Hello!
The last gavel has struck and we're about to begin our journeys home.
Over the past two days, the General Convention has decided over three hundred resolutions on the work of the church. Some highlights of those votes are below.
We also participated in the closing Eucharist of the convention, celebrated by the Presiding Bishop and preached by the Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burroughs, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis. I commend to you her sermon - available now as part of
the recorded service and later on as a standalone video.
The text is available here.
Thank you for reading our deputation updates and for keeping the Convention in your prayers these two weeks. Please continue to pray for the deputies and bishops as they begin to head home tonight and tomorrow.
Signing off from Austin,
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Katie Forsyth
Canon for Evangelism & Networking
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Updates on the Convention
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Episcopal Church and United Methodist Dialogue
All Episcopalians encouraged to engage with the proposal
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The resolution asks all Episcopalians to utilize the resources available online, (
umc-tec.org
) to understand the substance of the dialogue and its goal toward full communion between the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church over the next triennium. The vote on the proposed agreement would take place at the next General Convention in 2021.
Among other things, full communion would enable clergy from one denomination to serve in the other with approval from the local bishop.
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Deputy Spotting:
Deputies Brian Chace & Bill Fleener
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Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan Deputies, the Rev. Brian Chace and Bill Fleener, took part in this Farewell video from Deputy News, produced by Canon for Evangelism and Networking, Katie Forsyth.
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Keep Prayer Book Revision Weird
The Rev. Nurya Love Parish, Church Work
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Read more on prayer book, liturgy, and language:
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Resolutions Move Church Forward...Race, Gender
Rebecca Watts, Deputy News
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"Three resolutions adopted on Wednesday by the House of Deputies are intended to dismantle racism and sexism in the Episcopal Church through practices and processes promoting equity, diversity, justice, healing, and reconciliation."
Continue reading.
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General Convention unites behind immigrants, in prayer, action, legislation
David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service
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"If there was one issue that defied any expectation of controversy at the 79th General Convention, it was immigration...One of the defining moments of this General Convention was the prayer vigil held July 8 outside the Hutto Detention Center...That spirit carried through to the church’s legislative process."
Continue reading.
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Convention accepts $134 million 3-year spending plan
Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service
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"After rejecting all three amendments put to them, deputies on July 12 accepted the proposed 2019-2021 budget and sent it to the House of Bishops for their consideration. The bishops acted minutes later, approving the budget in a voice vote without any debate."
Continue reading.
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Your Deputations & Bishops
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EASTERN MICHIGAN
Lay Order
Clergy Order
Bishop Provisional
The Rt. Rev. Cate Waynick
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WESTERN MICHIGAN
Lay Order
Tom Perrin (Kalamazoo)
Mary Simpson
(Grand Rapids)
**Pam Chapman - (Grand Rapids)
Clergy Order
*The Rev. Brian Coleman (Battle Creek)
Bishop Diocesan
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CONNECT
This special newsletter is edited by Katie Forsyth, Canon for Evangelism & Networking.
Email Katie.
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