Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee Five Year Plan Four Year Plan

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1 Lutheran-Episcpal Crdinating Cmmittee Five Year Plan Fur Year Plan Gal: We wuld like t facilitate ways fr Called t Cmmn Missin t live in the life f cngregatins and parishes, synds and diceses, and the wider church Latest update: May 27, : Meeting held Octber 14-15, 2008 in Des Mines, Iwa Hearings re Lutheran-Episcpal nging jint wrk n fld disaster relief in Iwa Hearings frm the Lutheran and Episcpal heads f chaplaincy re issues arund wrship at military bases and the need fr prvisin f Lutheran & Episcpal sacramental wrship Reviewed ELCA prpsed scial statement n human sexuality and Anglican Cmmunin St. Andrews dcument Reviewed McCid dcument n full cmmunin and the rle f crdinating cmmittees Discussed request fr guidelines/best practices fr Lutheran-Episcpal jint/federated/cnslidated parishes 2008 Outcmes: Press release re jint ecumenical wrk arund Iwa fld relief LECC reslutin requesting advcacy frm the tw churches t the military fr prvisin f sacramental wrship fr Lutheran and Episcpal military persnnel LECC reslutin requesting that the apprpriate ffices f the tw churches develp jint guidelines fr Lutheran-Episcpal jint parishes 2009: Meeting held June 2-3, 2009 in Chicag Shared majr accmplishments and cncerns befre ur church bdies Anglican Cnsultative Cuncil meeting May 2009 Episcpal Church General Cnventin (July 8 17, 2009, Anaheim, CA) ELCA Churchwide Assembly (August 17-23, 2009, Minneaplis, Minnesta) Fcused reprts n specific ministries being shared in ECUSA & ELCA: natinal cperatin and lcal grassrts ecumenism Missin/evangelism/cngregatinal life representatives frm each church: the Rev. Steve Buman (ELCA) and the Rev. Suzanne Watsn (TEC) Reprt n invitatin frm Lutheran Scial Services in Iwa fr the Episcpal Dicese f Iwa t cperate in their missin and ministry Discussin f resurces and publicity fr prmting lcal celebratins f the 10-year anniversary f CCM (January 2011) Met jintly with the Lutheran-Mravian Crdinating Cmmittee Received demnstratin f new CCM website frm Epiphany Church in Marina, CA: Outcmes: Adpted a three-year plan fr LECC s wrk Received and reviewed ELCA guidelines fr federated and unin cngregatins under full cmmunin agreements Appinted a task frce t plan fr a pssible natinal celebratin f the 10-year anniversary f CCM (January 6 r 8, 2011 n bth presiding bishps calendars per ecumenical fficers) 1

2 Created and adpted Guidelines Cncerning Vice and Vte fr Clergy Serving under Exchangeability Prvisins f Full Cmmunin Relatinships ; t be reviewed by the ELCA Office f Secretary and Episcpal Church Cann Lawyer, then distributed by the tw ecumenical ffices as infrmatin t bishps, diceses and synds. Adpted a mtin encuraging specific cperatin between yuth and yung adult ffices f bth churches 2010: Meeting held April 6-7, 2010 (with April 5 as travel day), Chicag, hsted by ELCA Sharing majr accmplishments and cncerns befre ur church bdies fllw up: Episcpal Church General Cnventin (July 8 17, 2009, Anaheim, CA)ELCA Churchwide Assembly (August 17-23, 2009, Minneaplis, Minnesta) Hearings n thelgical educatin Seminaries: Ellen Wndra (TEC), Jnathan Strandjrd (ELCA) Life-lng frmatin/nn-traditinal mdels: Susanne Watsn-Epting (TEC), Richard Brusehff (ELCA), Laura Wilhelm (ELCA) Wrk n resurces and publicity fr prmting reginal and lcal celebratins f the 10-year anniversary f CCM (January 2011) LECC request fr jint missin and ministry arising frm this meeting 2010 Outcmes: Updated 3-year plan t 2012 and beynd Resurces fr reginal and lcal celebratins f the 10-year anniversary By summer, set f prayers (ecumenical fficers t distribute thrugh LERN, EDEIO, bishps) By December, a 2011 calendar f CCM anniversary events fr print distributin Guidelines Cncerning Vice and Vte fr Clergy Serving under Exchangeability Prvisins f Full Cmmunin Relatinships frm 2009 meeting ready fr distributin 2011: May 1: TEC-ELCA-ACC-ELCIC Celebratin f 10 Year Anniversary f CCM & presiding bishps jint pastral letter 2011: Meeting held Octber 19-20, 2011 in Marina, CA, hsted by Jn Perez and TEC Sharing majr accmplishments and cncerns befre ur church bdies See Epiphany Lutheran and Episcpal Parish in actin, talk t flk abut that experience, participate in its life Resurces fr jint campus ministries: Stanfrd and University f Califrnia Berkeley Status f full cmmunin f each church with Mravians Discuss establishing a Face Bk identity fr the crdinating cmmittee 2011 Outcmes: Cmmunique sent t Sierra Pacific Synd and Dicese f Califrnia re jint campus ministry Hearings with 4 jint cngregatins and 3 campus ministries and chancellr f the dicese n cannical challenges t jint ministry especially in achieving gverning dcuments acceptable t synds and diceses fr full cmmunin partnerships, cmmunicatin with Episcpal fficer fr missin develpment abut cannical changes Cmmunicatin with chancellrs and bishps reminding them f the Guidelines Cncerning Vice and Vte fr Clergy Serving under Exchangeability Prvisins f Full Cmmunin Relatinships 2

