THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA The 151st Diocesan Convention October 21, 2000 Grace Cathedral San Francisco, California DioCal 003958 AGENDA OF THE 151st DIOCESAN CONVENTION "CALL TO MISSION: THE JUBILEE YEARS" October 21,2000 Location 8:00-9:20am Registration: Tables are open 8:00-9:20 a.m. Cathedral Nave 9:00 Call to Order Gresham Hall Morning Prayer Secretary's Announcements Introduction of New Clergy, Interims; Necrology Report of Committee on Dispatch of Business Report of Committee on Nominations First Report of Resolutions Committee 9::40 Bishap's Address 10:20 Instruction on First Ballot Vote 1 st Ballot -Registration Tables Cathedral Nave 10:40 Discussion Groups —Episcopal Charities, General Convention, New Church Start-up, Theological Reflection Task Force for Technology and Interfaith Issues 11:45 Plenary Session with Bishop Swing Gresham Hall Noonday Prayer 12:30-1:30pm LUNCH PLAZA 1:30 Reconvene Gresham Hall Discussion and Action on the Bishop's Address Report on Resolutions (Tentative) 2:30 Department of Youth and Young Adult Presentation Report of the Diocesan Treasurer Report of 1st Ballot Vote 2nd Ballot -Registration Tables Cathedral Nave Report of the Committee on Persoruzel Practices Report of the Division of Program and Budget Action on the Proposed 2001 Operating Budget Report on 2nd Ballot Bishop's Appointments and Announcements 3:30 Adjourn DioCal 003959 The Bishop's Appointments to Convention Committees for the 151st Diocesan Convention Committee on Credentials: Nigel Renton, Secretary Mr. Dennis Delman, Ballots Mrs. Mary Louise Gotthold, Registrar The Rev. George Sotelo, Nominations Division of Program and Budget: Mr. Paul Evans, Chair The Rev. Joseph Lane The Rev. Elisabeth Bloch Mrs. Sarah Lawton Mrs. Eleanor Prugh The Rev. James Sticicney Mr. James Wall The Rev. Donald Sullivan Committee on Dispatch of Business: Mrs. Chandra Lewis, Chair The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing William H. Orrick, III, Esq. Mr. Nigel Renton - The Rev. Cn. Michael K. Hansen Committee on Nominations: The Rev. George Sotelo, Chair The Rev. Cn. Frances Tornquist Mr. Dennis Delman The Rev. Paul Strid Mrs. Mary Kimball The Rev. Cn. Michael Hansen, Ex Officio Committee on the Bishop's Address: Mr. Dennis Delman, Chair The Rev. Cn. Michael Hansen Committee on Resolutions: The Rev. Jack Eastwood, Co-Chair The Rev. Barbara Bender-Breck, Co-Chair Mrs. E.J. Hilliard The Rev. Cn. Michael Hansen, Ex Officio The Rev. John Sutton The Rev. Chad Smith The Rev. Nancy Eswein Ms. Kathy Henry Committee on Canons: William H. Orrick, III, Esq., Chair James A. Barringer, Esq. Margaret G. Gill, Esq. Robert A. Lowry, Esq. Committee on Personnel Practices: Barbara B. Creed, Esq., Chair Mrs. Joan Clerk Mr. Jim Forsyth Thomas D. Matthews The Rev. Stacey Grossman Ms. Melissa Ridlon Ms. Joan Jacobson (Consultant to Diocese) Cn. Holly McAlpen The Rev. Robert E. Reynolds The Rev. Pamela Cranston The Rev. Cn. Anthony Litwinski DioCal 003960 MINUTES OF THE 151sT CONVENTION of.the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA Saturday, October 21, 2000 Grace Cathedral San Francisco, California The Bishop offered a prayer at 9:00 a.m. and called the 1515Y Convention of the Diocese of California to order. Bishop Swing then gave a hearty welcome to all and a special thank you to the people who put out the wonderful designs from the 150th anniversary celebration in Golden Gate Park in September. He then recognized the Secretary of Convention, Nigel Renton. Mr. Renton announced that a quorum was present. Mr. Renton appointed the assisting secretaries: Mary Louise Gotthold, who also serves as Registrar, Dennis Delman, and the Rev. George Sotelo. Mr. Renton then read the report of the Credentials Committee for those clergy having seat and voice but who are ineligible to vote, not being canonically resident prior to April 18 of this year according toArticle VI, Section 6.2(b) of our Constitution. CANONICAL CLERGY WHO ARE INELIGIBLE TO VOTE Jessica H. Fellows Amelia A. Hagen Mark W. Henderson Joanne M. Sanders Anne F. Wall Christopher L. Harrigfeld Jason L. Parkin Fran M. Sweet CLERGY WITH NEW POSITIONS October 16,1999 — October Z1, 2000 Lynn Baird, Clergy, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco Jeffrey Calder, Assistant Rector, Saint Francis', San Francisco Michael Carney, Vicar, Sairit George's, Antioch Elizabeth DeRuff, Clergy, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco Robert Droste, Associate Rector, Trinity, San Francisco Stacy Williams Duncan, Assistant tothe Rector, Trinity, Menlo Parlc Jessica Fellows, Assistant Rector, Saint Matthew's, San Mateo Katharine Flexer, Director, Alumni Relations, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and Clergy, Saint Aidan's, San Francisco Stephanie Green, Assistant Rector, Saint Stephen's, Belvedere Terri Grotzinger, Long-term Interim Vicar, Holy