The 216th Annual Council

Th e D i oce s e o f Vi rg i n ia

Journal of

The 216th Annual Council including Proceedings of the January 21-22, 2011 meeting of the 216th Annual Council Parochial Statistics Annual Reports Audits The Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Virginia Directories

Th e D i oce s e o f Vi rg i n ia

Journal of

The 216th Annual Council including Proceedings of the January 21-22, 2011 meeting of the 216th Annual Council Parochial Statistics Annual Reports Audits The Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Virginia Directories

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Table of Contents 5 6 7 27 39 49 55 59 69 127 135 141 175 181 189 195 205 215 219 227 235 265 285 307 311 315 350

Next Meeting of Council Diocesan Officers Members of the 216th Annual Council Clergy in Order of Reception Alphabetical Listing of Churches & Missions Rules of Order Program of the 216th Council Necrology Proceedings Resolutions Amendments to the Constitution and Canons Annual Reports Properties Held Report of Pledges Report of Audits Official Acts Report of Confirmations and Receptions Parochial Statistics of the Diocese of Virginia Communicants and Services Held Income and Expenditures Diocese of Virginia Financial Report Trustees of the Funds Financial Report Diocesan Missionary Society Financial Report Diocesan Program Budget Legal Titles for Making Bequests Constitution and Canons Index to Constitution & Canons

Directory 356 Bishops and Diocesan Staff Directory 357 Diocesan Centers, Church Schools, Diocesan Homes, Other Institutions Directory 359 Clergy of the Diocese 414 Under License Directory 428 Surviving Spouses Directory 431 Listing of Churches by Location 461 Organizations, Commissions, Committees and Task Groups Directories

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The 217th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia is appointed to meet January 27-28, 2012 in Reston, Virginia.

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Diocesan Officers As of the 216th Annual Council The Bishop The Rt. Rev. Shannon Sherwood Johnston The Bishop Suffragan The Rt. Rev. David Colin Jones The Assistant Bishop The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr. The Secretary Henry D.W. Burt II, Esq. The Treasurer Mr. Michael J. Kerr The Chancellor Russell V. Palmore Jr., Esq. The Registrar Mr. Patrick N. Getlein The Trustees Jack W. Burtch Jr., Esq. Bradfute W. Davenport Jr., Esq. Elizabeth G. Hester, Esq. The Mayo Memorial Church House of the Diocese of Virginia 110 West Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-643-8451 800-DIOCESE Fax 804-644-6928 www.thediocese.net

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Canonically Resident Clergy The Rev. Peter Ackerman, Immanuel-on-the-Hill, Alexandria The Rev. John D. Adams Jr., Retired The Rev. D. Wallace Adams-Riley, St. Paul’s, Richmond The Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew, St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove The Rev. Charles D. Aiken Jr., St. Mark’s, Richmond The Rev. Charles D. Alley, St. Matthew’s, Richmond The Rev. John D. Andersen, Retired The Rev. Paul Andersen, Christ Church, Middlesex The Rev. David T. Anderson, St. Stephen’s, Richmond The Rev. Vienna Cobb Anderson, Retired The Rev. Anthony F. Andres, Holy Cross, Batesville The Rev. Pati Mary Andrews, St. Stephen’s, Catlett The Rev. Collins Asonye, Meade Memorial, Alexandria The Rt. Rev. Robert P. Atkinson, Retired The Rev. B. Cass Bailey, Trinity, Charlottesville The Rev. S. Abbott Bailey, St. Andrew’s, Richmond The Rev. John Baker, St. Aidan’s, Alexandria The Very Rev. Rhonda W. Baker, Grace, Goochland The Rev. Harry W. Baldwin Jr., Retired The Very Rev. Robert Banse, Trinity, Upperville The Rev. Ann Barker, St. John’s, Arlington The Rev. Jane W. Barr, Non-parochial The Rev. George L. Barton, Retired The Rev. Barbara Bassuener, St. Alban’s, Annandale The Rev. Philip R. Baxter, Retired The Rev. Ralph W. Bayfield, Retired The Rev. Rosemary Beales, Non-parochial The Rev. Stephan P. Beatty, Non-parochial The Rev. Robert A. Becker, Non-parochial The Rev. Gloria K. Berberich, Retired The Rev. Craig Biddle III, Retired The Very Rev. Dr. Donald D. Binder, Pohick, Lorton The Rev. Rachelle E. Birnbaum, All Saints’-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria The Rev. Donald E. Bitsberger, Retired The Rev. Thom W. Blair Jr., Retired The Rev. Barbara K. Blakemore, Retired The Rev. Louise Blanchard, St. Stephen’s, Richmond The Rev. E. Tucker Bowerfind, St. Luke’s, Wellington The Rev. Mary W. Brake, Retired The Rev. Michael J. Brenneis, Non-parochial The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, St. Francis’, Great Falls The Rev. Christopher M. Brookfield, Retired The Rev. Porter H. Brooks, Retired The Rev. Allen W. Brown Jr., Retired The Rev. Dwight L. Brown, Grace, Berryville The Rev. Mary Kay Brown, St. David’s Ashburn The Rev. W. Hill Brown III, Retired The Rev. Jonathan R. Bryan, Retired The Rev. Douglas G. Burgoyne, Retired The Rev. William H. Burk, Creator, Mechanicsville 8

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The Rev. J. Michael Cadaret, Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond The Rev. George M. Caldwell, St. Michael’s, Arlington The Rev. R. Martin Caldwell, Retired The Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell, St. Paul’s, Richmond The Very Rev. Catherine Campbell, La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington The Rev. Grace Cangialosi, Non-parochial The Rev. Peter Carey, Emmanuel, Greenwood The Rev. Diane Carroll, St. John’s, King George The Rev. J. Currie M. Carter, Non-parochial The Rev. Sean Cavanaugh, Non-parochial The Rev. Leslie E. Chadwick, St. Timothy’s, Herndon The Rev. Kathleen Chipps, St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge The Rev. James H. Cirillo, Grace Church, Casanova The Rev. Constance Clark, Buck Mountain, Earlysville The Rev. Lewis M. Cobb, Retired The Rev. Dr. E. Allen Coffey, St. Paul’s, Millers Tavern The Rev. Kim L. Coleman, Trinity, Arlington The Rev. Bruce Cooke, Retired The Rev. Richard S. Corry, Retired The Rev. Geoffrey D. Coupland, Holy Comforter, Richmond The Rev. Patrick T. Crerar, Grace, Alexandria The Rev. Ronald Crocker, St. George’s, Arlington The Rev. James C. Dannals, St. George’s, Fredericksburg The Rev. Susan Daughtry, St. Thomas’, Richmond The Rev. Mary Fisher Davila, St. James’, Leesburg The Rev. Alice D. Davis, Retired The Rev. Ann B. Davis, St. James’, Louisa The Rev. Gordon B. Davis, Retired The Rev. Susan W. deGavre, Non-parochial The Rev. Richard A. DeMott, Retired The Rev. John J. Desaulniers, Retired The Rev. Robert W. Dickey Jr., Retired The Rev. Patricia J. Dickson, Non-parochial The Rev. W. Scott Dillard, Wicomico Church, Wicomico The Rev. Timothy W. Dols, Retired The Rev. William L. Dols, Retired The Rev. Thomas L. Dudley Jr., Non-parochial The Rev. Dede Duncan-Probe, St. Peter’s-in-the-Woods, Fairfax Station The Rev. G. Edward Dunlap, Retired The Rev. Robert W. Duvall, Non-parochial The Rev. Kenneth C. Eade, Non-parochial The Rev. Lindon J. Eaves, St. Thomas’, Richmond The Rev. Susan N. Eaves, St. Thomas’, Richmond The Rev. William E. Eberle, Little Fork Church, Rixeyville The Rev. Daniel W. Eckman Jr., Emmanuel, Alexandria The Rev. Dr. Stephen B. Edmondson, St. Thomas’, McLean The Rev. Don Raby Edwards, Retired The Rev. Amanda Eiman, Emmanuel, Alexandria The Rev. Gail Epes, Non-parochial The Rev. Dr. Margaret Ann Faeth, Immanuel-on-the-Hill, Alexandria The Rev. Richard E. Fichter Jr., Christ Church, Gordonsville The Rev. Jeffrey P. Fishwick, Retired The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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The Rev. Ryan C. Fleenor, Non-parochial The Rev. Donna Foughty, Church of the Epiphany, Herndon The Rev. William G. Frank, Retired The Rev. Robert D. Friend, All Saints’, Richmond The Rev. Christopher Garcia, Non-parochial The Rev. Kathy Garrett, Non-parochial The Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa, Non-parochial The Rev. R. Douglas Geddes, Kingston Parish, Mathews The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth M. Gibson, Holy Comforter, Vienna The Rev. Webster Gibson, Christ Church, Winchester The Rev. Ann H. Gillespie, Christ Church, Alexandria The Rev. Dr. Cynthia A. Gilliatt, Non-parochial The Rev. John F. Glover, Retired The Rev. Canon Susan E. Goff, Non-parochial The Rev. Mario Gonzalez del Solar, St. Matthew’s, Richmond The Rev. Frederick D. Goodwin III, Retired The Rev. Bruce A. Gray, Retired The Rt. Rev. Francis Gray, Retired The Rev. Michael Gray, St. Stephen’s, Culpeper The Rev. Peter H. Gray, St. Thomas’, McLean The Rev. April Trew Greenwood, Varina Church, Richmond The Rev. Eugene E. Grumbine, Retired The Rev. Denise Gray Guinta, Christ Church, Luray The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr., Diocese of Virginia The Rev. Peter R. Gustin, Non-parochial The Rev. Geoffrey Gwynne, Christ the King, Harrisonburg The Rev. Theodore R. Haddix Jr., Non-parochial The Rev. Leslie Hague, St. Michael’s, Arlington The Rev. Robert C. Hall, Jr., Retired The Rev. C. Anne Hallmark, Emmanuel, Middleburg The Rev. Harold H. Hallock Jr., Retired The Rev. James A. Hammond, Retired The Rev. Heewoo Daniel Han, Non-parochial The Rev. Valentine Han, Holy Cross, Falls Church The Rev. Sherry Hardwick-Thomas, Non-parochial The Rev. Torrence M. Harman, St. Mary’s Whitechapel, Lively The Rev. Dr. David S. Harper, Olivet, Alexandria The Rev. Carl B. Harris, Retired The Rev. K. Palmer Hartl, Non-parochial The Rev. John H. Hatcher Jr., Retired The Rev. C. Thomas Hayes, Non-parochial The Rev. Roger Hearn, Non-parochial The Rev. Meredith Heffner, St. Mark’s, Alexandria The Rev. Virginia R. Heistand, Westover Parish, Charles City The Rev. Lynda S. Hergenrather, St. Luke’s, Wellington The Rev. Robert G. Hetherington, Retired The Rev. Catherine Hicks, St. Peter’s, Port Royal The Rev. Michael B. Hinson, St. Timothy’s, Herndon The Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III, Trinity, Washington The Rev. Vincent S. Hodge, Grace, Millers Tavern; St. Paul’s, West Point The Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb, Non-parochial The Rev. C. Lynn Holland, St. Mary’s, Fleeton 10

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The Rev. Megan L. Hollaway, Non-parochial The Rev. Randolph M. Hollerith, St. James’s, Richmond The Rev. Melissa K. Hollerith, Non-parochial The Rev. C. Thomas Holliday, Retired The Very Rev. Martha M. J. Horne, Retired The Rev. John D. Hortum, St. Clement’s, Alexandria The Rev. S. Caitlin Howell, Non-parochial The Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Hummel, Non-parochial The Rev. H. Miller Hunter Jr., Non-parochial The Rev. Frederic D. Huntington, La Iglesia de San Marcos The Rev. Lee Hutchson, St. Martin’s, Richmond The Rev. Linda V. Hutton, St. Thomas’, Orange The Rev. Tinh T. Huynh, St. Patrick’s, Falls Church The Rev. Laura D. Inscoe, St. John’s, Richmond The Rev. James. C. Iswariah, St. David’s, Aylett The Rev. Brad L. Jackson, Piedmont, Madison The Rev. C. Thomas Jackson, Retired The Rev. Holt M. Jenkins, Retired The Rev. Kate Jenkins, St. Paul’s, Richmond The Rev. Candine E. Johnson, Non-parochial The Rev. Charles L. Johnson, Retired The Rev. David Johnson, Christ Church, Charlottesville The Rev. Matthew Johnson, Grace, The Plains The Rev. Paul A. Johnson, Christ Church, Richmond The Rev. Philip G. Johnston, Good Shepherd, Burke The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, Diocese of Virginia The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones, Diocese of Virginia The Rev. Gary D. Jones, St. Stephen’s, Richmond The Rev. E. Ross Kane, St. Paul’s, Alexandria The Rev. Linda M. Kapurch, Non-parochial The Rev. David Keill, Christ Ascension, Richmond The Rev. Dr. Howard F. Kempsell Jr., St. John’s, Centreville The Rev. Paula S. Kettlewell, Retired The Rev. Charles E. Kiblinger, Retired The Rev. Jennifer W. Kimball, Non-parochial The Rev. Dr. Prentice Kinser III, Retired The Very Rev. Anne Kirchmier, The Fork Church, Doswell The Rev. Warren P. Klam MD, Non-parochial The Rev. Pierce W. Klemmt, Christ Church, Alexandria The Rev. David H. Knight, St. Mary’s, Goochland The Rev. R. Scott Krejci, Immanuel, King & Queen The Rev. Amanda Kucik Rinas, Non-parochial The Rev. Andrew G. Kunz Jr., Retired The Rev. Lauren B. Kuratko, Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond The Rev. Ryan Kuratko, Immanuel, Old Church The Rev. Howard A. La Rue, Retired The Rev. Vinnie Lainson, Trinity, Manassas The Rev. Mary Jayne Ledgerwood, St. John’s, McLean The Rev. David E. Lee, Non-parochial The Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, Retired The Rev. Sandra Levy, St. John’s, Richmond The Rev. Lucia K. Lloyd, St. Stephen’s, Heathsville The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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The Rev. Laura Lockey, Non-parochial The Rev. DeWitt H. Loomis, Retired The Rev. Richard A. Lord, Holy Comforter, Vienna The Rev. Nicholas P.N. Lubelfeld, Our Redeemer, Aldie The Rev. Robert H. Lyles, Retired The Rev. Anne Coghill MacNabb, St. Matthew’s, Sterling The Rev. Alexander D. MacPhail, St. Andrew’s, Mt. Jackson The Rev. Karin MacPhail, Non-parochial The Rev. Robert H. Malm, Grace, Alexandria The Rev. Cuthbert H. Mandell, Aquia, Stafford The Rev. Thomas G. A. Mansella, Retired The Rev. Anne L. Y. Manson, Retired The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham, Non-parochial The Rev. Thomas H. Markley, Retired The Rev. Barbara B. Marques, All Souls’, Atlee The Rev. Dr. McAlister C. Marshall, St. John’s, Richmond The Rev. Ann F. Martens, St. Peter’s, Arlington The Rev. William R. Martin, Retired The Rev. Jeanie Martinez-Jantz, St. Andrew’s, Burke The Rt. Rev. F. Clayton Matthews, Non-parochial The Rev. David H. May, Grace, Kilmarnock The Rev. James B. May Jr., St. Paul, Owens The Rev. Richard E. May, Retired The Rev. Roma W. Maycock, Retired The Rev. Sara Chandler Maypole, Retired The Very Rev. James McCaskill, St. Paul’s, Bailey’s Crossroad The Rev. Thomas B. McCusker III, Retired The Rev. Janet S. McDonald, Non-parochial The Rev. Canon John S. McDowell Jr., Retired The Rev. Justin M. McIntosh, St. Thomas’, McLean The Rev. Jennifer G. McKenzie, Good Shepherd, Burke The Rev. Stephen McWhorter, St. David’s Ashburn The Rev. C. Robert Merola, St. Matthew’s, Sterling The Rev. Claudia Merritt, St. Stephen’s, Richmond The Rev. Andrew T. P. Merrow, St. Mary’s, Arlington The Rev. Edward O. Miller Jr., St. John’s, McLean The Rev. John E. Miller, St. Mary’s, Goochland The Rev. Jean L. Milliken, Christ Church, Alexandria The Very Rev. Bollin M. Millner Jr., Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond The Rev. Mason F. Minich, Non-parochial The Rev. Michael C. Mohn, Retired The Rev. Jennifer G. Montgomery, St. Andrew’s, Arlington The Rev. M. Leon Moore, Retired The Rev. Roberto Morales, Retired The Rev. Dr. Edward Morgan III, Retired The Rev. Philip Morgan, Emmanuel, Rapidan The Rev. S. Neale Morgan, Retired The Rev. Jay Morris, Aquia, Stafford The Rev. W. Brown Morton III, Retired The Rev. Charles F. Mullaly Jr., Emmanuel, Greenwood The Rev. Dr. Diane G. Murphy, Christ Church, Alexandria The Rev. Dr. Genevieve Murphy, McIlhany Parish, Charlottesville 12

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The Rev. Dr. Jo-Ann Murphy, Non-parochial The Rev. Michael H. Murray, Retired The Rev. William F. Myers, Retired The Rev. Melana Nelson-Amaker, Non-parochial The Rev. Robyn M. Neville-Reeder, St. Andrew’s, Burke The Rev. Dr. Simeon Newbold Sr., Non-parochial The Rev. Deborah Johnson Newcomb, Retired The Rev. William T. Newland Jr., St. James’, Leesburg The Rev. Murray L. Newman Jr., Retired The Rev. J. David Niemeyer, Trinity, Highland Springs The Rev. Dr. William S. Noe, Retired The Rev. Julie L. Norton, Grace Church, Cismont, Keswick The Rev. Marlee R. Norton, Non-parochial The Rev. Frances L. Nunn, Retired The Rev. Grayce M. O’Neill, St. Alban’s, Annandale The Rev. John R. Ohmer, St. James’, Leesburg The Rev. Dr. Ronald S. Okrasinski, St. Mary’s, Colonial Beach The Very Rev. Jeffrey A. Packard, Christ Church, Spotsylvania The Rev. Dr. Laurence K. Packard, Good Shepherd, Burke The Very Rev. Beth A. Palmer, St. John’s, West Point The Rev. James A. Papile, St. Anne’s, Reston The Rev. Dr. Philip J. Paradine, St. Luke’s, Simeon The Rev. Betsee Parker, Non-parochial The Rev. Caroline Smith Parkinson, Retired The Rev. Joan L. Peacock, Retired The Rev. William P. Peyton, Non-parochial The Rev. Craig A. Phillips, St. Peter’s, Arlington The Rev. Kevin Phillips, Non-parochial The Rev. Robert S. Phipps Jr., Retired The Rev. C. Christian Pierce, St. James’, Warrenton The Rev. Michael Pipkin, The Falls Church, Falls Church The Rev. Jane D. Piver, Grace, Stanardsville The Rev. David H. Poist, Retired The Rev. Gideon L.K. Pollach, Non-parochial The Rev. Margaret C. F. Pollock, Non-parochial The Rev. Carl Praktish, Retired The Rev. Dr. A. Patrick L. Prest Jr., Retired The Rev. Gary K. Price, Retired The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Prichard, St. George’s, Arlington The Rev. Randall L. Prior, Retired The Rev. Judith H. Proctor, St. Paul’s, Alexandria The Rev. Alonzo C. Pruitt, Non-parochial The Rev. Cherian P. Pulimootil, St. Mark’s, Alexandria The Rev. William L. Queen Jr., All Saints’, Richmond The Rev. Kent D. Rahm, Trinity, Fredericksburg The Rev. Gaynelle M. Rahn, St. George’s, Fredericksburg The Rev. Harry A. C. Read, Non-parochial The Rev. Elizabeth Reed, Non-parochial The Rev. James G. Reed, Messiah, Chancellor The Rev. Elizabeth Rees, St. Aidan’s, Alexandria The Rev. William Reeves Jr., St. Paul’s, Richmond The Rev. Richard Reid, Retired The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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The Rev. Alwin Reiners Jr., Retired The Rev. John F. Rice Jr., Retired The Rev. James D. Richardson, St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville The Rev. W. Ramsey Richardson, Retired The Rev. Dr. Anne G. Ritchie, Resurrection, Alexandria The Rev. Ann Ritonia, Non-parochial The Rev. Daniel D. Robayo, Emmanuel, Harrisonburg The Rev. Roger M. Robillard, Retired The Rev. Sean Rousseau, Christ Church, Winchester The Very Rev. Dr. S. Paul Rowles, St. Peter’s, New Kent The Rev. Bradford Rundlett, St. Timothy’s, Herndon The Rev. Deborah W. Rutter, Calvary, Front Royal The Rev. William Sachs, St. Stephen’s, Richmond The Very Rev. Stuart E. Schadt, Trinity, Manassas The Rev. Warren A. Schaller Jr., Retired The Rev. Roger Schellenberg, Church of the Spirit, Kingstowne The Rev. Cecelia Schroeder, St. Gabriel’s, Ashburn The Rev. Jeffrey H. Seiler, Non-parochial The Rev. Robert S. Seiler, Retired The Rev. Jeffrey S. Shankles, St. Alban’s, Annandale The Rev. John Sheehan, Our Redeemer, Aldie The Rev. Charles W. Sheerin Jr., Retired The Rev. Stephen G. Shepherd, St. Dunstan’s, McLean The Rev. Norman C. Siefferman, Retired The Rev. Thomas W. Simmons IV, St. Peter’s, Purcellville The Rev. Geoffrey S. Simpson, Non-parochial The Rev. Kira Skala, Non-parochial The Rev. Frank F. Smart Jr., Retired The Rev. Walter Smedley, Holy Cross, Dunn Loring The Rev. David Hayes Smith, Non-parochial The Very Rev. Dr. Hilary Smith, St. Paul’s on the Hill, Winchester The Rev. John M. Smith, Retired The Rev. Thomas R. Smith, Retired The Rev. Wesley H. Smith, Retired The Rev. Ketlen A. Solak, St. Luke’s, Wellington The Rev. Katherine Sonderegger, Non-parochial The Rev. Susan R. Sowers, Non-parochial The Rev. Dr. Haywood B. Spangler, St. Bartholomew’s, Richmond The Rev. Carol H. Spigner, St. Christopher’s, Springfield The Rev. Charles B. Spigner, Non-parochial The Very Rev. William S. Stafford, Non-parochial The Rev. Mary L. Staley, Non-parochial The Rev. Lauren Stanley, Non-parochial The Rev. J. Bruce Stewart, Non-parochial The Very Rev. David M. Stoddart, Church of Our Saviour, Charlottesville The Rev. Gabor Strasser, Non-parochial The Rev. Jennifer Strawbridge, Non-parochial The Rev. Anna J. Stribling, Retired The Rev. Jess H. Stribling, Retired The Rev. Kathleen Sturges, St. John the Baptist, Ivy The Rev. Jack T. Sutor Jr., St. Paul’s, Hanover The Rev. Catherine Swann, Cople Parish, Hague 14

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The Rev. Charles R. Sydnor Jr., Retired The Rev. Erika L. Takacs, Christ Church, Alexandria The Rev. Gregory B. Taylor, Retired The Rev. Robert L. Tedesco, Retired The Rev. John A. Thomas, Retired The Rev. Carla E. Thompson, Non-parochial The Rev. Jacqueline C. Thomson, St. Anne’s, Reston The Rev. Mary B. Thorpe, Church of the Epiphany, Richmond The Rev. Cathy Tibbetts, The Falls Church, Falls Church The Rev. Edward J. Tracy, St. James-the-Less, Ashland The Rev. Denise A. Trogdon, St. Anne’s, Reston The Rev. Frederick R. Trumbore, Retired The Rev. Malcolm E. Turnbull, Retired The Rev. Anne M. Turner, St. Mary’s, Arlington The Rev. Linnea S. Turner, Retired The Rev. Gardner W. Van Scoyoc, Retired The Rev. Sven vanBaars, Abingdon Church, White Marsh The Rev. Frank R. VanDevelder, Retired The Rev. Jonathan Voorhees, Non-parochial The Rev. Stephen H. Wade, Retired The Rev. Paul N. Walker, Christ Church, Charlottesville The Rev. Ruth D. Walsh, St. James’, Mt. Vernon The Rev. Frederick S. Wandall, Non-parochial The Rev. Edwin M. Ward, Retired The Very Rev. Oran E. Warder, St. Paul’s, Alexandria The Rev. David M. Warner, Retired The Rev. Lynne E. Washington, St. Peter’s, Richmond The Rev. Margaret H. Watson, St. Mark’s, Richmond The Rev. Peter T. Way, St. Anne’s, Scottsville The Rev. David C. Wayland, Retired The Rev. David F. Wayland, Retired The Rev. John Weatherly, St. Mark’s, Alexandria The Rev. Joseph T. Webb III, Retired The Rev. Pamela Webb, Non-parochial The Rev. Cornelia Weierbach, St. Michael’s, Arlington The Rev. Joie Clee Weiher, St. Luke’s, Remington; Christ Church, Brandy Station The Rev. William L. Weiler, Retired The Rev. Eleanor L. Wellford, St. Mary’s, Goochland The Rev. Fletcher M. Wells, Non-parochial The Rev. William S. Wells Jr., St. Philip’s, Richmond The Rev. Allan R. Wentt, Retired The Rev. Hillary T. West, Christ Church, Richmond The Rev. John R. West Jr., Emmanuel, Richmond The Rev. Elisa D. Wheeler, Retired The Rev. Harold N. White, Retired The Rev. Hugh C. White III, Retired The Rev. James T. White, Retired The Rev. R. Ellen White, St. Anne’s, Scottsville The Rev. Barbara C. Willis, St. Asaph’s, Bowling Green The Rev. Ronald S. Winchell, Retired The Rev. Marian K. Windel, Church of the Incarnation, Mineral The Rev. Anne Lane Witt, Grace, Kilmarnock The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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The Rev. Linda Wofford Hawkins, St. Barnabas’, Annandale The Rev. Hunter H. Wood, Retired The Rev. Sarah A. Wood, Non-parochial The Rev. Stuart C. Wood, Grace Memorial, Port Republic The Rev. G. H. Woodard, Retired The Rev. Karen B. Woodruff, Retired The Rev. Daniel O. Worthington Jr., Ware Church, Gloucester The Rev. George W. Wyer, Retired The Rev. Lyn Youll Marshall, Pohick, Lorton The Rev. Whitney Zimmerman, St. James’s, Richmond

Lay Delegates and Alternates Church Abingdon Church, White Marsh Abingdon Church, White Marsh All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’, Richmond All Saints’-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria All Saints’-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria All Souls’, Atlee All Souls’, Atlee Aquia, Stafford Aquia, Stafford Aquia, Stafford Aquia, Stafford Buck Mountain, Earlysville Buck Mountain, Earlysville Calvary, Front Royal Calvary, Front Royal Calvary, Hanover Calvary, Hanover Christ Ascension, Richmond Christ Ascension, Richmond Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria 16

Name Ms. Carol Meredith Mr. L. Warren Haley Jr. Mr. Christopher McDonald Ms. Bari-Lynn King Pitts Mr. R. Edward Rhodes Mr. Russell Ryan Mr. Dennis Biggs Dr. Clifford Fleet Jr. Mrs. Barbara H. Leasure Mr. Mark Wilcox Mr. Ronald Field Mr. James Trigg Mr. Vance Joyner Mr. Donald Brown Ms. Ann Zecca Mr. Gary Perkins Mr. David C. Primmer Mr. Glen Clark Mrs. Ruth Gibson Mr. William C. Johnson Ms. Andrea Pinard Mr. Tom Varney Mr. Avery Smithers Mrs. Stephanie Smithers Mr. Rick Linker Dr. Jonne Warner Mrs. Anne G. Wilcox Ms. Elizabeth R. Perkins Ms. Anita Arms Mrs. Cynthia Bartol Ms. Janet Beckmann COL Paul M. Currer Ms. Paula Dubberly Mr. Russell V. Randle Mr. Peter Wyckoff Mr. John Wilmer Jr. Ms. Abigail Arms Mr. Jim Hartz

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Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Alexandria Christ Church, Brandy Station Christ Church, Brandy Station Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Glen Allen Christ Church, Glen Allen Christ Church, Glen Allen Christ Church, Glen Allen Christ Church, Gordonsville Christ Church, Gordonsville Christ Church, Lucketts Christ Church, Lucketts Christ Church, Luray Christ Church, Luray Christ Church, Spotsylvania Christ Church, Spotsylvania Christ Church, Winchester Christ Church, Winchester Christ the King, Harrisonburg Church of Our Saviour, Charlottesville Church of the Spirit, Kingstowne Church of the Spirit, Kingstowne Cople Parish, Hague Cople Parish, Hague Creator, Church of the, Mechanicsville Creator, Church of the, Mechanicsville Cunningham Chapel Parish, Millwood Cunningham Chapel Parish, Millwood Emmanuel, Alexandria Emmanuel, Alexandria Emmanuel, Alexandria Emmanuel, Alexandria Emmanuel, Delaplane Emmanuel, Delaplane Emmanuel, Greenwood Emmanuel, Greenwood Emmanuel, Greenwood Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Middleburg

Mr. Samuel Brathwaite Mr. Rodney Fisher Mr. Joseph Michael Walsh Ms. Julie Wommack Ms. Sharon Church Ms. Mary Catherine Richardson Ms. Jill Sandusky Bascom Mr. William H. Blodgett Jr. Mrs. Jo Gitchell Mr. Charles Owen Mr. John Desmond Mrs. Punkie Feil Mrs. Constance Palmer Mrs. T. Eugene Worrell Mr. Harry H. Kelso Mr. Steve Barnett Mrs. Melinda Hancock Ms. Mary Susan John Ms. Beverley Allison Mr. J. Nelson Tucker Ms. Missy Van Doren-Weaver Mr. Kenneth Lee Dr. Paul R. Ackerman Ms. Wendy Cass-Hughes Ms. Anne Parker Mr. Joseph V. Junod Ms. Lucia Thomas Mr. B. Tucker White Jr. Mr. Nick Kozel Mr. Stephen Werner Ms. Julia Pfaff Mr. Rich Reilly Ms. Barbara Davison Mr. C. Marshall Davison Mr. Eric Knopf Mrs. Carolee Stuckey Mr. Ian R.D. Williams Mrs. Maisie Maguire Ms. Barbie Frank Ms. Nancy Kuhn Ms. Katherine Clatanoff Mr. Joseph A. McFall Ms. Janet White Mr. Lee Johnson Ms. Pati Cunningham Ms. Mary-Elizabeth Via Mr. John Savage Mr. Joseph Paxton Mr. David A. Penrod Dr. Corey Allan Hickerson Mr. Jay Litten Ms. Carol O’Malley

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Emmanuel, Middleburg Emmanuel, Port Conway Emmanuel, Port Conway Emmanuel, Rapidan Emmanuel, Rapidan Emmanuel, Richmond Emmanuel, Richmond Emmanuel, Richmond Emmanuel, Woodstock Emmanuel, Woodstock Epiphany, Oak Hill Epiphany, Oak Hill Epiphany, Richmond Epiphany, Richmond Good Shepherd of the Hills, Boonesville Good Shepherd, Bluemont Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Good Shepherd, Burke Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace and Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace and Holy Trinity, Richmond Grace Memorial, Rockingham Grace Memorial, Rockingham Grace, Alexandria Grace, Alexandria Grace, Alexandria Grace, Alexandria Grace, Berryville Grace, Berryville Grace, Bremo Bluff Grace, Bremo Bluff Grace, Casanova Grace, Casanova Grace, Cismont, Keswick Grace, Cismont, Keswick Grace, Goochland Grace, Goochland Grace, Kilmarnock Grace, Kilmarnock Grace, Millers Tavern Grace, Millers Tavern Grace, Stanardsville Grace, Stanardsville 18

Mr. Hurst Groves Mr. John H. Meyers Mr. Charles B. Pasto Mr. Frank Smith Ms. India B. Rose Mr. Ben Cleary Ms. Susan Loan Mrs. Ann M. Williams Mrs. Elizabeth H. Cottrell Mr. Robert Lovan Mrs. Suzanne Fichter Mr. Arthur Buck III Mrs. Ann Schaefer Mr. Darel Gallagher Mrs. Ann Mingledorff Ms. Valic Marsh-Garcia Ms. Michele Braithwaite Mr. Michael Dickerson Mr. Thomas Godin Mr. David C. Jones Jr. Mr. Ray A. Foote Mr. Rick Miller Mr. John T. Morris Mr. Mark Pierce Ms. Nancy Jenkins Chafin Ms. Dawn McNamara Ms. Sara Jo Williams Mrs. Shelli Lord Mr. William N. Perkins Ms. Nancy ReMine Trego Mrs. Doris Jean Raynes Mr. Luther Raynes Ms. June Huber Ms. Jane Rosman Mr. Barry H. Joyner Mr. Richard Smith Mr Don De Haven Mr. James Thorne Mrs. Sandra Wasson Ms. Sayre Graves Ms. Elizabeth Anderson Mrs. Madell Day Mr. Stephen C. Wachenfeld Mrs. Margaret Wachenfeld Ms. Mary Martin Ms. Carolyn Stevens Mr. John J. Cardwell Mr. Chris Ehring Mr. Junius Hill Mrs. Mary H. Hill Mr. Ronald Morris Mrs. Kathryn Thomas

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Grace, The Plains Grace, The Plains Grace, The Plains Grace, The Plains Holy Comforter, Richmond Holy Comforter, Richmond Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Comforter, Vienna Holy Cross Korean, Falls Church Holy Cross Korean, Falls Church Holy Cross, Batesville Holy Cross, Batesville Holy Cross, Dunn Loring Holy Cross, Dunn Loring

Mrs. Barbara Merchant Mrs. Theresa Whitticar Ms. Wendy Ault Mr. Robert Foss Ms. Elizabeth Terry Long Mr. Donald Craig Anderson Mr. Harry L. Hargrove III Ms. Hazel Plummer Mrs. Susan van der Veer Mr. Donald Webster Mrs. Sheila Creswell Mr. William DeCicco Mr. Paschal S. Kim Mr. Jeung Woo Lee Mr. W. Roy Barksdale Jr. Ms. Betty Barksdale Mrs. Mary Dotson Ms. Kate Howarth Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Mrs. Elaine Davies Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Mr. Paul Smyth Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Ms. Suzanne Wilson-Houck Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Ms. Eve Anderson Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Ms. Jennifer Greiner Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Mr. Bruce Edward Morton Sr. Immanuel, Old Church, Mechanicsville Mrs. Cheryl Anderson Immanuel, Old Church, Mechanicsville Ms. Joan Beal Incarnation, Church of the, Mineral Mr. Pembroke R. Pettit Incarnation, Church of the, Mineral Mr. Henry Oden Kingston Parish, Mathews Mr. Richard Scott Kingston Parish, Mathews Mr. James Richards La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Arlington Mrs. Magda Castillo La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Arlington Ms. Norka Antelo La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington Ms. Sonia Sevilla La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington Ms. Denise Decker La Iglesia de San Marcos, Alexandria Ms. Julia Robles La Iglesia de San Marcos, Alexandria Mr. William Pineda La Iglesia de Santa Maria, Falls Church Mr. Roberto Gonzalez La Iglesia de Santa Maria, Falls Church Mr. Hugo Luizaga Leeds, Markham Ms. Ursula Baxley Leeds, Markham Ms. Pernille Brandt Little Fork Church, Rixeyville Mr. Richard Furnival McIlhany Parish, Charlottesville Ms. Deena Hambsch McIlhany Parish, Charlottesville Ms. Lois Wallenhorst Meade Memorial, Alexandria Mr. Joseph E. Royster Jr. Meade Memorial, White Post Ms. Mary Bathory Vidaver Messiah, Church of the, Chancellor Mr. William C. Riggs Messiah, Church of the, Chancellor Ms. Patricia Milnes North Farnham Parish, Farnham Mr. Edward D. Marks North Farnham Parish, Farnham Mrs. Rebecca Marks Olivet, Alexandria Mr. Dan Wilmoth Olivet, Alexandria Mr. Jefferson Underwood Our Redeemer, Church of, Aldie Ms. Wanda Pritekel The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Our Redeemer, Church of, Aldie Our Saviour, Church of, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Church of, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Church of, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Church of, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Church of, Montpelier Our Saviour, Church of, Montpelier Piedmont Parish, Madison Piedmont Parish, Madison Pohick, Lorton Pohick, Lorton Pohick, Lorton Pohick, Lorton Resurrection, Church of the, Alexandria Resurrection, Church of the, Alexandria San Marcos, Alexandria St. Aidan’s, Alexandria St. Aidan’s, Alexandria St. Alban’s, Annandale St. Alban’s, Annandale St. Andrew’s, Arlington St. Andrew’s, Arlington St. Andrew’s, Burke St. Andrew’s, Burke St. Andrew’s, Burke St. Andrew’s, Burke St. Andrew’s, Mt. Jackson St. Andrew’s, Mt. Jackson St. Andrew’s, Richmond St. Andrew’s, Richmond St. Anne’s Parish, Scottsville St. Anne’s Parish, Scottsville St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Anne’s, Reston St. Asaph’s, Bowling Green St. Asaph’s, Bowling Green St. Barnabas’, Annandale St. Barnabas’, Annandale St. Bartholomew’s, Richmond St. Bartholomew’s, Richmond St. Christopher’s, Springfield St. Christopher’s, Springfield St. Clement, Church of, Alexandria St. Clement, Church of, Alexandria St. David’s, Ashburn St. David’s, Ashburn 20

Ms. Jillian Roebuck Mr. Stephen Werner Mr. Rob Morris Mrs. Elizabeth Collins Ms. Margaret B. Edwards Mr. Brian Nidermaier Mrs. Eleanor Lewis Mrs. Jill Schreiner Ms. Doris Lackey Mr. James Hayes Jr. Dr. John Pasour Ms. Carolyn Cockroft-Brown Mr. Neil C. Sunderland Ms. Beth Wiggers Mr. Kenneth Gay Ms. Julia Robles Ms. Caitlin Garvey Ms. Anita Peine Mrs. Patricia Huheey Ms. Melinda Patterson Mrs. Lloyd Starns Ms. Joyce Fall Mrs. Nancy Tillinghast Ms. Heather Zdancewicz Mr. John Jaskot Ms. Elaine Runkel COL A. Ray Brownfield Mr. James Roswell Poplar Mr. John Gass Ms. Elaine Baur Mr. John Langhorne Mr. Andrew Carter Ms. Margret Hjalmarson Mr. Larry Pettinger Mr. Robert G. Rich Mr. John Schwarz Mr. David Binger Ms. Carol Hurlburt Ms. Jamie Roberson Ms. Michelle Searcy Mrs. Sherry Gravatt Ms. Dale Brittle Mr. Robert C. Perkins Jr. Mrs. Daphne Sahlin Mr. Kevin Dyer Ms. Jill Wood Ms. Debbie Harris Mr. Chas Henry Ms. Martha Crawley Ms. Shelia Kearney Mr. Bern Bonifant Ms. Holly Hanback

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St. David’s, Ashburn St. David’s, Aylett St. David’s, Aylett St. Dunstan’s, McLean St. Dunstan’s, McLean St. Francis’, Great Falls St. Francis’, Great Falls St. Francis’, Manakin-Sabot St. Francis’, Manakin-Sabot St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg St. George’s, Arlington St. George’s, Arlington St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. George’s, Fredericksburg St. James the Less, Ashland St. James the Less, Ashland St. James the Less, Ashland St. James’, Leesburg St. James’, Leesburg St. James’, Louisa St. James’, Louisa St. James’, Montross St. James’, Montross St. James’, Mt. Vernon St. James’, Mt. Vernon St. James’, Warrenton St. James’, Warrenton St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. James’s, Richmond St. John the Baptist, Ivy St. John the Baptist, Ivy St. John’s, Arlington St. John’s, Arlington St. John’s, Centreville St. John’s, Centreville St. John’s, Columbia St. John’s, Columbia St. John’s, King George St. John’s, King George

Ms. Maureen Carey-Back Ms. Dori Chappell Ms. Dorothea Green Mr. Bradshaw Langmaid Mr. David Lindsay Mr. Roland Blocksom Dr. David Yarnall Ms. Ann James Mr. Craig MacNaughton Mr. Rob Buchanan Mrs. Page R. Bradley Ms. Ellyn Crawford Ms. Joan Pepin-Woods Ms. Patricia Baughman Mr. Ed Jones Ms. Barbara Teal Mr. P. Hurley Bogardus III Ms. Victoria Lewis Mr. Thomas Meredith Ms. Conde Hopkins Dr. Donald Bruce Mr. Tom Street Ms. Dorothy Brannock Mr. Henry D. Stribling Ms. Martha Ann McIntire Mr. William G. Blanchard II Mr. David Y. Cooke Mr. George McGee Mr. Robert L. Blair Mrs. Peggy K. Iber Dr. Aileen Laing Mr. George P. Burgwyn Mr. Thomas Baker Ms. Margaret T. T. Corwin Ms. Amanda Morton Mr. Alexander Slaughter Mr. Wilson Trice Mr. Scott Ukrop Ms. Ruth Modlin Ellett Mr. Herbert Jones Mrs. Janet Peyton Ms. Barbara W. Smith Mr. Brian Hutcherson Mr. Edwin Strange Ms. Anne Stenger Mr. Paul J. Stenger Dr. Patricia Anne Peacock Ms. Catherine Packard Ms. Leanora Johnson Mr. John Bloxham Mrs. Laura - Stuart Taylor Mr. James P. Lynch III

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St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, McLean St. John’s, Richmond St. John’s, Richmond St. John’s, Tappahannock St. John’s, Warsaw St. John’s, Warsaw St. John’s, West Point St. John’s, West Point St. Luke’s, Remington St. Luke’s, Simeon St. Luke’s, Simeon St. Luke’s, Wellington St. Luke’s, Wellington St. Luke’s, Wellington St. Luke’s, Wellington St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge St. Mark’s, Alexandria St. Mark’s, Alexandria St. Mark’s, Richmond St. Mark’s, Richmond St. Martin’s, Richmond St. Martin’s, Richmond St. Mary’s Whitechapel, Lancaster St. Mary’s, Arlington St. Mary’s, Arlington St. Mary’s, Arlington St. Mary’s, Berryville St. Mary’s, Berryville St. Mary’s, Colonial Beach St. Mary’s, Colonial Beach St. Mary’s, Fleeton St. Mary’s, Fleeton St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Mary’s, Goochland St. Matthew’s, Richmond St. Matthew’s, Richmond St. Matthew’s, Richmond St. Matthew’s, Richmond St. Matthew’s, Sterling St. Matthew’s, Sterling 22

Ms. Heather Gold Mr. James P. Howell Mr. John Hunter Mr. Worth MacMurray Mr. Rodney F. Page Mrs. Margaret Vanderhye Ms. Lynn Anderson Mr. David Thomas Mr. William L. Lewis Ms. Christa Bowen Mr. Carl Slater Mr. John Paul Causey Jr. Ms. Laura Bondurant Ms. Ann Power Ms. Marta Engdahl Ms. Judith Crosby Mr. Don Hazen Ms. Margery Stallman Ms. Savannah Smith Mr. William Nichols Ms. Jean Reynolds Ms. Rosemarie Woodall Mr. James Bailes Mr. Douglas Varner Mr. Bill Crowder Mr. Howard L. Pugh Jr. Mr. James Burr Ms. Dodie Corpening Mrs. Jane Fortin Mr. Gregory Stephen Bevis Mr. Michael Gilliland Mr. John A. C. Keith Ms. Edwina Mason Ms. Maurita Powell Mr. Jack A. Gaines Jr. Lt.Col. Jacob B. Waltermire (Ret.) Mr. Dennis Dalpino Mrs. Carol Cole Ms. Helen Horsley Ms. Margaret B. Mickel Mr. Gordon G. Miller III Ms. Sarah Richardson Ms. Joan D. Wilkins Ms. Sally Lee Roberts Mrs. Laurie Jarrett Rogers Ms. Susan Thompson Mr. Douglas LeBlanc Mr. Matthew McDonald Mrs. Katherine Garitz Mr. Lee Pemberton Mrs. Luanna Hansberger Mr. Allen C. Tuttle

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St. Matthew’s, Sterling St. Matthew’s, Sterling St. Michael’s, Arlington St. Michael’s, Arlington St. Patrick’s, Falls Church St. Patrick’s, Falls Church St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville St. Paul’s on the Hill, Winchester St. Paul’s on the Hill, Winchester St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Alexandria St. Paul’s, Baileys Crossroads St. Paul’s, Baileys Crossroads St. Paul’s, Hanover St. Paul’s, Hanover St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, Ivy St. Paul’s, King George St. Paul’s, King George St. Paul’s, Millers Tavern St. Paul’s, Millers Tavern St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove St. Paul’s, Richmond St. Paul’s, Richmond St. Paul’s, Richmond St. Paul’s, Richmond St. Paul’s, Shenandoah St. Paul’s, Shenandoah St. Paul’s, West Point St. Paul’s, West Point St. Peter’s in the Woods, Fairfax Station St. Peter’s in the Woods, Fairfax Station St. Peter’s, Arlington St. Peter’s, Arlington

Mrs. Meredyth Breed Mr. Thomas Leary Mr. James Fulton Ms. Elizabeth Keys Dr. Kathleen F. Oliver Mr. William H. Houston Ms. Joan Burchell Ms. Mildred W. Robinson Ms. Gwynn Crichton Mr. Buck Smith Mr. Bruce Carveth Mr. Lloyd Snook Mr. Joseph Barrows Ms. Joan O’Malley Inger Mr. Scott M. Broetzmann Mr. David Brown Ms. Karen Grane Mr. Freeman Jones Mr. Robert A. Long Jr. Mrs. Kathryn Blair Mrs. Diana Forbes Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Henry Mr. James Colin Morrell Mr. Pierce L. Prior Mr. Gregory King Mr. Alan G. Forssell Mrs. Colleen Hewitt Ms. Andrea Kent Ms. Denise Foster Mr. Bruce Sullivan Dr. Luke Wright Ms. Heather Dickey Mrs. Mary Leavell Ms. Carol Vernon Mrs. Stephanie Henke Mr. Charles Ragan Mrs. Grace Rhinesmith Mr. Steven Moore Ms. Linda Hutt Ms. Maria Hutt Clark Ms. Susan D. Bland Mr. Albert (Charlie) Diradour Dr. Kia J. Bentley Mrs. Mary Holly Bigelow Mr. J. Robert Thomas Ms. Barbara Hansbrough Mr. Ashton Bell Mrs. Barbara Jackson Mr. Marvin Lawley Mr. Mike Crowe Mr. Allen Barringer Dr. Jack Schick

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St. Peter’s, Arlington St. Peter’s, Arlington St. Peter’s, Arlington St. Peter’s, New Kent St. Peter’s, Oak Grove St. Peter’s, Oak Grove St. Peter’s, Port Royal St. Peter’s, Port Royal St. Peter’s, Purcellville St. Peter’s, Purcellville St. Peter’s, Richmond St. Peter’s, Richmond St. Philip’s, Richmond St. Philip’s, Richmond

Mr. Larry Suiters Ms. Katharine Griffith Mr. Benjamin A. Oliver Jr. Dr. Stephen von Hitritz Mr. Tom Smallwood Ms. Julia Hynson Mr. Helmut von Berg Ms. Linda Beck Mr. Paul Theerman Ms. Mary Coate Ms. Olivia E. Brown Ms. Elaine Carey Mr. Alfred Orendorff Mrs. Vickie Seymour St. Stephen and the Good Shepherd, Rocky Bar Ms. Susan Gladwell St. Stephen’s, Catlett Mr. Linn L. Power St. Stephen’s, Catlett Mr. Alvin Benkelman St. Stephen’s, Culpeper Ms. Rebecca Walser St. Stephen’s, Culpeper Mrs. Elizabeth O’Reilly St. Stephen’s, Heathsville Mr. Rocco Tricarico St. Stephen’s, Heathsville Mrs. Sandra Kirkpatrick St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Robert P. Allen St. Stephen’s, Richmond Dr. Richard M. Clary St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Carol Dickinson St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Keith Randall Dull St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Mary P. Hester St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Seth D. Humphreys St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Margaret Tucker St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Robert Anthony St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. William B. Armstrong St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Marquis B. Burnett St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Gerald C. Canaan II St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Alice T. Meadows St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mr. Duncan Owen III St. Stephen’s, Richmond Ms. Anne Boleyn Pole St. Stephen’s, Richmond Mrs. Margaret B. Tucker St. Thomas’, McLean Ms. Elizabeth Heilman St. Thomas’, Orange Mr. Royce Drake St. Thomas’, Orange Ms. Sonja Scott St. Thomas’, Richmond Mr. Ted Smith St. Thomas’, Richmond Ms. Jennie Eckert St. Timothy’s, Herndon Mr. Michael Cook St. Timothy’s, Herndon Mrs. Betsy Knoizen St. Timothy’s, Herndon Mrs. Janet Koch St. Timothy’s, Herndon Ms. Sandy Wright The Church of St. Clement, Alexandria Dr. Martha Crawley The Falls Church, Falls Church Mr. Douglas W. Hansen The Falls Church, Falls Church Mr. Michael Lockaby The Fork Church, Doswell Mr. Courtland Warfield The Fork Church, Doswell Ms. Louise Smythe Trinity, Arlington Mr. Dennis M. Ramsay 24

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Trinity, Arlington Trinity, Charlottesville Trinity, Charlottesville Trinity, Fredericksburg Trinity, Fredericksburg Trinity, Highland Springs Trinity, Highland Springs Trinity, Lancaster Trinity, Lancaster Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Manassas Trinity, Upperville Trinity, Upperville Trinity, Washington Trinity, Washington Varina Church, Varina Varina Church, Varina Vauter’s, Loretto Ware, Gloucester Ware, Gloucester Wicomico Parish, Wicomico Wicomico Parish, Wicomico

Mr. Richard N. Taliaferro Jr. Ms. Amy Griffith Ms. B. Stephanie Commander Ms. Sara Amanda Kotval Mr. Michael J. Gannon Mr. Dennison Harvey Ms. Cynthia Love Ms. Janet Christopher Ms. Mariah Pollard Mr. Mark Yow Mr. William A. Hogg Ms. Liz Nahser Ms. Kim Albrecht Mr. Jason Smith Mr. Randy Stachel Mrs. Barbara Augenblick Mr. Charles Hassett Mr. Douglas K. Baumgardner Mrs. Mary Frances Beebout Mr. Joseph Klenzmann Mr. Wilmer Stoneman III Mr. William M. Meredith Mr. Thomas T. Hay Mr. Michael D. Jenkins Ms. Marshall Waterman Mr. Robert Waterman

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Lay Members Ex Officio Position Name Church Chancellor Mr. Russell V. Palmore Jr. St. Paul’s, Richmond Collegiate Delegate Mr. Thomas Pugh James Madison Unviersity Collegiate Delegate Ms. Megan Tiller University of Virginia Collegiate Alternate Ms. Olivia Hutton University of Virginia Collegiate Alternate Mr. Philip Tickle James Madison University ECW President Ms. Beblon Parks St. Philip’s, Richmond Executive Board Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan Abingdon, White Marsh Executive Board Dr. Craig Anderson Holy Comforter, Richmond Executive Board The Hon. Jane Delbridge All Saints’-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria Executive Board Mr. Bill Forester The Falls Church, Falls Church Executive Board Mr. Rick Gibbs St. Martin’s, Richmond Executive Board Dr. George Spagna Jr. St. James the Less, Ashland Executive Board Ms. Helen Spence St. Christopher’s, Springfield Executive Board Ms. Jean Mary Taylor Calvary, Front Royal Regional President Mr. Walter Barbee St. Alban’s, Annandale Regional President Mr. Frank Baxter Calvary, Front Royal Regional President Mr. David J. Bell St. Mary’s, Arlington Regional President Mr. Roland Blocksom St. Francis’, Great Falls Regional President Mrs. Mary Jo Browning St. Stephen’s, Culpeper Regional President Mr. Brian L. Carr St. Paul’s, Richmond Regional President Mr. Cleve Corlett Grace, Alexandria Regional President Mr. Tom Crockett Christ Church, Glen Allen Regional President Ms. Margaret Jones St. Mark’s, Richmond Regional President Mr. Richard Meyer Trinity, Manassas Regional President Ms. Toni Moniot St. Paul’s, Hanover Regional President Mr. William Pennell Jr. St. Mary’s Whitechapel, Lively Regional President Dr. Edward A. Schneider Olivet, Alexandria Regional President Mr. Stephen Wachenfeld Grace, Cismont, Keswick Regional President Mr. Dallas Wolfe Grace, The Plains Standing Committee Ms. Cindi Bartol Christ Church, Alexandria Standing Committee Mr. Paul Brockman St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville Standing Committee Mr. Jack W. Burtch Jr. St. Stephen’s, Richmond Standing Committee Ms. Myfanwy Hall St. Paul’s, Richmond Standing Committee Mr. Roger Inger St. Paul’s on the Hill, Winchester Standing Committee Mr. Don Metheny Trinity, Fredericksburg Youth Delegate Mr. David Allison St. Alban’s, Annandale Youth Delegate Ms. Mary Bobbitt St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg Youth Delegate Mr. Samuel Smith St. John’s, Richmond Youth Delegate Ms. Elaine Warburton Trinity, Arlington Youth Alternate Mr. Adam Bradshaw St. John’s, Richmond Youth Alternate Ms. Jessica Riddle St. Barnabas’, Annandale

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Clergy of the Diocese in Order of Reception

As of 2011 Council Bishops Atkinson, Robert P. (Consecrated May 6, 1973)

Date Ordained February 1954

Received from West Virginia

Lee, Peter James (Consecrated May 19, 1984)

May 1968

North Carolina

Gray, Francis Campbell (Consecrated October 31, 1986)

December 1969

Northern Indiana

Matthews, F. Clayton (Consecrated September 11, 1993)

April 1974

East Carolina

Jones, David C. (Consecrated June 24, 1995)

December 1968

West Virginia

Johnston, Shannon S. (Consecrated May 26, 2007)

December 1988

Mississippi

Priests/Deacons Townsend, Morton Baldwin, Jr., Harry W. Price, Gary K. Seiler, Robert S. Frank, William G. Morgan, III, Edward Lyles, Robert H. Newman, Jr., Murray L. Prest, Jr., A. Patrick L. Van Scoyoc, Gardner W. Grumbine, Eugene E. Eddleton, Oscar B. Smart, Jr., Frank F. Barton, III, George L. Brown, III, W. Hill Aiken, Jr., Charles D. Adams, Jr., John D. Harris, Carl B. Wood, Hunter H. Davis, Gordon B. Campbell, Benjamin P. Stribling, Jr., Jess H. LeRoy, Milton R. Angel, Clyde S. Duvall, Robert W. Boyd, Jr., Robert J. Newland, Jr., William T. Hall, Jr., Robert C. Hartl, K. Palmer Dickey, Jr., Robert W.

Date 01/01/1948 06/04/1948 11/04/1949 06/06/1952 05/20/1954 06/03/1955 06/07/1957 11/13/1957 02/28/1958 06/13/1958 06/28/1960 09/02/1961 03/05/1962 07/02/1962 11/24/1962 06/15/1963 09/01/1964 01/01/1965 06/12/1965 11/15/1965 11/12/1966 01/01/1967 04/21/1967 06/10/1967 08/15/1967 09/01/1967 12/01/1967 06/08/1968 09/17/1968 01/01/1969

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Goodwin, III, Frederick D. Morgan, S. Neale La Rue, Howard A. Sydnor, Jr., Charles R. Wandall, Frederick S. Minich, Mason F. Sheerin, Jr., Charles W. Dols, William L. Praktish, Carl Way, Peter T. Eade, Kenneth C. Andersen, John D. Prior, Randall L. Coffey, E. Allen Hobson, III, Jennings W. Hodge, Vincent S. Edwards, D. Raby Myers, William F. Wyer, George W. Corry, Richard S. Warner, David M. Prichard, Robert W. Albritton, Sherodd R. Bayfield, Ralph W. Morton, III, W. Brown Dols, Timothy W. Murray, Michael H. Smith, John M. Cook, Jr., Charles S. Thomas, John A. Berberich, Gloria K. Worthington, Jr., Daniel O. Brookfield, Christopher M. Reeves, Jr., William DeMott, Richard A. Turnbull, Malcolm E. Biddle, III, Craig Poist, David H. White, Harold N. Jones, David C. Wayland, David C. Klam, Warren P. Brake, Mary W. Richardson, W. Ramsey Nunn, Frances L. Knight, David H. McCusker, III, Thomas B. Caldwell, Martin Hergenrather, Lynda S. Holliday, C. Thomas Stewart, J. Bruce Wentt, Allan R.

06/14/1969 09/01/1969 10/01/1969 06/20/1970 09/01/1970 01/01/1971 09/13/1971 04/02/1972 04/15/1972 05/27/1972 07/01/1972 08/01/1972 10/06/1972 05/26/1973 05/26/1973 05/26/1973 09/01/1973 11/01/1973 02/27/1974 04/22/1974 05/01/1974 05/24/1974 08/01/1974 12/10/1974 01/15/1975 04/01/1975 08/03/1975 09/02/1975 04/22/1976 05/13/1976 05/22/1976 05/22/1976 12/19/1976 01/04/1977 01/31/1977 06/04/1977 08/01/1977 09/01/1977 09/13/1977 01/01/1978 06/15/1978 06/16/1978 08/18/1978 09/01/1978 10/14/1978 10/15/1978 04/06/1979 06/15/1979 06/23/1979 06/23/1979 09/04/1979 10/16/1979

Ordained Pittsburgh Southern Virginia Ordained Southwestern Virginia Costa Rica Massachusetts Massachusetts Ordained Ordained NM & Southwestern Texas Connecticut Central Gulf Coast Ordained Ordained Ordained Atlanta Central New York South East Florida Florida Utah Ordained Atlanta Pennsylvania Cnv.Am.Churches, Europe Maryland Southwestern Virginia North Carolina Southern Virginia Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Newark Southwestern Virginia Connecticut Maryland West Virginia West Virginia Maryland Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Ordained Western Massachusetts Pittsburgh Newark Ordained Ordained Newark Southern Ohio

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Matthews, F. Clayton Okrasinski, Ronald S. Kettlewell, Paula S. Cobb, Lewis M. Taylor, Gregory B. Cooke, Bruce H. Lee, David E. Noe, William S. Kinser III, Prentice Stafford, William S. Kunz, Jr., Andrew G. Merrow, Andrew T. P. Goff, Susan E. Hallock, Jr., Harold H. Ward, Edwin M. Markley, Thomas H. Brown, Jr., Allen W. Miller, John E. Jenkins, Holt M. Bryan, Jonathan R. Stribling, Anna J. Carter, J. Currie M. Brown, Dwight L. Baxter, Philip R. Windel, Marian K. Reiners, Jr., Alwin Siefferman, Norman C. Martin, William R. Smith, Thomas R. Dudley, Jr., Thomas L. Horne, Martha M. J. Maycock, Roma W. VanDevelder, Frank R. Rutter, Deborah W. Gray, Peter H. Reid, Richard Milliken, Jean L. Johnston, Philip G. Blair, Jr., Thom W. Mohn, Michael Loomis, DeWitt H. Hetherington, Robert G. Lee, Peter James Phipps, Jr., Robert S. Chipps, Kathleen D. M. Trumbore, Frederick R. Read, Harry A. C. Desaulniers, John J. Tedesco, Robert L. May, Jr., Boyd H. Lubelfeld, Nicholas P. N. Manson, Anne L. Y. 30

01/01/1980 02/06/1980 06/14/1980 07/14/1980 07/18/1980 11/20/1980 01/26/1981 01/28/1981 03/01/1981 05/02/1981 05/15/1981 06/07/1981 06/23/1981 09/01/1981 09/10/1981 10/01/1981 12/01/1981 12/12/1981 02/25/1982 06/09/1982 06/09/1982 06/15/1982 06/17/1982 06/21/1982 06/28/1982 11/20/1982 12/15/1982 01/01/1983 04/21/1983 05/18/1983 06/11/1983 06/11/1983 06/14/1983 08/06/1983 09/01/1983 10/12/1983 12/12/1983 01/01/1984 02/01/1984 03/01/1984 04/01/1984 05/11/1984 05/19/1984 07/01/1984 07/25/1984 10/12/1984 12/12/1984 06/22/1985 08/22/1985 01/20/1986 03/31/1986 06/11/1986

East Carolina Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Ohio Iowa Michigan East Carolina Southwestern Virginia Ordained Missouri Ordained Newark Tennessee Connecticut S. Virginia SE Florida Ordained Maryland Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Western Massachusetts Missouri Washington Missouri Atlanta Southern Virginia Washington Upper South Carolina Ordained Ordained Mexico Pittsburgh W. Michigan Rhode Island Atlanta Lexington Missouri Western North Carolina Central New York Western New York North Carolina Texas Ordained Central Florida Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Michigan Ordained

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Woodard, G. H. Keyser, Charles L. Brooks, Porter H. Friend, Robert D. Seiler, Jeffrey H. Wells, Jr., William S. Schaller, Jr., Warren A. Epes, Gail E. A. Gustin, Peter R. Robayo, Daniel D. Gray, Bruce A. Bitsberger, Donald E. Davis, Alice D. Edwards, Jr., Myles W. Hatcher, Jr., John H. Webb, III, Joseph T. Gilliatt, Cynthia A. Wood, Stuart C. Atkinson, Robert P. Mansella, Thomas G. A. Cangialosi, Grace L. Turner, Linnea S. Malm, Robert H. Glover, John F. Hearn, Roger D. Schadt, Stuart E. Chipps, James D. Johnson, Paul A. McWhorter, Stephen Morales, Roberto May, Richard E. Maypole, Sara J. Chandler Walsh, Ruth D. Eaves, Susan N. Alley, Charles D. Papile, James A. Strasser, Gabor Pippin, J. Edwin Winchell, Ronald S. Jackson, Brad L. Burgoyne, Douglas G. Smith, Wesley H. Dillard, W. Scott Heistand Jones, Virginia May, David H. Reed, James G. Johnson, Charles L. Klemmt, Pierce W. Rundlett, Bradford A. Hunter, Jr., H. Miller Huynh, Tinh T. Mullaly, Jr., Charles F.

06/18/1986 08/01/1986 11/26/1986 01/01/1987 01/15/1987 02/15/1987 02/17/1987 06/13/1987 06/13/1987 06/13/1987 06/22/1987 08/08/1987 09/13/1987 10/01/1987 10/01/1987 05/12/1988 06/18/1988 06/18/1988 01/01/1989 03/01/1989 06/10/1989 06/10/1989 06/15/1989 09/27/1989 01/01/1990 02/01/1990 06/02/1990 06/02/1990 07/15/1990 02/25/1991 06/11/1991 12/01/1991 12/10/1991 12/12/1991 01/21/1992 06/13/1992 06/13/1992 07/01/1992 07/06/1992 11/23/1992 03/29/1993 03/29/1993 06/12/1993 06/12/1993 06/12/1993 06/12/1993 06/24/1993 01/01/1994 01/01/1994 02/01/1994 06/11/1994 06/11/1994

Washington Florida Northwest Texas Maryland Maine North Carolina Suspension Ended Ordained Ordained Ordained Albany Massachusetts Maryland Delaware Tennessee Maryland Ordained Ordained West Virginia Argentina/Uruguay Ordained Ordained New Hampshire Minnesota Easton Texas Ordained Ordained California New York Vermont Connecticut Ordained Ordained Alabama Ordained Ordained California Utah Kansas Southern Virginia New York Ordained West Texas Ordained Ordained Maine West Missouri Maryland Alabama Ordained Ordained

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Peacock, Joan L. Woodruff, Karen B. Kempsell, Jr., Howard F. Lord, Richard A. Simpson, Geoffrey S. Fishwick, Jeffrey P. Ohmer, John R. Norton, Julie L. Eaves, Lindon J. Thomas, Sherry H. Ritchie, Anne Gavin Hammond, James A. White, James T. Krejci, Scott Greenwood, April Trew Rice, Jr., John F. Wade, Stephen H. Moore, Melvin L. McDowell, Jr., John S. Blakemore, Barbara Keller White, III, Hugh C. Merritt, Claudia W. Wayland, David F. Parker, Betsee Hortum, John D. Miller, Jr., Edward O. Spigner, Carol H. Spigner, Charles B. Nelson-Amaker, Melana Garrett, Kathy R. Packard, Laurence K. Faeth, Margaret A. Jackson, C. Thomas Dunlap, G. Edward Crocker, Ronald Burk, William H. Levy, Sandra Thompson, Carla E. Rahm, Kent Weatherly, John A. deGavre, Susan W. Schellenberg, Roger Parkinson, Caroline S. Sturges, Kathleen M. Hummel, Thomas C. Anderson, Vienna Cobb Caldwell, George M. Simmons, IV, Thomas W. Thomson, Jacqueline C. Birnbaum, Rachelle E. Bridges, Penelope M. Murphy, Genevieve M. 32

06/11/1994 06/11/1994 07/01/1994 08/15/1994 10/24/1994 01/01/1995 01/23/1995 01/24/1995 01/27/1995 03/24/1995 06/19/1995 06/27/1995 07/07/1995 07/31/1995 10/10/1995 11/01/1995 11/01/1995 11/27/1995 01/15/1996 03/01/1996 03/01/1996 05/22/1996 05/25/1996 07/31/1996 09/08/1996 10/18/1996 11/22/1996 11/22/1996 11/25/1996 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 01/07/1997 01/14/1997 01/25/1997 03/18/1997 05/05/1997 05/30/1997 06/14/1997 07/11/1997 07/15/1997 08/16/1997 09/01/1997 09/18/1997 10/15/1997 12/26/1997 01/26/1998 06/13/1998 06/13/1998 06/13/1998 06/15/1998 11/25/1998 12/11/1998

Ordained Ordained Massachusetts Connecticut Connecticut South Carolina Indianapolis Massachusetts Oxford, UK Southern Ohio Washington Easton Arkansas Michigan Rhode Island Massachusetts Massachusetts Ordained Central Pennsylvania Southern Virginia Southern Virginia North Carolina Southern Ohio Massachusetts Roman Catholic Massachusetts Upper South Carolina Upper South Carolina Pittsburgh Connecticut Atlanta Ordained W. Texas Eastern Carolina Rhode Island Northern California Southwestern Virginia Ordained Long Island East Carolina Pennsylvania Western Massachusetts Washington Olympia Newark Washington Ordained Ordained Ordained Arkansas New Hampshire Ordained

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Weiler, William L. Murphy, Jo-Ann Gray, Francis Washington, Lynne Keill, David McDonald, Janet S. Voorhees, Jonathan Baker, John M. Gibson, Webster Warder, Oran E. Han, Valentine Pollock, Margaret C. F. Anderson, David T. Smith, Hilary B. Webb, Pamela Eckman, Jr., Daniel W. Newcomb, Deborah J. Newbold, Simeon E. Hollerith, Randolph M. Hollerith, Melissa K. Lainson, Vinnie Kiblinger, Charles E. Huntington, Frederic D. Morgan, Philip Wheeler, Elisa D. Hawkins, Linda Fichter, Jr., Richard E. Skala, Kira Sheehan, John Packard, Jeffrey A. Piver, Jane Mandell, Cuthbert Lockey, Laura Binder, Donald Baker, Rhonda W. Stanley, Lauren Barker, Ann Dickson, Patricia Hadaway, Michael Merola, C. Robert Andres, Anthony Gray, Michael Foughty, Donna Inscoe, Laura Kapurch, Linda MacPhail, Alexander Shepherd, Stephen Iswariah, James Harper, David S. Rowles, S. Paul Haddix, Jr., Theodore Hague, Leslie J.

