The 26th Annual Convention
of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14 & 15, 2008
St. Vincent's Cathedral Church, Bedford
Executive Council and Deanery business
| Executive Council positions open | • link to Canon 35 (on deaneries) | |
| Pre-Convention Deanery Meetings: date, times, and locations | ||
TO: Convention Delegates and Clergy
FROM: The Rev. Canon Charles A. Hough, III
SUBJECT: Diocesan Convention Information
The 26th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Fort Worth will be hosted by the Fort Worth East Deanery and St. Vincent’s Cathedral Church, 1300 Forest Ridge, Bedford, 76022. The opening Eucharist will take place on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at St. Vincent’s Cathedral, beginning at 2 p.m. The opening session of the Convention will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the School Gymnasium and continue until 6 p.m. Registration for the opening session will take place in the School Gym immediately following the conclusion of the Eucharist. Following adjournment of the opening session at 6 p.m., we will then be treated to hospitality, supper, and an evening together hosted by St. Vincent’s Cathedral. Information concerning reservations for the Friday night dinner, hotels (if needed), and lunch on Saturday (to be provided by St. Vincent’s) will be given in the next Convention information bulletin, which will be posted here on Sept. 26, 2008. Any delegate who has difficulty printing the necessary information should request copies of the needed pages from his or her church office. If neither of these options is available, please contact Gala Pryor at (817) 244-2885, and she will be happy to mail the packets to you.
| • | On Saturday, Nov. 15th, the Convention will continue with registration for the Saturday session to begin at 7:30 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. in the School Gym. A continental breakfast will be served during registration. Morning Prayer will begin in the Church at 8:30 am. The Saturday Convention session will formally convene at 9 a.m. in the School Gym. |
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| • | When the Convention breaks for lunch, there will be ample time for everyone to visit the vendor areas. The Convention will reconvene at 1 p.m., and will continue until all business is accomplished. |
| • | The Bishop’s annual address to the Convention will be given at the beginning of the business session on Saturday morning. |
Information concerning reservations for the Friday night dinner, hotels (if needed), and lunch on Saturday (to be provided by St. Vincent’s) will be given in Convention information bulletin #2, which will be posted here on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. Don’t worry about making your reception/supper and lunch reservations or hotel reservations at this time. You will be given forms for these reservations in bulletin #2.
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This posting includes the Standing Rules of Procedure for the Convention, a form for offering a Resolution to the Convention, the Nomination form and a form for the Necrology report. (See links above.) We have (13) elected positions to fill at this year’s Convention, as follows:
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| • | Pre-Convention Deanery Meetings will be held Thursday, Oct. 23. (See schedule linked above.) In keeping with Canon 35, the Deanery Council is made up of the members of the clergy who reside in the Deanery, who are entitled to a vote in the Convention, and all elected Convention Delegates for the Parishes and Missions of the Deanery, and the Lay Deanery Representatives to the Executive Council. These Council Members will have seat voice and vote in the upcoming Pre-Convention Deanery meetings. Visitors who attend do not have voice or vote. All visitors who attend will be seated in an observer’s area. |
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| • | For your convenience, we are including the names of the lay and clerical representatives to the Executive Council from each Deanery. We are also including a form, which you may use to nominate someone to fill any vacancy on the Executive Council from your Deanery. We ask that if you choose to nominate someone, you forward the Nomination Form to your Dean at least one week prior to the Pre-Convention Deanery Meeting. Election for your Deanery positions will take place at the Pre-Convention Deanery Meeting. |
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DEADLINES
| A. | RESOLUTIONS | |||
| All resolutions shall be delivered to the Diocesan Office (to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Convention) by Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. The resolutions must be processed by the Resolutions Committee in adequate time to place written copies of the Resolution(s) in the hands of the convention delegates and clergy no later than twenty (20) days before the opening day of the Convention. Any resolution, which shows on its face that it deals with matters arising after the deadline date, shall be exempt from this requirement. All other resolutions delivered to the Secretary after the deadline shall be governed by Rule 27. | ||||
| B. | PROPOSED CANON CHANGES | |||
| Article 18 of The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is linked above for your convenience. | ||||
| C. | PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES | |||
| Article 19 of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is linked above for your convenience. | ||||
| • | In addition to the above, the Constitution and Canons Committee will provide each delegate and clergy member with any proposed changes to the Constitution and Canons in written form. These changes, if any, will appear in the next Convention information bulletin, in September. | |||
| Pictures and biographies of the nominees for each open position will be featured in the September information bulletin. The proposed Diocesan Budget for 2009 will be included in the next Convention bulletin as well. In other words, everything each delegate and clergy member will need will be in hand in enough time for digestion before the Pre-Convention Deanery Meetings. | ||||