The Diocese of El Camino Real adopted its 2008 budget Oct. 27 by unanimous voice vote, a turn of events that was a pleasant surprise to those who recall past annual conventions at which every line item was cause for extensive debate.
Bishop-elect Mary Gray-Reeves, who has been in the office for six weeks, attributed the unanimity to the amount of money there was to fight over.
“We don’t have a lot of money,” she said in an interview during a break in the convention.
[blockquote] Among her first decisions was to make no change to the diocese’s position to allow private celebrations of same-sex unions. She also says she does not want to see the break up of the Anglican Communion.[/blockquote]
Ok. I am sure that the ABC and the AC will manage to ignore this too.
An interesting diocese. Fired the last bishop in 2004. Now has a new one. Good time for a rest. Diocese was one of the few that was growing from 1996 to 2002, about 4 percent. Since 2002 membership has fallen about 17 percent. Plate & Pledge was soaring by 33 percent between 1996 and 2000, way above inflation. But since 2000, Plate & Pledge has only grown by about 12 percent, well below inflation. With this checkered recent history a quiet convention is indeed good news. Statmann
Diocesan Convention 2007 – Resolution for Wonder
Diocesan Convention 2007
RESOLVED, this Convention joins our bishop in dedicating ourselves to encourage all members of the Diocese to spend the coming year in wonder; we commit ourselves to listen to God’s call and expand our thinking, searching for mind-changing, limitless ideas and raising up leaders from all congregations.