01/22/1999 01/26/1999 02/19/1999 04/13/1999 06/14/1999 06/19/1999 08/06/1999 08/31/1999 10/01/1999 01/15/2000 02/01/2000 03/29/2000 06/24/2000 06/24/2000 07/01/2000 08/25/2000 09/08/2000 09/14/2000 12/01/2000 12/01/2000 12/07/2000 12/28/2000 01/01/2001 01/08/2001 05/10/2001 06/23/2001 06/23/2001 06/23/2001 06/23/2001 07/30/2001 08/23/2001 09/06/2001 09/11/2001 10/01/2001 10/01/2001 10/30/2001 11/02/2001 11/17/2001 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 01/07/2002 01/15/2002 06/15/2002 06/15/2002 06/15/2002 06/15/2002 08/06/2002 08/07/2002 10/05/2002 11/11/2002 01/12/2003

Upper South Carolina Newark Northern Indiana Southern Virginia New Jersey Ordained Oregon West Tennessee Southern Virginia Delaware Korea Honduras Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Upper South Carolina Maryland Central Florida Georgia Georgia Ordained Colorado South East Florida Northern Indiana Washington Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Central Pennsylvania East Carolina Massachusetts Mississippi Dallas Chicago Bethlehem Atlanta Ordained West Virginia Central Florida Indiana SE Florida North Dakota Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Perth, Australia San Joaquin Ordained Restored Georgia

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Millner, Jr., Bollin Pipkin, Michael Johnson, David Sonderegger, Katherine Murphy, Diane G. Neville-Reeder, Robyn Palmer, Beth A. Proctor, Judith H. Howell, S. Caitlin Gwynne, Geoffrey C. Brenneis, Michael Harman, Torrence M. Turner, Anne M. May, Jr., James B. Pruitt, Alonzo C. Duncan-Probe, DeDe Brubaker, Natasha Vache Sutor, Jack West, Jr., John Hutchson, Lee White, Ellen McNabb, Ann C. Hutton, Linda V. Johnson, Candine Kimball, Jennifer MacPhail, Karin C. Morris, J. Glen “Jay” West, Hillary T. Walker, Paul N. Cavanaugh, Sean Hayes, C. Thomas Wood, Sarah A. Dannals, James C. Barr, Jane W. Swann, Catherine W. O’Neill, Grayce Stewart-Sicking, Megan Bailey, S. Abbott Davila, Mary F. Kinney, Sarah Lloyd, Lucia Martens, Ann Solak, Ketlen Staley, Mary Willis, Barbara Stoddart, David Jones, Gary D. Watson, Margaret Gonzalez, Mario Campbell, Catherine Andersen, Paul J. Andrews, Pati Mary 34

02/17/2003 02/25/2003 03/13/2003 04/11/03 06/14/2003 06/14/2003 06/14/2003 07/25/03 08/21/03 01/01/2004 01/14/2004 01/14/2004 01/28/2004 02/19/2004 02/25/2004 03/22/2004 03/17/2004 04/15/2004 05/01/2004 05/14/2004 06/01/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 6/26/2004 07/01/2004 9/8/2004 9/21/2004 11/22/2004 12/1/2004 12/1/2004 12/2/2004 1/12/2005 4/8/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 6/18/2005 9/29/2005 8/31/2005 11/8/2005 12/22/2005 1/4/2006 1/10/2006 1/16/2006

North Carolina Northwest Texas South Carolina Vermont Ordained Ordained Ordained Missouri Maine Colorado Ordained Ordained Washington Washington Long Island El Camino Real Olympia West Virginia Georgia Florida Southwestern Virginia Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Alabama Atlanta Central New York Ordained Western Massachusetts Central Pennsylvania Southern Virginia North Carolina Southern Ohio Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Western Massachusetts West Tennessee San Diego Southern Virginia Northern California Western Massachusetts Upper South Carolina

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Smedley, Walter Geddes, Douglas Phillips, Kevin A. Carroll, Diane P. Becker, Robert A. Fawcett, Susan Daughtry Hinson, Michael B. Kucik, Amanda Peyton, William P. Pollach, Gideon L.K. Wellford, Eleanor L. Strawbridge, Jennifer Cadaret, J. Michael Chadwick, Leslie Shankles, Jeffrey Sachs, William Rahn, Gaynelle M. Davis, Ann B. Cirillo, James H. Johnston, Shannon S. Blanchard, Louise Han, Heewoo Daniel Holland, C. Lynn Hollaway, Megan L. Marques, Barbara B. Norton, Marlee Rees, Elizabeth Wells, Fletcher M. Zimmerman, Whitney B. Banse, Robert L. Tracy, Edward J. Weiher, Joie C. McKenzie, Jennifer Edmondson, Stephen B. Markham, Ian S. Pierce, C. Christian Hutton, Linda V. Beatty, Stephan P. Brown, Mary Kay Crerar, Patrick T. Heffner, Meredith T. Johnson, Matthew R. Ritonia, Ann M. Tibbetts, Catherine J. Trogdon, Denise A. vanBaars, Sven L. Swann, Stuart A. Niemeyer, J. David Richardson, James D. Holcomb, Justin S. Ackerman, Peter K. Ledgerwood, Mary Jayne

1/24/2006 2/1/2006 2/15/2006 5/10/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/24/2006 6/29/2006 7/6/2006 8/1/2006 8/28/2006 9/15/2006 10/31/2006 11/8/2006 12/1/2006 5/26/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 6/16/2007 7/3/2007 12/12/2007 10/15/2007 1/1/2008 1/23/2008 1/24/2008 1/24/2008 3/8/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 5/24/2008 6/6/2008 6/7//2008 6/24/2008 6/25/2008 8/5/2008 10/23/2008

Pennsylvania Southern Virginia Camino Real Southern Virginia Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Southwestern Virginia Florida Georgia Idaho Connecticut Western Massachusetts Upper South Carolina Pennsylvania Mississippi Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Southern Virginia Texas Washington Texas Connecticut Atlanta Northern Indiana New Jersey Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Restored Received, Roman Catholic Church Northern California Sudan Los Angeles Maryland

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Adams-Riley, Wallace Gibson, Elizabeth M. Carey, Peter M. Eberle, William Jenkins, Kathryn Gibson, Elizabeth Kuratko, Ryan Montgomery, Jennifer Eiman, Amanda Beales, Rosemary Kuratko, Lauren Takacs, Erika Gillespie, Ann Kane, E. Ross McIntosh, Justin Pulimootil, Cherian Reed, Elizabeth Thorpe, Mary Coupland, Geoffrey McCaskill, James Marshall, Lyn Youll Guinta, Denise Clark, Constance Asonye, Collins Bassuener, Barbara Fleenor, Ryan Garcia, Christopher Hicks, Catherine Sowers, Susan Weierbach, Cornelia Witt, Anne Lane Bailey, Bertram Hallmark, Charlotte Smith, David Martinez-Jantz, Jeanie Schroeder, Cecelia

10/28/2008 11/16/2008 11/18/2008 1/1/2009 5/4/2009 5/17/2009 5/28/2009 6/3/2009 8/3/2009 8/20/2009 8/21/2009 9/9/2009 9/16/2009 11/14/2009 11/14/2009 12/6/2009 12/6/2009 12/6/2009 12/8/2009 12/920/09 12/14/2009 3/31/2010 4/30/2010 3/29/2010 6/5/10 6/5/2010 6/5/2010 6/5/2010 6/5/2010 6/5/2010 6/5/2010 6/17/2010 7/12/2010 7/6/2010 1/10/2011 1/10/2011

Florida Ordained Pennsylvania Central Pennsylvania Southern Virginia Ordained Northwest Texas Central New York Newark Maryland Northwest Texas Pennsylvania Los Angeles Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained West Virginia Pittsburgh Canada Southwest Florida Wyoming Ohio Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Ordained Hawai’i North Carolina Southern Virginia Southeast Florida Virginia

Clergy who have left the Diocese since January 2010 Magill, Beth 1/11/2010 Texas Rafferty Quinn, Catherine 3/18/2010 Newark Cunningham, Jeunee 4/30/2010 Southern Virginia Mainwaring, Simon 7/1/2010 San Diego Weatherly, Beverly 7/30/2010 Washington Butler, Andrew 8/5/2010 Newark Corsello, Dana 8/16/2010 California Perkins, David 9/23/2010 Lexington Shobe, Melody 9/22/2010 Rhode Island Walton, Lindsley 9/1/2010 Western North Carolina Anschutz, Maryetta 11/30/2010 Los Angeles Dell, Mary Lynn 1/4/2011 Ohio Clergy who have died since January 2010 36

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2/16/2010 4/9/2010 9/20/2010 9/16/2010

Clergy who have been deposed since January 2010 Bragg, Randolph 4/15/2010

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Alphabetical Listing of Churches, Missions, Schools, Centers and Homes Current as of January 2011

Churches Church Abingdon All Saints’ All Saints’-Sharon Chapel Apostles, Church of the* Aquia Calvary Christ Ascension Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Cople Parish Creator, Church of the Cunningham Chapel Parish Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel Emmanuel, Brook Hill Emmanuel, Piedmont Parish Epiphany, Church of the Falls Church, The** Fork Church, The Good Shepherd, Church of the Grace & Holy Trinity Grace Grace Grace Grace Grace Grace, Cismont Grace, Emmanuel Parish Grace Memorial Holy Comforter Holy Comforter Holy Cross, Church of the Holy Cross, Church of the 40

Place White Marsh Richmond Alexandria Fairfax Stafford Front Royal Richmond Alexandria Brandy Station Charlottesville Christchurch Glen Allen Gordonsville Luray Spotsylvania Winchester Hague Mechanicsville Millwood Alexandria Greenwood Harrisonburg King George Middleburg Woodstock Richmond Delaplane Richmond Falls Church Doswell Burke Richmond Alexandria Berryville Goochland Kilmarnock The Plains Keswick Casanova Port Republic Richmond Vienna Batesville Dunn Loring

Region City/State 2 Gloucester 12 Henrico 6 Fairfax 7 Fairfax City 1 Stafford 14 Warren 11 Richmond 4 Alexandria 1 Culpeper 15 Charlottesville 2 Middlesex 12 Henrico 15 Orange 14 Page 1 Spotsylvania 14 Winchester 2 Westmoreland 11 Mechanicsville 14 Clarke 4 Alexandria 15 Albemarle 14 Harrisonburg 1 Port Conway 13 Loudoun 14 Shenandoah 11 Henrico 13 Fauquier 11 Henrico 8 Falls Church 11 Hanover 7 Alexandria 10 Richmond 4 Alexandria 14 Clarke 12 Goochland 2 Lancaster 13 Fauquier 15 Albemarkle 13 Fauquier 14 Rockingham 10 Richmond 5 Fairfax 15 Albemarle 5 Fairfax

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Immanuel, Old Church Immanuel Church-on-the Hill Incarnation, Church of the Kingston Parish Leeds Church Little Fork Church McIlhany Parish Meade Memorial Messiah, Church of the North Farnham Olivet Our Redeemer, Church of the Our Saviour, Church of the Our Saviour, Church of the* Piedmont/Bromfield Parish Pohick Church Resurrection, Church of the Spirit, Church of the St. Aidan’s St. Alban’s St. Andrew’s St. Andrew’s St. Andrew’s St. Andrew’s St. Anne’s St. Anne’s Parish St. Asaph’s St. Barnabas’ St. Bartholomew’s St. Christopher’s St. Clement, Church of the St. David’s St. Dunstan’s St. Francis’ St. George’s St. George’s St. James’ St. James’ St. James’ St. James’ St. James’ St. James’s St. James the Less St. John the Baptist St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s St. John’s

Mechanicsville Alexandria Mineral Mathews Markham Rixeyville Charlottesville Alexandria Fredericksburg Farnham Franconia Aldie Charlottesville Oatlands Madison Lorton Alexandria Kingstowne Alexandria Annandale Arlington Burke Mount Jackson Richmond Reston Scottsville Bowling Green Annandale Richmond Springfield Alexandria Ashburn McLean Great Falls Arlington Fredericksburg Leesburg Louisa Montross Mount Vernon Warrenton Richmond Ashland Ivy Arlington Centreville King George McLean Richmond Tappahannock Warsaw West Point

11 4 1 2 13 1 15 4 1 2 6 13 15 13 1 6 4 6 6 8 3 7 14 10 5 15 1 8 12 7 4 13 5 5 3 1 13 1 2 6 13 10 11 15 3 7 1 5 9 2 2 2

Hanover Alexandria Louisa Mathews Fauquier Culpeper Albemarle Alexandria Spotsylvania Richmond Co. Fairfax Loudoun Albemarle Loudoun Madison Fairfax Alexandria Alexandria Fairfax Fairfax Arlington Fairfax Shenandoah Richmond Fairfax Albemarle Caroline Fairfax Henrico Fairfax Alexandria Loudoun Fairfax Fairfax Arlington Fredericksburg Loudoun Louisa Westmoreland Fairfax Fauquier Richmond Ashland Albemarle Arlington Fairfax King George Fairfax Richmond Essex Richmond Co. King William

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St. Luke’s, Wellington St. Margaret’s** St. Mark’s St. Mark’s St. Martin’s St. Mary’s St. Mary’s St. Mary’s St. Mary’s St. Mary’s Whitechapel St. Matthew’s St. Matthew’s St. Michael’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s* St. Paul’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s, Bailey’s Crossroads St. Paul’s, Owens St. Paul’s Church-on-the Hill St. Paul’s Memorial St. Peter’s St. Peter’s St. Peter’s St. Peter’s St. Peter’s, Oak Grove St. Peter’s in the Woods St. Philip’s St. Stephen & the Good Shepherd St. Stephen’s St. Stephen’s St. Stephen’s St. Stephen’s** St. Thomas’ St. Thomas’ St. Thomas’ St. Timothy’s Church

Alexandria Woodbridge Alexandria Richmond Richmond Arlington Colonial Beach Goochland Reedville Lancaster Richmond Sterling Arlington Alexandria Hanover Haymarket Ivy Miller’s Tavern Richmond Falls Church King George Winchester Charlottesville Arlington New Kent Port Royal Purcellville Montross Fairfax Station Richmond Port Republic Catlett Culpeper Richmond Heathsville McLean Orange Richmond Herndon Transfiguration, Cathedral Shrine of the Orkney Springs Trinity Arlington Trinity Church Fredericksburg Trinity Church Lancaster Trinity Church Manassas Trinity Church Upperville Trinity Church Washington Truro* Fairfax Varina Richmond Vauter’s, Loretto Loretto Ware Gloucester Westover Charles City Wicomico Parish Wicomico Church 42

6 6 6 10 12 3 1 12 2 2 12 13 3 4 11 13 15 2 9 8 1 14 15 3 9 1 13 2 7 11 14 13 1 12 2 5 15 11 5 14 3 1 2 7 13 13 7 9 1 2 9 2

Fairfax Prince William Fairfax Richmond Henrico Arlington Westmoreland Goochland Northumberland Lively Henrico Loudoun Arlington Alexandria Hanover Prince William Albemarle Essex Richmond Falls Church King George Winchester Charlottesville Arlington New Kent Caroline Loudoun Westmoreland Fairfax Richmond Rockingham Fauquier Culpeper Richmond Northumberland Fairfax Orange Richmond Fairfax Shenandoah Arlington Fredericksburg Lancaster Manassas Fauquier Rappahannock Fairfax City Henrico Essex Gloucester Charles City Northumberland

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Word, Church of the*

Gainesville

7

Prince William

*In December 2006, a majority of the membership of these churches voted to terminate their denominational affiliation and attempted to appropriate real and/or personal property. **In December 2006, a majority of the membership of these churches voted to terminate their denominational affiliation and attempted to appropriate real and/or personal property; however, the continuing Episcopal congregation reformed, elected new vestries and delegates to Council and is continuing to worship as an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Virginia.

Parishes with Several Churches

Each parish listed below has one vestry, one Council delegate and is a single canonical unit, but uses more than one church building. They are included in the previous list. Parish/Church Cople Parish Nomini Grove St. James’ Yeocomico

Place

Region City/State

Mt. Holly Tidwells Tucker Hill

2 2 2

Westmoreland Westmoreland Westmoreland

Cunningham Chapel Parish Christ Church Millwood 14 Emmanuel Boyce 14 Old Chapel Millwood 14

Clarke Clarke Clarke

Kingston Parish Christ Church Williams Wharf 2 Trinity Foster 2

Mathews Mathews

McIlhany Parish Good Shepherd, Church of the Hickory Hill 15 Grace Church Red Hill 15

Albemarle Albemarle

Piedmont Parish Emmanuel Parish Delaplane 13 Trinity Marshall 13

Fauquier Fauquier

St. Anne’s Parish Christ Church Glendower 15 St. John’s Scottsville 15 St. Stephen’s Esmont 15

Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle

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Diocesan Missions Mission All Souls’ Buck Mountain Calvary Christ the King Cristo Rey, La Iglesia de Emmanuel Epiphany, Church of the** Good Shepherd, Church of the Good Shepherd-of-the-Hills Grace Grace Grace Holy Cross Korean Immanuel Meade Memorial Our Savior, Church of the San José, La Iglesia de San Marcos, La Iglesia de Santa Maria, La Iglesia de St. Andrew’s St. Andrew’s St. David’s St. Francis’ St. George’s St. John’s St. Luke’s St. Martin’s St. Mary’s St. Patrick’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove St. Peter’s Trinity Trinity

Place Atlee Earlysville Hanover Harrisonburg Arlington Rapidan Oak Hill Bluemont Free Union Bremo Bluff Millers Tavern Stanardsville Falls Church King and Queen Court House White Post Montpelier Arlington Alexandria Falls Church Ada Charlottesville Aylett Manakin Sabot Stanley Columbia Remington Doswell Berryville Falls Church Shenandoah West Point Montross Richmond Charlottesville Highland Springs

Region City/State 11 Hanover 15 Albemarle 11 Hanover 14 Harrisonburg 3 Arlington 1 Culpeper 7 Fairfax 14 Clarke 15 Albemarle 15 Albemarle 2 Essex 15 Greene 8 Falls Church 2 King & Queen 14 11 3 6 3 13 15 11 12 14 12 13 11 14 8 14 2 2 9 15 9

Clarke Hanover Arlington Alexandria Falls Church Fauquier Albemarle King William Goochland Page Fluvanna Fauquier Hanover Clarke Falls Church Page King William Westmoreland Richmond Charlottesville Henrico

**In December 2006, a majority of the membership of this mission voted to terminate their denominational affiliation and attempted to appropriate real and/or personal property; however, the continuing Episcopal congregation reformed, elected new vestries and delegates to Council and is continuing to worship as an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Virginia.

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Missions of Founding Churches Mission Place Christ Church Lucketts Founding Church: St. James’, Leesburg

Region City/State 13 Loudoun

Holy Cross, Church of the Batesville Founding Church: Emmanuel, Greenwood

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St. Luke’s Church Simeon Founding Church: Christ Church, Charlottesville

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Existing Churches not having Weekly Services Church All Saints’ Christ Church Clifton Chapel Grace Graves Chapel Lambs Creek Old Chapel Old St. John’s Our Saviour St. James’ Chapel St. John’s Chapel St. Paul’s Trinity Wickliffe

Place Stony Point Irvington Widewater Corbin Graves Mill King George Millwood King William Little Georgetown Charlottesville Trevilians Raccoon Ford Beaverdam Wickliffe

Region City/County 15 Albemarle 2 Lancaster 1 Stafford 1 Caroline 15 Madison 1 King George 14 Clarke 2 King William 13 Fauquier 15 Albemarle 1 Louisa 1 Culpeper 11 Hanover 14 Clarke

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Abandoned Property

The real and personal property of the following churches was declared abandoned within the meaning of Canon 15 Section 3 by the Executive Board on January 18, 2007. Abandoned Property Apostles, Church of the Christ the Redeemer Epiphany, Church of the Falls Church, The Our Saviour, Church of the Potomac Falls Church St. Margaret’s St. Paul’s St. Stephen’s Truro Word, Church of the

Place Fairfax Truro, Fairfax Herndon Falls Church Oatlands Sterling Woodbridge Haymarket Heathsville Fairfax Gainesville

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City/County Fairfax City Fairfax Fairfax Falls Church Loudoun Loudoun Prince William Prince William Northumberland Fairfax City Prince William

Place Dale City Mitchells Bumpass Ruther Glen Mathews

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City/County Prince William Culpeper Spotsylvania Caroline Mathews

Place Christchurch Richmond Richmond Tappahannock Alexandria Staunton

Region City/County 2 Middlesex 12 Richmond 12 Richmond 2 Essex 4 Alexandria NA Staunton

Churches used by Other Communions Abandoned Property All Saints’ All Saints’ St. John’s St. Margaret’s Trinity

Diocesan Schools School Christchurch School St. Catherine’s School St. Christopher’s School St. Margaret’s School St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School Stuart Hall

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Diocesan Centers Center The Mayo Memorial Church House Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn Shrine Mont Conference Center

Place Richmond Richmond Orkney Springs

Region City/County 10 Richmond 12 Henrico 14 Shenandoah

Place Falls Church Alexandria

Region City/County 8 Falls Church 4 Alexandria

Richmond

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Diocesan Homes Home Goodwin House West Goodwin House Westminster-Canterbury of Richmond Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Westminster-Canterbury of the Rappahannock Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury

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 n each day of Council there shall be appropriate worship services including a O celebration of Holy Communion at each regular meeting of the Council.

2. O  n the first day of Council the Presiding Officer, having taken the Chair, shall declare a quorum present, if such be the case, or he may direct that the roll of the members of the clerical and lay order be called to determine a quorum. 3.

On the first day of Council, a Program of Council shall be adopted.

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recommend, said changes to be presented in the form of a resolution or resolutions. No floor amendment to the proposed budget will be considered unless the subject matter of the proposed amendment has been presented or made known to the Committee on Budget prior to or during open hearings. No amendment to the proposed diocesan budget, as presented by the Committee on Budget, shall be received unless the amendment includes provision for offsetting changes in other expenditures or revenues. E. T  he Committee on Church Status, to which shall be referred all petitions for church status prepared and presented as prescribed by Canon. F. T  he Committee on Related Organizations, which shall study, review and report to Council the relationship existing between the Diocese and any organization, institution, corporation, board or other group which by charter or custom or for any reason may be considered to have a relationship with the Diocese or a desire to have such a relationship. All requests to change or create such relationship shall be referred to this Committee. This Committee is charged with presenting to Council, or to the Executive Board between meetings of Council, nominations or elections for confirmation, of officers or board members of all related organizations whose articles of incorporation or bylaws require such action. G. T  he Committee on the Journal of the Council, composed of three persons of whom the Secretary of the Diocese shall be one, and of either order, to whom shall be referred all matters to be printed in the Annual Journal of the Council, which said Committee shall have power to act during recess of the Council, and report to the Council. 6. T  he Presiding Officer shall appoint such other committees of Council as the Council may direct or the Presiding Officer may determine and he may designate the chairman of any committee. 7. T  he size and composition of every committee of Council shall be in the sole discretion of the Presiding Officer, except where otherwise provided by the Constitution and Canons. 8. The President may appoint a parliamentarian for any meeting of Council. 9. E  lections: In every election where more persons are nominated than are to be elected, the balloting shall be: A. On each ballot, the nominee(s) receiving the highest number of votes, but not less than a majority of votes cast, shall be declared elected.

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C. I n the event of an impasse, declared to be such by the Presiding Officer, the Council may change or modify Section A and B of this rule by a majority vote of members present, notwithstanding the requirement for a two-thirds vote to suspend a Rule of Order.



D. W  henever the Council must fill a vacancy on the Standing Committee, the order of election shall be: (1) The member for a regular term; (2) The member or members for the longest vacancy to be filled; (3) The member or members for the remaining vacancy to be filled.



10. W  hen a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Presiding Officer, and, if in writing, be read by the Secretary. After a motion is so stated or read, it shall be deemed in possession of the Council, but may be withdrawn by the mover at any time before amendment or decision, with the consent of the second. 11. E  very motion shall be reduced to writing if the Presiding Officer or any member require it. 12. A. When a motion is pending, the following amendments shall be in order: (1) One amendment may be made to each independent or separable portion thereof; and (2) one motion to amend that amendment shall be in order; and it shall be in order also (3) to offer a further amendment by way of substitute to which may be offered (4) one amendment.

B. N  o proposition not germane to the subject under consideration shall be received under color of an amendment or a substitute. Neither the substitute nor its amendment shall be voted on (except to lay on the table) until the original matter is perfected. An amendment or a substitute may be withdrawn by the mover with the consent of his seconder before amendment thereof or before decision is had thereon.



C. T  he amendment or the substitute shall be debatable only when the main question is debatable.



D. T  he adoption of an amendment by way of substitute or otherwise shall not displace the main resolution, which, after being amended, shall be the question before the Council.



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(9) to reconsider, (10) to suspend rules, (11) to take up business out of order or (12) for leave to withdraw a motion.



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13. When a question is under debate no motion shall be received but to (1) adjourn, (2) to lay on the table, (3) for the previous question, (4) to take at a certain time, (5) to commit or recommit, (6) to amend or substitute, (7) to postpone to a certain day, or (8) to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order enumerated and be settled by a majority vote. 14. A  motion for the previous question shall be put in this form: “Shall the previous question or questions before the Council now be put?” If the previous question is voted, only the immediately pending questions before the Council shall be put without debate. 15. A  motion to adjourn, or lay on the table, shall always be in order and shall be decided without debate. 16. W  hen two or more members of Council rise at once, the Presiding Officer shall decide who is entitled to the floor. 17. E  xcept by leave of the Council, no member shall speak more than twice in the same debate, nor longer than two minutes at one time. No applause shall be permitted when a question is under debate. 18. T  he vote on all questions shall be taken by orders whenever as many as five members request it. 19. R  eports of all committees shall be in writing. Statistical and other reports of officers and committees which require no action by Council may be read by title only, and any report may be read in part only when the Presiding Officer shall, without obligation, so direct, or when the Council shall so require. 20. No member shall absent himself from the meetings of the Council without leave, unless he be sick or unable to attend. 21. A  ll persons elected as officials of the Diocese by the Council or by the Executive Board of the Council, Presidents of the Regions, and members of the Executive Board-elect who will take office at the conclusion of the regular meeting of Council, The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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shall by virtue of their respective offices, be entitled to a seat and voice, but no vote, at all meetings of the Council. 22. These rules may be amended or special orders for the conduct of business adopted at any time by a two-thirds majority of the members present. 23. In all matters not specifically covered by these Rules of Order or by the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese, Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised, shall govern the Council in all cases to which they are applicable. 24. Rules in force: At the meetings of the Annual Council, the rules and the orders of the previous meeting shall be in force until they are amended or repealed by the Council.

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Program of the 216th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Hyatt Regency, Reston, Virginia Thursday, January 20 4-6:30 p.m. Registration for early arrivals 1-5 p.m. Standing Committee Meeting 5-7 p.m. Registration for early arrivals 5-10 p.m. Exhibitor setup open 7-9 p.m. Welcome Home Reception for the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr., Assistant Bishop of Virginia 9 p.m. Compline—The Rev. Anne Lane Witt Friday, January 21 7 a.m. Exhibitor Setup Open 7-9 a.m. Registration 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Vesting Room 7-8:30 a.m. Coffee and Danish 7:30 a.m. Council Orientation Session—Mr. JP Causey 7:30 a.m. Tellers’ Meeting—Ms. Sarah R. Bartenstein and Ms. Lindsay Ryland 9 a.m.

Opening Session Gathering Music—Hymn 135 Call to Order Invocation Delivered by the Rev. Kathleen Chipps 1st Meditation—The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones, Bishop Suffragan of Virginia Determination of Quorum Adoption of Regular Rules of Order Adoption of Program Appointment of Parliamentarian Appointment of Secretary and Assistant Secretaries Appointment of Council Committees Report of Credentials Committee Call for Resolutions & Canonical Amendments not Previously Submitted Ballot #1—Standing Committee, General Convention, Provincial Synod Introduction of Ecumenical Guests Episcopal Appointments & Elections Announcement of Bishop’s Outreach Award, Harriet “Happy” Pullman Award and the Biggar-Power Award Introduction of New Clergy Introduction of Candidates for Priesthood Introduction of Candidates for the Vocational Diaconate Report of the Bishop Suffragan—The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones Ballot #1 Results. Ballot #2.

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12:30 p.m.

Council in Recess until 1:30 p.m. Committees of Council Meet: Constitution & Canons Budget Resolutions Related Organizations La Misión Latina Task Force Lunch Ecumenical Guests Lunch Sudan World Mission Lunch

1:30 p.m.

General Session re-convenes Gathering Music—Hymn 372 Ballot #2 Results. Ballot #3. The Pastoral Address—The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, Bishop of Virginia Special Report on the NetsforLife© Inspiration Fund—Ms. Emma Wright Report of Committee on Related Organizations Report of the Treasurer— Mr. Michael J. Kerr Presentation by the President of the House of Deputies—Dr. Bonnie Anderson Report of the Chancellor—Mr. Russell V. Palmore Report of the Episcopal Church Women—Ms. Beblon Parks Report of the Resolution-14s Task Group—Mr. Ed Jones Results of Ballot #3. Ballot #4. 2nd Meditation— The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones

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Workshops

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Committee Open Hearings as Needed Budget Constitution & Canons Resolutions

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Dinner and Party: Eating, Enjoying and E3

6:30 p.m.

Committees meet as needed Budget Constitution & Canons Resolutions

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Compline—Led by Parish Youth Ministries

Saturday, February 22 7-9 a.m. Continental Breakfast 7:30 a.m.

Holy Eucharist & Healing—The Rev. Catherine Hicks Breakfast Gatherings: Breakfast for Candidates to the Priesthood Breakfast for Chairs of Committees and Commissions Breakfast for Regional Presidents Breakfast for Women Clergy Tellers’ Meeting

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8:30 a.m. General Session Re-convenes Gathering Music—Hymn 388 Morning Prayer led by Parish Youth Ministries Committee 3rd Meditation—The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones Report of the Committee on Resolutions 10-minute Break Report of the Committee on Constitution and Canons Elect Ecclesiastical Trial Court & Disciplinary Board Report of the Committee on Budget 12:30 p.m.

Closing Meditation—The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones Closing Remarks— The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, Bishop of Virginia The Episcopal Blessing Adjournment Sine die Adjournment Hymn—Hymn 347

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The Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr., a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on September 20, 2010. Mr. Boyd served as rector at Trinity, Fredericksburg from 1971-1995. He also served at St. Stephen’s, Richmond; Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg; Epiphany, Richmond; and the chapel at St. Christopher’s School, Richmond. Mr. Boyd was a resident at Westminster-Canterbury, Richmond with his wife, Shirley. Memorial services were held at Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond with funeral and interment at Trinity, Fredericksburg.

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The Rev. James D. Chipps, a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Mr. Chipps, who received his M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary, was a former member of the Diocese of Virginia Executive Board. He served as assistant rector at St. Stephen’s, Catlett and as rector at Grace Church, Casanova. Mr. Chipps is survived by his wife, the Rev. Kate Chipps, priestin-charge of St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge. A funeral was held at St. Margaret’s.

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The Rev. Charles Sydnor Cook Jr., a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on May 21, 2010 in Richmond. Mr. Cook served at St. John’s, Warsaw in addition to serving at several churches in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, two daughters and one grandchild. A memorial Eucharist took place at St. Stephen’s, Richmond with burial at Westhampton Memorial Park.

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The Rev. Milton R. LeRoy, a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on September 16, 2010. Mr. LeRoy served on the staff of the Diocese from 1966 until his retirement in 1985 in a number positions, including program director and planning officer, secretary of the diocesan Restructuring Committee, assistant to the bishop and archdeacon. Mr. LeRoy is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jean, three children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held at the Lantz Chapel in Bridgewater Retirement Community.

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The Rev. S. Neale Morgan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia living in West Virginia, died on April 30. Mr. Morgan served at St. Paul’s Church-on-the-Hill, Winchester; Emmanuel, Middleburg; and Church of Our Redeemer, Aldie, in addition to churches in Pennsylvania, the Dominican Republic and Washington D.C. He is survived by his wife, two children and four grandchildren. A funeral took place at Emmanuel, Middleburg.

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The Rev. Dr. J. Edwin Pippin, a retired priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on January 6, 2010 in Earleville, Md. Dr. Pippin served St. Anne’s Parish, Scottsville from 1992 to 2004. He was currently serving as the priest-in-charge of Augustine Parish, Chesapeake, Md. Dr. Pippin is survived by his wife, Elsie, and two children, Oliver and Gloria. A memorial service took place at Galena Funeral Home with interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Smyrna, Del.

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The Rev. Grant Sherk Jr., a retired priest of this Diocese, died April 9, 2010 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Sherk was ordained in 1957. He was the founding rector at St. Dunstan’s, McLean and served there for 30 years. He is survived by his wife Polly and children Marna, Grant and Linda. A memorial service was held at St. Dunstan’s.

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The Rev. Sydney Chaille Swann Jr., a priest of the Diocese of Virginia, died on February 16, 2010 in Williamsburg. Mr. Swann was a graduate of the University of Richmond and Virginia Theological Seminary, where he was also a trustee from 1959-1972. He served as a naval chaplain in the Pacific during World War II. Mr. Swann’s ministry included serving at St. Paul’s, Hanover; Immanuel Old Church, Mechanicsville; St. Paul’s, Petersburg; Church of the Good Shepherd, Norfolk; St. Mary’s, Whitechapel; and Trinity, Lancaster. Mr. Swann is survived by his wife, Katherine “Becky” Swann, and three children: Sydney C. Swann III and his wife Johnnie Swann; Robert B. Swann and his wife the Rev. Catherine “Kaki” Swann, rector of Cople Parish; and the Rev. Mary G. Swann. A memorial service took place at St. Mary’s, Whitechapel.

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Day One Friday, January 21, 2011 Feast Day of Agnes of Rome Members of Council joined in the gathering hymn, Hymn 135. The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, president of the Annual Council, announced that January 21 was National Hugging Day, and encouraged members of Council “to hug away as we come to order.” Bishop Johnston called the 216th Council to order at 9:05 a.m. The president called upon the Rev. Kate Chipps, priest-in-charge of St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge, to deliver the invocation. Ms. Chipps delivered the invocation, and the president thanked her. First Meditation The president introduced formally the chaplain of Council, the Rt. Rev. David Colin Jones, bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Virginia since 1995. Bishop Jones addressed Council: Please join me in prayer: Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you; so guide our minds; so fill our imaginations; so control our wills that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you. And then use us, we pray, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. I bid your prayers for the soul of John Ariail, a member of St. Paul’s, Alexandria, who died this past evening. Also, I ask your prayers for the Rev. Don Gausby, resident of Goodwin House, Bailey’s Crossroads, who died this past week. O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prayers on behalf of your servants John and Don, priests of your church, and grant them an entrance into the land of light and joy and the fellowship of thy saints. Through Jesus Christ, thy son, our Lord, who liveth and raineth with thee in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and forever. Amen. Good morning. It is a great joy for me to be invited by Bishop Shannon to be chaplain to this Council. I am grateful, Bishop Shannon, for your generosity. Thank you. The theme of this council is “Many Gifts, One Spirit.” God has given to us many, many gifts, abundant gifts for ministry. Gifts are given for all people. They are in fact, divine gifts – given for a purpose – a purpose so clearly described by St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians: “The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-12). Gifts are given that we might 70

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strengthen the ministry of the Church. All of those gifts are present today as we gather in Council. They are given in abundance. In fact, we may miss the magnitude of God’s gifts if we do not pay attention to those whose gifts are different from ours. God’s gifts are given in numerous ways: • “Some would be apostles.” There are among us people with a passion for the frontier, who are drawn to the ministry of reaching those outside the Church. They want to start new churches and start new ministries. They are the blessed risk takers among us. They remind us of the call of the Risen Christ to make disciples of all nations. They go forth boldly and challenge us to engage in mission with them. • And “some prophets.” There are people among us who continually advocate justice and peace. It is part of their DNA. Some are so passionate about causes that they may appear single minded. Some remind us of the prophets of old who risked personal rejection for a purpose. Some may make us feel uncomfortable as they raise controversial issues in our society and call for immediate change. • And “some evangelists.” At the same time, we have people among us whose hearts are set on bringing people to a saving knowledge of Jesus. This is their passion and reason for living. They are filled with the joy of the Lord and love to speak of Jesus. They may not want to be bothered by controversy or extraneous business. They remind us of our calling to spread the Good News. • And “some pastors.” Some pastors are ordained and some are not. But all share the compassion and grace of the Lord Jesus. They remind us to care for one another. They are the peacemakers who display mercy and unconditional love. They remind us of the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep by name. • And “some teachers.” We never forget our teachers. They occupy a special place in our hearts. They have encouraged us and nurtured us as we have grown in the knowledge and love of the Lord. We follow our teachers consciously and unconsciously. In fact, in some of our debates, I hear the voices of teachers who have already departed this life but whose words and wisdom live on. We are in the presence of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. And I suspect that while many of us may not possess those particular gifts, I suspect that our interests or preferences lean toward one or another of those gifts. To what ministry might you lean? Are you drawn to the frontier as an apostle or are you more drawn to the ministry of advocacy or evangelism or teaching? Or are you, in your heart of hearts, a pastor? There are, as St. Paul writes, a variety of gifts, but the same Spirit. We have come here with a variety of experience and perspectives. But we are united in one task. We are the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia. We need each other and we need all of the gifts that are present – especially gifts that are different from our own. So as we gather as the Council of this diocese, let us be glad that we are surrounded by the manifold gifts of God – diverse gifts – all of which are needed to build up and strengthen the Church. We have present today all of the gifts we need to do the work God is calling us to do – all of them – every one.

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Our task, in Council, is discernment, prayerful discernment. And to do that effectively, we need every voice and every person. And to fulfill that call, we will need every gift. Let us pray. We thank you, O God, for the manifold gifts you have bestowed upon your church. Give us grace to employ them to fulfill your purposes and give to this Annual Council wisdom to discern your will and the grace to fulfill it, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The president thanked Bishop Jones. Determination of Quorum The president called on Henry D.W. Burt, Esq., secretary of the Diocese for the determination of quorum. Mr. Burt announced, that, according to Article IV of the diocesan Constitution, one third of the members of the clerical order and one half of the members of the Lay Order shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at any regular or special meeting of the Council. There being 423 members of the clerical order, 141 are required for a quorum. There being 300 members of the lay order, 150 are required for a quorum. At 8:35 a.m. a quorum was achieved with 155 members of the clerical order and 186 members of the lay order registered. Rules of Order The president asked for a motion to adopt the regular rules of order. The president acknowledged Rocco Tricarico of St. Stephen’s, Heathsville, who addressed Council, saying that he would like to move to amend the Rules of Order, Section 5b and 5c so that it reads 600 copies instead of 700 copies for the purpose of convenience and conservation. The motion was seconded. The president noted it was in order and invited discussion. The question was called and the president called the question with no objection. The motion passed. The president asked for discussion on the Rules of Order as amended. He noted there was a motion and it was seconded. The president called the question without objection. The motion to adopt the Rules of Order as amended was passed. Program of Council The president asked for a motion to adopt the program of the 216th Annual Council. The motion was made and seconded. There being no discussion, the question was called. The program was adopted. Appointment of Parliamentarian The president appointed Russell V. Palmore Jr., Esq., of St. Paul’s, Richmond as parliamentarian of the 216th Annual Council, and thanked him for his service.

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Appointment of Secretary and Assistant Secretaries The president appointed Henry D.W. Burt, Esq. as secretary of Council. The president appointed Herbert Jones, seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary presented by St. James’s, Richmond, and Tracey Kelly, seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary presented by Holy Comforter, Vienna, as assistant secretaries of Council. Committees of Council The president appointed the following Committees of Council: Committee on Credentials The Rev. Torrence Harman, Chair Ms. Susan van der Veer Ms. Cindi Bartol Committee on Constitution & Canons Mr. J.P. Causey Jr., Chair The Rev. Alexander MacPhail The Rev. Vinnie Lainson The Very Rev. Don Binder The Very Rev. Bo Millner Mr. Brian Carr Ms. Karen Grane Mr. Roger Inger The Hon. Jane Delbridge Mr. Alexander Slaughter Mr. Allen Barringer Committee on Resolutions The Rev. Jenks Hobson, Chair The Rev. Andrew Merrow The Rev. Laura Inscoe The Rev. Geoff Gwynne The Rev. Debbie Rutter The Rev. Melana Nelson-Amaker The Rev. Cuthbert Mandell Mr. Henry Stribling Dr. Jack Schick Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan Mr. Russ Randle Mr. Franklin Baxter Mr. Rodney Page Committee on Church Status The Rev. Paul Johnson, Chair The Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley Ms. Ursula Baxley Committee on Budget Mr. Joe Paxton, Chair Dr. George Spagna Mr. Bill Forester The Rev. John Hortum The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Ms. Beblon Parks Ms. Helen Spence The Rev. Jackie Thomson The Very Rev. Beth Palmer The Very Rev. David Stoddart Mr. Keith Dull Ms. Heather Gold Committee on Related Organizations The Rev. Dr. Anne Ritchie, Chair The Rev. Jim Dannals The Rev. Brad Jackson Ms. Beverly Allison Mr. Gregory Steven Bevis Report of the Credentials Committee The president called on the Rev. Torrence Harman, rector of St. Mary’s, Whitechapel and Trinity, Lancaster and chair of the Credentials Committee, for the report of the Credentials Committee. Ms. Harman addressed Council, noting that the Committee had examined the certificate of election of lay delegates and had filed with the secretary a list of those persons dually elected as delegates and alternate delegates to the 216th Council. The president thanked Ms. Harman. Resolutions & Canonical Amendments Not Previously Submitted The president called for resolutions and canonical amendments not previously submitted. He reminded Council that, according to the Rules of Order, resolutions and amendments to the Constitution and Canons not submitted prior to Council, are subject to provisions of the Rules of Order requiring two-thirds of the Council vote to allow resolutions from the floor in order to be considered. He reminded Council that 600 copies of the resolution must be available for distribution, and added that no floor amendment to the proposed budget would be considered unless the subject matter of the proposed amendment has been presented to the Budget Committee prior to or during open hearings. The president recognized the Rev. Kent Rahm of Trinity, Fredericksburg, who submitted a courtesy resolution in the memory of the Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr. He added that copies had already been distributed to the tables. The motion was seconded. The president recognized Ms. Ursula Baxley of Leeds, Markham who asked permission to submit a resolution honoring the ministry of the Rev. Linnea Turner. The president told her that Council needed to address the other courtesy resolution before accepting another one. There being no discussion on the courtesy resolution for the Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr., the president called the question and Council voted to accept the resolution. The president recognized Ms. Baxley again, who submitted her courtesy resolution in honor of Ms. Turner, with the required number of copies. The copies were distributed. The motion was seconded. The president called the question and the Council voted to accept the courtesy resolution in honor of Ms. Turner

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Introduction of Nominees: The president recognized the following nominees for the Standing Committee: Clergy Nominees: The Rev. Paul J. Andersen, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex The Rev. Dr. Stephen Edmonson, St. Thomas’, McLean The Rev. Walter “Wes” Smedley, Church of the Holy Cross, Dunn Loring The Rev. Jackie Thomson, St. Anne’s, Reston Lay Nominees: Mr. Franklin S. Baxter, Calvary, Front Royal Ms. Janet P. Peyton, St. James’s, Richmond Col. Jean D. Reed, Grace, Alexandria Mr. Steven C. van Voorhees, Church of the Holy Comforter, Richmond The secretary noted that Col. Jean Reed’s nomination was not included in the print packet by mistake but was distributed in paper version to the Council tables. The president recognized the nominees for deputy to Provincial Synod: Clergy Nominees: The Rev. Marian K. Windel, Incarnation, Mineral Lay Nominees: Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan, Abindgdon Church, White Marsh Col. Jean D. Reed, Grace, Alexandria Dr. Luke S.H. Wright, St. Paul’s, Ivy The president introduced the nominees for deputy to General Convention: Clergy Nominees: The Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew, St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove The Rev. Paul Andersen, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex The Rev. Lucia Lloyd, St. Stephen’s, Heathsville The Rev. Justin McIntosh, St. Thomas’, McLean The Rev. James A. Papile, St. Anne’s, Reston The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary, St. George’s, Arlington, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex The Very Rev. Dr. Hilary B. Smith, St. Paul’s Church-on-the-Hill, Winchester The Rev. Lynne E. Washington, St. Peter’s, Richmond The Rev. Marian K. Windel, Church of the Incarnation, Mineral Lay Nominees: Ms. Cindi Bartol, Christ Church, Alexandria Mr. JP Causey Jr., St. John’s, West Point Ms. Margret Hjalmarson, St. Anne’s, Reston Mr. Rodney F. Page, St. John’s, McLean Mr. Russell V. Palmore, Jr., St. Paul’s, Richmond Mr. Russell V. Randle, Christ Church, Alexandria Ms. Mildred W. Robinson, St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville Mr. Joseph E. Royster, Meade Memorial, Alexandria Ms. Helen Spence, St. Christopher’s, Springfield Ms. Susan van der Veer, Holy Comforter, Vienna The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Nominations from the Floor The president called for nominations from the floor. There being none, the president declared nominations closed. First Ballot The president called for the first ballot. At the bishop’s request, the secretary described the balloting process. He noted that each delegate would receive five ballots. He instructed Council members to use the pink ballot number one, adding that they should vote for two persons in the clerical order and two persons in the lay order in the Standing Committee elections; one person in the clerical order and two persons in the lay order in the Provincial Synod elections; and four in the clerical order and four in the lay order for the General Convention elections. The secretary said that the parliamentarian clarified that members could vote for up to the specified numbers. The secretary said that alternates with white name tags could not vote unless they got green name tags. Tellers collected the ballots. Introduction of Ecumenical Guests The president introduced the following ecumenical guests: The Rev. Thomas Prinz, Metro-Washington Synod, ELCA Bishop Richard Graham, Metro-Washington Synod, ELCA Dr. Dominick D. Hankle, Catholic Diocese of Richmond The Rev. C. Douglas Smith, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy The Rev. Dr. Patricia Shipley, Centenary UMC The Rev. Jonathan Barton, General Minister, Virginia Council of Churches The Rev. Eric J. Moehring, Virginia Synod, ELCA Ms. Jean James, Baltimore Yearly Friends Meeting Fr. Donald J. Rooney, Ecumenical Officer, Catholic Diocese of Arlington Mr. Rick Caporali, Catholic Diocese of Arlington The president recognized Bishop Graham. Bishop Graham addressed Council: I do bring you greetings from the Metropolitan-Washington DC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I also bring you greetings - it would give my mother- and father-in-law such pleasure to bring you greetings from their congregation, the Episcopal Cathedral Congregation of Christ the King in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They have never quite forgiven me for raising their grandchildren in the Lutheran Church. I make it up to them the best way I can. More than that, though, I bring you greetings from all the ecumenical guests that are among you. It’s really not as guests that we have come. We have not come as visitors either. We have come as brothers and sisters and as your coworkers. We have been blessed in the lifetimes of most of us in this room to have seen a change in the way that we do our business in the churches and to grow together to common ministry, in common hopes and common dreams. We sit up here and we watch and we learn and we carry back to our communions the enthusiasm and the hope that you have when you gather, and we are grateful for the chance to be here and grateful for the chance to work with you as we go ahead. Thank you, Bishop Shannon, for this chance, and on behalf of all of us, thanks for the nice table, too. Introduction of Special Guests The president introduced Dr. Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, and welcomed her, noting that Council would hear more from her later. The president introduced his wife, Mrs. Ellen Johnston, whom he forgot to introduce the previous year. The secretary acknowledged his guilt for this omission. The president 76

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introduced Mrs. Kay Jones, Bishop Jones’ wife, and Mrs. Barbara Gulick, Bishop Gulick’s wife. The president mentioned that Mr. Patrick Getlein, registrar of the Diocese and director of strategic communications for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, would be joining the group later. He introduced Mr. Russ Palmore, chancellor of the Diocese; the Rev. Canon Susan Goff, canon to the ordinary; her husband, the Rev. Tom Holliday; Mr. Michael Kerr, treasurer of the Diocese; Mr. Henry Burt, secretary and chief of staff of the Diocese; and Ms. Amy Williams, assistant to Bishop Johnston. The president asked Council to welcome the Rev. Abiade Lozama, a priest from the Diocese of Haiti studying at Virginia Theological Seminary and hosted by St. Luke’s, Wellington. Episcopal Appointments and Elections The president appointed the following deans of the regions for 2011, effective at the close of the 216th Council. Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII Region IX Region X Region XI Region XII Region XIII Region XIV Region XV

The Very Rev. Jeffrey Packard, Christ Church, Spotsylvania The Very Rev. David May, Grace Church, Kilmarnock (newly appointed) The Very Rev. Catherine Campbell, La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Arlington and La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington The Very Rev. Oran Warder, St. Paul’s, Alexandria The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, St. Francis’, Great Falls The Very Rev. John Weatherly, St. Mark’s, Alexandria (newly appointed) The Very Rev. Stuart Schadt, Trinity, Manassas The Very Rev. James McCaskill, St. Paul’s, Bailey’s Crossroads The Very Rev. S. Paul Rowles, St. Peter’s, New Kent The Very Rev. Bollin Millner, Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond The Very Rev. Anne Kirchmier, The Fork Church, Doswell The Very Rev. Rhonda Baker, Grace Church, Goochland The Very Rev. Robert Banse, Trinity, Upperville The Very Rev. Dr. Hilary B. Smith, St. Paul’s Church-on the Hill, Winchester The Very Rev. James D. Richardson, St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville (newly appointed)

The president made appointments to the Commission on Ministry. He reminded Council that, per diocesan Canon 22, Section 1(b), the bishop may annually appoint not more than 10 members for one-year terms, subject to confirmation by Council. One-Year Appointments: The Rev. John M. Baker, St. Aidan’s, Alexandria The Rev. David Knight, St. Mary’s, Goochland The Rev. Laura Lockey, James Madison University Campus Missioner The Rev. Jane D. Piver, Grace Church, Stanardsville The Rev. Deborah Rutter, Calvary, Front Royal The Rev. Stephen H. Wade Ms. Elizabeth Ward, Christ Church, Alexandria Members of the Commission Continuing in Previously Elected Terms: Dr. Marilyn Lightfoot, St. Paul’s, Alexandria The Rev. Dr. Craig A. Phillips, St. Peter’s, Arlington The Rev. Margaret Ann “Sam” Faeth, Immanuel Church on the Hill, Alexandria Ms. Martha High, St. John’s, McLean The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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The president nominated the following to serve three-year terms, ending at the 219th Annual Council: Ms. Barbara Johnson, St. Christopher’s, Springfield The Rev. Lynn Holland, St. Mary’s, Fleeton The president asked for a motion for their election. It was moved and seconded. There being no discussion, the president called the question. The motion was adopted and the nominees elected. Awards The president presented the Bishop’s Outreach Award, which is sponsored by the Commission on Human Need and awarded annually to honor a church or faith-based non-profit whose outreach and social ministry programming is exemplary. Both new and established programs are eligible for the award, but there must be demonstrable connectedness with the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Virginia or a congregation within the Diocese of Virginia. The president addressed Council: This year, the Bishop’s Outreach Award winner is the Haiti Micah Project. The Rev. Joseph Constant is the founder of the Haiti Micah Project, which has provided vital service to vulnerable Haitians, in particular the children of Mirebalais. The program was founded in 2005 by Mr. Constant, the director of ethnic ministries and student life at VTS. He began the program as a response to needs voiced by women in his hometown, Mirebalais. The Haiti Micah Project provides for the basic needs of children and young people who were living on the streets in extreme poverty. Currently, the Project consists of the Feeding/Education Program and the SAES Home. The president asked Mr. Constant to stand and be recognized. The president presented the Harriet “Happy” Pullman Award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated exemplary work in Christian social ministries or outreach programs in the Diocese of Virginia, and is given in memory of the late Canon Harriet “Happy” Pullman in recognition of her 13 years of faithful ministry to the bishop and the people of the Diocese of Virginia in support of the mission of the Church. The award is sponsored by the Diocese of Virginia’s Commission on Human Need. Nominations are sought once a year, and the award winner is chosen by the members of the Commission on Human Need. The president addressed Council: I am pleased to announce that this year’s winners of the Harriet “Happy” Pullman Award are Harry and Betsy McAlpine of St. John’s, McLean. Harry and Betsy have been leaders at SHARE, an all-volunteer non-profit organization that helps people in the McLean/Great Falls and Falls Church/Pimmit Hills areas since 1988. SHARE relies completely on volunteers and provides food, clothing, partial rental assistance, furniture and transportation in McLean for medical and social service appointments. Harry served as the president of SHARE in the 1990s and Betsy has been a family assistance counselor. They are both representatives to the Board of Directors from St. John’s, McLean. The president asked the McAlpines to stand and be recognized. The president presented the Jeanne Biggar-Betsy Power Award for Older Adult Ministry, which honors individuals who are active in their church and in their community in the area of older adult ministry. Nominees must be members of one of the churches of the Diocese of Virginia. This award is sponsored by the Committee on Aging of the Diocese 78

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of Virginia. The Committee will make a donation to the winner’s ministry of choice. The president addressed Council, recognizing three awardees: Ms. Madell Day of Grace Church, Casanova has been the backbone of a 25 year plus luncheon called “The Center.” This ministry brings fellowship, support and nourishment to older adults in the Casanova, Catlett and Calverton communities of Fauquier County. Madell can also be found driving people to doctors’ appointments. The president asked Ms. Day to stand and be recognized. Bob and Jackie Hostage of Church of Our Saviour, Charlottesville started “Nursing Homes Swings,” bringing the joyful noise of music following healing prayers and Holy Communion to nine different nursing homes. Bob and Jackie hosted 99 of these events in 2010. The president asked the Hostages to stand and be recognized. Ms. Joan Woodbury of Christ Church, Alexandria has been involved with older adult ministries many years on a local and diocesan level. Joan is a founding member of the award winning “SAVVY Seniors” program, which is a fellowship and support group for older adults. The president asked Ms. Woodbury to stand and be recognized. Report of the Bishop Suffragan The president called on Bishop Jones for the report of the bishop suffragan. Bishop Jones addressed Council: Bishop Johnston, Bishop Gulick, Bishop Graham, ecumenical guests, members of Council: As I report on my work among you, I must begin with words of thanksgiving. I am profoundly grateful for the privilege of serving among you as one of your bishops. Thank you for the gracious and generous way you have received me into your congregations. I am humbled week after week to witness the dedicated leadership of our clergy. To those of you who are ordained, I say, “Thank you. Thank you for answering the call to ordination and thank you for your faithful service to the Church.” Again and again I am impressed with the faithfulness of our lay leaders. To those of you who serve our congregations and diocese, I say, “Thank you. Thank you for your selfless dedication and service.” My sense of gratitude extends to those who serve on our diocesan staff. My assistant, Tyler Fox, has been an enormous source of support at our Goodwin House office. The Mayo House staff has been a source of constant help and encouragement. To each of you, past and present, I say, “Thank you.” One primary area of my responsibility is delegated oversight of our mission congregations. That task is shared with the Committee on Congregational Missions which is shared by Richard Shirey. Dick Shirey is amazing and his committee serves us very well. CCM has a long-term memory and a depth of experience. It is able to develop strategies as its looks to the future and sees changing trends and dynamics. While some of our mission congregations are moving towards self support and parish status, there The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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are others that no longer are able to sustain full-time ministry. In those situations, we are recommending strategies that do not drain the financial reserves of those congregations. No area of my ministry has been a source of more satisfaction or more disappointment than that of church planting. The source of greatest joy has been seeing the lives of entire families transformed as they have been drawn into new congregations. New congregations are able to attract people who might never enter an established congregation. I have been ably served in this work by the Committee on Church Planting and its chair, Lucy-Lee Reed. Lucy-Lee has been diligent for the past three years in enabling the committee to provide support and advice to new congregations. She will be followed by the Rev. John Sheehan who will ably assume the role of chair of CCP at the adjournment of this Council. One of the major challenges for the future will be assisting our new congregations to build their first church buildings. They will no longer be able to do it alone. I urge regional councils to pay attention to the new congregations in their regions and to consider ways to assist with the construction of church buildings. Our work in church planting has been founded on the great evangelical tradition of our diocese and has been recognized throughout the Episcopal Church. It is alarming to me, therefore, that evangelism and the vision of starting new congregations has been severely damaged in the past few years in our diocese. The recent conflict in our church has taken a toll on our planters, our committee and our diocese. I recognize the sense of betrayal many of us have experienced with the departure of congregations and clergy and for some of the hurtful things that have been said about us in the press. I, for one, have felt it very personally. But to the best of my knowledge we have not been excused from the Great Commission. The Risen Jesus has commanded us to make disciples of all nations. Our opportunity to expand the Episcopal Church in Virginia is greater today than it was 15 years ago. We have good news to share. We are a healthy church with room for all. I, for one, am not willing to cede the ministry of evangelism to those who have left. The ecumenical work of our diocese has been a constant source of joy, especially during this week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Deep friendships across denominational lines have been developed over the years. It is especially heartwarming that Bishop Richard Graham of the Metropolitan DC Synod of the ELCA will be with us at the Holy Table, along with a representative of the Sentenary United Methodist Church during our Council Eucharist representing all of our ecumenical guests. And I am especially grateful for the solidarity we received from our ecumenical partners who filed amicus briefs on our behalf during our recent period of litigation. After my election, I had been involved, at that time, with Cursillo for 16 years. One thing that I loved about Cursillo when I was a candidate in 1979 was that most everyone was near my age, then 35. The same was true in 1995, when Bishop Lee asked me to assume oversight of Cursillo. By 2007, it was clear that the Cursillo movement had run its course – a very good one. The secretariat asked to go on sabbatical. It is now time for the sabbatical to end and to entrust Cursillo to a new generation of leaders. Toward that end, Paris Ball, our director of Christian Formation, will be calling together a group of people to explore restarting Cursillo, hopefully with people around her age.

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Another highlight of my life has been visiting our summer camps at Shrine Mont. We have an effective program that helps shape the lives of the next generation of leaders in our church. Just yesterday, a video of life at Shrine Mont was posted on YouTube. It is excellent! Again and again, I have been encouraged by the faith and wisdom of our camp counselors. Our Parish Youth Ministry program (PYM) encourages the development of leadership among our young people. In this diocese, our young people are trusted and they come through for us in amazing ways. On a recent Sunday visitation, I was introduced to a child by her grandmother. She said, “This is Father Jones, who married papa and me. He was my priest when I was growing up.” I stood there, and I was aware that day of the passing of time – of how long ago it had been since I had officiated at that marriage. I am aware today of the passing of time, and aware that my active ministry of serving among you is slowly drawing to a close. I have informed Bishop Johnston of my intention to retire in one year at the end of Annual Council 2012. I confess that I approach this day with mixed feelings. I love this diocese and I love serving you. But I am also looking forward to a new chapter in life while my health is strong. Kay and I plan to stay in Virginia where we will be near our family. I will continue to be a member of Council and will support Bishop Shannon and the Diocese in any way that I can. For the next year, I intend to be fully engaged in my duties. Beyond that, I will be open to new paths in which the Lord may direct me. Again, I express to you my deepest thanks for the privilege of serving you. Kay joins me in expressing our gratitude. Thank you. Announcements The president called on the secretary to make announcements. The secretary announced that the 216th Council Eucharist would take place in half an hour, and gave instructions pertaining to the Eucharist. He gave instructions to the Committees of Council, La Mision Latina Task Force, ecumenical guests and Sudan mission lunch attendees who would be meeting during the lunch break following the Eucharist. The secretary drew Council members’ attention to the UTO boxes on Council tables, and said that ballot results would be available after lunch. He announced that Council would reconvene at 1:30 p.m. Eucharist The Council Eucharist took place at 11 a.m. Bishop Gulick delivered the following sermon: Come, Holy Spirit, come. Come as the light, reveal. Come as fire and burn. Come as the wind and calm. Convince, convict, convert us until we are wholly yours. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen. “I did not call you servants. Servants do not know what the master is doing. I have called you friends because I have made known to you everything I have been told by my father.” Her name was Mrs. Loving – great name – and I remember her table laden with ham and fried chicken and homemade rolls and vegetables from her abundant garden. She was The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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a member – I bet she was the matriarch – of Good Shepherd of the Hills in Boonesville, Virginia. And every day she fed our youth mission team from St. Stephen’s, Catlett. The year was 1963 or 1964. Up the mountain, further up the hill, were some amazing women, all dressed in black. I found them very exotic. They were deaconesses who cared for our children in this diocese, some victims of the drug thalidomide, little boys and girls without limbs who would locomote on flat stretchers with little wheels on them, but who had sharp, penetrating minds. And those ordered women dignified them on that mountain in this diocese. They treated them as God’s children who bore God’s image. David Wayland was the young, 20-something priest. He was in love with Jenny, and they were courting in front of the teenage mission team. All of us were there to do a vacation Bible school for the children in that mountain missionary outpost. And in the course of that summer I learned several things: Christian faith was about being the hands and the heart of Jesus Christ. Ministry like David Wayland’s and those deaconesses’ involved that mystery where devoted service is also a kind of perfected freedom, as the Prayer Book says, by the way. And, what particularly excited me: it does not exclude the possibility of being married to a beautiful woman. Like the disciples gathered around Jesus, I began that summer to learn the “inside scoop” that Jesus shared with his friends then and with his friends today. I think that summer that I began to learn what the Father was up to. I began to get a “God’s-eye-view” of this hurting world that God still trusts us with. So what is this God’s eye-view? It all goes back to Shifrah and Puah. I know you know the story, and if you don’t, it’s because the story was told by too many men. A pharaoh arose who didn’t know Joseph, but Shifrah and Puah knew Joseph’s God. You know the story. They had a relational respect with the God of Israel that gave them the courage to defy Pharaoh’s order when he said, “Kill all the boy babies.” This was a particularly good thing for one baby boy, Moses, who was allowed to grow up, flee to the desert and in front of a bush, a bush burning with missionary flames, God let Moses in on the inside scoop: “I have seen the infliction of my people in Egypt, I have heard their cries on behalf of their taskmasters, I know their sufferings and I am coming down. I am moving into this. And I am moving into this, Moses, through your cooperation with me, your comission with me.” About 1,300 years later, this seeing, this hearing, this knowing and this coming-down love became fleshed out in Jesus of Nazareth. He saw the blind beggar and the beggar began to see. He heard a Roman centurion’s cry that someone would help his servant, and the servant was healed. He knew that Martha and Mary were in pain at their brother’s death and he came down and moved into this hurting and aching and broken and yet ever-so-loved world. And on the cross in a spectacle of suffering love, he took on death, defeated it, released his spirit and empowered his friends to live in their lives these verbs. To see and to hear and to know and to move into situations where presence and compassion transforms and heals. Those deaconesses on that mountain in this diocese were seeing as God saw. They were hearing their children’s cries as God did. They knew those children’s sufferings, and they moved into their lives and in doing so they taught a 16-year-old boy something of God. When David committed himself to mountain missions, he was seeing and hearing and knowing and moving in, and he taught me something of God’s inner life, of God’s 82

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missional love, and what a life of cooperation with the missional heart of God just might look like. I found it irresistible. Later in my life I saw the same lived reality with Nellie Moomaw, who made my birthday cake every summer from 1965 to 1970. She and Wilmer were mother and father and God to all of us who came to Shrine Mont to learn to see as God sees, to learn to hear as God hears, to know as God knows and to move into the world as God moves. They poured out their lives into our lives, and if there is one point I want all of you to know today and to please remember, only one thing I want you to remember from his sermon, and that’s this: it takes a diocese to raise up a missional Christian, then and now. It takes a diocese, gathered under an evangelical shepherd like our bishop, who sees as God sees and hears as God hears and knows as God knows and moves in and inspires us to do so. It takes a diocese. I have no desire whatsoever to relive 1964 at Good Shepherd of the Hills, or the camping season of 1965-1970. The late Churchill Gibson, knowing something of the temptations of the Church in Virginia, used to say that we must always learn the difference between nostalgia and anamnesis. Anamnesis is that holy remembering that we do with the living God. We will do it in the moment, with our chief pastor voicing the memory, and as we remember so God remembers, and what God remembers with God’s people is remembered to the Now – capital N. Nostalgia freezes us in the past and grips us. Anamnesis lets us see. It lets us see the seeing, hearing, knowing and coming-down God in the Now, in the Now of this missional moment. The mountain mission tradition of this diocese is wonderful, but not more wonderful than what’s going on in Santa Maria or what’s going on in St. Gabriel’s in Leesburg, meeting in a middle school. St. George’s in 1968 was great, but certainly not greater than the art, music and drama camps that will happen this summer. Our bishops, Shannon and David, have both returned from international trips, one to the Sudan and one to Haiti, and have, upon their return, begged us to join and cooperate and co-mission with God’s project in those places. God’s always everlasting project of seeing and hearing and knowing and moving-in to the hurt and the hopes of our family in Sudan, our family in Haiti, our family in southern Africa, our family in the Congo. You see, I think we come to Council in order to become catholic. To experience God’s church larger than our own local expression. To hear how God’s movement into this world might just happen without our humble cooperation and to realize that we need each other’s vision, each other’s perspective and experience. And we need especially each others’ costly yet freeing obedience to Jesus Christ, Lord, God and wonder of wonders, friend, the friend who is always offering us the inside scoop as long as we are willing to surrender our limited vision. When we are tempted in our own captivities and fears to think our thoughts, as they did in Babylon, we need to be reminded, as Isaiah reminded us in this morning’s lesson: God’s thoughts are not always our thoughts. When we find parish life more like a captivity in Babylon than a call to transformation, we need, as Isaiah beckons us, to return to God’s thoughts. Perhaps riskier thoughts, and always missional thoughts. If you’re tempted to think of your bygone rectors and bygone glory days, you are not thinking God’s thoughts. Gripping nostalgia is as irrelevant as women clutching spices after the stone at the tomb is flung open.

