The 145th Diocesan Convention Grand Rapids, Michigan | November 1-2, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Agenda...........................................................3 Convention Leadership..................................4 Directions to Convention Eucharist................5 Upcoming Events...........................................5 In Memoriam..................................................6 Morning Prayer.............................................10 Noonday Prayer............................................14 Nominations to the Standing Committee.....16 Nominations for GC Deputy.........................18 Resolutions...................................................32 Reports to the Convention...........................36 CONVENTION AGENDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST 8-10:00 AM Registration 9:15 AM New Delegate Orientation 10:00 AM Morning Prayer 10:15 AM Opening and Introductions Business Session 11:15 AM Bishop’s Address Noon Noonday Prayer Lunch 1:00 PM Keynote Address - Dr. Lisa Kimball, Virginia Theological Seminary 2:30 PM Business Session Elections and Affirmation of Appointments Budget Review 4:00 PM Presentations 4:45 PM Announcements 5:00 PM Adjourn 7:30 PM Celebration Party SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND 9:00AM Rehearsal for Confirmands, Participants in Eucharist Service, Thornapple Covenant Church 10:00 AM Convention Eucharist with Confirmation, Reception and Reaffirmation,Thornapple Covenant Church 12:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM Business Session Resolutions, Courtesy Resolutions 2:30-3:00 PM Bishop’s Closing Prayer and Adjournment *These times are subject to change. The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan | 3 CONVENTION & DIOCESAN LEADERSHIP CONVENTION Chancellor & Credentials Chair Bill Fleener, Jr.; St. David’s, Lansing Constitution/Canons Chair Bill Fleener, Jr.; St. David’s, Lansing Convention Secretary The Rev. Canon William Spaid Assistant Treasurer Dave Croal; St. Mark’s, Coldwater Parliamentarian Bill Fleener, Jr.; St. David’s, Lansing Chaplain The Rev. Canon Michael Spencer Dispatch of Business Janet MacKenzie; Epiphany, South Haven Nominations/Elections Chair Fred Skidmore; St. Andrew’s, Grand Rapids Resolutions Chair The Rev. Jennifer Adams; Grace, Holland Convention Committee Chair Roberta Schorle; Grace Church, Holland Exhibitor Chair Anne Davidson; St. Mark’s, Coldwater DIOCESAN STAFF Bishop The Rt. Rev. Whayne M. Hougland, Jr. Canon Missioner for the Northern Region The Rev. Canon Anne C. Hallmark Canon Missioner for the Central Region The Rev. Canon Valerie Ambrose Canon Missioner for the Southern Region The Rev. Canon William Spaid Canon for Evangelism & Networking Canon Katie Forsyth Finance & Benefit Administration Tammy Mazure, CPA, CGMA Diocesan Office Administrator Willa Williams 4 | The 145th Convention DIRECTIONS TO THE CONVENTION EUCHARIST THORNAPPLE COVENANT CHURCH DIRECTIONS TO THE CHURCH 6595 Cascade Rd SE This is a 2.2 mile trip. Grand Rapids, MI 49546 1. Head out of the hotel parking lot toward Kraft Avenue and turn right onto Kraft. 2. After 0.6 miles, turn right onto Burton Street. 3. Follow Burton Street for 1.4 miles. Thornapple Covenant Church will be on the left hand side of the road. UPCOMING DIOCESAN EVENTS Confirmation Services 2019 April 11 at Grace, Holland August 8 at Grace, Traverse City Advent Youth Retreat (Middle School)* October 31 at Diocesan Convention December 7-8 at Plainsong Farm Register: edwm.org/confirmation Register: edwm.org/adventretreat Clergy Retreat* May 5-7 at the St. Francis Center, Dewitt 2020 DREAM Mission Project* The Gathering Youth Event* June 20-27 in the Dominican Republic February 7-9 in Kalamazoo Register: michigan-dominican.org Register: edwm.org/thegathering Episcopal Youth Camp Provincial Youth Leadership Event* Summer 2020 | www.episcopalyouthcamp.org February 28-March 1 at Bellwether Farm in the Diocese of Ohio The Episcopal Youth Event* Apply: edwm.org/provVyouth July 7-11 in Washington, DC Apply: edwm.org/EYE Leadership Day Workshops* South - February 22 at St. Luke’s, Kalamazoo Joint Diocesan Convention with Eastern Central - March 7 at St. David’s, Lansing Michigan, with guest PB Michael Curry* North - March 28, Northern location TBD October 30-31 in Lansing CHARGE Youth Event* March 20-22 at the Great Wolf Lodge *Collaboration with the Diocese of Eastern Michigan Register: edwm.org/charge The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan | 5 IN MEMORIAM REMEMBERING THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OCTOBER 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2019 O God, the King of saints, we praise and magnify thy holy Name for all thy ser- vants who have finished their course in thy faith and fear; for the blessed irginV Mary; for the holy patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all