3 Appinted subcmmittees fr participatin in jint meeting with Canadian Anglican- Lutheran Jint Cmmissin in February 2012 Adpted 4-part publicity plan: press release after meetings, psting minutes f meetings n LECC ELCA website (need t mirrr that n Episcpal Church website), article authred by Budde n full cmmunin crdinating cmmittees fr prfessinal ecumenists fr academic ecumenical jurnal, establish LECC Face Bk presence 2012: February 16-18: Subcmmittee f LECC (Perez, Petersen, Budde) met with Canadian Jint Anglican-Lutheran Cmmissin, Niagara Falls Feb 2012 Sub-cmmittee Outcmes: cmmitted t cllabrative prject t develp a devtinal series bulletin insert fr Epiphany 2013 fr electrnic distributin acrss all fur churches; t be authred by Budde, Perez, Petersen frm LECC and Richard, Pamela, Allen frm JALC; drafts due April 15 cmmitted t send letter frm the JALC and LECC c-chairs t the presiding bishps asking fr clarificatin as t hw we might supprt their jint meetings cmmitted t seek t hld a jint meeting f JALC and LECC in February : Meeting held May 30-31, 2012 in Chicag, hsted by the ELCA Meeting jintly and cntiguusly with the Lutheran-Mravian Crdinating Cmmittee t strategize 1-2 cllabrative prjects Hsted 3 guests frm the Jint Anglican Lutheran Cmmissin f Canada: André Lavergne (Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada), Peter Wall (Anglican Church f Canada), Bruce Myers (Anglican Church f Canada) 2012 Outcmes: Jint LECC-JALC devtinal series has been develped fr distributin t parishes and diceses/synds, designed fr Epiphany 2013 Cmmitted t a 3-year meeting pattern: jint meeting with JALC, jint meeting with Lutheran-Mravian (and pssibly Episcpal-Mravian) Crdinating Cmmittee; LECC meeting Submitted mtin t the apprpriate agencies f TEC and ELCA recmmending placement f the Fur Chaplains f the Drchester n the tw churches respective liturgical calendars f cmmemratins Appreciative Inquiry/Asset-based Planning Prcess: Imagining ur Future Tgether ; Mark Burkhardt, ELCA Directr fr Cngregatinal Centers fr Missin, as facilitatr Identificatin f LECC Assets, Gifts, Strengths Identificatin f 4 Task Grups t carry LECC wrk frward: Task grup t respnd t Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036: Alan Scarfe (lead), Kay Beach, Lwell Almen Task grup t develp an nline resurce fr expressins f jint ministries: Nedi Rivera (lead), Jn Perez, Sherman Hicks First Call/Fresh Start Frmatin Task Grup: Alan Scarfe & Dnald Kreiss (c-leaders) Cmmunicatins Task Grup: Jill Dierberg (lead), Mitzi Budde, Jn Perez 3