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I owe a tremendous debt to the Diocese of Virginia. What faith I have in me is pure gift from missional folks who knew the inside scoop and told it to me. What pure joy to live that faith now with you again today in this holy now! Amen. Reconvening The president reconvened Council at 1:30 p.m. Council joined in singing Hymn 372. First Ballot Results and Second Ballot The secretary announced that the Rev. Marian K. Windel of Incarnation, Mineral and Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan of Abingdon, White Marsh had been elected deputies to Provincial Synod. The secretary announced the results of the General Convention deputy election, noting that voting in the lay order was complete. Elected (clerical order) - The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary, St. George’s, Arlington, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Elected (clerical order) - The Very Rev. Dr. Hilary B. Smith, St. Paul’s on-the-Hill, Winchester Elected (lay order) - Mr. Russell V. Palmore, Jr., St. Paul’s, Richmond Elected (lay order) - Ms. Cindi Bartol, Christ Church, Alexandria Elected (lay order) - Mr. Russell V. Randle, Christ Church, Alexandria Elected (lay order) - Mr. JP Causey, Jr., St. John’s, West Point Alternates: Lay order (listed in order of alternate) Mr. Joseph E. Royster, Meade Memorial, Alexandria Ms. Susan van der Veer, Holy Comforter, Vienna Ms. Margret Hjalmarson , St. Anne’s, Reston Ms. Mildred W. Robinson, St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville Council voted on a second ballot for General Convention deputies in the clerical order. The secretary announced that the Rev. Jackie Thomson of St. Anne’s, Reston had been elected to the Standing Committee for the clerical order and that Ms. Janet Peyton of St. James’s, Richmond had been elected to the Standing Committee for the lay order. The secretary called for the second ballot, instructing members of Council to vote for either the Rev. Dr. Stephen Edmonson or the Rev. Wes Smedley in the clerical order and for either Mr. Franklin Baxter or Col. Jean Reed in the lay order to fill the remaining slots. The secretary took a point of personal privilege to announce that Mr. Patrick Getlein, registrar of the Diocese, had arrived after being stuck in traffic. Pastoral Address The president delivered his pastoral address to Council: To begin, I want to thank all of you, as leaders and representatives of the congregations in the Diocese of Virginia, for what I have experienced over the past year, my first full year as your diocesan bishop. By any standard, we live a rich and remarkable common life as a family in Christ. A pastoral address gives me the luxury to do something I suspect that most of us don’t do very often, if at all–to take pause and ponder deeply what it means to be together as a diocese, to reflect pointedly on what has happened and 84

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to envision what is to come and even dream about what might be. Recounting weekly visitations, Shrine Mont camps, countless meetings, conferences, retreats, celebrations and special gatherings, I am renewed by the ways in which we have engaged and encouraged one another over the course of a year. We have been empowered, by the grace of God, for faithful worship and fruitful ministry. We have so much, in our hands and right at our fingertips—not to mention what is at arm’s length. I do worry that we can too easily take all of this for granted, or even remain unaware, and so I hope that this address might spur you a bit in thinking about what we’ve accomplished as a diocese, what our opportunities and challenges are, what is our wealth and where we find ourselves wanting. But, before we survey any of that, I’m moved to put “first things first,” and for me that’s always people. As I consider ministry in the Diocese of Virginia, I realize once again how much we depend on our diocesan staff. I take this opportunity enthusiastically to thank all of them so very, very much. Time and again, this wonderfully dedicated crew goes above and beyond the call of duty, working overtime and taking on responsibilities quite outside their job descriptions to make sure that you as a diocesan church are served, not least being for this very Council. We have the smallest staff of any of the large domestic dioceses; two dioceses right around our numerical size have nearly twice the number of staff (40 and 43 compared to our 23). But I’m here to say that even so, given who we have, we have the “biggest” staff anywhere, and I’d like for them to be recognized. I’m so utterly delighted to welcome aboard our new assistant bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ted Gulick, who began his ministry with us on January 1 after having served 17 years as bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky. Ted and Barbara have returned to his native Catlett, Virginia, so “welcome home.” And thanks a whole lot – now I’ve got to sign up for the college for preachers! Bishop Gulick’s new ministry here marks a milestone for us and we are most fortunate to have so truly a great servant leader come to us now. He brings a wealth of experience to his ministry in our diocese: a deep spirituality, pastoral wisdom and highly respected leadership throughout the larger Church and Anglican Communion. In addition to helping to guide the entire episcopate for this diocese, Bishop Gulick’s duties will, of course, as you may have read, include the full slate of weekly visitations, and he will help especially with the pastoral care of our clergy and their families. As I address you, the major news of this Council has already been delivered to you, the forthcoming retirement of our beloved bishop suffragan, the Rt. Rev. David Colin Jones. After much prayer, consultation and planning, Bishop Jones will resign his position as of the end of Council 2012–he will have given 17 years as bishop in our diocese and 34 years of ordained ministry here. For now, I’ll suffice it to say how unfathomably grateful I am for the years that I have been able to serve with this brother bishop and have come to know him and Kay as cherished friends. I’m just as grateful to have one more year to share the ministry of episcopacy in the Gospel with David before he takes his leave. And I promise you we will have one terrific send off for him at Council 2012! Bishop Jones’ impending resignation does give us one required piece of business that I must now address. This diocese clearly needs three bishops and we simply must be able to continue the fine tradition of ministry that Bishop Jones exemplifies. Therefore, I hereby call for the election of a new bishop suffragan for the Diocese of Virginia, this election to take place in April 2012. This timing gives us the ability to do a thorough self-study and will allow me to confer extensively with a wide range of diocesan leadership and a nominating committee about what we need in the ministry of our next bishop suffragan. Taking into account that we must allow for the particular gifts of The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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any individual bishop-elect, I will present a general job description for the new bishop suffragan to the nominating committee for their search process purposes and I will present it to the 217th Annual Council in 2012. 2011 will bring the opportunity to bring forward the remarkable work of the listening sessions, entitled “Listen and Be Heard,” that were held across the Diocese during the fall of 2010. The five sessions on faithful human sexuality were open to anyone who chose to attend, with invitations sent through our Virginia Episcopalian newspaper, the e-Communiqué, a letter from me sent to everyone on the Diocese’s e-mail list and announcements in congregations and at regional council meetings. Around 800 people attended these events. In order to allow for a sense of as “safe” an environment as possible, and to prevent any stereotyping or assumptions from creeping in, we did not require any record of the demographics, such as lay or ordained, gender or age of those in attendance. Likewise, we did not identify the churches represented. All of this reflects an intentional decision to keep the focus on what was said rather than who said it. Each one of the sessions began with two questions that focused on the characteristics and the meaning of faithful sexuality in the Christian life. A third question then concluded the sessions with reflections on the blessing of same-gender unions in the Church. All discussions were transcribed by a recorder who took down the comments verbatim. The printed document of the responses to the three questions is 247 pages. And, yes, I’ve read every comment–almost 2,000 of them–and have been studying the data in its entirety, and it is wonderful. The actual experience of the sessions, and the voluminous data that was collected from them, seemed at the time to be a true watershed event for the Diocese and I am confident that this estimation will prove to be true in the long run. As I noted in my letter announcing the sessions, we do not have a positive history of coming together to discuss controversial subjects. Particularly vicious acrimony and even demonization–from both left and right–marked the open forums that followed the 2003 General Convention. Debates at Annual Councils, in some instances, have been personalized and politicized. But happily, the “Listen and Be Heard” sessions last fall showed a dramatic shift in posture, in content and in tone. There was definitely a premium placed on the role of the importance of community. Overall, the hallmarks of these evenings were trust, vulnerability and even intimacy. There was demonstrated–from both right and left–a much greater capacity to hear and understand differing points of view than we might expect based on previous experience, not to mention simply respecting and taking care of each other in the mutual sharing, which sometimes was very difficult and very personal, indeed. We also heard from a good number of people who spoke of continuing to struggle with the issues, holding profoundly mixed feelings. And yet, such struggling certainly did not manifest as timidity; there was an accompanying strength and integrity in it all. Many people, not only those who struggle, but even those with clear opinions, spoke of their openness to, and indeed the need for teaching, both at the congregational level and from the larger Church. All of this should be encouraging for us, whatever your viewpoint, because it is explicitly and patently Anglican. The very DNA of our expansive Anglican dynamic was quite to the fore throughout the listening sessions. By this I mean that we are united in Christ rather than by agreement in issues. The center holds, but this does not mean the maintenance of the status quo or having some sort of balance of power. Rather, our center holds because that center is nothing less than Jesus Christ. 86

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Significant common questions are evident from the comments in the listening sessions with respect to the blessing of same-gender relationships. To put these questions in theological terms, the first concern is the nature of blessing. What is a “blessing?” What does it mean? What does the Church do when it blesses? Is a blessing inherently sacramental? Does the Church bless or does God? Another question concerns the role of community in a blessing. What part does the assembled community play in a blessing? What is the nature of communal recognition and their support afterwards? There were many comments that reflected various misunderstandings and misgivings and various understandings about the relationship between the Church and our larger society. Does the Church exercise a prophetic role, leading society to do what is right? Is a new set of cultural norms now leading the Church astray? Is the Church now having to “catch up” with society’s justice? How does the Church appropriately engage or accommodate culture? And, finally, the nature of Scripture itself is raised. Is Scripture clear in its teachings about same-sex relationships? What is the place of interpretation and contextualization based on scholarship? What does it mean that there are other parts of Scripture (for example, the teachings about divorce and remarriage) that we no longer apply to Christian ethics so strictly? Obviously, these are all big questions that go right to the heart of the matters at hand. And I think they show you something of the depth of these sessions. And, just as obviously, these questions are in fact too big to answer in the scope of this address. But, they must be addressed. And address them we will, by means of teaching through various media and in gatherings across the Diocese throughout the coming year. After listening in order to determine the lay of the land there is teaching in order to chart our course and understand it. This is an organic process and, I think, a helpful and a hopeful one. I realize that there are presently clergy and congregations who have addressed these questions of blessing, community, society and Scripture in ways that could be deemed thorough and conclusive. Furthermore, you may remember that I have always affirmed that committed, monogamous same-gender relationships can indeed be faithful in the Christian life. Therefore, I plan also to begin working immediately with those congregations that want to establish the parameters for the “generous pastoral response” that the 2009 General Convention called for with respect to same-gender couples in Episcopal churches. Personally, it is my hope that the 2012 General Convention will authorize the formal blessing of same-gender unions for those clergy in places that want to celebrate them. Until then, we might not be able to do all that we would want to do but, in my judgment, it is right to do something and it is time to do what we can. The controversy surrounding sexuality must not overshadow the primary matters of mission and ministry in this diocese, some of them groundbreaking. In two weeks I shall ordain the Diocese of Virginia’s first candidates for the vocational diaconate. This historic step is the result of a long and deliberate process that is committed to enriching the Church’s ordained ministry while further empowering and informing the ministry of the laity. I offer thanksgiving for this ancient pattern and gift to the Church, and I’d like to ask our candidates for the vocational diaconate to stand and be recognized, if you’re in the room. A true keystone of ministry in Virginia is mission. I see that we are, indeed, second to none in this commitment. Our service to others, our ministry with others, inspires and deepens literally thousands of our people. We treasure the relationships that we build The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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through mission. Whether domestically or internationally, our strategic principle is to go where the need is the greatest and where the Gospel can bear much fruit. Domestically, we have offered much of ourselves to the Gulf Coast ever since Hurricane Katrina. We have been and continue to be a leading mission presence there. And great opportunities abound right here at home in mission work with our Native American partners. These ministries and many others all remind us that mission is simply what Christians do and rich opportunities are everywhere; you don’t have to go far away to find them. With respect to our relationships and ministries abroad, we are at this time especially prayerful for peace in the Sudan. We deeply value many long-standing and productive links there. The recent referendum as to whether southern Sudan should become an independent nation will certainly present weighty challenges to Archbishop Daniel and the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. The Diocese of Virginia expresses deep confidence that they will rise to the occasion in the times to come just as they have done so faithfully—indeed heroically—in the past. International relationships with many other partner dioceses and congregational links remain vibrant and vitally important. In addition to the Sudan, these include our “Triangle of Hope” partners, the dioceses of Liverpool, England and Kumasi, Ghana; dioceses in South Africa, particularly the long-standing link with the Diocese of Christ the King; several locations in Tanzania; numerous links throughout Central and South America; and points across the Caribbean. Many of our congregations have additional individual links, for example in Uganda, Myanmar, Liberia and Honduras. Throughout 2010, Virginia sent and received missions in the solidarity of the Gospel. In all cases, growth in ministry and serving those in need wherever they might be was the pattern, goal and result. Our Christian lives are much empowered by these diocesan partnerships and congregational links and we are deeply grateful to our friends in the Gospel across the world. In one month I shall be traveling to Tanzania. I was invited to go to a conference in Dar es Salaam that will bring together some American, Canadian, English and West African bishops to discuss issues that affect us all. We hope to clear up any misunderstandings and thus to build bridges that will strengthen Anglican Communion ties. Then, I will visit the Carpenter’s Kids ministry in several villages that are linked with Diocese of Virginia churches that range in size from St. Paul’s, Richmond to Buck Mountain Church in Earlysville. Yes, your congregation can do mission, anywhere and everywhere. The Diocese of Haiti, the largest diocese in our Episcopal Church, presents a special case even among special cases. Surely now we must look to our own doorstep to respond to such a critical need, not only for humanitarian relief efforts but also to help rebuild the ministry of what is most certainly a strong Church there in spite of it all. The pastoral letter I sent out recently on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake said what I have to say, but I am pleased to announce that we now have 16 of our congregations that are now either in links with the Diocese of Haiti or are actively considering establishing new links for long-term ministry there. Even so, Haiti needs many more of us to step up. The Diocese of Virginia became so deeply involved in developing these newer links in ministry with the Diocese of Haiti when Episcopal Relief and Development gave us a call very shortly after the earthquake. The gist was that we had been so successful in providing help on the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that ERD wanted to know if we could do it again in Haiti. This resulted in maybe the best part of the year 88

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for me. In just a couple of weeks, the Diocese of Virginia raised over $240,000–enough to provide all 10 pickup trucks they were asking for with money left over for three additional trucks. Unfortunately, not all challenges are so happily met; not all problems are solved so expeditiously. The Diocese of Virginia continues to be entangled in litigation with congregations that are attempting to keep Episcopal Church property after choosing to leave the Episcopal Church. Our position is that the properties in question were given for the mission of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia and these properties ought to be returned to us for the use of our congregations and for our mission strategy. We have four continuing congregations that have been turned out of their houses of worship and yet are continuing faithfully to worship in other places until they can return to their church homes: The Falls Church, Episcopal in Falls Church; St. Stephen’s, Heathsville; Epiphany, Oak Hill; and St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge. Would you all please stand? It is vitally important—a matter of faithfulness to our doctrine, discipline and worship and to who we are as a Church—that we secure a positive resolution, not only for these congregations but also for this diocese and the whole of our Episcopal Church. That being said, litigation is not the only means we have to resolve matters. We have pursued litigation because up to this point there has been little choice. We will continue to do so if that remains the case. But I’m sure that neither side wants the litigation to continue. So, be assured that in the past we have opened dialogue for settlement and we are even now pursuing settlement. Given the need for confidentiality in these matters, I cannot say any more than this, but do know that we will continue to pursue all avenues to the just and appropriate resolution of this dispute. We all know that the litigation has been expensive, but I will remind you that these costs are being covered by a line of credit secured by unconsecrated, non-strategic real estate. No pledge dollars given to the diocese’s annual budget are being used to fund this legal battle. And this reminds me . . . I remain shocked and grievously troubled by the lack of adequate funding for our diocese. Make no mistake: this is not about sexuality or any other controversy. Virginia has been dead last in the Episcopal Church in its percentage funding for the diocesan budget for decades. Our congregations’ average giving to the Diocese is a less-thanmodest 6.5 percent of plate-and-pledge, and only 5.4 percent of unrestricted operating revenues. Only 18 of our 183 congregations give at least 10 percent of their revenues to the Diocese. With all of the resources in the pews of our congregations–not to mention all of the amazing ministry that happens at the diocesan level–this is not only hard to believe, it is even harder to understand. And yet I have been around this diocese now, and I know that the vast majority does not know much about this. Neither do they like this grim reality when they hear about it. And so I believe that our situation needs aggressive stewardship education–education with a view to spiritual transformation, not budget managing. The problem largely rests not, I’m convinced, on our vestry tables, it lies on our congregants’ desks at home. If our communicants tithed to their churches, or even gave 3-5 percent, our congregations would be more than flush with resources. Heavens, we’d be beside ourselves having to figure out what to do with all that money for ministry, instead of agonizing over how to cut or not fund items for the budget. Yes, it is all about embracing proportionate giving—giving by percentage until 10 percent is reached—a The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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wonderfully joyful and empowering journey in Christian life, I’m here to tell you. There are thousands of years of spiritual wisdom in this practice and it is no accident that it is the Bible’s standard. Jesus Himself often spoke so pointedly about the faithful management of personal wealth. He tells us that in our giving we will know spiritual blessing and a closeness to God. In short, you just can’t know how true faithfulness in giving brings you to know Jesus until you actually try it. So spread the word at home. I am convinced that the means to embrace proportionate giving and thus to answer the challenges posed by inadequate funding for our congregations and for our diocese is in your commitment to our five priorities for mission and ministry: (1) Youth and Young Adults; (2) Strengthening our Congregations; (3) Evangelism and Proclamation; (4) Multicultural and Ethnic Ministries; and (5) Mission Beyond Ourselves. These priorities are truly the cornerstone of our common life and ministry. They are a statement of who we are now and who we want to be. When our households and vestries really catch this vision our congregations will have all they need while also being able to provide appropriately for our diocese. I have no doubt that the old adage is true: money follows vision. It is my fervent hope that these five priorities will be what we all think about whenever we say “the Diocese of Virginia.” And, these ministries are what we want the public to see going on, so that the term “Episcopal Church” makes people think of the Gospel and the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ. May God bless this Council, and may God bless you and our Church throughout 2011. Suspension of Rules of Order and Standing Committee Resolution Mr. Russell Palmore, chancellor of the Diocese, addressed Council: Bishop, members of Council: Rule 22 of the Rules of Order provides for the adoption of special orders for the conduct of business, that is, business which was not included in the program of council which was adopted earlier this morning. Now that the bishop has called for the election of a suffragan bishop, I respectfully move for the adoption of a special order of business at this time to permit the president of the Standing Committee to address Council and seek its consent for the submission of a resolution related to the bishop’s call for election. The special order requires a two-thirds vote, and I so move, bishop. The president noted that it was so moved and seconded, and called the question. Council voted in favor of suspending the rules of order. The president acknowledged Mr. Don Metheny, president of the Standing Committee. Mr. Metheny addressed Council: Bishop, I am Don Metheny, president of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia. I rise to submit a new resolution for consideration by Council. Standing Committee Resolution 1 is being distributed at this time. With your permission, bishop, I would like to speak to the substance of this resolution. Standing Committee Resolution 1 is an enabling resolution that would provide for the approval of Council for the election of a suffragan bishop in 2012. It also provides for the orderly transition of Bishop Jones to retirement, and the preparation for nominations for that election. I submit this resolution for Council’s consideration. The president noted that the resolution was submitted by a committee and needed no second, and that the resolution would be submitted to the Committee on Resolutions for 90

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consideration at the afternoon hearing. He added that Council would have to agree by a two-thirds vote, and called for discussion. There being none, the president called the question. The motion to accept the resolution was passed, and the resolution was referred to the committee. Bishops’ NetsforLife Inspiration Fund The president called on Ms. Emma Wright, lead youth representative for the Bishops’ NetsforLife Inspiration Fund, to deliver a special report. Ms. Wright addressed Council: Good afternoon. I’m Emma Wright, a sophomore in high school from Arlington, Va. I’m from St. Mary’s, Arlington, I serve on PYM, and today I represent many involved, faithful youth from around this diocese. I am here today to tell you about the Diocese of Virginia’s Bishops’ NetsforLife Inspiration Fund, of which I am the lead youth representative. But first, I would like to thank Bishop Shannon, Bishop Jones and Bishop Gulick for this opportunity to address Council and for their blessing of our campaign this year. Some people think that the youth of today have no sense of propriety - that we just like to obsess of our lives through Facebook and Twitter. But that could not be further from the church. Those same social networking utilities – that, yes, some use narcissistically, are also the means that connect us to issues and people all around the world. Youth, now and in the future, cannot ignore the world’s problems, even if they wanted to. They are not only on the digital doorstep of our computer screens, but with increases in global transportation, the effects of global poverty, such as disease and violence, will be coming to our actual doorstep. Problems can no longer be confined to the “little corners” of the world, because those “little corners” no longer exist. In Matthew 14, the disciples are ready to send the crowd of hungry men, women and children stumbling in the dark towards town in search of food. It must have been dangerous. Perhaps the disciples figured it was not their problem. But as you know, Jesus admonished his disciples not to send them away, and to give them something to eat. In our modern world, there is no “away.” This brings me back to the Bishop’s NetsforLife Inspiration Fund. NetsforLife is a partner of Episcopal Relief & Development that provides malaria-preventing nets to sub-Saharan Africa. Not only does this program actually hang the nets, they also provide monitoring, evaluation and education about malaria to communities, all for $12. Over the next three years, the Inspiration Fund hopes to send 7 million more nets to sub-Saharan Africa, and it is my dream that in 2011, the youth of our diocese will send 20,000 of those 7 million. In order to achieve this goal, let’s build a youth network that will fan across our diocese and work at the parish-level to connect youth to mission, and change our small world. It doesn’t matter if you have five or 500 youth in your congregation – we want all to be a part of our network. We have created a Bishop’s NetsforLife Inspiration Fund Facebook page. Next time you get to a computer, please connect with us. In the meantime, please stop by our table right outside these doors and drop off the contact card that was left on your seats. Thank you. The president thanked Ms. Wright.

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Report of the Committee on Related Organizations The president called on the Rev. Dr. Anne Ritchie of Church of the Resurrection, Alexandria, chair of the Committee on Related Organizations for the report of that committee. Dr. Ritchie addressed Council: Bishop Johnston, Bishops Jones and Gulick, Canon Goff, members of Council: Our hard-working committee has reviewed the nominations of the related organizations, specifically the Diocesan Missionary Society, Trustees of the Funds and the Diocesan Homes. We found all the nominees emininently qualified. You may see their names in your print-outs from pages 30-36 and the supplemental print-out on page 19. We present these slates of nominees for Council’s approval. The president noted that no second was needed, coming from a committee, and added that the slate was to be voted on in its entirety. The president called for nominations from the floor. Hearing none, the president called the question. Council voted to elect the slates of nominees for the related organizations. Report of the Treasurer The president called on Mr. Mike Kerr, treasurer of the Diocese, for the report of the treasurer. Mr. Kerr addressed Council: Thank you, Bishop Johnston. Bishop Jones, Bishop Gulick, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen of Annual Council, once again, Ellen Johnston. Good afternoon. I have been asked to be brief in my remarks for the 2011 report. To avoid that unhappy point, I will begin, first, with my 2010 report, cut short by last year’s snowstorm. I will be brief about 2010, however, and I will assure you that it involved all of the numbers shown [on the screen]. As noted, I mentioned that I was asked to be brief about the 2011 report. I did not, however, say that I agreed. To begin with, I will have a short report on the diocesan organizations that I serve beyond the Diocese-proper. But first, I want to take a short moment to acknowledge David and Kay Jones. I want them both to know the thanks of the diocesan staff for their kind support, their assurance in all that we do, their kindness, including having the staff for dinner when we are in the area. They are as genuine and friendly as you could hope for and I am glad to count them as my friends. The DMS, or the Diocesan Missionary Society, continued their good work in 2010. Begun in 1829, with over $15 million in loans and assets out for the churches and organizations of the Diocese, DMS is a blessed reminder of how our past supports our present and our future. DMS has itself been blessed with the presence and leadership of Ms. Karen Grane, of St. Paul’s, Alexandria. While others will lead DMS in years to come, her role as president, which she has held since 2003, has shown to be proactive for DMS in leading them into how DMS can better serve the Diocese. The Trustees of the Funds manages investment funds for over 120 of our diocesan churches and institutions. 2010 was a good year, with the portfolio being up roughly 9 percent on the heels of 2009, when the portfolio was up 17 percent. We ended 2010 at just 92

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over $90 million in terms of assets under management. The portfolio is valued at $91.4 million as of this morning. 2011 is off to a good start. This speaks well to the Trustees, and the care that they give to the assets entrusted to them. With an eye on many factors when designing the investment portfolio, including asset volatility, sector weightings, attribution studies and correlation matrices, I expect that 2011 will bring another positive year. With so many of our churches using Trustees of the Funds for all or some of their investment assets, it is a very important connection to realize how “the Diocese” provides resources back to the churches of the Diocese. With roots to 1754, the Trustees of the Funds shows a past supporting the future. 2010 also saw at Roslyn the dedication in June of a long-needed chapel, a means of honoring the service of Peter James Lee to the Diocese of Virginia and of providing a beautiful worship space for generations to come. As treasurer of Shrine Mont, I can share the good news that in July 2010, with unrestricted gifts in hand, Shrine Mont acquired an adjoining building and property. The “old firehouse,” as some of you may know it, was acquired not only to provide additional meeting space and storage space for Shrine Mont and the camps, but also to make sure that a commercially-zoned property did not become a truck repair shop as had been suggested. Each of these is a clear-cut case of a desire to “remember the future” of the Church here in Virginia. For some of you who may want to know more about the history of the Diocese, and how it came to be at this place in time, please check under your seat where you might find taped to it in the crossbeam one of my business cards. If you do, raise your hand and one of the PYM staff will bring you a copy of the diocesan history, signed by the bishop. If you haven’t noticed, that’s a cheap way to keep your attention. While those books are getting to their recipients, each of these entities, along with the Church Schools Corporation and the Virginia Diocesan Homes, are currently involved in an RFP, or request for proposal, a process for audit work. I last issued such an RFP in 2004 and I advised the firms that were involved at the time that in five to seven years, regardless of my satisfaction with our selected accounting firms, another RFP would be issued. It’s simply good business practice. Time flies when you are having fun, I guess. In doing so, all of the diocesan entities will benefit, and from a diocesan standpoint, this process, as time-intensive as it is, should provide a measure of expense relief for several years to come for the Diocese-proper. There are a number of things the Episcopal Church does well together. The Church Pension Group is another such result. For the past two years, I noted that you could expect a transition to the Denominational Health Plan as of January 1 of this year. This transition date has come and gone and through tireless efforts and the amazing patience of my assistant Laura Cramer, all persons are now enrolled in one of the nine health plans that we had selected earlier in the year. Over the next year, I plan to work with the Executive Board for the implementation of another element of that canonical change which involves “parity,” which seems to create some issues in various parts of the Diocese as to what that means in the provision of a parity of benefits to staff. We hope to come up with a very clear definition of parity, starting with the definition found in the Webster’s Dictionary. As part of my planning and price negotiations with the Church Pension Fund and the Medical Trust in particular, the Diocese of Virginia, with that Denominational Health Plan, also enjoys a cap of seven percent on our rates for 2012, which is well below the rate of medical inflation. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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I give you fair warning on the other benefits mandate issued by General Convention in 2009 requiring the provision of a lay pension. Most dioceses in the Church followed the resolution of the 1988 General Convention which outlined the importance of the provision of lay pension benefit. The lack of a required construct was seen by ongoing General Conventions as an equity and justice issue and the 2009 General Convention, a mere 21 years later, through Resolution A138, established a mandatory lay pension program for employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 1,000 hours a year. for any domestic entity subject to the authority of the Church. This canonical change will take place on January 1, 2013, and for the second year, you have been so warned. While many of the churches in the Diocese do provide a pension benefit for their lay employees, some do not and this change will bring obvious budget implications for you, certainly for budget year 2013. You will hear on this from me throughout this year and next. I am canonically required, by the Diocese of Virginia Canons, to bring you a report on the Church Pension Group, and I can tell you that the condition of the Group and the Fund remain strong. Following the lead of Social Security, however, the Church Pension Fund, for the second time in two decades, did not approve an adjustment upward for retiree benefits. This does not mean that there is trouble as the Group continues to be one of the best run pension plans in the country, and with assets of over $9 billion, the Fund has assets in place to provide promised benefits to all currently retired clergy and beneficiaries and all currently active clergy and beneficiaries. And of the $250.7 million dollars, almost a quarter billion dollars of total benefits paid out by the Fund in 2010, beneficiaries of the Diocese of Virginia received $7.14 million. The Diocese of Virginia, through this operation created in 1914, continues to benefit from the larger ideas of the Church. Since I like to plan for tomorrow, or at least 2011, I have arranged for the Church Pension Fund to hold another Planning for Tomorrow conference. This will be held, as you can see, June 24-25, 2011. We will have the site for that by the end of February. Likewise, I have scheduled a Lay Planning for Tomorrow conference in 2012, date as of yet to be determined. 2011 will be a year of transition for the Church Pension Group. President and CEO Dennis Sullivan announced his retirement in 2010. A successor will be named by the middle of this year to carry on the work of “Serving the Episcopal Church and its People.” I am sure we are all interested to see who is selected to lead the Pension Fund into the future. Now, onto the financial reports that you were issued when you came in. January 18 was our cut-off date for our income and expenses for 2010. You have the unaudited 2010 income statement. It’s a summary of our operating income and expenses, and the first six pages reflect, by regional order, the pledges made and paid in 2010. You also have prior year information for comparison. On page six, you will see the pledges summarized at just over $4.2 million. If you add the other income lines, such as restricted income and so on, we therefore had in 2010 unaudited revenues of just about $4.8 million, which is about $16,000 more than in 2009.

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Expenses follow and the layout mirrors the format of the budget. Most lines and categories are on target. I trust that you will review the items carefully, and there are only truly a few obvious expenses for me to point out to you and I will ask you to turn to page nine of that report. Looking for the category Non-Administrative Expenses, you will see a variance of $98,690 to the bad in insurance and Churches. This is driven solely by a spike in 2010 property taxes for unimproved diocesan land that we hold on Route 29 in Albemarle County. We have begun the process to get this property sold as we cannot maintain the holding costs of it with such an extraordinary jump in assessment. Henry Burt and I have met with one prospective buyer in the past month and we hope that more will develop along those lines with that buyer in the first half of 2011. Second, under Staff and Support, there is a cost savings to the good as we had budgeted, if you will remember, last year for a good portion of the year for an assistant bishop. With Bishop Gulick starting at the beginning of 2011, there was some recovery of savings there. We also held open an additional administrative position. Finally, on the top of page ten, as I have mentioned to you for several years now you will see an overage of $898,000 and change under professional fees. That reflects, as the bishop alluded to, the ongoing cost of property litigation. The property litigation, as the bishop also noted, is funded through a line of credit which is separate from the operating budget. I do feel it is best, however, to give diocesan leadership gathered here full transparency of what is shown in terms of our operating expenses and true expenses of the cost of managing this. Please keep in mind that this line item also covers the cost of our professional services such as audit work and regular and usual and customary legal expenses of the Diocese – not just of the Diocese but, on occasion, to assist some of our churches with legal issues that they might be facing. We are close to a contract for sale for one of the unimproved parcels of land that was identified for sale to offset the expense of the line of credit. We hope that we will bring that to fruition in 2011. We do have a signed letter of intent in hand, so we do hope that will close in the near future. The deficit reflected for 2010 would therefore be $630,149. Again, that is being generated primarily by that $898,000 cost overage for legal and professional expenses. If anyone would like to see a summarized draft balance sheet for 2010, I have several with me. If you wish to see one, please see me afterwards. Turning to the pledge report, at the time we went to press on January 18, we had received 144 pledges. At that point, pledges were down about -.60 percent over 2010. To update this further, while these will be shown in the full documents of Council, I will read these quickly. Region I, St. Stephen’s, Culpeper, a pledge of $17,000 Region II, Wicomico Church, a pledge of $5,600 Region II, St. John’s, Tappahannock, a pledge of $5,500 Region IV, Emmanuel, Alexandria, a pledge of $20,000 Region IV, Immanuel Church on the Hill, they increased their pledge from $70,000 to $75,000 Region V, Holy Comforter, Vienna, increased their initial pledge from $100,000 to $130,000 The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Region V, St. Thomas’, McLean, a pledge of $27,000 Region V, St. Anne’s, Reston, a pledge of $60,776 Region VI, All Saints’ – Sharon Chapel, Alexandria, a pledge of $15,300 Region XII, Christ Church, Glen Allen, increased their pledge from $55,000 to $61,126 Region XIII, St. Peter’s Church, Purcellville, a pledge of $11,700 Region XV, Grace Church, Stanardsville, a pledge of $7,500 Region XV, Holy Cross, Batesville, a pledge of $3,528 We are thankful for these additional pledges. The Budget Committee, at their meeting earlier this afternoon, discussed the impact of these on our budgeting plans for the rest of today and tomorrow. It still means that we have roughly 25 pledges outstanding that we have not received at this point, which is dramatically higher than normal. I know that Council is roughly a week or so earlier, and I know that some vestries may be meeting this week. We have taken into account this and we have made an estimate on what we think we can expect, and with faith we are using that as our process for budgeting. Turning to parish audits, we have received 101 audits for the 2009 audit year. We are on the cusp of posting the 2010 audit reports on the Web, so I encourage you, as the leaders of your churches, from a fiduciary standpoint for a required document, to complete and send to me a copy of your completed 2009 audits. The Budget Committee of the Executive Board, charged to prepare the initial budget which was posted to the Web, was chaired by the Rev. Jackie Thomson of St. Anne’s, Reston. Tomorrow, you will receive a report from Mr. Joe Paxton of Emmanuel Church, Harrisonburg, chair of the Budget Committee of Annual Council. This budget was adopted December 10 with about 30 percent of our pledges in and was balanced at $4,849,397, or roughly $36,000 less than 2010. With pledges known at this point, the additional ones which I just listed, and using a formula for estimating those remaining pledges, the budget committee has the task of closing a gap which is now $3,997. This morning I received from a person in this room a personal pledge for $1,000 for unrestricted giving to the Diocese to help offset this. Therefore, the Budget Committee is actually looking at closing a gap of $2,997 in the budget prior to tomorrow. Mr. Paxton will also present a motion from the Budget Committee in response to Budget Resolution 1, which was part of your online materials. I hope that you have familiarized yourself with the line item budget which has been placed on the Web since midDecember, as well as the narrative budget placed on the diocesan Web last week. The Rules of Order should be familiar to you and this slide shows an outline the work to date by the Budget Committee. While the Budget Committee must bring you a balanced budget tomorrow, in order for a budget item to be addressed on the floor of Annual Council, it must have been spoken to at one of the two open hearings, either the one held January 8 at St. Stephen’s Church, Richmond, or the one this afternoon beginning at 5 p.m. When Mr. Paxton prepares the budget, we will have a one-page document for you with proposed changes to income and expenses. These will be presented in order of their placement in the budget by line item order. If you wish to speak to one of the eligible items for the budget, again those items spoken at one of the two open hearings, with the rules of order you must have a stated amendment in funding; if you wish, you must also make a recommendation on the offset to your proposal, thereby keeping the budget balanced.

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As we consider the financial stewardship of our diocese, I want to echo a comment made at the open hearing on budget in Richmond. The supporter of the line item indicated that, while there were many important items in the budget, if we did not fund this one item, one of the several priorities of the Diocese, that we were eating our seed corn and supporting the decline of the Episcopal Church. With diocesan churches’ total revenue increasing in 2006 from $72.6 million to $79.8 million in 2009, but we have a shrinking diocesan budget, as the bishop alluded to, I cannot argue that the seed corn is growing at the congregational level, but the banquet is being set for the congregation, and not the Diocese. I have referenced several times the desire, determination and results of those who have come before us in the creation of entities which serve the Diocese and the Episcopal Church as a whole. Just yesterday, I received materials from a BB&T bank officer, including a will from December 9, 1963, one year to the date before I was born, naming the Diocese as a contingent beneficiary to a trust that should provide several hundred thousand dollars in restricted assets. The Trustees of the Funds, DMS, Roslyn, Shrine Mont, the Church Pension Fund: they’re not just good ideas at the time. They remain excellent ideas and they provide a bounty of benefits for all of us. Should there be a requirement that lack of certain level of support would preclude a church access to these Episcopal entities, these benefits? We would never do such a thing as we pride ourselves on not being a congregationalist church. And as the bishop said, of the six largest dioceses in the Episcopal Church, Virginia is served by the smallest staff. It is a staff that “walks the walk,” participating in mission trips as a whole staff, from as far away as Louisiana to as close to home as taking care of a small church, St. Margaret’s, Ruther Glen, in need of attention and care. It is a dedicated staff which loves the work it is called to do, the people it is called to serve and the Church that we call ours. In making much of our common work move forward, this staff is a vital seed corn in making your diocese and my diocese go. With over $5.2 million in requests of the budget of 2011, there is a desire to do more, but there is not the funding. This is an opportunity to talk to each other about what it means to be an Episcopalian. For these several reasons, I appreciate the effort behind R-10a, the resolution on funding. For this reason, I appreciate the effort, the underlying desire behind Budget Resolution 1, expressing a desire to be able to do more in the way of campus ministry. I don’t think there’s anyone in this room who would want to do less. The open hearing in Richmond suggested that we wave a magic wand to provide the funds. So, I got a magic wand. It’s much easier than you thought. The magic to provide for the Diocese is within this room, within your churches and within those people yet to be brought to Jesus Christ. Some of you are likely thinking, “I hope he gives away another present,” and some of you are thinking “Is he still talking?” So, I will give you both: A conclusion. A friend of mine, the Rev. Jerry Keucher, is the author of a great book on financial leadership. It’s called Remember the Future. Leadership is having confidence that there is a future, in acting that there is a future, to get out of survival mode and stop managing decline. It is our obligation as Christians, and in this gathering, as Episcopalians, to follow the example of those who came before us, to accept the gifts of prior generations’ generosity and forethought and to “remember the future” of the Diocese of Virginia and the mission of Jesus Christ.

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Have faith. Thank you and God bless. The president thanked Mr. Kerr. President of the House of Deputies Medallion for Exemplary Service The president announced that it was his honor to introduce Dr. Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of Deputies. Dr. Anderson addressed Council: Thank you, Bishop Johnston. Thank you for the invitation to be here and for the kind hospitality. Greetings to my friends Bishop Jones and Bishop Gulick, and I’d like to greet the president of the Standing Committee – I heard you speaking at the microphone a few minutes ago; greetings to you and thank you for the hospitality as well. I am here for a very special reason. And some of you know that I’m going to be presenting an award to one of your own, to Russ Randle – Deputy Russ Randle. Most of you know that there are places in this world where, even if you know how to read, you can’t read the Bible. There are Christians, even today, who do not know the record of God’s saving deeds in history in their own language for the simple reason that the Bible has never been translated into their own language. But, thanks to Deputy Randle – and I’m so relieved to see you were elected again – there is one less place like that, one less place where people cannot read the Bible in their own language. Thanks to him, and to the brave and effective people who work with him, Dinka Christians who live along the Nile River in Sudan now have a Dinka Old Testament. Many of the Dinka still live much like the people of the Old Testament, and Russ has helped make it possible for them to know these stories of faith, of Abraham and Sarah, Ezekiel and Ruth and Naomi, and perhaps even most importantly these days, the story of David and Goliath. And they know these stories in the language that they speak every single day, and he has helped them know these stories. Now this work alone would make Russ a worthy first recipient of the President of the House of Deputies Medallion for Exemplary Service, but his commitment to keeping his baptismal promise in ministry with the people of Sudan has gone even further. Russ, who is a three-time deputy to General Convention, began his ministry with Sudan 14 years ago, after he met Archbishop Daniel, now the primate of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. He met him at Virginia Theological Seminary. Since then, Russ, who now serves on the board of American Friends of Sudan, has been to Sudan four times. He has helped develop the diocese’s extensive network of parishes, schools, families and organizations in Sudan, and is one of the Sudanese churches most effective American allies. In addition to his translation work, he played a key role in arranging the construction of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Renk which sits between the fragile border of northern and southern Sudan. He was also instrumental in building a health clinic in Renk and recruiting doctors to provide medical care. Russ is a gifted attorney, and he has complimented his hands-on ministry in Sudan by offering pro bono legal services that have assisted Sudanese lawyers in freeing political prisoners. He has also lent his understanding of official Washington to the Sudanese cause. When the Sudanese government seized church property in 2004, he helped organize a protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. And in 2007, long before any of us understood the fragile nature of peace in Sudan, Russ participated in a fact-finding mission that helped alert U.S. church and government leaders to Sudanese government activities that threatened the peace accords that had ended the lengthy Sudanese civil 98

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war in 2005. The resulting international attention helped stabilize the situation, and the peace agreements held through the just-concluded referendum vote that gave the people of Southern Sudan a chance to determine their own future. So, at our baptism, all of us, we make promises to God. And those promises sustain us. But we are known by the promises that we keep. Today, in the company of all the ancestors and loved ones who have gone before us in the name of Christ, and in the company of all of you, here, in the Diocese of Virginia, the holy people of God in this holy place, it’s my privilege to recognize Russ, whom we know by the baptismal promises he has kept in ministry with the faithful people of Sudan. By his exemplary service, we are reminded of our own baptismal promises, and from his example we gain courage to embrace God’s work in the world wherever we – each and every one of us – is called. Russ, you have helped remind me and all of us that as Christians we belong to Christ and to one another all around the globe. I’m honored to present you with this medallion for exemplary service. Mr. Randle accepted the award and addressed Council: Thank you all, very much. President Anderson, I am very, very deeply touched by your recognition of the Sudan ministry to which Archbishop Daniel called me these 14 years ago. When I said “yes,” I had no idea why, where it would lead, only that the Lord wanted me to go. My family, who is here (please stand up), bore with me through that, although there were times they were less than happy about it, and I want to thank them for their patience and support through it. I am part of a great mission team, many of whose players are right here in this diocese, and I want to talk a little bit about them to show how Virginians keep baptismal promises. If you’ve been on a mission trip to Sudan, please stand up. There are a lot of people here who are like that. Stay standing. If you’re from Sudan and are worshipping here with us now, please stand up. If you’ve gone to Sudan as a diplomat or an aid worker, please stand up. If your congregation has cared for Sudanese refugees, please stand up, many of you are here. And if your congregation has given money for ministry in Sudan, or you’ve written your elected officials in Sudan, stand up. And if your congregation has been praying for peace in Sudan, stand up. Madam President, I present many but far from all of the Virginian Sudan mission team, a great cloud of witnesses. When Sudan installed Archbishop Daniel, he thanked the provinces of the Anglican Communion as follows: England, Canada, Australia, Virginia, the United States. Shannon [Johnston] and Buck [Blanchard] and Andrew [Merrow] were there, they know this is true. We punch above our weight. I’ve just illustrated one of the five promises made when we reaffirm our baptismal vows. We stay in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, sacrament and prayers. We do mission and community, affirming and discerning our calls together, as we have done here and with our Sudan partners. I am simply a visible representative of this great cloud of witnesses, and I am deeply thankful to be part of it. Our Sudanese partners have demonstrated what it means to resist evil, which is our second promise. On at least two separate occasions, different Sudanese bishops confronted the authorities and demanded the release of specific political prisoners – once at a time when they were busy executing them - and offered to substitute themselves for the prisoner. In both cases, they secured the demanded release. These leaders’ unarmed The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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courage in the face of raw evil shames our divisions. There are many similar stories. We are blessed to be their partners. Many here have worked to support the translation of the Bible into the native languages of Sudan – and if you’re interested in that, please see me afterwards – to train clergy in and for Sudan and to build churches in Sudan, including St. Matthew’s Cathedral, a work of this whole Diocese built in partnership with the Diocese of Renk and dedicated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and Sudan. By word and example we have helped our partners proclaim the good news of God and Christ, our third baptismal promise. They have helped us do so here by witnessing to the Gospel so effectively. Now medical teams from Virginia and supported by Virginia have been dispatched to Sudan. Those who are clergy – [the Rev.] Lauren [Stanley], you can attest to this – will tell you that they are often the doctors, whether or not they hold an MD when they go. Schools have been built and supported there – that’s been done in Rumbek, Juba and Renk. Famine relief has been repeatedly provided. This help has been provided to our partners who have served all comers regardless of faith tradition. Put differently my Virginia colleagues have sought and served Christ in all persons, our fourth promise. May we always continue to do so. Now our Sudanese partners have graciously accepted our help and guided us to be more effective as we do so. They’ve made clear that they need peace most of all, both to protect their people and to secure justice. And so, with our Sudanese partners, Virginia Episcopalians have worked tirelessly for peace, some in high positions such as Secretary of State Powell, a member of St. John’s, McLean, and those in less prominent roles who have written letter after letter, protested in front of the Sudanese embassy, led prayer vigils and given money. By God’s grace, our prayers for peace have been answered by the peaceful and orderly conduct of the independence referendum. That outcome was very much in doubt as recently as a month ago. My colleagues are keeping their fifth promise to strive for justice and peace among all people. Madam President, this ministry has sometimes been heart-breaking. It is often frustrating and sometimes puzzling. But I have never doubted that the Church was exactly where it belonged, in the thick of the turmoil to defend and comfort the people, to confront evil, witness for Christ and to seek peace and justice. Now, to those in the congregation here, this is your line: Will you who have witnessed these vows do all in your power to support the baptized in their life and Christ, both here and in Sudan. We will! Amen! Program Announcement The president announced that Mr. Ed Jones and Mr. Russell Palmore had agreed to defer their addresses until the following business day. Report of the Episcopal Church Women The president called on Ms. Beblon Parks, a member of St. Philip’s, Richmond and president of the Episcopal Church Women, to deliver her report. Ms. Parks addressed Council: Bishop Johnston, Bishop Jones, Bishop Gulick, Canon Goff, Ecumenical Guests, Diocesan Staff, Visitors and Friends, Members of Council: good afternoon. “Joy to the World!” and “Joy in Service.” These two expressions encompass the vision, mission and ministries of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Virginia. The 100

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first is the popular name of the beloved Christmas carol. The second is the motto of the Episcopal Church Women. Together they make clear that the work we do with joy in our hearts and love in our hands has as its ultimate outcome that of bringing joy to the needy, the disenfranchised and the less fortunate in the dioceses, the state, the nation and the worldwide congregations. We also provide support for women. I will share with you, briefly, some of our activities and ministries, and I invite you to look at my full report that you may find a copy of at the ECW table. Having been a teacher, I have three versions of that report. One version is the form of a bulletin, those who only want one piece of paper. The other is the form of a palm card that has everything you need to know right on it. Our dreams of joy and service took us on May 20 to Glen Allen, Virginia, where the rector, the Rev. Paul Johnson, and the assistant rector, the Rev. Hillary West, and the Episcopal Church Women of Christ Church Episcopal, under the capable leadership of Kay Holmes, graciously hosted one of our largest Spring Open Board Meetings ever. It may have been the attraction of workshops on topics ranging from labyrinths to healing laughter, or the inviting open space of a nontraditional worship setting or the anticipation of a moving sermon – whatever the attraction- we lived out our theme of “Dreaming, Planning and Helping: We’re Getting It All Together…With Grace.” Each year in July, we distribute monies received as of June 30 to award scholarships to deserving students within the Diocese. This year we awarded $5,000 to four students. Our goal in 2011 is to double that number. One of our focuses has been ministry to Native Americans. This past summer, we were able to support two Native Virginia Americans to go to the Tuscarora Indian Reservation to study privately with an internationally known bead worker. Both of the ladies have come back and offered their services to us. We have also supported, through our South Africa Partnership Committee, funds to support the AIDS Ministry in the Diocese of Christ the King in South Africa. A historic meeting took place in September. That meeting was between members of the board of the ECW Diocese of Virginia and the board of the Southern Diocese of ECW. Our goal is to expand that to include meetings with the ECW of the Diocese of Southwest Virginia. In October, our joy in service led us to Fredericksburg for the ECW annual meeting and 121st UTO ingathering. There were over 235 persons present and 51 churches and 24 clergy represented. At that meeting, we awarded $2,400 to five recipients with our Viva Voce grant. We also divided funds in our communion alms between the Jackson-Feild Homes in Jarrat, Virginia and the Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative in New Orleans. That year, we received and granted over $98,765 in UTO funds, all of which, every penny given is disbursed. One of our ministries that eludes the spotlight is the hot lunch program sponsored at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. The ECW, under the leadership of Kay Holmes and Jodie Pully, make arrangements for volunteers from various churches and community groups to provide hot lunches once a month to the 87 students there. We are always in need of assistance so why not organize a group from your church to offer this most rewarding and charitable service? Our ECW partnered with the Anglican Women’s Empowerment, the National ECW and the Episcopal Women’s Caucus to promote and participate in the anti-violence campaign The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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entitled “Sixteen Days of Advocacy Against Gender Violence.” Recognizing that for many in the church actions begin with prayer, we encouraged people – women, men, boys and girls – to use selected prayers, individually and corporately, to mark the 16 days from November 25 to December 10. I would be remiss if I did not give tribute to Miss Sallie Stuart, the founder of our organization, and the many ECW members and board members who have gone before me, and I so do that at this time. During my last year, I look forward to seeing the goals that we as ECW have set come to fruition. In 2010, I visited 11 churches and spoke with the Episcopal Church Women there. One of my personal goals is to double that number in 2011. Additionally, ECW goals are as follows: to award more and larger scholarships by increasing the funding for our scholarship program. You can help us with this by making donations and contributions to our Book of Remembrance and the Gift of Life Book. We also want to strengthen our support for children and education through enhanced support of our current ministries and partnerships. And finally, we want to continue to support ECW chapters and to increase the involvement of young women and girls by reestablishing groups within our diocese such as the Junior Church Women and the Girls Friendly Society. Last year I closed my report with a quiz regarding the top 10 steps for building the ECW in churches and parishes. Many of you chuckled as you took that quiz. There will be no quiz this year, but I will be doing a spot notebook check. I see you remember that from your school days. The notebook I’m talking about is this notebook, it is called the ECW yearbook, and it is distributed annually. I will be sneaking around to churches – you never know where I will show up – looking for this book. So, if you don’t know where yours is, or if the one you have has not been updated, I give you warning, now is the time to locate it. And if you don’t have a copy, I invite you to go to our Web site, www.ecw.thediocese.net. Will your name be called when accolades are given and awards presented to the women who are bringing joy to the world by living the ECW motto, “Joy in Service”? To paraphrase Nehemiah Addington, the joy of the Lord is the ECW’s strength. I thank you. Results of Ballot Number Two The president called on the secretary to announce election results. The secretary announced an election in all offices, and said that ballots were no longer needed. Elected in the clerical order for the General Convention deputies were the Rev. Jim Papile and the Rev. Lynne Washington. The alternates, in order, were the Rev. Lucia Lloyd, the Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew, the Rev. Justin McIntosh and the Rev. Marian Windel. In the Standing Committee, the Rev. Walter Smedley was elected to the clerical order and Mr. Franklin Baxter was elected to the lay order. Second Meditation The president called on Bishop Jones, chaplain, to deliver the second meditation. Bishop Jones addressed Council: The prayers of this Council have been requested for the soul of Shirley Jones who is the sister of Skeet Jones, a member of the diocesan staff, who died this morning. Also, our prayers have been requested for the soul of Bishop Edward Noble, the 11th bishop of Liberia, who has died in the past two weeks. Let us pray: Remember thy servants, O Lord, according to the favor which thy beareth unto thy people. And grant that, 102

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increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in thy heavenly kingdom. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen. Our prayers have been requested for Tim Pegler, a member of Grace Church, The Plains, who had a massive heart attack last night. Let us pray: O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers, mercifully accept our prayers and grant to your servant, Tim, the help of your power, that his sickness may be turned into health and our sorrow into joy. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen. Once in a while, leaders in the church get it right. I mean really right. When they do, they discover a vision that could only have come from God. That vision may have come from extended periods of prayer or long conversations and passionate debates. It may have come from one person who had been silent for hours. But when a vision comes, it is radically transforming for all who stand in its wake. Might we see God’s vision as a gift – a gift given that we might catch a fleeting glimpse of the Kingdom in our lifetime? Might we feel and know that sense of call that leads to personal sacrifice, dedication and commitment? When I think of congregations that have captured a vision for their ministry, I find that that vision is almost always expressed in terms of call – a profound determination to answer a genuine call from God. In fact, it is the power of a vision that gives meaning and purpose to our lives. Think for a moment about the vision of the founders of our country. Their words are now enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of our country and in the Bill of Rights. They give meaning and direction to our civil life. As Christians, our lives have been shaped by the vision of the Kingdom expressed by Jesus in his ministry. It is captured in the fourth chapter of Luke, as Jesus read from book of the prophet Isaiah, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. A vision from God for ministry is an extraordinary gift – one to be cherished and guarded. In fact, it is the rallying point of effective ministry. That sense of God’s vision, that sense of God’s purpose is rarely if ever discovered by focusing on personal needs – what one may want. A sense of God’s vision is greater. It is to be found by focusing on what God wants. The church that gets it right is not focused on its own needs, but is focused on mission – not mission in general, but a unique call from God to embrace a particular mission. This is also true for us as individuals. One person who has discovered a unique call from God is Larry Duffee, a member of St. George’s Church in Fredericksburg. After selling his business, Larry wanted to do something significant with his life, something meaningful. He went to Buck Blanchard to speak about missionary opportunities. He thought that Buck would suggest that he go to Haiti. But Buck suggested that Larry consider going to Sudan. He had never before been out of the country, but he was ready to answer God’s call – and the rest is history. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Larry is now the finance officer of the Episcopal Province of Sudan. In less than a year, he has made a huge difference. And he is one of the happiest people that I know. He has found joy in answering a unique call from God. While his living conditions in Sudan are rather primitive, Larry is having the time of his life, for his gifts are being employed. He is responding to a unique call from God. The embrace of God’s purpose has given profound meaning to his life. What is most joyful about the connection of call and gifts is the satisfaction one experiences when he or she is in the right place at the right time fulfilling God’s purposes. The real satisfaction in life is to be found in fulfilling God’s vision. Let us pray: We pray, O God, for a clear vision for our mission and ministry that we might faithfully fulfill the work you have given us to do through the power of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Announcements The president thanked Bishop Jones and called on the secretary for announcements. The secretary announced Council was running behind schedule, and made some timing changes to the workshop schedule for the afternoon. He noted that open hearings would begin following the workshops at 5:30 p.m. and that the dinner and party would take place in the Grand Ballroom at 6:30 p.m., with committee meetings taking place that evening. The secretary thanked Ms. Cindi Bartol and the Rev. Rick Lord for coordinating the Holy Eucharist. He made announcements regarding room assignments for the following morning.

Day Two Saturday, January 22, 2011 Feast Day of Vincent of Saragosa The president called Council to order at 8:32 a.m. Council members joined in singing Hymn 388. Members of the Parish Youth Ministries Committee led Council in morning prayer, then played for Council a short video about Shrine Mont Camps. The president introduced and thanked the members of PYM: Ms. Kathleen Gayle, St. George’s, Fredericksburg and Co-Chair Ms. Julia Colopy, St. George’s, Fredericksburg Ms. Annie Moncure, St. George’s, Fredericksburg Ms. Megan White, St. James’, Leesburg Mr. Andrew Cameron, St. James’, Leesburg Mr. Bryan Chase, St. Mary’s, Arlington Mr. James Adams, Trinity, Fredericksburg Third Meditation The president called on Bishop Jones to deliver his meditation. Bishop Jones addressed Council:

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Today, St. Peter’s Church in Arlington celebrates the 50th anniversary of their founding. Let us offer a prayer on behalf of St. Peter’s: Almighty God, to whose glory St. Peter’s Church in Arlington was founded, we give you thanks for the fellowship of that congregation, for those who worship in that place, and we pray that all who seek you there may find you and be filled with your joy and peace. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Some of the delegates from St. James the Less in Ashland have left Council this morning to attend a funeral of Mary Field, a member of St. James the Less in Ashland who has departed this life. May we remember Mary in our prayers. Remember thy servant, Mary, O Lord, according to the favor which thy bearest unto thy people. And grant that increasing in knowledge and love of thee, she may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in thy heavenly kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Claude Payne, while serving as the bishop of Texas, cast a bold vision for his diocese when he wrote, “Imagine your congregation transformed. Imagine it as a place of profound community, of spiritual growth, of miraculous expectation and of personal transformation.” Bishop Payne suggested that the Church is called to be a community of miraculous expectations. In such a community of miraculous expectations, one would assume God’s gifts to be abundant. One would not be surprised by radical generosity. One would expect a focus on mission and a willingness to sacrifice for God’s purposes and will. One would expect people to exercise their gifts in ministry. Might St. Paul have had such a vision in mind as he wrote to the congregation at Corinth? In the first chapter he wrote, “I give thanks to my God always because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him.” Then he concludes, “so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift.” We, the clergy and laity in the Diocese of Virginia, have been enriched and we are not lacking. Might we stop for a moment to contemplate how we have been enriched by Christ? We are heirs of salvation. We have come here from various communities of faith, and in every one of them, there are people of faith. There are teachers of our children. In every one of them, we gather for worship and the Gospel of Christ is proclaimed. And in every one of them, people are enriched in faith. In fact, while our congregations are all different, all are sufficient. All of God’s gifts have been given, in abundance. So we have reason to have miraculous expectations! We are an Easter people! Might we then expect God’s blessing when we seek to do His will? I do and I have witnessed God’s blessing again and again as I have visited your congregations. On numerous occasions, I have arrived to find so many people involved in ministry that parish life appeared chaotic: Where budgets were stretched to capacity! Where there was no more space! Where people young and old were responding to God’s call for service! And where it was expensive to be a Christian! When I have experienced such an environment – and I have – I have found one common foundation: a theology of gifts and call. It is an assumption, a theological assumption, The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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that God provides for the work God calls us to do; that God blesses God’s work. It is an atmosphere where the uniqueness of every person’s gifts is honored; where people are encouraged to discern God’s call; where spiritual gifts are honored and exercised; where people are encouraged to grow in faith and be what God is calling them to be; and where people are not too comfortable. In such a setting, there is a pervasive permission-giving environment where the Holy Spirit is at work. Permission-giving begins with the individual. I must give myself, for example, permission to approach my ministry in a way that is harmonious with my own gifts. While my responsibilities may not change, it means embracing them in a way that allows me to exercise the gifts that God has given me. And then, permission-giving extends to those with whom we work or live. To be faithful to a theology of gifts and call, I must honor the gifts of others and encourage them to exercise their gifts in response to God’s call. The promise of such an approach to ministry, a permission-giving approach to ministry, is the possibility of a lively community of faith. St. Paul envisioned such a community when he wrote, “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same spirit, and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” The challenge we face is to employ those gifts so that the mission of God may be fully embraced. The gifts have already been given. The mission is before us – a community of miraculous expectations! Let us pray, Give us grace, O Lord, to be an expectant community of love, peace and joy. Open our hearts to be ready and willing to embrace your call knowing that you provide abundantly for the work you call us to do through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The president thanked Bishop Jones. Introduction of Clergy New to the Diocese The president announced that Council would catch-up on some items deferred from the previous day. He asked clergy new to the Diocese to introduce themselves using the microphones provided. The following clergy introduced themselves: The Rev. Anne Lane Witt, Grace Church, Kilmarnock, raised up out of St. James’s, Richmond The Rev. Ann Dieterle, St. James’s, Richmond, from the Diocese of Chicago The Rev. Cecelia Schroeder, St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg, from the Diocese of North Carolina The Rev. Amy Porterfield Turner, Chaplain Resident at Mary Washington Hospital, from the Diocese of West Virginia The Rev. Brian Turner, Trinity, Fredericksburg, from the Diocese of Southern Ohio The Rev. Cass Bailey, Trinity, Charlottesville, from the Diocese of Hawaii The Rev. Louis J. Mattia, Christ Church, Lucketts and Good Shepherd, Bluemont The Rev. Sarah Ardrey-Graves, Emmanuel, Harrisonburg, from the Diocese of Western North Carolina The Rev. Catherine Hicks, St. Peter’s, Port Royal The Rev. Corry Weierbach, St. Michael’s, Arlington 106

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The Rev. Sven VanBaars, Abingdon, White Marsh, returning to Virginia from the Diocese of Southern Virginia The Rev. Ben Shelton, St. Francis’, Great Falls, from the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia The Rev. John Seville, St. Paul’s, Ivy, “on loan” from the Diocese of Chicago Introduction of Those to be Ordained to the Transitional Diaconate and to be Received to the Priesthood The president announced names of those anticipating ordination to the transitional diaconate in June, pending the consent of the bishop and the Standing Committee. Bishop Johnston asked candidates to stand in front of stage as names were called: Amelie Allen Wilmer Joshua Caler Kathy Guin Herbert Jones Tracey Kelly Evelyn Wheeler The president presented a candidate to the priesthood anticipating reception as an Episcopal priest on April 3, 2011: Sean Rousseau, Christ Church, Winchester. Introduction of Candidates for the Vocational Diaconate The president presented the candidates anticipating ordination to the vocational diaconate on February 5, 2011: Barbara Ambrose, St. Andrew’s, Richmond Dana Buchanan, St. Francis’, Great Falls Mary Beth Emerson, Trinity, Arlington Marty Hager, St. Thomas’, McLean Linda Murphy, Immanuel on the Hill, Alexandria Request for Prayer The president acknowledged the Rev. Tuck Bowerfind of St. Luke’s, Wellington, who announced that John Sylvester Johnson, a candidate for ordination in the Diocese of Southwestern Virginian and a seminarian at St. Luke’s from Virginia Theological Seminary recently fell and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Mr. Bowerfind asked to keep John and his wife, Joy, in the prayers of members of Council. Report of the Resolution 14s Task Group The president recognized Mr. Ed Jones of St. George’s, Fredericksburg, chair of the Resolution 14s Task Group. Mr. Jones addressed Council. Thank you, Bishop Shannon. Brother and sisters, it is my pleasure to report to you on the work of the Resolution 14s Task Group, and to inform you that this summary will be significantly shorter than our 56-page report to the Executive Board. Thank you. We are 10 people on this task force from all over the Diocese, who spent four months studiously working on the assignment given to us by last year’s Council. In the process, we rediscovered one of the great rules of life: When your group has a generous percentage of lawyers, you’re really well-informed AND you have opinions on every word and comma. Let’s just say I have a new appreciation for the power of the semicolon. It was a thorough and a wonderful discussion.

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As we worked through our assignment, we became friends—members of a spiritual community united in our desire to serve the Diocese. Indeed, before we started talking about the details of our work, we took part in a modified Indaba process to build a spiritual foundation for our discussions. Our assignment was quite clear: to recommend consistent, enforceable guidelines for clergy should the blessing of same-gender relationships be authorized in the Diocese of Virginia. We have done so. Perhaps our biggest accomplishment was staying focused on what we were asked to do and what we were asked NOT to do. Specifically, we were asked NOT to opine—I love that word—not to opine on whether same-gender relationships SHOULD be authorized. And friends, I’m here to tell you this morning that we accomplished what no other Episcopal group has ever accomplished: we established an opine-free zone. I didn’t know that was genetically possible for Episcopalians. So where did our journey take us? First, we recognized that the underlying issues (those issues on which we did not opine) remain potentially divisive within our church. With that in mind, we realized that our recommended guidelines needed to address key issues related to clergy and lay members of our diocese—specifically we needed to be mindful that some clergy members might not want to participate in a blessings liturgy, and that lay members may be of divided minds as well. As we organized our work and discussions, we carefully studied Resolution 14s from last year’s Council, which led to the creation of our task group. That study reminded us that Resolution 14s makes reference to “canonical recommendations” from our group and to guidelines being written into “diocesan canons.” There’s also a reference in that resolution to this council’s “consideration” of our recommendations. However, our research and deliberations convinced us first that the authorization and facilitation of same-gender blessings are solely within the discretion of the diocesan bishop. That’s the opinion of many other dioceses as well in the wake of Resolution C056 at the last General Convention. C056 affirmed bishops’ authority to “provide generous pastoral response to meet the needs of members of this Church.” Having made that determination—that the authorization of blessings is up to the bishop—we also determined, as have other dioceses, that no changes to diocesan canons are necessary or, indeed, desirable. As with heterosexual marriage, we believe that national canons, not diocesan canons, would be the appropriate level at which to set canonical standards for same-gender blessings, should they become more common in our church. We anticipate that the discussion of such possibilities at the national level will continue in the next General Convention. To establish diocesan canons at this point would be a cumbersome and perhaps preemptive process to that ongoing national discussion. We realize in making these determinations—that authority for same-gender blessings comes from the bishop and that canonical authority should eventually come from the national level—that our work could be perceived as being at odds with the assumption in Resolution 14s that our group would recommend standards for diocesan canons.

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Let me assure you that that is not our intent. That is not our intent. We tackled our work with open minds and focused attention to the assignment we were handed. We did the research, engaged in the discussions and followed our work to its logical conclusion. In doing so, we have come up with our best recommendations, as Resolution 14s puts it, for consistent and enforceable guidelines for providing pastoral care to same-gender couples seeking to have their unions blessed—and that, indeed, is the key, bottom line task that we were assigned. As we explained to the Executive Board in the report we delivered in late October, we have submitted these recommended guidelines directly to Bishop Shannon for use as he sees fit in his role as our diocesan bishop. We have not submitted these recommended guidelines to the Executive Board or to the Council because we believe they are for the bishop to adopt, modify, reject or ignore. In other words, to use as he sees fit. And, for the reasons I have offered, we have no recommendations for canonical changes to be considered by this Council. Now, believe me, I understand that for those who were expecting to debate and perhaps vote on such recommendations, this probably seems like a Christmas present with nothing inside the wrapper. I hope that’s never happened to you, but it does seem that way, I’m sure. But we believe we have made conclusions that are consistent with dioceses all over our church. Indeed, in doing our work, we compiled an extensive grid that listed every topic mentioned in Resolution 14s for our possible consideration. Next to each of those topics, we listed how such matters are currently handled for heterosexual marriage by national canons, Diocese of Virginia policies and Virginia law. We also listed how samegender blessings guidelines adopted by the bishops in the dioceses of Southern Ohio, Washington (before and after the Marriage Equality Act), El Camino Real and Vermont address, if at all, the topics suggested in Resolution 14s. We did do our homework. Bishop Shannon and members of Council, it has been an enriching and rewarding journey for the members of the Resolution 14s Task Group. I would like to recognize them and ask them to stand as I say their name. I really appreciate all the effort they’ve given us. They include Frank Baxter, the Rev. Lynn Holland, the Rev. Laura Inscoe, Rawles Jones, Alisha King, the Rev. Ryan Kuratko, Ellen Marcus, the Rev. Gay Rahn and the Rev. Jim Richardson. Thank you all for your service to this diocese. Thank you also, Canon Susan, for your generous and helpful support. And to the members of our group who are lawyers, including me, let me say, I love you, and I forgive you. We hope you will receive this report in the spirit in which it is offered. However, I realize that, being Episcopalians, you will undoubtedly want to exercise your right to opine. Thank you. The president thanked Mr. Jones and the Task Group. Report of the Chancellor The president called on Mr. Russell V. Palmore Jr., Esq., chancellor of the Diocese and member of St. Paul’s, Richmond, for the report of the chancellor. Mr. Palmore addressed Council: Thank you, Bishop Shannon, Bishop David, Bishop Ted, distinguished members of Council. A few years ago I was given a book entitled Celtic Daily Prayer. It was compiled by the Northumbria community in northeastern England. It’s a collection of liturgies and prayers and meditations. Its richness and its depth draw me back time and time again to read and reread it frequently. While preparing this report on the status of the litigation The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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in which the Diocese and the Episcopal Church are involved, I read – I’m certain, not for the first time – a poem from Celtic Daily Prayer entitled, “Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones.” It struck a responsive cord as I prepared these remarks. It is actually identified in the book as a song from “Wild Goose of Iona.” The wild goose is said to be an old Celtic symbol of the Holy Spirit. The first verse goes like this: “Unsure when what was bright turns dark, and life it seems has lost its way, we question what we once believed and fear that doubt has come to stay. We sense the worm that gnaws within has withered willpower, weakened bones, and wonder whether all that’s left is stumbling blocks, or stepping stones. “ At the 2009 meeting of this Council, in reporting of the then-current state of the litigation, I reviewed its history, which began in late 2006/early 2007 when the vestries and a majority of the voting members of 11 congregations voted to secede, to sever their ties with and disaffiliate from the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia. Following their votes to leave, they immediately filed petitions in state court, seeking court orders granting them ownership of the property in which they worship. We responded with our own filings several weeks later, as did the Episcopal Church, which continues to be a worthy partner in this litigation. In their cases, the seceding congregations invoked a state statute which they contended gave them the right to take Episcopal property to a new organization when there is a division in the Church. In this case, the organization is the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a part of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. As I reported two years ago, that statute is extremely unusual. As far as we know – and we have looked – it is the only statute of its kind in existence anywhere in the United States. No Episcopal congregations have ever attempted to use the statute until the congregations that seceded in 2006 and 2007. It has always been the rule in the Episcopal Church that properties are held in trust for the Church and the Diocese as a whole. The 11 congregations knew what our churches’ rules were, and most of them participated in the Annual Council of this diocese over 25 years ago when we wrote the provision regarding ownership of church property into the canons. And the balance of those 11 congregations joined the Diocese after that, with the canon in place, and agreed to be governed by it. Pursuant to our canons over the years, the 11 congregations initially followed the canons in seeking consent from the Diocese to buy, sell and mortgage property. Every year, until 2006, their vestries took an oath to uphold the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Episcopal Church. Nevertheless, the seceding congregations asked the state court to rule that only the majority of the congregation controls the property, and their cases went to trial in November 2007. In hindsight, from the time the cases were filed through trial and the court’s final opinion in December 2008, it would be fair to say the Diocese and Episcopal Church, in the words of that old Celtic song, experienced some stumbling blocks. However last June, thanks in large part to support from within the Diocese and many other religious groups, the Diocese and Episcopal Church prevailed on appeal in the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the seceding congregations’ request for a rehearing of the Supreme Court’s decision was denied by the Supreme Court in September. The Supreme Court’s ruling in our favor is not the final word. Because we had not been permitted to have a trial of our cases in 2008, a trial was still necessary. The Diocese’s and the Episcopal Church’s cases have been sent back to the Fairfax Circuit Court for trial under modern Virginia church property law. Although it is never possible to predict the course and outcome of a legal preceding with certainty, I and the Diocese’s lawyers in 110

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the case, as well as lawyers for the Episcopal Church, are confident that our claims are well supported by the facts relating to these churches and by existing Virginia church property law. Perhaps recognizing this, the seceding churches have adopted some new tactics. For example, more than 1,000 days late, they recently sought a jury trial. The Court rejected that tactic last month. Our cases are well developed and all remaining claims will be tried beginning on April 25. The trial court’s decision will follow later this year. In the meantime, you may hear that the Diocese has not been willing to negotiate. That is wrong. As Bishop Shannon mentioned yesterday, we are willing to negotiate. We voluntarily dismissed individual clergy and vestry members earlier in this litigation after they simply affirmed that they would abide by the rulings of the court and would cooperate in an orderly transition of the court rules in favor of the Diocese. Later in this litigation, we settled cases involving another two congregations that had voted to secede but had not sought lawsuits under the statute. Our willingness to negotiate continues. While we cannot discuss ongoing settlement negotiations, I can tell you that we have been in touch with more than one of the other remaining breakaway congregations about settlement. We will be reasonable, but reasonableness is a two-way street. As I did two years ago, again as Bishop Shannon underscored yesterday, I wish to extend special recognition to those continuing Episcopal congregations: St. Stephen’s, Heathsville; St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge; Church of the Epiphany, Oak Hill at Herndon; and The Falls Church. Each of them labored to create and maintain active, self-sustaining continuing congregations, and each of them is a point of light. I cannot tell you what the future will bring, but I can tell you that your steadfast support for your bishops, the Standing Committee and Executive Board has brought the prospect of returning our brothers and sisters in the continuing Episcopal congregations to their church homes closer than it ever has been before. Your support has been a vital blessing. The final verse of the poem or song I referred to at the beginning of this address is this: “Where hearts that once held love are bear and faith in shreds compounds the mess, where hymns and prayers no longer speak and former friends no longer bless, and when the church where some belong no more their loyalty enthrones, the plea is made. If you are there, turn stumbling blocks to stepping stones.” As I concluded my remarks two years ago, I said the legal road is not a short one, nor has it been an inexpensive one, and it is not one the Diocese wished to travel. But as I look ahead down that road, I see more stepping stones than stumbling blocks. Thank you for your continued support and prayers. The president thanked the chancellor. Report of the Committee on Resolutions The president called on the Rev. Jenks Hobson of Trinity, Washington, chair of the Committee on Resolutions for the Committee’s report. Mr. Hobson introduced courtesy resolutions for the Very Rev. Randall Prior, the Rev. Frederick Trumbore, Ms. Peggy Hombs, the Rev. Grant Sherk, the Rev. Bob Boyd and the Rev. Linnea Turner. The Committee recommended the approval of these courtesy resolutions.

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The president noted that no second was needed coming from a committee. There being no questions, the president called the question without objection. All the courtesy resolutions were adopted. Mr. Hobson acknowledged that, while a formal resolution was not submitted for the Rt. Rev. Philip Smith, he wanted to thank and recognize Bishop Smith for being part of the life of the Diocese of Virginia. Mr. Hobson introduced R-1a on caring for creation and moved for its adoption. The president invited discussion. There being no discussion, the president called the question without objection. Council voted to adopt R-1a. Mr. Hobson introduced R-2a on the blessing of same-gender unions. The president invited discussion. The president recognized Mr. Mike Crowe of St. Peter in the Woods, Fairfax Station, who noted that he opposed the resolution because he does not believe that God blesses same-sex marriages, and said, “In the beginning, God created male and female, Adam and Eve, and Jesus referred to this as his model for marriage. He also raised the bar and spoke against divorce, which troubled his disciples who thought it was too difficult, and he said with man, things are impossible but with God, all things are possible. It has been the historic witness of the Church from Adam and Eve onward that there are only two options for expressing our sexuality that God will bless: either celibacy or marriage between a man and a woman. The law of Moses expressly forbids same-sex relationships. Jesus himself referred to the judgment of Sodom and he said that not one jot or tittle of the law would pass away until all things had been fulfilled. The Jerusalem council forbid fornication, which is any form of sex outside marriage between a man and a woman. The New Testament was written in a Greek culture that was far more permissive towards same-sex relationships than our own. They even permitted relationships between men and boys that would put many people in jail today. In that culture, Paul stood adamantly against same-sex relationships. Heterosexuals chafe against the restrictions that God has put in place. Heterosexuals are—and this is witness by the divorce rate—heterosexuals are often tempted by the glittering allure of illicit relationships, forbidden fruit in the belief that God would deny them something good. But that’s a lie. The truth is that real fulfillment lies by staying within the bounds that God has established. Same-sex relationships are outside those bounds.” The president interrupted Mr. Crowe to inform him that he had exceeded the two-minute limit for statement and debate allotted by the Rules of Order. Mr. Crowe apologized and asked permission to make one more final statement. The president allowed it. Mr. Crowe added, “Article 6 of the 39 articles says that all doctrine need to be established by Scripture, and I would like to appeal to our bishops to Shannon and to Edwin and to David to establish from Scripture one example of a homosexual spiritual leader and one example of a same-sex relationship that was blessed by God.” The president reminded Council of the two-minute time limit and noted that Cayce Ramey, a middler seminarian and former Marine officer, would be keeping time. The president recognized the Rev. John Sheehan, rector of Church of the Redeemer, Aldie, who noted that past Councils had confirmed the Diocese’s desire to remain a constituent member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and that the Communion had asked the Episcopal Church to refrain from actions that would damage that 112

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relationship. He added that he believed the Diocese was not of one mind on this issue. He noted that Bishop Johnston had asked the Diocese to keep the middle of the issue. He asked Council to reject the resolution, and asked for more time to discern a way forward. The president recognized Mr. John Schwarz of St. Anne’s, Reston, one of the submitters of the resolution. He noted that it was a simple resolution, intended as a resolution of thanks for the listening process and hope to move in the direction of blessings in this diocese. He offered thanks to Bishop Shannon for his words in his address for his willingness with churches ready to move forward on the blessings issue. He noted that in his 10 years in the Episcopal Church, he had seen the pain and frustration of couples denied a blessing, and said that St. Paul reminds us that when one part of the body hurts, the whole body hurts. He urged everyone to vote in favor of the resolution. The president recognized Mr. Douglas Hansen of The Falls Church, Falls Church, who said that it was time to quit dancing around the theology of the issue. He said it was clear according to Scripture that what Scripture addresses is the abuse of homosexuality, not the nature of homosexuality. He added that Levitical law no longer applies, and that there is freedom in Christ. He said he thought that the Holy Spirit was at work in this issue. The president interrupted Mr. Hansen to notify him that his time limit has expired. The president recognized Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan of Abingdon, White Marsh, a member of the Resolutions Committee. She pointed out that this resolution called to move forward with guidelines, not authorization. The president recognized the Rev. Vincent Hodge of St. Paul’s, West Point and Grace, Millers Tavern, who noted that the Gospel imperative was about love, and that marriage and samesex relationships had to do with commitment. He spoke in support of the resolution. The president recognized the Rev. Sue Eaves of St. Thomas’, Richmond, one of the signers of the resolution, who rose to speak in support of it. She said that she wished this was a matter of reading the Bible, but that she stood as an ordained person not authorized by Scripture, for which she is grateful. She said she was grateful for the gay and lesbian people she knew who served God despite daily oppression. She added that she supported this resolution because she trusted the bishop’s discernment in a way forward, and said that they were talking about people, not ideas. The president reminded the council to please refrain from applause. The president recognized the Rev. Tom Holliday, retired interim, who said that the time for doctrinal argument has come to an end, and that it was time to recognize what Jesus often recognized and brought to the attention of the Pharisees when they criticized him for doing something good for someone who wasn’t in the community. He said it was time to forget legalism and simply recognize the good that is among us. The president recognized Mr. Jim Fulton of St. Michael’s, Arlington, who relayed his experience about his daughter who is a lesbian. He said that he thought we focus too much on gender and not enough on relationship, and hoped to “move forward toward a more generous pastoral response” as the resolution stated. The president recognized the Rev. James A. Papile, rector of St. Anne’s, Reston said that the resolution was recognition for the hard work the Diocese had done in the past, The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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particularly the past year and the listening process. He also recognized that there was still work left to be done, as with all issues of equality and justice. The president recognized Mr. J.P. Causey of St. John’s, West Point, who said he wanted to move the previous question but would yield to the remaining person on the floor who wanted to speak to the resolution, if the president would allow it. The president allowed it, and recognized the Rev. Tom Simmons of St. Peter’s, Purcellville, who said that the Church is called to walk a narrow path, and cited that St. Paul described the path we must walk is speaking the truth in love, not an opposition between doctrine on one hand and loving people on the other. The president recognized that Mr. Causey had moved the question, and the motion to end debate was seconded. Council voted to end debate. The president started to call the question when the Rev. Jay Morris of Aquia, Stafford presented a request from at least five members of Council for the vote to be taken by orders, in accordance with Rule 18 of Council. The president ruled the request to be in order, and the motion was seconded. The president received the names of those who made the request: the Rev. Jay Morris, Aquia, Stafford; the Rev. Tom Simmons, St. Peters’, Purcellville; the Rev. Geoff Gwynne, Christ the King, Harrisonburg; the Rev. Jim Cirillo, Grace, Casanova; the Rev. Mario Gonzalez, St. Matthew’s, Richmond; the Rev. Paul Anderson, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex. The president called for the vote to be taken by orders, and called on the tellers to help with counting. He first asked clergy to vote using their voting cards. It was the ruling of the chair that R-2a passed with the clergy. He then asked the laity to vote using their voting cards. It was the ruling of the chair that R-2a passed with the laity. Mr. Hobson introduced R-3a on the week of prayer for Christian unity, noting that the only change was to make a correction to the timing outlined in the resolution, and recommending approval as amended. The president invited question and debate. The president recognized the Rev. Lyn Youll Marshall of Pohick Church, Lorton who applauded this resolution and asked members of Council to include prayers for the persecuted church and those subject to violence because of their faith. There being no further discussion, the president called the question without objection. Council voted to adopt R-3a. Mr. Hobson introduced R-4a to end bullying, noting that the modification made was to change a resolve to a whereas so Council would not be voting on the baptismal covenant. Other adjustments were clarifications to words. Mr. Hobson moved R-4a for approval. The president invited discussion. The president recognized Mr. Mike Crowe of St. Peters in the Woods, Fairfax Station, who asked if the resolution was trying to address bullying, suicide or homosexuality. The president called on Mr. Hobson to address the question. Mr. Hobson clarified that the resolution was about standing up for those who are bullied on any front. Mr. Crowe said that involving youth in the life of the Church, including Bible study, was the best defense against bullying. He said he would support an initiative on teen suicide. The president recognized the Rev. Tom Holliday, who said that he appreciated Mr. Hobson’s clarification statement on the resolution. He noted that the resolution did seem to imply a focus on homosexuality. He noted that the resolution did not provide a 114

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sufficient description of bullying, adding that bullying goes on in schools, churches and vestries. He said that he hoped that bullying would be addressed not in the sense of what we shouldn’t do but in the sense of what we should do: being kind and respecting the dignity of one another. The president recognized Ms. Marta Engdahl, lay delegate from St. Luke’s, Simeon, Charlottesville, who spoke as chair of the Committee on Mental Health. She said that the committee would support the resolution, adding that they would hope in the long-run to remove the different categories so that it would become apparent that the issue was disparate power in any form, and not limited to these categories. The president recognized the Rev. Geoff Coupland, Holy Comforter, Richmond, who had been invited to advocate before the sub-committee of the legislature on this topic, he said it would be helpful to have the support of the Diocese of Virginia. The president recognized the Rev. Mario Gonzalez, assistant at St. Matthew’s, Richmond, who called the question. The motion was seconded and the president called for a vote. Council voted to adopt R-4a. Mr. Hobson introduced R-5 on peace in Sudan, recommending approval as submitted. The president pointed out that R-5 could be found in the packet of resolutions as submitted, and invited discussion. The president recognized Mr. Russell V. Randle, Christ Church, Alexandria who noted that he was proud of a diocese that had made Sudan a priority. He noted that this resolution encouraged the Diocese to keep up the good work during a difficult time for Sudan, and said that prayers had made a contribution toward peace. He added that 80 percent of people in southern Sudan could not read and write, and 95 percent of women could not, explaining that the Bible translation project was an important contribution toward helping this problem. The president recognized the Rev. Lauren Stanley, who stood in support of the resolution. She also brought news that, with over 98.7 percent of the vote in Sudan processed, 98.81 percent of the south voted for independence. There being no further discussion, the president called the question. Council voted to adopt R-5. Mr. Hobson introduced R-6a, noting that the Resolutions Committee had broadened the scope of the resolution and called it “On Political Civility.” He moved for its approval. The president invited discussion and recognized Dr. Jack Schick, lay delegate from St. Peter’s, Arlington and a submitter of the resolution. He noted that the resolution was meant to be a consciousness raising exercise, making us all aware of the malpractices in the political stew. He noted that according to a recent study, the 2010 election was the worst of the past decade, and added that we were bound by our baptismal covenant to respect the dignity of every human being. He suggested a workshop on this topic. The president notified him that his time limit had expired. The president recognized the Rev. Stuart Schadt of Trinity, Manassas, who said he would vote for the resolution but that he was rising to speak against it. He said that he thought we needed to clean our own house first, and to reexamine the language that we proclaim about non-Christian rulers who fail to submit to the Lord.

