Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Journal of the 227th Diocesan Convention The Scottish Rite Theatre Collingswood, New Jersey March 5, 2011 808 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08618-5326 Phones: (609) 394-5281 - (877) 394-5281 Fax (609) 394-9546 E-mail: [email protected] Website: newjersey.anglican.org The next Diocesan Convention will be held, God willing, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on Friday, March 2, 2012 and Saturday, March 3, 2012 Table of Contents Section A Organization Officers of the Diocese ………………………………………………….…………… 1 Life Members of Convention………………………………………...……………. 1 Retired Bishops of the Diocese………………………………………..…………. 1 Bishop’s Staff and Associates………………………………………...…………… 1 Committees of the Convention - Appointed by the President……… 2 Committees of the Diocese - Appointed by the Bishop ………………. 3 Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convention……………………. 9 Officers of the Diocese - Elected by Convention…………………………. 14 Committees of the Diocese - Elected by Convocation……………….. 14 Other Diocesan Organizations…………………………………….………………. 15 College Chaplains………………………………………………………………………... 19 Clergy Serving in Institutions………………………………………………………... 19 Convocational Areas……………………………………………………………………. 20 Statistics I - Canonical List of Clergy……………….……………………………. 23 Licensed Clergy List……………………………………………………………………... 33 Statistics II - Canonical List of Churches………………………………..…….. 35 Lay Deputies Present at Convention……………………………………………. 38 Statistics III - Diocesan Statistics………………………………………………….. 45 Statistics IV - Official Acts…………………………………………………………….. 46 Statistics V - Necrology……………………………………………………………..… 47 Document 23 - Bishop Councell’s Journal.……………………………………. 49 Document 24 – Bishop Councell’s Parochial Visitations…...…………. 57 Document 25 - Bishop Romero’s Journal……………………………………... 59 Document 26 – Bishop Romero’s Parochial Visitations………………. 60 Section B Convention Business Rules of Order…………………………………………………………………………….. 61 Convention Minutes…………………………………………………………………… 68 Bishop’s Address…………………………………………………………………….…...107 Section C Reports – 2010 Document 1 – Youth Council ...........................................................115 Document 2 – Board of Missions .....................................................117 Document 3 – Anti-Racism Commission ..........................................119 Document 4 – Companion Diocese ..................................................120 Document 5 – Committee on Priesthood ........................................122 Document 6 – Ministry Institute ......................................................125 Document 7 – Committee on Lifelong Christian Formation ............126 Table of Contents, Section C, Reports for the Year 2010, continued Document 8 – Preliminary Report - Committee on Resolutions........127 Document 8a – Response to Proposed Resolutions 2011-04 and 2011-06.................................................139 Document 9 – The Commission on Church Architecture ...................142 Document 10 – Atlantic City Mission Board .......................................142 Document 11 – Committee on the Diaconate ....................................150 Document 12 – Recovery Ministries of the Diocese of New Jersey....152 Document 13 – Education for Ministry ..............................................153 Document 14 – The Archivist’s Report ...............................................154 Document 15 – The Registrar and Historiographer’s Report .............156 Document 16 – Episcopal Church Women .........................................158 Document 17 – Trinity Cathedral – Financial Status ..........................159 Document 18 – Trinity Cathedral – Dean’s Report .............................160 Document 19 – Diocesan Council Report ...........................................164 Document 20 – Nominating Committee Report .................................167 Document 21 – Standing Committee on Constitution and Canons.....184 Document 22 – Planned Giving ...........................................................202 Document 23-26 – Can be found in Section A .................................49-60 Document 27 – Diocesan Altar Guild...................................................203 Document 28 – Millennium Development Goals Task Force Report...203 Document 29 – Sudan-Darfur Committee ..........................................205 Document 30 – Standing Committee ..................................................207 Document 31 – Joint Committee Task Force ......................................210 Document 32 – Standing Commission on Clerical Compensation: Report of the Commission ........................................215 Congregational Level Classification ..........................217 Clergy Compensation Salary