The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth
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The 27th Annual
Diocesan Convention
November 6 & 7, 2009 • St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Arlington

 

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Get Ready
for Convention!
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» Check the calendar at right:
• Make a note of the convention dates and place
• Make a note of your deanery's meeting date

» Which deanery is yours? Check the chart: HTML or PDF

» Read the Canon's Letter
» Submit your Meals Form and payment
» If staying overnight, make your reservation
» Review the slate of Nominees for elective office
» Review the proposed 2010 Budget and Assessment documents
» Read the six proposed Resolutions and the proposed amendments to the Constiution and Canons

» Review the Bishop’s Policies and Standing Rules of Procedure

» Review the Convention Agenda

 
Forms
Nominees
Amendments/Resolutions
Budget
Reference
Convention Report

The Bishop’s Address to the Convention
(to read, mouse over and click on the link)

The Bishop’s Reflections on Convention
posted Nov. 9, 2009

Elections:

Standing Committee, Clerical member:
Dean Ryan Reed
Standing Committee, Lay member:
Julia Smead
Ecclesiastical Trial Court, Clerical member:
Fr. David Klein*
Ecclesiastical Trial Court, Lay member:
Thom Murrell
Univ. of the South, Trustee (full term)
Walter Virden IV
Univ. of the South, Trustee (one-year appointment)
Melissa Glasser

*Fr. Matkin's concession speech will not be posted.

Balloting on Amendments to the Constitution and Canons

First Reading: Amendment to Article 12
 
lunanimously adopted by voice vote

First Reading: Amendment to Article 14
 
unanimously adopted by voice vote

First Reading: Amendment to Article 17
 
unanimously adopted by voice vote

First Reading: Amendment to Article 19
 
unanimously adopted by voice vote

Proposed revision of Canon 10
 
unanimously adopted by voice vote

Proposed revision of Canon 22
 
unanimously adopted by voice vote

Voting on the Proposed Resolutions
all passed unanimously by voice vote

Resolution 1 The Anglican Church in North America passed
Resolution 2 Anglican Communion Covenant passed
Resolution 3 Anglican-Orthodox Ecumenical Relations passed
Resolution 4 Dissolution of Parishes & Congregations ... passed
Resolution 5 Anglican-Roman Catholic Ecumenical Relations passed
Resolution 6 Affiliating Parishes passed
 

Sept. 24, 2009

Dear Clergy and Convention Delegates:

       On behalf of the Bishop, we are publishing this bulletin with information that you will need for the upcoming Pre-Convention Deanery meetings and the 27th Annual Convention. The Convention will be held at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, 3900 Morris Lane in Arlington. The church phone is (817) 496-6747.

       This year’s Convention will begin with the Holy Eucharist at St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church on Friday, Nov. 6, at 5:30 p.m. We are pleased to have as our guest preacher, the Dean of Nashotah House Seminary, the Very Rev. Robert S. Munday. All Clergy are to vest and process in cassock, surplice and white stole. Since this is the opening session of Convention, all clergy and delegates should be in attendance.



Memorandum

Date: August 5, 2009

To: Convention Delegates and Clergy

From: The Rev. Canon Charles A. Hough III

Subject: Diocesan Convention Information

The 27th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Fort Worth will be hosted by the Eastern Deanery and St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, 3900 Morris Lane, Arlington. The opening Eucharist will take place on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Following the Eucharist, there will be a reception and dinner in the Great Hall next to the church. The supper will be provided by The Brotherhood of St. Andrew group at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church. There will be entertainment during and following supper. This should be a festive evening for all of our delegates.

 

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