EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT 1335 Asylum Avenue Hartford, CT (main) (fax) TABLE OF CONTENTS

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3 PEOPLE, COMMITTEES, & COMMUNITIES EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT 1335 Asylum Avenue Hartford, CT (main) (fax) TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers of our Diocese, Committees, Commissions 4 Deaneries 7 Parishes & Mission Stations 11 Summer Chapels 16 Chapels of Institutions 16 Educational & Charitable Institutions 16 Jubilee Centers 17 Clergy in the Order of Canonical Residence 19 Lay Delegates Attending Convention 29 MINUTES OF THE 226TH ANNUAL CONVENTION FRIDAY 34 Bishop s Address 41 SATURDAY 48 Reports to Convention: 27 Resolution #1: 71 Resolution #2: 72 Resolution #3: 73 Resolution #4: 82 Resolution #5: 83 Resolution #6: 85 Resolution #7: 87 Budget 91 Episcopal Acts 111 Parochial Membership Statistics 114 Parochial Financial Statistics 119 3

4 OFFICERS OF THE DIOCESE, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS BISHOP DIOCESAN The Rt. Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas, B.A., M.Ed., M.Div., Ph.D. Office: 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT Residence: 1 Collins Lane, Essex, CT BISHOPS SUFFRAGAN The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry, B.A. M.Div Office: 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT Residence: 14 Linwold Drive, West Hartford, CT The Rt. Rev. Dr. Laura J. Ahrens Office: 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Ct Residence: 47 Craigmoor Road, West Hartford, CT STANDING COMMITTEE CLERICAL LAY The Rev. Peter Stebinger, President Mr. Lyn Meyers The Rev. Matthew Calkins Ms. Sylvia Ho The Rev. Harlon Dalton Mr. Eugene Leiterman, Secretary The Rev. Ellen Tillotson Mr. Steven Mullins The Rev. Nancy Cox Mr. Thomas Peters DEPUTIES TO THE 2012 GENERAL CONVENTION Elected at 226 th Annual Convention 2010 CLERICAL DEPUTIES The Rev. Linda Spiers The Rev. Ellen Tillotson The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton The Rev. Alex Dyer LAY DEPUTUTIES Mr. A. Theodore (Ted) Mollegen, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth (Liza) L. Anderson Ms. Mary Hart Mr. Lynn A. Brooks CLERICAL ALTERNATES The Rev. Canon Erik Larsen The Rev. Dr. James G. Bradley The Rev. David C. Cobb The Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Krasinski LAY ALTERNATES Mr. Lyn R. Meyers Mr. Steven Horst Mr. Steven Sukovich Mr. Richard L. Hall DELEGATES TO THE PROVINCIAL SYNOD CLERICAL The Rev. Sandra H. Stayner (re-elected 2010) LAY Sylvia Ho (elected 2010) DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE SECRETARY OF THE DIOCESE Canon John W. Spaeth, III, Canon for Stewardship and Administration (1981) 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT SECRETARY OF CONVENTION The Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry (2007) 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT

5 June Aziz The Rev. Michel Belt The Rev. Canon K. Dexter Cheney ASSISTANT SECRETARIES TELLERS Lynn Brooks Stephen Cobb Denise Holl Robert Kissel The Rev. Jane White-Hassler TREASURER Lynn A. Brooks ARCHIVAL ASSISTANT Margaret B. Smith CHANCELLOR Bradford S. Babbitt The Rev. Deacon Agnes Johnson The Rev. Robert Stocksdale The Rev. Amy Welin 5

6 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas (President) The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens John W. Spaeth, III (Vice President/Secretary) Bradford Babbitt (Chancellor) Lynn Brooks (Treasurer) MEMBERS FROM THE DIOCESAN STAFF The Rev. Dcn. Marjorie R. Roccoberton (Canon to the Ordinary) Jean V. Handler (Executive Director, Camp Washington) MEMBERS AT LARGE Thomas Bott Barbara Curry Sylvia Corrigan Betsy Kyle Bates Lyons The Rev. Jane White-Hassler Bridgeport The Rev. Ellen Kennedy Rowena Kemp Central Norman Holland The Rev. Robert Stocksdale Danbury Denise Holl The Rev. Bill Loring Hartford Ed Crow The Rev. Richard Maxwell Litchfield The Rev. Salin Low Robert Osborne Lower Naugatuck Valley The Rev. Jonathan Folts The Rev. Lisa Hahneman The Rev. Janet Waggoner MEMBERS FROM THE DEANERIES Middlesex Jim Beattie The Rev. Lois Keen Margaret Minnick Mid-Fairfield Kate Adamson Natchaug New Haven Belinda Russell The Rev. Tracy Johnson Russell North Central The Rev. Laura Queen Seabury The Rev. Ellen Adams James Pearce The Rev. Page Rogers Stamford The Rev. Bart Gage Randy Greene Waterbury The Rev. Andrew Zeman 6

7 MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT Founded and incorporated in 1818; named changed 1865 and 1866 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The Executive Council of the Diocese of CT CAMP WASHINGTON Founded in 1917; incorporated in 1955 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The Executive Council of the Diocese of CT BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, Calvary St. George's Bridgeport, St. John s Bridgeport, St. Luke s & St. Paul s Bridgeport, St. Mark s Devon, St. Andrew s Easton, Christ s Church Fairfield, St. Paul s Fairfield, Trinity-St. Michael s DEANERIES 2010 Fairfield, St. Timothy s Monroe, St. Peter's Southport, Trinity Stratford, Christ Church Trumbull, Christ Church Trumbull, Grace Church Trumbull, Trinity CENTRAL CONNECTICUT Bristol, St. John s Bristol, Trinity East Berlin, St. Gabriel s Plainville, Our Saviour Meriden, St. Andrew s Meriden, All Saints New Britain, St. Mark s Southington, St. Paul s Wallingford, St. Paul s Yalesville, St. John DANBURY Bethel, St. Thomas Bridgewater, St. Mark s Brookfield, St. Paul s Danbury, St. James Newtown, Trinity New Milford, St. John s Redding, Christ Church Roxbury, Christ Church Sandy Hook, St. John s HARTFORD Avon, Christ Church Bloomfield, St. Stephen s East Hartford, St. John s East Hartford, All Saints Farmington, St. James Glastonbury, St. James Hartford, Christ Church Cathedral Hartford, Good Shepherd Hartford, Grace Church Rocky Hill, St. Andrew the Apostle Simsbury, St. Alban s Hartford, St. James Hartford, St. Martin s Hartford, St. Monica s Hartford, St. Paul s Hartford, Trinity Wethersfield, Trinity Manchester, St. Mary s Newington, Grace Church South Glastonbury, St. Luke s West Hartford, St. James s West Hartford, St. John s Windsor, Grace Church Vernon, St. John s 7

8 LITCHFIELD Bantam, St. Paul s Bethlehem, Christ Church Canaan, Christ Church Kent, St. Andrew s Lime Rock, Trinity Litchfield, St. Michael s Marble Dale, St. Andrew s Milton, Trinity Norfolk, Transfiguration Pine Meadow, St. John s Salisbury, St. John s Sharon, Christ Church Torrington, Trinity Washington, St. John s Winsted, St. James LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY Ansonia, Christ Church Derby, Immanuel/St. James Huntington, St. Paul s Oxford, Good Shepherd Quaker Farms, Christ Churh Seymour, Trinity Orange, Good Shepherd Shelton, Good Shepherd MIDDLESEX Clinton, Holy Advent Durham, Epiphany E. Haddam, St. Stephen s Essex, St. John s Guilford, Christ Church Higganum, St. James Ivoryton, All Saints Killingworth, Emmanuel Madison, St. Andrew s Middle Haddam, Christ Church Middletown, Holy Trinity Northford, St. Andrew s Old Lyme, St. Ann s Old Saybrook, Grace Church Portland, Trinity Westbrook, St. Paul s MID-FAIRFIELD Darien, St. Paul s New Canaan, St. Mark s Norwalk, Christ Church Norwalk, Grace Church Norwalk, St. Paul s Ridgefield, St. Stephen s South Norwalk, Iglesia Betania Weston, Emmanuel Westport, Christ & Holy Trinity Wilton, St. Matthew s NATCHAUG Bolton, St. George s Brooklyn, Trinity Danielson, St. Alban s Hebron, St. Peter s Plainfield, St. Paul s Pomfret, Christ Church Putnam, St. Phillip s Stafford Springs, Grace Church Storrs, St. Mark s Vernon, St. John s Willimantic, St. Paul s Windham, St. Paul s NEW HAVEN Bethany, Christ Church Branford, Trinity East Haven, Christ & Epiphany Guilford, St. John's Hamden, Grace & St. Peter s Milford, St. Peter s New Haven, Christ Church New Haven, St. Andrew s New Haven, Ascension New Haven, St. James New Haven, St. John s New Haven, St. Luke s 8

9 New Haven, St. Paul & St. James New Haven, St. Thomas New Haven, Trinity NORTH CENTRAL Broad Brook, Grace Church Collinsville, Trinity East Windsor, St. John s Enfield, Holy Trinity SEABURY Gales Ferry, St. David s Groton, Bishop Seabury (contact the Rev. Cn. David Cannon) New London, St. James Niantic, St. John s STAMFORD Darien, Ascension Darien, St. Luke s Greenwich, Christ Church Greenwich, St. Barnabas Old Greenwich, St. Saviour s Riverside, St. Paul s WATERBURY Cheshire, St. Peter s Middlebury, St. George s Naugatuck, St. Michael s Oakville, All Saints Southbury, Epiphany Thomaston, St. Peter s/trinity North Branford, Zion North Haven, St. John s West Haven, Church of the Holy Spirit South Windsor, St. Peter s Suffield, Calvary Church Tarriffville, Trinity Norwich, Christ Church Poquetanuck, St. James Stonington, Calvary Mystic, St. Mark s Yantic, Grace Church Stamford, St. Andrew s Stamford, Eglise d Epiphanie Stamford, Christ the Healer Stamford, St. Francis Stamford, St. John s Waterbury, Christ Church Waterbury, St. John s Watertown, Christ Church Wolcott, All Saints Woodbury, St. Paul s DIOCESAN STAFF The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan Louise Boehm, Insurance Assistant to Jack Spaeth Julie Burnep, Bishop Douglas' Executive Secretary The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry, Bishop Suffragan The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Bishop Diocesan Pat Georgeady, Accounting supervisor Melissa Haas, Bookkeeping Assistant Karin Hamilton, Director for communication & media Robin Hammeal-Urban, Pastoral Response Coordinator Mary Hart, Administrative Assistant to Pastoral Response & Transition Ministry Debbie Kenney, Administrative Assistant to Bishop Ahrens The Rev. Canon Erik Larsen, Canon for Transition Ministry AnneMarie Martin, Front Desk Receptionist Shirley McGarry, Bookkeeper Bonni McKenney, Administrative Assistant to Bishop Curry Leslie Pendleton, Assistant for the Bishops' Fund for Children Emily Perow, Christian Formation Missioner for Youth and Young Adults The Rev. Dcn Donald Richey, Archdeacon 9

10 Sharron Ring, Database Manager and Print Shop Manager The Rev. Canon Marjorie Roccoberton, Deacon, Canon to the Ordinary Margaret (Meg) Smith, Archivist Linda Snyder, Christian Formation Missioner for Children and Adults Canon John W. Spaeth, III, Canon for Stewardship and Administration Linda Walley, Administrative Assistant to the Canon to the Ordinary Cindy Winslow, Diocesan Controller 10

11 PARISHES AND MISSION STATIONS Ansonia, Christ 56 South Cliff St./PO Box Avon, Christ 35 Harris Rd Bantam, St. Paul s Main St./PO Box Bethany, Christ 526 Amity Rd Bethel, St. Thomas 95 Greenwood Ave Bethlehem, Christ Main St./PO Box Bloomfield, Old St. Andrew s 59 Tariffville Rd Bloomfield, St. Stephen s 590 Bloomfield Ave Bolton, St. George s 1150 Boston Tpk/PO Box Branford, Trinity 1109 Main St Bridgeport, Calvary St. George s 755 Clinton Ave Bridgeport, St. John s 768 Fairfield Ave Bridgeport, St. Luke s and St. Paul s 594 Kossuth St./PO Box Bridgeport, St. Mark s 401 Newfield Ave/PO Box Bridgewater, St. Mark s Main St/PO Box Bristol, St. John s 851 Stafford Ave Broad Brook, Grace 44 Old Ellington Rd/PO Box Brookfield, St. Paul s 174 Whisconier Rd Brooklyn, Trinity 7 Providence Rd/PO Box Canaan, Christ East Main St./ PO Box Cheshire, St. Peter s 59 Main St Clinton, Holy Advent 83 East Main St/PO Box Collinsville, Trinity 55 River Rd/PO Box Danbury, St. James 25 West St Danielson, St. Alban s 254 Broad Street Darien, Ascension (deaf) c/o St. Luke s, Darien Darien, St. Luke s 1864 Post Rd./PO Box Darien, St. Paul s 471 Mansfield Ave Derby, Immanuel St. James 123 Minerva St./PO Box Durham, Epiphany Main Street/PO Box East Berlin, St. Gabriel s 68 Main St./PO Box East Haddam, St. Stephen s 31 Main St./PO Box East Hartford, All Saints 444 Hills St East Hartford, St. John s 12 Rector St