Grid..............................220 Document 33 – Insurance Committee ...............................................221 Document 34 – Loan and Grant Committee ......................................223 Document 35 – Commission on Ministry With the Disabled .............229 Document 36 – Celebratory Greetings ..............................................230 Document 37 – Final Report of the Committee on Resolutions ........231 Document 38 - Audit Committee Report ..........................................250 Document 39 – Diocesan Investment Trust........................................251 Document 40 – Bishop’s Appointments .............................................254 Diocesan Statistics I-V – Can be found in Section A ........................23-48 Table of Contents, Section D, Financial Reports, continued Section D Financial Reports Exhibit I – Treasurer’s Report and Preliminary 2010 Budget vs. Actual Report, Revised Preliminary Budget for 2011, and Proposed Preliminary Budget for 2012…………………………………………………………….262 Exhibit II – 2011 Fair Share Comparative Summary and Estimated 2012 Asking, in Alpha Order………………………………………………………….....273 Exhibit II-1 – 2011 Fair Share Comparative Summary and Estimated 2012 Asking, by Parochial Income…………………………………………………….278 Exhibit III – Catalog of Funds………………………………………………………………..283 Exhibit III-1 – Addendum to Catalog of Funds……………………………………...287 Exhibit IV – Fair Share Report 2010 – alphabetical sort………………………..289 Exhibit IV-1 – Fair Share Report 2010 – parochial income sort……………. 294 Exhibit VI – Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund for the Year Ended December 31, 2010………………………………………………………………………... 299 Exhibit VII – Widows, Widowers and Orphans Fund for the Year Ended December 31, 2010………………………………………………………………………….300 Exhibit VIII – Capital and Revolving Loan Fund ………………………………...…301 Exhibit VIII-1 – R. Bowden Shepherd Loan Fund………………………………..…302 Exhibit VIII-2 – Venture in Mission Loan Fund……………………………………..303 Exhibit IX-2007 – Exhibit III: Catalog of Funds, December 2007………….304 Exhibit IX-1-2007 – Exhibit III-1: Catalog of Funds Addendum, December 2007……………………………………………………………………………….310 Exhibit X – 2008 Audited Financial Statements of the Bishop’s Discretionary Funds……………………………………………………………………...…312 Exhibit XI – 2007 Audited Financial Statements of the Bishop’s Discretionary Funds…………………………………………………………………………326 Statistics: Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions for 2010……………………..338 Section A Organization Officers of the Diocese Life Members of Convention Retired Bishops of the Diocese Bishop’s Staff and Associates Committees of the Convention - Appointed by the President Committees of the Diocese – Appointed by the Bishop Committees of the Diocese – Elected by Convention Officers of the Diocese – Elected by Convention Committees of the Diocese – Elected by Convocation Other Diocesan Organizations and Committees of the Diocese College Chaplains Clergy Serving in Institutions Convocational Areas Statistics I - Canonical List of Clergy Licensed Clergy List Statistics II - Canonical List of Churches Lay Deputies Present at Convention Statistics III - Diocesan Statistics Statistics IV - Official Acts Statistics V – Necrology Document 23 – Bishop Councell’s Journal Document 24 – Bishop Councell’s Parochial Visitations Document 25 – Bishop Romero’s Journal Document 26 – Bishop Romero’s Parochial Visitations Officers of the Diocese Diocesan Bishop - The Rt. Rev. George E. Councell, D.D. XI Bishop of New Jersey President, Ex Officio of the Convention Chancellor - Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Treasurer - James H. Bathurst Secretary of the Convention - Emma A. Warren Church Attorney - Steven J. Lewis, Esq. Registrar/Historiographer - The Rev. Canon Cynthia McFarland Life Members of Convention Daphne Burdett Jacquelin Tootell Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Norma R. Tucker Retired Bishops of the Diocese The Rt. Rev. G. P. Mellick Belshaw The Rt. Rev. Joe Morris Doss Bishop’s Staff The Rev. Canon Lee Powers, Canon to the Ordinary and for Deployment Canon Phyllis Jones, Chief Financial Officer Canon Kepner M. Short, Director of Youth Ministry Canon Cynthia McFarland, Director of Communications and Archivist/Historiographer Associates The Rev. Debra Clarke, Dcn., Program Assistant for Youth Ministry Cecilia Alvarez, Assistant Deployment Officer Ronald Gritz, Maintenance Ann Notte, Office/Convention Manager Sarah Paige, Administrative Assistant Mary Ann Rhoads, Executive Assistant to the Bishop Emanuel Strauss, Accounting Manager 1 Committees of the Convention Appointed by the President 2011 Convention Appointments Chancellor - Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Parliamentarian - Canon John Wood Goldsack, Esq. Archivist/Historiographer - Canon Cynthia McFarland