Family, Half Moon Bay Amelia Hagen, Deacon, A11 Saints', San Francisco Rosa Lee Harden, Vicar, Holy Innocents'-, San Francisco Christopher Harrigfeld, Deacon, St. Matthew's, San Mateo Mark Henderson, Deacon, Church of the Advent of Christ the King, San Francisco DioCal 003961 Henry Keyser, Deacon, Holy Cross, Castro Valley Anna Lange-Soto, Vicar, Hispanic Missions on the Peninsula Luigi Licari, Deacon, St. Cyprian's, San Francisco Carol Luther, Chaplain, St. Paul's School, Oakland Jane Maynard, Director, Field Education, Church Divinity School of the Pacific Hailey McKeefrey, Deacon, Church of the Epiphany, San Carlos Gwyneth MacKenzie Murphy, Pastoral Assistant, Saint John's, Oakland Anne Nielsen, Deacon, Holy Innocents', San Francisco Timothy Njunguna, Priest-in-Charge, Saint Andrew's, Oakland Jason Parkin, Rector, Saint Mary the Virgin, San Francisco Gail Powell, Clergy, Saint Paul's, Oakland Mary Beth Rivetti, Associate, Saint Paul's, Walnut Creek Mark Ruyak, Associate Pastor, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Joanne Sanders, Assistant Minister, Memorial Church, Stanford University Fran Sweet, Deacon, Holy Cross, Castro Valley Sue Thompson, Deacon, Christ Church, Alameda Anne Wall, Episcopal Chaplain, Stanford Hospital and Deacon, St. Bede's, Menlo Park Michael Woodsmith, Clergy, Trinity, San Francisco CLERGY SERVING AS INTERIMS October 16,1999 —October 21, 2000 Becca Barnett, Holy Innocents', San Francisco Judith Dunlop, Christ Church, Los Altos Anne Kelsey, Saint James', Fremont Rob McCann, Saint Giles', Moraga James McKnight, Christ Church, Los Altos Duane Sisson, Saint John the Evangelist, San Francisco Thomas Sramek, Saint Christopher's, San Lorenzo Bishop Swing welcomed these clergy and thanked them with applause. Bishop Swing read the names of those clergy who have died this year and asked that they be remembered in our prayers. NECROLOGY: Clergy Deceased Since Last Diocesan Convention, October 16,1999 Mark Y. L. Ma January 28, 2000 Leonard P. Wittlinger June 3, 2000 R. Scott Cochrane July 13, 2000 Fielding G. Rogers July 21, 2000 Alvin D. Gomer September 8, 2000 May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace, and may Light Perpetual shine upon them. 2 DioCal 003962 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISPATCH OF BUSINESS Chandra Lewis This is a report from the Committee on Dispatch of Business. I wish to make one addition to the agenda: please note that the Committee on Canons will make its report at approximately 3:00 this afternoon. I will now move for the approval of the agenda. MSC to approve the agenda. Concerning the Special Order on the Committee on Canons, page 42, number 2 in the convention booklet should read: "Five minutes shall be allowed for debate on any amendment to the Constitution and Canons." On page 44, Special Order for consideration of reports on Programs and Budget, please note 3: "Debate on the Program and Budget shall then proceed for a time not to exceed fifteen minutes." On page 45, number 2,,Special Order for consideration of Committee Reports: "Debate on each resolution shall be limited to twenty minutes unless the House by 2/3 majority shall extend the time. At the conclusion of the allotted time votes shall be taken on all pending motions." SERVICE OF MORNING PRAYER Call for Jubilee In these times, the calls for renewal come to us from many places. Listen to these voices and to the voice of your own heart: • Hear the calls of the whole Creation for Sabbath rest. • Hear the calls of the poor for a fair share of the wealth of the Earth. • Hear the calls of captives for release. • Hear the calls of the oppressed for equity. • Hear the calls of the children for hope for the future. • Hear the call of your heart for the renewal of life. The Gospel Luke 4:14-21 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee. And a report about him spread throughout the surrounding countries. He began to teach in the synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place in it where it is written "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release for the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and -sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him. Then he began to say to them,"today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 3 DioCal 003963 Bishop Swing said: "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." We will take ten minutes to discuss what that means. Here are three questions to guide in this discussion. 1) Where is this scripture being "fulfilled in your hearing" in the Diocese of California at the beginning of this new millennium? 2) How is this Jubilee vision becoming reality in your own life, in the life of your congregation, in the life of the Diocese and in the wider church? 3) How are you inspired to live out this vision that was just read? COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS The Rev.