12 East Haven, Christ & Epiphany 39 Park Pl East Windsor, St. John s 92 Main St Easton, Christ 59 Church Rd Enfield, Holy Trinity 383 Hazard Ave Essex, St. John s Main Street/PO Box Fairfield, St. Paul s 661 Old Post Rd Fairfield, St. Timothy s 4670 Congress St Fairfield, Trinity/St. Michael s 554 Tuxis Hill Rd Farmington, St. James 3 Mountain Rd Gales Ferry, St. David s Route 12 & 214/PO Box Glastonbury, St. James 2584 Main St./PO Box Greenwich, Christ 254 East Putnam Ave Greenwich, St. Barnabas 954 Lake Ave Groton, Bishop Seabury 256 North Rd./ PO Box Guilford, Christ 11 Park St./PO Box Hamden, Grace & St. Peter s 2925 Dixwell Ave./PO Box Hartford, Christ Church Cathedral 45 Church St Hartford, Good Shepherd 155 Wyllys St Hartford, Grace 55 Newport Ave Hartford, St. James 45 Church St Hartford, St. Martin s 290 Cornwall St Hartford, St. Monica s 31 Mather St Hartford, Trinity 120 Sigourney St Hebron, St. Peter s 30 Church St Higganum, St. James (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) Route 81/PO Box Huntington, St. Paul s 25 Church St Ivoryton, All Saints Main Street/PO Box Kent, St. Andrew s 5 North Main St./PO Box Killingworth, Emmanuel (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) Church Road/PO Box Lime Rock, Trinity Route 112 (Lakeville) Litchfield, St. Michael s 25 South St./PO Box Madison, St. Andrew s 232 Durham Rd Manchester, St. Mary s 41 Park St

13 Marbledale, St. Andrew s 247 New Milford Tpke./PO Box Meriden, St. Andrew s 20 Catlin St Meriden, All Saints 201 West Main St Middlebury, St. George s Tucker Hill Road/PO Box Middle Haddam, Christ Moodus Road/PO Box Middletown, Holy Trinity 381 Main St Milford, St. Andrew s (Devon) 283 Bridgeport Ave Milford, St. Peter s 71 River St Milton, Trinity Milton Road/PO Box Monroe, St. Peter s on the Green Mystic, St. Mark s 15 Pearl St Naugatuck, St. Michael s 210 Church St New Britain, St. Mark s 147 West Main St./PO Box New Canaan, St. Mark s 111 Oenoke Ridge New Haven, Ascension 33 Lamberton St New Haven, Christ 84 Broadway New Haven, St. Andrew s 266 Shelton Ave New Haven, St. James 62 East Grand Ave New Haven, St. John s 400 Humphrey St New Haven, St. Luke s 111 Whalley Ave New Haven, St. Paul s & St. James 57 Olive St New Haven, St. Thomas 830 Whitney Ave New Haven, Trinity 129 Church St. # Newington, Grace 124 Maple Hill Ave./PO Box (06131) New London, St. James 76 Federal St./PO Box New Milford, St. John s 7 Whittlesey Ave./PO Box Newtown, Trinity 36 Main St Niantic, St. John s 400 Main St./PO Box North Branford, Zion 326 Notch Hill Rd Northford, St. Andrew s (Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry) Middletown Ave./PO Box North Guilford, St. John s 129 Ledge Hill Rd North Haven, St. John s 3 Trumbull Pl Norwalk, Christ Gregory Blvd/Emerson St

14 Norwalk, Grace Union Park at Mott Avenue Norwalk, St. Paul s 60 East Ave Norwich, Christ 78 Washington St Oakville, All Saints 262 Main St./PO Box Old Greenwich, St. Saviour s 350 Sound Beach Ave Old Lyme, St. Anne s 82 Shore Rd./PO Box Old Saybrook, Grace 336 Main St Orange, Good Shepherd Race Brook Road Oxford, St. Peter s 1 Dutton Rd Pine Meadow, St. John s PO Box Plainfield, St. Paul s 27 Babcock Ave Plainville, Our Saviour 115 West Main St Pomfret, Christ Route 44/PO Box Portland, Trinity 345 Main St Preston, St. James (Poquetanuck) Route #5 Preston Putnam, St. Phillip s 63 Grove St./PO Box Quaker Farms, Christ 470 Quaker Farms Rd. (Oxford) Redding, Christ Redding Ridge/PO Box Ridgefield, St. Stephen s 351 Main St Riverside, St. Paul s 200 Riverside Ave Rocky Hill, St. Andrew Apostle 331 Orchard St Salisbury, St. John s 12 Main St./PO Box Sandy Hook, St. John s Washington Ave/PO Box Seymour, Trinity 91 Church St Sharon, Christ Main Street Shelton, Good Shepherd 186 Coram Ave Simsbury, St. Albans 197 Bushy Hill Rd Southbury, Epiphany 262 Main St. N South Glastonbury, St. Luke s 915 Main St./PO Box Southington, St. Paul s 145 Main St South Norwalk, Iglesia Betania 1 Trinity Pl Southport, Trinity 651 Pequot Ave./PO Box South Windsor, St. Peter s (Wapping) 109 Sand Hill Rd./PO Box Stafford Springs, Grace 15 Highland Ter

15 Stamford, Church of Christ the Healer 20 Brookdale Rd Stamford, L Eglise de l Ephanie Episcopale 628 Main St Stamford, St. Andrew s 1231 Washington Blvd Stamford, St. Francis 2810 Long Ridge Rd Stamford, St. John s 628 Main St Stonington, Calvary 27 Church St Storrs, St. Mark s 42 North Eagleville Rd Stratford, Christ 2000 Main St Tariffville, Trinity Church St/PO Box Thomaston, St. Peter s/trinity 160 Main St Torrington, Trinity 220 Prospect St Trumbull, Christ (Tashua) 5170 Madison Ave Trumbull, Grace 5959 Main St Trumbull, Trinity 1734 Huntington Tpke Vernon, St. John s 523 Hartford Turnpike/PO Box Wallingford, St. Paul s 65 North Main St Washington, St. John s PO Box Waterbury, Christ 2030 East Main St Waterbury, St. John s 16 Church St Watertown, Christ The Green/PO Box Westbrook, St. Paul s S. Main St./PO Box West Hartford, St. James 19 Walden St West Hartford, St. John s 679 Farmington Ave West Hartford, St. Paul's (Deaf) c/o St. John's, West Hartford West Haven, Holy Spirit 28 Church St Weston, Emmanuel 285 Lyons Plain Rd Westport, Christ & Holy Trinity 55 Myrtle Ave Wethersfield, Trinity 300 Main St Willimantic, St. Paul s 220 Valley St Wilton, St. Matthews 36 New Canaan Rd./PO Box Windham, St. Paul s Plains Rd/PO Box Windsor, Grace 311 Broad Street Winsted, St. James 160 Main St

16 Wolcott, All Saints Boundline Road/PO Box Woodbury, St. Paul s Main St., South/PO Box B Yalesville, St. John the Evangelist 31 Main St./PO Box Yantic, Grace Chapel Hill Rd./PO Box SUMMER CHAPELS AND CHAPELS OF INSTITUTION Summer Chapels Ivoryton, St. John s Chapel A camp and conference center of the Church of the Incarnation, NY. Norfolk, Church of the Transfiguration Old Saybrook (Fenwick), St. Mary s-by-the-sea Chapel A summer Chapel supported by voluntary offerings from worshippers. Chapels of Institutions Armsmear (Home for Ladies), St. Elisabeth s Chapel, Hartford Berkeley Center, Chapel of St. Luke, New Haven Camp Washington, Transfiguration Chapel, Lakeside The Choate Rosemary School, Chapel, Wallingford Diocesan House, All Saints Chapel, Hartford Kent School, St. Joseph s Chapel, Kent Pomfret School, The Clark Memorial Chapel, Pomfret Rectory School, St. Andrew s Chapel, Pomfret Salisbury School, Chapel, Salisbury Seabury Retirement Community, Chapel, Bloomfield South Kent School, St. Michael s Chapel, South Kent Trinity College, Chapel, Hartford Wooster School, James Marshall Memorial Chapel, Danbury SUMMARY Cathedral in union with the Convention...1 Parishes in union with the Convention Mission Stations...1 Summer Chapels...3 Chapels of Institutions...13 EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS Maintained or conducted by a Church affiliation, incorporated and located in Connecticut, but not under the control of the Diocese. For information as to object, management, terms of admission, etc., address each institution. Trinity College, Hartford The Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven The Choate-Rosemary School, Wallingford The Kent School Corporation, Kent T The Pomfret School, Pomfret The Rectory School, Pomfret St. Thomas Day School, Inc., New Haven The Salisbury School, Salisbury South Kent School, South Kent The Wooster School, Danbury Episcopal Church at Yale University, New Haven University of Connecticut, Storrs, Chaplaincy Seabury Retirement Community, Bloomfield Armsmear, A Home for Gentlewomen, Hartford The George Beach Apartments, Hartford The Hunter V. and Elizabeth S. Berg Home, Southport The Eliza Huntington Memorial Home, Norwich St. Luke s Home, Middletown 16

17 JUBILEE CENTERS As of April With dates of certification/re-certification. Bloomfield St. Stephen s Church, 590 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, CT The Rev. Canon Wilborne Austin, St9@snet.net 7/2000 Bridgeport Family Center of St. John's St. John's Parish, 768 Fairfield Avenue, ; The Rev. Geoffrey Hahneman; ghahneman@sbcglobal.net 06/98; 7/2005 St. Luke's and St. Paul's Church, P.O. Box 2156, ; The Rev. Dr. Jose Diaz-Martinez; jdmmsr@sbcglobal.net 11/97; 11/04 Family Matters Community Center Calvary and St. George s Churches, 490 Summit Street, ; The Rev. Douglas Nissing; douglas@nissing.com 11/98; 7/2005 St. Mark's Church, P.O. Box 4182, ; The Rev. Kyle M. McGee; st_mark_church@sbcglobal.net 2004 kmcgee111@comcast.net Canaan Christ Church, P.O. Box 965, The Rev. Rosalie Richards; rnealrichards@msn.co 11/97; 2007 Enfield Educational Resources for Children, Inc. (ErfC) 103R Phoenix Avenue, St. Andrew's Church, 113 Elm Street, ; The Rev. Peter Bushnell, Ms. Clair Hall; erfc@erfcinc.org 2/2002 pbushn8849@aol.com Essex St. John's Church, P.O. Box 422, The Rev. Jonathan Folts; rector@stjohnsessex.org 2004 Hartford A Place of Grace Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, The Rev. Richard Maxwell; Rmaxwell-grace@sbcglobal.net 7/2005 St. James' Episcopal Church, c/o Christ Church Cathedral, 45 Church Street, The Rev. Leigh Preston, LeighPreston@gmail.com 11/97; 06/04 St. Martin's Jubilee Center St. Martin's Church, 290 Cornwall Street, ; The Rev. Canon Annika Warren, Annika.warren@po.state.ct.us 11/97; 11/2004 St. Monica's Church, 31 Mather Street, The Rev. Charles A. Davidson, Nora Brown 11/97; 6/04 info@stmonicaschurchct.org, CADpriest@gmail.com, nmbrown74@sbcglobal.net Trinity Church, 120 Sigourney Street, The Rev. Donald L. Hamer; dhamer@trinityhartford.org 06/96; 2003 BBriggs@trinityhartford.org Church of the Good Shepherd, 155 Wyllys Street, , X13 The Rev. Richard Silbereis, The Rev. Jose Martinez; 11/97; 7/2005 josemgs@sbcglobal.net, josemg@cox.net Christ Church Cathedral, 45 Church Street, ; X101 The Very Rev. Mark Pendleton, Leslie Jones, Rose Eagen 2/2000, 2007 mpendleton@cccathedral.org, Leslie.Jones@cccathedral.org h123rfe@yahoo.com. Middlesex Area Middlesex Jubilee Ministry Center Middlesex Area Cluster Ministry, P.O. Box 829, Higganum The Rev. Peter Floyed, Missioner; wecluster@sbcglobal.net P.O. Box 673, Westbrook, Petra Shearer; enyala@juno.com 17

18 /99; 11/06 New Haven St. Andrew's Church, 262 Shelton Avenue, The Rev. Tracy Johnson; 06/98; 7/2005 St. Luke's Church, 111 Whalley Avenue, The Rev. Victor Rogers; 11/97; 11/2004 St. Paul and St. James' Church, 57 Olive Street, ; /97; 2/2005 New London St. Francis House, P.O. Box 2171, The Rev. Emmett Jarrett, TSSF; 2004 St. James Church, 76 Federal Street, The Rev. Michael Belt; 2001 Roxbury Christ Church, Weller's Bridge Road & South Street, P.O. Box 4, ; ; /97; 7/04 Stamford St. John's Church and Église de l Épiphanie, 628 Main Street, , x 13 The Rev. Dr. James Wheeler, Sheelagh Jones; 2/2000; 5/2009 jwheeler@stjohns-stamford.org, esmurphies@aol.com Torrington Trinity Church, 220 Prospect Street, The Rev. Ellen Tillotson; Revelt01@aol.com 2004 Waterbury Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries, 16 Church St Barbara Ann Dublin; gwimsk@snet.net 1998; 7/2005 Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc., 26 Ludlow Street, Barbara Therrien; nvp@conversent.net 11/90; 6/04 St. John's Parish, 16 Church Street, The Rev. Norman MacLeod; stjohns@stjohnsonthegreen.org; 2004 padrejgb@aol.com Willimantic Covenant Soup Kitchen St. Paul's Church, 220 Valley Street, Paul Doyle; pdoyle@covenantsoupkitchen.org 11/81; 11/04 18

