Journal of the 198th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio November 7-8, 2014 Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio Holiday Inn South Cleveland, Independence, Ohio Contents Officers of the Diocese of Ohio . 1 Committees and Commissions of the Diocese of Ohio . 2 Staff of the Diocese of Ohio . 6 Proceedings of the 198th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio . 7 Bishop’s List of Clergy . 17 Delegates Present for the 198th Convention . 20 Appendix I: The Episcopal Address and the Bishop’s Papers . .. 22 The Bishop’s Address . 23 Episcopal Acts . 27 Report on Postulants and Candidates for Holy Orders and Ordinations . 28 Letters Dimissory . 29 Necrology, 198th Annual Convention . 30 Appendix II: Reports to the Convention . 34 Report of the Treasurer . 35 Trustees . 43 Diocesan Council . 46 Standing Committee . 47 Loans and Grants Committee . 49 Commission on Ministry . 50 Cedar Hills Camp & Conference Center . 51 Appendix III: Resolutions and Amendments as Adopted . 52 Resolutions . .53 Appendix IV: 2015 Program and Budget . 57 2015 Program and Budget . 58 Appendix V: 2014 Selected Financial Data . 80 2014 Parochial Report Data . 81 2014 Diocesan Operating Fund Financial Statements . 85 Appendix VI: Audited Reports . .92 2014 Audit Report . .93 Appendix VII: Parochial Assignments . 177 Parochial and Assignments . 178 Officers of the Diocese of Ohio 2014 The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio Trinity Commons 2230 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115-2499 (216) 771-4815 2014 Bishop The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr. Secretary of Convention Ms. Darcel Arrington Treasurer of Convention P. Thomas Austin Chancellor William A. Powel, III Journal of the 198th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, November 7-8, 2014 1 Committees and Commissions of the Diocese of Ohio 2014 Standing Committee Term Expires 202nd Convention Mr. Craig Nicol Ms. Kristen Pungitore Good Shepherd, Lyndhurst St. Alban’s, Cleveland Heights Ms. Eva J. Cole Mr. James A. Baker Diocesan Staff Grace, Mansfield Term Expires 199th Convention Mr. James Simon Our Saviour, Akron Term Expires 198th Convention The Rev. Debra Q. Bennett Our Saviour, Akron Ms. Jane R. Freeman The Rev G. Keith Owen Diocesan Council Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland St. Peter’s, Lakewood Mr. P. Thomas Austin The Rev. A. Paul Collins Good Shepherd, Lyndhurst Ms. Rebecca S. Roth Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Trinity, Toledo The Rev. Vincent E. Black Mr. Dennis Coughlin General Convention St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Term Expires 199th Convention Diocesan Staff Alternate Deputies Ms. Maxanna Margaret Dyne- The Rev. Margaret C. D’Anieri Ms. Eva Cole Clergy Demko St. Paul’s, Norwalk Diocesan Staff St. Andrew’s, Barberton Term Expires 198th Convention Ms. Elizabeth M. Moosbrugger The Rev. Priscilla R. (Percy) Ms. Denise Miller The Rev. Allan E. Belton St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Grant Christ Church, Hudson Diocesan Staff St. Hubert’s, Kirtland Hills Term Expires 200th Convention Mr. Scott Walton Mr. Lonny Gatlin The Rt. Rev. Mark St. Luke’s, Cleveland Ms. Jane R. Freeman Hollingsworth Jr. New Life, Uniontown Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland (President) Term Expires 200th Convention Mr. James Miller The Rev. Dr. Brian K. Wilbert Trinity, Findlay Bishop of Ohio The Rev. J. Jeffrey Baker Christ Church, Oberlin Ms. Ashleigh Johnson Christ Church, Warren The