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The president recognized the Rev. Mario Gonzalez of St. Matthew’s, Richmond, who said he had a synthesis of what the previous two speakers had to say, agreeing that we needed to clean up our own act and noting that he would vote for this resolution. He said that we could all use some consciousness raising about our methods of debate in the body of Council, citing ad hominem arguments which divert the discussion from the issue at hand to persons. He added that it would be helpful to do a workshop on the ins-and-outs of debate at Council. The president noted that the point was taken. The president recognized Mr. Henry Oden of Church of the Incarnation, Mineral, who reminded Council that voters are participants in the political process. There being no further discussion, the president called the question. Council adopted R-6a. Mr. Hobson introduced R-7a on enhancing Virginia’s relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, noting that the committee had made a minor clarification adjustment. The committee recommended its approval. The president invited discussion and recognized Ms. Marta Engdahl of St. Luke’s, Simeon. She said she supported the communion with the Lutheran Church and was happy to have another participant on the Committee on Mental Health. There being no further discussion, the president called the question. Council voted to adopt R-7a. Mr. Hobson introduced R-10a on diocesan funding, noting that the adjustment was to broaden the study to include additional topics. The committee moved approval of the resolution. The president invited discussion and recognized Mr. Russell V. Randle, lay delegate of Christ Church, Alexandria. He noted that he had served on previous studies of this topic. He said that it was clear that this diocese would not go for mandatory funding, and that it was also clear that the current system wasn’t working. He explained that this resolution would look at the subject in a new way with a new approach toward proportionate giving to promote equity among parishes while encouraging tithing. He explained that this resolution encouraged the inclusion of any changes in the canons. The president recognized Mr. John Schwarz of St Anne’s, Reston, who agreed that things needed to change but said he didn’t understand how it would make a difference to base giving on membership rather than income. He said that his concern would be that giving based on membership would penalize less wealthy churches with large numbers of people. He said that if we were still talking about voluntary giving at the end of the day, he wasn’t sure how this would change things. The president recognized the Rev. Andrew Merrow of St. Mary’s, Arlington, who spoke in favor of the resolution. He pointed out that we struggle with the issue of percentage giving. He said that it was interesting that our percentage giving was so low, but the ability to estimate that percentage was so remarkably accurate. The president recognized the Rev. Leslie Hague of St Michael’s, Arlington, who said she would vote for the resolution but would speak against it. She applauded the ability to move forward and to strongly fund the Diocese, but she was troubled by the idea of basing it on membership. She urged the group to continue to teach a proportional giving.

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The president recognized Ms. Cynthia Love from Trinity, Highland Springs, who suggested that we change the language we use when talking about diocesan apportionment. She said we keep referring to apportionment to the Diocese as punishment, and said that it was an honor to fulfill God’s ministry, and that stewardship and giving were too often framed as painful. The president recognized the Rev. Jim Papile of St. Anne’s, Reston, who supported what Ms. Love said, and that this was a cultural change that shouldn’t just focus on mechanism. The president recognized the Rev. Catherine Campbell of La Iglesia de Cristo Rey and La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington, who said she would vote for but speak against the resolution. She noted that the two Latino congregations she served were both mediumsized churches, and that San Jose gave 14 percent of their plate and pledge, which would be skewed if based on membership. She said the Latino congregations were trying to give as much as they could but membership would be a sad way of looking at how they could give to the Diocese. The president recognized the Rev. Jim Richardson, rector of St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville, who applauded the sponsor of the resolution for keeping the topic in front of Council. He said he was uncomfortable with the resolution since it appeared to stack the results in one direction. He asked to offer the amendment, which the president permitted. The amendment was to strike all of the language in the resolution and amend it to read, “Resolved, by the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia that the bishop is requested to appoint a study group to examine all pertinent issues of diocesan funding based on parish assessments and to recommend appropriate canonical changes for the 217th Annual Council.” The amendment was seconded, and Mr. Richardson submitted the amendment in writing to the president. The president invited debate on the amendment. The president recognized the Rev. Kate Chipps of St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge, who said that in 2007 at their first vestry meeting after reorganizing, the vestry said that they would give at least 10 percent to the Diocese, and told a story of a friend’s personal experience with tithing. The president recognized the Rev. Tom Holliday, who made a point of order that Council was supposed to be debating the amendment and the previous comment did not address the amendment. The president recognized the Rev. Michael Pipkin, The Falls Church, Falls Church, who said that the idea of changing the system of giving is not a popular one, but neither is the current system of giving. He noted that the trend indicated a sickness in our churches and said a new system of giving was necessary. He spoke in support of the amendment. The president recognized the Rev. Paul Andersen, Christ Church, Middlesex, who pointed out that churches might want to use the same attitudes used in parishes. He said that if the Diocese finds itself in a position to be ordering tithing, that would be ineffective, and they should investigate the reason why giving was insufficient. The president recognized the Rev. Anne Kirchmier of the Fork Church, who wanted to speak to the amendment but yielded to Mr. Russ Randle of Christ Church, Alexandria before speaking.

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The president recognized Mr. Randle, who spoke to oppose the amendment. He said that this was the fourth time in the last 18 years studying the issue. He said there was no point in going back and doing it again, and the original resolution was focused on a different approach to proportionate giving, and asked Council to reject the amendment. The president recognized the Rev. Anne Kirchmier of the Fork Church who said that she had been planning to speak in favor of the amendment. She noted that there was a lot of passion surrounding the subject, and that when study groups were formed, they often resulted in lots of ideas, which would be important to have so they could examine the issue broadly. The president recognized the Rev. Geoff Coupland of Holy Comforter, Richmond, who spoke in favor of the amendment. He spoke as a stewardship consultant who had faced this same discussion, and said he had discovered that problems exist in an either/or kind of world. He said there are possibilities, and that doors that seem to have been closed can open to a both/and, such as an apportionment/voluntary combination giving system. The president recognized the Rev. Grace Cangialosi who offered a friendly amendment to change the word “assessments” to “giving,” since an assessment system did not exist. Mr. Richardson said he would accept that as a friendly amendment, and the president noted that he did not feel there was such thing as a friendly amendment, but said he was advised that if there was no objection, the friendly amendment would be accepted. There was an objection and it was seconded. The amendment to the amendment was seconded, and Mr. Richardson called the question. Council voted in favor of the amendment to the amendment. The question was called and seconded. The parliamentarian asked for clarification on whether the motion was to close the debate on the amendment or to close debate on the amendment and then vote on the motion. It was clarified that they were voting to end debate on the amendment. Council voted to end debate on the amendment. The president called the question on the amendment. Council voted to pass the amendment. Mr. Richardson called the question on R-10a as newly amended, and it was seconded. Council voted to adopt R-10a as amended. Mr. Hobson introduced R-11 on parish health ministries, recommending approval. The president invited discussion. There being none, the president called the question. Council voted to adopt R-11. Mr. Hobson introduced R-12s, a call to prayer that was a substitute for R-8 and R-9. He explained that it was a substitute submitted by the Committee on Resolutions and added that it came from the prime movers of R-8 and R-9 with the approval of a majority of the signers of those resolutions. The Committee on Resolutions heartily recommended approval. The president invited discussion. There being none, he called the question, and Council voted to adopt R-12s. Mr. Hobson introduced R-SCR1 on the election of a bishop suffragan, and recommended approval. The president invited discussion. The president explained that the resolution in question was the resolution of the Standing Committee that was passed out on yellow sheets the previous day of Council, and was the subject of an open hearing the previous evening. Mr. Hobson said that the resolution to approve the election and the mechanism for election of a bishop suffragan. The question was called and seconded, and Council voted to adopt R-SCR1.

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Mr. Hobson asked members of the Committee on Resolutions to stand and be recognized. He said that at the open hearing the previous evening, there had been some discussion over frustration with the resolutions process. He said that the process being stretched out over several weeks helped the process and allowed dialogue in a much more productive manner. He would submit additional ideas discussed at the open hearing to the secretary, and added that it was a wonderful process that allowed discussion. The president thanked Mr. Hobson and the committee. Announcements & Break The president recognized the secretary, who addressed Council and offered a reminder that the UTO blue boxes were available on all the tables, that the Standing Committee would meet that afternoon and that Council would take a 10-minute break and now would be a good time to check-out. He added that he was bet $20 that he wouldn’t mention Ms. Elaine Baur, lay delegate from St. Andrew’s, Richmond, from the podium, and that the Rev. Abbot Bailey owed him $20, which he would put in the UTO box. The president announced that Council would reconvene at 11:05 a.m. Report of the Committee on Constitution & Canons The president called Council to order and recognized Mr. J.P. Causey of St. John’s, West Point, and chair of the Committee on Constitution and Canons for the report of the committee. Mr. Causey addressed Council: Bishop Johnston, Bishop Jones, Bishop Gulick, members of Council, good morning. For our report, you will need the committee’s report which should have been on your table this morning. It’s two pages, stapled together front and back. And you will need C-3 in its original form which is on page 51 of the original packet of meeting materials which I guess dates from December. I’d like to recognize and thank the members of the Constitution and Canons Committee, and I ask them to stand: the Rev. Alexander MacPhail, the Rev. Vinnie Lainson, the Very Rev. Don Binder, the Very Rev. Bo Millner, Mr. Brian Carr, Ms. Karen Grane, Mr. Roger Inger, the Hon. Jane Delbridge, Mr. Alex Slaughter and Mr. Allen Barringer. Thank you for your assistance. Printed on the committee’s report is C-1s which is a substitute for C-1 and C-2. The committee recommends approval, and on behalf of the committee I move approval and ask leave to speak to it. C-1s is the diocesan implementation of the new General Convention Title IV, which is the disciplinary canons for clergy, which will be effective for offenses on or after July 1, 2011. The disciplinary process is largely controlled by the national Church canons, but there are some provisions which have to be made, such as how you select the disciplinary board and the church attorney, etc. In the drafting of this the intent was to basically follow the existing processes we had in this diocese and adopt those and plug them into this new process. There were a few places where there was some discretion and examples would be such things as the size of the disciplinary board in which case we elected to go with the size of the ecclesiastical trial court, the manner of selection of the disciplinary board and the church attorney, the methods of filling vacancies for the disciplinary board or the church attorney, and the issue of whether Standing Committee members could be members of the disciplinary board. C-1s that you have before you, it’s a little complicated. It is marked to show the changes from C-2, and C-2 was the proposed amendment for the process after July 1, 2011. The differences are to some extent simply reordering things so that it was in a better flow, The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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which is always nice, combining C-1 and C-2 into one amendment so we only had to vote once on that. Note also the last sentence in C-1s includes the provision that assuming that C-1s is approved by two-thirds vote, the provisions related to the election of the disciplinary board will be effective immediately, which will allow this Council to perform its duties and elect the disciplinary board. The committee recommends approval of C-1s. The president invited discussion. There being none, the question was called and seconded. Council voted to adopt C-1s. For the record, Mr. Causey asked the chair to rule it a two-thirds vote, and the president did so. Mr. Causey continued. C-3, which is in the original meeting materials on, I think it was page 51, is a proposed amendment to the constitution. The committee recommends approval and on behalf of the committee I move approval and ask leave to speak to it. Amendments to the constitution have to be adopted in identical form by two consecutive councils. This would be, if it’s approved, adoption on the first reading. It will come back to you, Council, next year for approval before it becomes effective. There are two issues the committee considered which I think are worthy of noting before I get to an explanation for our recommendation. First, there is a financial impact to this, namely the cost of 10 more youth delegates attending the Annual Council. That is not a diocesan expense. Presumably it is not a youth delegate expense. Based on current practice, it appears that the burden would likely fall on regions and that means instead of funding a youth delegate every third year, regions would be funding a youth delegate ever year. I ask you to consider that as you prepare to vote on that this year and next year so that we have the financial arrangements understood and in place before we approve something and then try to figure out how to fund it. The second is what we call “ex officio creep.” Lay deputies, or lay delegates to Council typically represent parishes and congregations. However, there is already a list of ex officio delegates, and that’s ex officio basically in the context that they’re not elected by vestry. They have seat, voice and vote by virtue of some other office, and that includes these five youth delegates we have now. Those ex officio members represent about 15 percent of the lay members of Council at the present time. Adding 10 more would take it up to 18.7 percent. I’m not sure, and I don’t pretend to figure out, where the boundary is on how many ex officio members it’s appropriate to have, but it is an issue the committee talked about and an issue that the committee considered. All of that said, the committee concluded, as we know, that youth are our number one priority. I’m not sure there was any doubt, but we clearly heard yesterday that a youth delegate-aged person can get the inside scoop on Jesus. The committee sees that this resolution challenges Council that youth are to become a top priority by giving one youth delegate from each region every year seat, voice and vote. It will be a way to show that Council appreciates and wants to give youth space at the table. As Karen Grane put it, it puts legs on the words of our priorities. The committee recommends approval of C-3. The president invited discussion. The president recognized the Very Rev. James McCaskill, St. Paul’s, Bailey’s Crossroads and dean of Region VIII, who said that the amendment was offered because the region 120

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had such a hard time selecting from the great slate of youth candidates, and that this amendment would support the bishop’s priority for youth. The president recognized Ms. Megan Tiller, representing the University of Virginia and St. Paul’s Memorial. She said that the two college delegates would like to propose an amendment that colleges receive a delegate every year, and that the current situation rotated between delegates from two colleges every year. The amendment was seconded, and the president asked Ms. Tiller to bring the amendment forward in writing. After several minutes of discussion, the president recognized Ms. Tiller, who moved to withdraw her amendment, noting that she planned to resubmit the amendment the following year after discussing further with the Committee on Constitution and Canons. The amendment was seconded and the motion was withdrawn. The question was called and seconded, and Council voted to end debate. The president asked Council to vote on C-3, and the amendment was adopted. Mr. Causey thanked the president and asked to be discharged. The president discharged Mr. Causey. Slate of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court & Disciplinary Board The president called on Mr. Don Metheny of Trinity, Fredericksburg, president of the Standing Committee. Mr. Metheny addressed Council: Mr. Metheny offered the following nominations for the Ecclesiastical Trial Court, whose terms would end on June 30, 2011: Mr. Julian Bivins Jr. The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges The Rev. Susan Eaves The Rev. Melissa Hollerith The Rev. Daniel Robayo Col. Jean Reed The Rev. Hal White Mr. Joseph Royster Jr. Mr. Alexander Slaughter Ms. Ann Pascal The Rev. Alexander MacPhail On behalf of the Standing Committee, Mr. Metheny submitted the following nominees for the Disciplinary Board, whose terms would commence on July 1, 2011: For a three-year term through Annual Council 2014: Mr. Julian Bivins Jr. Mr. Alexander Slaughter The Rev. Torrence Harman The Rev. Alexander MacPhail For two-year terms through Annual Council 2013: Ms. Alisha King Ms. Peggy Miller The Rev. Weezie Blanchard The Rev. Matt Johnson The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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For one-year terms through Annual Council 2012: Ms. Janet Peyton The Rev. Laura Inscoe The Rev. Hal White The president thanked Mr. Metheny, and asked Council to vote on the Ecclesiastical Trial Court slate. Council voted to accept that slate. The president asked Council to vote on the Disciplinary Board slate. Council voted to accept that slate. Report of the Committee on Budget The president called on Mr. Joe Paxton of Emmanuel, Harrisonburg, chair of the Committee on Budget, for the report of the Committee. Mr. Paxton asked members of Council to locate the page of budget amendments on their tables. The secretary reported on several new pledge announcements: St. Dunstan’s, McLean increased their pledge from $34,750 to $35,750. Westover Church, Charles City increased from $12,000 to $15,000. St. James’s, Richmond increased from $155,000 to $162,784. Church of Our Saviour, Charlottesville increased from $62,837 to $66,607. St. Luke’s, Simeon submitted a pledge of $7,500. The secretary expressed Council’s thanks, and added that 27 pledges were outstanding. Mr. Paxton addressed Council: Bishop Johnston, Bishop Jones, Bishop Gulick, honored guests, ladies and gentleman: My name is Joe Paxton. I attend Emmanuel in Harrisonburg and I have been given the honor of serving as your budget chair for this 216th Annual Council. Before we start I would like to have you join me in thanking those that served on the Budget Committee of this Council. Would you please stand? The Committee also thanks the diocesan staff that assisted this committee so ably: Mike Kerr, Joy Buzzard and Laura Cramer. The budget that we will consider in the next few minutes is one significant opportunity for us as a diocese to make an impact in our priority areas: youth and young adult formation, strengthening our congregations, evangelism and proclamation, multiculturalism and ethnic ministries, and mission beyond ourselves, making an impact in ways that we, individually as parishes, are not able. Your Budget Committee finds it frustrating when the resources provided by our churches through pledges to the Diocese are greatly exceeded by the opportunities for us to make a difference. It is made more difficult when we see the apparently low priority that some churches in our diocese place on the work we do together. We must tell the story of the Diocese and its great work so that we can accomplish more. As Bishop Gulick stated so distinctly yesterday, “It takes a diocese to meet our call to ministry.” The result of having less is that we are forced to cut back on those important initiatives on our priorities that we set as a diocese. Our opportunities to teach, preach and baptize, the charge presented to us by our diocesan at last year’s Council, are very limited. At the budget hearing in Richmond earlier this month, the committee, as we discussed Budget Resolution 1, heard impassioned pleas for additional funding of college ministries. Those who spoke told us of the very real impact that college ministries have for the young adults at the colleges and universities in our diocese. These strong sentiments of the importance and success of their program or purpose can be expressed by each committee or group that submits a proposal for their program to be financially supported by this diocese. It is important to remember that the Diocese operates within the finite pledges offered voluntarily by our congregations. We cannot spend what we do not have. Further, the 122

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rules of this Council stipulate that persons wanting to increase funding for a program above the amount listed in the budget prepared for council must recommend a program or expense line to reduce to make up for the increase for their area of emphasis. This is obviously difficult, as we are asked to make choices among priorities. In Budget Resolution 1, the person supporting the resolution recommended that the funds to increase college ministry be taken from our commitment to the general Church. This choice was not acceptable to the committee, and for that matter, to those who prepared the resolution. The plain fact is that the Diocese’s pledge to the general Church is the largest line item, so is the easiest to target. All in attendance at the January 8 hearing, including the proposers, concurred that this choice was not acceptable. Therefore, as one action to be considered at the completion of this report, the committee will recommend rejection of BR-1. This recommendation is made with a heavy heart. If we collectively are going to fulfill our mission as a diocese, we as congregations must increase our financial support to increase the opportunities for success. Recalling the information provided yesterday by Bishop Shannon and Mr. Kerr, the Diocese of Virginia, which is the second largest in the Episcopal Church with over 79,000 baptized members in 183 churches, operates with a very lean, stretched, committed but dedicated staff that ranks sixth of the six largest dioceses with only 23 members. Our churches continually ask for more of this team, and while to their credit they meet those high expectations, it is hard to imagine this staff not getting burned out. It is important that we recognize this high achievement and we must provide the resources for Bishop Johnston to retain these high performers. This is the fourth consecutive year that the budget for the Diocese has remained flat or slightly declined. This lack of resources to meet increasing needs, coming at a time when the church – locally, as a diocese and as the general Church – is called upon to be a leader in meeting those needs of the less fortunate. It is important for us to step forward, to talk to the vestry, our congregation, and raise our commitment to the Diocese for these important purposes outside our parishes. The budget presented to you today may give you the illusion that all is well. We received sufficient last-minute pledges, so the committee was not required to reduce any line items. This restoration was made possible by $6,557 in increased church pledges over and above what was originally estimated, and over $10,000 in personal pledges to the Diocese. To those that stepped forward to make this happen, thank you. However, fulfilling the diocesan budget through the spontaneous generosity of individuals clearly misses the broader issue that a higher level of commitment is necessary to meet the almost $325,000 in budget requests left unfunded by this budget. So what does this budget fund? It meets our commitment to the general Church. The guidelines established for diocesan giving to the general Church have been revised by General Convention of 2009, decreasing the amount in 2011 and then again in 2012. For 2011, the amount we will give will meet what is asked for Virginia. Christian formation is funded at six percent of the budget with a slight decrease from 2010. This area includes the college ministry addressed in BR-1. With the additional funds I mentioned earlier, the committee restored $4,922 to grants for Episcopal college ministries; $2,548 for Shrine Mont camp program support; and $2,500 for St. Paul’s, Lawrenceville, addressing in part several of the issues of concern discussed during the hearing. Strengthening Our Churches is funded slightly more than the current year, and will receive 16 percent of the budget. This area of the budget is where the Committee on The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Congregational Ministries does its important work. Mission and Outreach will receive two percent of the 2010 budget, and is funded slightly lower for the coming year. Here are the financial commitments we make to our ecumenical partnerships, and the work we do together with world mission. Ministry, which is the area of the budget that supports clergy formation, is up slightly to support the number of persons in the ordination process. In the area of Human Dignity and Justice, the committee restored $1,407 to fully fund the request of the Mental Health Commission. The Commission made a plea during the hearings yesterday. They have recently completed a report, “A Call to Awareness, Advocacy and Action,” that you can find at their table in the hall. This level of funding will allow them to reach out to our congregations using the data gathered to educate us on the important issues related to mental health. The sum of all ministry categories represents 28 percent of the budget in 2010, as compared to 28 percent recommended for the coming year. Governance and communication are the two smallest areas of the budget, with the largest portion of governance supporting our delegations to Province III and the General Convention. Communications is primarily the cost of The Virginia Episcopalian. These items were held essentially flat. The final area is bishops, staff and support, which represent a little more than half of the budget of the Diocese. The only increases in the coming year are the result of Bishop Gulick’s half-time compensation for a full year and the beginning of the process to replace Bishop Jones. The committee adjusted two areas in this category, adding funds for bishops’ travel, compensating for the third bishop, and for buildingrelated expenses that had been historically under-funded. The budget presented is austere. It allows us to continue our efforts. With the help from each parish as we move forward, we can do more to make a difference. We need that cultural change. Ladies and gentlemen, there was a lot of passion a few moments ago about how we fund what we do together. The bottom line is, what we do together is important, and how we fund it is in our ability today. All we need to do is make that change. As Bishop Jones noted in his first meditation with us earlier in Council, “Gifts are given that we might strengthen our ministry.” We have the gifts that we need to do all the work that God has called us to do. Please prayerfully consider the work that can be done and how your parish can be part of that work. We have miraculous expectations of what we can do together. Thank you. Bishop, on behalf of the budget committee, I move rejection of BR-1, and request permission to briefly address the issue. The president granted permission, and Mr. Paxton continued: As I stated earlier, the committee passionately supports our college ministry and the great work that is being done at colleges and universities across the Commonwealth. We have tried to recognize that support by restoring the earlier proposed cut in this program area. That said, the committee does not support reducing the amount given to the general Church to meet this goal. The president invited question or debate. The president recognized the Rev. Jim Richardson, rector of St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville, and primary author of the resolution. Mr. Richardson thanked the committee and budget chair for their patience and dialog, and thanked the committee for restoring the budget. He pointed out that it wasn’t really moving forward, and that the Diocese had an amazing opportunity to meet young people, adding that the bishop’s top priority was not reflected in the budget. He 124

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asked for permission to withdraw the resolution, encouraging Council to keep working on this. He added that he’d like to hear from other people but would move to withdraw. The motion was seconded and the resolution withdrawn. Mr. Paxton moved for approval of the 2011 budget and invited questions. The question was called and seconded. The president asked Council to vote on the budget. The budget as presented was adopted by Council. Mr. Paxton asked to be discharged. The president thanked the committee for their fine work and discharged them. Recognition of Tellers and Chief Judge The president thanked the tellers, in particular Ms. Sarah Bartenstein for her work as chief judge and head teller and Mr. Barney Thomson and Ms. Eleanor Fukishima for their work as assistant head tellers. Fourth Meditation The president recognized Bishop Jones to deliver the final meditation. Bishop Jones addressed Council: Earlier, prayers were requested for John Sylvester Johnson, who has suffered a traumatic brain injury, and I ask your prayers for him. Let us pray. O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers, mercifully accept our prayers and grant your servant, John, the help of your power. His sickness may be turned into health and our sorrow to Joy. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen. We have been reminded at this Council of the death of Bishop Philip Smith, and I would ask your prayers on behalf of retired Bishop Suffragan Philip, later bishop of New Hampshire. O God, by the glorious resurrection of your son Jesus Christ, destroyed death, and brought life and immortality to light. Grant to your servant, Philip, bishop of your church, being raised with him, may know the strength of his presence and rejoice in his eternal glory, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. We have come to the end of Council and we are ready to depart. We have a budget. We have adopted resolutions. But we may have not satisfied everyone. Regardless of how we have voted or what we have done, we cannot satisfy everyone or solve every problem. But we can leave here knowing that the Church is in God’s hands. Ultimately, for this Council to have meaning, we now need to commit it to God – to trust that God’s Spirit has been with us to enable, correct, complete and fulfill our work. Our marching orders remain the same. We are the Church. As the Church, we are called to make disciples of all nations and we are called to minister in the name of Christ. Remember, the Church is sufficient. The Church is sufficient to fulfill its call from God. We are reminded, as we depart, of the departing words of the Lord Jesus, recorded in the Book of Acts, the first chapter, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Did we get it right? Time will tell. Ultimately, are there winners and losers? Probably not.

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We have faithfully tried to discern God’s will today knowing that ground will shift – that today’s minority may very well be tomorrow’s majority and visa versa. So let us give thanks today for everyone as we return to our homes, thanking God for the privilege of being the 216th Council of the Diocese of Virginia. Let us pray, Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you.” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen. The president asked Council to express appreciation to the chaplain. Council responded with a standing ovation. Announcements The president called on the secretary to deliver final announcements. The secretary noted that St. Luke’s, Remington made an additional pledge of $4,368. He noted that the Standing Committee would meet immediately after Council. Final Remarks The president acknowledged the Standing Committee, asking Council to recognize the four members of the Standing Committee who were rotating off: Ms. Miffy Hall, the Rev. Ben Campbell, the Rev. Susan Daughtry and the president, Mr. Don Metheny. He expressed thanks for their service. The president expressed thanks for expressions of support he had received from members of Council, including questions of concern and affirmations. The president said, “Green Bay Packers!” The president delivered the episcopal blessing. Council members joined in singing the doxology. The president declared Council adjourned, sine die.

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Courtesy Resolutions CR-1: The Very Rev. Randall Prior Adopted as submitted. Whereas, the Rev. Randall L. Prior came to St. Andrew’s in October 1974 as the first fulltime vicar of a new congregation and, in 1990, the first full-time rector, and, for 36 years, served the church and the Diocese of Virginia faithfully and well, and very often above and beyond the call of duty; and Whereas, under Mr. Prior’s strong leadership and spiritual guidance, the parish has grown to include nearly 400 households and 2,000 baptized persons; and Whereas, Mr. Prior has successfully managed growth and change at St. Andrew’s through careful planning, collaboration and outreach; and Whereas, Mr. Prior has mentored scores of Virginia Theological Seminary students and seminarians and numerous assistant and associate clergy over the years; and Whereas, Mr. Prior has served as dean of Region VII on four different occasions during his ministry; and Whereas, Mr. Prior has served on a variety of diocesan committees, including the Sexual Misconduct Response Team and the Commission on Congregational Missions for the Diocese of Virginia; and Whereas, helping the neediest among us has been a constant passion in Mr. Prior’s life, as evidenced by his active leadership in Habitat for Humanity and in St. Andrew’s strong support of outreach programs including Fairfax County’s Hypothermia Prevention Response Program; Ecumenical People Helping Others; FACETS; Five Talents; outreach ministries for the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Diocese of Western Tanganyika; and many others; and Whereas, the St. Andrew’s Preschool he founded in 1985 is considered a leader in early childhood education within the community and continues its mission of enriching the social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual lives of young children; and Whereas, Mr. Prior exemplifies the attributes of the good shepherd and inspirational teacher, ministering to the spiritual and personal needs of his flock, visiting the sick and the dying, praying for those in need, and modeling Christian love; now therefore be it Resolved, that the 216th Council of the Diocese of Virginia joins with the clergy, laity and staff of the Diocese of Virginia in expressing its sincerest thanks and appreciation for his ministry among us; and be it further Resolved, that the secretary of this Annual Council sends a copy of this resolution to Mr. Prior. CR-2: The Rev. Frederick Rhue Trumbore Adopted as submitted. Whereas, The Rev. Frederick Rhue Trumbore, a graduate of Lehigh University and Philadelphia Divinity School, was ordained deacon June 16, 1960, and priest December 22, 1960, by the Rt. Rev. Frederick Warnecke in the Diocese of Bethlehem; and

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Whereas, during his active ministry he served churches in Pennsylvania and Florida before receiving a call to the Diocese of Virginia where he served at Christ Church, Luray as Vicar from 1984-1989 and Rector from 1989-2000; and Whereas, since his retirement he has served as Interim Rector at St. Andrews, Mt. Jackson and Emmanuel, Woodstock; interim supply priest at Meade Memorial, White Post; and supply priest for a number of our churches in Region XIV; and Whereas, during the past five years has been a treasured presence at Calvary, Front Royal, serving as Retired Priest in Residence; and Whereas, Fritz and his wife, Jean, have recently made their home at the Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury in Winchester, now therefore be it Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia joins Region XIV in giving thanks for and honoring the Rev. Frederick R. Trumbore for his 50 years of service as a priest; and be it further Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Rev. and Mrs. Frederick R. Trumbore. CR-3: Ms. Peggy L. Hombs Adopted as submitted. Whereas, Ms. Peggy L. Hombs served faithfully on the bishop’s staff at the request of the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, joining the staff in 2003 as Coordinator of the Ordination Process; and Whereas, during her time on the staff of the Diocese, Peggy helped grow and shape the discernment and ordination processes in the Diocese of Virginia and helped bring to fruition the Diocesan Discernment Retreat, the Episcopal Leadership Institute and the vocational diaconate; and Whereas, Peggy’s colleagues on the diocesan staff hold Peggy in high esteem, and celebrate her faithfulness, wisdom, industriousness, experience and great good humor; and Whereas, prior to joining the bishop’s staff, Peggy was a member of the Commission on Ministry for 13 years, volunteering her time and serving as chair; and Whereas, Peggy helped oversee the implementation of the Fresh Start program in the Diocese of Virginia, one of the first dioceses to use this program to support clergy in transition; and Whereas, on the national level, Peggy has been an active participant in General Convention meetings; and Whereas, Peggy and her husband, Steven van Voorhees, are longtime members of Holy Comforter, Richmond, and have contributed to the life of the Church through their collective good cheer, civic-mindedness and dedication; now therefore be it Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia thank Peggy for her years of loyalty and remarkable service; and be it further

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Resolved, that the 216th Council asks the Secretary of the Diocese to provide Peggy with a copy of this resolution. CR-4: The Rev. Grant R. Sherk Adopted as submitted. Whereas, the Rev. Grant R. Sherk Jr., the founding rector of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, McLean, died on April 9, 2010, at age 90; and Whereas, the Rev. Grant Sherk Jr. as a seminarian in 1956, was assigned by Bishop Goodwin to start St. Dunstan’s Mission in the Chesterbrook area of McLean; and Whereas, he became the founding rector of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church and was instrumental in getting the church and parish hall constructed in the mid-1960’s; and Whereas, the Rev. Grant Sherk Jr., as a faithful example of Christian discipleship serving the larger community helped to establish outreach ministries such as SHARE of McLean, Alternative House and Samaritan Ministries; and Whereas, he faithfully served the congregation of St. Dunstan’s, the Diocese of Virginia and the community of McLean for 30 years until his retirement in 1986; now therefore be it Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia celebrates the long, committed and dedicated life of the Rev. Grant Sherk Jr. as a Christian, an Episcopal priest and as the founding rector of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, McLean; gives thanks for his life and works; and expresses condolences to his family; and be it further Resolved, that the Secretary of this Annual Council send a copy of this resolution to his surviving wife, Polly Sherk. CR-5: The Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr. Adopted as submitted. Whereas, the Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr., died at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond on September 20, 2010, at age 79; and Whereas, he was a graduate of Davidson College, and Union Seminary in Richmond, and received a Master of Sacred Theology degree from the University of the South, and did post-graduate study at Salisbury and Wells Theological College in England; and Whereas, he was ordained an Episcopal priest by Bishop Angus Dunn in Washington on 1957; and Whereas, he served as chaplain at Trinity Pawling School in New York and St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, and as chaplain and assistant headmaster at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg; and Whereas, he served as rector a the Church of the Epiphany in Richmond and as senior assistant at St. Stephen’s in Richmond; and Whereas, he faithfully served the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg as rector for 24 years, until his retirement in 1995; now therefore be it 130

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Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia celebrates the committed and dedicated life of the Rev. Robert Johnston Boyd Jr. as a Christian and Episcopal priest, and gives thanks for his life and works; and expresses condolences to his family; and be it further Resolved, that the secretary of this Annual Council send a copy of this resolution to his surviving wife, Shirley Gibson Boyd. CR-6: The Rev. Linnea Ann Summers Turner Adopted as submitted. Whereas, The Rev. Linnea Ann Summers Turner, a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary was ordained to the Priesthood on June 10, 1989; and Whereas, she was called to Leeds Church in Markham, Virginia in the spring of 1993, where she imparted to her flock a love of history and a devotion to mission, especially to our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Toungoo in Myanmar; and Whereas, during the past 17 years she has served people of Leeds and the community of Markham and Hume with warmth and humor as she led our walk in ministry; and Whereas, upon her retirement on August 22, 2010, she left us a strong example of a faithful loving pastor; now therefore be it Resolved, that this 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia joins Leeds Parish, Fauquier County, Virginia, in affirming these sentiments and offering sincere thanks to the Rev. Linnea Ann Summers Turner for her years of service and ministry among us, and our hope that she and her husband, Michael will enjoy a well-deserved retirement; and be it further Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Rev. Linnea Ann Summers Turner and printed in the minutes of the 216th Annual Council.

Resolutions R-1a: Caring for Creation Adopted as amended. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia asks each parish of our diocese to designate an individual to serve as their stewardship partner to consult with the Stewardship of Creation Committee on environmental issues including energy and water conservation, and forward the name of the stewardship partner to the chair of the Stewardship of Creation Committee; and, to guide their parish to work with other denominations, churches and faith traditions in their communities in jointly caring for God’s creation. R-2a: Blessings of Same-Gender Unions Adopted as amended. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia thanks Bishop Shannon Johnston and the diocesan team for the very fruitful “Listen ... And Be Heard” sessions in 2010, and urges our Bishop to “provide a generous pastoral The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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response” by moving forward with guidelines with regard to public blessings of same gender unions. R-3a: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Adopted as amended. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia heartily recommend that individuals, parishes and local-community ministry groups discover and implement ways of participating in the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” which occurs annually between the feasts of The Confession of St. Peter and The Conversion of St. Paul. R-4a: End Bullying - Living Into Our Baptismal Covenant Adopted as amended. Resolved, that this 216th Annual Council joins with those proclaiming the extravagant love of Christ to all persons who call for an immediate end to the epidemic of bullying, particularly of those perceived as being “different”; by virtue of economic, ethnic, racial or physical characteristics, religious status, sexual orientation or gender identity; whose precious lives are being squandered by failing to affirm the dignity and worth of all persons as children of God or offering support to the victims of bullying (both verbal and physical); and be it further Resolved, that this 216th Annual Council requests the Rt. Rev. Shannon Sherwood Johnston and the Standing Committee to direct the appropriate committee(s) or task group to collect, assemble and offer resources to support local parishes and individuals affected by the ongoing scourge of bullying. R-5: Sudan Peace Resolution Adopted as submitted. Resolved, by the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, that our bishops, parishes, missions, clergy and people are: 1. Urged to make prayer for peace in Sudan and for the protection of the church there a regular part of public liturgies and private devotions in 2011. 2. Urged to continue their ongoing work with our Sudanese partners in the several dioceses, schools and bible translation projects with which Virginia churches are currently engaged. 3. Urged to pray about and consider expanding such work and entering into additional mission partnerships with colleagues in the Episcopal Church of Sudan. 4. Asked to contact their elected representatives to make clear that the U.S. government’s continued strong diplomatic efforts and generous aid assistance are critical to preventing the recurrence of a ghastly genocidal war threatening the people of Sudan in general and our mission partners in particular; And that the Secretary of the Diocese is asked to convey this resolution to our ECS partners and to post appropriate links to prayer and education resources on the Diocesan Web site.

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R-6a: On Political Civility Adopted as amended. Resolved, that this 216th Annual Council prays for civility in the electoral process and honor towards our elected political leaders and honor and respect for those willing to serve in public office; and be it further Resolved, that this 216th Annual Council invites the 217th Annual Council to hold a workshop to sharpen our discernment about negative political advertising and ways to address it. R-7a: A Resolution to Enhance the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia’s Relationships with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Our Time and Place Adopted as amended. Resolved, that the Bishops of the Virginia Synod and the Metropolitan Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E.L.C.A.) be invited to name a member of their respective synods as a liaison to the following committees of the Diocese of Virginia: • Committee on Aging • Committee on Campus Ministries • Committee on Parish Youth Ministries • Committee on Church Planting • Committee on Congregational Missions • Committee on Stewardship • Committee on Congregational Development • Committee on Liturgy and Church Music • Committee on World Mission • Committee on South African Partnership • Committee on Human Need • Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations • Committee on the Stewardship of Creation • Committee on Race Relations • Committee on Mental Health • Committee on Parish Nursing R-10a: Diocesan Funding Adopted as amended. Resolved, by the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, that the bishop is requested to appoint a study group to examine all pertinent issues on diocesan funding based on parish giving, and to recommend appropriate canonical changes for the 217th Annual Council. R-11: Parish Health Ministry Adopted as submitted. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia urges the congregations of the Diocese, which have not already done so, to explore and implement health ministry as an organizing concept or vital component of outreach and pastoral care of the congregation by 2012, and be it further

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Resolved, that the Annual Council encourages congregations to raise awareness of health ministries and promote the understanding that health includes body, mind and spirit. R-12s: A Call to Prayer Adopted as substituted. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council request the members of the Diocese of Virginia, corporately and individually, to pray regularly for God’s guidance for the resolution of the property issues in the Diocese that are presently the subject of litigation. SCR-1: Resolution of the Standing Committee Adopted as submitted. Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, in response to the request of the Bishop of Virginia, hereby expresses its desire to carry out the request of the Bishop by the election of a Bishop Suffragan; and be it further Resolved, that such election be held on April 21, 2012 at a location to be determined; and be it further Resolved, that the Standing Committee proceed to obtain the consent of a majority of the Bishops having jurisdiction and of the several Standing Committees to the holding of such election; and be it further Resolved, that the Bishop in consultation with the Standing Committee appoint Nominating and Transition Committees for the election of a Bishop Suffragan of Virginia; and be it further Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council delegates unto the Standing Committee and the Bishop the authority to prescribe such rules and procedures as may be necessary for the election of a Bishop Suffragan according to Canon III.11.1(a).

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Adopted as a substitute for C-1 and C-2 Amend Canon 27 in its entirety to read as follows:

CANON 27 Sec. 1. Adoption of Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention. Those provisions of Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention that are applicable to the Diocese are hereby incorporated as part of this Canon. To the extent, if any, that any of the provisions of this Canon are inconsistent with provisions of Title IV, the provisions of Title IV shall govern. Sec. 2. Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall consist of eleven (11) persons, six (6) of whom are priests or deacons and five (5) of whom are lay persons. Members of the Standing Committee shall be eligible to serve as members of the Disciplinary Board. (a) Priests or Deacons. The priests or deacons who are members of the Disciplinary Board shall be canonically resident in this Diocese. (b) Lay Members. The lay members of the Disciplinary Board shall be persons eligible under the Canons for election as Lay Delegates to Council. (c) Election of Members. The members of the Disciplinary Board shall be nominated by the Standing Committee and elected by Council to serve for terms of three years. Members’ terms shall be staggered into three classes of two clerical and two lay members each, provided that one such class shall have only one lay member. A Disciplinary Board member who has served two complete three-year terms shall be ineligible to serve again until one year has elapsed. (d) Vacancies. Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board shall be filled as follows: (i) Upon the determination that a vacancy exists, the President of the Board shall notify the Bishop of the vacancy and request appointment of a replacement member. (ii) The Bishop shall appoint a replacement Disciplinary Board member in consultation with the Standing Committee. (iii) With respect to a vacancy created for any reason other than pursuant to a disqualification as provided in Section 3 below, the term of any person selected as a replacement Disciplinary Board member shall expire at the conclusion of the next regular meeting of Council, at which Annual Council a person of the same order as the person whose position was vacated shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. With respect to a vacancy resulting from a challenge, the replacement Disciplinary Board member shall serve only for the proceeding for which the regularly elected Disciplinary Board member is not serving as a result of the challenge. (e) President. Within sixty (60) days following the annual Council, the Disciplinary Board shall convene to elect a President to serve until the next Annual Council. Sec. 3. Preserving Impartiality. In any proceeding under this Canon, if any member of a Conference Panel or Hearing Panel of the Disciplinary Board shall become aware of a conflict of interest or undue bias, that member shall immediately disqualify himself or herself and notify the President of the Disciplinary Board and request appointment of a replacement member of the Panel. Respondent’s Counsel and the Church Attorney shall have the right to challenge any member of a Panel for conflict of interest or undue bias by motion to the Panel for disqualification of the challenged member. The members of the Panel not the subject of the challenge shall promptly consider the motion and determine whether the challenged Panel member shall be disqualified from participating in that proceeding. 136

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Sec. 4. Intake Officers. The Intake Officers shall be appointed from time to time by the Bishop after consultation with the Disciplinary Board. The Bishop shall appoint at least two Intake Officers according to the needs of the Diocese, with at least one male and one female. The Bishop shall publish the names and contact information of the Intake Officers throughout the Diocese. Sec. 5 Investigator. The Bishop shall appoint one or more Investigators as needed in consultation with the President of the Disciplinary Board. Every Investigator shall be required to maintain confidentiality subject to Canon IV.11(5). Sec. 6. Church Attorney. Within sixty (60) days following each annual Council, the Disciplinary Board shall appoint a Church Attorney, and one or more Assistant Church Attorneys, if deemed appropriate by the Disciplinary Board, who shall be duly licensed attorneys, and who will perform the functions as described in Canon IV.2. Attorneys appointed to serve as Church Attorney shall serve until their successors are appointed. Persons selected to serve as Church Attorneys shall be persons eligible under the Canons for election as Lay Delegates to Council, but need not reside within the Diocese. The Church Attorney may be removed by the Bishop, in consultation with the Standing Committee, for cause. If none of the Church Attorney or Assistant Church Attorneys are able to act on a specific matter due to a conflict of interest, undue bias or unavailability, the Disciplinary Board shall appoint a duly licensed attorney who is eligible under the Canons for election as a Lay Delegate to Council to act as Church Attorney for such matter. Sec. 7. Pastoral Response Coordinator. The Bishop may appoint a Pastoral Response Coordinator, to serve at the will of the Bishop in coordinating the delivery of appropriate pastoral responses provided for in Canon IV.8. The Pastoral Response Coordinator may be an Intake Officer but shall not be a person serving in any other appointed or elected capacity under this Canon. Sec. 8. Advisors. In each proceeding under this Canon, the Bishop shall appoint an Advisor for the Complainant and an Advisor for the Respondent. Persons serving as Advisors shall hold no other appointed or elected position provided for under this Canon, and shall not include the Chancellor or Vice Chancellors of this Diocese or any person likely to be called as a witness in this proceeding or otherwise involved in the proceeding. Sec. 9. Clerk. The Board shall appoint a Board Clerk to assist the Board with records management and administrative support. The Clerk may be a member of the Board. Sec. 10. Lay Assessor. The Disciplinary Board may appoint a duly licensed attorney for advice on matters of law, procedure and evidence affecting proceedings before the Conference and Hearing Panels. The Lay Assessor need not reside in, or be a member, of the Diocese. Sec. 11. Costs and Expenses. The reasonable costs and expenses of the Disciplinary Board, the Intake Officer, the Investigator, the Church Attorney, the Disciplinary Board Clerk, the Pastoral Response Coordinator and the Lay Assessor, if any, shall be the obligation of the Diocese of Virginia, subject to budgetary constraints as may be established by the Executive Board. Sec. 12. Records. (a) Records of Active Proceedings. Records of active proceedings before the Disciplinary Board, including the period of any pending appeal, shall be preserved The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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and maintained in the custody of the Clerk. (b) P  ermanent Records. The Bishop shall make provision for the permanent storage of records of all proceedings under this Canon at the offices of the Diocese and the Archives of the Episcopal Church, as prescribed in Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention. Sec. 13. Transitional Provisions. The amendments to this section adopted by the Council at its regular meeting in 2011 shall be effective July 1, 2011. The provisions of this Canon in effect prior to the Council’s regular meeting in 2011 shall remain in effect until July 1, 2011, and thereafter solely with regard to matters then pending before the Ecclesiastical Trial Court, until such matters are finally disposed. At the 2011 regular meeting of Council, the Council shall elect an Ecclesiastical Trial Court pursuant to those provisions, and also shall elect members of the Disciplinary Board to be effective July 1, 2011. The initial members of the Disciplinary Board shall be elected to terms expiring in equal number in 2012, 2013 and 2014, provided that only one Lay Person’s term shall expire in 2012; succeeding members shall be elected to three-year terms. The meeting of the Disciplinary Board to elect its initial President shall take place within sixty days of July 1, 2011. The provisions of this amendment related to the election of a Disciplinary Board at the 216th Annual Council shall be effective as of the approval of this amendment by two-thirds of the members present.

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Adopted on first reading. Amend Article III of our Diocesan Constitution be amended as follows: Section 1 (a) The Council shall be composed of the Clerical order and the Lay order. (b) The Clerical order shall consist of the Bishop or Bishops and all other ministers canonically resident in the Diocese of Virginia. No member of the Clerical order under ecclesiastical censure shall be entitled to a seat in the Council. (c) The Lay order shall consist of two classes, namely: (1) the Lay Delegates from the church and (2) the Lay members ex officio. (d) T  here shall be only one Lay Delegate from each church, to be chosen by its Vestry. But from every church having more than three hundred confirmed communicants in good standing reported to the Diocesan authorities in the last annual report, there shall be an additional Lay Delegate for each three hundred confirmed communicants in good standing, or major fraction thereof, above the first three hundred. (e) The Lay members of the Standing Committee, the Lay members of the Executive Board, the Chancellor, the Presidents of the Regions, the President of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese, one Youth Delegate (not over 21 years of age) elected by each Regional Council on or before May 1, and two lay persons, not over 25 years of age at the time of election and participants in an Episcopal higher education ministry in the Diocese, to be elected by the Standing Committee on or before May 1 as Collegiate Delegates shall be members of Council ex officio. (f) Each elected Delegate and ex officio member shall have one vote.

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Section 2. The Lay Delegates shall serve for the regular meeting for which they are chosen, and, unless other delegates be chosen, for any special meeting held prior to the next regular meeting of the Council. Section 3. All Lay members of the Council shall be adult confirmed communicants in good standing, as defined in the General Convention Canon I.17., of the Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Virginia.

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Region I

In 2010, Region I continued its efforts to follow Christ’s teachings in our area. We heard from Henry Burt from the diocesan office and Kirk Gibson of Shrine Mont. Under the expert guidance of Ben Hicks, our new Webmaster, our Web site has been completely revamped and updated; we provided financial support for mission trips, clergy sabbaticals, a congregational emergency fund and the Canterbury Club at the University of Mary Washington. Our greatest achievement was a regional retreat (at Belmont, Falmouth) where we established eight initiatives to guide our Region: regional dinners, increase participation, involve other Regions, align our budget with the Bishop’s priorities for ministry/mission, help the Diocese communicate more effectively, add youth activities, enhance Regional communication and ensure that our actions reflect a social conscience. With God’s help and under the excellent leadership of Ed Jones, new regional president, Region I plans to go forward, guided by these initiatives. Submitted by Ms. Mary Jo Browning, President

Region IV

Region IV is composed of the eight parishes in Alexandria – Christ Church, St. Paul’s, Grace, Immanuel on the Hill, Emmanuel, Church of St. Clement, Church of the Resurrection and Meade Memorial. Each year, these eight parishes contribute nearly $6,500 to support regional activities, primarily an outreach program to assist organizations that benefit a wide range of community activities. In 2010, Region IV contributed $4,750 to help nine organizations, churches or other entities. Among these were contributions to the new Hispanic church plant in Falls Church (La Iglesia de Santa Maria), the Diocese of Virginia to support the program of youth mission vouchers and the Church of St. Clement to support its winter shelter program for the homeless. Other contributions went to organizations that support families, children, the homeless, and immigrants – ALIVE, Healthy Families Alexandria, the Child and Family Network, Carpenter’s Shelter and Liberty’s Promise. Another contribution went to the Board of Lady Managers at Alexandria hospital, which raises money for new equipment and facilities at the hospital. Beyond its outreach endeavors, Region IV each year sponsors programs to educate our representatives on issues or other matters of importance to Episcopalians. In 2010 a program in September featured a presentation on the work of the Haiti Micah Project by its founder, the Rev. Joseph Constant of Virginia Theological Seminary. Begun in 2005 to help Haiti’s impoverished children, the Haiti Micah Project by 2009 had opened a 24-bed residence to serve orphaned and at-risk children. The devastating earthquake in January 2010, made the work of the Haiti Micah project all the more urgent, and the project has more than doubled its financial support for its feeding and education program. All money donated to the Haiti Micah Project goes to the program, with none diverted to fundraising. Region IV has encouraged its parishes and their members to support generously this worthwhile program. In November of 2010, Region IV sponsored a program for our delegates on the Anglican Covenant, which will be an issue debated at General Convention in 2012. The proposed Anglican Covenant is now being debated throughout the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. 142

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Finally, Region IV, with the assistance of the Diocese, has revamped our Web site at www. region4.thediocese.net to supplement the Web sites of individual parishes. The regional Web site is now a more effective resource for programs and outreach shared by the eight parishes of Region IV. It also posts upcoming meetings, events and other useful information. Submitted by Mr. Cleve Corlett, President

Region V

Region V council conducted four meetings during 2010. A draft UTO Grant Application proposal was received from Dr. Henry Ziegler, Episcopal missionary and health advisor to the Anglican Diocese of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania requesting Region V endorsement. Dr. Ziegler and his wife, Priscilla, are requesting funds for the initial phase of a building program for the first Christian hospital in Dar es Salaam. The initial phase will be a Women and Children Center and Hospital which would allow a great expansion of deliveries and initiation of C-sections for those women at highest risk. The Region V Council heard the proposal and voted to send a letter of endorsement to Bishop Johnston. The endorsement was forwarded with strong recommendation to the Diocese of Virginia in December. Each year for the past several years Region V has sponsored and funded an Appalachian mission trip to Dungannon, Va. Approximately 50 teenagers and adults from St. Anne’s, St. Timothy’s and St. Thomas’ attended the week-long event, providing repairs (plumbing, flooring and roofing) for low-income families. Region V provided $4,050 in funding for this mission trip. Work was initiated on a Region V Web site. A committee was appointed to look at information/content that might be useful and to examine what other regions have done with respect to Web site development. A prototype of the Web site is under construction. Mr. Henry Burt, secretary of the Diocese, was our invited guest at a Region V Council meeting. Mr. Burt gave an update on events/issues in the Diocese and answered questions from the assembled delegates and clergy. A 2010 budget for Region V was developed and approved by council. At the December meeting of regional council a regional representative and alternate for the diocesan Executive Board were elected (Mr. Roland Blocksom, representative; Ms. Sharon Nachman, alternate). Nominations of candidates for the Standing Committee and deputies to General Convention were endorsed. A draft Council resolution on the subject of Blessing of Same-Gender Unions (update to last year’s R-14) was presented and discussed. The region council voted not to endorse the draft resolution. Submitted by Roland Blocksom, President

Region VIII

Regional Council met four times during the year. During Lent, combined Lenten programs were held on Wednesday evenings preceded by a soup and salad supper. The programs were held at a different church each week and were well attended. The council considers its greatest areas of impact in our region are in the areas of youth and multicultural activities and that such activities should be in areas that are better done as a larger group than can be done as a single parish. These guidelines are being factored The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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into our planning for future events. As we went through the process of electing a youth delegate to Diocesan council, we were introduced to several youth who were leaders in their own parishes and were well qualified to be our youth delegate to council yet we would not be providing this opportunity to serve until 2013 under present rules. With the increase in emphasis on youth in our own region and in the Diocese as a whole the council approved submittal of a proposed amendment to the constitution of the Diocese to provide for annual election of a youth delegate from each region. Submitted by Mr. Walter Barbee, President

Region XIV

The Region held three meeting in 2010. Highlights include: • A focused discussion to validate our mission and direction, which led to a new budget structure addressing Bishop Johnston’s five near-term goals; • Annual potluck supper featuring an entertaining and informative talk by Mr. Henry Burt on the state of the diocese and a status report on the diocesan law suit; • A presentation on the Native American ministries task group of the Diocese of Virginia, “Work/Study at the Pamunkey Reservation”; • The Region developed a Web site to keep members of the region informed and to assist people in the Shenandoah Valley learn about the Episcopal churches and their location. www.valleyepiscopanians.thedioese.net; • Preparation of a courtesy resolution for the Rev. Frederick Trumbore for the 50th anniversary of his Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priest; • Christ the King’s project to “Stop Hunger Now Event” raising over $10,000 – preparing 40,000 meals for children in Haiti; • The Rev. Daniel Robayo elected to the Executive Board; • Calvary Episcopal Church held a service and reception honoring Frederick Trumbore on his 50th anniversary of his Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priest. The regional dean and president were part of the service and several priest and regional representatives were present for the event. Submitted by Mr. Frank Baxter, President, Region XIV

Region XV

Region XV is comprised of 19 churches within the county of Albemarle and in parts of Greene, Fluvanna, and Orange counties. The Region XV Council met four times since our last diocesan Council meeting. Each of our gatherings was held at a different parish within our region. Each evening began with Eucharist at 6 p.m., followed by time for a reception, fellowship and dinner. The business meeting usually began at 7:30. An average attendance for each meeting was approximately 40 delegates and clergy. On Thursday, March 25, the Council met at Christ Church, Charlottesville where the speaker was the Rev. Canon Susan Goff, canon to the ordinary of the Diocese. The May 25 meeting was held at St. John the Baptist, Charlottesville with Frances Caldwell, director of Development and Stewardship of the Diocese, as our guest and speaker. At the September 25 meeting at Holy Cross, Batesville, the Rev. Anthony Andres and his wife, Emily, presented a slide show about their recent trip to Bhutan, Asia about their culture and the emerging Christian churches there. We met again on Thursday, November 18 at Buck Mountain, Earlysville with Buck Blanchard, director of Mission 144

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and Outreach for the Diocese, and Suzanne Johnson making a presentation about the Carpenter’s Kids program in Dodoma, Tanzania. Region XV has five significant outreach ministries which it supports. The Schoolhouse Thrift Shop at Rio just celebrated its 18th anniversary. It continues to be not only a wonderful place of fellowship for members of the region who volunteer there, but is also a very much needed ministry to the community. The Thrift Shop also continues to be a large contributor to the outreach budget of the region. The Ministry with the Aging, under the guidance of three marvelous missioners, continues to meet the needs of many elderly within the region. AIM serves to help those in emergency situations by helping with prescriptions, utility bills, and transportation. PACEM is a local homeless shelter and program. Again this year Region XV built a house for Habitat for Humanity, our third of five that the Region has pledged to build within a five year period. We were able to make an additional $5,000 donation in November to complete the funding. The Rev. Miller Hunter of St. Paul’s Ivy answered a call to a parish in North Carolina and we have elected as his replacement on the Diocese Executive Board the Rev. Dr. Linda V. Hutton of St. Thomas’, Orange. Submitted by Mr. Steve Wachenfeld, President

Bloomfield Foundation

Bloomfield awarded grants totaling $129,433 for the year 2010 with additional grants still pending. Financial support from churches and individuals enable fulfillment of many requests for equipment and services, unavailable from other sources, enhancing the lives of those who are physically challenged. The majority of grant recipients are on Medicaid and unable to obtain the upgraded equipment often times needed. Grants are made to renovate bathrooms as handicapped accessible, chairs that enable a person to stand up so that school can be attended, ramps for vans and home, and summer camps that are available to suit their needs. All unusual requests are reviewed by the Board. Bloomfield Trustees make concerted efforts to follow up on all grant recipients and are vigilant as to progress being made with difficult cases. Past residents of Bloomfield home (sold in 1994 due to the government decision to no longer fund such facilities) continue to receive support when needed while some have obtained the ability to live independently. The Board has appointed two more members from Southwestern Diocese and two from the Southern Diocese. As a related organization of all three dioceses of Virginia, Bloomfield welcomes it’s new member additions. Submitted by Ms. Courtney Kohler, President

Committee on Church Planting

2010 for the Church Planting Commission (now Committee) continued as a year of maintenance of our present plants and planters under the leadership of Bishop Jones. We continue to plan for future plants. Hopeful signs are found in the start-ups of Latino congregations worshipping within existing churches. The schedule of three to four meetings per year (with one retreat held at Roslyn in late November) was maintained, but with added emphasis on annual face-to-face meetings with each Church Planter and his/her leadership team, where progress in all areas is reviewed. At our retreat in November we attended the Sunday worship gathering of an “emergent” church, where we had an unusual, moving, and stimulating experience learning about a church that is reaching new Christians. We continue to consider our The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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ecumenical work with our ELCA partners to be of prime importance. The membership of the 2010 Commission was composed of: • The Rev. Tom Bosserman (ELCA) • Mr. Tyler Fox, Staff Liaison • The Rev. Paul G. “Chip” Gunsten (ELCA) • The Rev. Geoffrey Gwynne • The Rev. Paul Johnson • The Rt. Rev. David Jones, Suffragan Bishop • Dr. Lissa Power-deFur • Mrs. Lucy-Lee Reed, Chair • The Rev. John Thomas Sheehan The roster of Church Planters in 2010 is composed of: • The Rev. Geoffrey Gwynne, Vicar, Christ the King Episcopal Church, Harrisonburg • The Rev. Barbara Marques, Vicar, All Souls Episcopal Church, Atlee • Mr. Roberto Orihuela, Pastoral Leader, La Iglesia de Santa Maria, Falls Church • The Rev. J. David Niemeyer, Vicar, St. Francis, Goochland • The Rev. CC Schroeder, Vicar, St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg At the November retreat, Mrs. Reed expressed her desire to retire her duties as chair, and the Rev. John Sheehan was named by Bishop Jones with the consent of the committee to lead it going forward. Although these are lean times for church planting, we continue to try to strengthen and support the plants we have, explore new models, and pray for that future major gift or gifts that will allow us to begin new plants once more. Submitted by Mrs. Lucy Lee Reed

Committee on Congregational Missions

The Committee on Congregational Missions (CCM) assists the bishop suffragan in his delegated oversight of diocesan mission churches. Its members serve as lay liaisons or as area priests. Lay liaisons work closely with their assigned churches and provide regular reports concerning their spiritual well being and financial stability to the bishop suffragan and to the other members. Area priests act as resources for the liaisons and the mission churches and may represent the bishop suffragan when a diocesan response is needed. Meetings are held at mission churches throughout the diocese. Representatives of the host church report about themselves, their successes and their challenges. Liaisons assist the mission churches in preparing their budgets and requests for financial assistance from the diocese. Each request is carefully reviewed by the budget committee of CCM and by Bishop Jones before being submitted to the full Committee. Only then is the request for funding sent to the Executive Board for inclusion in the diocesan budget. A committee within CCM is developing a more structured approach to the way in which we allocate funds to the diverse congregations. Another group is working to form a document which will become a covenant between CCM and each mission church. This document will allow each church, with the assistance of the liaison, to present its plan for

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the coming year as well as the means for achieving their vision. In May, CCM partnered with the Committee on the Stewardship of Creation to present Small Church Day 2010. The theme was “The Stewardship of Creation – Practical and Spiritual Perspectives.” In September, CCM held its first one-day retreat. We focused on finding ways for CCM to become better stewards of diocesan funding as we assist the wide variety of mission churches in their unique, individual callings. In 2010, Christ Ascension Church, Richmond, a mission church for approximately 10 years became a full parish; Varina Church, Richmond, became a mission church. CCM continues to offer training for the members and has created a handbook to assist them in their work with the churches. The members of CCM give generously of their time and expertise to the missions they serve. We are grateful for the opportunity to work on behalf of the Diocese. Submitted by Mr. Dick Shirey, Chair

Committee on Ecumenical & Interfaith Relationships

The Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew serves as ecumenical officer and the Rev. Diane Carroll as associate ecumenical officer of the Diocese. The ecumenical officer and associate ecumenical officer also serve as co-chairs of the Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Committee (DEIC). In 2010, your ecumenical officers and the DEIC have been involved in a number of activities to promote the unity of the one Church for whom our Lord prayed on the eve of his death. An essential element for all ecumenical relations is the nurture of personal relationships. These relationship must take place between judicatory heads and those who work in the area of ecumenical relations on their behalf. Relationships of this type take time to develop and once developed need to be sustained over a period of years. The work of your ecumenical officers and of DEIC is about developing and sustaining our ecumenical relationships. It also involves our joint witness with other Christians to the Gospel through mission and through the exploration of theology. In response to the Call to Common Mission agreement of Full Communion between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we have continued to seek ways in which we can more fully live into this relationship. The Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew attended the Annual Assembly of the Virginia Synod of the ELCA. Approximately once a month the Metropolitan Washington Lutheran-Episcopal Joint Coordinating Committee has met. This committee is made up of representation from the Episcopal Dioceses of Washington and Virginia as well as the Metropolitan Washington Synod of the ELCA. The Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew and the Rev. Dr. David Harper serve on this committee for the Diocese of Virginia. Bishop David C. Jones and Bishop John Chane of the Diocese of Washington and Bishop Richard Graham of the Metropolitan Washington Synod of the ELCA meet with the Joint Coordinating Committee twice a year. January 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of Full Communion and the Metropolitan Washington Lutheran-Episcopal Joint Coordinating Committee has planned a celebration to take place at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. on January 14-15, 2011. In response to the LARCUM (Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic-United Methodist) The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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covenant, your associate ecumenical officer, the Rev. Diane Carroll and Ms. Jean Mary Taylor (a member of the DEIC) have served on the state-wide planning committee for the Annual LARCUM meeting. In 2010 the conference was held in Fredericksburg on December 3-4. The theme “LARCUM Covenant: Growing Grassroots Ecumenism” was presented by the Bishop James F. Mauney of the Virginia Synod of the ELCA. Annual Council in 2011 meets during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which stretches from the observance of the Confession of St. Peter on January 18 to the conversion of St. Paul on January 25. Your commission has submitted to Annual Council a resolution that calls for observance of this annual ecumenical event. The National Workshop on Christian Unity and annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Officers took place this year in Tampa, Florida April 19-22. There are numerous seminars and presentations at the Workshop and the Diocese of Virginia sends two members of the Commission in order to cover most of the presentations and report back to the commission. The presiding bishop and her deputy for ecumenical and inter-religious relations participated in this year’s workshop. Dr. Agnew serves as ecumenical coordinator for Province III of the Episcopal Church and is a member of the Executive Board of the National Episcopal Ecumenical and Interfaith Officers. He also serves as a member of the Board of the North American Academy Ecumenists. The NAAE held its annual conference in Montreal, Quebec. September 24-26 on the topic “New and Renewed Strategies for the Ecumenical Mission.” The principal ecumenical agencies supported by the Diocese of Virginia are the Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the Virginia Council of Churches. The Center for Public Policy under the very able direction of the Rev. C. Douglas Smith works on behalf the faith community with the General Assembly. The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones and the Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew serve on the Coordinating Committee of the Virginia Council of Churches and Dr. Agnew serves on the Steering Committee of VCC as well. The Virginia Council of Churches has two major program units that work in the areas of Refugee Resettlement and Rural Family Development. Other program ministry of the council includes the Campus Ministry Forum and Infant Mortality. The council has worked for federal recognition of the Virginia Tribes and has also been involved in disaster preparation. The theological work of the council is done through the Commission on Faith and Order, which is chaired by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew. Each year the Faith and Order Commission helps sponsor the Joint Ecumenical Retreat which takes place in the fall at Rosyln. The Virginia Council of Churches established a Lifetime Ecumenicist Award in 2003. This award recognizes persons who exemplify a lifetime commitment to the ecumenical movement. In 2010 this award was bestowed on the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones. Members of DEIC welcome the opportunity to speak to each Regional Council at least annually on our current ecumenical commitments and interfaith developments. We also are prepared to speak to individual parishes. Submitted by the Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew, Ecumenical Officer, and the Rev. Diane Carroll, Associate Ecumenical Officer, Co-Chairs of DEIC

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Education for Ministry

Education for Ministry (EfM) is a formation program available to all our parishes by virtue of a contract by the Diocese of Virginia with the School of Theology of the University of the South at Sewanee. EfM is a theological education by extension for laity and includes both individual and group work in weekly seminars under the guidance of trained mentors. The four-year program of study includes the Old Testament, the New Testament, church history and theology. Every Christian receives the call to Christ’s ministry at baptism. EfM provides the basics of a theological education in order to enhance knowledge and develop confidence about the ministry we all share. Through individual and group study, shared worship and the process of theological reflection, participants in an EfM community move toward a greater understanding of the fullness of God’s kingdom and in so doing, discover opportunities for responding to their own personal call to ministry. An EfM seminar group is composed of six to 12 students guided and administered by a trained mentor and perhaps a co-mentor. Mentors may be laity or ordained but must attend a training session sanctioned by Sewanee in order to be accredited as a mentor. Mentor training will be available in the Diocese of Virginia from July 24-26, 2011 at the Roslyn Conference Center. In July 2010, the Diocese sponsored one of the largest mentor training events in the nation, where 57 participants from dioceses throughout Virginia and the surrounding states worked with certified trainers from Sewanee to either be accredited as first-time mentors or to reaccredit their status as active mentors. There are EfM groups meeting throughout the United States and the world. There are even online EfM groups. The Diocese of Virginia currently sponsors 40 active groups in parishes throughout the Diocese. Parishes interested in finding out more information about EfM are encouraged to visit the EfM Web site for the Diocese of Virginia at www. efmvirginia.com or email me at [email protected] for more information. As EfM coordinator for the Diocese of Virginia, it is my ministry to support and promote EfM in the Diocese by assisting current groups, helping parishes that wish to explore EfM, locating groups for individuals looking for an EfM group, and coordinating training opportunities for existing and new mentors. Submitted by Ms. Wendy Gayle, EfM Coordinator