19 CANONICAL RESIDENCE The date at the left indicates the year of Ordination, if in this Diocese, or the year of reception into the Diocese. Bishops Year Name From Ordained Deacon 1943 The Rt. Rev. Morgan Porteus, D.D. CT Bp. Budlong 09/29/ The Rt. Rev. Clarence N. Coleridge, D. Min.NY Bp. Stark 01/12/ The Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, D.D. CT Bp. Gray 06/11/ The Rt. Rev. Arthur E. Walmsley, D. Hum. NY Bp. Nash 06/ The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry M.Div. CT Bp. Walmsley 06/06/ The Rt. Rev. Jeffery W. Rowthorn, D.D. UK Bp. Stockwood 09/62 Clergy 1935 Charles Geerts CT Bp. Budlong, Oct Perry F. Miller CT Bp. Budlong, July Arthur J. Monk CT Bp. Budlong, June 49 William R. Robbins CNY Bp. Manning, June Richard B. Kalter CT Bp. Budlong, June 50 Aaron Manderbach Pa Bp. Taitt, May William S. Glazier CT Bp. Gray, June 52 Arthur B. Robertshaw, III CT Bp. Gray, June Kenneth R. Robinson WMass Bp. Lawrence, Jun 46 Jervis S. Zimmerman CT Bp. Gray, March John B. M. Frederick CT Bp. Gray, June Gerald F. Gilmore NY Bp. A. Dun, June 48 Kenneth D. Thomas CT Bp. Gray, June Ralph E. Merrill CT Bp. Gray, June 56 Willoughby Newton CT Bp. Gray, June 56 George W. Razee CT Bp. Gray, June 56 Walter A. Debboli Alb Bp. Richards, May Arthur E. Bello Md Bp. Heron, Feb William S. Brison WMass Bp. Lawrence, My 57 Randall C. Giddings NwPa Bp. Sterrett, Sept. 45 Donald H. Peet CT Bp. Gray, June Douglas T. Cooke CT Bp. Gray, June 59 Rowan A. Greer, III CT Bp. Gray, June Robert N. Back Pa Bp. Remington, Jun William N. Penfield NJ Bp. Washburn, June 52 George R. Bogdanich Okla Bp. Powell, April 55 Dana F. Kennedy RI Bp. Sherrill, Nov. 45 Randall S. Harris CT Bp. Gray, June 61 John W. Parker CT Bp. Gray, June 61 Allan H. O Neill SD Bp. V. VanDyck, May 54 Edward G. Bierhaus, Jr. Ind Bp. Kirchhoffer, June 57 Robert H. Wellner Be Bp. DeWolfe, April Richard E. Crews CT Bp. Gray, June James A. Birdsall LI Bp. DeWolfe, April 57 Edward C. Coolidge CT Bp. Gray, June 63 John A. Rogers CT Bp. Gray, June Richardson A. Libby, Jr. WDC Bp. Dun, June 60 Franklin K. Robinson NY Bp. Gray June 54 David L. Cannon CT Bp. Gray, June 64 19

20 1965 Victor S. Ross, Jr. SVa Bp. Powell, July 53 R.G.Windsor Spellman WMass Bp. Ragg, May 46 Robert J. Miner RI Bp. Higgins, June George C. Anderhaggen CT Bp. Gray, June 66 Hobart J. Gary LI Bp. Randall, June Edward T. Adkins Mo Bp. Goodwin, Feb George N. Crocker CT Bp. Gray, June 67 Thomas L. Kilbourn CT Bp. Gray. June 67 Frederick J. Kuhlman CT Bp. Gray, June Thomas F. Beck Nwk Bp. Stark, June 63 Stephen D. Parker PR Bp. Swift, June Haig J. Nargesian Me Bp. Gilbert, May 48 Robert E. Taylor CT Bp. Esquirol, June 69 Ballard Dorsee WDC Bp. Creighton, June 67 William H. Low NH Bp. Hall, June 65 George E. Hall, Jr. NJ Bp. Banyard, April Robert R. McMurtry Me Bp. Kirkhoffer, May 50 Alfred J. Morris RI Bp. Bloy, Sept. 66 Richard R. Hadden CT Bp. Esquirol, June Richard VanWely Alb Bp. Brown, June 62 David A. Pople CT Bp. Hutchens, June 71 Richard L. Schuster CT Bp. Hutchens, June 71 Donald D. Gardner Mass Bp. Washburn, June 54 Robert W. Merchant Mil Bp. Burroughs, June 63 Steven E. Hulme Ia Bp. Smith, June Andrew W. Fiddler Nwk Bp. Stark, June 68 Edward G. Goetz CT Bp. Hutchins, June 72 David W. Boulton WMass Bp. Hatch, June 62 Richard T. Nolan Mass Bp. Burgess, June 63 Kenneth E. Hulme RI Bp. Higgins, June Richard A. Ellis WNY Bp. Hall, Feb. 57 Borden W. Painter, Jr. NY Bp. Donegan, June 63 Frank G. Kirkpatrick CT Bp. Hutchens, June 73 Alva G. Decker Del Bp. Stark, June 60 Donald R. Lillpopp Vt Bp. Lawrence, June 59 William D. Loring NY Bp. Banyard, Dec Robert E. Deming NH Bp. Higgins, June, Russell L. Deragon RI (1954) Bp. Gray, June 54 Peter E. Bushnell CT Bp. Hutchens, June 74 Frederick L. Curtis CT Bp. Hutchens, June 74 William N. Tedesco CT Bp. Hutchens, June 74 John W. Rick, II Mo Bp. Cadigan, June 74 Bruce M. Shipman NY Bp. Donegan, June Mark A. DeWolf LI Bp. Ellison, May 59 Marcus B. Rogers NY Bp. Donegan, June 66 Frederick T. Bender Mass Bp. Washburn, June 58 Ronald S. Gauss NWT Bp. Henton, May 72 Malcolm Roberts, III CT Bp. Hutchens, June 75# Francis C. Howard WMass Bp. Whitsey, Oct. 57 Michael J.R. Tessman CT Bp. Hutchens, June 76 Raynor W. Andersen NY Bp. Donegan, June Peter D. Quinn RI Bp. Belden, Dec.73 20

21 Ronald A. Glaude CT Bp. Hutchens, June Richard L. Aiken NH Bp. Goodwin, June 56 Christopher L. Rose Bp. Porteus, June 78 David A. Owen Chi Bp. Burroughs, June 62 David G. Pritchard Ga Bp. Dun, June 54 Richard E. Mayberry NY Bp. Voegeli, June 71 Barbara West Dal Bp. Davies, June 75 Joan Horwitt CT Bp. Porteus, Sept Arthur H. Underwood Va Bp. Dun, June 50 Donald R. Page NJ Bp. Banyard, April 71 William P. Morton Pa Bp. DeWitt, June 70 Raymond L. Cox CT Bp. Porteus, June 9 79 James G. Wilson LI Bp. Sherman, June 67 Charles A. Bevan, Jr. SVa Bp. Banyard, April Ralph T. Durgin Me Bp. Sherman, June 72 Julia M. Gatta CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Erik W. Larsen CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Peter A. Stebinger CT Bp. Porteus, June 80 Richardson W. Schell Chi Bp. Montgomery, May 76 Kenneth R. Coleman NWPa (1967) Bp. Dun, June 53 James G. Bradley WVa Bp. Atkinson, June 75 David W. Brown Vt Bp. Gray, June 59 Peter R. Rodgers WMass Bp. Sherman, June John G. Macort, Jr. SeFla Bp. Armstrong, June 63 Andrea Smith CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Katheryn Keene-Babcock CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Priscilla M. Williams CT Bp. Walmsley, June 81 Thomas S. Hendrickson SHB Bp. Barrett, June 69 Kyle M. McGee WDC Bp. Blanchard, June 67 Elizabeth P. Rogers CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec Burton MacLean Eur Bp. Kennedy, Aug. 59 Roger B. White CT Bp. Walmsley, June 82 Malcolm B. Greenlee CT Bp. Walmsley, June 82 Armand A. LaVallee RI Bp. Higgins, June 59 Richard H. Mansfield SO Bp. Donegan, Dec. 65 Robert G. Carroon Mil Bp. Hallock, April 62 David A. Norris CT Bp. Hastings, Oct Magar Bedrosian RI Bp. Hatch, June 58 Andrew L.C.C. Jones WVa Bp. Atkinson, June 74 Ruth H. Bersin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 83 Blanche H. Hamilton CT Bp. Walmsley, June 83 Glenis G. Mollegen CT Bp. Walmsley, June 83 Brendan P. McCormick (rec d as deacon from RC Church) June 83 Clark F. Coughlin Alb Bp. Hogg, Oct. 80 Victor A. Rogers Miss Bp. Evans, July 69 V. Alastair Votaw NH Bp. Blanchard, June 64 Gilbert S. Larsen NY Bp. Donegan, June 68 John B. Kelley Va Bp. Scarlett, May 53 Barry W. Miller NJ Bp. Cole, June 66 Jerome W. Meachen Ga Bp. Hargrave, June 67 C. Jon Widing Del Bp. DeWitt, June William Loutrel Ind (1978) Bp. Porteus, June 78 21

22 Joseph A. Krasinski NY Bp. Moore, June 82 Carl P. Daw, Jr. SVa Bp. Vache, June 81 Patricia F. Davidson LI Bp. Witcher, June 83 Robert L. Ficks III CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Mary Anne Ciriello CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Kent C. Smith CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84 Annika L. Warren CT Bp. Walmsley, June 84#9 Rosalie N. Richards NY Bp. Moore, June 81 Eleanor Lee McGee WDC Bp. Creighton, Oct. 74 Bernardo Lora NY Bp. Wetmore, April 79 Molly O. Louden CT Bp. Walmsley, Sept. 84 William J. Eakins WMass Bp. Hatch, June Zane W. Gordy Mo Bp. Mead, June 69 Peter R. Powell, Jr. WDC Bp. Krumm, June 76 Roddey Reid, Jr. NY Bp. Gravatt, Feb. 44 Michael F. Ray Alb Bp. Mason, June 69 Henry C. Burdick CT Bp. Walmsley, June 85 Ellen L. Tillotson ND Bp. Hopkins, July Robert J. Duval CT Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Thomas J. Furrer CT Bp. Walmlsey, June 86 Anne C. Seddon CT Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Anne B. Kimball CT Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Margaret H. Minnick Be Bp. Gressle, March 82 Robert E. Gahler RI Bp. Hunt, Oct. 82 George W. Jenkins NJ Bp. Stark, June 65 Joyce M. Scales CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 Malcolm M. Barnum CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 Richard Beattie CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 86 Caroline G. Garside CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec Vernella Alford-Brown CT Bp. Walmsley, Feb. 87 Richard F. Tombaugh Mo Bp. Street, June 58 Bennett A. Brockman CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 W. David Dobbins CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Mary Ann Logue CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 JoAnn R. Munro CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Barbara E. Nixon CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Jane B. Stickney CT Bp. Walmsley, June 87 Crayton Dudley SwFla Bp. Doll, June 68 James R. Wheeler WNY Bp. Burt, June 79 Mary Ann Mann Pa Bp. Ogilby, June 84 Mark R. Wood FtW Bp. Davies, June Roger Alling, Jr. Be Bp. Carpenter, June 59 Overton W. Gilkes I Bp. Mandeville, Dec. 56 Charles L. Hoffman Mass Bp. Montgomery, June 68 T. Preston Kelsey II Cal Bp. Pike, June 61 H. Bacon Collamore CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 88 George R. Ronkowitz (rec d as priest from RC Church) Dec James L. Kellaway WVa Bp. Sherman, June 77 John R. Gilchrist Mo Bp. Murray, June 67 Hope H. Adams CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Ann S. Charles CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Debra A. Dodd CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 22

23 Bartlett W. Gage CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Patricia M. Hames CT Bp. Walmsley, June 89 Leander S. Harding Mass Bp. Wolf, Dec. 80 Pierre Wolff (rec d as priest from RC Church) Nov Charles L. Hoffman Mass Bp. Montgomery, June 68 Ellendale M. Hoffman Mass Bp. Brown, June 76 Kenneth L. Ornell PA Bp. Campbell, June 64 Jeffrey S. Dugan SVa Bp. Wolf, May 80 John L.C. Mitman Ia Bp. Hall, June 65 Cynthia Clark Knapp CT Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Patricia M.E. Portley CT Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Peter Hancock Vaughn CT Bp. Walmsley, June 90 Robert W. Cudworth CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Karen C. Fedorchak CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Patricia C. Joy CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90 Bruce Mason CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 90#0 Scott J. Stevens CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec John H. Branson Nwk (1974) Bp. Smith, June 74 Sandra A. Belcher Mass Bp. Coburn, June 85 Joanne L. Neel-Richard Fla Bp. Cerveny, June 88 William P. Veinot Me Bp. Chalfant, June 88 K. Alon White CT Bp. Walmsley, June 91 Rachel J.Thomas CT Bp. Walmsley, June 91 Elizabeth C. Lewis CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 91 Elena M. Barnum CT Bp. Walmsley, Dec Joseph L. Pace Tenn Bp. Gates, June 79 Esther L. Chuboff CNY Bp. Whitkker, June 86 Cyril C. Burke NC (1966) Bp. DeWolfe, June 64 Gregory W. Welin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Geoffrey Little CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 John D. Limpitlaw CT Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Douglas F. Nissing Mo Bp. W.A. Jones, June 88 Thomas R. White Mass Bp. Appleyard, June 79 Barbara T. Cheney Mich Bp Wolf, June Wilborne A. Austin CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Nicholas Lang (rec d as Priest from Ukranian Orthodox Church) Bp. Kushack, 73 Allyn B. Benedict CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Gilbert V. Wilkes CT Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Erl G. Purnell CT Bp. Walmsley, August 93 Mark Santucci CP Bp. McNutt, June 82 K. Dexter Cheney Mich Bp. Lewis, June 80 J. Salin Low Pa Bp. Moody, June 90 Jeffery H. Walker Tex Bp. Richardson, June 75 George C. Brower Tenn Bp. Donegan, June 63 Sherrill Scales NY Bp. Hobson, June Stephen M. Kelsey NMich Bp. Kerr, June Lynne A. Griffo Pa Bp. Walker, June 90 Sandra H. Stayner Pgh Bp. Hathaway, June 90 Terry M. Wysong CT Bp. Coleridge, June 95 R.C. Hooper CT Bp. Coleridge, June 95 Richard M. Silbereis NC Bp. Garver, June Kathleen Adams-Shepherd CNY Bp. Coburn, June 82 23