4 Lutheran-Episcpal Crdinating Cmmittee Fur Year Plan : February 6-8, 2013, Niagara Falls, hsted by the Jint Anglican Lutheran Cmmissin f Canada Met jintly and cntiguusly with the Jint Anglican Lutheran Cmmissin f Canada Planning grup fr jint meeting with Jint Anglican Lutheran Cmmissin f Canada: Canadian hsts, Margaret Rse, Dn McCid, Mitzi Budde, Alan Scarfe Discussed pssibility f further cllabrative prjects, such as the 2013 jint Epiphany devtinal Reprts frm the Task Grups established at the May 2012 meeting Feb 2013 Outcmes: Task grup n Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036: Alan Scarfe (lead), Kay Beach, Lwell Almen, Dn Kreiss plan develped fr prcess f study; Almen will write fundatinal paper. Task grup fr develping nline resurce fr expressins f jint ministries: Nedi Rivera (lead), Jn Perez, Sherman Hicks presented new CCM webpage: Cmmunicatins Task Grup: Jill Clark (lead), Mitzi Budde, Jn Perez Develped prcess fr LECC FaceBk page updates: Jill Clark. Article n the task and functin f full cmmunin crdinating cmmittee accepted fr publicatin in The Jurnal f Ecumenical Studies in early 2013: Mitzi Budde. First Call/Fresh Start Frmatin Task Grup: Alan Scarfe & Dn Kreiss deferred fr nw. Crdinated wrk with the Jint Anglican Lutheran Cmmissin f Canada t prduce a statement n cperatin ( A Wrd t the Churches ) fr the fur presiding bishps (TEC, ELCA, ACC, ELCIC) summarizing achievements f 12 years f full cmmunin, hpes fr the future, shared witness, and what can be addressed tgether still frm ur shared cntext. Jint pastral letter frm the 4 presiding bishps issued June 27, 2013: ELCA Presiding Bishp Mark S. Hansn and Episcpal Church Presiding Bishp Katherine Jefferts Schri issued jint pastral statements n the U.S. Senate s passage f immigratin refrm (June 28, 2013) and n Wrld Refugee Day (June 20, 2013). 2013: July 14-16, 2013: LECC members attended Lutheran-Mravian Crdinating Cmmittee meeting, Bethlehem, PA July 2013 Outcmes: Attended Lvefeast f Christian Unity (Mravian, Episcpal, Lutheran), Central Mravian Church Learned abut Mravian culture and histry in the U.S. Heard abut Mravian, Episcpal, Lutheran bishps cllabrative wrk n full cmmunin missin centers Visited Esperanza fr Bethlehem neighbrhd missin, Mravian-Lutheran partnership at St. Jhn s Windish Lutheran Church 2013: December 4-5, 2013; Chicag. Receive and review reprt frm Task grup n Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036: Alan Scarfe (lead), Kay Beach, Lwell Almen, Dn Kreiss Reprts frm ther Task Grups (Cmmunicatins, Jint Ministries) 4

5 Jint Presiding Bishps Pastral Letters Cnsider the request t appint a task grup t develp a FAQ dcument with guidelines and best practices fr jint church plants and jint parishes, ptentially using sme f the parishes f the Dicese f Eastern Oregn as prttypes Develp ecumenical fficer s guide fr rdinatins and cnsecratins? (request frm EDEIO, Episcpal Dicese f Suthwestern Virginia) Begin discussin f Refrmatin 2017 December 2013 Outcmes: Cnsiderable discussin and editing f draft respnse t n Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036 Shared examples f grwing and deepening jint and shared Lutheran-Episcpal ministries Reprt frm Sherman Hicks re Jint Meeting f the Diversity & Ethnic Ministries f the Episcpal Church and the Ethnic Specific/Multicultural Ministries f the ELCA, held Oct 24-25, 2013 at the Episcpal Church Center in New Yrk Celebrated pastral letters and statements issued jintly by the respective presiding bishps Endrsed the frmatin f a task grup t address cannical issues arund jint and jint ministries, t be rganized by Margaret Rse. 2014: January 9, 2014: vide cnference call re draft respnse t Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036; respnse finalized January 28, 2014: Bp. Scarfe presents LECC Respnse t Episcpal Church General Cnventin Reslutin A036 t the Standing Cmmissin fr Ecumenical and Interfaith Relatins f The Episcpal Church. 2014: Nvember 5-7, 2014; Detrit. Jint meeting with JALC? Fcus: Jint parishes, with visits t jint Latin ministry and Spirit f Hpe urban gardening prject Cntinue Task Grup reprts and wrk Address Yuth, Yung Adult Ministries Cntinue discussin f Refrmatin : May 2015; Meeting t be held in Washingtn, DC? Fcus: Public Vice/Advcacy Envirnmental plicy initiatives Ptentially jint meeting with Lutheran-Mravian Crdinating Cmmittee r JALC? Jint new bishps schl? Bishp Clay Matthews? Cntinue discussin f Refrmatin : June: Episcpal Church General Cnventin, Utah LECC respnse (r prgress reprt) t 2013 General Cnventin Reslutin A036 due 2016: Meeting TBD Thelgical educatin: educating & credentialing seminary graduates t serve in exchangeability calls with full cmmunin partners (Nte: Mravian Seminary in Bethlehem, PA is develping an educatinal track fr this) 5