Executive Board

Bishops Johnston, Jones and Gulick, delegates to Council, and guests. I am Jane Delbridge and I am a member of All Saints Sharon Chapel in Alexandria, Region VI. It is my privilege to have served for the past two years as a member of the Executive Board and for this past year as its vice president. The Executive Board is composed of one elected member from each regional council and the bishops of the Diocese. Bishop Johnston serves as president of the Board. At this time I would like to recognize the current elected members of the Executive Board and thank them for their tireless service to the Diocese. Region I, The Rev. Brad Jackson Region II, Dr. Barbara Allison-Bryan Region III, The Rev. Kim Coleman Region IV, The Rev. John Hortum Region V, The Rev. Jackie Thomson Region VI, The Hon. Jane Delbridge The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Region VII, Ms. Helen Spence Region VIII, Mr. Bill Forester Region IX, The Rev. Barbara Marques Region X, Dr. Craig Anderson Region XI, Dr. George Spagna Region XII, Mr. Rick Gibbs Region XIII, The Rev. Joie Weiher Region XIV, Ms. Jean Mary Taylor Region XV, The Rev. Miller Hunter The ECW president, an ex officio member of this Council, also has by custom a seat and voice at meetings of the Board. This past year we have been pleased to welcome again the ECW president, Ms. Beblon Parks, a member of St. Philip’s Church, Richmond and to learn from her more about the continuing Christian formation workshops at ECW retreats and meetings as well as the mission and scholarship activities of the Episcopal Church Women. Executive Board terms are for three years, and one third of the Board will end their service at the close of this Council. The Executive Board is blessed with the professional, dedicated and caring support and guidance from the staff of the Diocese. In particular, I would recognize Henry Burt who serves as coordinator for the Board and Director of the Staff at Mayo House, and Michael Kerr, treasurer of the Diocese, who actually makes wrestling with budgets and financial documents almost fun. Each member of the diocesan staff works to make Council and the work of the Executive Board run flawlessly. Whether they are reacting to a major snow storm and getting all necessary business done before recessing Council and continuing it in a different city a few weeks later, without missing a beat, or managing major litigation without a disruption to program and business of the Diocese, or coming out to speak to parishes or region meetings or designing and carrying out an outstanding Communication Workshop or answering the many calls, e-mails and questions of Executive Board members and parishioners from all over the Diocese, they are quick to respond, so informed and able to provide the necessary assistance, inspired in their creativity, energetic and devoted to the mission and work of the Diocese. Thanks to each and every one of you. The Executive Board met six times since the last Council. Two of the meetings—those in April and November—were held jointly with the Standing Committee, the regional deans and the regional presidents. The Board met in March at St. Christopher’s in Springfield; in April at St. George’s, Fredericksburg; in June at Aquia Church in Stafford; in September at St. James’ Church in Warrenton; in November at St. Stephen’s in Richmond; and in December at Mayo House. We would like to thank these parishes and the staff at Mayo House for their hospitality. If, between regularly scheduled meetings of the Board, there is a need for action on issues concerning the Board, this is handled by the Executive Committee of the Board. The Executive Committee is comprised of the bishop, the vice president and the chairs of the two working groups. The Executive Board, as many of you know, is the governing body of the Diocese in between sessions of this Council. The Canons of the Diocese direct that the Board “shall prepare and recommend diocesan programs, and the proposed funding of such programs.” To discharge these functions, the Board has organized itself into two standing working groups: a working group on the budget and a working group on 150

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program. The budget group was led this year by the Rev. Jackie Thompson and the program group by the Rev. Brad Jackson. The work of the budget group during the year culminates with the presentation of the budget at Council, and members of the budget working group are, by custom, also appointed to the Budget Committee of Council. During this year, the principal budget issues have been the redesign of the Denominational Health plan (health insurance plans for all church employees), redesign of budget forms, review and acceptance of the auditors’ reports, and accommodating the unusual demands placed upon our resources by the ongoing litigation involving the congregations who voted to leave the Episcopal Church and attempt to appropriate Episcopal Church property. As you probably already know the costs of litigation have to date been financed through use of a line of credit. The retirement of this debt will be with funds from the sale of unconsecrated land owned by the Diocese. Real estate market conditions having improved, some of that land is under contract of sale at this time. This plan has limited the impact of litigation and its costs on the program and activities of the Diocese. Parrish pledge dollars designated to the Diocese have not and will not be used to pay litigation costs. In addition to the above mentioned issues, the budget work of the Executive Board this year has been to respond to the constant pressures of the continuing economic turndown and its effects on parish pledges and the payment of those pledges. The Board receives and reviews regular reports on parish pledging and giving, and members serve as liaison to churches in their regions. The total revenue budgeted for 2010 was $4,885,464. As of December 9, 2110 we had received $4,137,110. That is slightly over fifteen percent of our annual budgeted income not yet received three weeks before the end of the budget year. The working group on program is responsible for reviewing and recommending appointments to various committees of the Diocese and for reviewing the recommendations for Mustard Seed Grants and Human Need Grants made by the Commissions on Human Need, Congregational Development, Youth and World Mission. Funds were approved and dispersed as Mustard Seed Grants in the Spring and Human Need Grants in the fall of 2010. This year the program group worked closely with Paris Ball and Emily Cherry and other members of the staff of the Diocese to study and reorganize the Commission and Committee structure of the Diocese in order to better utilize the talents, time, and energy of those generous volunteers who man those committees. The reorganization was undertaken with goals to improve communications between persons and groups who may be working on common goals and yet be unaware of the other groups efforts, and to better support and work to accomplish the five priorities of the Diocese which arose out of the listening group/townhall meetings led by Bishop Johnston in 2008 and enumerated in his Pastoral Address to the 215th Annual Council. This effort resulted in the formation of five Commissions dedicated to the following priority areas: • Commission on Christian Formation • Commission on Strengthening Our Churches • Commission on Mission and Outreach • Commission on Ministry • Commission on Human Dignity and Justice Committees will be organized under and report to the Commission most appropriate to the work of that committee. Working groups can be organized by committees to work on short term or temporary projects or special study etc. and will serve under such committee and its Commission. Three Executive Board Members will be liaison The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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to each Commission and will be in direct communication with the Commissions. This reorganization was done to honor and preserve the generous gifts of time and energy and dedication by the long time members of diocesan commissions and committees and to best use the dedication and time of those old and new members in the future. The Executive Board is responsible for implementing the actions of Diocesan Council. Thus, in the year that follows this meeting, the Board will review the resolutions passed and take any appropriate action necessary to fulfill the will of Council. The budget adopted here will be monitored by the Board. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the Diocese on the Executive Board. I want to thank those colleagues who will be retiring from the Executive Board at the end of this Council. Their considered study and deliberation as to the business of this Diocese, as well as matters of our larger church and the world which have been brought to the Executive Board in 2010 has been outstanding. I also welcome the new Board members and Assistant Bishop Gulick who will be joining us in 2011. We look forward to getting to know each other and working together. And on behalf of all of the members of the Executive Board, I want to thank Bishop Johnston and Bishop Jones and say what a great honor it has been to work, pray, study and act together with you in 2010 as we seek to do God’s will and spread His word in our Diocese and beyond. Submitted by the Hon. Jane Delbridge, Vice President

Episcopal Church Women

“Joy to the World!” and “Joy in Service.” These two expressions encompass the vision, mission and ministries of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Virginia. The first is the popular name of a beloved Christmas Carol. The second is the motto of the Episcopal Church Women. Together they make clear that the work we do with joy in our hearts and love in our hands has as its ultimate outcome that of bringing joy to the needy, the disenfranchised, and the less fortunate in our dioceses, state, nation and throughout the world. I will share some of our activities and ministry highlights that have helped us live our motto and fulfill our mission. As you may recall, the mission of the Episcopal Church Women is to share the love of God by making Christ known in the world and in our community through prayer, education, concern for others and joyful service. In 2010 we lived our mission although the year was filled with successes and challenges coupled with great joys and tragic losses. Prayer and Worship Retreat: In April we experienced some renewal and revitalization as we learned the value of silence during the prayer and worship retreat we sponsored within the diocese. Coordinated by Bryn Roth of St. George’s, and held in the serene surroundings of Shrine Mont, we left with a renewed commitment to our work within the diocese and beyond. I must admit that this was my first visit to Shrine Mont but it will not be my last. Spring Open Board Meeting: Our dreams led us on May 20, 2010 to Glen Allen, Virginia, where the rector the Rev. Paul Johnson and the assistant rector the Rev. Hillary West and the Episcopal Church Women of Christ Church Episcopal, under the most capable leadership of Kay Holmes, graciously hosted one of our largest Spring Open Board Meetings. It may have been the attraction of workshops on topics ranging from Labyrinths to Healing Laughter, or the inviting open space of a nontraditional worship setting or the anticipation of a moving sermon by the Rev. Hilary West. Whatever the 152

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attraction, we lived out our theme of “Dreaming, Planning and Helping: We’re Getting It All Together…With Grace.” June brought an opportunity to meet with the ECW President of St. John’s Church Henrico Parish to explore ways the diocesan ECW may be of assistance as the group planned for its Colonial Tea as part of its 400th Anniversary Celebration in 2011. The most productive meeting has lead to what may be a visit by Miss Sallie Stuart herself at that tea! Gifts & Scholarships: Each year in July, the Episcopal Church Women disburse monies received as of June 30 and award scholarships to deserving students within our diocese. This year we gave $5,000 in scholarships to four students. Our goal is to double that amount in 2011! The scholarship recipients were from St. Mary’s-Region XII; All Saints Sharon Chapel - Region VI; Pohick Church- Region VI, and St. James the Less - Region XI. The deadline for receipt of applications is June 30. Since that disbursement, we have received an additional $2,100 - $1,875 to the Book of Remembrance and $225 to the Gift of Life Book. As a reminder, scholarships are given annually to students in the Diocese of Virginia and are made possible through your contributions to the “Book of Remembrance” and the “Gift of Life Book”. I encourage you to consider making a contribution to either or both of these in memory of or thanksgiving for a loved one or friend. Summer 2010: One of our focuses of the ECW has been the ministry to Native Americans in Virginia. This summer, we assisted two Native Virginia Indians in a trip to the Tuscarora Indian Reservation to study privately with an internationally known traditionally raised bead worker. Both of the ladies we helped sponsor have offered to share their skills with us and within the diocese. Through our South African Partnership Committee, we also provided funds ($3500.00) to support the AIDS Ministry in the Diocese of Christ the King in South Africa. Historic Meeting with the ECW of the Southern Diocese: On Saturday, September 18something happened for the very first time. That something was a meeting of Board members from the Diocese of Virginia ECW with the ECW Board of the Diocese of Southern Virginia. The meeting took place at Manakin Episcopal Church, Midlothian, VA during the Fall Board Meeting of the Diocese of Southern Virginia ECW. Nancy Smith, President of the Southern Diocese ECW, extended the invitation to me after we agreed to “get together back home” following the 2009 ECW Triennial. Diocese of Virginia ECW Board Member Sharon Nachman shared information on the Sacristy in a Box” Project she spearheaded while Altar Guild Chair and Jayne Feminella, Diocese of Virginia Region IX President spoke about the successful Advent Luncheon held in her region. Annual Meeting: Our dreams and “Joy in Service” led us to historic Fredericksburg, VA on October 21 for the 119th ECW Annual Meeting and 121th United Thank Offering (UTO) Ingathering. We had over 235 people in attendance representing 51 churches and 24 Clergy. We were treated like royalty by the women of St. George’s led by ECW President Barbara Teal and the Rev. Jim Dannals along with every other church member who had a part in making our special day a grand success. Special thanks go to the women of Aquia Episcopal Church for a scrumptious breakfast and the women of Trinity Episcopal for general assistance and planning. In addition to serving as celebrant during the Eucharist, the Rt. Rev. David Colin Jones installed our new officers and board members. The new board members are Kay Holmes, vice President for Administration, Christ Church Episcopal, Glen Allen; Barbara Teal, Ministries Display Chair, St. George’s, The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Fredericksburg; Billie Barnes, Region II President, Grace Episcopal, Kilmarnock; and Phenie Golatt, South African Partnership Committee Co-Chair, St. Philip’s, Richmond. We could not have had two more perfect speakers for the day. The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. “Ted” Gulick, Jr., Assistant Bishop - who I believe has a little “Baptist minister” in him gave a rousing keynote peppered with thought provoking stories and inspiring words on the subject, “From Self-Absorption to Generosity: The Costly Impact of Grace.” He struck a chord with many as he wove stories about forgiveness and how giving and receiving generosity can transform one’s life. The Rev. Erika Takacs rounded out the day with her sermon on our theme, “Feeling the Spirit through God’s Glorious Grace.” She interwove her mission experience in the desert with the scripture from Galatians 5:22. The imagery evoked during her message of those who were so thirsty that they would “drink the sand” was most poignant. Viva Voce: We awarded grants over $2,443 to the following Viva Voce recipients: Doorways, Arlington, Region III; Alternative House, Dunn Loring, Region V; Annandale Safe Youth Project Annandale, Region VIII St. David’s Community Development Center, Aylett, Region XI and GRACE Alliance, Standardsville, Region XV. Communion Alms: We divided over $2916.45 between our two recipients Jackson Feild Homes in Jarratt and Richmond, VA and Jericho Road ECW Housing Initiative Project, New Orleans, LA. The 121th UTO Ingathering brought our total 2010 gifts to $98,766.85. The entire amount was sent to the national UTO office. Every penny of this money will be used for this granting year. Regrettably, the Diocese of Virginia did not receive a UTO grant in this granting year. We did submit one application, but it was withdrawn because it duplicated one submitted by another diocese. There are several possibilities for applications for the new granting year. Each diocese is allowed to submit two applications and we anticipate submitting that number. As our UTO Coordinator Jeanelle Moritz says, “Remember that participating in the UTO is a “win/win” proposition: you will be blessed when you remember your blessings and others will be blessed by your Blue Box offerings.” St. Andrew’s School Lunch Program: One of our outreach ministries that eludes the spotlight is the Hot Lunch Program sponsored at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. St. Andrew’s is a tuition free school in the Oregon Hill section of Richmond, VA. The school does not have the capability of serving hot lunches each day. So, the ECW led by Kay Holmes and Jodie Pully make arrangements for volunteers from various churches and the community to provide a hot lunch once a month for the 87 students at St. Andrew’s. We are always in need of assistance so why not organize a group from your church to offer this most rewarding and charitable service. Overnight Board Meeting: Our work continued during our Overnight Board Meeting Planning Retreat at Roslyn November 10th and 11th. We welcomed new board members and bade goodbye to long standing member Gladys Lewis. We engaged in workshops and had a time for spiritual growth and renewal. In attendance were 28 board members and two guests from Diocese of Christ the King, South Africa, Nandi Tshaka and Patience Damini. Our guests made a presentation on the HIV/AIDS Ministry and the various components of that ministry including work with AIDS orphans and the families and caregivers of HIV/AIDS patients. We also renewed our commitment to our goals. Executive Board Meetings/Other Activities: I continue to enjoy my journey as president of the Episcopal Church Women for the Diocese of Virginia. I have attended almost all of the diocesan Executive Board meetings. When I couldn’t attend, our past president or 154

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vice president attended to represent the ECW. On November 17, 2010, I enjoyed having the opportunity to facilitate one of the groups at Christ Church Episcopal, Glen Allen during the diocesan Listening Session coordinated by the Rev. Canon Susan Goff, canon to the ordinary. It was a most productive session with sincere expressions of beliefs, ideas and concerns. Our diocesan ECW joined in partnership with the Anglican Women’s Empowerment (AWE), the National ECW and the Episcopal Women’s Caucus (EWC) to promoted and participate in the anti-violence campaign entitled “Sixteen Days of Advocacy Against Gender Violence.” Recognizing that for many in the church actions begin with prayer, we encouraged people - women and men, girls and boys - to use selected prayers, individually or corporately, to mark the 16 day period from November 25, 2010 to December 10, 2010. These prayers are available on the ECW Web site. We continue to encourage all people to take a stand against all forms of violence, especially violence against women and girls. I would be remiss if I did not remind you of the many women who paved the way for women today to take our places in the leadership of the church today. The Episcopal Church Women have evolved and been transformed from our beginning as the Women’s Auxiliary. From Miss Sallie Stuart, whose cross I wear, and whose vision led to the formation of our organization in 1892, to those who fought for equality, the women of the ECW have led the way by providing training and leadership opportunities for women. In our Diocese, there are those like Martha, Deborah, Nan, Ann, Ruth, Pat and Anna Lou who worked for the infirmed, the incarcerated, the homeless, the lost and those plagued by illness and disease. They worked to help the dejected and rejected, like those removed from their home and put in institutional settings. I also want to recognize and thank the ECW officers and board members who served with me. Without their support and counsel I would not be standing before you today. During my last year, I look forward to seeing the goals we have set come to fruition. In 2010, I visited 11 churches and spoke with their Episcopal Church Women. One of my personal goals this year is to meet or double that number. Additional ECW goals are as follows:1)To award more and larger scholarships by increasing the funding for our scholarship program. We are doing this by seeking an increase in the contributions to our Book of Remembrance and our Gift of Life Book; 2)to strengthen our support for children and their education through enhanced support of our current ministries and partnerships; and 3) to grow the ECW by increasing the involvement of young women and girls in the ECW through the reestablishment of groups within the diocese such as the Junior Church Women and the Girls Friendly Society. I’m pleased to share that the refurbishing the ECW Presidents’ Wall at the Mayo House is well underway. I closed my oral report last year with a quiz regarding the top 10 steps for building the ECW in churches and parishes. Many of those present chuckled to themselves as the quiz progressed. No quiz will be given this year, but spot notebook checks will be conducted. The notebook referenced is the ECW Yearbook distributed yearly to each church. This yearbook is the link between churches and the Diocesan ECW. Check to see if your church has its Yearbook and it if doesn’t, contact us through our Web site or e-mail addresses. You may also obtain updates for outdated yearbooks on the ECW Web site: www.ecw.thediocese.net. We’ll be making spot checks for the most vibrant and active group of Episcopal Church Women in the Diocese of Virginia. Will your name be called when accolades are given and awards presented to the women who are bringing Joy to the World by living the ECW motto “Joy in Service”? Submitted by Ms. Beblon Parks, President The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Committee on Human Need

Mission: The Commission on Human Need (COHN) encourages local involvement in outreach projects, and challenges church leaders to envision and implement new forms of mission and ministry across the Diocese. COHN meets twice each to year to review and make recommendations to the Executive Board for Mustard Seed grants (spring) and Fund for Human Need grants (fall). In 2010, the Executive Board approved COHN recommendations for grants totaling $21,730. Members: Current commission members include: Mr. Scott M. Broetzmann, Chair (St. Paul’s, Alexandria); Mr. Ron Field (All Saint’s Sharon Chapel); Ms. Ruth Gibson (Buck Mountain Church); Ms. Barbara Merchant (Grace, the Plains) Mr. Linn L. Power (St. Stephen’s, Catlett); Ms. Jodie Pully (Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond); Mr. Frank Saunders Jr. (St. Phillip’s, Richmond); Dr. Emerson Smith (Calvary, Front Royal); Ms. Judy Tulis (St. Mary’s, Whitechapel) 2010 Mustard Seed Grants Mustard Seed grants totaling $6,750 were recommended by the Commission and approved by the Executive Board at its June, 2010 meeting. • St. John’s Episcopal, Columbia – Ecumenical Community Barbeque,$500 for food for community barbeque event • Church Of The Messiah, Fredericksburg – Larcum House,$3,000 for a well and septic system • Grace Church, Casanova - Come, Grow, Go,$1,500 for audiovisual equipment • Aquia Episcopal Church – Aquia’s Table, $1,750 for food 2010 Fund for Human Need Grants Fund for Human Need grants totaling $14,980 were recommended by the Commission and approved by the Executive Board at its November, 2010 meeting. • Christ Church, Millwood – Christ Church Cares Community Pantry, $4,600 for a refrigerator, freezer, and shelving • Christ The King, Harrisonburg – Stop Hunger Now Packaging Event, $3,000 for food and promotional activities to support event • St. Andrew’s, Arlington – Community Vegetable Garden, $1,500 for general support and gardening supplies • St. Andrew’s, Richmond – Children’s Breakfast Program,$2,880 for breakfast foods • St. Paul’s On-The-Hill, Winchester - St. Paul’s Table/Men’s Ministry programs$3,000 for food Submitted by Mr. Scott M. Broetzmann, Chair

Committee on Mental Health

The diocesan Mental Health Committee continues to work to promote understanding, awareness, advocacy and action for and on behalf of those affected by mental illness throughout the Diocese. Our emphasis remains on educational opportunities to provide knowledge and clarity about mental illness/wellness. Our goal is to alleviate the stigma that overshadows the mentally ill, thereby promoting understanding, awareness, compassion, inclusion and mental wellness. During 2010, our monthly meetings have continued generally on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at Trinity Church, Fredericksburg. Members of the Committee have made presentations at various churches throughout the diocese: for example, Don 156

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Bruce, Ph.D., made a presentation at St. James-The-Less, Ashland. Other committee members and “friends” made mental health presentations and facilitated discussions about mental health in various parishes. 2010 activities include: A new Web site, www.VAmentalhealth.org. Meetings are open, so that other interested people may attend. Minutes of the monthly meetings, agenda and information and details about special projects are available on the Web site. A mental health conference, “Making the Connection: Mental Health and Our Faith Communities” in October 2010, a workshop on responding to bipolar/depression cosponsored by VOCAL (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership) with introduction and opening remarks by Marta Engdahl, chair, lead speakers the Rev. Matt Johnson, associate rector, Grace Church, The Plains, and Brian Parrish, executive director, VOCAL, a program on bipolar depression by Donald Bruce, Ph.D., small group discussion facilitated by Robert DiCalogero, followed by large group report, and closing remarks and dismissal by Ellen Osborne. Further details and conference report may be found on the above website or requested from the Chair. A report, “A Call to Awareness, Advocacy and Action,” September 2010, as a result of data collected in the Mental Health Needs Survey questionnaire distributed and collected at VA Council 215th at the January session in Richmond, and on the adjourned date in February at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. This report, containing an Executive Summary, the 2004 founding mental health resolution, Roster of Members and Wellness Planner that was mailed to each and every church (230) in the Diocese in October/November 2010. This document is also available on the Web site, www. VAmentalhealth.org. The Wellness Planner, Appendix C, is being re-designed into “A Spiritual Guide to Wellness Planning.” An interfaith gathering, Rekindling Our Light, September 22, 2010, at St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville, an interfaith gathering of remembrance and renewal, was also supported by UVA Women’s Center, United Ministries at UVa, SARA (Sexual Assault Resource Agency), SHE (Shelter for Help in Emergency) and White Ribbon Campaign at UVa. Further conferences in the fall and spring are planned with the hope of continued outgrowth of support groups in various churches throughout the regions of the diocese. Our workshops regarding bipolar disorder and depression, post traumatic stress disorder and suicide prevention are available for distribution and presentation to all parishes in the Diocese. Our members also are ready and available to provide assistance to parishes that are facing challenges associated with mental illness and the work toward recovery/ wellness. Whether the need is for sound, current information referral to resources, or consultation, we stand ready to serve those in the Diocese of Virginia. A Mental Health Award based on the Spiritual Guide to Wellness Planning is scheduled for deadline on Christ the King Sunday, November 26, 2011. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light. –Matthew 11: 28-30.

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2011 Mission Statement As members of the Body of Christ, we seek to live out the reconciling love of Jesus by offering educational programs and net-working resources so that the Church may be a welcoming sanctuary for people living with mental illness. You are invited to stop by the Mental Health Committee Exhibit Display Table to learn about our recent projects: • 2010 First Annual Mental Health Conference, Making the Connection: Mental Health and Our Faith Communities, October 9, 2010 at Church of Our Savior, Charlottesville, Co-Sponsored with VOCAL, (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership); • Report, A Call to Awareness, Advocacy, and Action, September 2010 (on the Mental Health Needs Survey Questionnaire, January 2010 and data responses); • Participation and Support of Rekindling Our Light, an interfaith gathering of Remembrance and Renewal at St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville September 22, 2010; • View and/or receive the Mental Health Committee Workshops: Bipolar Disorder/ Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Suicide Prevention • Visit with mental health consultants about opportunities for Adult Forum programs/ discussions for your parish; • Become active as a member, “friend”, or regional representative on the Mental Health Committee “Take my yoke upon me and you will find rest for your souls.” -- Matt. 11: 29. Submitted by Ms. Marta Engdahl, Chair

Commission on Ministry

The Commission on Ministry is charged by the canons of the Episcopal Church to advise and assist the bishop in “ the determination of present and future opportunities and needs for the ministry of all baptized persons,” and “the design and oversight of the ongoing process for recruitment discernment, formation for ministry, and assessment of readiness therefore.” The Chair of the Commission on Ministry during the report year was the Rev. Dr. David T. Anderson, St. Stephen’s, Richmond. We thank him for his years of dedicated and effective ministry as he steps down from this work. The Commission is comprised of the chairs of the committees that fall under its umbrella, plus at large members. The Commission met several times in 2010 to oversee the work of these committees and share common mission. The Commission also spent 24 hours on retreat to reflect on the present and future needs of the church and on how the Commission can best raise up leadership to meet those needs. The Committees which fall under the Commission are: Committee on Discernment Mission: Develop and oversee the discernment process for leadership ministries, both lay and ordained; recruit, train and support Diocesan Spiritual Discernment Facilitators; design and deliver Diocesan Discernment Retreats; provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to discernment; serve as a resource on discernment for the Diocese. The Chair is the Rev. Stephen H. Wade. There are currently 20 lay and clergy 158

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persons trained as Diocesan Spiritual Discernment Facilitators. The DSDFs normally meet quarterly for continuing education and reflection on their work. In 2010, Diocesan Discernment Retreats were held in February, May and September, with 38 participants from 21 congregations. Committee on the Diaconate Mission: Develop and oversee the policies and procedures for formation of (vocational) deacons, including assisting individuals and presenting parishes with the nomination and application process for the diaconate, and evaluation of experience and education; provide continuing support and assistance to persons in the diaconal formation process; develop and oversee the policies, procedures, and curriculum of the Diaconal Formation Institute (DFI); provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to the diaconate. The Chair is the Rev. Jane Piver, Grace Church, Stanardsville. The first five candidates for the diaconate are scheduled to be ordained as deacons on February 5, 2011. There are 13 postulants now enrolled in the Diaconal Formation Institute, and their formation will continue to completion. Bishop Johnston, with the advice and consent of the Committee on the Diaconate, has called for a moratorium on the admission of new postulants for one to two years to give the Committee adequate time to regularize and strengthen the formation, education and training process. The Diocese of Virginia remains committed to the diaconate. It is because of this strong commitment that focused attention ton bolstering the process is needed. Committee on Priesthood Mission: Develop and oversee the policies and procedures for the formation of priests, including assisting individuals and presenting priests with the nomination and application process for priesthood, provide continuing support and assistance to persons in the priestly formation process; provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to priesthood; serve as a resource on priesthood for the diocese. The Chair in 2010 was the Rev. Dr. David T. Anderson, St. Stephen’s, Richmond. As a result of the work of the Committee in 2010, seven persons were ordained to the transitional diaconate, five were persons ordained to the priesthood, six persons were granted candidacy and seven were granted postulancy. Young Priest Initiative Mission: The Young Priests Initiative is designed to help young adults, especially college students, to discern their call to ministry—whether lay ministry or ordained ministry. The emphasis is on support to young people who move around a lot, or are away from their home parishes while in school, or who have come to the Episcopal Church through college ministries and not through traditional parish membership. In 2010-2011, the YPI is journeying with four young adults in their discernment process. The Chair is the Rev. Laura M. Lockey, Campus Missioner at James Madison University Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains Mission: Review and evaluate General Ordination Examinations for persons seeking priesthood, and recommend and oversee any additional work required to demonstrate proficiency in the seven areas covered by the GOEs; assist in the development, administration and evaluation of written and oral examinations for persons seeking the diaconate; develop, administer and evaluate examinations for clergy ordained in other denominations; provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to GOEs and related examinations; serve as resource on theological education for the Diocese. In 2010, the DBEC read examinations of seven candidates for priesthood and five candidates for the diaconate. In addition they developed, administered and read the exam for one former The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Roman Catholic priest seeking to be received as an Episcopal priest. The Chair is the Rev. Dr. Craig A. Phillips, St. Peter’s, Arlington. Committee on Continuing Clergy Formation Mission: Develop and administer the Fresh Start program for newly ordained clergy and clergy new to the Diocese; provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to continuing clergy formation; serve as resource on continuing clergy formation for the Diocese. The two-year long Fresh Start program is now in its ninth year in the Diocese of Virginia. Approximately 30 participants are enrolled for the 2010-2011 program year. Three facilitators work with the chair to provide fellowship and continuing education for participants. The Chair is the Rev. James A. Papile, St. Anne’s, Reston. Committee on Leadership Formation Mission: Develop and oversee the policies and procedures for leadership formation for laity, deacons, and priests; develop and oversee the Episcopal Leadership Institute; provide advice and counsel to the Bishop on matters related to leadership formation; serve as a resource on leadership formation for the Diocese. The Chair is the Rev. Margaret Ann Faeth, Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria. Mid-Atlantic Parish Training Program Mission: Provide an intensive summer internship experience in a parish for those preparing for priesthood. The Chair is the Rev. Lynn Holland. Submitted by the Rev. Canon Susan Goff

Committee on Parish Nursing

This has been a year of frustration in trying to communicate with parishes about their health programs. We are still trying to get a mechanism to be able to determine which parishes have a parish nurse/health ministry program and which do not have one. We have met and talked to eight nurses who are interested in parish nursing. We hope they will be trained this year. We have had to say farewell to Ann Mingledorf as she is working on a diaconate. We wish her well. We are pleased that Amy Williams from the bishop’s office will be working with us. Last, we hope to have a resolution before the Council for a mandatory health ministry in each parish by the end of 2012. This was a resolution coming out of General Convention. More next year! Submitted by Ms. Helen Zebarth, Chair, Region 14; Ms. Carol Heddleston, Region 6; Ms. Jan Litsinger, Region 2; Ms. Anne Parker, Region 1

Committee on Parish Youth Ministries

PYM (Parish Youth Ministries) is a committee composed of high school students from across the Diocese. It is the only committee in the Diocese of Virginia that is made up entirely of youth. The members of the group, which ranges from 25-30 members, are the leaders in a series of weekend and day events held throughout the school year. Annually PYM hosts three large events at Shrine Mont: 6th & 7th Grade Weekend, 8th 160

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Grade Weekend and Senior High Weekend. There are also several one-day events held at various locations across the Diocese such as the Fall and Spring Day of Service and Spring day of Play. The main objective of these events is to promote opportunities of fellowship and spiritual growth for the youth in our diocese through music, arts and crafts, games, bible study, small group discussion, initiative exercises, and prayer. The group also spends two weekends a year in retreat for planning and leadership training, and on months where there is not an event the committee meets in Fredericksburg to evaluate the program offerings and plan for future events. A selection of the committee serves as pages at Annual Council. The PYM Committee elects their two co-chairs; for the 2010-2011 school year the co-chairs are Kathleen Gayle and Tav Hafner. The diocesan liaison is Michael Wade. Submitted by Mr. Michael Wade

Committee on the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct

The primary work of the Committee continues to be trainings for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and the Prevention of Adult Sexual Misconduct throughout the Diocese, including the annual training for students at Virginia Theological Seminary (this year in August). This year we offered 23 trainings for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, 3 abbreviated trainings and 18 trainings for the Prevention of Adult Sexual Misconduct. Over 600 people received training. We have continued to train new trainers for the child abuse prevention training, working to have people trained in areas of the diocese that have not had trainers nearby. The training for adult sexual misconduct has been revised, and we welcome new trainers who would like to be trained in that. The Committee is developing an abbreviated training for the Prevention of Adult Sexual Misconduct that will be required of lay pastoral caregivers beginning in July, 2011. A training of trainers for this new training will be offered at several locations in the Diocese. At the annual meeting of trainers in October, members of St. John’s, McLean shared their experience of developing guidelines for safe practices in internet safety. Guidelines developed by the Diocese of Connecticut served as one of their resources. Congregations are reminded that both trainings are required of ALL paid employees. The Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse training is required of all volunteers who work with children and youth at any time other than Sunday morning. This training, or an abbreviated form of it, is strongly recommended for those who work with children and youth on Sunday mornings. As of September 1, 2006, all adults who go on mission trips involving children or youth are required to take the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse training. Additionally, the designated leader(s) of each mission trip are required to take the Prevention of Adult Sexual Misconduct training. The diocesan Policy and Procedures Manual contains additional information and is available online through the diocesan Web site. An up-to-date list of trainings is also on the Web site. Submitted by the Rev. Jacqueline C. Thomson, Chair

Committee on Race Relations

Members: Ms. Ellyn Crawford, Co-chair, St. George’s, Arlington; The Rev. J. David Niemeyer, Co-chair, Trinity, Highland Springs & St. Francis’, Goochland; Mr. Buck Blanchard, Staff, Diocese of Virginia; Ms. Carol Burroughs, Trinity, Arlington; Mr. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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William Campbell, St. Paul’s, Alexandria; Dr. John B. Chilton, Grace and Holy Trinity, Richmond; Mrs. Barbara Jackson, St. Paul’s, West Point; Dr. John L. Johnson, St. Mary, Colonial Beach; Mrs. Gladys E. Lewis, St. Philip’s, Richmond; The Rev. Barbara Marques, All Soul’s, Mechanicsville; Mr. Joseph Royster, Meade Memorial, Alexandria; Mrs. Marion Spraggins, Trinity, Arlington; Mr. Maurice Spraggins, Trinity, Arlington; Ms. Kathryn Thomas, Grace, Standardsville; Mrs. Mareea E. Wilson, St. Barnabas’, Annandale Our Mission: The Committee on Race Relations of The Diocese of Virginia embraces the responsibility to: • Develop and implement programs and strategies that affirm our baptismal covenant; and • Engage and lead conversations across the Diocese about race and racism. At the end of 2009, we set forth goals for this year’s work. We have made progress in each area. At the same time, we are acutely aware that to become the Church that Christ envisioned we must, with God’s help, continue to develop and offer information, programs and projects that resonate with Episcopalians across the Diocese. Our overarching purpose remains to provide safe, creative, prayer-centered opportunities to become an anti-racist Church that sees “ the Face of God in Each Other.” Our goals for the past year were to: 1 Define specific goals and measures for our newly created sub-committees (training, networking, communications and research, budget, and structural analysis) and implement programs that achieve our objectives. Before planning and working on our programs and projects, described below, as a committee-of-the- whole, we first worked on the goal cited above. Guided by the outcome of this discussion, we were able to proceed. 2 Continue to address racial diversity issues in the diocesan structure. The Sub-Committee on Structural Analysis is designing a survey to be sent to a random sample of congregations. The questions will essentially be the same as those asked in the survey conducted more than 20 years ago. Using these questions will afford us affording the opportunity to measure progress and identify opportunities. Ms. Maurice Spraggins leads this effort assisted by Mr. John L. Johnson and the Rev. David Niemeyer. They intend to report by the end of 2011. 3 Offer a brief presentation at Annual Council in 2011 in addition to our exhibit presence.As a Committee-of-the Whole, we look forward to offering one of the 1 and ¾-hour break-out sessions at Council in January: The Committee on Race Relations invites you to a multi-media colloquium. See and hear a brief presentation about the history of race relations in our Diocese. View many faces of Christ and Christ’s people. Walk the labyrinth and meditate on Christ, our blessed redeemer, teacher and friend 4 Build on the two workshops offered in 2009; refine and offer anti-racism programs throughout the Diocese in multiple formats including workshops and brief presentations. The Sub-Committee on Training and Networking has developed two companion programs to the 12-hour workshop, “Seeing the Face of God in Each Other”: A 45-minute program suitable for presentation during a forum that presents a brief history of race relations in the Diocese (part of our break-out session), and a 3-hour interactive program featuring the film “Traces of the Trade.” The trainers of the Race Relations Committee offered three 12-hour workshops in 2010. The first was in March for the members of the South African Partnership and the South African Commission. The second was in October for the vestries of All Souls, Mechanicsville; 162

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St. Francis, Goochland; and Trinity, Highland Springs. Also attending were several seminarians from Virginia Theological Seminary and a rector from the Diocese of New York. The third workshop was facilitated by the co-chairs of the Committee on Race Relations of the Diocese of Virginia for the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation of the Diocese of Maryland. The work of this Sub-Committee is proceeding with developing programs which guided the next goal. 5 Pay particular attention to ensuring that the content is relevant across generations with additional theological emphasis. The Sub-Committee will next work on a program specifically designed to be offered to youth in the Diocese. The work-group is lead by Ms. Marion Spraggins, assisted by the Rev. Barbara Marques, Ms. Kathryn Thomas and Ms. Ellyn Crawford. 6 Give special effort to researching and documenting the history of our Diocese as it relates to understanding our past and the continuing legacy of slavery and racism. The Sub-Committee on Research and Communication has launched and maintains the Web site for the Committee on Race Relations. In addition, a comprehensive history of race relations in the Diocese is in final draft and will be offered to the Diocese in early 2011, fulfilling the requirement set forth in the resolution passed by of General Convention. Continuing research and making information available to the Diocese via our website is an ongoing effort. This Sub-Committee is lead by Dr. John Chilton assisted by Ms. Gladys Lewis and Mr. Joseph Royster. In August, the Committee had lunch with Bishop Johnston. We brought him up to date on our activities. Following that exchange, he told us of his extraordinary experiences while deeply involved in working to foster improved race relations in Mississippi. We spent the last part of the luncheon meeting speaking of what we can do in the future toward our goal of becoming an anti-racist Diocese that is welcoming and supporting of all God’s people. The members of the Committee on Race Relations pray for God’s grace and inspiration as we continue our work in 2011. Submitted by Ms. Ellyn Crawford, Co-chair

Roslyn

During 2010, the Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn hosted 280 organizations with over 9,000 participants. In addition to hosting these groups, Roslyn was the setting for complimentary clergy retreats, an Easter Brunch and a Blessing of the Animals. Roslyn greeted 2010 by opening the doors of the Bishop’s Chapel. Built in honor of the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, over 300 people participated in the June dedication of the building. Guests love the addition of the chapel and frequently comment on its beauty and the spiritual sense one feels when inside. Roslyn’s clergy retreats continue to be a favorite offering. The gift of time for diocesan clergy to come to Roslyn for rest, reflection and fellowship has been a welcome one with many repeat visitors as well as many new ones. Roslyn’s Easter Brunch welcomed another record crowd in 2010. Over 165 people enjoyed a delicious meal on Easter Sunday. We hope to see many of these guests again as we host the fifth annual brunch in 2011. A second Blessing of the Animals was held by the outdoor altar in October. An annual event at Roslyn, the Blessing is the perfect service to hold at Roslyn where so many beautiful animals live in its wonderful environment. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Looking to 2011, plans to give the upper floor of Tucker Hall a face lift will make eight additional lodge rooms available for Roslyn’s guests. We look forward to having these extra rooms ready for occupancy by the middle of the year. This has indeed been a year filled with good fortune. Thanks to those who have helped make all of these events and activities possible. Submitted by Ms. Kass Lawrence, Director

Committee for South African Partnership

The Committee for South African Partnership (CSAP) seeks mutual partnership with our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Christ the King, South Africa in ways that will encourage both our ministries, foster and deepen our relationships with each other and make us stronger in spreading the Gospel. Each time we meet, we begin with Bible study and reflection, on how that particular scripture speaks to our work in the committee. We hold as our biblical mandate Paul’s words found in 1 Thessalonians 5:11-26 “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labor among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this. Beloved, pray for us. Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.” A large part of our committee time is spent sharing news about the people and churches in our partnerships and praying for them, especially for those “who labor among the people.” We recognize the relative prosperity we have in our portion of the Kingdom, and we feel obligated to help our South African brothers and sisters financially and materially, however we can. Background: In 1990, the Diocese of Christ the King, South Africa was created to serve a rapidly increasing population in a long, thin area stretching from the southern suburbs of Johannesburg to the Vaal river of South Africa. Bishop and Mrs. Peter James Lee were guests of Peter John Lee, at his consecration in as bishop of the new diocese, and the CSAP was established in 1991. The Diocese of Christ the King is located in the Johannesburg area, bordered by the Southwest Township (SOWETO) and the Cape Town freeway. It is a small diocese, with a high percentage of its residents living in extremely poor conditions. Since the establishment of the Diocese of Christ the King and the CSAP, a number of cultural exchanges and visits have been conducted between the two dioceses with the intent of fostering relationships and understanding. 2010: Two Members of the CSAP spent eleven days in the Diocese of Christ the King in March. Members stayed at St. Benedict’s Convent as well as the home of the Rev. David Dinkebogile, Rector of St. Cyprian’s Church in Sharpeville. Committee members visited St. Laurence Church in Small Farms, All Saints, Holy Innocents, Finetown, Church 164

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of the Savior in Lenasia, St. Mary’s Children’s Home, St. Monica’s as well as attended the Bishop’s Executive Council planning meeting, a Diocesan Youth Initiative Council meeting, youth group at St. Cyprian’s and a student ministries Eucharist. Members also had the opportunity to attend the annual Mother’s Union Event, Ladies Day at Church of the Ascension. The Rev. Ann Ritonia from the Diocese of Virginia was the guest preacher for that event. Ms. Ritonia also had the opportunity to celebrate the Eucharist for a group of retirees at the diocesan retreat center, St. Peter’s Place, as well as concelebrate a three-hour Sunday Eucharist at St. Cyprian’s in Sharpeville. A highlight of the visit was visiting and walking the 117-acre site for the proposed Diocesan Retreat Center, Eldnsfontein, Thaba ea Jesus, “A Place Apart.” Members of the committee also had the opportunity to have tea with the Mrs. Singer, who donated the land to the Diocese of Christ the King. The visit to the Diocese of Christ the King was informative, established new relationships, nurtured existing relationships and strengthened the bonds of affection between the Diocese of Virginia and the Diocese of Christ the King. The number of youth that are involved in the life of the Diocese of Christ the King and the depth of commitment to serving Jesus and one another was awe-inspiring. The committee this year, in addition to our visit, to fulfill the mission of the Partnership purchased and shipped twelve study Bibles to the Diocese of Christ the King, supporting seminarian and clergy education. The committee procured a grant from the Marie Cooper Fund for $20,000 dollars, paid over four years. The grant is to be used for the development of Taba ea Jesus, the Diocesan camp and retreat center. The first installment of $5,000 dollars was received in December. The committee continued supporting a seminarian this year as well as seeking additional funding sources for camp development. A grant of $1,000 dollars was given by region XIV. Members of the committee also participated in Race Relations training this spring and we all wish to thank members of the Race Relations Committee for their commitment to this important work and the professional manner in which training was conducted. The majority and probably the most important aspects of our work are relationship building, mutual prayer and correspondence between Churches and Sunday School children. In addition, some churches are enjoying working with specific outreach projects of their linked congregation, planning mission trips, offering financial support or scholarships, sabbatical visits and the like. Currently pairing with their counterparts in the Diocese of Christ the King are Trinity, Charlottesville; Emmanuel, Rapidan; Trinity, Washington; St. Phillip’s, Richmond; St. Barnabas’, Annandale; St. James’s, Richmond; Grace Church, Alexandria; St. Gabriel’s, Leesburg; St. Margaret’s, Woodbridge; and Christ Church; Winchester. In 2010 the CSAP met all budget obligations. We have grown in partnership through self-funded trips and the gifts of generous patrons, the committee on mission and have been able to financially support several key area of ministry in our partnership. We have also been pleased with the growing the relationship between our two dioceses and their leaders. 2011: Goals for 2011 include proactively establishing a greater number of partnerships, and continuing to support the work of the diocese of Christ the King. A long-term goal of the CSAP remains to partner every church in the Diocese of Christ the King with a sister congregation or congregations in the Diocese of Virginia. This is slow work and due to communication challenges, relationships grow slowly over time. Also in 2011, the The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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committee will continue to highlight the benefits of parish partnerships, which include mutual prayer, correspondence between clergy and parishioners of all ages, potential exchanges, and support of special congregation-based ministry initiatives. In addition, the CSAP would like to help form additional partnerships between youth groups of both Diocese’s as well as continue to find schools and diocesan organizations that would partner with and support schools in the Diocese of Christ the King. As a committee, we will continue to identify additional avenues to support clergy and lay education. Strengthen the relationship between youth of our respective Diocese through visits as well as arrange for the Diocese of Christ the King, Director of Christian Formation to visit and establish relationships with youth in the Diocese of Virginia through PYM. We will continue to identify additional funding sources for Taba ea Jesus property development as well as support Bishop Johnston’s initiatives between our partner Dioceses. The CSAP will support the spiritual needs of the diocese by helping to provide funding and opportunities for ordained clergy and lay ministers, as well as to encourage clergy and laity from this diocese in a sense of mission. CSAP is providing small scholarships to Bishop Peter John Lee for his use in training clergy and lay people, and we are encouraged by the work of Virginia Theological Seminary to provide summer experiences in South Africa, as well as bringing professors from South African to teach in their January term. As our work proceeds, it is our hope that our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Christ the King, particularly, the seminarian and lay ministers we support through scholarships, and exchanges will make a difference in the lives they touch as ministers of the Gospel and providers of care and support to congregations. We are grateful to all Episcopalians in the Diocese of Virginia who encourage and support our work as a committee. Submitted by the Rev. Ann Ritonia, Chair

Shrine Mont

2010 was another fun-filled and exciting year on the mountain. This year, over 15,000 guests and 650 campers enjoyed our wonderful facility for traditional parish weekends, summer camps, conferences, family vacations and individual get-a-ways. Some highlights from this year include: • Thousands of people worshiped in the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration and we marked the 85th anniversary of the consecration of the Shrine on August 6. • Eighty five parishes from the Diocese held retreat. • Nine different camps hosted over 650 youth and families of the Diocese. • 125 volunteers attended our Annual Work Weekend providing Shrine Mont an invaluable service in preparing to open for the season. • The fifth Art & Soul conference was held in July and focused on nurturing our spiritual life through the creative arts. • Bishop Shannon hosted the 21st annual Bishops Bluegrass Festival on July 4. • Bishop Jones hosted the 12th annual Tee with the Bishop’s Golf Tournament raising over $11,000 for Shrine Mont. • Shrine Mont also added new conferences and events to our calendar including the first annual women’s retreat, which was attended by 25 participants and was a great success. Our first digital photography weekend was held in the fall. • Grace Church Berryville held a mission trip at Shrine Mont and rebuilt the Bear Wallow Camp. • Shrine Mont partnered with the Shenandoah Sheriff’s Department to host the first annual Leadership Camp for Shenandoah County middle school students. This camp 166

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offered 30 local youth a unique opportunity to learn from and develop a rapport with local officers. • Shrine Mont entered a new partnership with Bryce Resort giving 175 campers and guests the opportunity to use Bryce’s Zip Line and climbing wall. Other community partnerships continued with the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival offering an array of concerts and artists at Shrine Mont. We also hosted a number of luncheons and dinners for various community organizations. Shrine Mont continues in its efforts to improve our facilities. In 2010 we raised nearly $160,000 toward the reconstruction of St. Andrews cottage and acquired the Orkney Springs Fire Company property at the entrance to Orkney Springs. This will ensure that Orkney retains its simple small-town look for all who visit Shrine Mont. Shrine Mont would like to thank the Shrine Mont Board of Directors, the diocesan staff and all of the guests and donors for their hard work and efforts to continue to make Shrine Mont ”a place apart.” We are looking forward to another great season in 2011 and hope that every member of the Diocese will spend some time with us. Submitted by Mr. Kevin Moomaw, Executive Director

Committee for the Stewardship of Creation

History: The diocesan Committee for the Stewardship of Creation was formed by Bishop Lee in 1992 to respond to a 1991 General Convention resolution which called for Episcopalians “to view Environmental Stewardship as a matter of highest urgency“. Here we are many years later, and the words “highest urgency” remain significant. As Stewards of God’s Creation, this Committee’s energy remains dedicated to its original vision to share our faith, our ideas, and by our actions to provide the guidance to conserve and protect God’s creation. Mission: We provide guidance, support, speakers, newsletters, a Web site and teaching materials to 1 Help Parishes identify and implement ways to become better stewards of God’s creation. 2 Offer ideas for action to help restore and protect the earth. 3 Provide theological and scientific materials on environmental matters and spirituality. 4 Encourage dialogue on the environment and our faith. The following listing enumerates how we Served our Churches during 2010. Our Objectives Relate to Our Services We help people in the parishes and missions of the Diocese to understand environmental issues as religious concerns. The Committee is guided by it’s permanent spiritual cochair, a member of our clergy, to guide us while assuring that we stay on message. With our spiritual guide, we make clear to those we serve, of the connection between our Christian faith and caring for creation. We strive to increase awareness throughout the Diocese of the nature and seriousness The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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of the environmental challenges and the faith-derived actions required to help solve these problems. We encourage and support stewardship of creation ministries at the local parish/mission level with liturgical, spiritual and worship resources and technical assistance. We share information about ongoing environmental and sustainability issues at state, national and international levels including legislation, education and ecumenical partnerships (below). We support specific environmentally related activities, e.g., Shrine Mont forest management, renewable energy, energy audit programs, parish energy and water conservation. We sponsor and conduct periodic conferences on issues related to faith and the environment. We maintain a list of contacts and resource organizations within the network of relevant faith and environmental groups. An example of these follow in a list of Web sites. We have developed and distributed lists of Energy Savings Tips to dozens of our churches. These lists are available to everyone via our Committee Web site and the diocesan Web site. We have, through our co-chair for information and communications, Susan Midland, furnished articles for publication in The Virginia Episcopalian. Most notable recently is the summary of last September’s Committee conference on “Our Threatened Water Supply.” This can be found in The Virginia Episcopalian, January 2011 Issue, on page 22; and, within this report below. We are exploring a program to encourage other diocesan committees to write about their work, and to share the value of that work with others. We have participated as speakers and presenters at our diocesan conferences; and when invited, to our sister diocese of Southern Virginia (DioSoVa). We have partnered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and it’s EnergyStar Division to assist them in the expansion of their National Energy Performance Rating System for Houses of Worship. We represent the Diocese of Virginia on the consultative council of Virginia Interfaith Power and Light as the Episcopal representative. The intention of our presence is to further the sharing of our work with other faith groups. We manage the Lee-Atkinson Energy Conservation Award. At Council in January 2010, the first annual award was presented to honor the one church that showed the greatest effort in energy conservation. We look forward to repeated interest in this award program in the future. We are progressing and enlarging our Church Stewardship Partner Program by continuing to contact all of our churches with a simple request: to select one person from their church who they believe possesses the imagination, desire and dedication to represent their congregation as its stewardship partner, and to become this Committee’s point of contact as we share with their church.

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At Council, during January 2011, a resolution will be proposed asking that, after the positive response received to date, all other churches simply name that person from their church to interface with the Committee. Hopefully, through the resolution, the 27 percent of churches that have already responded will grow to all churches. The Committee envisions that growth in the Church Stewardship Partner Program will enhance the success of interfaith Sharing. Links to Resource Organizations For Your Information Environmental Stewardship in the Churches • Peace and Justice Ministries, http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm • Episcopal Ecological Network, http://www.eenonline.org/ • Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, http://www.vipl.org/ • Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, http://www.gwipl.org/ • The Regeneration Project, http://www.theregenerationproject.org/ • Native Energy: Carbon Offsets for People and the Planet, http://nativeenergy.com/ Worship Resources • Diocese of Minnesota Environmental Stewardship Committee: Lectionary Reflections, http://www.env-steward.com/lectnry.htm • UK Christian Ecology Network: Green Pointers for Preachers, http://www.christianecology.org.uk/econotes-index.htm#index • Web of Creation Green Congregation Program: Worship Resources, http://www. webofcreation.org/Worship/resources.htm • Wellsprings: Liturgy of Creation, http://www.wellsprings.org.uk/liturgies/creation.htm Eco-Theology Education – helps us grow in our understanding of our stewardship responsibilities. • Eco-Theology Book List, http://www.cep.unt.edu/ecotheo.html • Forum on Religion and Ecology, http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/ • Theological Perspectives, http://www.earthcareonline.org/theolpersp.html Green Building Technologies - make our work and worship spaces more environmentally sensitive. • EPA Green Buildings, http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/ • Green Building Pages, http://www.greenbuildingpages.com/links/weblinks_fund.html • VA Sustainable Building Network, http://www.vsbn.org/membership.shtml#whoswho Science Education - the effects of global warming, species preservation, and pollution. • Real Climate: Climate Scientists on Climate Change, http://www.realclimate.org/ • Photographic evidence of Climate Change, http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/ • The Union of Concerned Scientists: News, Science, Solutions, http://www.ucsusa. org/global_warming/ • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Reports and Projections, http://www.ipcc.ch/ • International Union for the Conservation of Nature: Organizations Working Together for Conservation, http://cms.iucn.org/index.cfm • Endangered Species, http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

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• Virginia’s Natural Environment, Geography and People, http://www.virginiaplaces.org/ • Environmental News Network, http://www.enn.com/ Energy Saving - saving energy saves money and the environment: • Energy Star for Congregations, http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_ business.sb_congregations • Five Steps to Lower Your Energy Use, http://www.interfaithenergy.com/tips.htm • Solar Power, http://www.solarpanelinfo.com/ Taking Action - Steps and ideas for you and your congregation to help the environment: • Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Church Commits, http://genesis.eds.edu/ • Creation Care in Personal and Family Life, http://www.earthcareonline.org/perslife.html • Web of Creation - Ecology Resources to Transform Faith and Society, http://www. webofcreation.org/ • Chesapeake Climate Action Network to advocate for renewable energy sources, http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/index_va.cfm • Show the film “Renewal” - religious groups across the country acting for the environment, http://renewalproject.net.s17607.gridserver.com/ • Earth Ministry - For a “Greening Your Congregation” handbook, http://www. earthministry.org/ • Volunteer for Nature Conservation, http://greenvolunteers.com/ Try our Web sites for additional links to our resources • http://thediocese.net/stewardship_creation.shtml • www.CaringForGodsCreation.Net Summary of the Recent Conference, “Our Threatened Water Supply” Every day as we draw water from our faucets we expect clean and abundant water. Too few of us realize the increasing demands that are being placed on our usable water supply, obtained from surface water supplies and aquifers far below the ground surface. We know from daily news reports that in other parts of the world water scarcity is in crisis; yet little to nothing is reported that water supply is an emerging problem here in Virginia. On Saturday, September 18, 2010, the diocesan Committee on Stewardship of Creation convened a conference and workshop at St. James-the-Less Episcopal Church in Ashland, Virginia to discuss water scarcity in Virginia, particularly in the Coastal Region constituting much of the area encompassed by the Diocese. The speakers first demonstrated how water shortages worldwide have reached tragic proportions. They demonstrated by example how here at home clear signals have been arising that predict a future scarcity condition that conservation alone will not cure. The principal presentations at the conference were by Frank Fletcher, a hydrogeologist and fellow of the American Geological Society now living in the Northern Neck of Virginia; Scott Kudlas, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality; and, Dudley Rochester, formerly of the University of Virginia, a Committee member, a retired medical doctor and respiratory specialist and our keynote speaker. During the morning session, the presenters brought to attention the strains on regional water resources resulting from growing water demands. The Committee presented to the churches a list of water conservation tips, describing that list as a worthy church ministry, but a list which should not be considered as the total solution to water supply and sustainability issues. 170

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During the afternoon, participants in the Conference broke into smaller sessions that were facilitated by other specialists and leaders of non-profit safe water and water conservation associations that are active in the area served by the Diocese. The attendees were asked to consider, then translate what they heard during the morning session into lists of new and fresh ideas. The challenge was to seek new solutions that could result in larger conservation and supply results. At a later afternoon session, all reconvened to study each other’s lists, reported hereinafter. Background • The extended drought, 1999-2002, called policy-makers’ attention to Virginia’s lack of preparedness; growing dependence on finite water resources; and, policy-makers’ uncertainty about the scale of the problem. In the aftermath, the Commonwealth established a new regulatory structure to monitor and approve permitting for surface and groundwater withdrawals. As of the Conference, approximately twothirds of the Coastal Plain was encompassed in groundwater management districts. However, a number of withdrawals from ground water and surface water are grandfathered or unregulated even in the areas that are regulated, and the tools used to monitor and model ground water utilization in Virginia have not been updated significantly since the early 1990s. • While groundwater is the principal water source for fresh water in the Coastal Plain, there are no federal mandates to monitor and preserve ground water supplies as sustainable resources. • Current efforts and funding for data collection relevant to the sustainability of groundwater and aquifer resources are for the most part dependent on state funds. Because of limits on state and local budgetary resources to fund monitoring and modeling, Virginia’s capacity to assess the health of ground water resources has actually declined. • Federal, state and local agencies responsible for regulating water resources sometimes have conflicting perspectives and no mandate to coordinate or to resolve policy conflicts. The decentralization of water regulation in Virginia further limits data development and sharing and limits the effectiveness of the agencies’ support for development of policy by the General Assembly. • Even with the limited data available from existing collection points, the Conference learned that ground water in parts of the Coastal Plain is being drawn down significantly more than projected in available computer models; and that, subsidence of aquifer sources in some areas along the Fall Line has already occurred as a result of the greater drawdowns. Any subsidence in the source cells for an aquifer limits its capacity to replenish. • In some areas within the Diocese, authorities have ceased issuing building permits because water supply is insufficient for the proposed construction. Needs • More data is clearly needed to grasp the magnitude and urgency of the threats to sustainable water resources and to direct resources to address those threats effectively. Abundant water is under serious challenge; Virginia can no longer operate on an assumption that surface and groundwater supplies are limitless. Frank Fletcher contended that Virginia must soon shift to greater reliance on nontraditional water sources, e.g., tertiary wastewater recycling, desalination, and others that have the potential for providing a sustainable supply for our future needs. • This shift requires research, development, and funding. • The changes necessary to achieve sustainable water supplies cannot be accomplished solely by measures such as shorter showers and rain barrels. • Only institutional bodies possess the expertise, the finances, and the collective The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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manpower to bring about a new water supply paradigm that is in scale to the emerging demands on scarce supply. Small Group Sessions • The small group sessions explored the ethical and spiritual implications of how we as individuals, communities, societies, and institutions can address the current and anticipated future struggles for a sustainable water supply. • The afternoon sessions reflected on the shifts in thinking necessary to achieve a new paradigm. The conservation practices that households adopt can help give texture to thought as spiritual practices and can give force to leading edge technologies for water saving to help them gain wider market penetration. • The significant changes to define a new paradigm require an informed electorate, legislative action, government reorganization, corporate support, and changes in agricultural and industrial technologies. • Each group came up with its respective list of action points for dealing with water issues. When the groups reconvened, their action plans were consolidated to identify major points for an action plan based on scientific knowledge and the responsibility of committed Christians to care for God’s creation. Action Points • For Diocese: Enhance Shrine Mont resources for stewardship inspiration and education; publish articles regularly on moral dimensions of environmental stewardship in The Virginia Episcopalian; make environmental stewardship a regular program component in annual Councils. • For Parishes: Model mindful water use through technology retrofits and good stewardship practices; include an environmental stewardship component in parish retreat programs; make publicity for stewardship initiatives a regular feature in parish newsletters. • Four Households: Follow the regulatory agendas of water resource agencies; discuss stewardship issues with family and with friends; express views as citizens; support sympathetic advocacy groups; and take steps within homes to support mindful stewardship. • For Committee: Members should engage in outreach to parishes as speakers and information and networking resources; the Committee website should continue to develop as a Diocesan portal for information material to stewardship of creation by publicizing relevant church resources: age-appropriate Sunday school curricula, videos, book lists, blogs, etc. Conclusions • At its meeting in May 2011, the diocesan Committee on Stewardship of Creation will consider further the action points identified during the Conference; progress as reported by individual Churches, since the Conference; and, what further additional actions should be considered by the Committee and the Diocese to help address the emerging threats to sustainable water resources in Virginia. • The principal message resulting from this Conference; which best addresses the seriousness of water supply and its sustainability is that fresh and big ideas are needed, which must be followed by real action by everyone throughout the State and Nation. • This is an Every Person and Every Faith Challenge.

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A list of water conservation tips that churches and households can implement and program materials supporting the presentations of the speakers are posted on the Committee Web site. Submitted by Mr. Rocco V. Tricarico, AIA, Chair

Virginia Diocesan Homes, Inc.

Virginia Diocesan Homes, Inc. (“VDH”) has been designated by the Annual Council as the diocesan agency through which institutional care of the aging is maintained. VDH’s mission includes encouraging the development of new residential care communities for aging people in the Diocese and maintaining liaison with the existing residential communities for the aging related to the Diocese, namely Continuing Care Retirement Communities (“CCRC’s”): • Goodwin House in Alexandria • Goodwin House at Bailey’s Crossroads • Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury in Irvington • Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury in Winchester • Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville • Westminster Canterbury in Richmond, and • Residential (non-continuing care) Communities Lockwood and Elmwood Houses in Arlington The VDH Trustees elect, or approve the election of, the members of the governing boards of these communities. VDH acts in an oversight role, monitoring the condition of the communities and their policies and practices on care and services for their residents. Of particular interest for VDH for the CCRC’s are the fellowship resources to provide financial aid to residents. The VDH trustees meet quarterly at one of the communities, which affords opportunities for the trustees to visit each community and meet with its management. In the recent difficult economy, the trustees and management of the CCRC’s have responded decisively to the economic conditions, controlling costs while minimizing adverse effects on their residents. These efforts have provided substantial peace of mind for the residents, and their families. For many prospective residents of the CCRC’s, selling their home is a prerequisite for entering the CCRC and the trustees and management of the CCRC’s have adapted to the stress on housing markets with creative assistance to prospective residents who have had difficulty selling their home so that they can move into the CCRC. Particularly notable in 2010 was the completion and opening of an addition at Goodwin House – Bailey’s Crossroads adding 106 living units to that community. This complex construction project was accomplished on schedule and marketing, not withstanding the current economy, is ahead of projections. VDH also encourages the development of new residential facilities for the aging in the Diocese. In recent years, several of the CCRC’s have initiated expansions of their current facilities and the efforts of VDH have been more focused on the potential for facilities for aging people who may lack the financial means to enter a CCRC. Since the CCRC’s continuing care component is a major part of the cost of a CCRC, VDH has examined the potential for residential facilities for the aging which do not provide continuing care, i.e., on-site assisted living or nursing care, as an alternative to reduce costs and make the facility more accessible for people of moderate means. VDH invites churches to consider the needs in their communities for residential care for the aging which might be able to be met as a ministry of a church or group of churches. There are expertise and limited resources available from VDH to assist churches in exploring the potential for new The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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communities for housing for the aging. VDH has consulted with representatives of several churches who have potential interest in participating in development of new facilities and welcomes further inquiries. Although the current economic environment makes the financial feasibility of a new residential care facility challenging, we continue to explore the potential for this important ministry with interested churches or groups. Inquiries about potential new facilities may be made to VDH thorough Mayo House or by contacting Mary Holly Bigelow, 7613 Hollins Road, Richmond, VA23229, email: maryholly(at)verizon(dot)net. Submitted by Mr. J.P.Causey Jr., President

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Property Held in the Name of the Bishop of the Diocese Property

1703 N. 22nd Street, City of Richmond

Purchase Aug. 8, 2003

How/When Acquired

Cost/Value

1708 N. 22nd Street, City of Richmond Peter Paul Development Center

Purchase Oct. 22, 2002

$20,000

1710 N. 22nd Street, City of Richmond

Purchase Sept. 4, 2002

$12,500

1712 N. 22nd Street, City of Richmond

Purchase July 1, 2003

$15,000

1715 N. 22nd Street, City of Richmond

Purchase Sept. 5, 2002

$15,000

17811 Mine Rd., Dumfries, Prince William Co.

Gift 1989

26 Acres, New Kent Co.

Purchase May 2002

$100,000

5.71 Acres, Rockingham Co. Christ the King, Harrisonburg Rts. 659 and 704/Tax Map 125-A-L20D1

Purchase 2001

$420,000

5290 Saratoga Ln Dale City, Prince William Co. church sanctuary

Transferred Dec. 2006

All Souls’ Church 9077 Atlee Road Mechanicsville, Hanover Co. Vicarage

Purchase June 13, 2003

$8,000

$5,700

NA

$230,000

Titus Property 14899 James Monroe Hwy Leesburg, Loudoun Co. Suburban Single Family dwelling; 1.02 ac.; Goresville; PIN 180-49-2116-000; This property is contiguous to Christ Church, Lucketts Purchase Sept. 1998 $123,000 2610 Omisol Rd. Woodbridge, Prince William Co. 2.8810 ac., church sanctuary

Purchase Oct. 1997

$590,000

Christ the King (Shenandoah Presbytery) Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co. 7 ac at intersection of Rt. 659 and 704

Purchase Feb. 2002

$210,000

Church of the Creator Mechanicsville, Hanover Co. 4.0 ac.

Purchase Oct. 1963

$8,000

Church of the Creator 1204 Willow Avenue Mechanicsville, Hanover Co. Rectory

Purchase Oct. 1967

$8,000

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1700 Ashwood Blvd. Charlottesville, Albemarle Co. 20.36 ac. Purchase 2000 Deltaville Mission Site Rt. 33 Hardyville, Middlesex Co. 10.69 ac. & house Purchase 1999 Grace Church Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna Co. 0.70386 ac./Parcel A-14A, Tax Map 58

Gift April 15, 2004

James Monroe Highway Goresville, Loudoun Co. 4.37 ac. Purchase 1999 La Iglesia de Santa Maria 7000 Arlington Blvd. Falls Church, Arlington Co.

Purchase April 1, 2004

$975,000

$115,000

$5,000

$186,600

$4.2 million

96 Shelton Shop Road Stafford Co. 10.06212 ac. & house / Tax Map 19/23 H Purchase June 2001

$345,000

Poland Road Loudoun Co. Parcel 23C 8.4 ac.

$680,000

Purchase Sept. 18, 2001

St. Luke’s Chapel Rte. 17 Essex Co. Abandoned Church Unknown/Unknown

Unknown

Essex Co. Adjacent to St. Luke’s Chapel 5.836 acres/ Plat Book 30, p. 21, Parcel II

Purchase/Jan. 27, 2005

St. Martin’s Church St. Martin’s Lane Henrico Co. 7.8 ac.

Gift of DMS Jan. 1964

Tibbs Property Prince William Co. 18.1 ac

Purchase Dec. 27, 2001

$249,000

8116 Ox Road Crosse Point, Fairfax Co. 5.7488 acres Froman Property

Purchase 2000

$275,000

8108 Ox Road Crosse Point, Fairfax Co. 5.9354 acres Froman Property

Purchase Sept. 2000

$310,000

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Trinity Church Beaverdam St. Francis, Goochland 9.6 ac, Goochland Co.

Transferred from The Fork Church, Doswell 2010 Gift 2007

Property Held in the Name of the Trustees of the Diocese Property

How/When Acquired

Meade Memorial 515 White Post Road White Post, Clarke Co. Rectory 2.5 ac.

Transfer from parish trustees/Dec. 31, 1991

John Rolfe Pkwy Henrico Co. 7.6 ac.

Purchase & Gift June 4, 2004

Corner Stone Property (program of St. David’s) 11235 W River Rd Aylett, King William County

Purchase Feb 5, 2001

Abandoned Church Property Property

How/When Acquired

No cost

$520,000

Cost/Value

$250,000

$1.6 million

$105,000

Cost/Value

All Saints’ Church Mitchells, Culpeper Co.

Unknown/Unknown

$28,200

Baldwin’s Ridge Cemetery Fauquier Co.

Unknown/Unknown

$38,000

St. John’s Chapel Trevillians, Louisa Co. 11.3 ac. Abandoned church from special commissioner of the Court/1914 (Originally) Unknown St. John’s Church Bumpass, Spotsylvania 1.27 ac. Unknown/Unknown

$52,800

Active Church Properties Titled to the Diocesan Missionary Society Property

Good Shepherd Church Rt. 29 South Hickory Hill, Albemarle Co. 11.2 ac

How/When Acquired

Purchased: July 1956 From Trustees of the Funds March 1956 From Church: April 1941

Cost/Value

$19,000 Unknown Unknown

Good Shepherd Church Rt. 7 & 604 Bluemont, Clarke Co.

Purchased March 1941

$19,672

Grace Church Rt. 706 Red Hill, Albemarle Co. 1.0 ac.

Gift/1880

$14,000

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St. George’s Mission Rt. 624 Pine Grove, Page Co 2.5 ac.

From Trustees of Archdeaconry of the Blue Ridge/Jan. 1957

$47,300

St. John-the-Baptist Rt. 637 & 682 Ivy, Albemarle Co. 4.9 ac.

Gift & purchase: 1924-1961 From church: March 1957

St. Mary’s Church Buckmarsh St. Berryville, Clarke Co. One lot

Purchased/July 1945

$36,080

St. Paul’s Church 15th & F Street West Point, King William Co. Six lots

Purchased/April 1958

$25,042

St. Paul’s Church Rt. 602 Ingham, Page Co. .75 ac.

