Below
are links and information about this important event in the life of the
church:
The Diocese of East Tennessee submitted three resolutions to General
Convention. Below is the status of those resolutions:
(View the text of the resolution by clicking links below)
B018
Stewardship Resources (Bishop vonRosenberg’s resolution to redirect funds away from our church structures and meetings and put them to use instead in the service of mission)
Passed both houses and was used by the Program Budget and Finance Committee in creating The Episcopal Church Budget that was adopted by convention.
C073
Re-evaluation of Care of the Chronically Mentally Ill
Referred to the Standing Committee on Health to develop a church policy on this issue. The Committee on National and International Concerns felt this was too important an issue and required more attention than they could give it at the convention.
C071
Health Coverage for All
Passed by both houses with minor amendments. During discussion in the
House of Deputies, it was raised up by a delegate from another state as
an example of a resolution that can benefit the entire church. With this
legislation, the diocesan Bioethics Committee produced a three-session
curriculum on universal healthcare that has been made available to the
entire Episcopal Church: Health
Care coverage for All: Discussion Guide for Churches.
General Convention News and Information:
- View
Legislation section of the General Convention web site, contains
the official, searchable database of all resolutions and actions taken
on each.
- Summary
of Actions of the 76th General Convention was prepared
by the Rev'd Dr. Gregory Straub, Secretary of the House of Deputies
and of the General Convention. In addition, Episcopal News Service prepared
an unofficial abbreviated
descriptive summary of some of the General Convention actions.
- General
Convention web site is the official site of the 76th General
Convention.
- Letter
to Archbishop of Canterbury was sent by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts
Schori and House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson regarding resolution
(D025)
Commitment and Witness to Anglican Communion.
-
Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury was sent by Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori and House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson
regarding Liturgies for Blessings, resolution (C056).
- Diocesan blog
contains daily impressions, activities and insights by the bishop, duputies
and Canon Stephen Askew throughout General Convention.
- East
Tennessee deputation a page from the diocesan blog site, has
pictures of deputies and information about the House of Deputies.
- Bishop
vonRosenberg – House of Bishops a page from the diocesan blog
site with information about the House of Bishops and Bishop vonRosenberg.
- Convention
Daily newspaper was available each morning at the Starbucks
in the convention hotel and at the Anaheim Convention Center. It contains
many articles of interest from the convention.
- General
Convention Media Hub provided complete coverage of the convention
and was widely accessed by members of The Episcopal Church, media and
individuals interested in watching and reading about the proceedings.
- General
Convention on Twitter provided short bites of information throughout
the proceedings.
-
General Convention Schedule a pictorial view of the schedule of the entire General Convention.
- Episcopal
Life Online covered all aspects of the convention as they occurred.
- Episcope
provided another view into the General Convention.
- TECtube
The Episcopal Church on UTube had a different take on the proceedings.
- ECW
Triennial Gathering the official web site of the ECW Triennial,
but see the Convention
Daily newspaper for coverage and pictures of the event.
- How Resolutions
move through General Convention a PDF provided by the Diocese
of Connecticut depicting the process of developing and considering a
resolution.
- Downloadable
bulletin inserts were created by Episcopal News Service
to assist congregations in their understanding of the General Convention.
Our thanks go to the diocese of Connecticut for making its resources
available to the whole church, and to ELO and ENS for their reporting
on the General Convention.
Many thanks go also to the bishop and elected members of the East Tennessee
deputation for their preparation leading up to and work following General
convention and for their work in Anaheim: The Rev. Cal Calhoun, rector,
Good Samaritan, Knoxville, and chair of the deputation; Lynn Schmissrauter,
Katie Piper, Herb Berl, Bob Strimer, lay deputies; Jim Shearouse, Legislative
Secretary for the House of Deputies; Gregg Duncan and James Johnson, lay
alternates; the Rev. Peter Keese, the Rev. Maggie Zeller, the Rev. John
Talbird, clergy deputies; and the Rev. Kay Reynolds, the Rev. Ann Markle,
the Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett, clergy alternates.
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