24 Robert M.Hall WVa Bp. Sherman, June 71 Julie Kelsey CT Bp Coleridge, June 96 David M. Carter NH (1986) Bp. Walmsley, June 86 Donald F. Allen CT Bp. Coleridge, June 96 Marjorie R. S. Roccoberton CT Bp. Coleridge, June 96 Gladys K. Whitney CT Bp. Coleridge, June 96 Hugh W. Tudor Foley CT Bp. Coleridge, Oct William T. Pickering Pgh Bp. Appleyard, June 71 Alan N. Mason SO Bp. Higgins, June 63 Norman N. MacLeod III RI Bp. Hunt, July 89 Dana Lou Campbell CT Bp. Coleridge, June 97 Carolyn B.P.Dukenski CT Bp. Coleridge, June 97 Jaclyn S. Sheldon CT Bp. Coleridge, June 97 Everett C. Perine NJ Bp. Kerr, June Patricia A. Oglesby PA Bp. W.H. Clark, June 77 Harry A. Elliott WNY Bp. Bowman, Feb. 87 Bruce N. Torrey Roch Bp. Witcher, June 81 David F. Gurniak Fla (1961) Bp. Roberts, May 59 Nihal Delanerolle MN Bp. McNairy John F. Carter NY Bp. Coburn, June 1, 85 Laura J. Ahrens Mass Bp. Johnson, June 91 Harry L. Knisely Ia Bp. Stevenson, June 69 Robert W. Watson Md (1994) Bp. Gray, June 56 Ellen B. McKinley NJ (1980) Bp. Walmsley, Dec. 80 Daniel E. Mattila MN Bp. Jelinek, Sept. 94 Matthew R. Lincoln WDC Bp. R.H. Haines Eloise E. Adams CT Bp. Coleridge, Dec. 98#21 Mary-Lloyd Brainard CT Bp. Coleridge, Dec. 98 William H. Padgett CT Bp. Walmsley, June Christopher Leighton Mass Bp. Appleyard, Sep. 79 Richard Mallory NY Bp. Donegan, June 71 Christopher L. Webber NY Bp. DeWolfe, Apr. 56 John C. Whitnah VA Bp. Lee, June 89 Kathleen Dorr LI Bp. Walker, June 95 Mary Ann Osborn FL Bp. Cerveny, June 86 Virginia K. Hummel NJ Bp. McKelvey, June 94 Laurence G. Byrne DE Bp. Tennis, June 94 Andrew G. Osmun Vt Bp. Appleyard, Oct 75 Judith S. Green Lex Bp. EW Jones, June 96 Robert K. Stuhlmann NJ Bp. Burgess, Nov 71 Peter D. Knight WMass (1966) Bp. Gray, June 66 Allen, Russell H Mil (1968) Bp. Gray, June 68 June White-Hassler CT Bp. Smith, Sept. 99 Anthony Dinoto CT Bp. Coleridge, June 99 Mary Gates CT Bp. Coleridge, June James R. Low Mass Bp. Stokes, June 69 William E. Hardwick Los Bp. Talton, June 92 Charles M. Baker, Jr. SC Bp. Haynesworth, June 87 Kurt J. Huber MI Bp. Wood, June 98 Douglas P. Schwert WMo Bp. Folwell, June 78 Halsey Stevens RI (1965) Bp. Gray, June 65 Joan P. Phelps WMass (1990) Bp. Walmsley, June 90 24

25 Anna S. Pearson Mass Bp. Johnson, May 92 Nancy Gossling CT Bp. Smith, June 00 Donald Hamer CT Bp. Smith, June 00 Linda Spiers CT Bp. Smith, June 00 DeOla Barfield CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 02 Donald Richey CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 02 Robert Sireno CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 00 Jose Mestre CT Bp. Smith, Dec Wectnick Paul Hai Bp. Garnier, Sept. 77 Robert J. Brooks WDC Bp. Bailey, June 73 Matthew H. Calkins NY Bp. Grein, June 98 Mark E.Given Pa Bp. Morton, June 89 David A. Feyrer Be Bp. Warnecke, June 69 Margaret E. Normann NY Bp. Dennis, June 93 Robert E. Friedrich NH Bp. Moore, June 86 R. Sherman Beattie IN (1952) Bp. Gray, June 52 Amy M. Eagan Nwk Bp. McElvey, June 99 Marston Price Mass Bp. Cochrane, Aug 82 Robert E. Black HSB Bp. Lichtenberger, June 57 Daniel Morgan Ga (1993) Bp. Walmsley, June 93 Ellen Huber CT Bp. Smith, June 01 Horace Johnson CT Bp. Smith, June 01 Erich Anderson-Krengel CT Bp. Smith, June 01 Vicki Davis CT Bp. Smith, June Andrew Buchanan SJ Bp. Schofi eld, June 97 Janet C. Waggoner Ore Bp. Ladehoff Marian Stinson Los Bp. Borsch, June 91 Novella Lawrence NY Bp. Grein, Apr. 97 Lisa B. Hamilton Pgh Bp. Duncan, Dec. 99 John M. Miller MA Bp. Creighton, June 68 Donald F. Thompson Alg Bp of Algoma, Canada Beth B. Hoffman Pgh Bp. Duncan, June 00 Helen M. Moore Chi Bp. Johnson, May 92 Barbara Conners OR Bp. Ladehoff, Dec. 96 Marilyn L.C. Anderson CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Harlon L. Dalton CT Bp. Smith, June 022 Valerie W. Dixon CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Kathryn Green-McCreight CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Malinda M.E. Johnson CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Ellen K.G. Kennedy CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Susan J. McCone CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Alice A. Mindrum CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Eleanor V. A. Terry CT Bp. Smith, June 02 Stephen Klots Mass Bp. Shaw, June 00 Victoria Miller NY Bp. Grein, June 90 Moses Aderibole Nigeria Bp. Aderin, June 86 Andrew Zeman (1971) SVa Bp. Hutchens, Dec 71 Gail Keenney-Mulligan Okla Bp. Spears, May 84 John M. Miller, Jr. Mass Bp. Creighton, June 68 Estelle Webb Be Bp. Marshall, Oct 96 Pamela Strobel NY Bp. Grein, June 98 Michel Belt Nwk Bp. McKelvey, June 97 25

26 2003 Frederick Crysler Ky Bp. DeWitt, June 68 Elizabeth D.U. Starbuck Tex Bp. Sterling, June 93 Robert M. Stocksdale SD Bp. Heistand, June 91 Frank-Alsid de Chambeau LI Bp. Brady, June 61 Daniel Heischman WDC Bp. Krumm, May 76 James A. Mulligan OK R.C. Church, June 55 Jose A. Diaz PR Bp. Francisco Reus Froylan, July 87 Marilyn Gilbert EMich Bp. Beidel, Jr., July 98 David C. Cobb MD Bp. Stough, June 83 Donna Downs CT Bp. Smith, June 03 Joan E. Fittz CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Diane L. Hovey CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Agnes R. Johnson CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Carolyn C. Legg CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Gary A. Mongillo CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Kyle W. Pedersen CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Cathy J. Puskarz CT Bp. Smith, Dec. 03 Kate Heichler CT Bp. Smith, June 03 Tracy Johnson CT Bp. Smith, June 03 Audrey Scanlon CT Bp. Smith, June 03 David Stayner CT Bp. Smith, June Jonathan H. Folts WTex Bp. Folts, June 96 Richard Maxwell NY Bp. Grein, February 99 Kimberly S. Folts WTex Bp. McNutt, Jr., June 04 Godwin Agbo Kaduna Bp. Mark B. Pendelton W Bp. Carveny, June 91 Robert C. Hooper Mass Bp. Coleridge, June 95 Andrea Bowlby Mass Bp. June 04 Elizabeth Bagioni CT Bp. Smith, June 04 John Burton CT Bp. Smith, June 04 Maureen Peitler-Lederman CT Bp. Smith, June 04 Amy Welin CT 0 Bp. Smith, June J. Allison St. Louis WDC Bp. Dixon, January 01 Paul Carling VT Bp. Ely, December 02 James D. Cooke SO Bp. Thompson, Jr., June 98 Judith A. Cowper Be Bp. Walmsley, June 92 Nicholas T. Porter Eur Bp. Coleridge, June 94 Geoffrey Hahneman SVa Bp. Cilley, June 80 Lisa DiNunno Mass Bp. Bane, Jr., June 99 Stanley C. Kemmerer Mass Bp. Butterfield, June 69 Javier Franco Bp. Merino, October Evette E. Austin CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Angela H. Rowley CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Heidi M. Truax CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Margaret H. Sullivan CT Bp. Smith, June 05 Diane R. Caggiano CT Bp. Smith, September 05 Marguerite W. Gillen CT Bp. Smith, September 05#3 Knute C. Hansen CT Bp. Smith, September 05 Marilyn D. Mitchell CT Bp. Smith, September 05 Amy L. Reichman CT Bp. Smith, September Lynda Tyson CT Bp. Chilton, December 05 Molly James Me Bp. Chilton, December 05 26

27 Emily Richards Lex Bp. Sauls, May 03 Robert Ross CA Bp. Johnson, February 93 Sudduth Cummings Pgh Bp. Powell, December 71 John Corbiere Mass Bp. Porteus, January 79 Lois Keen Pa Bp. Townsend, January 99 Scott Lee Ark Bp. Sanders, December 92 Audrey Murdock Cpa Bp. McLeod, October 00 Jessie Bigham Mich Bp. McCream, December 67 Mark Delcuze SVa Bp. Atkinson, January 86 Bryan S. Bywater CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Carol Ann Hoidra CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Douglass T. Lind CT Bp. Smith, June 06 Angela H. Rowley CT Bp. Curry, January 06 Margaret H. Sullivan CT Bp. Smith, January 06 Heidi M. Truax CT Bp. Ramos-Orench, January 06 Robert J. Boulter CT Bp. Smith, December 06 Nicki S. Kimes CT Bp. Smith, December Ismail Shahrokh Dezhbod, Deacon, (transfer from the Diocese of Jerusalem & the Middle East) Molly P. McGreevy NY Bp. Moore, June 89 Patricia Marie Therese Starrs Cunningham CT Bp. Smith June 07 Ronald James Kolanowski CT Bp. Smith June 07 José Lino Martínez González CT Bp. Smith June 07 Susan Elizabeth Cavanagh Wyper CT Bp. Smith June 07 Max A. Myers WNY Bp. Garrison, December 99 Alex Dyer MN Bp. Jelinek, June 05 Carolyn Sue Archer CT Bp. Smith September 07 Doreen Ann Bottone CT Bp. Smith September 07 Douglas Brian Engwall CT Bp. Smith September 07 Lee Forshaw CT Bp. Smith September 07 Nancy Elizabeth Gage CT Bp. Smith September 07 Donna Claire Wodarek Gray CT Bp. Smith September 07 Christopher Michael Holms CT Bp. Smith September 07 Patricia Gladys Jackson CT Bp. Smith September 07 Elizabeth Ann Knauff CT Bp. Smith September 07 Edrice Veronica Viechweg CT Bp. Smith September 07 Susan Kraus NY Bp. Sisk, March 2005 Richard C. Alton PA Bp. Walmsley, June Elsa H. Worth N H Bp. Robinson, December 06 David R. Anderson PA Bp. Griswold, June 89 Allison Read NY Bp. Sisk, March 03 Amjad John Samuel May 08 (transfer from Diocese of Karachi, Anglican Church of Pakistan) Peter W. Floyd VT Bp. Francis, June 65 Charles A. Davidson (transfer from Church of West Indies) SWFL Bp. Doss, February 98 Catharine Randall RG Bp. Steenson June 07 Randall Balmer RG Bp. Steenson May 06 Sandra Lee Cosman CT Bp. Smith June 08 Paul Matthew Habersang CT Bp. Smith June 08 Bret Bowie Hays CT Bp. Smith June 08 Lucy Driscoll LaRocca CT Bp. Smith June 08 Daniel Duncan Lennox CT Bp. Smith June 08 Dawn Marie Stegelmann CT Bp. Smith June 08 John A. Satula CNY Bp. Adams November 06 Lee Ann D. Tolzmann MD Bp. Ihloff June 01 27

28 2009 Mary A. Canavan RI Bp. Ladhoff May 99 Peter F. Walsh AZ Bp. Grein 94 E. Bevan Stanley Nwk Bp. Walmsley June 83 Barbara K. Briggs WMA Bp. Scruton June 07 Paul A. Jacobson CT Bp. Smith June 09 William H. Mebane, Jr. CT Bp. Smith June 09 Debra K. A. Slade CT Bp. Smith June 09 W. Alfred Tisdale, Jr. CT Bp. Smith June 09 Leigh Preston ATL Bp. Alexander December 2006 Laura V. Queen LA Bp. Bruno June 03 Andrew W. Walter NY Bp. Sisk March 07 Paul R. Briggs WMA Bp. Wolf June 81 Suzannah Rohman VA Bp. Creighton June 99 Robert P. Clements WMA Bp. Moodey June 85 Rev. Kristina D. Lewis VT Bp. Ely June 05 Linda S. Arsenie CT Bp. Smith June 09 Diane M. Peterson CT Bp. Smith June 09 Elizabeth H. Skaleski CT Bp. Smith June 09 Joseph E. Shepley NY Bp. Buchanan June 96 James D. Speer MN Bp. Of the Yukon November 79 Alma H. Pollock WMA Bp. Stuart June 82 Robert W. Woodroofe, III MA Bp. Kellogg June Patrick Perkins CHI Bp. Lee June 09 Victoria Evelyn Baldwin CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Robert Joseph Hendrickson, III CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Eric Vincent Jeuland CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Jane Catherine Eppley Jeuland CT Bp. Douglas June 10 David Kevin McIntosh CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio CT Bp. Douglas June 10 Amanda K. Gott NH Bp. O'Neill June 05 James B. Lemler CHI Bp. Sheridan June 76 Judith Rhodes PA Bp. Johnson June 93 Geoffrey Ward Fdu L Bp. December 07 Judith Alexis OH Bp. Ottley July 06 Nathan Speck-Ewer ECR Bp. Smith 02 28