thy righ- teous servants, known to us and unknown; and we beseech thee that, encouraged by their examples, aided by their prayers, and strengthened by their fellowship, we may also be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ST. JAMES, ALBION Irma A. Howard ST. JOHN’S, FREMONT Joan Kuehnle Kaufman John Earl Ayers Russell E. Price Alice Frazer Slaughter Judy L. Leedy Greer Marilyn I. Smith Carolyn Huvendick ST. JOHN’S, GRAND HAVEN Ella Stephenson Andrew Masternak Carolyn F. Bean Irma Marie Webber Russell C. Rowan Phyllis D. Blake The Rev. Edward Scully Connie A. Deal ST. PHILIP’S, BEULAH Lucile S. Strohmenger Timothy S. Fluckiger Mary Catherine McKinley Victor Lynn Williams Dilts Dana M. Gezon Beverly Ann Compton David R. Greer GOOD SHEPHERD, ALLEGAN Stephen A. Hansen Linda Anne Pullen CHRIST CHURCH, James Huggins Kenneth Leroy Mills CHARLEVOIX Nancy A. Dykehouse Jeanne Michael Douglas H. Jones RESURRECTION, BATTLE Paula Miller Hilda M. McBride CREEK Norma Teague Lynn D. Middlebrook David Barnes James C. Mitchell Thomas Cowan ST. PAUL’S, ELK RAPIDS Nancy A. Powell David Mahoney Ruth B. Klein Gerald L. Walter Patricia Walter ST. THOMAS, BATTLE CREEK ST. PAUL’S, DOWAGIAC Clara M. Wexstaff Janine R. Adrianson Martha Deming Phillip E. Bicknell 6 | The 145th Convention IN MEMORIAM, CONT. TRINITY, GRAND LEDGE Elaine Boerigter Betty Lou Campbell Ruth Brown Corinne Betty Cummins Sharon Gilmore George Gallaway Gary Eugene Curtis Linda Raymond Birney C. Hoyt Michael DeGraw ST. ANDREW’S, GRAND Tammy K. Kelly Robert Garfield Etter RAPIDS Warren Parker Carl Fahrenbach Mary Jo Owczarzak Carol Rickey Betty Ann Carnegie Floyd Armen Oumedian Jack Shinabarger Christine Leigh Francis Glenn Laverne Rotier, Jr. The Rev. Thomas L. Toeller- Anthony P. Gaines Novak David Alan VerHeul Stephanie Ann Gibb Charles A. Turturici Carol Ann Magnan Teresa M. Gullett (Peterson) William R. Van Ark Theresa Marie Hanes Jack Henry Demmink Melvin Van Oosterhout Gerald Steward Hopkins Joseph A. Parini Charles William Jones Jr. ST. LUKE’S, KALAMAZOO John Steven Pratt Jerry Nathaniel Jones Jean Mitchener Calloway Mary Louise Davies Dennis Mentzert S. Richard Goss Donald Robert Milley Sr. Richard Emil Hartenberger ST. MARK’S, GRAND RAPIDS Jeffery Scott Milner The Rev. Beth Anne Barbara Carduff Stanley Cecil Milner McLaren Phyllis Danielson John Peter Morris Dave Thorton William VanDerBos Douglass Ray Payne Janet Marie Vanderberg Janet VanDeusen Horton William Alfred Pope Paula Jeanne Walker Theresa Joann Rendel ST. PAUL’S, GREENVILLE John Jay Smiley Ruth Bedore ST. MARTIN’S, KALAMAZOO Janice Marie Sevarns Bernadette Coyne Mavis J. Ardis Paul Robert Smith Susan Rineheart Mary Ellen Bays Albert Raymond Steffens Edward Allen Bickow Sarah Margaret Taylor EMMANUEL, HASTINGS Elaine Joanne Bickow Gordon J. Weiland Donald Leon Blaszak Timothy David Blount Patricia Carol Bergh Harold Bolles ST. DAVID’S, LANSING Kenneth James Robbe Suzanne Bronner Michael K. Benoit Horace Wade Bulger Jr. Pearl I. Brooks GRACE, HOLLAND Anthony K. Burns Marc A. Byers The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan | 7 IN MEMORIAM, CONT. Anna J. Cannell Philip Stoffan EPIPHANY, SOUTH HAVEN Calvin Helmick Keith Nelson Harold Higgins ST. CHRISTOPHER’S, NORTHPORT Samuel T. Miller ST. PAUL’S, ST. JOSEPH James T. Ulmer, Sr. Marjorie Bennison Malcolm David Jennings Mike Danaher Bette Anne Smith GRACE, LUDINGTON Halen Maher The Rev. H. Steward Ross John Ashley Joanne McCallum Joan Priscilla Durren Virginia Kaines Sarah Strauss GRACE, TRAVERSE CITY HOLY TRINITY, MANISTEE ST. MARK’S, PAW PAW Jane Carol Buller William Henderson Tod Marla Rae Brinkmoeller Carol Anne Butcher Evan Hughes Benedict M. Clapp TRINITY, MARSHALL Ronald Charles Eckert Lorna R Llewellyn ST. JAMES, PENTWATER William Phelps Foster Eleanor Mae Lindberg Alice Jean Amstutz Marian Lucille Ingersoll Newell Ware Wright Richard Kies ST. PETER’S, MONTAGUE Maxcella Allegra Latimer Andy Nuttall EMMANUEL, PETOSKEY JoAnne Boyt McCallum Harold Dorf Carmen G. Miller ST. JOHN’S, MT PLEASANT The Rev. William James Ann Elizabeth Nichols Allan Lively McGill Larry Scott Nuismer Stanley Milton Beard, Sr. Millie May Oxford Virgil Angelo Ritondale The Rev. Wayne Philip Nicholson ST. BARNABAS, PORTAGE Bonnie G. Rollings Joan Salmonsen Dave L Hageman Marion Lloyd Talbot Alfred B Warwick John Curtis Zimmerman ST. PAUL’S, MUSKEGON Bruce A Watts William Ashley HOLY TRINITY, WYOMING Dr. Harold Bowman ST. TIMOTHY’S, RICHLAND William Van Ark Dennis Cornwall Emil J. Gallay Eunice Converse Charles Dobberstein Delbert L. Holroyd Diane Farage Janet Obenauf Michael A. Speicher Betiann Turner 8 | The 145th Convention The Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan | 9 MORNING PRAYER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st | GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Invitatory and Psalter All stand. Officiant Lord, open our lips.