MINUTES of the PROCEEDINGS of the ONE HUNDRED THIRTIETH COUNCIL of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic of the Reformed Episcopal Church held at COVENANT CHAPEL Basking Ridge, NJ November 4 and 5, 2010 ________________________________________________ Published by order of the Council NOTICE The One Hundred Thirty-First Council of the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will be held (D.V.) on the first Thursday and Friday, November 3 and 4, 2011, at St. Stephen’s Reformed Episcopal Church, Eldersburg, Maryland. Internal Revenue Service Number (EIN) for the Reformed Episcopal Church is: 23-6424640 Group Exemption Number (GEN) for the Reformed Episcopal Church is: 1663 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Notice of One Hundred Thirty-first Council ................................................................................. 1 Internal Revenue Service Number ................................................................................................. 1 Order of Business ........................................................................................................................... 4 Rules of Order ................................................................................................................................ 5 Officers of the Diocese ................................................................................................................... 7 Elective Committees ....................................................................................................................... 8 Standing Committees--Non-elective ............................................................................................... 8 Special Committees ........................................................................................................................ 9 Official Auditor ............................................................................................................................... 9 First Day, Morning Session ....................................................................................................... 11 Offering Designations ..............................................................................................................11, 72 Report of the Committee on Credentials ..................................................................................... 11 Roll Call ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Officers of the Diocese ................................................................................................................. 13 Members of the Council by Virtue of Positions on Committees or Boards of the Diocese ........ 14 Clergy ...................................................................................................................... 14, Appendix 1 Lay Delegates and Alternates ...................................................................................................... 14 Report of the Committee on Program .......................................................................................... 12 Report of the Rt. Rev. David L. Hicks .......................................................................................... 17 Report of the Most Leonard W. Riches ....................................................................................... 24 Report of the Rt. Rev. Daniel G. Cox ........................................................................................... 26 Report of the Standing Committee .............................................................................................. 27 Report of the Secretary of the Trustees of the Diocese ................................................................ 32 Report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Diocese ................................................................ 34 Budget Report ................................................................................................................................38 Report of the Provost of the Reformed Episcopal Seminary ........................................................ 40 Report of the Treasurer of the Reformed Episcopal Seminary ..................................................... 41 Balance Sheet of the Reformed Episcopal Seminary ................................................................... 42 Report of the Committee on Nominations .....................................................................................43 Report of the Committee on Constitution and Canons ................................................................. 44 Report of the Board of Examining Chaplains ............................................................................... 49 Report of the Committee on Memorials* ..................................................................................... 47 Report of the Committee on Christian Education ........................................................................ 50 Report of the Committee on Young People's Work ..................................................................... 51 Report of the Committee on Evangelism, Church Growth, and Development ............................ 47 Second Day, Morning Session .....................................................................................................72 Report of the Committee on the State of the Diocese ................................................................... 53 Report of the Looney-Hoffman Fund ............................................................................................58 Report of the Bassinger Home Fund Committee ...........................................................................59 Report of the Committee on Public Relations* .............................................................................60 Report of the Official Auditor....................................................................................................... 61 Report of the Special Committee on Spiritual Growth & Nurture ............................................... 62 Report of the Special Committee on Ministers' Salaries .............................................................. 63 Report of the Special Committee on the History of the Diocese .................................................. 65 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page Report of the Special Committee on Ministry to Men .................................................................. 65 Location of the131st Council .........................................................................................................72 New Business ................................................................................................................................72 Report of the Special Committee on Short-term Missions ............................................................71 Report of the Special Committee on Foreign Missions .................................................................66 Report of the Special Committee on Women’s Ministry...............................................................71 Unfinished Business.......................................................................................................................72 Adjournment of the Council ..........................................................................................................72 Directory of Clergy Bishop Ordinary…………………………….…...…………………………………… Appendix 1 Presiding Bishop…..……………………….…..……..……………………………… Appendix 1 Missionary Bishop of the Diocese of US Territories & Protectorates………………. Appendix 1 Assistant Bishop (retired)……………………………………………………………. Appendix 1 Canon………………………………………………………………………………… Appendix 1 Archdeacon…………………………………………………………………………... Appendix 1 Other Presbyters……………………………………………………………………… Appendix 1 Deacons………………………………………………………………………………. Appendix 6 Clergy Not in Good Standing………………………………………………………… Appendix 7 Retired Clergy………………………………………………………………………... Appendix 7 Directory of Postulants………………..……………………………………………… Appendix 8 Directory of Parishes…………………………………………………………………. Appendix 8 Addendum ................................................................................................................... Appendix 11 The Rt. Rev. David L. Hicks Exhortation .................................................................... Appendix 13 Rev. John H. Morton’s Memorial ............................................................................... Appendix 16 * No written report offered this year; special notation in Secretary’s notes. ORDER OF BUSINESS I. Organization 1. Report of the Committee on Credentials 2. Report of the Committee on Program II. Items Requiring Action from the Reports of Officers and Elective Boards and Committees 1. The Bishops 2. Standing Committee 3. Secretary of the Trustees of the Diocese 4. Treasurer of the Trustees of the Diocese 5. The Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church (Northeast & Mid-Atlantic) III. Election of Officers and Standing Committees 1. Report of the Committee on Nominations 2. Election IV. Items Requiring Action from the Reports of Committees--Non-elective 1. Committee on Constitution and Canons 2. Board of Examining Chaplains 3. Committee on Memorials 4. Committee on Christian Education 5. Committee on Young People's Work 6. Committee on Evangelism, Church Growth and Development 7. Committee on the State of the Diocese 8. Secretary/Treasurer of the Looney-Hoffman Fund 9. Committee on Bassinger Home Fund 10. Committee