From church/March 1958

$13,000

St. Peter’s in the Woods Fairfax Station 7.16 ac

Purchased/March 1991

$1,100,000

Hanover County, 13 ac site for All Souls

Purchased/June 2006

$1,269,426

Property Held in the Name of the Trustees of the Funds Property

Mayo Memorial Church House 110 W. Franklin St. Richmond, City of Richmond

How/When Acquired

Purchase/Gift: 1923 Renovations 1983

Property Held in the Name of the Treasurer Property

Hastings Hunt (Cameron Parish) Fairfax Co. 2.5127 ac./Parcel G Section 6

How/When Acquired

Unknown/Unknown

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Unknown $21,000

Cost/Value

$80,000 $608,550

Cost/Value $3,770

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2011 PLEDGE REPORT SUMMARY 9/23/2011

Pledge Cards Received 49

2010 $ Pledged 1,196,143

2011 $ Estimated 1,196,143

Increase $'s over 2010

71

1,703,182

1,881,660

Decrease $'s over 2010

47

1,370,920

1,193,057

TOTAL PLEDGES RECEIVED

167

4,270,245

CHURCHES TO REPORT:

16

Same $'s as 2010

TOTAL CHURCHES:

183

Change in 2011 dollars estimated over 2010 dollars pledged:

182

4,270,860

$

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0.01% 615

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Parish REGION #1 - UPPER RAPPAHANNOCK Aquia Church, Stafford Christ Church, Brandy Station Christ Church, Spotsylvania Emmanuel Church, Port Conway Incarnation, Mineral Piedmont Church/Bromfield Parish, Madison St. Asaph's, Bowling Green St. George's, Fredericksburg St. James', Louisa St. John's, King George St. Mary's, Colonial Beach Emmanuel Church, Rapidan St. Paul's, Owens St. Peter's, Port Royal Trinity, Fredericksburg Little Fork (St. Mark's Parish), Rixeyville St. Stephen's, Culpeper Vauter's, Loretto Church of the Messiah, Fredericksburg REGION #2 - LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK Abingdon Church, White Marsh Christ Church, Christchurch Cople Parish, Hague North Farnham Parish, Farnham Grace Church, Kilmarnock Grace Church, Miller's Tavern Immanuel Church, King & Queen Kingston Parish, Mathews St. James', Montross St. John's, Tappahannock St. John's, Warsaw St. John's, West Point St. Mary's, Fleeton St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Lively St. Paul's, Miller's Tavern St. Paul's, Nomini Grove St. Paul's, West Point St. Peter's, Oak Grove St. Stephen's, Heathsville Trinity, Lancaster Ware, Gloucester Wicomico Church, Wicomico

2010 % of NDBI Pledged 7.00 5.70 8.00 2.53 *10.00 8.30 11.00 7.10 1.00 1.50 *3.00 4.00 10.00

2010 Dollars Estimated 25,000 2,000 17,600 500 1,600 10,000 5,200 91,300 9,600 1,000 1,500 1,500 5,000

2011 % of NDBI Pledged

2011 Dollars Estimated

7.00

25,000

8.00

17,700 500 1,700 10,000 5,600 96,457 10,000 1,050 1,500 2,000 5,000 1,750 51,000 3,960 17,000

3.00 10.00 9.10 11.00 7.06

10.00

*

50,000 2,640 17,000

5.00

12,600

5.00

12,000

5.00 3.30 10.00

12,500 6,600 9,000 600 50,000 1,000 100 22,000

10.00 0.59 11.00 4.00 8.00 10.00 4.00 0.59 10.00 4.00 9.00 6.30 1.50 8.50 8.00 10.00

5,000 11,000 500 55,000 1,000 300 23,500 4,500 5,500 1,000 14,805 2,000 13,140 10,000 4,000 2,000 6,930 6,000 22,500 6,000

10.00 2.50 4.00 10.00 * 10.00 3.00 9.00 7.35 3.50 9.00 8.00 10.00 *

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5,500 1,200 15,215 2,000 13,200 10,140 3,000 2,000 8,586 6,000 22,500 5,600

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Parish REGION #3 - ARLINGTON St. Andrew's, Arlington St. George's, Arlington St. John's, Arlington St. Mary's, Arlington St. Michael's, Arlington St. Peter's, Arlington Trinity, Arlington La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Arlington REGION #4 - ALEXANDRIA Christ Church, Alexandria Emmanuel Church, Alexandria Grace Church, Alexandria Immanuel-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Meade Memorial, Alexandria Resurrection, Alexandria St. Clement's, Alexandria St. Paul's, Alexandria REGION #5 - NORTH FAIRFAX Holy Comforter, Vienna St. Anne's, Reston St. Francis, Great Falls St. John's, McLean St. Thomas, McLean St. Timothy's, Herndon Holy Cross, Dunn Loring St. Dunstan's, McLean St. Francis Korean, McLean REGION #6 - MOUNT VERNON All Saints-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria Olivet, Alexandria Pohick, Lorton St. Aidan's, Alexandria St. James', Mt. Vernon St. Luke's, Wellington, Alexandria St. Margaret's, Woodbridge St. Mark's, Alexandria La Iglesia de San Marcos Church of the Spirit, Kingstowne

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2010 % of NDBI Pledged

2010 Dollars Estimated

2011 % of NDBI Pledged

2011 Dollars Estimated

3.00 4.70 4.00 11.00 10.00 7.50 4.93 14.00 11.00

11,000 25,000 5,252 150,700 24,000 60,000 14,400 5,000 2,400

10.00 8.00 10.00 13.00

219,000 25,200 97,000 75,000

10.00 * 10.00 *13.00

3.00 10.00 10.00

7,950 16,626 122,922

2.87 10.00 10.00

219,000 20,000 93,000 70,000 1,000 7,950 16,000 125,000

12.50 7.00 6.11 16.50 6.00 4.25 5.00 7.70

125,000 56,725 39,100 190,000 28,706 30,000 21,000 34,500

11.40 *7.50 7.06 16.50 * 4.45 7.00 7.70

130,000 60,776 49,000 190,000 23,788 33,000 27,829 35,793

15,300 18,153 24,380 10,000 23,500 47,521 13,200 12,000 1,250 2,000

8.90 9.00

15,300 19,042 24,380 15,000 6,000 45,000

8.50 4.25 10.00 10.00 *10.00 7.00

10.00 11.00 10.00 4.00

10.00

7.00

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13,000 48,500 5,200 151,250 27,000 60,000 14,000 5,000 1,500

14,400 1,200 1,000

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Parish REGION #7 - WEST FAIRFAX Good Shepherd, Burke St. Andrew's, Burke St. Christopher's, Springfield St. John's, Centreville Trinity, Manassas Epiphany p p Church, Oak Hill St. Peter's-in-the-Woods, Fairfax Stn REGION #8 - FALLS CHURCH Falls Church, Falls Church St. Alban's, Annandale St. Barnabas, Annandale St. Patrick's, Falls Church St. Paul's, Bailey's Crossroads Holy Cross Korean Church Santa Maria, Arlington REGION #9 - EAST RICHMOND Trinity, Highland Springs St. John's, Richmond St. Paul's, Richmond St. Peter's, Richmond St. Peter's, New Kent Varina Church, Varina Westover Church, Charles City REGION #10 - CENTRAL RICHMOND Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Holy Comforter, Richmond St. Andrew's, Richmond St. James's, Richmond St. Mark's, Richmond REGION #11 - NORTH RICHMOND Calvary, Hanover Christ Ascension, Richmond Creator, Mechanicsville Emmanuel Church, Richmond Epiphany, Richmond Immanuel, Old Church Our Saviour, Montpelier St. David's, Aylett St. James-the-Less, Ashland St. Martin's, Doswell St. Paul's, Hanover St. Philip's, Richmond St. Thomas, Richmond The Fork, Doswell All Souls, Atlee

2010 % of NDBI Pledged

2010 Dollars Estimated

2011 % of NDBI Pledged

7.36 12.40 10.00

69,000 94,000 39,000 5,000 20,000

0.61

2,000

6.50 10.00 6.35

15,000 48,345 23,500 4,500 6,339 1,800

6.50 10.00 6.56

3,000 9,100 210,000 1,200 13,270 4,000 15,000

4.00 5.50 9.50 * 7.00

70,000 12,357 12,900 147,000 10,852

* 5.00

4.30 4.30 1.10

10.00

1,375 6,500 2,430 10,000 7,704 16,850 4,000 3,500 26,000

8.20 8.50 6.53 2.40 4.50

14,500 22,000 27,788 3,000 7,200

5.00 1.80

4.00 4.60 10.00 *6.50 3.30 *

7.80 5.00 * 6.00

4.06 4.33 1.37 4.90 10.00 3.60

5.00 12.00 10.00

10.00

4.60 2.00

*

6.00

4.45 8.00 4.60 9.00

9.00 6.75

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10,700 50,172 25,700 4,500 6,544 1,800 5,000

3,000 9,400 200,000 1,500 14,291 3,600 15,000

70,000 10,867 12,900 162,784 9,475

1,400 7,000 1,790 11,000 7,740 15,040 3,000 3,500 27,000 15,566 22,000 29,034 3,000 7,200

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Parish REGION #12 - WEST RICHMOND All Saints, Richmond Grace Church, Goochland St. Bartholomew's, Richmond St. John's, Columbia St. Martin's, Richmond St. Mary's, Goochland St. Matthew's, Richmond St. Stephen's, Richmond Christ Church, Richmond St. Francis, Goochland REGION #13 - PIEDMONT Emmanuel, Middleburg Grace, Casanova Grace, The Plains Leeds Parish, Markham Our Redeemer, Aldie Emmanuel Church, Delaplane St. Andrew's, Ada St. James', Leesburg St. James', Warrenton St. Peter's, Purcellville St. Stephen's, Catlett Trinity, Upperville Trinity, Washington St. Luke's, Remington Christ Church, Lucketts St. David's, Ashburn St. Matthew's, Sterling St. Gabriel's, Leesburg REGION #14 - VALLEY Calvary, Front Royal Christ Church, Luray Cunningham Chapel Parish, Millwood Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Woodstock Christ Church, Winchester Good Shepherd, Bluemont Grace, Berryville Grace Memorial, Port Republic St. Andrew's, Mt. Jackson St. George's, Stanley St. Mary's, Berryville St. Paul's, Ingham, Shenandoah St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester Transfiguration, Orkney Springs St. Stephen's & Good Shepherd, Rocky Bar Meade Memorial, White Post Christ the King, Harrisonburg

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2010 % of NDBI Pledged

2010 Dollars Estimated

8.50 5.00 5.50 1.40 7.00 10.00 10.00 5.00

28,000 6,785 6,500 1,000 2,500 70,000 23,000 217,100 55,000 2,000

7.00 1.00 11.00 10.10 4.00 10.00 5.00 9.00 8.75 4.40 * 9.00 12.50 6.72 10.07 0.31 5.50 10.00

16,000 1,064 47,850 21,513 5,000 20,000 476 82,692 35,000 13,288 10,600 60,000 26,000 4,368 8,800 2,400 22,660 13,700

8.50

28,305 10,900 3,200 40,950 12,487 50,000 1,553 7,230 7,000 6,000 2,000 1,000 380 12,000 10,000 1,000 1,000 6,566

1.70 13.00 10.00 8.80 8.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 8.00 3.71 10.00 10.00 2.80 6.00

2011 % of NDBI Pledged

2011 Dollars Estimated

7.50 10.00 4.70 7.50

28,000 7,396 5,000 1,000 3,500 70,000 14,000 207,748 61,126 3,000

1.66 10.00 10.60

16,000 1,800 35,800 22,578

8.50 6.00

* 9.00 4.40

12.00 10.00 6.00 10.00

4.00 9.70

90,900 35,000 11,700 11,500 60,000 22,000 4,368 6,900 2,400 24,720 13,736

14.00 10.00 *

11,720 11,300 1,500 48,040 12,437 50,000

10.00 10.00

7,000 1,500

10.00

257 12,000 10,000

6.00

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2010 % of NDBI Pledged

Parish REGION #15 - ALBEMARLE Buck Mountain, Earlysville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Gordonsville Emmanuel, Greenwood Good Shepherd, Boonesville Grace, Keswick Grace, Stanardsville Grace, Bremo Bluff Holy Cross, Batesville McIlhaney Parish, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Charlottesville St. Anne's, Scottsville St. John the Baptist, Ivy St. Luke's, Simeon St. Paul's, Charlottesville St. Paul's, Ivy St. Thomas, Orange Trinity, Charlottesville St. Andrew's, Charlottesville GRAND TOTAL:

5.00 10.00 10.00 10.77 4.90

2010 Dollars Estimated

7,600 40,000 12,000 35,300 700 16,000 7,000

17.20

5,345

10.00 2.94 8.00 11.50 * 8.00 7.11 4.00

60,742 4,000 3,240 7,500 67,000 45,400 14,000 8,000 2,000

2011 % of NDBI Pledged

5.10 10.43 10.00 10.00 7.10 * 8.00 10.00 0.41 8.00 * 10.40 8.20 8.00 6.00

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8,900 35,000 12,000 35,800 660 16,000 7,500 5,345 1,000 66,607 500 3,528 7,500 67,000 46,000 14,000 9,000 0

4,270,860

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Report on Audits

THE DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA REPORT OF AUDITS RECEIVED 06-Oct-11 PARISH NAME REGION #1 - UPPER RAPPAHANNOCK Aquia Church, Stafford Christ Church, Brandy Station Christ Church, Spotsylvania Emmanuel Church, Port Conway Incarnation, Mineral Piedmont, Madison St. Asaph's, Bowling Green St. George's, Fredericksburg St. James', Louisa St. John's, King George St. Mary's, Colonial Beach Emmanuel Church, Rapidan St. Paul's, Owens St. Peter's, Port Royal Trinity, Fredericksburg Little Fork (St. Marks Parish), Rixeyville St. Stephen's, Culpeper Vauter's, Loretto Messiah, g Chancellor, Fredericksburg Total Region 1 REGION #2 - LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK Abingdon Church, White Marsh Christ Church, Christchurch Cople Parish, Hague North Farnham Parish, Farnham Grace Church, Kilmarnock Grace Church, Millers Tavern Immanuel Church, King & Queen Kingston Parish, Mathews St. James', Montross St. John's, Tappahannock St. John's, Warsaw St. John's, West Point St. Mary's, Fleeton St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Lively St. Paul's, Millers Tavern St. Paul's, Nomini Grove St. Paul's, West Point St. Peter's, Oak Grove St. Stephen's, Heathsville Trinity, Lancaster Ware, Gloucester Wicomico Church, Wicomico Total Region 2 REGION #3 - ARLINGTON St. Andrew's, Arlington St. George's, Arlington St. John's, Arlington St. Mary's, Arlington St. Michael's, Arlington St. Peter's, Arlington Trinity, Arlington La Iglesia de San Jose, Arlington La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Arlington

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2007

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2009

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x

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6

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THE DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA REPORT OF AUDITS RECEIVED 06-Oct-11 PARISH NAME Total Region 3 REGION #4 - ALEXANDRIA Christ Church, Alexandria Emmanuel Church, Alexandria Grace Church, Alexandria Immanuel-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Meade Memorial, Alexandria Resurrection, Alexandria St. Clement's, Alexandria St. Paul's, Alexandria Total Region 4 REGION #5 - NORTH FAIRFAX Holy Comforter, Vienna St. Anne's, Reston St. Francis, Great Falls St. John's, McLean St. Thomas, McLean St. Timothy's, Herndon Holy Cross, Dunn Loring St. Dunstan's, McLean St. Francis Korean, McLean Total Region 5 REGION #6 - MOUNT VERNON All Saints-Sharon Chapel, Alexandria Olivet, Alexandria Pohick, Lorton St. Aidan's, Alexandria St. James', Mt. Vernon St. Luke's, Wellington, Alexandria St. Margaret's, Woodbridge St. Mark's, Alexandria La Iglesia de San Marcos Church of the Spirit, Kingstowne Total Region 6 REGION #7 - WEST FAIRFAX Good Shepherd, Burke St. Andrew's, Burke St. Christopher's, Springfield St. John's, Centerville Trinity, Manassas Epiphany Church, Herndon St. Peter's-in-the-Woods, Fairfax Stn Total Region 7 REGION #8 - FALLS CHURCH Falls Church, Falls Church St. Alban's, Annandale St. Barnabas, Annandale St. Patrick's, Falls Church St. Paul's, Baileys Crossroads Holy Cross Korean, Falls Church Santa Maria, Falls Church Total Region 8 REGION #9 - EAST RICHMOND Trinity, Highland Springs

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THE DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA REPORT OF AUDITS RECEIVED 06-Oct-11 PARISH NAME St. John's, Richmond St. Paul's, Richmond St. Peter's, Richmond St. Peter's, New Kent Varina Church, Varina Westover Church, Charles City Total Region 9 REGION #10 - CENTRAL RICHMOND Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond Holy Comforter, Richmond St. Andrew's, Richmond St. James's, Richmond St. Mark's, Richmond Total Region 10 REGION #11 - NORTH RICHMOND Calvary, Hanover Christ Ascension, Richmond Creator, Mechanicsville Emmanuel Church, Richmond Epiphany, Richmond Immanuel, Old Church Our Saviour, Montpelier St. David's, Aylett St. James-the-Less, Ashland St. Martin's, Doswell St. Paul's, Hanover St. Philip's, Richmond St. Thomas, Richmond The Fork, Doswell All Souls', Atlee Total Region 11 REGION #12 - WEST RICHMOND All Saints, Richmond Grace Church, Goochland St. Bartholomew's, Richmond St. John's, Columbia St. Martin's, Richmond St. Mary's, Goochland St. Matthew's, Richmond St. Stephen's, Richmond Christ Church, Richmond St.Clare's,Richmond St.Francis, Richmond Total Region 12 REGION # 13 - PIEDMONT Emmanuel, Middleburg Grace Church, Casanova Grace Church, The Plains Leeds Parish, Markham Our Redeemer, Aldie Emmanuel Church, Delaplane St. Andrew's, Ada St. James', Leesburg St. James', Warrenton

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THE DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA REPORT OF AUDITS RECEIVED 06-Oct-11 PARISH NAME St. Peter's, Purcellville St. Stephen's, Catlett Trinity, Upperville Trinity, Washington St. Luke's, Remington Christ Church, Lucketts St. David's, Ashburn St. Matthew's, Sterling St.Gabriel's,Leesburg Total Region 13 REGION #14 - VALLEY Calvary, Front Royal Christ Church, Luray Cunningham Chapel Parish, Millwood Emmanuel, Harrisonburg Emmanuel, Woodstock Christ Church, Winchester Good Shepherd, Bluemont Grace Church, Berryville Grace Memorial, Port Republic St. Andrew's, Mt. Jackson St. George's, Stanley St. Mary's, Berryville St. Paul's, Ingham, Shenandoah St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester Shrine of the Transfiguration, Orkney Springs St. Stephen's & Good Shepherd, Rocky Bar Meade Memorial, White Post Christ the King, Harrisonburg Total Region 14 REGION #15 - ALBEMARLE Buck Mountain, Earlysville Christ Church, Charlottesville Christ Church, Gordonsville Emmanuel, Greenwood Good Shepherd, Boonesville Grace Church, Keswick Grace Church, Stanardsville Grace Church, Bremo Bluff Holy Cross, Batesville McIlhaney Parish, Charlottesville Our Saviour, Charlottesville St. Anne's, Scottsville St. John the Baptist, Ivy St. Luke's, Simeon St. Paul's, Charlottesville St. Paul's, Ivy St. Thomas, Orange Trinity, Charlottesville St. Andrew's, Charlottesville Total Region 15 GRAND TOTAL:

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133

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2010 Official Acts of the Bishops Postulants for Holy Orders toward ordination to priest accepted by Bishop Johnston: Name Date of acceptance Presenting Parish Matthew Lukens 5/7/2010 St. Paul’s Memorial, Charlottesville Elizabeth Tomlinson 5/7/2010 Epiphany, Oak Hill Herbert Jones 5/7/2010 St. James’s, Richmond Megan Limburg 5/7/2010 St. Andrew’s, Richmond Robert Morris 5/7/2010 Our Saviour, Charlottesville Young Kwon Choi 10/8/2010 St. Francis’, Korean, McLean Ann Truitt 11/12/2010 St. Michael’s, Arlington Christopher Hogin 11/12/2010 Christ Church, Alexandria Postulants for Holy Orders toward ordination to vocational diaconate accepted by Bishop Johnston: Name Date of acceptance Presenting Parish William Forester 3/19/2010 The Falls Church, Falls Church Holly Hanback 3/19/2010 St. David’s, Ashburn Ann Mingledorff 3/19/2010 Grace, Stanardsville Kathryn Thomas 3/19/2010 Grace, Stanardsville Carey Chirico 6/4/2010 St. George’s, Fredericksburg Ed Jones 6/4/2010 St. George’s, Fredericksburg Dan Wilmouth 6/4/2010 Olivet, Franconia H.B.W Schroeder 6/5/2010 Grace, Alexandria Candidates for Holy Orders toward ordination to priest accepted by Bishop Johnston: Name Date of acceptance Presenting Parish Joshua Caler 4/23/2010 Christ Church, Charlottesville Kathy Guin 4/23/2010 Christ Church, Glen Allen Tracey Kelly 4/23/2010 Holy Comforter, Vienna Evelyn Wheeler 4/23/2010 Olivet, Franconia Amelie Allen Wilmer 4/23/2010 St. Mary’s, Goochland Lauren Winner 10/18/2010 Christ Church, Charlottesville Herbert Jones 11/12/2010 St. James’s, Richmond Ordinations to the Diaconate: Name ordination date Anne Lane Witt 6/5/2010 Catherine Hicks 6/5/2010 Barbara Bassuener 6/5/2010 Susan Sowers 6/5/2010 Ryan Fleenor 6/5/2010 Cornelia Weierbach 6/5/2010 Christopher Garcia 6/5/2010

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Ordinations to the Priesthood: Name ordination date E Ross Kane 5/15/2010 Justin McIntosh 5/15/2010 Cornelia Weierbach 12/11/2010 Anne Lane Witt 12/11/2010 Christopher Garcia 12/11/2010 Catherine Hicks 12/11/2010

location/ordaining bishop St. Andrew’s, Arlington/Bishop Jones St. Andrew’s, Arlington/Bishop Jones St. Mary’s, Goochland/Bishop Johnston St. Mary’s, Goochland/Bishop Johnston St. Mary’s, Goochland/Bishop Johnston St. Mary’s, Goochland/Bishop Johnston

Ordinations to the Priesthood on behalf of another diocese: Name ordination date location/ordaining bishop/diocese Anna Scherer 1/9/2010 Trinity, Fredericksburg/ Bishop Jones/Southern Virginia Ann Bagley Willms 1/9/2010 Trinity, Fredericksburg/Bishop Jones/East Carolina Susan Sowers 12/18/2010 St. Christopher’s, Pensacola/Bishop Philip Duncan/ Central Gulf Coast Letters Dimissory Given: Name Charlotte Moore Megan Stewart-Sicking Elizabeth Magill Catherine Rafferty Quinn Jeunee Cunningham Simon Mainwaring Beverly Weatherly Andrew Butler Dana Corsello Richard Walton Melody Shobe David Perkins Maryetta Anschutz

date diocese 1/1/2009 Maryland 1/8/2010 Maryland 1/11/2010 Texas 3/18/2010 Newark 4/30/2010 Southern Virginia 7/1/2010 San Diego 7/30/2010 Washington 8/5/2010 Newark 8/16/2010 California 9/1/2010 Western North Carolina 9/22/2010 Rhode Island 9/23/2010 Lexington 11/30/2010 Los Angeles

Letters Dimissory Received: Name Philip Paradine Collins Asonye Denise Guinta Constance Clark Bertram Cass Bailey David Hayes Smith Charlotte Anne Hallmark

date diocese 1/18/2010 Southwestern Virginia 3/29/2010 Ohio 3/31/2010 Southwest Florida 4/30/2010 Wyoming 6/17/2010 Hawaii 7/6/2010 Southern Virginia 7/12/2010 North Carolina

Priests Removed or Deposed by Bishop Johnston: Name date canon Randolph M Bragg 4/15/2010 Title IV, Canon 1, Sections 1.b, 1.h, 1.j Postulants removed from Holy Orders: Name Date of removal William Bolton 1/8/2010 Jay Litten 1/13/2010

Presenting Parish Grace Church, Goochland Emmanuel, Harrisonburg

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Official Acts of the Standing Committee The Standing Committee has served the Church this past year trusting that the Holy Spirit was guiding our discussions, discernments, agreements, and civility. At times the work was a joy. At times it was a struggle. We worked together to hear each other. And our positions on issues often changed in response to the words of our colleagues and through prayerful discernment. We made every effort to be dutiful and faithful in fulfillment of our canonical duties. The Standing Committee’s job description is rather large. The following list merely highlights some its duties: In the area of ministry, the Standing Committee • Certifies that all canonical requirements have been met for the ordination of deacons and priests; • Consents (or declines to do so) to the election of Bishops in all other dioceses. In the area of discipline, the Standing Committee • Nominates the Ecclesiastical Trial Court for election by Council; • Receives charges against a priest or deacon; • Serves as the Diocesan Review Committee; • Consents to the Bishop’s acceptance of a renunciation of ministry by a priest or deacon; • Ascertains and determines if a member of the clergy has abandoned the Communion of the Episcopal Church. In the area of order, the Standing Committee • Approves moving churches among regions; • Consents to the Bishop changing a parish from Church to Mission status; • Consents, with the Bishop, to a parish or institution incurring debt; • Consents, with the Bishop, to the sale, exchange, encumbrance or other transfer of real property of a parish. Last, but certainly not least, Standing Committee serves as a council of advice to the Bishop of Virginia. One of the joys in our work was developing a deeper relationship between the Standing Committee and our bishop. Bishop Johnston has welcomed our role as council of advice and actively sought our advice on many occasions. In turn, the bishop proved to be a valuable and welcomed source of information to us as a result of his travels and consultations with many leaders in the communion. As we became comfortable and trusting, we were able to have candid discussions about the state of the Diocese and issues affecting the Church. We shared feedback from the pews and listened carefully to the bishop. These discussions with the bishop proved to be a valuable exchange of information, and concerns, and, yes, hope for all of us. Although we spent many hours fulfilling all our duties, we recognized a strong desire to do more. At the encouragement of one of our members, we begin to think about the state of religion in our diocese and the role the Episcopal Church might play in bettering our society and being more responsive to the hunger of people for a greater faith. We realized that we could not address such broad topics during our regular busy agendas and took the initiative to plan a retreat to address this opportunity. The results were published in the January 2011 Virginia Episcopalian, page 21. The committee concluded that “Vision The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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and risk taking on behalf of our gospel imperative are what is needed now and in our emerging future. The money will be there if the vision is God’s and we embrace that vision. With that in mind, the Standing Committee hopes that discussions on innovation and creative ways forward in this challenging environment in which we live out our faith will continue…” These are but the highlights of our year together and our accomplishments. There follows a more detailed report of the official acts of the Standing Committee.

Official Acts of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia, January 29, 2010 to January 28, 2011 January 29, 2010 • Mr. Don Metheny was elected president and the Rev. Edward Miller was elected secretary. February 25, 2010 • The Committee interviewed Dana Buchanan, Mary Beth Emerson and Barbara Ambrose, postulants seeking approval for candidacy. • The Committee then voted to table consideration of approval for candidacy until such time as the vocational diaconate process was examined and clarified by a meeting between all leaders involved in the diaconate process including the Committee on the Diaconate, Episcopal Leadership Institute, the Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains, the bishop and the Standing Committee. March 25, 2010 • The Committee met with leaders of the process leading to ordination in the diaconate. º The Rev. Dr. Sam Faeth, Coordinator of the Episcopal Leadership Institute for Deacons º The Rev. Canon Susan Goff, Canon to the Ordinary º The Rev. Michael Gray, Director, Diaconal Formation Institute º Martha High, Member, Commission on Ministry º The Rev. David Perkins, Former Director, Diaconal Formation Institute º The Rev. Dr. Craig Phillips, Chair, Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains º The Rev. Jane Piver, Chair of the Committee on the Diaconate • After the meeting, the Committee voted to inform the bishop and the Committee on the Diaconate that it is the intention of the Standing Committee not to consider candidates for ordination to the vocational diaconate under Canon II.6 until all requirements of Canon III.5.f,g,h,and i, including the completion of the six-month practicum outlined in the Diaconal Formation Institute Manual with evaluation by the supervisor, an evaluation of their examinations by the Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains and written certification from Committee on the Diaconate that all of these steps have been completed. • The Committee granted approval to incur up to $1 million in debt for construction as presented in the document entitled “Reweaving the Fabric of St. Luke’s.” for St. Luke’s Church, Alexandria. • The Committee certified that all canonical requirements for ordination to the priesthood have been met, and recommended E. Ross Kane and Justin McIntosh for ordination. • The Committee approved Dana Buchanan, Mary Beth Emerson and Barbara Ambrose for admittance by the bishop as candidates for ordination to the Diaconate under Canon III.6.4(b). 200

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April 22, 2010 • The Committee consented to the election by the House of Bishops of David Earle Bailey as bishop of Navajoland Area Mission. • The Committee voted to ask the president of the Standing Committee, Don Metheny, to coordinate with the bishop on the release of information about the vote by the prior year’s Standing Committee to not to consent to the election of the Rev. Mary Glasspool as Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles. • The Committee certified that all canonical requirements for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.8 had been met, and recommended Barbara Bassuener, Ryan Fleenor, Christopher Garcia, Catherine Hicks, Susan Sowers, Cornelia Weierbach and Anne Lane Witt for ordination. April 29, 2010 • The Committee consented to the election by the House of Bishops of the Rev. Canon James B. Magness as bishop suffragan for Federal Ministries. • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. John Sheridan Smylie as bishop of Wyoming. • The Committee approved the following collegiate delegates and alternates for the 216th Annual Council: º From the University of Virginia: Megan Tiller, Delegate and Olivia Hutton, Alternate º From James Madison University: Thomas Pugh, Delegate and Philip Tickle, Alternate June 24, 2010 • The Committee approved the admittance of Amelie Wilmer Allen, Tracey Elizabeth Kelly and Kathy Rowe-Guin by the bishop as candidates for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.6.4(b). • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Dr. Michael Louis Vono as bishop of the Diocese of the Rio Grande. • The Committee approved provisionally total indebtedness for St. Matthew’s Church, Sterling (including current indebtedness) not to exceed $1.7 million subject to review and approval by the Standing Committee of final loan terms. This provisional approval will expire after six months. • The Committee consented to the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr. as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Virginia pursuant to Resolution R-1 of the 215th Annual Council. July 22, 2010 • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Mark Andrew Lattime as bishop of Alaska. • The Committee approved the admittance of Evelyn Wheeler and Joshua Caler by the bishop as candidates for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.6.4(b). • The Committee consented to the appointment of the Rev. James C. McCaskill as dean of Region VIII. August 26 , 2010 • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Canon Scott B. Hayashi as bishop of the Diocese of Utah. • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Canon Terry Allen White as bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky. • The Committee consented to the request made to Bishop Johnston by Varina Episcopal Church to transfer the status of the congregation from parish to mission status.

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October 28 , 2010 • The Committee approved hiring of a consultant for the nominating process for a bishop suffragan. • The Committee certified that all canonical requirements for ordination to the priesthood have been met, and to recommended Barbara Bassuener, Ryan Fleenor, Christopher Garcia, Catherine Hicks, Susan Sowers, Cornelia Weierbach and Anne Lane Witt for ordination to the priesthood. • The Committee certified that Sean Kenneth Rousseau is acceptable as a member of the clergy of this Church subject to the successful completion of the examination under Canon III.10.3(c). • The Committee approved the admittance of Lauren Winner by the bishop as a candidate for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.6.4(b). • The Committee approved the loan application by St. Matthew’s Church, Sterling, according to the terms of the Commitment Letter from Middleburg Bank dated October 27, 2010. November 11, 2010 • The Committee concurred that there was a need for a bishop suffragan, that it was the mind of the Standing Committee that the proposed schedule and sequence of the election process is too compressed to be effective, and that this view be discussed with the bishop on November 18. November 18, 2010 • The Committee certified that all canonical requirements for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.6 have been met, and recommended Dana Buchanan, Mary Beth Emerson, Marty Hager, Linda Murphy and Barbara Ambrose for ordination. • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Daniel H. Martins as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield. December 16 2010 • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Michael Pierce Milliken as bishop of the Diocese of Western Kansas. January 20, 2011 • The Committee approved the admittance of Herbert Jones by the bishop as a candidate for ordination to the diaconate under Canon III.6.4(b). • The Committee certified that Roberto Orihuela is acceptable as a member of the clergy of this Church subject to the successful completion of the examination under CanonIII.10.3(c). • The Committee voted to ask Judith Stark to be the consultant to the Nominating Committee for the election of a bishop suffragan, if necessary. • The Committee voted to approve the following resolution to be submitted to Annual Council: Whereas, the Right Reverend Shannon Sherwood Johnston, bishop of Virginia, has called for the election of a bishop suffragan, and Whereas, Bishop Johnston has referred this call for an election of a bishop suffragan to the Standing Committee of the Diocese which has concurred with the Bishop’s request, therefore be it Resolved, that the 216th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia, in response to the request of the Bishop of Virginia, hereby expresses its desire to carry out the request of the bishop by the election of a bishop suffragan, and be it further Resolved, that such election be held on April 21, 2012 at a location to be determined, 202

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and be it further Resolved, that the Standing Committee proceed to obtain the consent of a majority of the bishops having jurisdiction and of the several Standing Committees to the holding of such election, and be it further Resolved, that the bishop, in consultation with the Standing Committee, appoint Nominating and Transition Committees for the election of a bishop suffragan of Virginia, and be it further Resolved, hat the 216th Annual Council delegates unto the Standing Committee and the bishop the authority to prescribe such rules and procedures as may be necessary for the election of a bishop suffragan according to Canon III.11.1(a). • The Committee consented to the election of the Very Rev. Martin Scott Field as bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri. • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Ralph William Franklin as bishop of the Diocese of Western New York. • The Committee consented to the election of the Rev. Rayford Jeffrey Ray as bishop of Northern Michigan. • The Committee consented to the reception of Sean Kenneth Rousseau as a priest who has already been ordained a priest not in communion but in the historic succession. • The Committee consented to the appointment of the deans of the 15 Regions: the Very Rev. Jeffrey Packard (I), the Very Rev. David May (II), the Very Rev. Catherine Campbell (III), the Very Rev. Oran Warder (IV), the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges (V), the Very Rev. John Weatherly (VI), the Very Rev. Stuart Schadt (VII), the Very Rev. Grayce O’Neill (VIII), the Very Rev. S. Paul Rowles (IX), the Very Rev. Bollin Millner (X), the Very Rev. Anne Kirchmier (XI), the Very Rev. Ronda Baker (XII), the Very Rev. Robert Banse (XIII), the Very Rev. Hilary Smith (XIV), the Very Rev. James D Richardson (XV). • The Standing Committee approved the following slate of nominees for the Ecclesiastical Trial Court to serve through June 30, 2011: Mr. Julian M. Bivins Jr., the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, the Rev. Susan N. Eaves, the Rev. Melissa K. Hollerith, the Rev. Daniel D. Robayo, Col. Jean D. Reed, the Rev. Hal White, Mr. Joseph E. Royster, Jr., Mrs. Janet Peyton, Esq., and Ms. Nan Pascal with the provision that the following provision was included in the motion: If either Col. Jean D. Reed or Janet Peyton, Esq., are elected to the Standing Committee, Alex Slaughter, Esq. will be asked to serve, and if both Col. Jean D. Reed and Janet Peyton, Esq. are elected to the Standing Committee, Alisha King will also be asked to serve. [Secretary’s note: Janet Petyon was elected to the Standing Committee on January 21, 2011, and Alex Slaughter, Esq. was included in the slate presented to Annual Council on January 22, 2011] • The Standing Committee approved the following slate of nominees for the Disciplinary Board to serve beginning July 1, 2011: º Three year terms (through Annual Council 2014) – Class of 2014 • Lay: Mr. Julian Bivins and Alexander Slaughter, Esq. • Clergy: The Rev. Torrence Harman and the Rev. Alexander MacPhail º Two year terms (through Annual Council 2013) – Class of 2013 • Lay: Ms. Alisha King and Ms. Peggy Miller • Clergy: The Rev. Weezie Blanchard and the Rev. Matt Johnson One year terms (through Annual Council 2012) – Class of 2012 º • Lay: Janet Peyton, Esq. • Clergy: The Rev. Laura Inscoe and the Rev. Hal White • The Standing Committee voted to ask the Rev. Frank Wade to be the chaplain to the Nominating Committee for the election of a bishop suffragan. • The Standing Committee also agreed on wording of the instructions to the Nominating Committee. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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3

0

Sunday, February 14 a.m. Christ Church, Spotsylvania p.m. St. Asaph’s, Bowling Green

0 0

1 2

0 0

0 0

Sunday, March 14 a.m. St. George’s, Arlington

0

0

0

0

Sunday, May 2 a.m. St. Luke’s, Alexandria

0

0

0

0

Sunday, May 23 a.m. St. John’s, Tappahannock

0

0

0

0

Sunday, June 13 a.m. Cople Parish, Hague p.m. St. James’, Montross

0 0

1 0

0 2

0 0

Sunday, June 20 a.m. Pohick, Lorton

2

6

2

0

Sunday, October 24 a.m. St. Andrew’s, Arlington

0

3

3

0

Sunday, November 14 a.m. All Saints’, Sharon Chapel, Alexandria

1

1

3

0

Sunday, December 5 a.m. Emmanuel, Alexandria

0

0

0

0

3

11

2

3

The Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon Sunday, May 23 a.m. Grace, The Plains

The Rt. Rev. Robert Ihloff

The Rt. Rev. Samir Kafity Sunday, May 23 a.m. Church of the Holy Comforter, Vienna

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213

Report of Confirmations and Receptions

The Rt. Rev. James Montgomery Sunday, March 21 a.m. St. Anne’s, Reston

0

2

0

0

Sunday, May 2 a.m. St. George’s, Fredericksburg

0

4

5

2

The Rt. Rev. Martin Townsend Sunday, February 28 a.m. Leeds Church, Markham

Bapt Conf Rec Reaf 1

8

1

0

Sunday, April 11 a.m. St. David’s, Ashburn

0

13

2

0

Sunday, April 25 a.m. St. James’, Leesburg

0

22

10

2

Sunday, May 2 a.m. Calvary, Front Royal

0

1

0

0

Sunday, May 16 a.m. Trinity, Upperville

0

17

2

2

Sunday, May 23 a.m. St. Mary’s, Berryville p.m. Grace, Berryville

0 4

0 4

0 0

2 1

Sunday, October 24 a.m. St. James’, Warrenton p.m. Emmanuel, Middleburg

0 0

10 1

0 0

1 0

Sunday, November 14 a.m. St. Thomas’, Orange

0

3

0

4

2010 Totals for Baptism, Confirmation, Reception and Reaffirmation

Number Baptisms Confirmations Receptions of Services

Reaffirmations

Shannon Johnston David Jones Edwin Gulick Michael Creighton Jane Dixon Robert Ihloff Samir Kafity James Montgomery Martin Townsend

63 66 8 10 1 12 1 2 10

29 44 0 4 0 0 3 2 12

214

31 45 1 0 0 3 3 0 5

299 262 16 39 10 16 11 6 79

115 65 6 15 0 13 2 5 15

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

Parochial Statistics of the Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

215

Parochial Statistics of the Diocese of Virginia

Summary of Annual Parochial Reports for 2010 Reports Tabulated:

175

Baptized Members January 1, 2010 Increases Decreases

79,780 3,347 3,378

Baptized Members December 31, 2010

79,743

Baptisms 16 and over Under 16

97 1,201

All Communicants in Good Standing December 31, 2010:

62,32

Confirmations & Receptions 16 and over Under 16 Received

261 479 270

Other Active Members:

10,809

Holy Eucharist Services Sundays Weekdays Private

29,238 7,974 4,988

Other Services Marriages Burials

403 869

Average Sunday Attendance: Easter

23,913 57,380

Christian Education Students Churches with Adult Programs

8,665 155

Stewardship for 2010 Avg $ Pledged/Pledging Unit/wk Pledged Income for 2010 Pledging Units Amount Pledged

216

$51.11

17,944 $47,686,521

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

Parochial Statistics of the Diocese of Virginia

Revenues Operating Revenue Plate & Pledge Investment Income Other Operating Income Unrestricted Bequests From the Diocese

Total

66,725,637

Non-operating Revenue Capital funds Additions to Endowment & Trust Funds Contributions for Outreach Funds for Transmittal

$54,690,093 3,725,993 6,857,203 969,846 543,581

Total

5,529,749 2,246,278 4,410,877 1,517,514 13,704,381

Total Revenue

$80,482,034

Expenditures Operating Expenses To the Diocese Outreach Other operating expenses

$4,292,723 2,834,764 58,388.671



65,516,158

Total

Non-operating Expenses Improvements & Capital Expense Expenses for outreach Seminary contributions Funds Transmitted

Total

9,074,035 4,466,196 129,420 1,656,547 15,326,198

Total Expenses

$80,842,356

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

217

218

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

Communicants and Services Held

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

219

220

St James Church

St Lukes Church

St Marks Church

St Pauls Church

St Albans Church

St Barnabas Church

La Iglesia de Cristo Rey

La Iglesia de San Jose

St Andrews Church

St Georges Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

St Marys Church

St Michaels Church

St Peters Episcopal Church

Trinity Church

St Davids Church

Church of St James the Less

St Davids Church

St Pauls Church

Holy Cross Church

Alexandria

Alexandria

Alexandria

Annandale

Annandale

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Ashburn

Ashland

Aylett

Baileys Crossroads

Batesville

Grace Episcopal Church

Alexandria

Alexandria

Emmanuel Church

Alexandria

St Aidans Church (2009)

Church of the Spirit

Alexandria

Alexandria

Church of the Resurrection

Alexandria

Meade Memorial Church

Church of St Clement

Alexandria

Alexandria

Christ Church

Alexandria

Immanuel Church on the Hill

All Saints Sharon Chapel

Alexandria

La Iglesia de San Marcos

Church of Our Redeemer

Aldie

Alexandria

St Andrews Church (2007)

Ada

Alexandria

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 69

71

79

564

613

152

1,057

257

1,452

78

525

274

182

136

413

457

2,330

257

1,027

196

325

121

76

1,000

840

800

196

293

274

2,481

214

465

65

Active Members

60

67

84

405

561

152

954

173

1,234

55

525

140

157

130

353

401

2,274

210

243

131

280

88

38

915

785

449

128

249

259

2,418

151

300

0

Communicants in Good Standing

2

15

22

14

865

26

197

0

248

21

187

10

22

3

73

77

483

12

50

0

30

3

28

116

62

63

68

32

0

339

11

58

0

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

31

63

39

124

330

80

226

153

474

46

138

95

83

76

130

187

465

125

187

103

123

58

47

212

341

81

131

94

78

559

79

95

0

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

49

54

50

101

106

97

148

120

183

98

168

84

54

53

104

143

240

104

113

98

146

68

53

112

240

99

75

106

4,000

180

101

104

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

1

3

1

3

17

2

5

5

23

2

1

3

3

6

2

6

48

7

4

4

1

0

4

11

17

12

0

2

0

37

6

4

0

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

3

1

2

3

12

2

4

2

28

0

0

6

1

1

0

4

24

4

0

3

6

0

2

12

12

0

0

0

1

42

4

0

0

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

Congregation

Grace Church

St Marys Church

Church of the Good Shepherd

St Asaphs Church

Christ Church

Grace Episcopal Church

Church of the Good Shepherd

St Andrews Church

Grace Church Emmanuel Parish

St Stephens Church

St Johns Church (2008)

Westover Parish Church

Christ Episcopal Church

Church of Our Saviour

McIlhany Church (Albermarle)

St John the Baptist Church

St Lukes Church (Simeon)

St Pauls Ivy Church

St Pauls Memorial Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

Christ Church Parish

St Marys Church

St Johns Church

St Stephens Episcopal Church

Piedmont Parish

St Martins Church

The Fork Church

Church of the Holy Cross

Buck Mountain Church

St Stephen & the Good Shepherd (2009)

St Peters in the Woods

Holy Cross Korean Episcopal Church

La Iglesia de Santa Maria (2009)

City

Berryville

Berryville

Bluemont

Bowling Green

Brandy Station

Bremo Bluff

Burke

Burke

Casanova

Catlett

Centreville

Charles City

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Christchurch

Colonial Beach

Columbia

Culpeper

Delaplane

Doswell

Doswell

Dunn Loring

Earlysville

Elkton

Fairfax Station

Falls Church

Falls Church

Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 182

43

231

32

221

429

149

20

165

323

28

322

183

112

1,694

777

95

69

45

683

1,203

272

452

248

50

1,238

2,144

61

70

99

37

31

383

Active Members

160

38

219

32

180

358

114

20

160

323

28

170

0

107

893

791

66

55

22

672

305

200

0

215

46

1,050

1,118

61

65

99

30

31

200

Communicants in Good Standing

0

1

0

2

0

71

41

0

0

2

20

12

0

34

76

50

28

17

0

154

125

7

0

50

10

65

150

1

0

0

0

0

37

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

491

34

121

24

99

153

68

7

61

138

24

81

85

75

353

180

54

44

13

277

508

68

0

81

24

283

353

26

24

49

22

27

105

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

156

52

104

50

106

117

50

238

50

83

50

106

97

70

176

108

50

35

22

148

205

96

0

142

50

109

159

26

46

48

29

21

93

2

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

1

0

2

2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

4

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

20

0

2

0

5

10

5

1

6

3

1

2

1

2

9

12

0

1

0

8

19

3

0

1

1

9

18

2

0

2

1

0

3

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

33

2

4

0

2

3

0

0

2

2

1

3

2

2

21

6

0

6

0

6

20

1

0

17

0

8

25

0

1

2

0

2

5

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

221

222

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

St Timothys Church

Trinity Church

Grace Church

Grace Church

Herndon

Highland Springs

Keswick

Kilmarnock

538

529

112

1,209

26

134

52

St Pauls Church

Church of the Epiphany

Herndon

290

King George

St Martins Episcopal Church

Henrico

433

St Johns Church

Epiphany Church

Henrico

58

King George

St Stephens Church

Heathsville

36 484

8

Emmanuel Church

Harrisonburg

Emmanuel Church

Christ the King Episcopal Church

Harrisonburg

384

King George

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Hanover

102

156

6

Calvary Episcopal Church

Hanover

568

554

96

227

329

32

786

1,229

143

389

76

37

178

King and Queen Courthouse Immanuel Church

Cople Parish

Hague

Christ Episcopal Church

Glen Allen

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Calvary Church

Front Royal

Greenwood

Good Shepherd-of-the-Hills

Free Union

St Francis Church

Trinity Church

Fredericksburg

Great Falls

St Georges Church

Fredericksburg

Christ Church

Church of the Messiah

Fredericksburg

Gordonsville

421

Olivet Church

Franconia

Ware Episcopal Church

St Marys Church

Fleeton

Grace Church

North Farnham Parish Church

Farnham

Gloucester

The Falls Church Episcopal

Falls Church

Goochland

2,418

St Patricks Anglo Vietnamese Church

Falls Church

126

Congregation

Active Members

124

52

8

6

435

244

96

780

26

290

250

46

476

36

314

58

135

568

331

96

153

292

1,618

221

20

576

960

143

158

76

37

165

105

Communicants in Good Standing

30

29

2

0

103

10

0

91

1

0

28

11

23

35

7

7

29

3

200

13

5

16

0

58

3

663

236

36

57

25

8

2

3

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

72

41

35

5

240

165

48

242

18

111

108

32

189

51

99

30

60

277

190

61

65

113

714

110

11

276

328

111

61

43

29

74

70

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

City

Diocese of Virginia

56

35

0

22

104

93

49

156

48

104

101

53

122

52

94

30

89

92

134

103

62

97

156

104

13

163

190

98

139

51

31

52

72

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

1

3

0

0

9

0

0

21

0

9

3

0

6

0

1

2

6

10

6

6

1

3

35

2

0

9

14

3

2

2

0

4

5

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

1

0

0

0

4

2

0

8

1

0

0

1

2

2

12

3

1

21

4

1

3

11

30

1

0

3

9

15

4

1

0

0

2

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

St Thomas Church

All Souls Episcopal Church

Church of the Creator

Immanuel Church

Emmanuel Church

Grace Church

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Cunningham Chapel Parish

Church of the Incarnation

Church of Our Saviour

St James Church

St Pauls Church Nomini Grove

St Andrews Church

St Peters Parish Church

St Peters

St Thomas Episcopal Church

McLean

Mechanicsville

Mechanicsville

Mechanicsville

Middleburg

Millers Tavern

Miller's Tavern

Millwood

Mineral

Montpelier

Montross

Montross

Mount Jackson

New Kent

Oak Grove

Orange

Episcopal Church of Leeds Parish

Markham

St Johns Episcopal Church

Trinity Church

Manassas

McLean

St Francis Episcopal Church

Manakin Sabot

St Francis Korean Church (2009)

Piedmont/Bromfield Parish

Madison

McLean

Christ Church

Luray

Kingston Parish

Christ Church Lucketts

Lucketts

St Dunstans Church

St James Church

Louisa

Mathews

Pohick Church

Lorton

McLean

St James Church

St Gabriels Episcopal Church

Leesburg

Vauters Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

Lancaster

Leesburg

St Marys Whitechapel

Lancaster

Loretto

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 327

154

286

59

27

150

186

113

126

175

34

118

265

504

176

434

1,356

43

646

246

239

1,138

55

171

149

25

165

757

73

1,649

114

77

82

Active Members

327

134

252

57

27

115

144

60

98

175

34

118

171

181

152

286

1,207

0

440

242

194

1,138

52

150

149

25

154

551

42

1,649

125

70

82

Communicants in Good Standing

0

6

19

22

13

6

3

3

30

6

0

5

19

15

14

27

167

0

0

19

32

7

2

47

0

20

5

277

9

1,698

37

5

8

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

91

35

94

35

20

34

65

29

45

58

18

72

69

91

78

124

297

33

148

122

96

282

33

87

48

30

80

272

20

481

59

42

48

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

101

29

68

47

27

50

124

45

70

85

36

100

87

89

52

140

179

43

102

92

89

201

49

83

102

45

100

139

26

155

0

42

50

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

1

1

3

1

0

1

0

0

4

1

0

2

1

5

3

2

16

0

8

2

8

10

0

2

7

1

4

8

3

37

2

0

1

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

3

2

11

0

0

0

0

3

0

9

0

1

0

3

7

0

39

0

2

12

18

7

0

0

0

0

5

8

1

36

0

0

2

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

223

224

Congregation

Cathd Shrine of the Transfiguration

Grace Memorial Church (2009)

St Peters Church

St Peters Church

Emmanuel Church

St Lukes Church

St Annes Church

All Saints Church

Christ Ascension Church

Church of the Holy Comforter

Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill

Grace & Holy Trinity Church

St Andrews Church

St Bartholomews Episcopal Church

St Jamess Church

St Johns Church

St Marks Church

St Marys Church

St Matthews Episcopal Church

St Pauls Church

St Peters Episcopal Church (2009)

St Philips Church

St Stephens Church

St Thomas Church

Varina Church

Little Fork Episcopal Church

St Annes Parish

St Pauls Church (2009)

Christ Church

St Christophers Church

Aquia Church

Grace Church

St Georges Church

City

Orkney Springs

Port Republic

Port Royal

Purcellville

Rapidan

Remington

Reston

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Rixeyville

Scottsville

Shenandoah

Spotsylvania

Springfield

Stafford

Stanardsville

Stanley

Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 54

116

1,098

496

563

12

182

143

222

575

4,002

294

60

880

1,006

2,015

364

236

2,644

225

194

1,158

577

292

110

1,609

1,401

95

37

372

81

67

11

Active Members

36

92

767

403

427

5

170

95

85

414

3,241

294

61

591

800

1,652

364

153

2,419

195

157

779

577

191

105

1,609

1,221

95

0

329

81

67

1

Communicants in Good Standing

6

20

112

44

42

0

30

22

1

0

353

4

3

77

50

90

0

45

0

0

41

36

9

35

2

200

358

3

9

124

17

13

0

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

21

65

209

144

120

7

65

30

37

215

1,073

115

51

246

274

241

119

72

532

63

89

269

127

75

59

297

350

28

33

195

38

37

185

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

24

100

150

104

118

18

120

98

47

104

222

104

52

123

88

54

156

93

114

50

100

183

96

62

131

99

178

50

44

101

39

96

101

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

1

2

2

4

5

0

3

0

0

1

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

0

1

5

2

1

0

1

3

4

16

47

4

6

9

9

23

2

4

43

1

4

8

3

1

2

5

26

2

0

10

1

0

2

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

0

3

14

5

1

0

1

2

2

5

99

4

0

25

0

33

4

12

46

0

4

10

5

0

3

21

15

2

0

9

0

3

0

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

Church of the Holy Comforter

St Johns Church

Trinity Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

St Pauls Church

Abingdon Church

Meade Memorial Church (2009)

Wicomico Parish Church

Christ Episcopal Church

St Pauls on the Hill Church

St Margarets Church

Emmanuel Church

Warsaw

Washington

West Point

West Point

White Marsh

White Post

Wicomico Church

Winchester

Winchester

Woodbridge

Woodstock

Upperville

St James Church

Trinity Church

The Plains

Warrenton

Grace Church

Tappahannock

Vienna

St Matthews Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

Sterling

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

Total 79,706

121

79

246

621

211

36

312

105

96

216

143

592

2,076

451

611

260

624

Active Members

62,661

128

71

230

563

198

32

296

52

96

201

46

569

1,443

299

455

238

575

Communicants in Good Standing

10,858

7

8

1

15

3

5

29

0

28

92

6

49

198

165

35

6

120

Others

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

24,019

33

65

98

233

113

19

116

37

39

98

30

254

416

181

173

63

350

Average Sunday Attendance

Vital Statistics of Congregations and Missions

29,628.00

94

51

149

103

102

33

84

42

46

102

32

104

195

9,079

135

83

220

100

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

3

0

0

1

Sunday 16 yrs Eucharists and Older

1,018

1

1

3

7

1

0

3

0

1

4

1

19

26

7

5

3

7

Under 16 Years

Baptisms

1,115.00

0

3

8

14

0

0

4

3

0

5

1

13

13

29

9

0

19

Confirmed or Received

Communicants and Services Held

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

225

226

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

Income and Expenditures

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

227

228 204,275

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 402,635 19,925 18,243 294,223 501,650 136,832

La Iglesia de Cristo Rey

La Iglesia de San Jose

St Andrews Church

St Georges Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

St Marys Church

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

302,595 812,206 186,620

St Michaels Church

St Peters Episcopal Church

Trinity Church

Arlington

Arlington

Arlington

1,402,246

502,937

St Pauls Church

Alexandria

St Albans Church

271,000 1,506,024

St Marks Church

Alexandria

St Barnabas Church

442,436

St Lukes Church

Alexandria

Annandale

217,520

Annandale

253,389

St Aidans Church (2009)

186,905

Meade Memorial Church

Alexandria

St James Church

6,678

La Iglesia de San Marcos

Alexandria

Alexandria

558,749

Alexandria

946,744

Grace Episcopal Church

250,612

Emmanuel Church

Alexandria

Immanuel Church on the Hill

342,310

Church of the Spirit

Alexandria

Alexandria

247,845

Alexandria

186,386

Church of St Clement

Church of the Resurrection

Alexandria

1,826,167

Alexandria

All Saints Sharon Chapel

Christ Church

Alexandria

Church of Our Redeemer

Aldie

Alexandria

St Andrews Church (2007)

Ada

0 161,619

Congregation

Plate & Pledge Income

427,449

894,694

336,041

1,488,889

156,714

581,918

368,495

69,743

77,038

419,631

590,085

1,584,414

333,352

467,558

256,212

275,350

198,888

19,678

708,650

1,054,295

434,269

371,217

276,706

288,907

2,461,168

230,518

167,619

0

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

484,689

961,473

401,253

1,833,905

173,201

675,703

818,787

99,273

77,038

562,069

688,609

2,031,791

372,589

593,091

326,362

377,640

201,324

19,678

929,465

1,417,414

441,087

376,937

569,873

288,907

2,803,828

292,071

167,619

0

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

City

Diocese of Virginia

398,527

889,155

354,096

1,346,811

160,975

508,811

368,464

100,106

73,580

401,833

609,241

1,727,258

339,372

497,928

320,391

272,454

199,530

20,751

716,024

1,020,613

480,627

384,053

289,053

288,907

2,793,473

238,192

166,283

0

Operating Expense

14,000

64,000

26,000

152,412

5,315

24,996

11,000

5,000

1,500

23,500

48,345

124,729

12,000

47,669

23,500

10,000

3,290

1,250

75,000

97,000

20,000

1,000

7,950

16,253

222,739

15,300

0

0

36,225

92,180

52,578

471,941

1,055

32,380

9,976

1,841

500

77,960

184,205

304,177

39,492

144,113

60,140

50,710

1,415

300

49,033

291,175

13,551

7,264

254,062

0

468,269

16,841

893

0

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

436,091

965,811

400,174

1,643,867

164,201

539,035

371,029

100,106

73,580

500,742

772,913

1,959,035

368,179

620,285

372,562

347,058

201,198

20,751

932,180

1,298,337

488,195

384,053

548,856

288,907

3,205,774

258,894

166,533

0

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

274,556 44,280 82,194 33,717

St Davids Church

Church of St James the Less

St Davids Church

St Pauls Church

Holy Cross Church

Grace Church

Ashburn

Ashland

Aylett

Baileys Crossroads

Batesville

Berryville

0 133,172

St Johns Church (2008)

Westover Parish Church

Centreville

Charles City

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 570,110 713,682 140,882 196,303

St Pauls Ivy Church

St Pauls Memorial Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

Christ Church Parish

St Marys Church

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

Christchurch

Colonial Beach

St Johns Church

69,907

St Lukes Church (Simeon)

Charlottesville

Columbia

39,858

Charlottesville

24,385

2,374

12,394

McIlhany Church (Albermarle)

St John the Baptist Church

Charlottesville

613,583

164,330

St Stephens Church

Catlett

1,072,506

121,283

Grace Church Emmanuel Parish

Casanova

Christ Episcopal Church

706,613

St Andrews Church

Burke

Church of Our Saviour

945,288

Church of the Good Shepherd

Burke

Charlottesville

32,986

Charlottesville

30,140

Christ Church

Grace Episcopal Church

70,337

St Asaphs Church

Bowling Green

Bremo Bluff

22,802

Bluemont

Brandy Station

25,805

St Marys Church

Church of the Good Shepherd

Berryville

149,692

675,002

Congregation

Plate & Pledge Income

32,585

155,379

201,881

175,388

846,324

606,538

71,148

52,108

25,094

709,245

1,127,190

214,831

0

242,463

152,614

815,055

1,162,679

73,187

41,047

71,608

36,867

35,797

201,881

58,067

448,731

123,617

305,166

802,193

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

46,432

155,379

235,234

192,225

846,324

624,978

72,228

77,729

34,346

908,277

1,281,454

214,831

0

320,995

153,411

1,282,575

1,395,140

82,168

42,756

124,240

36,867

35,797

214,153

59,407

451,085

146,262

367,439

857,826

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

City

Diocese of Virginia

43,995

150,077

197,396

201,985

809,133

537,533

61,441

53,588

28,414

711,512

1,152,671

227,457

0

238,130

143,003

804,177

1,062,595

58,172

37,138

68,078

36,954

34,849

212,881

41,832

359,799

126,800

314,883

712,886

Operating Expense

2,400

1,400

1,225

5,000

8,000

67,000

45,400

7,500

3,563

7,120

64,415

40,000

14,000

0

12,208

1,068

86,444

58,600

1,320

2,000

5,200

1,553

500

7,230

2,520

6,399

3,500

26,000

922

2,686

28,819

30,277

97,204

260,408

4,574

12,304

12,929

389,266

296,188

10,725

0

77,109

1,574

916,695

109,444

12,147

0

104,653

0

655

0

15,779

36,806

0

29,451

46,187

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

47,347

152,763

231,047

226,816

846,078

776,504

62,991

65,552

41,343

1,102,570

1,308,864

227,457

0

306,492

145,090

1,699,849

1,192,990

67,400

41,638

169,921

36,954

34,849

225,153

57,611

363,477

126,800

343,407

752,588

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

229

230 147,126 121,486

St Martins Church

The Fork Church

Doswell

Doswell 139,442

St Stephen & the Good Shepherd (2009)

St Peters in the Woods

Earlysville

Elkton

Fairfax Station

300,183 802,902 551,705

St Georges Church

Trinity Church

Good Shepherd-of-the-Hills

Calvary Church

Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg

Free Union

Front Royal

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 239,083 124,676 112,411 592,502 449,297 108,751

Grace Church

Christ Church

St Francis Church

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Cople Parish

Calvary Episcopal Church

Gloucester

Goochland

Gordonsville

Great Falls

Greenwood

Hague

Hanover

30,969

1,257,006

Christ Episcopal Church

Ware Episcopal Church

Glen Allen

261,230

5,705

249,455

Olivet Church

Church of the Messiah

Fredericksburg

70,964

Franconia

60,848

North Farnham Parish Church

The Falls Church Episcopal

Falls Church

St Marys Church

221,344

St Patricks Anglo Vietnamese Church

Falls Church

Fleeton

63,066

Falls Church

Farnham

41,464

Holy Cross Korean Episcopal Church

La Iglesia de Santa Maria (2009)

Falls Church

273,248

35,906

402,799

Church of the Holy Cross

Buck Mountain Church

Dunn Loring

6,158

285,820

St Stephens Episcopal Church

Piedmont Parish

Delaplane

Plate & Pledge Income

38,675

169,340

460,512

687,400

128,708

147,144

318,859

1,296,320

261,230

17,430

554,765

833,079

328,158

268,306

109,762

76,073

221,344

0

238,371

77,464

311,079

47,205

172,071

458,918

148,737

26,713

208,029

337,024

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

41,058

234,256

500,501

749,519

136,662

261,098

318,859

1,911,535

261,230

17,430

927,433

1,830,518

355,022

288,248

154,761

76,073

233,641

0

238,371

77,464

341,299

52,892

201,194

497,110

148,737

27,513

208,029

337,024

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

Culpeper

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

32,338

175,895

481,337

666,088

128,708

164,784

307,923

1,277,934

282,078

7,732

558,231

818,046

303,282

263,003

97,522

73,350

234,157

0

218,045

90,211

319,394

56,629

184,384

449,682

156,831

22,923

204,750

331,424

Operating Expense

1,375

11,003

38,830

42,000

12,000

7,131

24,458

56,755

12,507

600

54,630

91,078

11,000

16,640

2,000

600

14,387

4,310

0

2,000

1,000

8,600

21,000

3,000

0

23,300

17,000

1,652

36,372

459,478

66,806

116,708

598,106

22,608

790,551

32,304

185

276,223

576,061

76,182

2,357

53,384

902

16,314

0

42,455

3,159

22,542

1,638

29,194

235,542

1,500

3,388

22,854

5,600

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

34,721

213,533

871,140

718,054

130,529

762,151

318,600

1,997,798

317,937

7,732

827,979

1,363,231

361,616

437,870

197,234

73,350

248,567

0

218,045

93,032

340,650

57,294

195,613

685,329

159,013

26,211

206,750

337,024

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

328,747 71,151 211,051 183,213

62,058 274,391 538,133

Emmanuel Church

St Stephens Church

Epiphany Church

St Martins Episcopal Church

Church of the Epiphany

St Timothys Church

Trinity Church

Grace Church

Grace Church

Harrisonburg

Heathsville

Henrico

Henrico

Herndon

Herndon

Highland Springs

Keswick

Kilmarnock

57,613

Trinity Episcopal Church

St Gabriels Episcopal Church

Lancaster

Leesburg 1,186,747 40,402 589,988 131,637 59,769 92,884 113,135 35,582 511,251 160,617

St James Church

Vauters Church

Pohick Church

St James Church

Christ Church Lucketts

Christ Church

Piedmont/Bromfield Parish

St Francis Episcopal Church

Trinity Church

Episcopal Church of Leeds Parish

Leesburg

Loretto

Lorton

Louisa

Lucketts

Luray

Madison

Manakin Sabot

Manassas

Markham

189,916

91,546

147,038

St Pauls Church

St Marys Whitechapel

56,781

St Johns Church

King George

Lancaster

1,407

Emmanuel Church

King George

King George

4,237

Immanuel Church King and Queen Courthouse

685,316

65,203

84,057

199,067

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Christ the King Episcopal Church

Harrisonburg

Plate & Pledge Income

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 209,011

601,128

72,211

115,936

190,975

78,769

187,408

844,298

47,000

1,280,502

204,916

75,678

170,084

155,548

104,677

23,936

5,883

573,643

357,644

96,518

717,848

65,203

227,918

211,051

97,341

363,282

135,163

217,663

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

256,510

601,128

182,618

128,139

199,956

156,378

209,087

877,046

57,100

1,658,786

204,916

130,543

302,604

222,692

106,742

52,695

5,883

740,246

460,322

106,303

732,349

65,203

242,643

243,606

133,542

499,856

145,631

217,663

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

Hanover

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

186,339

596,238

68,611

124,802

169,721

70,988

185,521

896,133

40,554

951,839

214,226

79,946

167,129

156,763

98,597

500

7,679

598,323

140,715

108,872

745,696

72,307

185,909

228,905

87,420

341,371

156,754

203,871

Operating Expense

21,513

20,000

2,001

7,500

10,900

8,800

11,100

24,380

3,500

82,692

13,800

6,898

13,640

5,160

0

500

300

55,000

18,000

3,000

30,500

8,655

2,750

7,740

7,080

38,677

4,786

14,500

45,886

8,259

133,136

3,709

35,000

3,405

30,027

19,200

9,643

42,907

4,480

109,171

30,354

260,142

9,605

0

0

221,609

134,029

26,130

11,365

5,480

94,185

45,746

8,533

22,923

956

2,167

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

239,857

596,238

200,236

130,692

201,344

148,597

209,087

904,615

49,772

1,080,515

214,226

184,261

172,614

423,002

109,251

500

7,679

833,931

258,825

140,941

758,593

72,307

279,334

268,395

94,008

365,946

169,417

203,871

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

231

232

Congregation

Kingston Parish

St Dunstans Church

St Francis Korean Church (2009)

St Johns Episcopal Church

St Thomas Church

All Souls Episcopal Church

Church of the Creator

Immanuel Church

Emmanuel Church

Grace Church

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Cunningham Chapel Parish

Church of the Incarnation

Church of Our Saviour

St James Church

St Pauls Church Nomini Grove

St Andrews Church

St Peters Parish Church

St Peters

St Thomas Episcopal Church

Cathd Shrine of the Transfiguration

Grace Memorial Church (2009)

St Peters Church

St Peters Church

Emmanuel Church

St Lukes Church

St Annes Church

All Saints Church

City

Mathews

McLean

McLean

McLean

McLean

Mechanicsville

Mechanicsville

Mechanicsville

Middleburg

Millers Tavern

Miller's Tavern

Millwood

Mineral

Montpelier

Montross

Montross

Mount Jackson

New Kent

Oak Grove

Orange

Orkney Springs

Port Republic

Port Royal

Purcellville

Rapidan

Remington

Reston

Richmond

Diocese of Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 1,090,192

845,769

34,933

53,391

389,939

76,209

70,688

1,565

155,012

71,568

205,940

71,262

16,045

51,286

86,901

48,335

118,246

121,728

12,033

231,441

176,706

143,130

85,695

454,951

1,384,600

62,400

368,077

256,935

Plate & Pledge Income

1,092,908

1,151,448

85,721

59,071

398,263

82,561

87,799

1,565

213,949

83,412

223,652

84,583

21,323

71,358

195,168

78,502

201,547

154,753

22,579

353,601

212,454

176,731

151,312

527,257

1,519,023

62,400

498,061

270,261

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

1,154,185

1,322,817

85,721

59,071

419,383

112,462

90,536

1,565

254,585

104,453

282,637

94,659

21,323

71,733

195,168

81,824

223,787

155,242

29,304

353,601

216,604

192,055

159,601

668,258

2,031,575

62,400

525,908

317,765

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

1,152,626

1,033,598

85,945

55,286

381,254

54,856

96,232

10,000

210,401

88,509

224,522

78,858

14,876

88,746

167,350

71,024

189,541

153,351

23,628

321,872

204,180

171,136

163,312

507,124

1,390,063

0

475,212

278,006

Operating Expense

28,000

56,727

4,368

1,500

13,288

750

7,000

10,000

14,000

2,000

11,310

6,000

1,406

4,000

4,000

1,600

3,405

10,000

9,000

16,000

17,848

2,370

7,000

28,706

195,188

0

34,500

25,600

30,572

164,770

4,898

1,194

17,287

38,655

7,195

0

13,290

4,791

64,428

18,400

8,418

2,732

13,919

3,185

19,570

3,562

2,728

3,000

11,717

15,634

1,970

139,610

117,182

64,210

66,331

56,339

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

1,230,731

1,172,286

85,945

55,286

401,418

93,320

104,094

10,000

231,113

93,819

298,287

97,258

23,294

91,624

181,091

74,053

209,671

154,151

26,309

324,372

215,944

183,865

163,469

635,462

1,542,183

64,210

525,054

334,446

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

280,734 913,050 156,987 127,168 1,906,667 182,010 201,119

Christ Ascension Church

Church of the Holy Comforter

Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill

Grace & Holy Trinity Church

St Andrews Church

St Bartholomews Episcopal Church

St Jamess Church

St Johns Church

St Marks Church

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

Richmond

351,000 127,824 113,952 202,396 358,772 474,042 93,375 14,042 463,435 128,094 372,658

St Thomas Church

Varina Church

Little Fork Episcopal Church

St Annes Parish

St Pauls Church (2009)

Christ Church

St Christophers Church

Aquia Church

Grace Church

St Georges Church

St Matthews Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

Grace Church

Richmond

Richmond

Rixeyville

Scottsville

Shenandoah

Spotsylvania

Springfield

Stafford

Stanardsville

Stanley

Sterling

Tappahannock

The Plains

3,801

80,363

2,484,500

St Stephens Church

Richmond

54,700 268,672

St Peters Episcopal Church (2009)

St Philips Church

801,113

St Pauls Church

Richmond

Richmond

699,028

Richmond

Richmond

948,681

St Marys Church

St Matthews Episcopal Church

Richmond

87,501 191,380

Congregation

Plate & Pledge Income

The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council 493,487

131,061

490,070

20,694

105,755

658,959

432,717

410,662

4,117

141,242

129,994

114,530

424,525

2,858,000

275,433

90,200

2,154,851

760,562

1,037,953

270,340

341,947

1,906,667

152,173

298,161

1,264,663

381,215

308,174

164,904

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

985,104

131,061

934,891

22,694

150,958

682,573

489,008

457,936

4,117

163,843

137,494

116,884

482,012

3,126,250

278,692

90,200

2,381,241

962,548

1,136,314

287,051

359,476

1,906,667

154,861

332,508

1,320,913

443,785

308,174

165,504

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

City

Diocese of Virginia

622,179

125,932

468,500

16,214

105,776

713,975

443,456

422,966

4,064

155,211

131,597

121,756

404,852

2,714,000

256,839

1,500

2,110,092

732,379

955,781

276,971

331,680

1,906,002

152,638

302,068

990,720

384,429

307,182

185,667

Operating Expense

6,500

38,125

5,500

28,566

2,000

7,000

27,499

35,877

17,600

500

4,000

13,928

4,000

27,788

217,100

22,000

1,000

210,000

16,336

70,000

10,852

9,100

159,650

5,000

12,900

70,000

10,000

12,357

415,516

7,632

367,459

8,323

43,969

28,629

35,304

25,080

1,155

24,673

1,844

2,699

83,394

407,800

7,086

9,500

462,630

136,448

216,695

18,427

8,655

1,067,703

8,711

72,419

118,326

48,628

5,473

1,047

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

1,070,621

131,532

832,143

24,008

149,988

714,746

474,753

464,926

5,719

182,962

133,441

121,756

488,901

2,974,750

266,164

10,500

2,336,734

817,584

1,110,807

303,829

333,931

2,879,721

164,037

366,033

1,121,474

435,547

307,182

185,667

Total Expense

Income and Expenditures

233

234

Emmanuel Church

Woodstock

Wicomico Parish Church

Wicomico Church

St Margarets Church

Meade Memorial Church (2009)

White Post

Woodbridge

Abingdon Church

White Marsh

Christ Episcopal Church

St Pauls Church

West Point

St Pauls on the Hill Church

St Johns Episcopal Church

West Point

Winchester

Trinity Church

Washington

Winchester

St James Church

St Johns Church

Church of the Holy Comforter

Vienna

Warrenton

Trinity Church

Upperville

Warsaw

Congregation

City

Diocese of Virginia

Total 55,085,499

163,563

144,360

486,299

229,000

26,701

241,316

40,627

152,216

191,941

141,175

514,616

1,125,601

570,608

Plate & Pledge Income

67,274,307

0

179,714

171,499

504,081

229,000

63,201

258,293

51,287

183,554

216,403

173,177

566,984

1,162,497

908,168

Operating Revenue

REVENUE

81,089,339

0

179,714

205,827

544,161

229,000

63,201

276,346

51,821

183,554

290,156

181,238

1,283,905

1,662,503

1,024,034

Total Revenue

Year in parentheses is last year of filing if not 2010

Financial Statistics of Congregations and Missions

65,934,233

0

178,038

163,806

595,995

188,600

57,568

347,305

44,755

148,413

249,704

175,503

613,668

1,164,423

784,224

Operating Expense

60,000

4,310,833

13,200

12,000

12,500

5,600

0

5,941

5,000

14,805

24,000

1,075

35,079

125,000

16,504,568

0

14,940

13,088

588,980

53,000

9,587

2,659

2,792

32,941

24,927

3,250

742,533

471,353

42,516

Outreach & Development

EXPENSE

To the Diocese

81,374,365

0

182,926

177,636

1,186,140

228,800

66,327

347,305

47,728

183,554

261,642

181,164

1,376,112

1,661,642

840,224

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2011 Diocesan Program Budget as Adopted by Council DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA 2011 BUDGET

CATEGORY AND PROGRAM INCOME A. ANTICIPATED PLEDGE INCOME B. OTHER ESTIMATED INCOME TO SUPPORT DIOCESAN BUDGET C. VIRGINIA EPISCOPALIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS D.