Rev. Gregory P. Sammons Term Expires 201st Convention St. Michael’s, Toledo Diocesan Staff The Rev. Rosalind C. Hughes Mr. John H. West Ms. Susan Leishman Epiphany, Euclid Mr. Gregory D. Stark Good Shepherd, Lyndhurst Ascension, Lakewood Diocesan Staff The Rev. M. Webster Maughan The Rev. Jeffry L. Bunke Ms. Barbara Johansen Grace, Sandusky The Rev. Dr. Brian K. Wilbert St. Timothy’s, Perrysburg Christ Church, Oberlin Ex-Officio, ECW President The Rev. Peter Faass Trinity, New Philadelphia Christ Church, Shaker Heights Ms. Hilary Nerby ECS Development Trustees Ms. Nancy Foye-Cox Ex-Officio, ECW President Our Saviour, Akron Council Mr. P. Thomas Austin St. Timothy’s, Macedonia Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland The Rev. Polly A. Glanville Ms. Lael C. Carter The Rev. Peter W. Nielsen III St. Paul’s, Akron St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights The Rt. Rev. Mark St. James, Painesville Ms. Ruth Ann Reiner The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth Jr. Ms. Katie Ong-Landini, Bishop of Ohio St. Stephen’s, East Liverpool Hollingsworth, Jr. Liaison Bishop of Ohio Ms. Susan M. Leishman Christ Church, Shaker Heights Diocesan Staff General Convention Ms. Betty Kondrich Mr. William A. Powel, III Diocesan Staff Term Expires 198th Convention Ex-Officio Deputies The Rev. Brad Purdom Dr. Roderick Adams St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Clergy Diocesan Staff St. Anfrew’s, Cleveland The Rev. Brad Purdom The Rev. Gay C. Jennings Diocesan Staff Term Expires 198th Convention Term Expires 199th Convention St. Timothy’s, Macedonia The Rev. Joseph G. Butler Mr. Michael Bickerton Term Expires 198th Convention The Rev. Dr. Brian K. Wilbert New Life, Uniontown St. Peter’s, Lakewood The Rev. Jeffry L. Bunke Christ Church, Oberlin St. Timothy’s, Perrysburg The Rev. Lisa E. Hackney Term Expires 200th Convention The Rev. Jeremiah D. St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights & Ms. Christina A. Monreal The Rev. Aaron Gerlach Williamson St. Alban’s, Cleveland Heights Christ Church, Hudson Old Trinity, Tiffin St. Andrew’s, Toledo Mr. Richard Wilkison Term Expires 201st Convention Ms. Allison Hauserman The Rev. Debra Q. Bennett St. Matthew’s, Brecksville Trinity Cathedral Our Saviour, Akron Mr. Fitzroy H. DaSilva Term Expires 199th Convention St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights The Rev. Heather L. Hill Laity All Saints, Parma Ms. Jacque Fertick Mr. Bill Joseph St. Hubert’s, Kirtland Hills Ms. Rebecca Montague New Life, Uniontown Grace, Sandusky 2 Journal of the 198th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, November 7-8, 2014 Ms. Cheryl Gray Ms. Susan Quill, Secretary The Rev. J. Jeffrey Baker Ms. Susan M. Leishman St. Martin’s, Chagrin Falls St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Christ Church, Warren Diocesan Staff Mr. Hugh Grefe Ms. Mary Jane White Ms. Ann Hemphill Mr. Robert E. Meeker Jr. Trinity, Toledo Vice President Epiphany, Euclid Trinity, Toledo Mr. Peter White St. Thomas, Berea The Rev. Jennifer C. Leider Ms. Amanda Meitz Harcourt, Gambier Episcopal Church St. Paul’s, Oregon St. Martin’s, Chagrin Falls Term Expires 200th Convention Women Mission Area Ms. Elizabeth Moosbrugger Ms. Patty Peacock St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights St. Andrew’s, Elyria The Rev. Joseph L. Ashby Presidents Grace, Mansfield Mr. Ernest Q. Petrey Jr. Ms. Patricia Rogers Ms. Mary Clements St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights St. John’s, Youngstown Mr. Thomas W. Eastman (Northeast) Christ Church, Warren Church of the Epiphany, Euclid The Rev. Brad Purdom Ms. Barbara Sopko Diocesan Staff St. Andrew, Mentor Ms. Mary Shepherd Ms. Carol Ann Culp St. Paul’s, Akron (Cuyahoga) Mr. Scott Walton Ms. Ruthann Wasil Ms. Peggy Turgeon Church of the Ascension, New Life, Uniontown All Saints, Parma Harcourt, Gambier Lakewood The Rev. Dr. Brian K. Wilbert Christ Church, Oberlin Ms. Lois Fogt-LaFountain Diocesan Council (West) Mission Area Deans St. Michael’s in the Hills, Toledo Executive Committee The Rev. J. Kip H. Colegrove Ms. Janet Smart Mr. P. Thomas Austin Central East Committee on Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland (Southeast) Resolutions The Rev. Sarah J. Shofstall St. James, Boardman The Rev. Debra Q. Bennett Cuyahoga The Rev. Heather L. Hill Our Saviour, Akron The Rev. Margaret C. D’Anieri All Saints, Parma Mr. Dennis Coughlin North Central Committees of Ms. Ashleigh Johnson St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights The Rev. Christopher R. Annual Convention Diocesan Staff The Rev. Priscilla R. (Percy) McCann The Rev. Lisa M. O’Rear Grant Northeast Committee on St. Peter’s, Lakewood / St. Diocesan Staff Mark’s, Wadsworth The Rev. Kay N. Ashby Constitution and The Rt. Rev. Mark South Central Ms. Dottie Rieman Hollingsworth Jr. Canons The Rev. J. Jeffrey Baker St. Matthew’s, Brecksville Bishop of Ohio Southeast The Rev. Dustin D. Berg The Rev. R. Stephen Sedgwick The Rev. Rosalind C. Hughes St. Mark’s, Canton The Rev. Albert A. Jennings St. Thomas, Berea Epiphany, Euclid Summit Ms. Jane R. Freeman Mr. Eugene Stacy Mr. Scott Walton Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland The Rev. Jeremiah D. Old Trinity, Tiffin St. Mark’s, Canton The Rev. Dr. C. Eric Funston Williamson Finance Committee West St. Paul’s, Medina The Rt. Rev. Mark Committees of Mr. P. Thomas Austin Hollingsworth Jr. Diocesan Council Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Episcopal Church Bishop of Ohio Mr. Dennis Coughlin Women Diocesan Ms. Clare Long St. James, Painesville Audit Review Officers St. Barnabas, Bay Village Ms. Nancy Foye-Cox Committee and Our Saviour, Akron Ms. Mary Anthony Mr. Ernest Q. Petrey, Jr. St. Paul’s, Medina St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Diocesan Audit Team Mr. Darrell Knapp St. James, Painesville Ms. Anne Cole Mr. William A. Powel, III Mr. Francis Appeldorn All Saints, Toledo Ex-Officio Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Ms. Susan M. Leishman Diocesan Staff Ms. Barbara Johansen, The Rev. Brad Purdom Ms. Kathy Catanese President Diocesan Staff St. Paul’s, Medina Ms. Christina A. Monreal Christ Church, Hudson Trinity, New Philadelphia The Rev. Jan M. Smith Wood Mr. Dennis Day Ms. Barbara Jones Grace, Sandusky Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Ms. Rebecca Montague Grace, Sandusky St. James, Boardman Ms. Jane Hamilton Ms. Sonia Miller, Treasurer Committee on Trinity, Toledo St. Thomas, Berea Nominations Mr. Ray Heitland All Saints, Parma Ms. Hilary Nerby The Rev. Joseph L. Ashby St. Timothy’s, Macedonia Grace, Mansfield Mr. Darrell Knapp St. James, Painesville Journal of the 198th Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, November 7-8, 2014 3 Loans and Grants Commissions of the Dr. Michael Schoop Ms. Christina Garcia Committee St. Paul’s, Cleveland Heights Christ Church, Kent Diocese Mr. Michael Schwartz Ms. Cristina Gonzalesz Alcala The Rev. Dr. C. Eric Funston Christ Church, Kent St. Paul’s, Medina Ms. Wendy Wilson-Walker Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland The Rev.