R. Tucker The Rev. Philip B. Carr-Jones The Rev. Peter S. Cornell, Dcn. The Rev. Andrea Rose-Marie Hayden The Rev. Francis N. Hebert The Rev. Mary Ann Jensen, Dcn.