29 LAY DELEGATES ATTENDING CONVENTION 2010 ANSONIA, CHRIST William Banks AVON, CHRIST Richard Hall, Anna Whilby BETHANY, CHRIST Lloyd Ayer, William Brown ST. THOMAS, BETHEL Joseph Miccoli, BLOOMFIELD, OLD ST. ANDREWS Shirley Greiman, Sylvia Ho BRANFORD, TRINITY Diane Rowley, James Atkinson BRIDGEPORT, ST. GEORGE S Manual L. Silva BRIDGEPORT, ST. JOHN S Valzie Peterkin, Pamela Williams BRIDGEPORT, ST. MARK S William E. Barfield BRIDGEWATER, ST. MARK S Nancy Campbell BRISTOL, ST. JOHN S Janice Lee BROAD BROOK, GRACE Mary Wyse, Sandra Alzak CANAAN, CHRIST Lorma Davis CHESHIRE, ST. PETER S Alan Blume, Thomas Peters CLINTON, HOLY ADVENT Arthur Wiley COLLINSVILLE, TRINITY Keith Viering, Paul Atkins DANBURY, ST. JAMES Kevin Morgan, Linda Harrison, Lyn Meyers DANIELSON, ST. ALBAN S William Hoss DARIEN, ST. LUKE S Frank Kemp DERBY, IMMANUEL/ST. JAMES Harriet Rich DURHAM, EPIPHANY Robert Bartosiak EAST BERLIN, ST. GABRIEL S Holly Lee, Elizabeth Tamiso EAST HADDAM, ST. STEPHEN S Lynne Meyer EAST HARTFORD, ALL SAINTS Denise Robillard EAST HARTFORD, ST. JOHN S John Williams EAST HAVEN, CHRIST & EPIPHANY Robert Watts, Carol Ude EASTON, CHRIST Kristin Miles EAST WINDSOR, ST. JOHN S Ruth Jefferis ENFIELD, HOLY TRINITY Peter Jacobson, Donna Glatz ESSEX, ST. JOHN S Suzy Burke, Richard Lammlin FAIRFIELD, ST. PAUL S Charles Rhudy, Kathy Wiant TIMOTHY, ST. TIMOTHY S Lili Whitmer FAIRFIELD, TRINITY-ST. MICHAEL S Earl Dugan FARMINGTON, ST. JAMES Frederick Rowland, Todd Root 29

30 GALES FERRY, ST. DAVID S Hilda Ziegler, Stephen Forbes GLASTONBURY, ST. JAMES Caryl Donovan, Richard Edwards, Albert s Mollegen, Rebecca Lee GREENWICH, ST. BARNABAS Lori Samuel GUILFORD, CHRIST Jean Valentine, Kay Claiborn GUILFORD, ST. JOHN S (NORTH GUILFORD) Anthony Shattuck HAMDEN, GRACE & ST. PETER S William Hart, III HARTFORD, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL Rose Fichera Eagen, Richard Baraglia HARTFORD, GOOD SHEPHERD Paul Zimmerman, Dorothy Jackson HARTFORD, GRACE Richard Wegener HARTFORD, ST. JAMES Ada Ayala Ramos, Carlene Taylor HARTFORD, ST. MONICA S Terri Thomas HARTFORD, TRINITY Janet Wilkinson, Stephen Smith, Joseph Troiano HEBRON, ST. PETER S Marianne Marsh HUNTINGTON, ST. PAUL S Lilly Beall, Chris Hoinacki, Elizabeth Cahill IVORYTON, ALL SAINTS Elizabeth Galvin, Samuel Walker KENT, ST. ANDREW S Rebecca Trautmann KILLINGWORTH, EMMANUEL Marilyn Barnett LIME ROCK, TRINITY Geoffrey Brown LITCHFIELD, ST. MICHAEL S Margaret Sullivan MADISON, ST. ANDREW S Helen Kitzman, John Paulson MERIDEN, ST. ANDREW S Bruce Giannetti, Thomas Marshall MIDDLEBURY, ST. GEORGE S Barbara Fecteau MIDDLE HADDAM, CHRIST Donna Dube Hryb MIDDLETOWN, HOLY TRINITY Steven Horst, Pamela Ferguson MILFORD, ST. PETER S Stephen Winters MONROE, ST. PETER S Richard Orr, John Ehlers NAUGATUCK, ST. MICHAEL S Steven Sukovich, Kara Euvino, Frank Euvino NEW BRITAIN, ST. MARK S Katharine Carle, Garrett Holland, Robert Kissel NEW CANAAN, ST. MARK S Nancy McSorley, Catherine Hollstein NEW HAVEN, CHRIST Karen Johnson, Carrie Kelly NEW HAVEN, ST. JAMES James Honore NEW HAVEN, ST. JOHN S Terry Hare NEW HAVEN, ST. PAUL S & ST. JAMES Bevery Lett 30

31 NEW HAVEN, ST. THOMAS Dorothy Asch, Marjorie Robison NEW HAVEN, TRINITY Rose Pawlikowski, Karrie Hendrickson NEWINGTON, GRACE Karen Halpert, Beverly Manning NEW LONDON, ST. JAMES Grace Barnum, Barry Runyan NEW MILFORD, ST. JOHN S Flora Ellen Quammie, Jessica Keizer NEWTOWN, TRINITY Mark Benedict, Laurence Coleman NIANTIC, ST. JOHN S Robert Jennings, Richard Hall NORTH BRANFORD, ZION Ann McGloin, Diane Iglesias NORTHFORD, ST. ANDREW S Leslie Williams NORTH HAVEN, ST. JOHN S Joseph Carafeno, Joan Hunt NORWALK, CHRIST Jean S. Chappell NORWALK, ST. PAUL S John Sutton NORWALK, ST. PAUL S Catherine Gorlin NORWICH, CHRIST Linda Duplessis, Christine Murtha OAKVILLE, ALL SAINTS Edward Chamberlain, Judith Bratt OLD GREENWICH, ST. SAVIOUR S George Harnik OLD LYME, ST. ANN S James Beattie, Anne Rowthorn OLD SAYBROOK, GRACE William Brinley, David Kirpas, Joyce Brinley ORANGE, GOOD SHEPHERD Michael Burt, Lillian Burt OXFORD, ST. PETER S Linda Cleaver PINE MEADOW, ST. JOHN S Diane Hayes PLAINVILLE, OUR SAVIOUR Ronald Harrison, Wayne Pyle POMFRET, CHRIST Sky Bridgman, Carolyn Sloat PORTLAND, TRINIY Sean Donadio PUTNAM, ST. PHILIP S Susan Moon REDDING, CHRIST Carol Keil, Constance Borofsky RIDGEFIELD, ST. STEPHEN S Jamie Mosedale, Georgia Carrington RIVERSIDE, ST. PAUL S Andreas Duus, Robert Barolak ROCKY HILL, ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE John Woolley ROXBURY, CHRIST Barbara Dratch, Carol Stearns SALISBURY, ST. JOHN S David Hannegan SANDY HOOK, ST. JOHN S Cecelia Dalzell SEYMOUR, TRINITY Joetta Fredericks, Joyce Dainiak SHARON, CHRIST Philip Truax 31

32 SHELTON, GOOD SHEPHERD Linda Horbal SIMSBURY, ST. ALBAN S Jonathan Lynch SOUTHBURY, EPIPHANY Vickii Braucci SOUTH GLASTONBURY, ST. LUKE S Hayden Pratt SOUTHINGTON, ST. PAUL S Don Miller SOUTHPORT, TRINITY Janet Wahnquist, Catherine Avery SOUTH GLASTONBURY, ST. LUKE S James Jaresco SOUTH WINDSOR, ST. PETER S Jeffrey Waite, Gary Crenshaw STAFFORD SPRINGS, GRACE Joyce Steimer STAMFORD, CHURCH OF CHRIST THE HEALER Peter Romersa STAMFORD, ST. ANDREW S Susan Wabuda STAMFORD, EPIPHANIE EGLISE Ketty Jn Baptiste STAMFORD, ST. FRANCIS Cathy Ostuw, Frederica Paine STAMFORD, ST. JOHN S Sylvia Stearns, Roslyn Mainville STONINGTON, CALVARY Carole Barnard, Mary Hughes STORRS, ST. MARK S James Morrow STRATFORD, CHRIST Bruce Blanchard, Coleen Blanchard TARIFFVILLE, TRINITY Susan Galici TRUMBULL, CHRIST Penny Maloney, Mark Baird, Karen Holmes THOMASTON, ST. PETER S/THOMASTON Marc LeClerc TORRINGTON, TRINITY Eleanor Fox, Bruce Fox, James Allen TRUMBULL, GRACE Leonard Szustak TRUMBULL, TRINITY Arlene Stalvey VERNON, ST. JOHN S Shirley Cosman, Constance Satton WALLINGFORD, ST. PAUL S Andrew Bravo WATERBURY, ST. JOHN S Osvaido Pagan, Ryan White WESTBROOK, ST. PAUL S Petra Shearer WEST HARTFORD, ST. JAMES S Stephen Cobb, John Wadsworth WEST HARTFORD, ST. JOHN S W. Ross Hatch, Karen Stook WEST HARTFORD, ST. PAUL S MISSION OF THE DEAF Laurie Anderson WEST HAVEN, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Steven Mullins, Bonnie Mahmood WESTPORT, CHRIST & HOLY TRINITY Caleb Kenton Thomas, III, Jeannie Bunce WETHERSFIELD, TRINITY James Gonzalez, Kristine Gonzalez WILLIMANTIC, ST. PAUL S Diane Pierce 32

33 WILTON, ST. MATTHEW S Pam Ely, Stephen Hudspeth WINDHAM, ST. PAUL S Sally Muir WOLCOTT, ALL SAINTS Ouida Green, Donna Lydem WOODBURY, ST. PAUL S Richard Baird, Mahlon Breon, Nancy Gault WINDSOR, GRACE Terri Thomalla 33

34 MINUTES OF THE 226 TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT Friday, October 22, 2010 Christ Church Cathedral Hartford, Connecticut In accordance with the Constitution of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, the Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention of the Diocese was held on Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, 2010, in a place designated by the Bishop with the consent of the Diocesan Executive Council, viz, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut. Registration took place from 1-3pm in the Cathedral House. A Meet the Candidates Forum, moderated by the Rev. Peter A. R. Stebinger, President of the Standing Committee, was held in the Cathedral from 2-3pm. This offered an opportunity for delegates to meet candidates for the Standing Committee, Provincial Synod and the deputation to the 2012 General Convention. The Convention was called to order at 3:02pm by the President of the Convention, the Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Bishop of Connecticut, who led the opening devotions. Bishop Douglas offered thanks to the Very Rev. Mark Pendleton, Dean of the Cathedral and his staff, for their assistance and graciousness in hosting Convention. Dean Pendleton offered words of welcome to the Convention and was proud to acknowledge the lack of scaffolding on the Cathedral walls. Dean Pendleton, who also serves as the co-convener of the Connecticut Clergy Association, announced times when clergy can be photographed for the new clergy photo directory. Bishop Douglas introduced the Bishops Suffragan, the Rt. Rev. James Curry and the Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens who were seated in the chancel. He also introduced the Rev. Deacon Marjorie Roccoberton, Canon to the Ordinary; Chancellor Bradford Babbitt, Canon Jack Spaeth, Secretary of the Diocese; Lynn Brooks, the Treasurer of the Diocese and the Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Secretary of the Convention. The Bishop then called upon the Rev. Peter A. R. Stebinger, President of the Standing Committee, to certify the voting list of the clergy. Report of Credentials in the Clerical Order The Bishop and Clerical Members of the Standing Committee, in accordance with Canon XIII, at a meeting on 21 October 2010, prepared a roll of clergy canonically resident in the diocese and entitled to a seat and vote at the annual convention on October 22-23, The roll is submitted herewith: Bishops 8 Presbyters 306 Deacons 50 Total 364 In addition to the above clergy there is 1 bishop, 97 presbyters and 6 vocational deacons canonically resident in the diocese who are not entitled to a seat and vote by reason of not complying with Article IV of the Constitution. Respectfully submitted, The Rev. Peter A. Stebinger, President of the Standing Committee 34

35 The Bishop thanked Peter for his years of faithfulness and leadership on the Standing Committee, particularly in this last year as President, when he served under three different ecclesiastical authorities during the transition of Diocesan Bishops. Bishop Douglas then called on Mr. Lyn Meyers, Acting Secretary of the Standing Committee, to certify the list of lay delegates. Report of Credentials in the Lay Order The Secretary of the Diocese and the Lay Members of the Standing Committee, in accordance with Canon XIII, at a meeting on 21 October 2010, examined the list of Lay Delegates to the Convention and report as follows: We have carefully examined the certificates of election and have verified the names of all delegates and substitutes properly attested and the roll is submitted herewith 244 qualified lay delegates. In addition there are 16 lay members of the Executive Council, 1 lay member of the Standing Committee, 4 lay deputy members to General Convention and 6 elected lay Dean and Subdeans who are ex-officio members of the Convention with voice and vote. This is a total of 271 lay delegates. Respectfully submitted, Eugene Leitermann Secretary of the Standing Committee The Bishop recognized and thanked Gene Leitermann for his five years of service on the Standing Committee. The Bishop then requested that, absent objections, we would dispense with the Calling of the Rolls. There was no objection. The Bishop noted that a constitutional quorum is present and declared the Convention organized for business. Registration indicated that 212 clergy and 158 lay delegates or alternates were present on Friday, October 22, There were 221 clergy and 219 lay delegates present on Saturday, October 23, Bishop Douglas reminded Convention of the tradition of addressing one another by our Christian names, rather than by title. He asked that all who come forward to speak introduce themselves with their full names and the parish and town they represent. He also announced that all votes will be taken by a show of hands to better accommodate our hearing impaired communities and offer a more accurate way to record voting. He then called upon the Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Secretary of Convention, for some procedural announcements. She reminded non-delegates to please sit in the designated areas of the Cathedral balcony reserved for non-voting guests. Delegates are invited to sit on the main floor of the Cathedral nave and in the center section of the balcony. Exceptions are made for canonically resident priests-in-charge who are ineligible to vote, and non-canonically resident interim and assistant clergy who may sit with their parish delegations on the convention floor, but not vote. Visitors for whom sitting in the non-accessible balcony would pose a physical challenge may sit on the convention floor in a section designated for non-voters. Terry asked that delegates obtain prior permission from either herself or Jack Spaeth before they print/copy materials or secure caucus rooms. Approval of the Secretary of Convention is also needed to distribute written material to delegates or to place materials in the vendor/registration area. Unauthorized material will be removed. She announced that the Committee on the Bishop s Address will meet in the Library immediately after Convention adjourns this afternoon. Terry asked that no cell phones, pagers, computers be used in the Cathedral and that all such devices be silenced. All phone calls are to be 35

