Journal of Convention The Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina 2020 ii JOURNAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVENENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 7 and 8, 2020 Including the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order Charter and By-laws of the Episcopal Foundation iii Table of Contents Table of Contents Mission Statement......................................................................................1 Directory of the Diocese.............................................................................2 Diocesan House Staff.................................................................................9 Directory of Churches..............................................................................10 Canonical Listing of Clergy....................................................................20 Necrology.,................................................................................................28 List of Lay Delegates...............................................................................29 Journal of Proceedings...........................................................................37 Bishop’s Address...,,.................................................................................48 Response from the Committee on the Bishop’s Address......................54 Bishop Diocesan’s 2019 Official Acts .....................................................59 Resolutions Adopted at Convention........................................................62 Courtesy Resolution ............................................................................... 68 Canon Changes ...................................................................................... 69 Executive Council Minutes......................................................................70 137th Convention Reports.......................................................................81 Camp Trinity..............................................................................................81 Cursillo.....................................................................................................82 Disaster Relief & Preparedness Commission...........................................82 Episcopal Church Women (ECW)............................................................83 Education for Ministry (EfM)..................................................................83 Foundation of East Carolina.....................................................................84 Interfaith Refugee Ministry......................................................................86 Kanuga.....................................................................................................87 Sewanee: University of the South............................................................89 Standing Committee.................................................................................91 Sustainable Goals Commission................................................................92 Trinity Conference Center........................................................................93 Dept. of Youth, University and Campus and Young Adult Ministries......94 Financial Reports....................................................................................100 Foundation: General Fund.....................................................................100 iv Table of Contents 2019 Treasurer’s Report..........................................................................109 2020 Adopted Operating Budget............................................................110 2019 Pledge Worksheet...........................................................................118 Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions............................121 Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions....................................123 Constitution............................................................................................125 ARTICLE I- Territorial Limits...............................................................125 ARTICLE II- Accession to Constitution of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America..............................................125 ARTICLE III- Time and Place of Meeting of Annual Convention........125 ARTICLE IV- Personnel of Convention.................................................126 ARTICLE V- Powers of Convention......................................................127 ARTICLE VI- Quorum...........................................................................127 ARTICLE VII- Voting by Convention....................................................128 ARTICLE VIII- Officers of Convention................................................128 ARTICLE IX- Standing Committee.......................................................129 ARTICLE X- Organization of Missionary Congregations.....................130 ARTICLE XI- Authority of Rectors.......................................................130 ARTICLE XII- Canons for Trial of Clergymen.....................................130 ARTICLE XIII- Rule of Voting for Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Bishop Suffragan...........................................................130 ARTICLE XIV- Qualifications for Voting in Parochial and Mission Elections: Definitions..........................................................................131 ARTICLE XV- Method of Amending Canons.......................................131 ARTICLE XVI- Method of Amending the Constitution........................132 ARTICLE XVII- When Amendments Become Effective.......................132 Canons of the Diocese of East Carolina...............................................133 TITLE I. Convention of the Diocese; Diocesan Officers and Representatives..................................................................................133 CANON 1- Members of Convention......................................................133 CANON 2- Worship at Convention........................................................135 CANON 3- Rules of Order.....................................................................136 CANON 4- Secretary..............................................................................136 v Table of Contents CANON 5- Treasurer..............................................................................137 CANON 6- Chancellor............................................................................137 CANON 7- Historiographer....................................................................138 CANON 8- The Executive Council........................................................138 CANON 9- Deputies to General Convention.........................................141 CANON 10- Delegates to Provincial Synod..........................................142 CANON 11- Trustees of the Diocese .....................................................143 CANON 12- Diocesan Commission on Ministry...................................144 TITLE II: Deaneries; Parishes and Missions of the Diocese....................145 CANON 1- Deaneries.............................................................................145 CANON 2- Congregations of the Diocese.............................................146 CANON 3- Parish Meetings...................................................................148 CANON 4- Vestries................................................................................149 CANON 5- Duties of the Members of the Church.................................152 CANON 6- Dissolution and Suspension of Parishes and Missions.......152 CANON 7- Archdeacons........................................................................153 TITLE III. Bishops, Priests and Deacons...................................................153 CANON 1- The Election of a Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor or Bishop Suffragan..............................................................................................153 CANON 2- Salary of the Bishop............................................................154 CANON 3- Call of a Minister; Clergy Assistants...................................154 CANON 4- Registration, Reports, etc....................................................156 CANON 5- Clergy Liable to Missionary Duty .....................................157 CANON 6 -Dissolution of the Relationship between Congregation and Priest....................................................................................................157 CANON 7- Ecclesiastical Discipline......................................................159 TITLE IV. Church Institutions....................................................................162 CANON 1- The Episcopal Foundation of The Diocese of East Carolina, Incorporated.........................................................................................162 CANON 2- The Church Pension Fund...................................................163 CANON 3- Trinity Center.......................................................................165 CANON 4- Commission on Planning, Design and Construction..........165 CANON 5- Trustees of the University of the South...............................166 vi Table of Contents TITLE V. Amendment; Effective Date; Repealer......................................166 CANON 1- Amendment of Canons........................................................166 CANON 2- Effective Date of Canons.....................................................167 CANON 3 - Official Copies of Constitution