HEALTH INSURANCE ADMIN REIMBURSEMENT

E.

RESTRICTED INCOME

TOTAL INCOME

As Adopted 1/22/2011

2010

2011

2011

2011

2011

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

adjustment

as adopted by Annual Council 1/22/2011

% of total as adopted by expen Annual Council ses 4,337,089 30,000 57,150

% of as proposed by total Requests Executive Board expen (estimates) 12/10/2010 ses 4,350,103 17,600 40,000

4,350,427 17,600 40,000

6,557 10,320

4,356,984 27,920 40,000

93,100

62,920

62,920

62,920

368,125

378,450

378,450

378,450

4,885,464

4,849,073

4,849,397

847,874

847,874

16,877

4,866,274

0

847,874

EXPENSES A

Support of Our Greater Church Community Support for the General Church Budget

B

891,760

18%

17%

Ministry Areas in the Diocese 1 Christian Formation 1 Commission on Christian Formation a Aging, Committee on b Committee - Campus Ministries i Grants for Episcopal College Ministries c Committee on Parish Youth Ministries d Committee on Women in Mission & Ministry e Committee on Education f Ministries in Higher Education, Committee on 2 Other Christian Formation Programs a Shrine Mont Camp Program Support b Youth Ministry Development c Clergy & Diocesan Conferences d Fee for Education for Ministry Program e St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville Total - Christian Formation

10,750

24,825

135,000 22,080 1,615 3,550 750

216,303 26,480 250 250

9,075 0 130,078 20,080 225 225

120,000 4,000 10,000 2,500 310,245

130,000 12,850 10,000 2,500 30,000 453,458

115,000 3,500 9,250 2,500 0 289,933

6,460

6,200

5,000

15,600

0 596,650

0 552,000

70,000

70,000

6%

4,922

2,548

6%

2,500 9,970

9,075 0 135,000 20,080 225 225

117,548 3,500 9,250 2,500 2,500 299,903

2 Strengthening Our Churches 1 Commission on Strengthening Our Churches a Committee on Church Planting b

Committee on Congregational Missions a. CCM- Aid for Mission Churches 0106 Incarnation, Mineral 0207 Immanuel, King & Queen 0217 St. Paul's West Point & Grace, Millers Tavern 0311 San Jose, Arlington 0313 Cristo Rey, Arlington 0510 St Francis Korean, McLean 0610 San Marco, Alexandria 0710 St Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Stn 0806 Holy Cross Korean Mission 0807 Santa Maria, Falls Church 0901 Trinity, Highland Springs 0905 St Peter's, Richmond 1101 Calvary Hanover 1107 Our Saviour, Montpelier 1108 St. David's, Aylett 1110 St. Martin's, Doswell 1115 All Soul's, Atlee 1211 St Francis, Goochland 1317 Christ Church, Lucketts 1323 St. Gabriel's, Leesburg 1419 Christ the King, Harrisonburg 1519 Trinity, Charlottesville

6,000 1,500 15,000 51,500 51,500 20,000 7,000 22,000 36,000 49,000 17,100 25,000 6,500 32,500 27,000 3,000 28,000 35,000 19,000 15,000 25,000 17,800

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Committee on Stewardship Committee on Congregational Development Committee on Liturgy & Church Music

2 Other Areas for Strengthening Our Churches a Bishop's Minority Scholarship b Transition Ministry Expenses c Insurance for vacant churches d Real Estate Tax (Undeveloped Land) Total - Strengthening Our Churches 3 Mission & Outreach 1 Commission on Mission & Outreach a Committee on World Mission b Committee on South African Partnership c Committee on Human Need d Committee on Ecumenical & Interfaith Issues 2 Other Mission & Outreach Areas a Task Force on Emergency Preparedness b Micro-Economic Development Grants c Church Schools - Robert Bruce Hall Scholarship Program d

Ecumenical Partnerships i. Chaplain Service of the Churches of Virginia, Inc ii. Virginia Council of Churches (VCC) iii. VCC - Refugee Resettlement Program iv Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP)

Total - Mission & Outreach 4 Ministry 1 Commission on Ministry a Committee on Discernment b Committee on Leadership Formation c Committee on Ministry in Daily Life d Committee on the Diaconate e Committee on the Priesthood f Committee on the Young Priests Initiative g Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains h Committee on Continuing Clergy Formation i Committee on Religious life Total Ministry

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Total for Ministry Areas

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Governance & Commission Support

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2011

2011

2011

2011

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BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

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25,000 4,000 15,000 1,400

75,000 3,800 12,500 1,400

45,000 3,600 11,750 1,200

3,859 7,900 1,520

4,333 5,000 900

3,550 4,200 650

7,125 3,375 15,000 66,875

4,000 6,400 16,125 71,350

3,500 3,375 16,125 70,210

873,658

790,160

10,450 4,000 1,000 9,320

9,800 6,325 400 13,655

9,350 3,225 375 7,175

9,350 3,225 375 7,175

128 5,000 600

0 4,500 0

0 4,000 0

0 4,000 0

55,000 15,625 8,500 8,000

75,000 20,000 18,000 9,000

50,125 13,875 7,400 7,050

50,125 13,875 7,400 7,050

156,680

102,575

1,840 2,400 0 0 14,650 63,115 12,500 3,700 14,400 0

1,650 2,400 0 0 13,650 61,115 12,250 3,700 13,250 0

112,605

108,015

5,627 6,600 3,532 0 4,975

825 4,350 2,125 100 4,525

790,014

117,623

16%

2%

1,045 219 63,000 21,442 95 16,625 102,426

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2%

979 5,000 2,328 475 4,703

45,000 3,600 11,750 1,200 0 3,550 4,200 650

16%

500

4,000 3,375 16,125 70,210

500

790,660

2%

0

102,575 1,650 2,400 0 0 13,650 61,115 12,250 3,700 13,250 0

2%

-

1,407

108,015

825 4,350 3,532 100 4,525

13,485

0%

20,734

11,925

0%

1,407

13,332

1,333,793

28%

1,617,135

1,302,608

27%

11,877

1,314,485

1%

4,585 4,010 750 12,988 20,000 42,333

4,185 3,575 600 12,075 20,000 40,435

4,585 4,010 1,000 10,420 20,000 40,015

1%

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4,185 3,575 600 12,075 20,000 40,435

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Total Communication & Technology Across the Diocese

E

Bishops, Staff & Support 1 The Episcopate

E

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2010

2011

2011

2011

2011

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

BUDGET

adjustment

as adopted by Annual Council 1/22/2011

% of total as adopted by expen Annual Council ses 88,500 2,500 2,500 475 93,975

2%

% of as proposed by total Requests Executive Board expen (estimates) 12/10/2010 ses 73,000 2,100 18,400 250

71,500 2,000 16,600 250

93,750

90,350

71,500 2,000 16,600 250 2%

0

a. Bishops

419,934

467,360

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b. Episcopal Office c. Other expenses of the Office of the Bishop d. Bishops' Travel e. Bishops' Office Travel f. Reserve - Lambeth g. Episcopal Transition Expense & Reserve

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440,137 975 54,000 12,000 3,000 25,000

440,137 925 50,800 10,250 2,400 22,250

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Staff a. Ministry & Governance - Staff b. M&G Travel c. Finance & Administration - Staff d. Finance Travel e. Temporary Assistance f. Administrative Staff Travel g Staff LTD Ins - 2011 include with payroll h Staff Continuing Ed I Staff meeting expense j Worker's Compensation Insurance

722,674 19,000 334,763 7,000 2,000 20,000 3,700 4,000 2,500 15,000

734,389 19,000 345,544 7,000 2,000 20,000 0 4,500 2,750 16,000

734,389 17,400 345,544 6,375 1,450 17,925 0 3,750 2,375 16,000

734,389 17,400 345,544 6,375 1,450 17,925 0 3,750 2,375 16,000

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Support a. Auto Expense & Reserve b. Telephone & Cell Phone Expense c. Office Supplies, Equipment & Services d. Building Related Expenses & Reserve e Audit, Legal & Professional fees f. Interest Expense - Line of Credit g. Other operating expenses

49,000 26,000 119,000 66,500 100,000 95,000 14,500

51,500 26,750 119,875 68,750 100,000 60,000 15,500

49,000 26,000 112,500 66,800 100,000 60,000 14,500

3,000

49,000 26,000 112,500 69,800 100,000 60,000 14,500

2,596,030

2,568,130

5,000

2,573,130

5,197,122

4,849,397

16,877

4,866,274

Total for Bishops, Staff and Support

TOTAL EXPENSES

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-

52%

(348,049)

467,360

2,000

53%

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Gifts of property of every description, real, personal or mixed, may be made to the Diocese of Virginia by using any of the following three legal titles: 1) the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia; 2) t he Bishop of Virginia of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia; 3) the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. The legal title of the corporation, duly chartered by the Legislature of Virginia, “with power to take by gift, devise or bequest, property of every description, real, personal or mixed, and to hold the same to themselves and their successors, for the purpose of providing for the disabled clergy, the widows and orphans of the deceased clergy, the support of the episcopate and for any other purpose of said church in said Diocese whether of a like kind with those mentioned or not” is: “The Trustees of the Funds of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia” The legal title of the Virginia Diocesan Center (Roslyn) is: “The Memorial Trustees of the Virginia Diocesan Center” The legal title of the Diocesan Missionary Society is: “The Diocesan Missionary Society of Virginia” The legal title of Virginia Theological Seminary is: “Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia” The legal title of the Protestant Episcopal Education Society of Virginia is: “Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Education Society in Virginia” (Chartered by the Virginia Legislature to give financial aid to men preparing for the ministry of the Church.) The legal title of the Episcopal High School is: “Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia” The legal title of the corporation which conducts the system of Schools under the control of the Diocese is: “Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia” The legal title of the Blue Ridge School is: “The Blue Ridge School, Incorporated” The Shrine Mont Endowment Fund Form of Bequest: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath to Shrine Mont, Incorporated, a corporation under the laws of Virginia ____________________.”

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The Virginia Diocesan Homes Form of Bequest: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath to the Trustees of the Virginia Diocesan Homes, Incorporated, a corporation under the laws of Virginia ____________________.” The legal title of Bloomfield is: “Bloomfield, Incorporated” Bequests for work outside the Diocese of Virginia, but in the continental United States, its possessions, or overseas, should be made to: “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America” Also chartered under the Laws of Virginia: “St. Paul’s Endowment Fund, Incorporated,” Richmond, Virginia “All Saints’ Endowment Fund, Incorporated,” Richmond, Virginia “St. Stephen’s Endowment Fund, Incorporated,” Richmond, Virginia “Grace & Holy Trinity Endowment Fund, Inc.,” Richmond, Virginia “St. John’s Endowment Fund” (St. John’s Church, Richmond - income needs) “St. John’s Foundation” (St. John’s Church, Richmond - for maintenance) “Westminster-Canterbury Corporation,” Richmond, Virginia (Organized in December 1971 by the Virginia Diocesan Homes and WestminsterCanterbury Homes to be the successor of the Cary Montague Home.) The WestminsterCanterbury form of bequest is: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath to the Trustees of the Westminster-Canterbury Corporation, a corporation under the laws of Virginia ____________________.” Goodwin House, Incorporated was established as a corporation in March 1982 by changing the name of the Virginia Diocesan Homes, Incorporated to Goodwin House, Incorporated. The form of bequest for Goodwin House is: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath to the Trustees of the Goodwin House, Incorporated, a corporation under the laws of Virginia __________________.” Bequests may also be made to the Trustees, Virginia Diocesan Homes, Inc., for the designated use and benefit of any Westminster-Canterbury Corporation.

Diocesan Related Organizations The 190th Annual Council approved the following organizations as diocesan-related in accordance with Canon 17 of the Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia: 1. The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Virginia 2. Virginia Diocesan Homes, Incorporated 3. Trustees of the Funds of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia 4. The Diocesan Missionary Society of Virginia The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The Shrine Mont Corporation Memorial Trustees - Virginia Diocesan Center Roslyn Managers Corporation Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia The Peter Paul Development Center

The 190th Annual Council adopted the following resolution: Be It Resolved, that the 190th Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia states that the following organizations are determined to be ecumenically related:



The Virginia Council of Churches Chaplain Services of the Churches of Virginia St. Alban’s Housing Corporation

and the following organizations are determined to be Episcopally oriented:



Bloomfield, Incorporated St. Paul’s College, Lawrenceville Virginia Theological Seminary Blue Ridge School

and a current list of such organizations shall be maintained by the Secretary of the Diocese and published annually in the Journal of Council.

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Contents The Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia The Preamble. Article I. Article II. Article III. Article IV. Article V. Article VI. Article VII. Article VIII. Article IX. Article X. Article XI. Article XII. Article XIII. Article XIV. Article XV. Article XVI. Article XVII. Article XVIII. Article XIX. Article XX.

Order, Government and Discipline. Meetings of Council. Composition of the Council. Quorum of the Council. Methods of Voting in the Council. The Bishops, Officers and Committees of the Diocese. Election of a Bishop. The Bishop as President of the Council. Vacancy in the Office of the Bishop. Reserved for Future Use. The Secretary of the Diocese. The Treasurer of the Diocese. The Chancellor of the Diocese. The Registrar of the Diocese. The Standing Committee of the Diocese. The Missionary Society. Parishes to be Bound by this Constitution. Transitional Provision. Amendments to the Constitution. Gender of Pronouns.

The Canons in their order Canon 1. Canon 2. Canon 3. Canon 4. Canon 5. Canon 6. Canon 7. Canon 8. Canon 9. Canon 10. Canon 11.



Official List of the Clergy of the Diocese. Lay Representation in Council. Deputies to Provincial Synod. Deputies to the General Convention. The Church Pension Fund. Archdeacons and Deans. The Executive Board. Regions and Regional Councils. Boundaries. Churches. Election and Organization of Vestries, and Call of Congregational Meetings. Duties of Vestries, Wardens and Parish Officers. Business Methods in Church Affairs. Creation of Church Debt. Church Property. Parish Registers and Parochial Reports. Related Organizations. The Secretary of the Diocese.

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Canon 19. Canon 20. Canon 21. Canon 22. Canon 23. Canon 24. Canon 25. Canon 26.



Canon 27. Canon 28. Canon 29. Canon 30. Canon 31.



The Treasurer of the Diocese. The Registrar of the Diocese. The Standing Committee of the Diocese. The Commission on Ministry. Reserved for future use. Reserved for future use. Finance Committees. Appeal of a Lay Person after Repulsion from the Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical Discipline. Relationships Among Clergy and Congregations Gender of Pronouns. Amendment of Canons. Health Insurance.

Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia Whereas, the civil government in the Virginia Colony from time to time established within the bounds of the Colony parishes of the Established Church of England in Virginia, which parishes continued as such until the Church was disestablished by the several acts of the General Assembly of Virginia in 1784; and Whereas, the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia was organized in May, 1785, by a union of all the parishes of the disestablished Church of England within the bounds of the Commonwealth of Virginia and took part in the organization of the union of all the Protestant Episcopal Churches of the several States and, by its own formal ratification of the plan of union, became the Diocese of Virginia of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and Whereas, the original Diocese of Virginia, embracing the entire State, has since been divided into several Dioceses, one of which remains established as the Diocese of Virginia; Now, Therefore, the Diocese of Virginia acknowledges the authority and power of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, as set forth in the Constitution and Canons adopted thereby, and, in the exercise of its own powers and authority, doth amend and revise the Constitution of this Diocese so that the same shall read as follows:

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The Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia Article I. Order, Government and Discipline. The order, government, and discipline of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia shall be vested in the Bishop, and in the Council of the Diocese, constituted as provided in Article III hereof, which shall have power to adopt Canons, and take any other action for the conduct of its affairs not in conflict with this Constitution.

Article II. Meetings of Council. The Council shall hold on a weekend, upon the date designated by the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese, a regular annual meeting at the place designated by the preceding regular meeting of the Council. The Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese may, for any cause deemed by it to be sufficient, change the time, or the place, or both, for any regular meeting of the Council. At meetings of the Council, the Rules of Order of the previous meeting shall be in force until they are amended or repealed by the Council.

Article III. Composition of the Council. Section 1 (a) The Council shall be composed of the Clerical order and the Lay order. (b) The Clerical order shall consist of the Bishop or Bishops and all other ministers canonically resident in the Diocese of Virginia. No member of the Clerical order under ecclesiastical censure shall be entitled to a seat in the Council. (c) The Lay order shall consist of two classes, namely: (1) the Lay Delegates from the church and (2) the Lay members ex officio. (d) There shall be only one Lay Delegate from each church, to be chosen by its Vestry. But from every church having more than three hundred confirmed communicants in good standing reported to the Diocesan authorities in the last annual report, there shall be an additional Lay Delegate for each three hundred confirmed communicants in good standing, or major fraction thereof, above the first three hundred. (e)  The Lay members of the Standing Committee, the Lay members of the Executive Board, the Chancellor, the Presidents of the Regions, the President of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese, five lay persons, not over 21 years of age at the time of election, to be elected on or before May 1 as Youth Delegates by five of the Regional Councils designated on an annual rotating basis by the Standing Committee, and two lay persons, not over 25 years of age at the time of election and participants in an Episcopal higher education ministry in the Diocese, to be elected by the Standing Committee on or before May 1 as Collegiate Delegates shall be members of Council ex officio. (f) Each elected Delegate and ex officio member shall have one vote. 318

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Section 2. The Lay Delegates shall serve for the regular meeting for which they are chosen, and, unless other delegates be chosen, for any special meeting held prior to the next regular meeting of the Council. Section 3. All Lay members of the Council shall be adult confirmed communicants in good standing, as defined in the General Convention Canon I.17., of the Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Virginia.

Article IV. Quorum of the Council. One-third of the members of the Clerical order and one-half of the members of the Lay order shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting of the Council, but a smaller number may adjourn any such meeting.

Article V. Methods of Voting in the Council. In all matters that may come before any meeting of the Council the clergy and laity shall deliberate in one body and a majority of those voting shall be necessary for a decision, except where the vote is by orders, in which case there must be a concurrence of majorities in each order; but, before a vote is taken upon any matter, five members may, by request, require the vote to be taken by orders. In a vote by orders each Clerical Delegate and each Lay Delegate shall be entitled to one vote.

Article VI. The Bishops, Officers and Committees of the Diocese. In addition to the Bishop of the Diocese, there may be a Bishop Coadjutor, Bishops Suffragan, Assistant Bishops, or any combination thereof, upon the conditions and pursuant to the authority contained in the Canons of the General Convention. In addition to the Bishop, or Bishops, the officers of the Diocese shall consist of a Secretary, Treasurer, Chancellor, and a Registrar. For the conduct of the affairs of the Diocese, there shall be a Standing Committee and an Executive Board, together with such other officers, committees, departments, and boards as the Council may deem desirable.

Article VII. Election of a Bishop. The election of a Bishop shall be made at a regular meeting of the Council, or at a special meeting of the Council called for that purpose. The vote shall be by ballot and by orders and a concurrent majority of the votes cast by each order shall be necessary to a choice.

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Article VIII. The Bishop as President of the Council. Section 1. The Bishop shall preside at all meetings of the Council and exercise all the ordinary duties of a presiding officer. He may call a special meeting of the Council at whatever time and place he may think necessary; and whenever requested by the Standing Committee, it shall be his duty to call a special meeting to be held at the time and place selected by the Standing Committee. Section 2. The Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, shall preside at any meeting of the Council from which the Bishop is absent, or whenever the Bishop may request him to preside. Section 3. The ranking active Suffragan Bishop, if there be one, shall preside at any meeting of the Council if he is requested to do so by the Bishop, or in the absence of the Bishop, by the Bishop Coadjutor; or if declared or serving as the Ecclesiastical Authority pursuant to Article IX of the Constitution. Section 4. A retired Bishop or an Assistant Bishop of this Diocese may preside at any meeting of the Council at the request of the presiding officer.

Article IX. Vacancy in the Office of the Bishop. Section 1. Upon the death of the Bishop and if there is no Bishop Coadjutor, then the ranking active Suffragan Bishop shall be in charge of this Diocese and shall be temporarily the Ecclesiastical Authority of this Diocese until such time as a new Bishop shall be chosen and consecrated; or, if the Standing Committee declare the disability or absence of the Bishop and there is no Bishop Coadjutor able and present, then the ranking active Suffragan Bishop shall be in charge of this Diocese until such time as the Standing Committee shall declare the ability and presence of the Bishop. Section 2. In case of a vacancy, or anticipated vacancy, in the Office of the Bishop, a special meeting of the Council shall be called by the Ecclesiastical Authority. That special Council, immediately upon assembling, if there be no Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, Suffragan Bishop, or Assistant Bishop present, shall elect by ballot a President from among the order of Presbyters present, who shall remain in office until the election and consecration of the Bishop. The President so elected shall perform all the duties and possess all the privileges of a presiding officer. He shall not have the power to call a special meeting of the Council except when requested so to do by the Standing Committee, in which case the special meeting shall be at the time and place requested.

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Article XI. The Secretary of the Diocese. A Secretary of the Diocese shall be appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee. He shall, upon qualification, continue in office at the pleasure of the Ecclesiastical Authority. If the Secretary is a Priest, he shall hold no other Clerical preferment. He shall also serve as Secretary of the Council, take minutes of its proceedings and attest to the public acts of the body. The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by Canon.

Article XII. The Treasurer of the Diocese. A Treasurer of the Diocese shall be appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee or by the Standing Committee if it is at the time the Ecclesiastical Authority. He, or she, shall, upon qualification, remain in office at the pleasure of the Ecclesiastical Authority or until removed as hereinafter provided. He shall receive and keep safely all money and other property confided to his custody; and he shall disburse and dispose of the same as may be provided by Canon. He shall report annually to the Council an account showing all money and other property received by him, and the manner in which he has disbursed or disposed of the same. The Treasurer shall give bond in an amount to be fixed by the Standing Committee, with corporate surety approved by the Standing Committee, which bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. At the close of each fiscal year, accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited by a certified public accountant selected by the Standing Committee. In case of the misconduct of the Treasurer, or of his incapacity, refusal or failure to discharge the duties of his office, the Standing Committee shall remove him and a new appointment shall be made in the manner aforesaid.

Article XIII. The Chancellor of the Diocese. A Chancellor of the Diocese shall be appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority or by the Standing Committee, if it is at the time the Ecclesiastical Authority. He shall, upon qualification, continue in office at the pleasure of the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Chancellor shall be a confirmed adult communicant in good standing, as defined in General Convention Canon I. 17., of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia, and a member of the Virginia State Bar. He shall be the legal advisor of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese, and of the Council of the Diocese, and to the Executive Board of the Diocese.

Article XIV. The Registrar of the Diocese. A Registrar of the Diocese shall be appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee or by the Standing Committee if it is at the time the Ecclesiastical Authority. The Registrar shall, upon qualification, continue in office at the pleasure of the Ecclesiastical Authority and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed in the Diocesan Canons. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Article XV. The Standing Committee of the Diocese. The Standing Committee of the Diocese shall consist of twelve members, six of the Clerical order, and six of the Lay order, each of whom shall be a confirmed communicant in good standing as defined in General Convention Canon I. 17. of the Church of this Diocese and eighteen (18) years of age or over. At each regular meeting the Council shall elect two members of each order for a term of three years. Each member of the Committee shall hold office for the term for which he was elected and until his successor is elected or appointed. No member shall be eligible to succeed himself. In case of a vacancy in the Episcopal office, or in case neither the Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor nor Bishop Suffragan be capable of performing the administrative duties of the Bishop, and in any case when the Bishop shall authorize it to act, the Standing Committee shall be the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese. The Standing Committee at every regular meeting of the Council shall submit a report of its proceedings. When required by the Council it shall also lay before the Council any document which may have come into its possession. It shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by Canon. In case of a vacancy in the Standing Committee, the Executive Board shall fill the vacancy from the same order. The appointee shall serve until the next regular meeting of the Council, at which meeting the Council shall fill the vacancy.

Article XVI. The Missionary Society. All baptized members of the Protestant Episcopal Church residing in this Diocese shall, as heretofore, constitute a missionary society known as the Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. The direction and activities of the Society be identical with those of the Executive Board and shall be directed solely by it.

Article XVII. Parishes to be Bound by this Constitution. Every Congregation within the Diocese of Virginia, however called, shall be bound by the Constitution and the Canons adopted in pursuance hereof.

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Article XIX. Amendments to the Constitution. This Constitution may be amended in the following manner only, namely: At any regular meeting of the Council a proposed amendment shall be referred to the appropriate committee, and report thereon shall be presented by that committee and the amendment shall be considered by the Council. If approved by the Council, it shall be again considered at the next regular meeting of the Council and, if again approved, shall become effective immediately upon its adoption unless otherwise provided therein.

Article XX. Gender of Pronouns. The masculine pronoun whenever used in this Constitution shall be deemed to include the feminine pronoun.

Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia Canon 1. Official List of the Clergy of the Diocese. Section 1. A list of all the ordained Ministers of the Episcopal Church, canonically resident or licensed to work in this Diocese, with their respective post office addresses, cures, stations and positions, shall be prepared by the Ecclesiastical Authority and kept, corrected up to date, on file at the headquarters of the Diocese. The Ecclesiastical Authority shall keep the Church Pension Fund informed of the employment of any parish, congregation, diocesan related institution or other ecclesiastical organization in this Diocese of clergy canonically resident in this Diocese and of non-resident clergy officiating in this Diocese. Section 2. The right of any clergyman to vote in the Council shall, if challenged, be determined by the Council itself according to the provisions of the Constitution and Canons, whether his name be inserted in, or omitted from, the list. Section 3. The official list of the clergy of the Diocese with the names of those entitled to vote in the Council designated thereon, shall be laid before the Council on the first day of its meeting, and the roll of the Clerical Delegates entitled to vote shall be determined from it. The list of the clergy submitted to the Council shall be appended to the Journal and be transmitted to the Secretary of the General Convention. Section 4. Every clergyman canonically resident in the Diocese shall attend every meeting of the Council; or, if unable to attend, shall send to the President of the Council a written statement of the reasons for his absence.

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Canon 2. Lay Representation in Council. Section 1. The Churches of this Diocese entitled to Lay representation in the Council are those which were recorded by the Secretary of the Council as Parish Churches or Separate Congregations on the effective date of this Canon, together with Churches thereafter constituted in accordance with Canon and received into union by act of the Council. Section 2. The Missions of this Diocese entitled to Lay representation in the Council are those which were recorded by the Secretary of the Council as such on the effective date of this Canon, together with those Missions thereafter constituted in accordance with Canon and reported as such to the Secretary of the Council. Section 3. A list of the Churches and Missions entitled to representation in the Council shall be appended to the Journal of each regular Council. Section 4. The Vestry of a Church, or the Vestry Committee of a Mission, shall elect not later than April 1 the Lay Delegates from that Church to the Council, and shall also elect one Lay Alternate for each Lay Delegate elected. For Churches entitled to multiple Lay Delegates, the Vestry may designate the order in which the Lay Alternates are to serve in the event Lay Delegates are absent. In the event a Lay Delegate is absent and no Lay Alternate is available, the Vestry, or if the Vestry is unavailable, the Rector or Vicar, in consultation with the Wardens, shall appoint a person qualified to serve as a Lay Delegate and so advise the Credentials Committee. Section 5. The election of adult confirmed communicants in good standing as Lay Delegates and Lay Alternates to Council shall be certified by the Rector, Vicar, Register, Priest-in-Charge, or one of the Wardens of the proper Church, in duplicate, which certificate shall be in a form to be supplied by the Secretary of the Diocese. One copy of this certificate shall be sent to the Secretary of the Diocese no later than April 15, and a copy shall be given to each Delegate and each Alternate named therein. Section 6. Lay Delegates of Churches, or in their absence, their Alternates, shall be entitled to one vote each on all questions coming before the Council. Alternates shall not be entitled to voice and vote in the meetings of the Council except when serving in the absence of a Lay Delegate. Section 7. The Secretary of the Diocese shall make a roll of the Lay Delegates and Alternates certified to him as duly elected with their respective Churches. The President of the Council shall appoint a Committee on Credentials, to be composed of one Clergyman and two Lay Delegates, to which shall be referred the credentials of all Lay Delegates. The Committee shall make its report to the Council promptly. Until this report be received, the roll as made by the Secretary shall, unless objection be made, be accepted as the authentic roll of Lay Delegates and Alternates. Should doubt arise as to the right of any Lay Delegate or Alternate to his seat, the Committee on Credentials shall hear the evidence presented and report its judgment. Upon this report 324

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the Council shall determine the matter unless by a vote of two-thirds of the members present the Council decides to hear the whole case de novo.

Canon 3. Deputies to Provincial Synod. At the Annual Council preceding the meeting of the Provincial Synod, there shall be elected by ballot one member of the Clergy and two Lay persons to be Deputies to the Provincial Synod, who shall serve until their successors are elected. A report shall be made to the Annual Council following each meeting of the Synod. Qualifications for election to Provincial Synod shall be the same as for election to the General Convention

Canon 4. Deputies to the General Convention. Section 1. At the regular Council held during the calendar year next preceding each regular meeting of the General Convention there shall be elected by ballot the full number of Clerical and Lay Deputies to the General Convention to which this Diocese is entitled and a majority of all votes cast shall be necessary to a choice. Following the election of the full number of Clergy and Lay Deputies, a ballot shall be taken for a like number of Clergy and Lay Alternate Deputies; and the proper number receiving the highest vote shall be declared Alternates in the order of preference of that ballot. The Clerical Deputies shall be Presbyters or Deacons canonically resident in this Diocese, and the Lay Deputies shall be persons eligible for election to the Vestry of a Church in this Diocese. The Deputies so elected shall serve for the regular meeting for which they are chosen and for any special meeting held prior to the next regular meeting of the General Convention unless other Deputies be elected by the Council. Section 2. Each of the Deputies shall signify to the Secretary of the Council within thirty days after his election whether or not he accepts the election. If he accepts, the Secretary shall issue to him a certificate of election. Should any Deputy elected decline or fail to signify his acceptance, or fail to meet the requirements for election, or should a vacancy occur otherwise, the Secretary of the Council shall issue the certificate of election to the Alternate Deputy of the same order in which the vacancy occurs, who was first elected, or, if more than one were elected on the same ballot, who received the highest votes; and if there be more than one vacancy the others shall be filled successively in like manner.

Canon 5. The Church Pension Fund. Section 1. The Diocese of Virginia hereby ratifies and confirms its adoption of the system of the Church Pension Fund.

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Section 2. In furtherance of the Church Pension Fund: (a) The Secretary of the Diocese shall keep the Clergy and laity of the Diocese advised of the benefits of the Church Pension Fund for Clergy and qualified lay employees and shall procure prompt payment of the amounts due the Church Pension Fund, or such other comparable pension fund as may be selected by this Diocese, a Church, Mission or Related Organization, from this Diocese and the several Churches, Missions and Related Organizations in the Diocese. (b) The Secretary of the Diocese shall keep the Church Pension Fund informed of the Clergy canonically resident in this Diocese and the qualified lay employees of this Diocese and the Churches, Missions and Related Organizations in this Diocese, and their beneficiaries who may be entitled to receive pensions from the Church Pension Fund. (c) The Secretary of the Diocese shall report to the Executive Board which Churches, Missions or Related Organizations have failed to pay in full their assessments by the Church Pension Fund and such other matters in regard to the operation of the Church Pension Fund as may be appropriate.

Canon 6. Archdeacons and Deans. Section 1. (a) The Council may elect, upon nomination by the Bishop, not more than five Priests as Archdeacons, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. In the event of a vacancy occurring between meetings of the Council, the Standing Committee shall have power to fill the vacancy, upon nomination by the Bishop, until the next regular meeting of the Council. (b) Archdeacons shall have functional titles, and shall have the duties and powers which are assigned or delegated to them by the Bishop or the Council, which shall always be defined at the time of their nomination. (c) A priest may serve as Archdeacon without resigning his cure. A Dean of a Region may not serve as an Archdeacon. Section 2. (a) The Bishop shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, one Priest in each Region as the Dean thereof. A Dean shall serve at the pleasure of the Bishop, but in no event for more than four consecutive years, and shall be the official representative of the Bishop to the Region. (b) A Priest may serve as Dean without resigning his cure.

Canon 7. The Executive Board. Section 1. The Executive Board shall be composed as follows: (a) One member elected by each Regional Council or in the absence of the member, an alternate member elected by each Regional Council. (b) The Bishop, the Bishop Coadjutor if there be one, and the Suffragan Bishops if there be such.

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Section 2. Terms of elected members and alternate members shall expire at the conclusion of the regular meeting of the Council in the appropriate year. Section 3. Any two members of the Executive Board may call for a vote by orders on any motion or in any election; the vote of a Bishop shall be counted among the Clerical order. A motion or an election so dealt with must succeed concurrently in both orders to be effective. Section 4. The President of the Executive Board shall be the Bishop. The Executive Board shall elect a Lay member as its Vice President, and may elect a Secretary, who may be of either order. It may elect such other officers as it may desire not in conflict with these Canons. With the exception of the President, all terms of office shall be one year. Section 5. The Executive Board shall prepare and recommend Diocesan programs, and the proposed funding of such programs, to the Council for approval. The Executive Board shall be responsible for the execution of all approved programs except as the Council may specify and between meetings of the Council shall be responsible for the work of the Church in the Diocese. The Executive Board may adopt such by-laws as it may desire, not in conflict with these Canons. Section 6. The Executive Board shall meet regularly, at such times and places as it may determine. Special meetings may be called by the President, or by any three members. Written notice of the time and place of any special meeting shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to each member at least seven days in advance of such meeting. Section 7. The Bishop may appoint, subject to the approval of the Executive Board, a person to serve as the coordinator of the Board. Such person will function as the Bishop may direct. Section 8. In the event of the absence of the President, and of the Vice President, the meeting shall be presided over by a member present selected by the members present. Section 9. One-half of the members of the Clerical and one-half of the members of the Lay order constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting of the Executive Board, but a smaller number may adjourn.

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and including with the petition the views of both Regional Councils affected by the change. The Standing Committee shall decide the change by majority vote of all its members. Section 3. The Standing Committee shall notify the Bishop, the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, and the Suffragan Bishops, if there be such, the Executive Board, and the Secretary of the Diocese promptly of any change in the number or compositions of Regions, and shall provide annually to the Council a list of the Regions and their member Churches, which shall be published in the Journal of the Council. Section 4. In each Region there shall be a Regional Council, subject to the following provisions: (a) Each church of the Region shall be represented by its active Clergy and as many Lay persons, elected by its Vestry or Vestry Committee, as it has Lay Delegates to the Council of the Diocese. Qualifications for election to Regional Councils shall be the same as for election to a Vestry. (b) The Dean shall call the first meeting of a Regional Council, which shall then organize itself, electing Lay Members as President and Vice-President, respectively. Each Council shall elect such other officers as it desires and shall establish a schedule of regular meetings. Special meetings may be called by any Bishop, by the Dean, by the President, or at the request of the representatives of any two constituent Churches. (c) All terms of office shall be determined by each Regional Council, and shall expire at the conclusion of the regular meeting of the Council of the Diocese in the appropriate year. Notice, and the results, of any election shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Diocese at the conclusion of Council. (d) Each Regional Council shall elect one member and one alternate member of the Executive Board. That member and alternate member must be a Lay person eligible for election to the Vestry of a Church in the Region or members of its active Clergy, and may not be the Dean of the Region or a member of the Standing Committee. Such member and alternate member shall be elected for a term of three years and shall both be of the same order. The positions shall alternate between Lay and Clerical incumbents. The rotation of members shall be established by the Standing Committee from time to time so that as nearly as possible one-third thereof shall be elected each year. Vacancies shall be filled by the appropriate Regional Council for the unexpired term, with due regard as to order, except that, when the unexpired term is for three months or less, the replacement member may be of either order. Regional Council representatives on the Executive Board shall become ex-officio members of their own Regional Council. (e) A Regional Council shall be governed by the Rules of Order of the next preceding regular meeting of the Council of the Diocese, unless the Regional Council shall decide otherwise. Section 5. (a) Each Regional Council shall be responsible for seeing that the ministrations of The Episcopal Church are made available to every person living within the boundaries of such Region and shall exercise authority for the Region as a whole 328

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in safeguarding the interests and extending the ministrations of the Church throughout its borders, so that the Region may function as a unit in matters of common concern and responsibility. A Regional Council may, for these and other purposes, and subject to the approval of the Executive Board, adopt and administer a budget. Any proposal to begin missionary work or to found a Church must have the approval of the Regional Council of the Region in which such work or Church is to be established. In any case when a Church is aggrieved by an action of its Regional Council, its Rector or Vicar, with the advice and consent of its Vestry or Vestry Committee, may appeal the matter to the Standing Committee, the decision of which shall be final. In any case when a Regional Council, upon request to the Dean of the Region by the Ecclesiastical Authority, fails to meet and act within sixty days of such request, the Executive Board of the Diocese shall exercise the authority of the Regional Council with respect to the matter under consideration, subject to the right of appeal set forth in Section 5(c) of this Canon. Any such exercise of authority by the Executive Board shall be reported within one month of its exercise to the Standing Committee, and shall also be reported in full to the next meeting of the Council of the Diocese.

Canon 9. Boundaries. Section 1. The Parishes of the Diocese, and their boundaries, are fixed as of January 23, 1972, and shall not be changed henceforth. Section 2. In every Region, the Rector and Vestry of each Church and the Vicar and the Vestry Committee of each Mission shall have and exercise concurrent jurisdiction within the boundaries of the Region, and equal responsibility for the extension and welfare of the Church and ministration to needy people within the Region. Section 3. The authority of an inactive Church is assigned to the Executive Board, which may delegate this authority in specific cases to a sub-committee composed entirely of members of the Executive Board. An inactive Church is defined as one in which there is no functioning Vestry or Vestry Committee.

Canon 10. Churches. Section 1. A group of people (1) which acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Bishop or Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese of Virginia, (2) among whom there is a regular program of identifiable Episcopal services (including regular celebration of the Holy Communion) at a designated place or places of worship, (3) which as a group shares in the support of the Episcopate of the Diocese, (4) which makes provision for the pastoral administrations of the church to its members, and (5) which functions under the supervision of a Priest or Deacon, shall be called a Church. A list of all Churches shall be published annually in the Journal of the Council. All congregations designated as Parish The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Churches, Parishes or Separate Congregations on the effective date of this Canon shall be classified as Churches. Section 2. A group of people seeking such status must signify its desire to a regular meeting of the Council of the Diocese of Virginia by petitioning for Church status. Such petition must contain the proposed name for the Church, a certification that the requirements of Section 1 of this Canon are complied with, the name and address of the supervising Priest, the address or addresses of the place or places of worship, and a copy of the current budget. The petition shall be accompanied by certificates of endorsement from the Regional Council of the Region in which such group provides a place of worship and from the Executive Board, it being the responsibility of the group to obtain such certificate. Section 3.

Each Church shall have a Vestry in conformity with Canon 11.

Section 4. The Vestry of a Church shall elect, from among those persons eligible to serve as Vestry members of that Church, representatives to the Regional Council and Council of the Diocese in the number provided by Canon. Section 5. The Rector and Vestry of a Church as herein defined are expressly designated as the “Rector and Vestry of a Parish” for purposes of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church. Section 6. A group of persons who desire to organize a congregation, but who are unable to meet all of the requirements of Section 1 of this Canon, may be constituted by the Bishop or Ecclesiastical Authority, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, or the Standing Committee itself if it be the Ecclesiastical Authority, a Mission. Application for such status shall be accompanied by a certificate of endorsement of the Regional Council of the Region in which such group proposes to worship, it being the responsibility of the group to obtain such certificate. A list of all Missions shall be published annually in the Journal of the Council of the Diocese. Upon the request of any Church, or the failure of any Church to meet all the requirements of Section 1 of this Canon, or upon request by a Church for direct aid from the Diocesan Budget, the Bishop or Ecclesiastical Authority, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, or the Standing Committee itself if it be the Ecclesiastical Authority, may change the status of such Church to that of a Mission. Any action taken under this section shall be reported in the Journal of the next succeeding Council as one of the official acts of the official taking the action. Section 7.

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transacting the temporal business of the Mission, except that the Founding Church may retain to itself such temporal functions as it deems proper and in any event shall be ultimately responsible for the temporal obligations of the Mission. The Rector and Vestry of the Founding Church may at any time agree with the Bishop to designate such “Mission of a Founding Church” as a “Mission,” and upon such designation becoming effective, the provisions of this section shall no longer apply to such a Mission. Any Mission functioning under this section shall be so marked in the annual list of Missions. A Mission shall be entitled to Lay and Clerical representation in the Diocesan and Regional Council as is afforded other Churches.

Canon 11. Election and Organization of Vestries, and Call of Congregational Meetings. Section 1. In this Canon, the term “Rector” implies “Rector or Vicar,” and the term “Vestry” denotes “Vestry or Vestry Committee,” unless specifically noted to the contrary. Section 2. A Church shall have a Vestry which shall consist of not fewer than three or more than twelve members, except that in any Church having more than one hundred confirmed communicants in good standing one additional member may be elected to its Vestry for each additional one hundred confirmed communicants in good standing, or major fraction thereof, provided that the total number of elected Vestry members shall not exceed eighteen. Section 3. The election of Vestry members shall be held annually at such time and place as shall be designated by the Vestry, or in the event the Vestry does not act then by the Rector, or, if there be no Rector by the Wardens. If the time and place be not so fixed then the election shall be held on Easter Monday in the church or regular place of worship. At least three days notice of the time and place of each election of Vestry members shall be given in the church on an occasion of public worship or by other adequate means. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if any Church so authorize, Vestry members may be elected for terms not to exceed four years, the congregation to determine the length of terms, the beginning of the term, and the number of Vestry members to be elected for such terms. The Vestry members elected and qualified under this Canon shall serve until their successors are elected and have qualified. At all meetings of the congregation, the Rector shall preside, except that at the request of the Rector or if the Church is without a Rector, the meeting shall be presided over by one of the Wardens or, in their absence, by a Vestry member selected by the Vestry. Section 4. Only Lay persons, who are confirmed adult communicants in good standing of the church, as defined in General Convention Canon I.17., shall be eligible for election as Vestry members of such church. However, regardless of eligibility of a person for election, no person shall be elected at duly convened congregational meetings to consecutive full terms on a congregation’s Vestry or Vestry Committee. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Section 5. All adult communicants in good standing, registered in the particular Church in which they offer to vote, shall be entitled to vote at the election of Vestry members. The voting shall be by ballot in person and, unless otherwise provided by the meeting, a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to a choice. There shall be no voting by proxy. But no election shall be valid unless the participating qualified votes number at least ten per cent of the number of active communicants qualified to vote reported for the previous year. Section 6. The Vestry may appoint three persons to act as judges at the Vestry elections, whose duties shall be to determine the qualifications of the voters and the eligibility of persons for nomination as Vestry members. Section 7. As soon as may be after their election, the persons chosen as Vestry members shall assemble and organize at such time and place as the Rector shall appoint, or, if no time or place be appointed by him within a reasonable time, then at such time and place as shall be designated by any two Vestry members elect, the Rector and each Vestry member elect being notified. The newly organized Vestry takes office at a time previously established by the congregation in a duly called meeting. The proceedings at this and every meeting of the Vestry shall be opened with one or more collects and the Lord’s Prayer by the Rector, or other person appointed by the Rector. Section 8. Every person chosen a Vestry member shall qualify by subscribing the following declaration and promise: “I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation; and I do yield my hearty assent and approbation to the doctrines, worship and discipline of The Episcopal Church; and I promise that I will faithfully execute the office of Vestry member of ___________________________________________ Church, in Region _________, in the County (or City) of _________________________, according to my best knowledge and skill.” No person shall act as a Vestry member until this declaration and promise have been subscribed to. Section 9. The Vestry shall elect a Senior and a Junior Warden, a Register and a Treasurer, who shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. The Wardens shall be members of the Vestry. Section 10. The Rector shall preside at all meetings of the Vestry. In the absence of the Rector, or at his request when present, the Rector may request the Vestry to elect a substitute presiding officer, in which case the Rector will continue to have seat, voice and vote. If the church is without a Rector, meetings of the Vestry shall be presided over by one of the Wardens or, in their absence, by a Vestry member selected by the Vestry. All Vestry meetings shall be subject to the Rector’s call; but in case he fails to call a meeting when requested to do so by two Vestry members, such Vestry members may themselves call a meeting, giving at least three days notice of the time and place to the Rector and to each Vestry member. A majority of the Vestry members who have qualified, exclusive of the Rector, shall constitute a quorum; but any Vestry may by resolution fix a smaller number to act as a quorum at future meetings. The Vestry may adopt by-laws not inconsistent with Diocesan or National Canons. 332

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Section 11. In case of a vacancy in the Vestry, the remaining members may elect a qualified member of the congregation to fill the vacancy until the next annual congregational meeting, at which time such vacancy shall be filled. The following actions of any Vestry member may, after due warning, be deemed to create a vacancy which shall be declared by resolution of the Vestry: a. Failure to qualify within 60 days of election; or b. Failure to continue as a communicant in good standing; or c. Continued failure to attend the meetings of the Vestry without adequate excuse; or d. Neglect to perform faithfully and diligently the duties of Vestry members enumerated in the Canons or by the by-laws of the congregation. Section 12. Any Church having two or more congregations in different communities may apportion to each congregation the number of Vestry members to be chosen as its representation upon the Church Vestry. A separate election shall be held by and for each congregation, at which the number of Vestry members allotted to that congregation shall be chosen in accordance with the procedure presented in the preceding provisions of this Canon. The Vestry members so chosen, together with the Rector, if there be one, shall constitute the Rector and Vestry of the Church. The Vestry members chosen by each congregation, together with the Rector, shall be a committee of the Church Vestry to have the care and control of the property and to transact the local business of the congregation from which elected. Each Vestry committee may appoint one Warden for its congregation, a Treasurer and a Clerk. If Wardens have been chosen for particular congregations by Committees of the Vestry, the Senior and Junior Wardens of the Church shall be chosen from among such Wardens. The Church Vestry shall meet as a whole at least quarterly. Any matter concurred in by a majority of the committees of the Vestry, recorded by their respective Clerks and by the Register of the Vestry, shall be the act of the Vestry of the Church unless the Rector, or if there be none, the Senior Warden, deem it proper that such matter should be acted upon in a meeting of the Church Vestry as a whole. Section 13. In addition to the annual meeting of the congregation for the election of Vestry members, other meetings of the congregation may be called by the Vestry or, if they decline to do so, by ten qualified voters of the congregation after at least three days notice of the time, place and object of the meeting have been given either on an occasion of public worship or by other adequate means to the minister, each Vestry member and the congregation. At such meetings only those persons shall be entitled to vote who are qualified to vote for Vestry members and such meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as meetings held for the election of Vestries, except that voting by ballot need not be required. Section 14. The Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese shall appoint, or else allow a Mission which is not a Mission of a Founding Church to elect, a Committee of not fewer than three nor more than twelve Lay persons, who are confirmed adult communicants in good standing of that Mission, as defined in General Convention Canon I.17, to be called the Vestry Committee. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Canon 12. Duties of Vestries, Wardens and Parish Officers. Section 1. The Rector of a Church shall be elected by its Vestry, with the advice of the Bishop and in compliance with General Convention Canon III.9.3(a). The Vestry Committee of every Mission shall elect a Vicar upon nomination by the Bishop, such Vicar to serve at the pleasure of the Bishop. In accordance with General Convention Canon III.9.3(b), after consultation with the Vestry, a Priest-in-Charge may be appointed by the Bishop for any congregation in which there is no Rector. Any assistant ministers of a Church, by whatever name they may be designated, shall be selected by the Rector subject to the approval of the Vestry and in accordance with General Convention Canon III.9.3(c). Section 2. Each Vestry shall cooperate with the Rector or Vicar in promoting the spiritual welfare of his cure and assist him in his duties as defined in General Convention Canon III.9.5. Section 3. Each Vestry member shall support the programs of the Church through a commitment to service and biblically-based standard of proportional giving. Each vestry member shall also continuously encourage the members of the congregation to support the programs of the Church and to give generously towards the support of those programs; and each Vestry member shall extend personally a hearty welcome to newly baptized, confirmed, received, or transferred members of the congregation. Section 4. Each Vestry shall see that the Rector or Vicar is properly supported, that his salary is paid in full and with regularity, together with the pension premiums and other obligations due from the Church; annually review the compensation of its Rector or Vicar in keeping with the published guidelines of the Diocese; and make all necessary provision for Church music, with the advice and consent of the Rector or Vicar, and subject to his control. Section 5. Each Vestry shall advise the Diocese by November 30th of the percentage of its annual disposable income that will be shared with the Diocese in support of Diocesan Programs and remit the resultant sum to the Treasurer of the Diocese in regular monthly installments. It shall be the joint duty of the Rector or Vicar and Vestry to submit to the Bishop by the first of February of each year a parochial report for the year ending December 31st preceding, which report shall be submitted in duplicate on the form prepared by the Executive Council. Section 6. Each Vestry, as the constituted agents of the Church, shall transact all its temporal business, e.g.: (a) providing for the appointment of Trustees pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia to hold title to the property of the Church; (b) making and executing all contracts for erecting, furnishing, and preserving the Church edifice and other property; (c) regulating the use of any graveyard or columbarium; (d) establishing a Finance Committee as required by Canon 25 (Finance Committees); and, (e) observing Canon 13 (Business Methods in Church Affairs). Section 7. With the assistance of the other members of the Vestry and congregation, the Wardens shall have the following duties: 334

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To oversee the operation and maintenance of the Church property; To see that the Church is duly prepared for every occasion of public worship, attend to the accommodations of the congregation with seats, and maintain order and decorum at the time of public worship; (c) To collect the offerings of the people; (d)  To provide out of Church funds, under the direction of the Vestry, a sufficient supply of vestments and books to be used in public worship and also the elements for each celebration of the Holy Eucharist; (e)  To see that the sexton and other employees properly discharge their duties; and, (f)  To possess a copy of the current General Convention and Diocesan Constitutions and Canons for the information and guidance of the Rector, Vestry and congregation. (a) (b)

Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Register of the Vestry to take charge of all records except the Parish Register and keep correct entries of all proceedings of the Vestry in a wellbound book to be provided for that purpose and to deliver the records and minute books to the Rector, Vicar, or Wardens, when the Register’s term of office expires. Section 9. The Treasurer shall take charge of all funds except Communion Alms as provided for in General Convention Canon III.9.5.(b)(6), and disburse the same under the direction of the Vestry, maintaining his accounts in accordance with the canonical requirements for the conduct of business in Church affairs, rendering reports to the Vestry and to the Council as may be required. At the end of his term of office, he shall deliver all books and records pertaining to his office to the Wardens. Section 10. The provision of this Canon shall also be applicable to Vestry Committees to the extent not in conflict with other Canons.

Canon 13. Business Methods in Church Affairs. Section 1. In every Church, Mission, and Institution connected with the Diocese, business methods shall be observed as contained in General Convention Canon I.7 and as supplemented herein. Section 2. All trust, endowment and other permanent funds and all securities of whatsoever kind for which a Treasurer is responsible represented by physical evidence of ownership or indebtedness shall be deposited or invested with due regard for the social responsibility of the church and the social implications of the Christian faith. These funds shall be (i) deposited in one or more accounts properly earmarked, with one or more national or state banks or trust companies, or one or more savings and loan associations, the accounts of which are insured by an instrumentality of the United States, or with a Diocesan Corporation; or (ii) invested in such a manner as is permitted by Title 26, Chapter 3, Article 2 (Sections 26-45.3 through 26-45.14) of the Code of Virginia (1950) as it may be amended from time to time; or (iii) invested in such manner as approved by the Finance Committee of the Diocese. Such accounts shall be approved in writing by the Vestry or its governing body. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit investments in securities issued in book The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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entry form or other manner that dispenses with delivery of a certificate evidencing the ownership of the securities or the indebtedness of the issuer. Section 3. The Treasurer shall be bonded in such sum and with such surety as the Vestry or governing body may from time to time determine. Section 4. The Vestry or governing body shall annually cause to be audited the accounts of its Treasurer and all other custodians of funds or securities. Such audit will be in compliance with Section 1 above and with such instructions as may be promulgated by the Diocesan Finance Committee. The audit shall include all accounts which exceed five hundred dollars at any one time during the fiscal year. Section 5. The Vestry or other governing body of every Church, Mission and Related Organization shall provide for the following insurance with such insurers as may be determined by the Vestry or other governing body: (a) Fire and casualty insurance for buildings and tangible personal property of the Church, Mission or Related Organization in amounts not less than their replacement cost or depreciated value, as appropriate. (b) Adequate comprehensive liability insurance, naming the Diocese of Virginia as an additional insured, with coverage of not less than One Million Dollars per occurrence, for property damage or personal injury occurring (1) on the property of the Church, Mission or Related Organization, (2) as a result of the operation of motor vehicles owned or leased by the Church, Mission or Related Organization, (3) as a result of acts or omissions of the clergy or other employees with respect to their duties as such, or (4) as a result of acts or omissions of members or volunteers performing activities on behalf of or at the direction of the Church, Mission or Related Organization. (c) Workers’ compensation insurance for all employees.

Canon 14. Creation of Church Debt. Section 1. No indebtedness, shall be incurred by a Church or Institution without the written approval of the Bishop and of the Standing Committee: (a) Except where proposed indebtedness for permanent improvements, replacements, or additions to real estate or equipment, plus indebtedness of every kind already existing does not exceed one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the average annual receipts of such Church or Institution during the previous three fiscal years; and (b) Except where proposed indebtedness for current expenses, plus all indebtedness theretofore incurred for current expenses and still existing, does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total current receipts of such Church or Institution during the preceding fiscal year. Section 2. In computing receipts under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1 of this Canon, there shall be excluded amounts from or for endowments or from or by bequests, except income therefrom not specifically designated to be used for other purposes, and receipts specially designated for expenditures other than parochial. 336

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Section 3. The approval required under this Canon shall not be granted until there is submitted to, and approved by the Bishop and the Standing Committee, a plan of payment of the indebtedness.

Canon 15. Church Property. Section 1. All real and personal property held by or for the benefit of any Church or Mission within this Diocese is held in trust for The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia. The Vestry of every Church and, when authorized by the Bishop, the Vestry Committee of a Mission, shall elect Trustees for appointment pursuant to law to hold title to such property. Section 2. No part of the real property of a Church, except abandoned property, shall be alienated, sold, exchanged, encumbered or otherwise transferred for any purpose without the consent of the congregation in a meeting called for that purpose pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of Canon 11 and approval of the appropriate court, if required by law and, in the case of consecrated property, or any Church or Chapel which has been used solely for divine services, the further consent of the Bishop, acting with the advice and the consent of the Standing Committee of the Diocese. No part of the real property of a Mission under Supervision shall be alienated without the further consent of the Bishop. Section 3. The Executive Board shall take such steps as may be necessary to recover or secure any property, real or personal, belonging to any Church or bodies heretofore known as a Parish, Separate Congregation, Mission Church or Mission within this Diocese, the legal title to which is not vested in duly constituted Trustees; and whenever any property, real or personal, formerly owned or used by any congregation of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia for any purpose for which religious congregations are authorized to hold property under the provisions of the Code of Virginia or any amendment thereof, has ceased to be so occupied or used by such congregation, so that the same may be regarded as abandoned property by the Executive Board, which shall have the authority to declare such property abandoned and shall have the authority to take charge and custody thereof, the Executive Board shall take such steps as may be necessary to transfer the property to the Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority; or to sell it. Section 4. The Bishop, or Ecclesiastical Authority, is hereby authorized to acquire by deed, devise, gift, purchase or otherwise, any real property for use or benefit of the Diocese. Property so acquired shall be held and transferred by the Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese in accordance with the provisions of Section 5716 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as from time to time amended, provided that no such real property shall be alienated, sold, exchanged, encumbered or otherwise transferred for any purpose by the Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority without the advice and consent of the Trustees of the Funds of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia or the Executive Committee of such Trustees, unless prohibited by the instrument by which title to such property is acquired. The Executive Board shall have the care of the Episcopal Residence and other property held by the Bishop or the Ecclesiastical The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Authority of the Diocese for which no other custodians are provided and the Bishop or the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese may delegate all authority with respect to such property, save and except the right to hold, transfer or encumber title to real property, to the Executive Board. Section 5. The Executive Board is hereby constituted the proper authority of the Church and may apply to the appropriate court of the State for the appointment of Trustees to hold title to real property belonging to the Diocese when it may be necessary. No part of such real estate, except abandoned real property, shall be alienated, sold, encumbered or otherwise transferred for any purpose without the consent of the Executive Board. Section 6. A list of all real property to which the Bishop and Trustees of the Diocese hold title and of all inactive or abandoned real property shall be maintained by the Secretary of the Diocese and published annually in the Council Journal. Section 7. Trustees appointed pursuant to this Canon shall be indemnified by the Church or Mission electing them, or, in the case of Trustees designated by the Executive Board, by the Diocese, to the fullest extent as if the Church, Mission, or Diocese were a “Corporation” and such Trustees were “Directors” within the meaning of, and as set forth in, Article 9 of the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act, as the same may be from time to time amended.

Canon 16. Parish Registers and Parochial Reports. Section 1. Every Rector and Vicar shall maintain a register of official acts and make the required entries in the Parish Register as required by General Convention Canon I.6.1. These records shall be made in suitable books to constitute collectively the Parish Register, to be provided by the Vestry for that purpose and to remain in the property of the Vestry. When a congregation is without a Rector or Vicar, one of the Wardens shall take charge of the Parish Register and shall make, or cause to be made, all needful entries until the vacancy is filled. Section 2. Every Rector or Vicar shall send to the Bishop, or if there be no Bishop, to the Secretary of the Diocese, or the President of the Council, on or before the first day of March of each year, the report required by General Convention Canon I.6.1 for the year ending the thirty-first day of December preceding, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Bishop or the Council. If any congregation is without a Rector or Vicar, the report shall be sent by the Wardens. The Bishop shall compile a list of those Churches and Clergy whose reports are not sent by the first day of March and, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, take appropriate action.

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Section 2. Every related organization shall operate in conformity with the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. Section 3. Every related organization shall conform with the applicable provisions of the Canon on Business Methods in Church Affairs; provided, however, that nothing in this Canon shall be construed as acceptance by the Diocese of Virginia of the financial or other obligations of any related organization. Section 4. The Secretary of the Diocese shall keep a current list of all active related organizations which shall be published in the Council Journal. Section 5. Every related organization shall furnish an annual report of its activities to the Secretary of Council. Section 6. The Council of the Diocese, and the Executive Board between Councils, shall have the authority, for proper cause, to terminate the status of a related organization.

Canon 18. The Secretary of the Diocese. The Secretary of the Diocese shall perform such duties as may otherwise be prescribed by the Constitution and Canons and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Ecclesiastical Authority, in the performance of which he shall have such authority as may be delegated to him by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

Canon 19. The Treasurer of the Diocese. Section 1. (a) All trust and permanent funds belonging to the Diocese or over which the Diocese has control, and all other funds for which the Treasurer is responsible, shall be kept in one or more accounts in the Diocese of Virginia, properly earmarked, with one or more national or state banks or trust companies, or one or more building or savings and loan associations, the accounts of which are insured by an instrumentality of the United States, or with a Diocesan Corporation, approved in writing by the Executive Board, and shall not be withdrawn in whole or in part except upon the signature of two designated persons. (b) All securities of whatsoever kind belonging to the Diocese or over which the Diocese has control shall be kept with a Diocesan Corporation or some other agency, approved in writing by the Executive Board and shall not be withdrawn except upon the signature of two designated persons. (c) The Treasurer shall be bonded in such sum and with such surety as the Standing Committee may from time to time determine. (d) Such books of account shall be kept as, in the judgment of the Executive Board, may be necessary. (e) The Executive Board shall annually cause to be audited by certified public accountants the accounts of the Treasurer of the Diocese and the accounts of the Treasurer of every trust and permanent Diocesan fund. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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 condensed report of the audit shall be made under the direction of the A Executive Board, which shall make its report to each regular meeting of the Council and to any special meeting of the Council when requested. All buildings and tangible personal property, over which the Diocese has control, shall be kept adequately insured in such amount and with such insurers as the Executive Board may determine. The Executive Board shall supervise all financial affairs of the Diocese and the methods prescribed for the conduct of Diocesan business affairs.

Section 2. Pending the adoption of an annual budget by the Council of the Diocese, the Executive Board shall prepare and furnish to the Treasurer of the Diocese a schedule of payments for the ensuing fiscal year, which schedule of payments shall first provide for fixed obligations and then for other objects in the program of the Diocese, within the amount of estimated receipts. This schedule of payments shall be the warrant of the Treasurer of the Diocese for disbursement of the amounts specified therein. Upon adoption by the Council of an annual budget, such budget shall become the warrant of the Treasurer to make the expenditures provided therein.

Canon 20. The Registrar of the Diocese. Section 1. The Registrar shall be responsible to the Bishop and the Council for the preservation of the official records of the Diocese of Virginia, which shall include the Journals of the Councils, and the official records of the Bishops. He shall procure, receive, catalogue and preserve books, papers and other documents bearing upon the history of the Church in the Diocese of Virginia. Section 2. The Registrar of the Diocese shall, with the advice of the Bishop and the Secretary of the Diocese, issue guidelines to committees and officials of the Diocese of Virginia concerning such documents as shall be considered worthy of historic preservation; such as the Journals of General Convention, the Episcopal Church Annuals, Diocesan ECW Yearbooks. He shall offer advice to parishes regarding the preservation of historic materials. He shall further make proper disposition of acquisitions to the archives of the Episcopal Church, or to such other repositories as may be appropriate.

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be ineligible to be elected to a full term, but a member of the Standing Committee who has completed within two years a full term shall not be eligible to be chosen by the Executive Board or the Council to fill a vacancy, nor be eligible to be elected to a full term on that Committee.

Canon 22. The Commission on Ministry. Section 1. Membership. (a) The Council shall elect six (6) persons, three (3) clerical and three (3) lay, to the Commission on Ministry; one in each order to be elected annually to serve for a term of three (3) years. No one so elected shall be eligible for re-election after having served two consecutive terms until after the expiration of one year, providing that nothing herein shall prevent the Bishop from nominating one or more such persons under the provisions of Section 1(b) of this Canon. Such persons shall be adult communicants in good standing of a Church in the Diocese. (b) The Bishop may annually appoint not more than ten (10) additional members for a term of one year each. Such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by Council. Such appointments shall be communicants in good standing. (c) In the case of a vacancy in the elected members [Section 1(a)], the Executive Board shall fill the vacancy from the same order and that member shall serve for the balance of that term. In the case of a vacancy in the appointed members [Section 1(b)], the Bishop may appoint a member to complete that one-year term. Section 2. The duties of the Commission on Ministry shall be those prescribed in the Canons of the Episcopal Church, including, but not limited to, advising and assisting the Bishop (a) in the determination of present and future opportunities and needs for the ministry of all baptized persons and (b) in the design and oversight of the ongoing process for recruitment, discernment, formation for ministry and assessment of readiness therefore.  The Commission may establish committees consisting of members and other persons to report to the Commission or to act on its behalf. Section 3. Diocese.

The Commission on Ministry shall annually report to the Council of the

Section 4. As a transition following adoption of amendments to this Canon at the 212th Annual Council, for the purpose of changing the number and the rotation specified in Section 1(a), the previously elected members of the Commission on Ministry with remaining terms of office of one, two, and three years shall remain in office for the duration of their respective terms of office. This section of the Canon shall lapse upon the establishment of the terms of office so inaugurated.

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Canon 24. Reserved for future use.

Canon 25. Finance Committees. Section 1. There shall be a Finance Committee of the Diocese as required by General Convention Canon I.7, appointed by the Bishop and including representation from the Executive Board, which committee shall, from time to time and at least annually: (a) Advise the Executive Board of the conformity of the Diocese, the Churches, the Missions and Institutions connected with the Diocese with the provisions of Canon 13. (b) Issue periodic guidelines for audits and investment management. (c) Provide information to Church and other Finance Committees as requested. (d) Perform such other functions as required by Canon or as directed by the Executive Board. Section 2. Each Church and Mission shall establish a Finance Committee of not less than three persons to provide assistance in financial matters to the Rector, Vicar, Vestry and Treasurer in the implementation of these Canons. Section 3. All reports of audits required by Canon 13 shall be made to the Vestry or governing body not later than August 2nd of each year. Such reports, including recommendations, shall be filed with the Bishop as required by National Canon; reports for Missions shall be made to the Bishop designated by the Diocesan who shall submit a consolidated report to the Diocesan. The Bishop shall refer all audit reports to the Finance Committee of the Diocese for their information and recommendations. Section 3. Diocese.

The Commission on Ministry shall annually report to the Council of the

Section 4. As a transition following adoption of amendments to this Canon at the 212th Annual Council, for the purpose of changing the number and the rotation specified in Section 1(a), the previously elected members of the Commission on Ministry with remaining terms of office of one, two, and three years shall remain in office for the duration of their respective terms of office. This section of the Canon shall lapse upon the establishment of the terms of office so inaugurated.

Canon 23. Reserved for future use.

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Canon 25. Finance Committees. Section 1. There shall be a Finance Committee of the Diocese as required by General Convention Canon I.7, appointed by the Bishop and including representation from the Executive Board, which committee shall, from time to time and at least annually: (a) Advise the Executive Board of the conformity of the Diocese, the Churches, the Missions and Institutions connected with the Diocese with the provisions of Canon 13. (b) Issue periodic guidelines for audits and investment management. (c) Provide information to Church and other Finance Committees as requested. (d) Perform such other functions as required by Canon or as directed by the Executive Board. Section 2. Each Church and Mission shall establish a Finance Committee of not less than three persons to provide assistance in financial matters to the Rector, Vicar, Vestry and Treasurer in the implementation of these Canons. Section 3. All reports of audits required by Canon 13 shall be made to the Vestry or governing body not later than August 2nd of each year. Such reports, including recommendations, shall be filed with the Bishop as required by National Canon; reports for Missions shall be made to the Bishop designated by the Diocesan who shall submit a consolidated report to the Diocesan. The Bishop shall refer all audit reports to the Finance Committee of the Diocese for their information and recommendations.

Canon 26. Appeal of a Lay Person after Repulsion from the Holy Communion. If any person repelled from the Holy Communion shall allege to the Bishop that injustice has been done, or if, notwithstanding that, he shall have professed himself ready and willing, in truth and sincerity, to comply with the requisitions expressed in the Rubric in order to be restored to the Holy Communion, and his repulsion shall be continued, he may present his application in writing to the Bishop, setting forth the grounds thereof and requesting to be restored to the Communion. Thereupon the Bishop, after consideration of the reasons given by the Priest and the Lay person shall adjudge the case and shall communicate his judgment in writing to the Priest and the Lay Person and the judgment shall be final and conclusive.

Canon 27. Ecclesiastical Discipline. Section 1. Adoption of Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention. Those provisions of Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention that are applicable to the Diocese are hereby incorporated as part of this Canon. To the extent, if any, that any of the provisions of this Canon are inconsistent with provisions of Title IV, the provisions of Title IV shall govern.