36 made outside the Cathedral buildings. Bishop Douglas called for the election of the Secretary of Convention and asked for the nomination of the Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Vicar of St. Paul s, Plainfield. She was nominated and seconded. There were no other nominations and Terry was elected. Canon Marjorie Roccoberton, Canon to the Ordinary, was asked to introduce newly ordained deacons and priests and those in the ordination process in the Diocese. She introduced the following: Postulants and Candidates Seeking Ordination to the Diaconate: Denise Adessa, St. John s, East Windsor; Dennis Kane, Grace Church, Hartford; Tom Mariconda, St. Paul s, Fairfield, and Sally Herring, St. Paul s, Norwalk. Postulants and Candidates Seeking Ordination to the Priesthood: Darryl Burke, St. Monica s, Hartford; Patrick Bush, Trinity, Tariffville; Carmen Germino, St. Paul & St. James, New Haven; Jack Gilpin, Christ Church, Roxbury; Nathan Ives, Trinity, Brooklyn; Fred Jenks, Christ Church, Bethany; Jules Jodko, St. Luke s, South Glastonbury; Rowena Kemp, Trinity/St. Michael s, Fairfield; Melissa Lamkin, Christ Church, Greenwich, Kim Litsey, Trinity, Hartford; Kristin Miles, Christ Church, Easton; Kelly Moughty, St. Luke s, Darien; Alan Murchie, St. Thomas, New Haven; Patricia Pasley, Christ Church, Bethany; Carolyn Sharp, St. Thomas, New Haven; Gary Taylor, St. James, Danbury; Keith Voets, Holy Trinity, Middletown; Andrew White, St. James, West Hartford. Transitional Deacons & Newly Ordained Priests serving in Connecticut The Rev. Victoria Baldwin, St. Paul & St. James, New Haven The Rev. Kathleen Hawkins-Berkowe (Dioc. of NY), St. John s, Stamford The Rev. Robert Hendrickson, Christ Church, New Haven, St. Hilda s House The Rev. Jane Jeuland, Trinity Church, Wethersfield, Chaplain at Yale-New Haven Hospital The Rev. Eric Jeuland, Interim Campus Minister for the University of Connecticut at St. Mark s Chapel, Storrs The Rev. Dr. David McIntosh, Trinity, Torrington and as a physician in private practice The Rev. Danielle Tumminio, Christ Church, Quincy, MA and working on her doctorate at Boston University The Rev. Julia Whitworth (Dioc. of NY), St. James, West Hartford The Rev Adam Yates (Dioc. of Chicago), St. Paul s, Norwalk All were warmly welcomed with applause. Bishop Douglas then called upon the Rev. Erik Larsen, Canon for Transition Ministry to introduce the new clergy placements in the diocese since the last Convention. Canon Larsen introduced the following clergy to much applause: Ann Broomell, Interim, St. Paul s, Fairfield Sandra Cosman, Transitional Ministry Developer, Greater Hartford Regional Ministry Susan Davidson, Priest-in-Charge, All Saints, Wolcott Amanda Gott, Rector, Grace & St. Peter s, Hamden Ron Kolanowski, Vicar, St. James, Poquetanuck Norman MacLeod, III, Interim, St. John s, Waterbury Susan McCone, Priest-in-Charge, St. John s, Washington Joseph Shepley, Priest-in-Charge, St. Paul s, Brookfield Heidi Truax, Priest-in-Charge, Trinity, Lime Rock Blake Wamester, Interim, St. David s, Gales Ferry Harrison West, Rector, Christ Church, Guilford Robert Woodroofe, Priest-in-Charge, St. Mark s, Bridgewater Judith Rhodes, Rector, St. Paul s, Fairfield 36

37 Bishop Douglas then asked the Convention for permission to allow the Rev. Ann Broomell, who is not a member of this Convention, to speak so that she could introduce a visitor. A motion was made to this effect, seconded, and passed with a two-thirds majority, thus granting permission for Ann to address the Convention. She introduced James Philip Kaleza who is the Assistant Diocesan Secretary in the Diocese of Zanzibar, Tanzania. He runs an NGO that works with Christian and Muslim youth in a population that is only 3% Christian. He is in Connecticut, sponsored by the Congregational Church in Fairfield. Mr. Kaleza thanked the Diocese of Connecticut for the warm welcome. The Rev. Don Hamer came forward to introduce Bishop Markus Ibrahim from the Diocese of Yola in the Province of Jos in the Church of Nigeria. Bishop Ibrahim is visiting Connecticut and studying at the International Peace Partner Program at Hartford Seminary. His diocese is composed of 20 million people, of whom half are Muslim and half are Christian. He will be in Connecticut for the rest of this academic year and is interested in visiting parishes that are interested in creating partnerships with parishes and dioceses in Africa. Bishop Markus was warmly welcomed. Bishop Douglas announced the appointment of the Assistant Secretaries: Ms. June Aziz (Christ Church Cathedral), the Rev. Michel Belt (St. James, New London), the Rev. Dexter Cheney (Retired), the Rev. Agnes Johnson (Deacon, St. John s, North Haven), the Rev. Robert Stocksdale (St. Andrew s, Meriden), the Rev. Amy Welin (Christ Church, Ansonia). The Secretary of Convention announced the appointment of the Convention Election Committee. Clergy Tellers: The Rev. Jane White-Hassler, Grace Church, Newington (Head Clergy Teller), the Rev. Michel Belt, the Rev. Robert Stocksdale, the Rev. Dexter Cheney. Lay Tellers: Mr. Robert Kissell, St. Mark s, New Britain (Head Lay Teller), Mr. Stephen Cobb, Mr. Lynn Brooks, Ms. Denise Holl. The tellers will be assisted by Canons Roccoberton & Spaeth and Chancellor Babbitt. Bishop Douglas called upon the Rev. Thomas Furrer (Trinity, Tarriffville), Chair of the Nominations Committee to present the list of nominees to diocesan commissions and committees. All of the following appointments were deemed ratified by Convention. Report of the Committee on Nominations 2010 (Italicized entries elected at this Annual Convention) Constitution and Canons The Hon. Bradford S. Babbitt, Chair The Rev. Robert Taylor The Rev E. Page Rogers Ms. Helen Benoit Mr. James C. Ervin Mr. Kevin Holland Committee on Resolutions The Rev. Joseph Pace, Chair Mr. Bradford S. Babbitt, Chancellor Canon John W. Spaeth, III, Secretary of the Diocese The Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Secretary of Convention Mr. William Barfield The Rev. Michel Belt The Rev. Thomas Furrer Ms. Susan Ransom The Rev. Kerith Harding Committee on Nominations The Rev. Thomas Furrer, Chair The Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Secretary of Convention 37

38 Canon John W. Spaeth, III, Secretary of the Diocese Committee on the Bishop s Address Mr. Bradford S. Babbitt, Chancellor The Rev. Joseph Pace, Chair, Resolutions Committee The Rev. Canon Marjorie Roccoberton, Canon to the Ordinary The Rev. Peter A. R. Stebinger, President of the Standing Committee Canon John W. Spaeth, III, Secretary of the Diocese The Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, Secretary of the Convention Cathedral Chapter The Rev. Emiliano Amat, Deacon (2011) Mr. Dann Jung (2011) The Rev. Audrey Murdock (2011) The Rev. Jane White-Hassler (2011) The Rev. Charles Davidson (2012) Mr. Robert Smith (2012) The Rev. Robert Stocksdale (2012) Ms. Gina Hernandez (2013) The Rev. Scott Lee (2013) The Rev. Leigh Preston (2013) The Rev. Rachael Thomas (2013) Ecclesiastical Court/ Disciplinary Board The Rev. Joseph Pace (2011) The Rev. Paul Carling (2011) Ms. Denise Holl (2011) Mr. Eric Rennie (2012*) The Rev. Linda Spiers (2012) Ms. Tokunbo Green (2012) The Rev. Charles A. Davidson (2013) Mr. Raymond J. Payne (2013*) The Rev. Robert Taylor (2013*) *Second four (4) year term Commission on Ministry The Rev. Mark Santucci, Chair The Rev. Jose Diaz The Rev. Annika Warren Mr. Phillip Hovey Mr. John Sutton The Rev. DeOla Barfield, Deacon The Rev. Thomas Furrer The Rev. Ellen Tillotson The Rev. Nancy Gossling, Chair, Committee II Dr. Nancy Horn Chair, Committee I-P Mr. Thomas White-Hassler chair, Committee L The Rev. Deacon Diane Caggiano, Chair, Committee I-D Ex-Officio: The Rev. Donald Richey, Archdeacon The Rev. Canon Marjorie Roccoberton, Canon to the Ordinary Commission on Liturgy and Music The Rev. Judith Greene, Chair Dr. John Anthony The Rev. Dana Campbell The Rt. Rev. James Curry Ms. Emily Perow The Rev. William Hardwick Sna. Marjorie Santiago Miss Jane-Elizabeth Hardy The Rev. Canon Robert Brooks Mr. Kevin Jones Ms. Deborah Gemma 38

39 The Episcopal Investment Funds (Donations and Bequests for Church Purposes) The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Bishop, President The Rt. Rev. James E. Curry, Bishop Suffragan, Vice President The Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan, Vice President Mr. John W. Spaeth, III, Secretary Treasurer The Hon. Edwin G. Hebb, Esq., Ex-Officio Mr. Bradford S. Babbitt, Esq., Ex-Officio Mr. David E. A. Carson (2011) Ms. Marnie Mueller (2011) Ms. Cynthia Steer (2012) Mr. Guy Cambria (2012) Mr. Clayton B. Spencer (2013) Mr. Timothy Schantz (2013) Mr. Lynn A. Brooks (2014) Mr. Robert Morton (2015) Mr. Richard Rohr (2015) Ms. Jane K. Inrig (2016)* Mr. Charles Walden (2016)* *Second Term Trustees for Support of the Episcopate Mr. Lynn A. Brooks Mr. John Fiske The Hon. Edwin G. Hebb Mr. Charles Morgan Ms. Marnie Mueller, Chair Mr. Raymond J. Payne Mr. Brian Sahlin Bishop Douglas stated that, absent objection, the Diocesan Executive Council and the Standing Committee will be authorized to fill vacancies in committees, commissions and trusts as may arise between now and the next Diocesan Convention. There was no objection. Chancellor Bradford Babbitt was recognized by the Bishop to present the Rule of Order and the Order of the Day on behalf of the Committee on Constitution and Canons. Chancellor Babbitt reminded the Convention of the Special Order of the Day adopted in May 1993: Anyone moving the adoption of a resolution may speak to it for up to five minutes. Any subsequent speakers pro or con will be limited to two minutes each. No one may speak a second time to the same resolution until all others wishing to speak have done so. Assistant Secretaries Robert Stocksdale and Dexter Cheney have been appointed timekeepers. Anyone addressing the Convention, including to make a parliamentary motion, must do so from a floor microphone. Motions may be seconded from your seat. Only properly registered delegates may address the convention unless permission is granted by a two-thirds vote of the Convention. Chancellor Babbitt presented the rules of order for the elections as follows: Standing Committee: The candidate in each order receiving the highest number of votes, provided it is a majority of the votes cast on the first ballot, will be elected to the five year term and the candidate with the lower number of votes will fill the unexpired term in each order. If no candidate receives a majority or if there is a tie in one or both orders on the first ballot, a second ballot will be distributed. On the second ballot, the candidate with the highest number of votes will be elected. General Convention/Provincial Synod: The candidates (to the required number) receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, provided that, in the case of the first ballot that 39

40 number be a majority of the whole number of votes cast for said office; and provided further that, if there be a failure to elect the required number of persons on the first ballot, or if a tie occur in the case of two or more persons having the same number of votes, another ballot shall be taken immediately for the places unfilled and, in either of such events, the candidates (to the required number) receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, the polls to be opened for that purpose for such time as the President shall direct. The next four candidates receiving the highest number of votes but not elected as deputies shall be declared elected as Alternate Deputies (Supplemental Deputies). Procedural note: General Convention: For the election of General Convention Deputies, there is one ballot with all nominee names thereon for each Order. The four highest vote getters are named as deputies in each Order and the next four highest are declared Alternate Deputies (Supplemental Deputies) in each Order. Chancellor Babbitt asked for unanimous consent to adopt the Order of the Day that was distributed to delegates in their registration packets. There being no objection, the following Order of the Day is adopted. Friday, October 22, pm Registration Opens in the lower level of Cathedral House, 45 Church Street. Vendors available in the Cathedral House Auditorium 2-3pm 3pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 4:50pm Meet the Candidates forum (with nominees for Standing Committee, Provincial Synod, General Convention 2012) in the Cathedral Convention Convenes. Call to Order. Opening Prayers Convention Business (Announcements, appointments, nominations, procedural business etc.) Bishop s Address 1 st Witness to God s Mission 5:00 Title IV Presentation by the Chancellor 5:45pm 6:15pm 2 nd Witness to God s Mission Evening Worship, including the seating of the Rev. Dr. Barbara T. Cheney as Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral Dinner on your own at Hartford area restaurants See for a list Saturday, October 23, :30am Morning Prayer in the Cathedral 8-9am 9am Registration and 1 st ballot for Standing Committee, Provincial Synod, General Convention Deputation in the lower level of the Cathedral House, 45 Church Street Opening Prayers. Convention reconvenes. 3 rd Witness to God s Mission 40

