The Constitution and Canons Reports to the 186th Annual Convention October 23/24, 2020 Detroit, Michigan Journal of the 185th Annual Convention October 25/26, 2019 Novi, Michigan All reports are available in large print. Please contact Jennifer Elliott for more information. 313-833-4414 [email protected] DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN CONVENTION JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I. The Constitution and Canons The Constitution and Canons Table of Contents .................................................. 1 The Constitution of the Diocese of Michigan ...................................................... 9 The Canons of the Diocese of Michigan ............................................................ 12 Section II. Reports to the 186th Diocesan Convention Deanery Reports Capital ....................................................................................................... 75 Detroit ....................................................................................................... 76 Downriver ................................................................................................. 77 Huron Valley ............................................................................................ 79 McGehee ................................................................................................... 80 Trinity ....................................................................................................... 86 William Lyster .......................................................................................... 89 Commission on Ministry Annual Report ............................................................ 91 Communications/The Record ............................................................................. 92 Congregational Life ............................................................................................ 93 Diocesan Council Summary of Actions ............................................................. 97 Report of Emrich Advisory Council .................................................... 102 Episcopate Archdeacons’ Report .............................................................................. 104 Official Acts of the Bishop ..................................................................... 105 First Sermon by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie A Perry as Bishop – February 9, 2020 ..................................................................................... 109 Registrar’s Reports Clergy of the Diocese in Canonical Residence Order ............................ 112 Parishes and Missions in Union with the Diocese ................................. 116 Standing Committee Report ............................................................................. 118 Total Ministry/Ministry Development .............................................................. 121 Trustees of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Trustees 2019 Financial Statements ....................................................... 122 Whitaker Institute ............................................................................................. 125 Youth and Young Adults Ministry (YAYA) .................................................... 129 i Reports of Agencies, Institutions, and Committees Canterbury House MSU ......................................................................... 131 Canterbury House U of M ...................................................................... 132 Cathedral Chapter ................................................................................... 133 Cathedral Foundation ............................................................................. 135 Church at Crossroads .............................................................................. 136 Covenant 5 .............................................................................................. 138 Disaster Relief ........................................................................................ 140 Episcopal Campus Ministry at Eastern Michigan University ................ 142 Episcopal Relief and Development ........................................................ 143 Historiographer/Archivist Report ........................................................... 145 Section III. Journal of the 185th Annual Convention October 25/26, 2019, Novi, Michigan Journal of the Proceedings of the 185th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan ..................................................... 149 Bishop’s Annual Address The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., Tenth Bishop ................................. 175 Record of Lay Delegate and Alternate Registration ................................... 180 Record of Clergy Registration ..................................................................... 184 ii Section I The Constitution and Canons of The Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Michigan Including all amendments made at the 2019 Annual Convention Published by order of the Convention of the Diocese held in Novi, Michigan, October 2019 The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan Canons as amended at the 185th Convention October 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSTITUTION OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN Article I. Of the Territorial Limits of the Diocese ............................................................... 9 Article II. Of the Relation of the Diocese to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ..................................................................................... 9 Article III. Of the Ecclesiastical Authority ............................................................................ 9 Article IV. Of Conventions ..................................................................................................... 9 Article V. Of Amendments to the Constitution .................................................................... 11 CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF MICHIGAN I. Conventions ........................................................................................................... 12 1.0 Conventions, Generally .............................................................................. 12 1.1 Voice and Vote ......................................................................... 12 1.1.1 Members of Convention ........................................................... 12 1.1.1.1 Members of the Clergy ............................................................ 12 1.1.1.1.1 Attendance ............................................................................... 12 1.1.1.2 Lay Delegates .......................................................................... 12 1.1.1.2.1 Method of Election ................................................................... 13 1.1.1.2.2 Timing of Election ................................................................... 13 1.1.1.2.3 Vacancies ................................................................................. 13 1.1.1.2.4 Credentials ............................................................................... 13 1.1.1.2.5 Dispute ..................................................................................... 13 1.1.1.2.6 Attendance ............................................................................... 13 1.1.2 Notice of Conventions .............................................................. 14 1.1.2.1 Written Notice ......................................................................... 14 1.1.2.2 Transmittal of Information ..................................................... 14 1.1.3 Quorum .................................................................................... 14 1.1.4 Establishment and Conduct of Business of Convention ........ 14 1.1.4.1 Proposal of Resolutions ........................................................... 14 1.1.4.2 Timely Submittal ..................................................................... 14 1.1.4.2.1 Resolutions Funded by Budget ............................................... 15 1.1.4.2.2 Resolutions Funded by Solicitation ........................................ 15 1.1.4.3 Reports of Organizations ......................................................... 15 1.1.5 Officers of Convention ............................................................. 16 1.1.5.1 Secretary of Convention .......................................................... 16 1.1.5.2 Parliamentarian ...................................................................... 16 1.1.6 Voting at Conventions ............................................................. 16 1.2 Annual Conventions ................................................................................... 16 1.2.1 Time and Place, Notice ............................................................ 16 1.2.2 Nomination Process ................................................................. 16 1.2.2.1 Committee on Nominations .................................................... 16 1.2.2.2 Nominations ............................................................................. 17 1.2.2.3 Report ....................................................................................... 17 1.2.2.4 Additional Nominations .......................................................... 17 1.2.2.5 Notice of Nominations ............................................................. 17 1.2.3 Elections ................................................................................... 18 1.2.3.1 Elections Commission ............................................................. 18 1.2.4 Nominations