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Section 2. Disciplinary Board. The Disciplinary Board shall consist of eleven (11) persons, six (6) of whom are priests or deacons and five (5) of whom are lay persons. Members of the Standing Committee shall be eligible to serve as members of the Disciplinary Board. (a) Priests or Deacons. The priests or deacons who are members of the Disciplinary Board shall be canonically resident in this Diocese. (b) Lay Members. The lay members of the Disciplinary Board shall be persons eligible under the Canons for election as Lay Delegates to Council. (c) Election of Members. The members of the Disciplinary Board shall be nominated by the Standing Committee and elected by Council to serve for terms of three years. Member’s terms shall be staggered into three classes of two clerical and two lay members each, provided that one such class shall have only one lay member. A Disciplinary Board member who has served two complete three-year terms shall be ineligible to serve again until one year has elapsed. (d) Vacancies. Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board shall be filled as follows: (i) Upon the determination that a vacancy exists, the President of the Board shall notify the Bishop of the vacancy and request appointment of a replacement member. (ii) The Bishop shall appoint a replacement Disciplinary Board member in consultation with the Standing Committee. (iii) With respect to a vacancy created for any reason other than pursuant to a disqualification as provided in Section 3 below, the term of any person selected as a replacement Disciplinary Board member shall expire at the conclusion of the next regular meeting of Council, at which Annual Council a person of the same order as the person whose position was vacated shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. With respect to a vacancy resulting from a challenge, the replacement Disciplinary Board member shall serve only for the proceeding for which the regularly elected Disciplinary Board member is not serving as a result of the challenge. (e) President. Within sixty (60) days following the annual Council, the Disciplinary Board shall convene to elect a President to serve until the next Annual Council. Section 3. Preserving Impartiality. In any proceeding under this Canon, if any member of a Conference Panel or Hearing Panel of the Disciplinary Board shall become aware of a conflict of interest or undue bias, that member shall immediately disqualify himself or herself and notify the President of the Disciplinary Board and request appointment of a replacement member of the Panel. Respondent’s Counsel and the Church Attorney shall have the right to challenge any member of a Panel for conflict of interest or undue bias by motion to the Panel for disqualification of the challenged member. The members of the Panel not the subject of the challenge shall promptly consider the motion and determine whether the challenged Panel member shall be disqualified from participating in that proceeding. Section 4. Intake Officers. The Intake Officers shall be appointed from time to time by the Bishop after consultation with the Disciplinary Board. The Bishop shall appoint at least two Intake Officers according to the needs of the Diocese, with at least one male and one female. The Bishop shall publish the names and contact information of the Intake Officers throughout the Diocese. Section 5. Investigator. The Bishop shall appoint one or more Investigators as needed in consultation with the President of the Disciplinary Board. Every Investigator shall be required to maintain confidentiality subject to Canon IV.11(5). 344

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Section 6. Church Attorney. Within sixty (60) days following each annual Council, the Disciplinary Board shall appoint a Church Attorney, and one or more Assistant Church Attorneys, if deemed appropriate by the Disciplinary Board, who shall be duly licensed attorneys, and who will perform the functions as described in Canon IV.2. Attorneys appointed to serve as Church Attorney shall serve until their successors are appointed. Persons selected to serve as Church Attorneys shall be persons eligible under the Canons for election as Lay Delegates to Council, but need not reside within the Diocese. The Church Attorney may be removed by the Bishop, in consultation with the Standing Committee, for cause. If none of the Church Attorney or Assistant Church Attorneys are able to act on a specific matter due to a conflict of interest, undue bias or unavailability, the Disciplinary Board shall appoint a duly licensed attorney who is eligible under the Canons for election as a Lay Delegate to Council to act as Church Attorney for such matter. Section 7. Pastoral Response Coordinator. The Bishop may appoint a Pastoral Response Coordinator, to serve at the will of the Bishop in coordinating the delivery of appropriate pastoral responses provided for in Canon IV.8. The Pastoral Response Coordinator may be an Intake Officer but shall not be a person serving in any other appointed or elected capacity under this Canon. Section 8. Advisors. In each proceeding under this Canon, the Bishop shall appoint an Advisor for the Complainant and an Advisor for the Respondent. Persons serving as Advisors shall hold no other appointed or elected position provided for under this Canon, and shall not include the Chancellor or Vice Chancellors of this Diocese or any person likely to be called as a witness in this proceeding or otherwise involved in the proceeding. Section 9. Clerk. The Board shall appoint a Board Clerk to assist the Board with records management and administrative support. The Clerk may be a member of the Board. Section 10. Lay Assessor. The Disciplinary Board may appoint a duly licensed attorney for advice on matters of law, procedure and evidence affecting proceedings before the Conference and Hearing Panels. The Lay Assessor need not reside in, or be a member, of the Diocese. Section 11. Costs and Expenses. The reasonable costs and expenses of the Disciplinary Board, the Intake Officer, the Investigator, the Church Attorney, the Disciplinary Board Clerk, the Pastoral Response Coordinator and the Lay Assessor, if any, shall be the obligation of the Diocese of Virginia, subject to budgetary constraints as may be established by the Executive Board. Section 12. Records. (a) Records of Active Proceedings. Records of active proceedings before the Disciplinary Board, including the period of any pending appeal, shall be preserved and maintained in the custody of the Clerk. (b) Permanent Records. The Bishop shall make provision for the permanent storage of records of all proceedings under this Canon at the offices of the Diocese and the Archives of the Episcopal Church, as prescribed in Title IV of the Canons of the General Convention. Section 13. Transitional Provisions. The amendments to this section adopted by the Council at its regular meeting in 2011 shall be effective July 1, 2011. The provisions of The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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this Canon in effect prior to the Council’s regular meeting in 2011 shall remain in effect until July 1, 2011, and thereafter solely with regard to matters then pending before the Ecclesiastical Trial Court, until such matters are finally disposed. At the 2011 regular meeting of Council, the Council shall elect an Ecclesiastical Trial Court pursuant to those provisions, and also shall elect members of the Disciplinary Board to be effective July 1, 2011. The initial members of the Disciplinary Board shall be elected to terms expiring in equal number in 2012, 2013 and 2014, provided that only one Lay Person’s term shall expire in 2012; succeeding members shall be elected to three-year terms. The meeting of the Disciplinary Board to elect its initial President shall take place within sixty days of July 1, 2011. The provisions of this amendment related to the election of a Disciplinary Board at the 216th Annual Council shall be effective as of the approval of this amendment by twothirds of the members present.

Canon 28. Relationships Among Clergy and Congregations. Section 1. Except upon mandatory resignation by reason of age, a Rector may not resign as Rector of a church without the consent of its Vestry, nor may any Rector canonically or lawfully elected and in charge of a church be removed therefrom by the Vestry against the Rector’s will, except as hereinafter provided. Section 2. When a Rector or a majority of any Vestry believe the pastoral relation between the Rector and the congregation is imperiled by dissension, it shall be the duty of either or both, before contemplating dissolution of the pastoral relation, to lay the matter before the Bishop. Section 3. If for any urgent reason a Rector or Vestry desires a dissolution of the pastoral relation, and the parties cannot agree, either party may give notice in writing to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese. Whenever the Standing Committee is the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese, it shall request the Suffragan Bishop, if there be one; or the Assistant Bishop, if there be one; and if neither office is filled, then the Bishop of another Diocese, to perform the duties of the Bishop under this Canon. Section 4. Whenever a Rector or a Vestry notifies the Bishop under the terms of this Canon, the Bishop shall labor for a reconciliation of the Rector and the congregation, either directly or through the Bishop’s designees, or both. The Bishop may require one or more meetings with the Vestry and the Rector, either together or separately, and may require such meetings to be held with the Bishop, with the Bishop’s designees, or both. No later than 90 days after receiving the original notification for consultation under the provisions of this Canon, the Bishop shall issue a Pastoral Direction in writing to the Rector and the Vestry shall outline a course of action to unify the congregation. Section 5. If, in the judgment of the Bishop, the Rector, or the Vestry, the terms of the Pastoral Direction issued by the Bishop as specified in Section 4 above have not been met, or that the purposes for the Pastoral Direction have not been achieved, and 90 days have passed since the issuance of the Pastoral Direction, then the Rector or the Vestry may request a final judgment on the pastoral relation from the Bishop as follows or the Bishop may proceed on his own initiative as follows: (a) The Bishop shall give notice to the Rector and Vestry that a godly judgment 346

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will be rendered in the matter after consultation with the Standing Committee and that either party has the right within ten days to request in writing an opportunity to confer with the Standing Committee before it consults with the Bishop. If a timely request is made, the President of the Standing Committee shall set a date for the conference, which shall be held within thirty days. At the conference each party shall be entitled to representation and to present its position fully. Within thirty days after the conference, or after the Bishop’s notice if no conference is requested, the Bishop shall confer with and receive the recommendation of the Standing Committee; thereafter the Bishop, as final arbiter and judge, shall render a godly judgment. Upon the request of either party the Bishop shall explain the reasons for the judgment. If the explanation is in writing, copies shall be delivered to both parties. If the pastoral relation is to be continued, the Bishop shall require the parties to agree on definitions of responsibility and accountability for the Rector and the Vestry. If the relation is to be dissolved: (1) The Bishop shall direct the Secretary of the Council to record the dissolution. (2) The judgment shall include such terms and conditions including financial settlements as shall seem to the Bishop just and compassionate. In either event the Bishop shall offer appropriate supportive services to the Priest and the church.

Section 6. In the event of the failure or refusal of either party to comply with the terms of the judgment, the Bishop may act as follows: (a) In the case of a Rector, suspend the Rector from the exercise of the priestly office until the Priest shall comply with the judgment. (b) In the case of a Vestry, recommend to the Council of the Diocese that the Church be placed under the supervision of the Bishop as a Mission until it has complied with the judgment. Section 7. For cause, the Bishop may extend the time periods specified in this Canon, provided that all be done to expedite these proceedings. All parties shall be notified in writing of the length of any extension. Section 8. Statements made during the course of proceedings under this Canon are not discoverable nor admissible in any proceedings under Title IV of the General Convention Canons or Diocesan Canon 27 provided that this does not require the exclusion of evidence in any proceeding under the Canons which is otherwise discoverable and admissible. Section 9. In the course of proceedings under this Canon, if a complaint is made by the Vestry against the Rector under General Convention Canon IV.1. or Diocesan Canon 27, all proceedings under this Canon shall be suspended until the complaint has been resolved or withdrawn. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Canon 29. Gender of Pronouns. The masculine pronoun whenever used in these Canons shall be deemed to include the feminine pronoun.

Canon 30. Amendment of Canons. Section 1. The Canons of this Diocese may be amended by the Council; but no proposed amendment shall be considered by the Council unless at least one day’s notice be given in open Council, nor until such amendment shall have been referred to and reported upon by a Committee of at least two Presbyters and two Laymen. Nor shall such amendments be adopted during the same Council unless two-thirds of the members present concur therein; but if the majority be less than two-thirds, it shall lie over for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Council. Unless otherwise provided by the Council, all amendments shall become effective upon the adjournment of the meeting of the Council at which final action was taken. Section 2. Whenever a Canon is amended, enacted, or repealed in different respects by two or more independent enactments at the same Council, including the enactment of an entire Canon, the separate enactments shall be considered as one enactment containing all of the amendments or enactments, whether or not repealed, to the extent that the changes made in separate amendments or enactments are not in conflict with each other, the Chancellor and the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons shall make the determination whether or not there is a conflict and certify the text of the single enactment to the Secretary of the Council. Section 3. At the conclusion of each regular meeting of General Convention, the Chancellor and the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons of this Diocese shall be empowered to correct numbering references in the Constitution and Canons of this Diocese to the Constitution and Canons of the General Convention, which corrections shall be reported to the Secretary of the Diocese.

Canon 31. Health Insurance. Section 1. Any and all health insurance coverage provided or paid for by the Diocese, Churches, Diocesan Missions or Missions of a Founding Church located within the Diocese for active and retired ordained persons or lay employees shall be provided through the diocesan health insurance plans established by the Executive Board. Section 2. The Executive Board shall establish forms and processes for receiving applications for exception or exemption from the mandate of paragraph 1 hereof, and for reviewing and reaching a decision regarding each application. The Executive Board may designate an appropriately constituted body and delegate to it the necessary authorities to receive, review and make recommendations to the Executive Board. A description of these forms and processes shall be furnished to the entities identified in paragraph 348

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1 hereof, made available by the Diocese upon request, and published in the annual guidelines offered by the Diocesan Compensation Commission as approved by the Executive Board. Section 3. The Executive Board may grant such exemptions or exceptions from the mandate of paragraph 1 hereof as it deems appropriate. Each decision of the Executive Board shall be communicated to the applicant in writing together with a description of any process that the Executive Board may establish for appealing its decisions. Section 4. In deciding on each application, the Executive Board shall be guided by the following considerations (among such others as it may deem appropriate): (a) consistency; (b) fairness; (c) hardship; (d) coverage available through spousal, military or other plans; (e) t he effect that the exemption or exception requested, if granted, would have on the plan as a whole; (f) t he precedential effect of the exemption or exception requested, if granted.

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Index to the Constitution and Canons • References to the Diocesan Constitution are by Roman numerals. • References to the Diocesan Canons are by Canon and appropriate section in Arabic numerals; e.g., 6.1. Amendments



To Constitution……………………………………… XIX

To Canons……………………………………………… 30

Archdeacons… …………………………………………… 6.1

Audits ………………………………………………… 13.4 Bishops

Election… …………………………………………… VII Vacancy in office… …………………………………… IX

Bonding of Treasurers… ……………………………… 13.3

Boundaries… ……………………………………………… 9 Business Methods in Church Affairs

General… ……………………………………………… 13



Deposit of Funds… ………………………………… 13.2





Audits… …………………………………………… 13.4 Insurance… ………………………………………… 13.5

Funds, trust and permanent… …………………… 13.2

Chancellor, Diocesan…………………………………… XIII

Church Pension Fund… ………………………………… 5 Churches Debt… ………………………………………………… 14

Defined… ……………………………………………… 10



Property………………………………………………… 15



Under Supervision… …………………………… 10.6‑8







Parochial Reports…………………………………… 16.2

Registers, Parish… ………………………………… 16.1

Vestries (See: Vestries)

Clergy

Official list……………………………………………… 1

Assistant Clergy

Rector, Election of … ……………………………… 12.1

Communicants

Repulsion from Holy Communion… ……………… 26

Congregational Meetings………………………………… 11

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Composition………………………………… III; 1.2-4; 2





Credentials… ……………………………………2.7





Alternates… …………………………………… 2.4-7

Committees

Lay Delegates

Election of…………………………………2.4-5; 10.4

Meetings… …………………………………………… II

Methods of Voting… ………………………………… V



President… ………………………………………… VIII



Secretary… …………………………………………… XI



Quorum………………………………………………… IV

Deans …………………………………………… 6.1(c); 6.2 Deputies, election of



General Convention…………………………………… 4

Provincial Synod……………………………………… 3

Diocesan Finance Committee…………………………… 25 Ecclesiastical Discipline… ……………………………… 27

Executive Board…………………………………………… 7

Election of Members & Alternates… …………… 7.1(a) Inactive Church Authority … ……………………… 9.3

Finance Committees……………………………………… 25 Financial Reports (See: Business Methods)

Founding Church… …………………………………… 10.8 Funds (See: Business Methods) Gender ……………………………………………… XX; 29 General Convention, Deputies… ……………………… 4

Health Insurance…………………………………………… 31 Holy Communion

Repulsion from………………………………………… 26

Ministry, Commission on… ……………………………… 22

Missionary Society……………………………………… XVI Offerings and Alms… …………………………… 12.7;12.9

Officers, Diocesan………………………………………… VI Organizations, Related…………………………………… 17

Annual Report……………………………………… 17.5



Business Methods… …………………………… 17.3; 13





Approved by Council……………………………… 17.1 Relationship, Authority to terminate… ………… 17.6

Parish Registers………………………………………… 16.2

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Parochial Reports… …………………………………… 16.1

Pastoral Relationships… ………………………………… 28 Pension Fund (See: Church Pension Fund) Property (See: Churches) Provincial Synod, Deputies……………………………… 3 Rector (See: Clergy) Regional Council………………………………………… 8.4-5

Regions ………………………………………………… 8; 9.2 Registrar, Diocesan… ……………………………… XIV; 20 Regulations Respecting Laity (See: Laity) Secretary, Diocesan… …………………………… XI; 5.2; 18 Duties…………………………………………………… 18

Maintain Lists









Real Property… ……………………………… 15.6 Related Organizations… …………………… 17.4

Standing Committee…………………………… VI; XV; 21



Church Indebtedness, Approval of… ……………… 14

Officers… …………………………………………… 21.1

Treasurer, Diocesan… ……………………………… XII; 19 Trusts (See: Business Methods) Trustees, Parish… ……………………………… 12.6(a); 15.1 Vacancies

Vestry………………………………………………… 11.11

Vestry Committee… …………………………………… 11.1 Vestry

Declaration… ……………………………………… 11.8



Election… ………………………………………… 11.3-5













Eligibility

For Vestry… …………………………………… 11.4 To vote … ……………………………………… 11.5

Judges………………………………………………… 11.6 Meetings, Call of… ………………………………… 11.10

Meetings, Prayer before… ………………………… 11.7

Organization………………………………………… 11.7 Rector to preside… ………………………………… 11.10

Size ………………………………………………… 11.2



Vacancy……………………………………………… 11.11



Clergy compensation… …………………………… 12.4

Vestry, duties… …………………………………………… 12



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Business Methods … ……………………… 12.6(e)



Finance Committee………………………… 12.6(d)









Temporal Business





Contracts… ………………………………… 12.6(b)

Graveyard/Columbarium… ……………… 12.6(c)

Trustees……………………………………… 12.6(a)

Vestry, officers

Election of …………………………………………… 11.9





Register………………………………………… 12.8



Wardens………………………………………… 12.7







Duties of

Vicar

Treasurer… …………………………………… 12.9

………………………………………………… 10.7

Wardens, duties… ……………………………………… 12.7

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Bishops and Diocesan Staff Bishops

Shannon Sherwood Johnston Bishop [email protected], ext. 12 David Colin Jones Bishop Suffragan [email protected], ext. 34 703-824-1325 Edwin F. Gulick Jr. Assistant Bishop [email protected], 703-824-1325

Diocesan Staff

Ms. Paris Ball Director of Christian Formation [email protected], ext. 1042

Ms. Laura Cramer Benefits Administrator [email protected], ext. 1040

Mr. Austin Bartenstein Bishop’s Clerk [email protected], ext. 1038

Mr. Ed Keithly Assistant, Office of the Canon to the Ordinary [email protected], ext. 1015

Mr. Buck Blanchard Director of Mission & Outreach [email protected], ext. 1016

Mr. Tyler Fox Assistant to Bishop Jones and Bishop Gulick [email protected], 703-824-1325

Ms. Mary Anne Bryant Assistant, Office of Mission & Outreach [email protected], ext. 1017

The Rev. Canon Susan Goff Canon to the Ordinary [email protected], ext. 1011

Mr. Henry Burt, Esq Secretary of the Diocese, Chief of Staff [email protected], ext. 1030

Ms. Stephanie Higgins Assistant, Development & Stewardship [email protected], ext. 1029

Ms. Joy Buzzard Financial Administrator [email protected], ext. 1022

Ms. Kathlyn Jones Assistant, Office of Christian Formation [email protected], ext. 1031

Ms. Frances Caldwell Director of Development & Stewardship [email protected], ext. 1035

Mr. Wilbert “Skeet” Jones Sexton ext. 1028

Ms. Emily Cherry Communications Officer [email protected], ext. 1021

Mr. Michael Kerr Treasurer [email protected], ext. 1020

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Ms. Mildred Lofton Bookkeeper [email protected], ext. 1023

Ms. Karen Smith Receptionist/Administrative Assistant [email protected], ext. 1010

Ms. Anna Moncure Assistant, Office of the Secretary [email protected], ext. 1025

Mr. Mike Wade Assistant to the Director of Christian Formation [email protected], ext. 1027

Ms. Lindsay Ryland Transition Ministry Officer [email protected], ext. 1013

Ms. Amy Williams Assistant, Office of the Bishop [email protected], ext. 1012

Diocesan Centers

Shrine Mont, Incorporated 221 Shrine Mont Cir. Orkney Springs, VA 22845 540-856-2141 Fax 540-856-8520 Mr. Kevin Moomaw, Director

The Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn 8727 River Rd. Richmond, VA 23229 804-288-6045 800-477-6296 Fax 804-285-3430 Ms. Kass Lawrence, Director

Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia Christchurch School 49 Seahorse Ln., Christchurch, VA 23031 804-758-2306 Mr. John Estin Byers, Head

St. Margaret’s School P.O. Box 158, Tappahannock, VA 22560 804-443-3357 Ms. Margaret R. Broad, Head

St. Catherine’s School 6001 Grove Ave., Richmond, VA 23226 804-288-2804 Ms. Laura J. Erickson, Head

St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School 1000 St. Stephen’s Rd., Alexandria, VA 22304 703-751-2700 Ms. Joan G. Ogilvy Holden, Head

St. Christopher’s School 711 St. Christopher’s Rd., Richmond, VA 23226 804-282-3185 Mr. Charles M. Stillwell, Head

Stuart Hall School P.O. Box 210, Staunton, VA 24402 540-885-0356 Mr. Mark Hampton Eastham, Head

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Other Schools

The Episcopal High School 1200 N. Quaker Ln., Alexandria, VA 22302 703-379-6530 Mr. F. Robertson Hershey, Headmaster The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia 3737 Seminary Rd., Alexandria, VA 22304 703-370-6600 Dr. Ian Markham, Dean and President The Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, Chairman

Virginia Diocesan Homes

Goodwin House, Alexandria 4800 Fillmore Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311 703-578-1000 Ms. Kathleen S. Anderson, President and CEO Mr. Harry Baldwin, Executive Director

Shenandoah Westminster Canterbury 300 Westminster-Canterbury Dr., Winchester, VA 22603 540-665-0156 Ms. Jeannie Shiley, President and CEO

Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads 3440 S. Jefferson St., Falls Church, VA 22041 703-820-1488 Ms. Kathleen S. Anderson, President and CEO Ms. Linda Lateana, Executive Director

Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge 250 Pantops Mountain Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22911 434-972-2622 Mr. Gary Selmeczi, President and CEO

Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury 132 Lancaster Dr, Irvington, VA 22480 804-438-4000 Mr. Stuart Butning, President and CEO

Westminster Canterbury of Richmond 1600 Westbrook Ave., Richmond, VA 23227 804-264-6000 Mr. Donald Lecky, President and CEO

Other Institutions

The Church Pension Group 445 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016 800-223-6602 Fax 212-592-9400 The Episcopal Church Center 815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017 800-334-7626 Fax 212-949-6781

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St. Andrew’s, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 931, Marshall, VA 20116-0931 Physical Address: 9816 Crest Hill Rd, Marshall, VA 20116 Phone: 540-675-3716

Aldie

Church of Our Redeemer, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 217, Aldie, VA 20105-0217 Physical Address: 39518 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie, VA 20105-2036 Phone: 703-327-4060 [email protected] www.aldiechurch.com Vicar: The Rev. John Sheehan Assistant: The Rev. Nicholas P.N. Lubelfeld

Alexandria

All Saints’ Sharon Chapel, Region VI Address: 3421 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310 Phone: 703-960-4808 [email protected] www.sharonchapel.org/ Rector: The Rev. Rachelle E. Birnbaum Associate: The Rev. Valerie J. Hayes

Christ Church, Region IV Address: 118 N Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314-3023 Address: 118 N Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314-3023 Phone: 703-549-1450 [email protected] www.historicchristchurch.org Rector: The Rev. Pierce W. Klemmt Associate: The Rev. Ann H. Gillespie Associate: The Rev. Dr. Diane G. Murphy Church of St. Clement, Region IV Address: 1701 N Quaker Ln, Alexandria, VA 22302-2339 Phone: 703-998-6166 [email protected] www.saintclement.org Rector: The Rev. John D. Hortum Church of the Resurrection, Region IV Address: 2280 N Beauregard St, Alexandria, VA 22311-2200 Phone: 703-998-0888 [email protected] www.welcometoresurrection.org Interim Rector: The Rev. Carol H. Spigner

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Emmanuel Church, Region IV Address: 1608 Russell Rd, Alexandria, VA 22301-1926 Phone: 703-683-0798 [email protected] www.emmanuelonhigh.org Interim Rector: The Rev. Martha Ellen Wallace Grace Church, Region IV Address: 3601 Russell Rd, Alexandria, VA 22305-1731 Phone: 703-549-1980 [email protected] www.gracealex.org Rector: The Rev. Robert H. Malm Assistant: The Rev. Andrew D’Angio White Associate: The Rev. Patrick T. Crerar Immanuel-on-the-Hill, Region IV Address: 3606 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304-5200 Phone: 703-370-6555 [email protected] www.icoh.net Rector: The Rev. Dr. Margaret Ann Faeth La Iglesia de San Marcos, Region VI Address: 6744 S Kings Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22306-1318 Phone: 703-931-2245 Meade Memorial Church, Region IV Address: 322 N Alfred St, Alexandria, VA 22314-2423 Phone: 703-549-1334 [email protected] www.meadechurch.org Rector: The Rev. Collins Asonye Olivet Church, Region VI Address: 6107 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310-2508 Phone: 703-971-4733 [email protected] www.olivetepiscopalchurch.org Rector: The Rev. Dr. David S. Harper St. Aidan’s, Region VI Address: 8531 Riverside Rd, Alexandria, VA 22308-2206 Phone: 703-360-4220 [email protected] www.staidansepiscopal.com/ Rector: The Rev. John Baker Assistant: The Rev. Elizabeth Rees

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St. James’, Mt. Vernon, Region VI Address: 5614 Old Mill Rd, Alexandria, VA 22309 Phone: 703-780-3081 [email protected] www.stjamesmv.org/ Interim Rector: The Rev. Ruth D. Walsh St. Luke’s, Wellington, Region VI Mail: 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22308-1207 Address: 8009 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22308-1207 Phone: 703-765-4342 [email protected] www.saintlukeschurch.net/ Rector: The Rev. E. Tucker Bowerfind Associate: The Rev. Lynda S. Hergenrather Associate: The Rev. Michael O. Moore Associate: The Rev. Ketten Solak St. Mark’s, Region VI Address: 6744 S Kings Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22306-1318 Phone: 703-765-3949 [email protected] stmarksalex.org Rector: The Very Rev. John Weatherly Assistant: The Rev. Meredith Heffner Assistant: The Rev. Cherian Pulimootil St. Paul’s, Region IV Address: 228 S Pitt St, Alexandria, VA 22314-3742 Phone: 703-549-3312 [email protected] www.stpaulsalexandria.com Rector: The Very Rev. Oran E. Warder Assistant: The Rev. Judith H. Proctor Assistant: The Rev. Andrew Akuak

Annandale

St. Alban’s, Region VIII Address: 6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003-3431 Phone: 703-256-2966 [email protected] www.stalbansva.org Assistant: The Rev. Jeffrey S. Shankles

St. Barnabas’, Region VIII Address: 4801 Ravensworth Rd, Annandale, VA 22003-5551 Phone: 703-941-2922 [email protected] www.st-barnabaschurch.org/ Rector: The Rev. Linda Wofford Hawkins Assistant: The Rev. Charles F. Brock

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Arlington

La Iglesia de Cristo Rey, Region III Address: 415 S Lexington St, Arlington, VA 22204-1226 Phone: 703-931-2245 Vicar: The Very Rev. Catherine Campbell La Iglesia de San Jose, Region III Address: 911 N Oakland St, Arlington, VA 22203-1916 Phone: 703-524-4716 [email protected] Vicar: The Very Rev. Catherine Campbell St. Andrew’s, Region III Address: 4000 Lorcom Ln, Arlington, VA 22207-3937 Phone: 703-522-1600 [email protected] www.standrewsnet.org Rector: The Rev. Jennifer G. Montgomery St. George’s, Region III Address: 915 N Oakland St, Arlington, VA 22203-1916 Phone: 703-525-8286 [email protected] www.saintgeorgeschurch.org Rector: The Rev. Shearon Williams St. John’s, Region III Address: 415 S Lexington St, Arlington, VA 22204-1226 Phone: 703-671-6834 [email protected] stjohnsarlington.thediocese.net Rector: The Rev. Ann Barker St. Mary’s, Region III Address: 2609 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22207-3501 Phone: 703-527-6800 [email protected] www.stmarysarlington.org Rector: The Rev. Andrew T. P. Merrow Assistant: The Rev. Tim Malone Assistant: The Rev. Anne M. Turner Associate: The Rev. John Runkle

St. Michael’s, Region III Address: 1132 N Ivanhoe St, Arlington, VA 22205-2445 Phone: 703-241-2474 [email protected] www.stmichaelsarlington.org Rector: The Rev. Leslie Hague Associate: The Rev. George M. Caldwell

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St. Peter’s, Region III Address: 4250 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22207-4508 [email protected] www.saint-peters.org Rector: The Rev. Craig A. Phillips Assistant: The Rev. Ann F. Martens Trinity, Region III Address: 2217 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204-4405 Phone: 703-920-7077 [email protected] www.trinitychurcharlington.org Rector: The Rev. Kim L. Coleman

Ashburn

St. David’s, Region XIII Address: 43600 Russell Branch Pkwy, Ashburn, VA 20147-2903 Phone: 703-729-0570 [email protected] www.sdlife.org/ Rector: The Rev. Mary Kay Brown Assistant: The Rev. Dr. Norman Whitmire

Ashland

St. James-the-Less, Region XI Address: 125 Beverly Rd, Ashland, VA 23005-1821 Phone: 804-798-6336 www.stjamestheless.com/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. David T. Anderson

Aylett

St. David’s, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 68, Aylett, VA 23009 Physical Address: 11291 W. River Rd., Aylett, VA 23009 Phone: 804-769-2078 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. James. C. Iswariah

Batesville

Church of the Holy Cross, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 12, Batesville, VA 22924-0012 Physical Address: Virginia Route 635, Batesville, VA 22924 Phone: 540-949-0826 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Anthony F. Andres

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Berryville

Grace Church, Region XIV Mail: P O Box 678, Berryville, VA 22611-0678 Mailing Address: PO Box 678, Berryville, VA 22611-0678 Physical Address: 110 N Church St, Berryville, VA 22611-1110 Phone: 540-955-1610 [email protected] www.clarkeparish.org Rector: The Rev. Dwight L. Brown St. Mary’s, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 252, Berryville, VA 22611 Physical Address: 219 N Buckmarsh St, Berryville, VA 22611 Phone: 540-955-1610 Rector: The Rev. Dwight L. Brown

Bluemont

Church of the Good Shepherd, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 324, Bluemont, VA 20135-0324 Physical Address: 27 Good Shepherd Rd, Bluemont, VA 20135-0324 Phone: 703-861-6751 [email protected] www.goodshepherdbluemont.com Vicar: The Rev. Louis J. Mattia

Boonesville

Good Shepherd-of-the-Hills, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 31, Free Union, VA 22940-0031 Physical Address: Corner of Sr-601 and Sr-810, Boonesville, VA 22935 Phone: 434-973-7688 Pastoral Leader: Mr. J. Robert Thomas

Bowling Green

St. Asaph’s, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 1178, Bowling Green, VA 22427-1178 Physical Address: 130 S Main St, Bowling Green, VA 22427-9424 Phone: 804-633-5660 [email protected] www.stasaphs.org Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Barbara C. Willis

Brandy Station

Christ Church, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 25, Brandy Station, VA 22714-0025 Physical Address: 14586 Alanthus Rd, Brandy Station, VA 22714-2111 Phone: 540-439-3733 [email protected] www.christchurchbrandystation.org/

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Bremo Bluff

Grace Church, Region XV Mailing Address: General Delivery, Bremo Bluff, VA 23022-9999 Physical Address: 754 Bremo Bluff Rd, Bremo Bluff, VA 23022 Phone: 804-622-1410 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Dr. Thomas S Hendrickson

Burke

Church of the Good Shepherd, Region VII Address: 9350 Braddock Rd, Burke, VA 22015-1521 Phone: 703-323-5400 [email protected] www.good-shepherd.net/ Rector: The Rev. Dr. Laurence K. Packard Associate: The Rev. Philip G. Johnston

St. Andrew’s, Region VII Address: 6509 Sydenstricker Rd, Burke, VA 22015-4210 Phone: 703-455-2500 [email protected] www.standrews.net Interim Rector: The Rev. Gary W. Goldacker Assistant: The Rev. Jeanie Martinez

Casanova

Grace Church, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 18, Casanova, VA 20139-0018 Physical Address: 5108 Weston Rd, Casanova, VA 20139 Phone: 540-788-4419 [email protected] Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. James H. Cirillo

Catlett

St. Stephen’s, Region XIII Mail: 8538 Greenwich Rd, Catlett, VA 20119-1922 Address: 8695 Old Dumfries, Catlett, VA 20119 Phone: 540-788-4252 [email protected] www.ststephenschurchcatlett.org/ Rector: The Rev. Pati Mary Andrews

Centreville

St. John’s, Region VII Mailing Address: PO Box 2360, Centreville, VA 20122-2360 Physical Address: 5649 Mount Gilead Rd, Centreville, VA 20120-1906 Phone: 703-803-7500 [email protected] www.stjohnscentreville.org Rector: The Rev. Dr. Howard F. Kempsell Jr.

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Charles City

Westover Church, Region IX Address: 6401 John Tyler Memorial Hwy, Charles City, VA 23030-3310 Phone: 804-829-2488 [email protected] www.westoverepiscopalchurch.org Rector: The Rev. Virginia R. Heistand

Charlottesville

Christ Church, Region XV Address: 100 W Jefferson St, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5023 Phone: 434-293-2347 [email protected] www.christchurchcville.org Rector: The Rev. Paul N. Walker Associate: The Rev. David Johnson Church of Our Saviour, Region XV Address: 1165 East Rio Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901-1810 Phone: 434-973-6512 [email protected] www.cooschv.org Rector: The Rev. David M. Stoddart Assistant: The Rev. Jennifer Durant McIlhany Parish, Region XV Address: 960 Monacan Trail Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903-7704 Phone: 434-293-3455 [email protected] www.mcilhanyparish.org/ Vicar: The Rev. Dr. Genevieve Murphy St. Luke’s, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 694, Charlottesville, VA 22902-0694 Physical Address: 1333 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., Charlottesville, VA 22902 [email protected] avenue.org/stlukes/ Vicar: The Rev. Dr. Philip J. Paradine St. Paul’s Memorial, Region XV Address: 1700 University Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2619, 22903-2619 Phone: 434-295-2156 [email protected];[email protected]; [email protected];[email protected] www.stpaulsmemorialchurch.org Rector: The Very Rev. James D. Richardson Associate: The Rev. Dr. Ann Bagley Willms Assistant: The Rev. Nik Forti

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Trinity, Region XV Address: 1042 Preston Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2109 Phone: 434-293-3157 [email protected] www.trinityepiscopalcville.org/ Vicar: The Rev. B. Cass Bailey

Christchurch

Christ Church Parish, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 476, Saluda, VA 23149-0476 Physical Address: Virginia 33 and State Route 638, Saluda, VA 23149 Phone: 804-758-2006 [email protected] www.ccparish.info Rector: The Rev. Paul Andersen

Colonial Beach

St. Mary’s Church, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 420, Colonial Beach, VA 22443-0420 Physical Address: 203 Dennison St, Colonial Beach, VA 22443-2311 Phone: 804-224-7186 [email protected] stmaryscolonialbeach.org Rector: The Rev. Dr. Ronald S. Okrasinski

Columbia

St. John’s, Region XII Mailing Address: PO Box 853, Columbia, VA 23038-0853 Physical Address: 43 Washington Street, Columbia, VA 23038 Phone: 804-457-3741 Interim Vicar: The Rev. Richard O. Singleton

Culpeper

St. Stephen’s, Region I Address: 115 N East St, Culpeper, VA 22701-3021 Phone: 540-825-8786 [email protected] www.ststephensculpeper.net Rector: The Rev. Michael Gray

Delaplane

Emmanuel, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 126, Delaplane, VA 20144-0126 Physical Address: 9668 Maidstone Rd, Delaplane, VA 20144-2211 Phone: 540-364-2772 [email protected] www.emmanuel-delaplane.org/ Interim Rector: The Rev. Stephen D. Becker

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Doswell

St. Martin’s, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 214, Doswell, VA 23047-0214 Physical Address: 10523 Doswell Rd, Doswell, VA 23047-1800 Vicar: The Rev. James. C. Iswariah The Fork Church, Region XI Address: 12566 Old Ridge Rd, Doswell, VA 23047-1710 Phone: 804-227-3413 [email protected] www.theforkchurch.org Rector: The Very Rev. Anne Kirchmier

Dunn Loring

Church of the Holy Cross, Region V Address: 2455 Gallows Rd, Dunn Loring, VA 22027-1225 Phone: 703-698-6991 [email protected] www.holycrossepiscopal.org/ Rector: The Rev. Walter Smedley Assistant: The Rev. Robert A. Becker Assistant: The Rev. Joie Weiher

Earlysville

Buck Mountain Church, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 183, Earlysville, VA 22936-0183 Physical Address: 4133 Earlysville Rd, Earlysville, VA 22936 Phone: 434-973-2054 buckmountainchurch.org Vicar: The Rev. Constance Clark

Fairfax Station

St. Peter’s in the Woods, Region VII Address: 5911 Fairview Woods Dr, Fairfax Station, VA 22039-1427 Phone: 703-503-9210 [email protected] www.spiw.org Vicar: The Rev. Dede Duncan-Probe Assistant: The Rev. Kathy R. Guin

Falls Church

Holy Cross Korean Church, Region VIII Address: 3439 Payne St, Falls Church, VA 22041-2019 Phone: 703-578-0691 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Valentine Han La Iglesia de Santa Maria, Region VIII Address: 7000 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22042-1827 Phone: 703-533-9220 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Roberto Orihuela

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St. Patrick’s, Region VIII Address: 3241 Brush Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042-2569 Phone: 703-532-5656 [email protected] www.saintpatricks.us/ Vicar: The Rev. Tinh T. Huynh St. Paul’s, Bailey’s Crossroads, Region VIII Address: 3439 Payne St, Falls Church, VA 22041-2019 Phone: 703-820-2625 [email protected];[email protected] stpaulsbxr.org Rector: The Very Rev. James McCaskill The Falls Church, Region VIII Address: 225 E Broad St, Suite 303, Falls Church, VA 22046 Phone: 703-241-0003 [email protected] www.thefallschurch-episcopal.org Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Cathy Tibbetts

Farnham

North Farnham Church, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 343, Farnahm, VA 22460 Physical Address: 231 N Farmham Church Rd, Farnham, VA 22460 Phone: 804-394-3505 [email protected] www.farnhamwithstjohns.org/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Michael J. Malone

Fredericksburg

Church of the Messiah, Region I Address: 12201 Spotswood Furnace Ln, Fredericksburg, VA 22407-2265 Phone: 540-786-3100 [email protected] www.churchofmessiah.org Rector: The Rev. James G. Reed St. George’s, Region I Address: 905 Princess Anne St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5821 Phone: 540-373-4133 [email protected] www.StGeorgesEpiscopal.net Rector: The Rev. James C. Dannals Assistant: The Rev. Gaynelle M. Rahn

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Trinity, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 3400, Fredericksburg, VA 22402-3400 Physical Address: 825 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5469 Phone: 540-373-2996 [email protected] www.trinity-fredericksburg.org Rector: The Rev. Kent D. Rahm Assistant: The Rev. Brian W. Turner

Front Royal

Calvary Church, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 62, Front Royal, VA 22630-0002 Physical Address: 132 N Royal Ave, Front Royal, VA 22630 Phone: 540-635-2763 [email protected] www.calvaryepiscopalchurch.org Rector: The Rev. Deborah W. Rutter

Glen Allen

Christ Church, Region XII Mailing Address: 5000 Pouncey Tract Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23059-5301 Phone: 804-364-0394 [email protected] www.christchurchrichmond.com Rector: The Rev. Paul A. Johnson Interim Assistant: The Rev. Barbara Marques

Gloucester

Ware Church, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 616, Gloucester, VA 23061-0616 Physical Address: 7825 John Clayton Memorial Hwy, Gloucester, VA 23061-5108 Phone: 804-693-3821 [email protected] www.warechurch.org Rector: The Rev. Daniel O. Worthington Jr.

Goochland

Grace Church, Region XII Mailing Address: PO Box 698, Goochland, VA 23063-0698 Physical Address: 2955 River Rd W, Goochland, VA 23063-3230 Phone: 804-556-3051 [email protected] Rector: The Very Rev. Rhonda W. Baker St. Mary’s, Region XII Address: 12291 River Rd, Richmond, VA 23238-6112 Phone: 804-784-5678 [email protected] www.stmarysgoochland.org Rector: The Rev. John E. Miller Assistant: The Rev. David H. Knight Assistant: The Rev. Eleanor Wellford

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Gordonsville

Christ Church, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 588, Gordonsville, VA 22942-0588 Physical Address: 310 N High Street, Gordonsville, VA 22942 Phone: 540-832-3209 [email protected] christchurchgordonsville.org/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Richard E. Fichter Jr.

Great Falls

St. Francis’, Region V Address: 9220 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA 22066-2726 Phone: 703-759-2082 [email protected];[email protected] www.stfrancisgreatfalls.org Rector: The Very Rev. Penelope Bridges Assistant: The Rev. Benson E. Shelton

Greenwood

Emmanuel Church, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 38, Greenwood, VA 22943 Physical Address: 750 Rockfish Gap (Rt. 250 W.), Greenwood, VA 22943 Phone: 540-456-6334 [email protected] emmanuelgreenwood.org/ Rector: The Rev. Charles F. Mullaly Jr. Associate: The Rev. Peter Carey

Hague

Cople Parish, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 110, Hague, VA 22469-0110 Physical Address: 72 Coles Point Rd, Hague, VA 22469 Phone: 804-472-2593 [email protected] www.copleparish.org Rector: The Rev. Catherine Swann

Hanover

Calvary Church, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 307, Hanover, VA 23069-0307 Physical Address: 13312 Hanover Courthouse Rd, Hanover, VA 23069-1507 Phone: 804-537-5061 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Alonzo C. Pruitt St. Paul’s, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 441, Hanover, VA 23069-0441 Physical Address: 8050 Saint Pauls Church Rd, Hanover, VA 23069-1522 Phone: 804-537-5516 [email protected] www.stpaulshanover.org/ Rector: The Rev. Jack T. Sutor Jr. The Diocese of Virginia t Journal of the the 216th Annual Council

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Harrisonburg

Christ the King, Region XIV Address: 901 Parkwood Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2418 Phone: 540-434-8300 [email protected] www.ctkharrisonburg.org/index.php Vicar: The Rev. Geoffrey Gwynne

Emmanuel, Region XIV Address: 660 S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801-5819 Phone: 540-434-2357 [email protected] www.emmanuelharrisonburg.org Rector: The Rev. Daniel D. Robayo Assistant: The Rev. Sara Ardrey-Graves

Heathsville

St. Stephen’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 40, Heathsville, VA 22473 Physical Address: RR 360, Heathsville, VA 22473-0040 Phone: 804-724-4238 ststephensheathsville.org/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Lucia K. Lloyd

Herndon

St. Timothy’s, Region V Address: 432 Van Buren St, Herndon, VA 20170-5104 Phone: 703-437-3790 [email protected] www.saint-timothys.org/ Rector: The Rev. Bradford Rundlett Associate: The Rev. Leslie E. Chadwick

Highland Springs

Trinity, Region IX Mailing Address: PO Box 86, Highland Springs, VA 23075-0086 Physical Address: Cedar Ave & Nine Mile Rd, Highland Springs, VA 23075 Phone: 804-737-0000 [email protected] www.trinityhighlandsprings.com Vicar: The Rev. J. David Niemeyer

Ivy

St. John-the-Baptist, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 351, Ivy, VA 22945-0351 Physical Address: 4708 Dick Woods Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: 434-295-0744 avenue.org/sjbec/ Vicar: The Rev. Kathleen Sturges

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St. Paul’s, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 37, Ivy, VA 22945-0037 Physical Address: 851 Owensville Rd, Ivy, VA 22945 Phone: 434-979-6354 [email protected] stpaulsivy.org/ Interim Rector: The Rev. John C. Seville

Keswick

Grace Church, Cismont, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 43, Keswick, VA 22947-0043 Physical Address: 5607 Gordonsville Rd, Keswick, VA 22947 Phone: 434-293-3549 [email protected];[email protected]; [email protected];[email protected] www.gracekeswick.org/ Rector: The Rev. Julie L. Norton

Kilmarnock

Grace Church, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 1059, Kilmarnock, VA 22482-1059 Physical Address: 303 S Main St, Kilmarnock, VA 22482 Phone: 804-435-1285 [email protected] www.graceepiscopalkilmarnock.com Rector: The Very Rev. David H. May Assistant: The Rev. Anne Lane Witt

King & Queen

Immanuel, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 14, King and Queen Court House, VA 23085-0014 Physical Address: Allens Circle, King and Queen Court House, VA 23085

King George

Emmanuel, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 134, King George, VA 22485-0134 Physical Address: 9403 Kings Hwy, King George, VA 22485-3425 Phone: 540-775-3635 [email protected] Rector: The Rev. Diane Carroll St. John’s, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 134, King George, VA 22485-0134 Physical Address: 9403 Kings Hwy, King George, VA 22485-3425 Phone: 540-775-3635 [email protected];[email protected] www.hanoverparish.com/ Vicar: The Rev. Diane Carroll

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St. Paul’s, Owens, Region I Address: 5486 Saint Pauls Rd, King George, VA 22485-5436 Phone: 540-663-3085 stpaulskgva.org/ Rector: The Rev. James B. May Jr.

Kingstowne

Church of the Spirit, Region VI Address: 5775 Barclay Dr, Suite G, Alexandria, VA 22315-5731 Phone: 703-971-5242 [email protected] www.dovefromabove.org Rector: The Rev. Roger Schellenberg

Lancaster

St. Mary’s Whitechapel, Region II Address: 5940 White Chapel Rd, Lancaster, VA 22503-3029 Phone: 804-462-5908 [email protected] www.stmaryswhitechapel.org Rector: The Rev. Torrence M. Harman Trinity, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 208, Lancaster, VA 22503-0208 Physical Address: 8484 Mary Ball Rd, Lancaster, VA 22503-2518 Phone: 804-462-0610 [email protected] www.trinitylancasterva.org Rector: The Rev. Torrence M. Harman

Leesburg

St. Gabriel’s Church, Region XIII Address: 14 Cornwall St NW, Leesburg, VA 20176-2801 Phone: 703-779-3616 [email protected] www.saintgabriels.net St. James’, Region XIII Address: 14 Cornwall St NW, Leesburg, VA 20176-2801 Phone: 703-777-1124 [email protected] www.stjamesleesburg.org/ Rector: The Rev. John R. Ohmer Assistant: The Rev. Mary Fisher Davila Assistant: The Rev. Katherine S. Bryant

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Loretto

Vauter’s, Loretto, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 154, Champlain, VA 22438-0154 Physical Address: 3661 Tidewater Trail, Champlain, VA 22438 Phone: 804-443-4788 [email protected] Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Candine E. Johnson

Lorton

Pohick Church, Region VI Address: 9301 Richmond Hwy, Lorton, VA 22079-1519 Phone: 703-339-6572 [email protected] www.pohick.org Rector: The Rev. Dr. Donald D. Binder Assistant: The Rev. Lyn Youll Marshall Associate: The Rev. Ruth E. Correll

Louisa

St. James’, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 1216, Louisa, VA 23093-1216 Physical Address: 102 Ellisville Dr, Louisa, VA 23093-6550 Phone: 540-967-1665 [email protected] www.stjameslouisa.org/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Ann B. Davis

Lucketts

Christ Church, Luckett’s, Region XIII Address: 14861 New Valley Church Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176 Phone: 703-771-2196 christchurchlucketts.cfsites.org Vicar: The Rev. Louis J. Mattia

Luray

Christ Church, Region XIV Address: 16 Amiss Ave, Luray, VA 22835-1310 Phone: 540-743-5734 [email protected] home.earthlink.net/~christchurch16/

Madison

Piedmont/Bromfield Parish, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 305, Madison, VA 22727-0305 Physical Address: 214 Church St, Madison, VA 22727-3013 Phone: 540-948-6787 [email protected] www.piedmontepiscopalchurchva.org Rector: The Rev. Brad L. Jackson

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Manakin Sabot

St. Francis’, Region XII Mailing Address: PO Box 303, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103-0303 Physical Address: 1484 Hockett Rd, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103-2228 Phone: 804-784-6116 [email protected] www.stfrancisva.org Vicar: The Rev. J. David Niemeyer

Manassas

Trinity, Region VII Address: 9325 West St, Manassas, VA 20110-5128 Phone: 703-368-4231 [email protected] www.trinityepiscopalchurch.org/ Rector: The Very Rev. Stuart E. Schadt Assistant: The Rev. Vinnie Lainson

Markham

Leeds Church, Region XIII Address: 4332 Leeds Manor Rd, Markham, VA 22643-1906 Phone: 540-364-2849 [email protected] www.leedschurch.org/ Rector: The Rev. Justin McIntosh

Mathews

Kingston Parish, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 471, Mathews, VA 23109-0471 Physical Address: 307 Main St., Mathews, VA 23109 Phone: 804-725-2175 [email protected] www.kingstonparish.org Interim Rector: The Rev. Theodore McConnell

McLean

St. Dunstan’s, Region V Address: 1830 Kirby Rd, McLean, VA 22101-5323 Phone: 703-356-7533 [email protected] www.stdunstans.net/index.html Rector: The Rev. Stephen G. Shepherd Assistant: The Rev. Anna Scherer

St. Francis’ Korean, Region V Address: 1830 Kirby Rd, McLean, VA 22101-5323 Phone: 240-281-2366 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Young Kwon Choi

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St. John’s, Region V Mailing Address: PO Box 457, McLean, VA 22101-0457 Physical Address: 6715 Georgetown Pike, Mc Lean, VA 22101-2243 Phone: 703-356-4902 [email protected] www.stjohnsmclean.org/ Rector: The Rev. Edward O. Miller Jr. Assistant: The Rev. Mary Jayne Ledgerwood Associate: The Rev. Louise Lusignan St. Thomas’, Region V Address: 8991 Brook Rd, McLean, VA 22102-1510 Phone: 703-442-0330 [email protected] www.stthomasmclean.org Rector: The Rev. Dr. Stephen B. Edmondson Assistant: The Rev. Peter H. Gray

Mechanicsville

All Souls’ Church, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 2798, Mechanicsville, VA 23116-0021 Physical Address: 907 Atlee Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Phone: 804-559-9302 [email protected] www.allsoulsva.org Vicar: The Rev. Amelie Wilmer Church of the Creator, Region XI Address: 7159 Mechanicsville Tpke, Mechanicsville, VA 23111-3663 Phone: 804-746-8765 [email protected] www.creatorfamily.net Rector: The Rev. William H. Burk Immanuel, Old Church, Region XI Address: 3263 Old Church Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23111-6224 Phone: 804-779-3454 [email protected];[email protected] www.immanueloc.org/ Rector: The Rev. Ryan Kuratko

Middleburg

Emmanuel Church, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 306, Middleburg, VA 20118-0306 Physical Address: 105 E Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20118 Phone: 540-687-6297 [email protected] emmanuelmiddleburg.org/ Rector: The Rev. C. Anne Hallmark

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Millers Tavern

Grace Church, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 126, Millers Tavern, VA 23115-0126 Physical Address: 604 Howerton Rd, Millers Tavern, VA 23115 Phone: 804-843-3587 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Vincent S. Hodge St. Paul’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 278, Millers Tavern, VA 23115-0278 Physical Address: RR 360, Millers Tavern, VA 23115 Phone: 804-443-2341 [email protected] Rector: The Rev. Dr. E. Allen Coffey

Millwood

Cunningham Chapel Parish, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 153, Millwood, VA 22646-0153 Physical Address: 809 Bishop Meade Rd, Millwood, VA 22646 Phone: 540-837-1112 [email protected] www.cunninghamchapel.com Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Karin MacPhail

Mineral

Church of the Incarnation, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 307, Mineral, VA 23117-0307 Physical Address: 102 Louisa Ave, Mineral, VA 23117 Phone: 540-894-0136 [email protected] www.incarnationchurchmineralva.org Vicar: The Rev. Marian K. Windel

Montpelier

Church of Our Saviour, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 11, Montpelier, VA 23192-0011 Physical Address: 17102 Mountain Rd, Montpelier, VA 23192-2550 Phone: 804-883-5943 [email protected] www.churchofoursaviourmontpelier.net Vicar: The Rev. Herbert H. Jones

Montross

St. James’, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 177, Montross, VA 22520-0177 Physical Address: 15870 Kings Highway, Montross, VA 22520 Phone: 804-493-8285 Supply Priest: The Rev. Alan Hooker St. Paul’s, Nomini Grove, Region II Address: 1819 Neenah Rd, Montross, VA 22520-3115 Phone: 804-493-9003 Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Dr. Christopher M. Agnew

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St. Peter’s, Region II Address: PO Box 177, Montross, VA 22520-0177 Main/Home Address: 15870 Kings Hwy, Montross, VA 22520 Phone: 804-493-8285 Supply Priest: The Rev. Sean Rousseau

Mount Jackson

St. Andrew’s, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 117, Mount Jackson, VA 22842-0117 Physical Address: 5890 Main Street, Mount Jackson, VA 22842 Phone: 540-477-3335 [email protected] www.beckfordparish.org/St_Andrew_s_Church_Mt_Jackson/ Rector: The Rev. Alexander D. MacPhail

New Kent

St. Peter’s Church, Region IX Address: 8400 Saint Peters Ln, New Kent, VA 23124-2718 Phone: 804-932-4846 [email protected] stpetersnewkent.org/ Rector: The Very Rev. Dr. S. Paul Rowles

Oak Hill

Epiphany, Oak Hill, Region VII Mailing Address: PO Box 710995, Oak Hill, VA 20171 Physical Address: 3210 Kinross Cir, Herndon, VA 20171 Phone: 571-329-4746 [email protected] www.coee.org/default.asp Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Donna Foughty

Orange

St. Thomas’, Region XV Address: 119 Caroline St, Orange, VA 22960-1532 Phone: 540-672-3761 [email protected] www.stthomasorange.org Rector: The Rev. Linda V. Hutton

Orkney Springs

Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration, Region XIV Mailing Address: 13 Shrine Mont Cir, Orkney Springs, VA 22845-2020 Physical Address: 221 Shrine Mont Circle, Orkney Springs, VA 22845 Phone: 540-856-2141 [email protected] www.shrinemont.com/

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Port Republic

Grace Memorial, Region XIV Address: 7120 Ore Bank Rd, Port Republic, VA 24471-2206 Phone: 540-249-4121 [email protected] Rector: The Rev. Stuart C. Wood St. Stephen & the Good Shepherd, Region XIV Mailing Address: 7120 Ore Bank Rd, Port Republic, VA 24471-2206 Physical Address: 7078 Rocky Bar Rd, Elkton, VA 22827-3503 Phone: 540-249-4121 Rector: The Rev. Stuart C. Wood

Port Royal

St. Peter’s Church, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 399, Port Royal, VA 22535-0399 Physical Address: 823 Water St, Port Royal, VA 22535 Phone: 804-742-5908 [email protected] Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Catherine Hicks

Purcellville

St. Peter’s, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 546, Purcellville, VA 20134-0546 Physical Address: 37018 Glendale St, Purcellville, VA 20132-3422 Phone: 540-338-7307 [email protected] www.stpetes.net Rector: The Rev. Thomas W. Simmons IV

Rapidan

Emmanuel, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 81, Rapidan, VA 22733-0081 Physical Address: Intersection Rt 614 & Rt 615, Rapidan, VA 22733 Phone: 540-672-1395 [email protected] www.emmanuelrapidan.com Vicar: The Rev. Philip Morgan

Reedville

St. Mary’s, Fleeton, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 278, Reedville, VA 22539-0278 Physical Address: 3020 Fleeton Road, Reedville, VA 22539 Phone: 804-453-6712 [email protected] www.stmarysreedville.org Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. C. Lynn Holland

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Remington

St. Luke’s, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 267, Remington, VA 22734-0267 Physical Address: 400 N. Church St., Remington, VA 22734-9708 Phone: 540-439-3733 [email protected] home.comcast.net/~stlukesremington/

Reston

St. Anne’s, Region V Address: 1700 Wainwright Dr, Reston, VA 20190-5500 Phone: 703-437-6530 [email protected] www.stannes-reston.org/ Rector: The Rev. James A. Papile Assistant: The Rev. Jacqueline C. Thomson Assistant: The Rev. Denise Trogdon

Richmond

All Saints’, Region XII Address: 8787 River Rd, Richmond, VA 23229-8303 Phone: 804-288-7811 [email protected] www.allsaintsrichmond.org Assistant: The Rev. William L. Queen Jr.

Christ Ascension, Region XI Address: 1704 W Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23227-4312 Phone: 804-264-9474 [email protected] www.cachurch.net Rector: The Rev. David Keill Church of the Epiphany, Region XI Mailing Address: PO Box 9544, Richmond, VA 23228-0544 Physical Address: 8000 Hermitage Rd, Richmond, VA 23228-3704 Phone: 804-266-2503 [email protected] www.epiphanyepiscopal.com Rector: The Rev. Mary B. Thorpe Emmanuel, Brook Hill, Region XI Address: 1214 Wilmer Ave, Richmond, VA 23227-2405 Phone: 804-266-2431 [email protected] emmanuelrichmond.org/ Interim Rector: The Rev. Pamela Webb

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Grace & Holy Trinity, Region X Address: 8 N Laurel St, Richmond, VA 23220-4704 Phone: 804-359-5628 [email protected] www.ghtc.org Rector: The Very Rev. Bollin M. Millner Jr. Assistant: The Rev. Lauren B. Kuratko Assistant: The Rev. Michael Cadaret Holy Comforter, Region X Address: 4819 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA 23230-3615 Phone: 804-355-3251 [email protected];[email protected] www.hoco.org Rector: The Rev. Geoffrey D. Coupland St. Andrew’s, Region X Address: 236 S Laurel Street, Richmond, VA 23220 Phone: 804-648-7980 [email protected] standrewsoregonhill.org/ Rector: The Rev. S. Abbott Bailey St. Bartholomew’s, Region XII Address: 10627 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, VA 23238 Phone: 804-740-2101 [email protected];[email protected] www.stbartsrichmond.org Interim Rector: The Rev. R. Bruce Birdsey St. James’s, Region X Address: 1205 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23220-3711 Phone: 804-355-1779 [email protected] www.doers.org Rector: The Rev. Randolph M. Hollerith Assistant: The Rev. Carmen Germino Assistant: The Rev. Alex Riffee Associate: The Rev. Ann Dieterle St. John’s, Region IX Address: 2319 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23223-7128 Phone: 804-649-7938 [email protected] www.historicstjohnschurch.org/ Rector: The Rev. Laura D. Inscoe

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St. Mark’s, Region X Address: 520 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220-3309 Phone: 804-358-4771 [email protected] www.stmarksrichmond.org/ Assistant: The Rev. Edgar G. Adams Associate: The Rev. Charles D. Aiken Jr. St. Martin’s, Region XII Address: 9000 Saint Martin Ln, Richmond, VA 23294-4448 Phone: 804-270-6786 [email protected] www.saintmartinschurch.org Rector: The Rev. Lee Hutchson St. Matthew’s, Region XII Address: 1101 Forest Ave, Richmond, VA 23229-5845 Phone: 804-288-1911 [email protected]; [email protected] www.stmatthewsrichmond.com/ Rector: The Rev. Charles D. Alley Assistant: The Rev. Mario Gonzalez del Solar St. Paul’s, Region IX Address: 815 E Grace St, Richmond, VA 23219-3409 Phone: 804-643-3589 [email protected] www.stpauls-episcopal.org Rector: The Rev. D. Wallace Adams-Riley Associate: The Rev. Kate Jenkins St. Peter’s, Region IX Address: 1719 N 22nd St, Richmond, VA 23223-4431 Phone: 804-643-2686 www.stpeterschurchhill.org Vicar: The Rev. Lynne E. Washington St. Philip’s, Region XI Address: 2900 Hanes Ave, Richmond, VA 23222-3607 Phone: 804-321-1266 [email protected] www.stphilipsrichmond.org Rector: The Rev. Phoebe Roaf Assistant: The Rev. William S. Wells Jr.

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St. Stephen’s, Region XII Address: 6000 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23226-2601 Phone: 804-288-2867 [email protected] www.saintstephensrichmond.net Rector: The Rev. Gary D. Jones Associate: The Rev. Louise Blanchard Associate: The Rev. William Sachs Associate: The Rev. Matthew Johnson St. Thomas’, Region XI Address: 3602 Hawthorne Ave, Richmond, VA 23222-1824 Phone: 804-321-9548 [email protected] www.stthomasrichmond.org Rector: The Rev. Susan N. Eaves Assistant: The Rev. Susan Daughtry Varina Church, Region IX Address: 2385 Mill Rd, Richmond, VA 23231-7019 Phone: 804-795-5340 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/varinaepiscopal/home Interim Vicar: The Rev. April Trew Greenwood

Rixeyville

Little Fork Church, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 367, Rixeyville, VA 22737-0367 Physical Address: 16461 Oak Shade Rd, Rixeyville, VA 22737 Phone: 540-937-4306 [email protected] www.littleforkchurch.net Rector: The Rev. William E. Eberle

Scottsville

St. Anne’s Parish, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 337, Scottsville, VA 24590-0337 Physical Address: 900 Glendower Rd, Scottsville, VA 24590 Phone: 434-286-3437 [email protected] avenue.org/sae/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. R. Ellen White

Shenandoah

St. Paul’s, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 332, Shenandoah, VA 22849-0332 Physical Address: 3075 Comertown Rd, Shenandoah, VA 22849-4047 Phone: 540-962-7112 Deacon: The Rev. Deacon Anne Scupholme Pastoral Leader: Mr. Robert T. Mares Jr.

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Spotsylvania

Christ Church, Region I Address: 8951 Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22553-2517 Phone: 540-582-5033 [email protected] www.christchurchspotsy.com/ Rector: The Very Rev. Jeffrey A. Packard

Springfield

St. Christopher’s, Region VII Address: 6320 Hanover Ave, Springfield, VA 22150-4009 Phone: 703-451-1088 [email protected]; [email protected] www.saintchristophers.net/ Rector: The Rev. Peter Ackerman

Stafford

Aquia Church, Region I Mailing Address: PO Box 275, Stafford, VA 22555-0275 Physical Address: 2938 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Stafford, VA 22554-1730 Phone: 540-659-4007 [email protected] www.aquiachurch.com Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Jay Morris

Stanardsville

Grace Church, Region XV Mailing Address: PO Box 112, Stanardsville, VA 22973-0112 Physical Address: 97 Main St, Stanardsville, VA 22973 Phone: 434-985-7716 [email protected] www.GraceChurchStanardsville.org Vicar: The Rev. Jane D. Piver

Stanley

St. George’s, Stanley, Region XIV Address: 3392 Pine Grove Rd, Stanley, VA 22851-5411 Phone: 540-778-3462 Deacon: The Rev. Deacon Anne Scupholme

Sterling

St. Matthew’s, Region XIII Address: 201 E Frederick Dr, Sterling, VA 20164-2387 Phone: 703-430-2121 [email protected] stmatthewssterling.org/Home.aspx Vicar: The Rev. C. Robert Merola Assistant: The Rev. Anne Coghill MacNabb

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Tappahannock

St. John’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 336, Tappahannock, VA 22560-0336 Physical Address: 216 Duke St, Tappahannock, VA 22560 Phone: 804-443-2130 [email protected] www.stjohnstappahannock.org/ Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. William Pickering

The Plains

Grace Church, Region XIII Mail: P O Box 32, The Plains, VA 20198-0032 Mailing Address: PO Box 32, The Plains, VA 20198-0032 Physical Address: 6507 Main St, The Plains, VA 20198 Phone: 540-253-5177 [email protected] www.gracetheplains.org

Upperville

Trinity, Region XIII Mail: P O Box 127, Upperville, VA 20185 Mailing Address: PO Box 127, Upperville, VA 20185 Physical Address: 9108 John S Mosby Hwy, Upperville, VA 20185-0127 Phone: 540-592-3343 [email protected] www.trinityupperville.org Rector: The Very Rev. Robert Banse

Vienna

Holy Comforter, Region V Address: 543 Beulah Rd NE, Vienna, VA 22180-3510 Phone: 703-938-6521 [email protected] www.holycomforter.com Rector: The Rev. Richard A. Lord Assistant: The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth M. Gibson

Warrenton

St. James’, Region XIII Address: 73 Culpeper St, Warrenton, VA 20186-3321 Phone: 540-347-4342 [email protected] saintjameswarrenton.org/

Warsaw

St. John’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 1093, Warsaw, VA 22572-1093 Physical Address: 5987 Richmond Rd, Rt 360, Warsaw, VA 22572 Phone: 804-333-4333 [email protected] www.farnhamwithstjohns.org Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Michael J. Malone

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Washington

Trinity, Region XIII Mailing Address: PO Box 299, Washington, VA 22747-0299 Physical Address: 379 Gay Street, Washington, VA 22747 Phone: 540-675-3716 [email protected] www.trinwash.org Rector: The Rev. Jennings W. Hobson III

West Point

St. John’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 629, West Point, VA 23181-0629 Physical Address: 916 Main St., West Point, VA 23181 Phone: 804-843-4594 [email protected] www.stjohnswp.org Rector: The Rev. Beth A. Palmer St. Paul’s, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 767, West Point, VA 23181-0767 Physical Address: 15 and F. Streets, West Point, VA 23181 Phone: 804-843-2933 [email protected] Vicar: The Rev. Vincent S. Hodge

White Marsh

Abingdon Church, Region II Mailing Address: PO Box 82, White Marsh, VA 23183-0082 Physical Address: 4645 George Washington Memorial Hwy, White Marsh, VA 23183 Phone: 804-693-3035 [email protected] www.abingdonchurch.org Rector: The Rev. Sven vanBaars

White Post

Meade Memorial, Region XIV Mailing Address: PO Box 7, White Post, VA 22663-0007 Physical Address: 192 White Post Rd, White Post, VA 22663-2665 Phone: 540-837-2334 www.meadememorial.org Vicar: The Rev. Charles G. Kettlewell

Wicomico

Wicomico Parish, Region II Address: 5191 Jessie Dupont Mem Hwy, Wicomico Church, VA 22579 Phone: 804-580-6445 [email protected] www.wicomicoparishchurch.com/ Interim Rector: The Rev. Howard Hanchey

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Winchester

Christ Church, Region XIV Address: 114 W Boscawen St, Winchester, VA 22601-4116 Phone: 540-662-5843 [email protected];[email protected] www.christchurchwinchester.org Rector: The Rev. Webster Gibson Assistant: The Rev. Bridget E Coffey St. Paul’s Church-on-the Hill, Region XIV Address: 1527 Senseny Rd, Winchester, VA 22602-6423 Phone: 540-667-8110 [email protected] www.spoth.org Rector: The Very Rev. Dr. Hilary Smith

Woodbridge

St. Margaret’s, Region VI Address: 2610 Omisol Rd, Woodbridge, VA 22192 [email protected];[email protected] www.stmargaretsepiscopalva.org Priest-in-Charge: The Rev. Kathleen Chipps

Woodstock

Emmanuel, Region XIV Address: 122 E Court St, Woodstock, VA 22664-1727 Phone: 540-459-2720 [email protected] Rector: The Rev. Alexander D. MacPhail

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Adjournment 126 Aging, Committee on 461 Alternates, Council 16 Amendments 135 Not Previously Submitted 74 Annual Council, Next Meeting of 5 Annual Reports 141 Assistant Bishop 6 Audits, Report of 189 Awards Bishop’s Outreach Award 78 Harriet “Happy” Pullman Award 78 Jeanne Biggar-Betsy Power Award 78 President of the House of Deputies Medallion for Exemplary Service 98

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Ballots and Results Bishop Suffragan Report of Bishop, Diocesan Pastoral Address Bishop’s Outreach Award Bishops Bishop’s NetsforLife Inspiration Fund Bloomfield, Inc. Members of Report of Budget Adoption of Budget Committee Appointment of Report of

76, 84, 102 6 79 6 84 78 6 91 462 145 307 125

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Centers, Diocesan Chancellor Report of Church Planting, Committee on Members of Report of Church Schools Board of Church Status, Committee on Appointment of Members



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Churches Alphabetical By Location, Directory Clergy In Order of Reception Canonically Resident Members of Council New to the Diocese Of the Diocese of Virginia To Be Ordained Under License Committees, Diocesan Committees of Council, Appointment of Communicants and Services Held Confirmations and Receptions, Report of Congregational Missions, Committee on Members of Report of Constitution and Canons Appointment of Committee on Index Courtesy Resolutions Credentials, Committee on Appointment of Report of

39 431 27 8 106 359 107 414 73 219 205 466 146 315 73 350 128 73 74

Deans, Regional Appointment of Delegates, Council Deputies to General Convention Directory Diocesan Missionary Society Financial Report of Members of Diocesan Officers Diocesan Staff Discinplinary Board, Election of Election of Members



468 77 16

Ecclesiastical Trial Court, Election of Ecumenical Guests Ecumenical Interfaith Commission Members of



121 76

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Report of Education for Ministry, Report of Episcopal Appointments and Elections Episcopal Church Women Board Members Oral Report of Written Report of Executive Board Members of Report of Eucharist



477 149 81

Financial Reports Diocese Diocesan Missionary Society Trustees of the Funds



235 285 265

General Convention Deputies Goodwin House, Inc.



470 47

Harriett “Happy” Pullmann Award Head Teller & Chief Judge Human Need, Committee on Members of Report of



78 125

Income and Expenditures Index to the Constitution and Canons



227 350

Lay Delegates and Alternates Lay Members Ex Officio Legal Titles for Making Bequests Liturgy and Church Music, Commission on

16 26 311 480

Meditations by the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones Members of Council Mental Health, Committee on Members of Report of Ministry, Commission on Appointment to Members of Report of 500

147 149 77 474 100 152

479 156

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Official Acts of the Bishops of the Standing Committee



Parish Nursing, Committee on Members of Report of Parish Youth Ministries, Committee on Members of Report of Parliamentarian, Appointment of Parochial Statistics Pastoral Address Peter Paul Development Center Board Pledges, Report of President of the House of Deputies Medallion for Exemplary Service Presidents, Regional Prevention of Sexual Misconduct, Committee on Proceedings, Council Program of Council Adoption of Properties Held

195 196 199

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Secretary Appointment of Shrine Mont Corporation Board Members of Report of South African Partnership, Commission for, Report of Spouses, Surviving, of Clergy Standing Committee Members of Nominees for Official Acts of Staff, Diocesan Stewardship, Committee on Stewardship of Creation, Committee on the Members of Report of Surviving Spouses, Directory of Teller, Head and Chief Judge Treasurer Report of Trustees of the Diocese Trustees of the Funds Members of Financial Report of

502



74 92 141 127 73 74 111 90 488 489 163 49 90 6 73 490 166 164

491 75 199 356 492 493 167 428 125 6 92

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Westminster-Canterbury, Blue Ridge Westminster-Canterbury, Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, Richmond Westminster-Canterbury, Shenandoah Valley World Mission, Committee on

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