41 9:15am 9:45am 10:15am 10:30am Noon 1:30pm 2:30pm* 2:45pm Presentation and Discussion of Diocesan Budget Presentation of Convention Reports & Other Convention Business. 4 th Witness to God s Mission 2 nd Ballot distributed, if necessary. Begin debate on Resolutions Lunch Reconvene. 4 th & 5th Witness to God s Mission shared during the afternoon. Continue with debate on resolutions Adjournment & break to prepare for Holy Eucharist Convention Eucharist, including the dedication of a Cathedral stone carved in honor of Bishop Andrew D. Smith and given by the CT Episcopal Church Women *If resolution debate and other Convention business concludes prior to 2:45pm, the service of Holy Eucharist will begin at that point, after a 15 minute break to set up the Cathedral for worship Bishop Douglas asked if there were any new resolutions to be introduced at this Convention. There were none. Bishop Douglas then offered his Bishop s Address from the pulpit. DIOCESAN CONVENTION ADDRESS 226th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D. 22 October, 2010 Introduction The Apostle Paul writes in his second letter to the Christians at Corinth, Chapter 5, verses 17-18, 20: So if any one is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself... So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. Paul says: in Christ there is a new creation and we, you and I, are given that ministry of reconciliation. Newness and reconciliation go hand in hand in our life in Christ Jesus. Newness and reconciliation are about our common life in God s mission. I never thought I would be standing here in front of you as your bishop. Yet a year ago, this Sunday October 24th to be exact, you elected me your new diocesan bishop. And just over six months ago last week, the Diocese gathered to celebrate our new beginning together when I was ordained and consecrated bishop at the Koeppel Community Sports Center the hockey rink at Trinity College here in Hartford. I was, and continue to be, humbled and honored by the invitation to come and be among you as your bishop. This vocation of bishop of Connecticut is a wonderful, new and surprising reality for me (and I have heard that it has also been a surprise for some of you too). God does work in strange and amazing ways! So I want to begin by saying thank you. First I want to thank God for the gift of this new life, this new creation with you in the Body of Christ here in Connecticut. And I want to thank you and all the people of the Diocese of Connecticut. You have all been so warm, loving, gracious and generous to Kristin, our 41

42 children and me over the last year. I can say, without hesitation, that the last year of my life has been one of the most exciting, exhilarating, positive, and yes, fun-filled times of my life. I just love being here with all of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The thing that excites me most about being your bishop is that everywhere that I go in the Diocese I see a passion for mission; an incredible excitement for and commitment to what God is up to in the world through Jesus Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit. I think this is worth repeating. Everywhere I go in Connecticut I find an incredible excitement and passion for God s mission. Note here that I say: for God s mission, not the Church s mission, not your mission, not my mission, but rather God s mission. For fundamentally what we are called to participate in by virtue of our baptism is the mission of God, the missio Dei. Now in this address I want to focus on four particular aspects of our common life in service to God s mission. They are: 1) The nature of God s mission: God s story in mission. 2) The urgency of God s mission for a hurting and broken world. 3) The telling of our stories in God s mission and how this might lead to a Mission Discernment Initiative for the Diocese. 4) The implications for who we are as a Diocese when we are oriented to God s mission. The nature of God s mission: God s story in mission What is the mission of God? What is the work of God in the world that we share in because of our baptism? For baptism is indeed our commission, co-mission, in God s mission. The Catechism in the back of the Book of Common Prayer says that the mission of the Church, or more correctly put the mission of God in which the Church is privileged to participate, is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ (BCP p.855) restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. God s mission, the mission of God, is that profound restoring, reconciling action in the world by which the goodness and possibility of a bountiful, loving creation in and through God is made new. God s mission, God s desire, is to bring about healing, wholeness, and right-relationship. This then is God s story God s story in mission. Holy Scripture is fundamentally the story of God s mission, the story of how God brings about restoration and reconciliation in the world; it s the story of what God has been up to since the beginning of creation. God in God s abundant love created the universe and all that is in it. In the differentiation of creation, God created light from dark, water from sky, dry land from the seas, creatures of the ocean, air and land, and finally humankind, made in God s image. And all creation echoed with the refrain of God s love: And it was good! No sooner, however, had God created this abundant and life-giving creation than humanity turned against God and one another, choosing to live unto ourselves. Our catechism thus tells us that, sin is the seeking of our own will instead of the will of God, thus distorting our relationship with God, with other people, and with all creation. (BCP p.848) Sin is about broken relationship and alienation alienation from God, alienation from one another, and alienation from creation. But the good news is that God, because God is a God of abundant love, does not leave us alone in our alienation. No God, in God s love, seeks right-relationship; wants us to be restored to unity with God and each other. God continually seeks after us to restore us and reconcile us to God and one another. Hebrew scripture tells us that God initially sought to repair the world through a particular people, the people of Israel. Through Abraham and Sarah, God established a covenant by which the people of Israel could be a light to the nations, a point of reconciliation between God and all people. To help effect this right relationship God gave the Law, not as a punitive set of proscriptions but rather as a guide, a means by which the people of Israel could be bound up in God s mission of restoration and reconciliation. And when the leaders of Israel turned their backs on God seeking their own will instead of the will of God, then God sent the prophets to call the people back into right relationship. The Law and the Prophets are all about how God is bringing about God s reconciliation in the world. As Christians we believe further that God s mission of restoration and reconciliation did not end with the covenant with Abraham and with the Law and the Prophets. We believe that God took a new and unique step to effect right relationship, healing and wholeness. We believe that through the incarnation, 42

43 life, death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ there is a new creation. In Jesus, fully human and fully divine, God crosses the divisions between an errant humanity and the loving creator. God becoming one of us in Jesus provides us a new way, a new covenant, by which we can be restored to unity with God and each other. God s mission to bring about right-relationship is made accessible for all in Jesus as the one who broke down the dividing walls of hostility between us and God, and between ourselves and each other. And so the Body of Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit in Pentecost, is thus called to continue in God s mission to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. The witness of the Apostle Paul and the epistles provide testimony to how the Body of Christ, the Church, is called to this mission of God. While the Church often falls far short of its vocation in God s mission as evident in the epistles the call, the vocation to effect wholeness, healing, right relationship in the world is no less urgent today then it was for the early followers of Jesus. God s mission of restoration and reconciliation will continue until we are all gathered around the throne of God in right-relationship with God and each other at the end of time, as envisioned in the Book of Revelation. This is God s story. God loves the world and us so much that God will do anything, anything even become human, to bring us into a new, restored, reconciled, right-relationship with God and each other. Paul proclaims this story of God s mission: So if any one is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself... So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. The urgency of God s mission for a hurting and broken world Oh my God (literally!), is the world still in need of God s mission of restoration and reconciliation today. As we look around us: in the world, in this great nation of ours, in the state of Connecticut and in our local communities, in our parishes and congregations, in our families and in our own personal lives, we sadly find alienation and distorted relationships wherever we cast our gaze. In the world where war and violence seem to be on the increase, whether in Central Asia or in Africa, we seem to be further away from God s reign of justice, compassion and wholeness than we have ever been. Ten years ago, at the turn of the new millennium, all the nations of the world came together committing to eight goals that, if realized, would radically reshape the world. These eight Millennium Development Goals, the MDGs, sought to: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat disease, ensure environmental stability, and develop a global partnership for development. The Anglican Communion, The Episcopal Church, and yes even we in the Diocese of Connecticut joined with the nations of the world to meet the Millennium Development Goals. But the sad news is that ten years into the 15-year commitment to the MDGs, we find that not only are we not meeting the goals but the world has in fact become much worse off in many places. God s mission of restoration and reconciliation globally is needed now more than ever. And in our country, it seems that everywhere we look we are increasingly alienated from each other in ever more distorted human and political relationships. Our political system, once the great democratic hope of many, is strained almost to the point of breaking in this election season. Tea Party members, Democrats, and Republicans are all pointing the finger at each other blaming one other for the harsh economic and political times in which we live. And there is no lack of incivility and even hate in our society today as we scapegoat the other, the marginalized, the one who is different, in an attempt to alleviate our fears, our insecurities, and our sense of loss. Persecution of migrants and immigrants who cross our nation s border looking for work and a better life, verbal and even physical attacks on people of the Islamic faith with accusations that they are terrorists, are all symptoms of the alienation in our country today. God s mission of restoration and reconciliation in our country is needed now more than ever. And here in Connecticut it seems as if individuals and families are working harder and harder yet falling further and further behind. New Census data confirms that poverty has risen sharply over the last decade due to the economic recession. In 2009, 9.4% of Connecticut residents had incomes under the Federal Poverty Level, up from 7.3% in Among Connecticut children under age 18, 12.1% lived in families with incomes under the Federal Poverty Level in And yet Connecticut per capita 43

44 income is one of the highest, if not the highest, in the nation. What does this gross mal-distribution of our common-wealth say about our state and our local communities? How does the economic crisis in which many of us are struggling get manifested in distorted relationships among the citizens of Connecticut? God s mission of restoration and reconciliation in our state is needed now more than ever. And what about the Church, are we immune from this? Ecumenically we seem to be in a state of flux and decline as old models of cooperation in regional and state ecumenical councils no longer seem to be viable. At the same time, newspapers and blogs have a field day proclaiming the demise of the Anglican Communion as we continue to wrestle with hard questions of difference, be they differences over biblical interpretation, the place of women in the Church, or the full inclusion of gay and lesbian people. In The Episcopal Church, parishes, and even some dioceses, continue to threaten leaving the Episcopal Church in internecine power struggles. What results all too often is increased alienation and bitter relationships between sisters and brothers in Christ. And here in the Diocese of Connecticut, harsh economic realities seem to nip at the heels of our congregational life. How many of you here this afternoon cannot say that you are not anxious about your parish budget? God s mission of restoration and reconciliation in the Church is needed now more than ever. Many of you have heard me say a few times in my brief time here in Connecticut, The devil is not stupid. There is nothing the evil one wants more than for us as Christians to turn our backs on God s mission of restoration and reconciliation, wallowing in a spirit of, I can t, or we can t, or God can t. The devil wants nothing more than for us to be dragged down by the problems of the world, this nation, our state, or the Church. But that is not what God wants. Rather what God wants is for us to stand up, act boldly, and proclaim: Get thee behind me Satan. I have work to do in God s mission. The telling of our stories in God s mission: a Mission Discernment Initiative So how might we do this? How shall we discern? How might we find anew our place, our vocation, individually and corporately in God mission of restoration and reconciliation? One way of being renewed, of discerning our role in God s mission is, by locating our lives as Christians within the story of God s mission. When we tell our stories of faith, when we tell our stories of the moments that we have been swept up in the restoring, reconciling love of God, then we begin to see again in new ways how God strengthens us and binds us one to another in service to what God is up to in the world. Locating our stories, individually and corporately, in God s story gives us new hope, new possibility, new energy, new excitement to serve God s mission in the world. When we as Christians tell our faith stories in the context of the story of God s mission, then we are reborn with a new sense of power and possibility as the Body of Christ to serve God s restoring and reconciling action in the world. Let me say that again: when we tell our own personal stories of how we have been swept up in, connected to God s healing, restoring, reconciling work in the world, then we find new meaning as the Body of Christ as a whole. This new identity in the Body of Christ, this new creation in Jesus, then gives us as the Church new focus, new possibility, new energy to serve God s restoring, reconciling action in the world. As we tell our individual stories in God s story, we discover anew our common story and are empowered for new action in service to God s mission. This is the work, the newness, that God holds out for us in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. I believe that God is calling us to tell our own personal stories, out loud, in public, of how we have found restoration and reconciliation in the loving embrace of God. Yes, I do mean Episcopalians telling how God is active in our lives. Can you believe it, actually telling our stories of what God is up to in our lives? Dare we say witnessing to the Love of God in Jesus? To that end you will hear stories from eight sisters and brothers in Christ in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, two each in four different time slots, during this convention. Each of these witnesses will share a very brief story of how they have been caught up in God s restoration and reconciliation in their own lives. Listen to these stories with open hearts; let them wash over you, as icons of God s mission. I do believe that as we tell our stories of how we have been swept up individually in God s mission of restoration and reconciliation, we rediscover our commonality and communion together as the Body of Christ in our local eucharistic communities our parishes and congregations as well as in other communities of practice, be they committees, commissions or other pan-diocesan groupings such as the Episcopal Church Women, the Union of Black Episcopalians, Integrity, or the new Connecticut Clergy Association. When we tell our stories in God s mission we will become even more profoundly the Diocese of Connecticut as a whole, in service to God s mission. 44

45 And so I call the Diocese of Connecticut to engage in a process of story telling, individually and corporately, so that we may more fully discover our common life and common action in God s mission. More specifically I ask this convention to affirm by resolution that the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut enter into a Mission Discernment Initiative. This Mission Discernment Initiative will be an ongoing process that will: 1) invite us to tell our individual stories in God s mission, 2) help us to discover anew our commonality, our common story, as the Diocese of Connecticut in service to God s mission, and then 3) lead us to make decisions about how to use the incredible, abundant resources God has given us to serve more faithfully God s mission of restoration and reconciliation in our communities, across this state and nation, and to the ends of the earth. The Mission Discernment Initiative is not envisioned as a time-limited program, a one off been-theredone-that planning event promulgated by some office in Hartford located at 1335 Asylum Ave. It is much larger than that. It is an invitation for each and every one of us, individually and corporately, to discover anew who we have been, who we are, and who God wants us to be as Episcopalians in the Diocese of Connecticut in service to God s mission. More specifically, the Mission Discernment Initiative will provide leadership training so that all local eucharistic communities and all communities of practice in the Diocese can become more aware of and articulate about how we are to serve God s mission. As we become more aware of and articulate about how we are to serve God s mission, then we will be better equipped as a diocese to discern what specific steps, what strategic initiatives God s wants us to take in order to become more faithful ambassadors for Christ. I hope and pray that this Convention is bold enough to take this step in faith, to take this step forward in God s mission. The implications for who we are as a diocese when we are oriented to God s mission In this address you might hear a new or different missiology and ecclesiology than that which has historically been common in the Diocese of Connecticut. (It s true I could not get through a public presentation without using the words, missiology which means theology of mission, and ecclesiology how we order our common lives as the Church!) So now I want to make explicit how I understand what a diocese is, in service to God s mission. Anglican tradition holds that a diocese is the united witness of Christians in their local parishes and congregations in a particular geographic region. There is no diocese separate from the common life of those gathered around the altars of local eucharistic communities in a specific area. There is no diocese separate from the congregations and parishes, chaplaincies and missions, in which all of you live and move and have your being. And while there is no diocese separate from the witness of the parishes and congregations, the other side of the equation is also true: no parish or congregation exists separate from the diocese as a whole. Each local eucharistic community is intimately bound up in the life and witness of other parishes and congregations, whether they acknowledge this reality or not. We cannot be catholic small c, meaning universal Christians without sharing in the common life of the parishes and congregations that make up the diocese. Obviously, what I am saying here has implications for how we see ourselves and how we live our lives as the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. The Diocese of Connecticut is indeed the united witness and service to God s mission of Episcopalians in 170+ parishes, congregations, chaplaincies and missions in Connecticut nothing more, nothing less! The Diocese of Connecticut is not the bishop or some office building with staff in Hartford. To this end the old sign at 1335 Asylum Ave that reads, Diocesan House, has been retrieved and re-hung, because it reflects the reality that the Diocese exists in our parishes and congregations and not in an office building far away in Hartford. So please do not refer to Diocesan House and the faithful work of the gifted and dedicated people who work at 1335 Asylum Ave (for whom I am incredibly indebted and thankful) as the Diocese Asylum Ave is not the Diocese; the staff is not the Diocese; I am not the Diocese. You and the parishes, congregations, chaplaincies and missions that sent you here are the Diocese. This view of the Diocese, which I would argue is quintessentially Anglican, does have implications for our common life as it is expressed financially. Here I want to say just a few words about how we see our budget and how our parishes and congregations participate in our common budget. Our budget, and I want to underscore that it is our budget and not some other entity s budget, is based upon a common sharing of our common God-given resources for the sake of our common witness and common action in God s mission. Clearly common is the operative word here. The call to share 12.5 % of 45

46 one s local parish income in a diocesan-wide budget, a call enacted by this Convention when you pass the budget, is a common commitment made by the whole for the sake of the whole. The 12.5 % sharing is thus a manifestation of our common life as the Diocese Connecticut. It is not a tax. Our parish and congregations participation in the diocesan budget might even be considered somewhat sacramental an outward and visible sign (our money or more correctly put, God s money) of an inward and spiritual grace (our common life in Christ.) So not participating fully in the diocesan budget at the local parish and congregational level limits both the local eucharistic community, and the Diocese as a whole, of our potential and common life in God s mission. Now the budget that we will consider at this convention is basically a flat budget from last year. There are, however, a few new modest expenditures in support of the Mission Discernment Initiative. Projections based on parochial reports for 2009 will produce $4,400,000 if all parishes pledge at the same rate as last year, which was 9.3%, but if we are to have a balanced budget all parishes and congregations will have to participate at least near the 12.5%. OK, enough said. The way by which we order our common lives as the Church (the ecclesiology) that I am putting forward here not only has implications for our common identity and common budget as the Diocese of Connecticut, but it also has implications for how we understand the episcopate, the office of bishop. The episcopate, particularly in the tradition of the American Episcopal Church, is not some monarchical exercise of power over. Rather the episcopate is fundamentally about an office whose sole purpose is to build up and support the Body of Christ in service to God s mission. It is thus no coincidence then that The Episcopal Church initiated the missionary episcopate in the early 19th century to help extend the Church into new mission frontiers. As someone called to be a bishop among you, I see myself as an inheritor of that missionary episcopate whose sole purpose is to build up and support the Body of Christ in service to God s mission. As such I am a networker for God s mission, serving to help link all of you together as you seek to be more faithful to God s mission in your own lives and communities. And I share this office with two incredibly faithful, gifted and committed individuals, Bishop James Curry and Bishop Laura Ahrens. I am so blessed to share the office of the episcopate with Laura and Jim. They are a constant source of joy, challenge, and support as together we are bishops for all of you here in Connecticut. I want to underscore that together the three of us inhabit the singular office of the episcopate. While we each might have different portfolios, different gifts, different spheres of work, we are united in the fact that we are called to do this work together in a mutually responsible and interdependent manner. Let me say it again: Connecticut has one episcopate embodied by three bishops. Jim, Laura and I hope to model the unity of the office of the episcopate by sharing responsibilities in new ways including co-presiding at this convention. Thank you Laura and Jim for your collegiality, friendship, and love. You are the best! Before closing, I want to name very briefly a few additional items of concern, opportunities for our faithfulness to God s mission that are or will be before the Diocese in the near future. The first is the call to address the ongoing suffering of people of Haiti in the wake of last January s horrendous earthquake, and now, sadly, the new outbreak of cholera. Many, many of you have been involved in addressing the relief and development needs of the people of Haiti, and the Episcopal Church of Haiti in particular. I thank you and I thank God for your love and generosity. But the needs of the people of Haiti will not be met easily. There will be ongoing calls for us to give and work sacrificially for the rebuilding of Haiti. To that end in the coming months there will be a 10 million dollar appeal advanced by the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church to help rebuild the Episcopal Church of Haiti. You will hear more about this appeal in due course, and when you do I ask that each and every one of our parishes, congregations, chaplaincies and missions participate generously. Secondly, as I suspect many of you are aware, there is now before the churches of the Anglican Communion a proposed Anglican Covenant. This covenant is intended as a new means by which the churches of the Anglican Communion can grow into deeper and more meaningful relationships. Some see the Covenant, however, as a tool for excluding some churches from inter-anglican life because of beliefs and actions related to the full inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the life of the Church. Whether we see the proposed Anglican Covenant as a means of deepening relationships or as a tool for exclusion is the question that is now before the churches of the Anglican Communion. The 2012 General Convention thus will consider how The Episcopal Church responds to the Anglican Covenant. In preparation for the next General Convention, all dioceses in The Episcopal Church have been asked 46

47 to weigh in on how we see the Anglican Covenant. I have asked that the evaluation of the Anglican Covenant by the Diocese of Connecticut be led by the deputies to General Convention that you will elect at this convention, given that they will be voting on the same in I ask that you keep this responsibility in mind as you mark your ballots for deputies to the 2012 General Convention. Speaking of the Anglican Covenant and the General Convention leads me to note that questions of how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered sisters and brothers in Christ are included in the life of the Church remain central concerns in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. This is not the time and place for me to articulate my full understanding on these concerns (and I do not have the time even if I wanted to). I do want to say, however, that I see the norms and procedures for the Diocese of Connecticut advanced by Bishop Andrew Smith in these matters as consistent with the intent and direction of Resolution C056 of the 2009 General Convention. I thus have no plans to change Bishop Smith s direction at this time. Conclusion I want to conclude where I began with a spirit of gratitude and excitement. I thank our loving creator God for God s restoring, reconciling mission in Jesus Christ. I thank God that in the power of the Holy Spirit and through baptism, each and everyone of us is called and empowered to join God in God s mission. And I thank God for all of you, the Diocese of Connecticut, for your expressed hope and possibility in God s mission. Thank you for asking me to come and be a part of that newness and reconciliation in God s mission here in the Diocese of Connecticut. It is all so very exciting! Since we are in Christ, there is a new creation. Everything old has passed away; see everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us, given us, the ministry of reconciliation. We are indeed ambassadors for Christ. Let us share our stories of God s love with each other and with the world and so be drawn more deeply into God s mission to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. AMEN At the conclusion of his address, Bishop Douglas called upon the Rev. Marion Stinson from St. Luke s, Glastonbury and Mr. Jack Pearson from Trinity, Hartford to present the first two Witnesses to God s Mission in their lives. As Bishop Douglas introduced in his address, each of these witnesses will share a very brief story of how they have been caught up in God s restoration and reconciliation in their own lives. After a brief ten minute stretch break, the Convention gathered in prayer upon learning news of the fire that engulfed the chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary that afternoon. Chancellor Brad Babbitt then offered a detailed Powerpoint presentation on the new Title IV provisions that will be voted upon as Resolution #3 on Saturday. Ms. Flora Quammie of St. John s, New Milford and the Rev. Elsa Worth presented the next two Witnesses to God s Mission. After some final announcements, the Convention took a short break to set up for Evening Worship at 6:15pm. The service featured Rhythms of Grace, and included the seating of the Rev. Dr. Barbara T. Cheney as Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. Upon conclusion of worship, the Convention was in recess until 9am Saturday, October

48 Saturday, October 23, 2010 Morning Prayer was offered in the Cathedral at 7:30am. Registration began at 8am and included the first ballot of elections for Standing Committee, 2012 General Convention deputation and delegates to Provincial Synod. The Convention was called to order at 9:03am by Bishop Ian Douglas, who then invited Bishop Laura Ahrens to preside over the morning session. Bishop Ahrens opened with prayer, including prayers for Haiti, and Virginia Theological Seminary, following the destruction of its chapel in a fire yesterday. The Secretary of Convention, the Rev. Eleanor Applewhite Terry, made some opening announcements, including the provision that voting is extended until 9:30am to accommodate late arrivals due to construction delays on I-84. She reminded all clergy that they may have their photos taken for the new CT Clergy Association Clergy Directory until 4pm today. Bishop Douglas address from yesterday afternoon is available online on the diocesan web site. She reminded delegates of seating arrangements to accommodate voting by hand. Bishop Ahrens called upon Bates Lyons, from St. Monica s, Hartford, Chair of the Program and Budget Committee, and Lynn Brooks, Treasurer of the Diocese, to present and offer discussion of the 2011 Diocesan Budget. Lyons encouraged delegates to see what spiritual blessings are offered as a result of this budget, including congregational development, leadership training, Camp Washington, clergy development and staff support. The struggling economy presented ongoing challenges for the development of this budget. Parishes requesting support were required to be current with their parochial audit reports. For 2011, the net income projected from parishes will approximate$4.8 million, which is a drop from previous years of about 9.8%. Considering this constraint, the budget was able to meet some of the budget requests, while falling short of fully funding all requests by an approximate amount of $450,000. Despite all the financial challenges, the Program and Budget Committee proposes a budget of $5,365,643 with a prayerfully manageable deficit of $30,643. It is expected that parishes will fulfill their requirement of 12.5% contribution to the diocese. Lyons indicated the Program and Budget Committee will carefully follow the expenditures and income of the diocese and will make adjustments as needed. This budget was approved by the Executive Council at its most recent meeting. Lyons moved that the 226 th Convention adopt the budget of $5,365,643. Bishop Ahrens called upon the Rev. Audrey Scanlon, Rector of Church of Our Savior, Plainville and St. Gabriel s in East Berlin, to present the results of the Bishop s Fund for Children 5K Race. She offered thanks to all the parishes and individuals who supported and participated in the race. This year the Fund benefitted 32 programs that serve children at-risk in our diocese. She encouraged congregations to distribute Bishop s Fund for Children s mite boxes in Advent. This year s winner of the Bishop s Big Trophy is again Christ Church, Roxbury, for raising the most pledges for the race. Bishop Ahrens then called upon Jean Handler, Executive Director of Camp Washington and Kent Thomas to present the results of the Hastings Open golf tournament for Camp Washington. Handler referenced her written report that is printed in the delegate packet. She thanked everyone for their support of the Hastings Open. As a result, they were able to give out 27 scholarships totaling $27,000 to allow children to attend Camp Washington. She thanked Tom Bott and the parish of Trinity, Torrington for their financial and volunteer support for the Hastings Open. Handler introduced Kent Thomas, the new chair of the newly renamed Bishops Open for Camp Washington. Thomas announced a new venue for next year, Buck s Landing in Southington. The new, lower price, is $150 per golfer. The date is June 22,

49 Bishop Ahrens called upon Lynn Brooks, Treasurer, to present the Treasurer s Report, which is printed in the delegate packet. He asked that a motion be offered to accept the report as printed. It was moved and seconded. The motion carried. Brooks assured the Convention that the necessary financial policies and procedures are in place and are being followed and that the diocese is financially stable. He noted that the diocesan staff is extremely competent and capable, as is born out in the annual audit reports. He cautioned that the financial strength of the diocese is eroding as we continue to use our reserves to meet our operating expenses, despite the great efforts made by the diocesan staff to manage expenses well below budget year after year. The problem is on the revenue side, where the average pledge from the parishes has been in decline. Brooks welcomed the work of the Mission Discernment Initiative and envisions a very different and freer budget process in the years ahead as a result. Bishop Ahrens then called upon Secretary Terry to read the proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Episcopal Church as required by the 76 th General Convention. RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO DIOCESES FROM THE 76TH GENERAL CONVENTION January 1, 2010 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, FIRST READING The following Constitutional amendments shall be read by the Secretary of the Diocesan Convention preceding the final vote at the 77th General Convention in 2012, such reading to be certified by the Diocesan Convention with the Secretary of the General Convention. B015: Amend Constitution Article I.4 Resolved, That lines 3 and 4 and 11 of Article I.4 of the Constitution (page 2) be amended to change the name of the "Convocation of the American Churches in Europe" to "Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe" as follows: Sec. 4. The Church in each Diocese which has been admitted to union with the General Convention, each area Mission established as provided by Article VI, and the Convocation of the American Episcopal Churches in Europe, shall be entitled to representation in the House of Deputies by not more than four ordained persons, Presbyters or Deacons, canonically resident in the Diocese and not more than four Lay Persons, confirmed adult communicants of this Church, in good standing in the Diocese but not necessarily domiciled in the Diocese; but the General Convention by Canon may reduce the representation to not fewer than two Deputies in each order. Each Diocese, and the Convocation of the American Episcopal Churches in Europe, shall prescribe the manner in which its Deputies shall be chosen. B029: Amend Constitution Article II.2 Resolved, That the 76th General Convention amend Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church as follows: Sec. 2. No one shall be ordained and consecrated Bishop until the attainment of thirty years of age; nor without the consent of a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses, and the consent of a majority of the Bishops of this Church exercising jurisdiction. But if the election shall have taken place within one hundred twenty days before the meeting of General Convention, the consent of the House of Deputies shall be required in place of that of a majority of the Standing Committees. No one shall be ordained and consecrated Bishop by fewer than three Bishops. D029: Amend Constitution Article VIII Resolved, That the last paragraph of Article VIII of the Constitution is amended by the addition of a final sentence as follows: No minister of such a Church ordained by other than a Bishop, apart from any such ministers 49

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